1934_Brooklyn_Dodgers_season
1934 Brooklyn Dodgers season
Major League Baseball team season
Casey Stengel took over as manager for the 1934 Brooklyn Dodgers, but the team still finished in sixth place.
1934 Brooklyn Dodgers | |
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League | National League |
Ballpark | Ebbets Field |
City | Brooklyn, New York |
Owners | Stephen McKeever, Brooklyn Trust Company |
President | Stephen McKeever |
Managers | Casey Stengel |
- December 1933: Art Herring was purchased by the Dodgers from the Detroit Tigers.[1]
- December 1933: Joe Shaute was purchased from the Dodgers by the Cincinnati Reds.[2]
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 | — |
Notable transactions
- April 13, 1934: Marty McManus was purchased from the Dodgers by the Boston Braves.[3]
- June 29, 1934: Watty Clark was purchased by the Dodgers from the New York Giants.[4]
- September 1934: Johnny Vander Meer was purchased from the Dodgers by the Boston Braves.[5]
Roster
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
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Manager
Coaches
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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 |
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C | Al López | 140 | 439 | 120 | .273 | 7 | 54 |
1B | Sam Leslie | 146 | 546 | 181 | .332 | 9 | 102 |
2B | Tony Cuccinello | 140 | 528 | 138 | .261 | 14 | 94 |
3B | Joe Stripp | 104 | 384 | 121 | .315 | 1 | 40 |
SS | Lonny Frey | 125 | 490 | 139 | .284 | 8 | 57 |
OF | Buzz Boyle | 128 | 472 | 144 | .305 | 7 | 48 |
OF | Len Koenecke | 123 | 460 | 147 | .320 | 14 | 73 |
OF | Danny Taylor | 120 | 405 | 121 | .299 | 7 | 57 |
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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Jimmy Jordan | 97 | 369 | 98 | .266 | 0 | 43 |
Johnny Frederick | 104 | 307 | 91 | .296 | 4 | 35 |
Hack Wilson | 67 | 172 | 45 | .262 | 6 | 27 |
Glenn Chapman | 67 | 93 | 26 | .280 | 1 | 10 |
Jim Bucher | 47 | 84 | 19 | .226 | 0 | 8 |
Ray Berres | 39 | 79 | 17 | .215 | 0 | 3 |
Clyde Sukeforth | 27 | 43 | 7 | .163 | 0 | 1 |
Johnny McCarthy | 17 | 39 | 7 | .179 | 1 | 5 |
Nick Tremark | 17 | 28 | 7 | .250 | 0 | 6 |
Wally Millies | 2 | 7 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Bert Hogg | 2 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 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 |
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Van Mungo | 45 | 315.1 | 18 | 16 | 3.37 | 184 |
Ray Benge | 36 | 227.0 | 14 | 12 | 4.32 | 64 |
Johnny Babich | 25 | 135.0 | 7 | 11 | 4.20 | 62 |
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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Dutch Leonard | 44 | 183.2 | 14 | 11 | 3.28 | 58 |
Tom Zachary | 22 | 101.2 | 5 | 6 | 4.43 | 28 |
Les Munns | 33 | 99.1 | 3 | 7 | 4.71 | 41 |
Ownie Carroll | 26 | 74.1 | 1 | 3 | 6.42 | 17 |
Boom-Boom Beck | 22 | 57.0 | 2 | 6 | 7.42 | 24 |
Art Herring | 14 | 49.1 | 2 | 4 | 6.20 | 15 |
Ray Lucas | 10 | 30.2 | 1 | 1 | 6.75 | 3 |
Charlie Perkins | 11 | 24.1 | 0 | 3 | 8.51 | 5 |
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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Watty Clark | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.33 | 10 |
Harry Smythe | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.91 | 5 |
Phil Page | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 4 |
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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C | Dayton Ducks | Middle Atlantic League | Howard Holmes |
- Art Herring at Baseball-Reference
- Joe Shaute at Baseball-Reference
- Marty McManus at Baseball-Reference
- Watty Clark at Baseball-Reference
- Johnny Vander Meer at Baseball-Reference
- 1934 Brooklyn Dodgers uniform
- Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
- Acme Dodgers page Archived September 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- Retrosheet
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