1934_Washington_Senators_season

1934 Washington Senators
1934 Washington Senators
	President Franklin D. Roosevelt throwing out the first pitch on Opening Day at Griffith Stadium
League	American League
Ballpark	Griffith Stadium
City	Washington, D.C.
Owners	Clark Griffith and William Richardson
Managers	Joe Cronin
Radio	WJSV; (Arch McDonald)

1934 Washington Senators season

Major League Baseball team season

The 1934 Washington Senators played 154 games, won 68, lost 86, and finished in seventh place in the American League. They were managed by Joe Cronin and played home games at Griffith Stadium. In the eighth inning of their game against the Boston Red Sox on June 9, the Washington Senators hit 5 consecutive doubles – the most ever hit consecutively during the same inning.^[1]

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v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

1934 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	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	—

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Eddie Phillips	56	169	33	.195	2	16
1B	Joe Kuhel	63	263	76	.289	3	25
2B	Buddy Myer	139	524	160	.305	3	57
3B	Cecil Travis	109	392	125	.319	1	53
SS	Joe Cronin	127	504	143	.284	7	101
OF	Fred Schulte	136	524	156	.298	3	73
OF	Heinie Manush	137	556	194	.349	11	89
OF	John Stone	113	419	132	.315	7	67

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Ossie Bluege	99	285	70	.246	0	11
Dave Harris	97	235	59	.251	2	37
Pete Susko	58	224	64	.286	2	25
Luke Sewell	72	207	49	.237	2	21
Red Kress	56	171	39	.228	4	24
Cliff Bolton	42	148	40	.270	1	17
John Kerr	31	103	28	.272	0	12
Moe Berg	33	86	21	.244	0	6
Johnny Gill	13	53	13	.245	2	7
Jake Powell	9	35	10	.286	0	1
Fred Sington	9	35	10	.286	0	6
Bob Boken	11	27	6	.222	0	6
Gus Dugas	24	19	1	.053	0	1
Elmer Klumpp	12	15	2	.133	0	0

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Earl Whitehill	32	235.0	14	11	4.52	96
Monte Weaver	31	204.2	11	15	4.79	51
Lefty Stewart	24	152.0	7	11	4.03	36
Allen Benson	2	9.2	0	1	12.10	4

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Bobby Burke	37	168.0	8	8	3.21	52
Tommy Thomas	33	133.1	8	9	5.47	42
General Crowder	29	100.2	4	10	6.79	39
Ed Linke	7	34.2	2	2	4.15	9
Reese Diggs	4	21.1	1	2	6.75	2
Syd Cohen	3	18.0	1	1	7.50	6
Orville Armbrust	3	12.2	1	0	2.13	3

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Jack Russell	54	5	10	8	4.17	38
Alex McColl	42	3	4	2	3.86	29
Ray Prim	8	0	2	0	6.75	3
Bob Kline	6	1	0	0	15.75	1
John Milligan	2	0	0	0	10.13	1
Mark Filley	1	0	0	0	27.00	0