1934 Washington Senators season

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1934  Washington Senators
Washington Senators Primary Logo (1905 to 1935).svg
League American League
Ballpark Griffith Stadium
City Washington, D.C.
Record66–86 (.434)
League place7th
Owners Clark Griffith and William Richardson
Managers Joe Cronin
Radio WJSV
(Arch McDonald)
  1933 Seasons 1935  

The 1934 Washington Senators played 154 games, won 66, lost 86, and finished in seventh place in the American League. They were managed by Joe Cronin and played home games at Griffith Stadium. In the eighth inning of their game against the Boston Red Sox on June 9, the Washington Senators hit 5 consecutive doubles – the most ever hit consecutively during the same inning. [1]

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Regular season

President Franklin D. Roosevelt throwing out the first pitch on Opening Day at Griffith Stadium. Franklin Roosevelt Griffith Stadium 1934.jpg
President Franklin D. Roosevelt throwing out the first pitch on Opening Day at Griffith Stadium.

Season standings

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 10153.65654264727
New York Yankees 9460.610753244136
Cleveland Indians 8569.5521647313838
Boston Red Sox 7676.5002442353441
Philadelphia Athletics 6882.4533134403442
St. Louis Browns 6785.4413336393146
Washington Senators 6686.4343434403246
Chicago White Sox 5399.3494729462453

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBOSCWSCLEDETNYYPHASLBWSH
Boston 11–107–158–1410–1212–914–814–8–1
Chicago 10–118–145–175–179–137–14–19–13
Cleveland 15–714–86–1611–1113–915–711–11
Detroit 14–817–516–612–1012–1015–715–7
New York 12–1017–511–1110–1215–717–512–10
Philadelphia 9–1213–99–1310–127–159–12–111–9–2
St. Louis 8–1414–7–17–157–155–1712–9–114–8
Washington 8–14–113–911–117–1510–129–11–28–14

Notable transactions

Roster

1934 Washington Senators
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Eddie Phillips 5616933.195216
1B Joe Kuhel 6326376.289325
2B Buddy Myer 139524160.305357
3B Cecil Travis 109392125.319153
SS Joe Cronin 127504143.2847101
OF Fred Schulte 136524156.298373
OF Heinie Manush 137556194.3491189
OF John Stone 113419132.315767

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Ossie Bluege 9928570.246011
Dave Harris 9723559.251237
Pete Susko 5822464.286225
Luke Sewell 7220749.237221
Red Kress 5617139.228424
Cliff Bolton 4214840.270117
John Kerr 3110328.272012
Moe Berg 338621.24406
Johnny Gill 135313.24527
Jake Powell 93510.28601
Fred Sington 93510.28606
Bob Boken 11276.22206
Gus Dugas 24191.05301
Elmer Klumpp 12152.13300

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Earl Whitehill 32235.014114.5296
Monte Weaver 31204.211154.7951
Lefty Stewart 24152.07114.0336
Allen Benson 29.20112.104

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Bobby Burke 37168.0883.2152
Tommy Thomas 33133.1895.4742
General Crowder 29100.24106.7939
Ed Linke 734.2224.159
Reese Diggs 421.1126.752
Syd Cohen 318.0117.506
Orville Armbrust 312.2102.133

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Jack Russell 5451084.1738
Alex McColl 423423.8629
Ray Prim 80206.753
Bob Kline 610015.751
John Milligan 200010.131
Mark Filley 100027.000

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
A Chattanooga Lookouts Southern Association Zinn Beck and Mule Shirley

Notes

  1. "Team Doubles Records". Baseball-Almanac.com. Retrieved May 14, 2012.
  2. Red Kress page at Baseball Reference

References