1934 Boston Red Sox season

The 1934 Boston Red Sox season was the 34th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished fourth in the American League (AL) with a record of 76 wins and 76 losses, 24 games behind the Detroit Tigers.

1934 Boston Red Sox
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record76–76 (.500)
League place4th (24 GB)
Other information
Owner(s)Tom Yawkey
General manager(s)Eddie Collins
Manager(s)Bucky Harris
Local radioWNAC
(Fred Hoey)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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On January 5, 1934, during renovation work at Fenway Park—including the removal of Duffy's Cliff, an embankment in front of the Green Monster—a fire that started at the ballpark caused significant damage and spread to some nearby buildings on Lansdowne Street. Further repair and renovation work, costing over $1 million, was completed in time for Opening Day.[1]

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 10153 0.656 — 54–26 47–27
New York Yankees 9460 0.610 7 53–24 41–36
Cleveland Indians 8569 0.552 16 47–31 38–38
Boston Red Sox 7676 0.500 24 42–35 34–41
Philadelphia Athletics 6882 0.453 31 34–40 34–42
St. Louis Browns 6785 0.441 33 36–39 31–46
Washington Senators 6686 0.434 34 34–40 32–46
Chicago White Sox 5399 0.349 47 29–46 24–53

Record vs. opponents
1934 American League Records

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL WSH
Boston —11–107–158–1410–1212–914–814–8–1
Chicago 10–11—8–145–175–179–137–14–19–13
Cleveland 15–714–8—6–1611–1113–915–711–11
Detroit 14–817–516–6—12–1012–1015–715–7
New York 12–1017–511–1110–12—15–717–512–10
Philadelphia 9–1213–99–1310–127–15—9–12–111–9–2
St. Louis 8–1414–7–17–157–155–1712–9–1—14–8
Washington 8–14–113–911–117–1510–129–11–28–14—

Opening Day lineup
  1Chalmer Cissell2B
20Lyn LarySS
25Eddie Morgan1B
 4Roy JohnsonLF
  5Carl ReynoldsCF
  7Rick FerrellC
22Dick PorterRF
  8Billy Werber3B
11Gordon Rhodes  P

Roster
1934 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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
CRick Ferrell132437130.297148
1BEd Morgan138528141.267379
2BBill Cissell102416111.267444
3BBilly Werber152623200.3211167
SSLyn Lary129419101.241254
OFRoy Johnson143569182.3207119
OFCarl Reynolds113413125.303486
OFMoose Solters101365109.299758

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
Max Bishop9725366.261122
Dick Porter7926480.303056
Dusty Cooke7416841.244126
Mel Almada239021.233010
Bucky Walters238819.216418
Gordie Hinkle277513.17309
Skinny Graham134711.23403
Lou Legett193811.28901
Al Niemiec9327.21903
Joe Judge10155.33302
Red Kellett990.00000
Bob Seeds861.16701
Freddie Muller210.00000

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
Gordon Rhodes4421912124.5679
Fritz Ostermueller33198.210133.4975
Wes Ferrell261811453.6387
George Hockette327.1211.6514
Spike Merena424.2122.927

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
Johnny Welch41206.113154.4991
Hank Johnson31124.1685.3666
Lefty Grove22109.1886.5043
Rube Walberg30104.2674.0438
Bob Weiland1155.2155.5029
George Pipgras23.1008.100

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
Herb Pennock302013.0516
Joe Mulligan141003.6313

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AA Kansas City Blues American Association Roger Peckinpaugh
A Reading Red Sox New York–Pennsylvania League Nemo Leibold
B Columbia Sandlappers/Asheville Tourists Piedmont League Bill Laval and Possum Whitted
C Joplin Miners Western Association Wally Schang

Columbia franchise transferred and renamed, June 7, 1934[3]

References
  1. Bird, Hayden (July 17, 2016). "The Green Monster emerged from the ashes of Fenway fires". Boston.com. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  2. Lefty Grove page at Baseball Reference
  3. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007


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