1934 Boston Braves season
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.
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Record | 78–73 (.517) |
League place | 4th |
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Owner(s) | Emil Fuchs |
Manager(s) | Bill McKechnie |
Local television | none |
Local radio | WNAC (Fred Hoey) |
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Regular season
Season standings
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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St. Louis Cardinals | 95 | 58 | 0.621 | — | 48–29 | 47–29 |
New York Giants | 93 | 60 | 0.608 | 2 | 49–26 | 44–34 |
Chicago Cubs | 86 | 65 | 0.570 | 8 | 47–30 | 39–35 |
Boston Braves | 78 | 73 | 0.517 | 16 | 40–35 | 38–38 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 74 | 76 | 0.493 | 19½ | 45–32 | 29–44 |
Brooklyn Dodgers | 71 | 81 | 0.467 | 23½ | 43–33 | 28–48 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 56 | 93 | 0.376 | 37 | 35–36 | 21–57 |
Cincinnati Reds | 52 | 99 | 0.344 | 42 | 30–47 | 22–52 |
Record vs. opponents
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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
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Player stats
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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 |
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Ed Brandt | 40 | 255 | 16 | 14 | 3.53 | 106 |
Fred Frankhouse | 37 | 233.2 | 17 | 9 | 3.20 | 78 |
Huck Betts | 40 | 213 | 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 |
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Bob Brown | 16 | 58.1 | 1 | 3 | 5.71 | 21 |
Dick Barrett | 15 | 32.1 | 1 | 3 | 6.68 | 14 |
Tom Zachary | 5 | 24 | 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 |
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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 |
Notes
- Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
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