1934 St. Louis Browns season
The 1934 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 6th in the American League with a record of 67 wins and 85 losses.
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Record | 67–85 (.441) |
League place | 6th |
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Owner(s) | Estate of Phil Ball |
Manager(s) | Rogers Hornsby |
Local radio | KMOX (France Laux) KWK (Bob Thomas, Ray Schmidt) |
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Offseason
- December 15, 1933: Ray Pepper was purchased by the Browns from the St. Louis Cardinals.[1]
Regular season
Season standings
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Detroit Tigers | 101 | 53 | 0.656 | — | 54–26 | 47–27 |
New York Yankees | 94 | 60 | 0.610 | 7 | 53–24 | 41–36 |
Cleveland Indians | 85 | 69 | 0.552 | 16 | 47–31 | 38–38 |
Boston Red Sox | 76 | 76 | 0.500 | 24 | 42–35 | 34–41 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 68 | 82 | 0.453 | 31 | 34–40 | 34–42 |
St. Louis Browns | 67 | 85 | 0.441 | 33 | 36–39 | 31–46 |
Washington Senators | 66 | 86 | 0.434 | 34 | 34–40 | 32–46 |
Chicago White Sox | 53 | 99 | 0.349 | 47 | 29–46 | 24–53 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHI | STL | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 11–10 | 7–15 | 8–14 | 10–12 | 12–9 | 14–8 | 14–8–1 | |||||
Chicago | 10–11 | — | 8–14 | 5–17 | 5–17 | 9–13 | 7–14–1 | 9–13 | |||||
Cleveland | 15–7 | 14–8 | — | 6–16 | 11–11 | 13–9 | 15–7 | 11–11 | |||||
Detroit | 14–8 | 17–5 | 16–6 | — | 12–10 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 15–7 | |||||
New York | 12–10 | 17–5 | 11–11 | 10–12 | — | 15–7 | 17–5 | 12–10 | |||||
Philadelphia | 9–12 | 13–9 | 9–13 | 10–12 | 7–15 | — | 9–12–1 | 11–9–2 | |||||
St. Louis | 8–14 | 14–7–1 | 7–15 | 7–15 | 5–17 | 12–9–1 | — | 14–8 | |||||
Washington | 8–14–1 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 7–15 | 10–12 | 9–11–2 | 8–14 | — |
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 | Rollie Hemsley | 123 | 431 | 133 | .309 | 2 | 52 |
1B | Jack Burns | 154 | 612 | 157 | .257 | 13 | 73 |
2B | Ski Melillo | 144 | 552 | 133 | .241 | 2 | 55 |
3B | Harlond Clift | 147 | 572 | 149 | .260 | 14 | 56 |
SS | Alan Strange | 127 | 430 | 100 | .233 | 1 | 45 |
OF | Ray Pepper | 148 | 564 | 168 | .298 | 7 | 101 |
OF | Bruce Campbell | 138 | 481 | 134 | .279 | 9 | 74 |
OF | Sam West | 122 | 482 | 157 | .326 | 9 | 55 |
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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Ollie Bejma | 95 | 262 | 71 | .271 | 2 | 29 |
Debs Garms | 91 | 232 | 68 | .293 | 0 | 31 |
Frank Grube | 65 | 170 | 49 | .288 | 0 | 11 |
Earl Clark | 13 | 41 | 7 | .171 | 0 | 1 |
George Puccinelli | 10 | 26 | 6 | .231 | 2 | 5 |
Rogers Hornsby | 24 | 23 | 7 | .304 | 1 | 11 |
Grover Hartley | 5 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
Art Scharein | 1 | 2 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 2 |
Charley O'Leary | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 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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Bobo Newsom | 47 | 262.1 | 16 | 20 | 4.01 | 135 |
George Blaeholder | 39 | 234.1 | 14 | 18 | 4.22 | 66 |
Bump Hadley | 39 | 213 | 10 | 16 | 4.35 | 79 |
Jim Weaver | 5 | 19.2 | 2 | 0 | 6.41 | 11 |
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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Dick Coffman | 40 | 173 | 9 | 10 | 4.53 | 55 |
Ivy Andrews | 43 | 139 | 4 | 11 | 4.66 | 51 |
Jack Knott | 45 | 138 | 10 | 3 | 4.96 | 56 |
Ed Wells | 33 | 92 | 1 | 7 | 4.79 | 27 |
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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Bill McAfee | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.84 | 11 |
Lefty Mills | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.15 | 2 |
Jim Walkup | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.16 | 6 |
Notes
- Ray Pepper page at Baseball-Reference
- Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball". Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
References
- 1934 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference
- 1934 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com
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