1934 Boston Braves season

1934 Boston Braves
LeagueNational League
BallparkBraves Field
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record78–73 (.517)
League place4th
OwnersEmil Fuchs
ManagersBill McKechnie
RadioWNAC
(Fred Hoey)
← 1933
1935 →

The 1934 Boston Braves season was the 64th season of the franchise. The Braves finished in fourth place in the National League with a record of 78 wins and 73 losses.

Regular season

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 95 58 .621 — 48‍–‍29 47‍–‍29
New York Giants 93 60 .608 2 49‍–‍26 44‍–‍34
Chicago Cubs 86 65 .570 8 47‍–‍30 39‍–‍35
Boston Braves 78 73 .517 16 40‍–‍35 38‍–‍38
Pittsburgh Pirates 74 76 .493 19½ 45‍–‍32 29‍–‍44
Brooklyn Dodgers 71 81 .467 23½ 43‍–‍33 28‍–‍48
Philadelphia Phillies 56 93 .376 37 35‍–‍36 21‍–‍57
Cincinnati Reds 52 99 .344 42 30‍–‍47 22‍–‍52

Record vs. opponents

1934 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston — 16–6–1 12–10 15–7 7–15 14–8 9–11 5–16
Brooklyn 6–16–1 — 8–12 13–9 8–14 13–9 16–6 7–15
Chicago 10–12 12–8 — 14–8 11–10 13–9 14–8–1 12–10
Cincinnati 7–15 9–13 8–14 — 6–16 9–10 7–15 6–16–1
New York 15–7 14–8 10–11 16–6 — 15–7 14–8 9–13
Philadelphia 8–14 9–13 9–13 10–9 7–15 — 7–13 6–16
Pittsburgh 11–9 6–16 8–14–1 15–7 8–14 13–7 — 13–9
St. Louis 16–5 15–7 10–12 16–6–1 13–9 16–6 9–13 —


Roster

1934 Boston Braves
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Al Spohrer 100 265 59 .223 0 17
1B Buck Jordan 124 489 152 .311 2 58
2B Marty McManus 119 435 120 .276 8 47
3B Pinky Whitney 146 563 146 .259 12 79
SS Billy Urbanski 146 605 177 .293 7 53
OF Wally Berger 150 615 183 .298 34 121
OF Hal Lee 139 521 152 .292 8 79
OF Tommy Thompson 105 343 91 .265 0 37

Other batters

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

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Randy Moore 123 422 120 .284 7 64
Shanty Hogan 92 279 73 .262 4 34
Les Mallon 42 166 49 .295 0 18
Joe Mowry 25 79 17 .215 1 4
Red Worthington 41 65 16 .246 0 6
Dick Gyselman 24 36 6 .167 0 4
Dan McGee 7 22 3 .136 0 1
Johnnie Tyler 3 6 1 .167 0 1
Elbie Fletcher 8 4 2 .500 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ed Brandt 40 255.0 16 14 3.53 106
Fred Frankhouse 37 233.2 17 9 3.20 78
Huck Betts 40 213.0 17 10 4.06 69
Flint Rhem 25 152.2 8 8 3.60 56
Ben Cantwell 27 143.1 5 11 4.33 45

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bob Brown 16 58.1 1 3 5.71 21
Dick Barrett 15 32.1 1 3 6.68 14
Tom Zachary 5 24.0 1 2 3.38 4
Jumbo Elliott 7 15.1 1 1 5.87 6

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Bob Smith 39 6 9 5 4.66 26
Leo Mangum 29 5 3 0 5.72 28
Clarence Pickrel 10 0 0 0 5.06 9

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
A Harrisburg Senators New York–Pennsylvania League Les Mann

[1]

Notes

  1. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

References


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