1934 Chicago Cubs season
The 1934 Chicago Cubs season was the 63rd season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 59th in the National League and the 19th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished third in the National League with a record of 86–65.
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Owner(s) | Philip K. Wrigley |
Manager(s) | Charlie Grimm |
Local radio | WGN (Bob Elson) WBBM (Pat Flanagan) |
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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 | Gabby Hartnett | 130 | 438 | 131 | .299 | 22 | 90 |
1B | Charlie Grimm | 75 | 267 | 79 | .296 | 5 | 47 |
2B | Billy Herman | 113 | 456 | 138 | .303 | 3 | 42 |
3B | Stan Hack | 111 | 402 | 116 | .289 | 1 | 21 |
SS | Billy Jurges | 100 | 358 | 88 | .246 | 8 | 33 |
OF | Kiki Cuyler | 142 | 559 | 189 | .338 | 6 | 69 |
OF | Babe Herman | 125 | 467 | 142 | .304 | 14 | 84 |
OF | Chuck Klein | 115 | 435 | 131 | .301 | 20 | 80 |
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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Woody English | 109 | 421 | 117 | .278 | 3 | 31 |
Tuck Stainback | 104 | 359 | 110 | .306 | 2 | 46 |
Augie Galan | 66 | 192 | 50 | .260 | 5 | 22 |
Don Hurst | 51 | 151 | 30 | .199 | 3 | 12 |
Dolph Camilli | 32 | 120 | 33 | .275 | 4 | 19 |
Riggs Stephenson | 38 | 74 | 16 | .216 | 0 | 7 |
Babe Phelps | 44 | 70 | 20 | .286 | 2 | 12 |
Bob O'Farrell | 22 | 67 | 15 | .224 | 0 | 5 |
Bennie Tate | 11 | 24 | 3 | .125 | 0 | 0 |
Phil Cavarretta | 7 | 21 | 8 | .381 | 1 | 6 |
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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Lon Warneke | 43 | 291.1 | 22 | 10 | 3.21 | 143 |
Bill Lee | 35 | 214.1 | 13 | 14 | 3.40 | 104 |
Jim Weaver | 27 | 159 | 11 | 9 | 3.91 | 98 |
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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Guy Bush | 40 | 209.1 | 18 | 10 | 3.83 | 75 |
Pat Malone | 34 | 191 | 14 | 7 | 3.53 | 111 |
Bud Tinning | 39 | 129.1 | 4 | 6 | 3.34 | 44 |
Charlie Root | 34 | 117.2 | 4 | 7 | 4.28 | 46 |
Charlie Wiedemeyer | 4 | 8.1 | 0 | 0 | 9.72 | 2 |
Lynn Nelson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 36.00 | 0 |
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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Roy Joiner | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8.21 | 9 |
Dick Ward | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 1 |
Farm system
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AA | Los Angeles Angels | Pacific Coast League | Jack Lelivelt |
C | Ponca City Angels | Western Association | Roy Johnson |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Los Angeles[1]
Notes
- Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007