1934 Cleveland Indians season

1934 Cleveland Indians
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1901)
Location
League Park (Since 1901) Cleveland, Ohio (Since 1901)
1934 Information
Owner(s)	Alva Bradley
General manager(s)	Billy Evans
Manager(s)	Walter Johnson
Local radio	WHK
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The 1934 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished third in the American League with a record of 85-69, 16 games behind the Detroit Tigers.

Regular season

Pitcher Mel Harder became the first pitcher in the American League to win 20 games in one season while wearing glasses.

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
Detroit Tigers	101	53	.656	--
New York Yankees	94	60	.610	7
Cleveland Indians	85	69	.552	16
Boston Red Sox	76	76	.500	24
Philadelphia Athletics	68	82	.453	31
St. Louis Browns	67	85	.441	33
Washington Senators	66	86	.434	34
Chicago White Sox	53	99	.349	47

Roster

1934 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers 17 Belve Bean 16 Clint Brown 21 Lloyd Brown 15 Sarge Connally 24 Denny Galehouse 18 Mel Harder 19 Oral Hildebrand 12 Willis Hudlin 22 Thornton Lee 33 Monte Pearson -- Bill Perrin 14 Bob Weiland 23 Ralph Winegarner		Catchers 31 Moe Berg  8 Bill Brenzel  9 Bob Garbark  9 Glenn Myatt 11 Frankie Pytlak  8 Roy Spencer Infielders  1 Johnny Burnett 34 Odell Hale  5 Willie Kamm  4 Bill Knickerbocker 26 Eddie Moore  7 Hal Trosky		Outfielders  3 Earl Averill 26 Kit Carson 35 Milt Galatzer 35 Dutch Holland  2 Dick Porter 29 Sam Rice  2 Bob Seeds  6 Joe Vosmik		Manager Walter Johnson Coaches Patsy Gharrity Earl Wolgamot

Player stats

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
C	Pytlak, FrankieFrankie Pytlak	91	289	75	.260	0	35
1B	Trosky, HalHal Trosky	154	625	206	.330	35	142
2B	Hale, OdellOdell Hale	143	563	170	.302	13	101
3B	Kamm, WillieWillie Kamm	121	386	104	.269	0	42
SS	Knickerbocker, BillBill Knickerbocker	146	593	188	.317	4	67
OF	Averill, EarlEarl Averill	154	598	187	.313	31	113
OF	Vosmik, JoeJoe Vosmik	104	405	138	.341	6	78
OF	Rice, SamSam Rice	97	335	98	.293	1	33

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
Burnett, JohnnyJohnny Burnett	72	208	61	.293	3	30
Spencer, RoyRoy Spencer	5	7	1	.143	0	2

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
Harder, MelMel Harder	44	255.1	20	12	2.61	91

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
Brown, LloydLloyd Brown	38	117	5	10	3.85	39

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
Bean, BelveBelve Bean	21	5	1	0	3.86	20
Brown, ClintClint Brown	17	4	3	1	5.90	15

Farm system

See also: Minor league baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
A	New Orleans Pelicans	Southern Association	Larry Gilbert
C	Zanesville Grays	Middle Atlantic League	Harry Layne, Bert Grimm and Earl Wolgamot
D	Monessen Indians	Pennsylvania State Association	Eddie Onslow, Bill Ward, Earl Wolgamot and Walt Laskowski

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: New Orleans, Zanesville

External links

• 1934 Cleveland Indians season at Baseball Reference