1934 New York Yankees season

1934 New York Yankees
1934 New York Yankees
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Ballpark	Yankee Stadium
City	New York City
Owners	Jacob Ruppert
Managers	Joe McCarthy

The 1934 New York Yankees season was the team's 32nd season in New York and its 34th season overall. The team finished with a record of 94–60, finishing 7 games behind the Detroit Tigers. New York was managed by Joe McCarthy. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium. It would also be the final year Babe Ruth would play as a Yankee.

Regular season

The 1934 season would be Babe Ruth's last season in a Yankee uniform. He was released the following February.

Season standings

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American League
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Detroit Tigers	101	53	.656	—	54‍–‍26	47‍–‍27
New York Yankees	94	60	.610	7	53‍–‍24	41‍–‍36
Cleveland Indians	85	69	.552	16	47‍–‍31	38‍–‍38
Boston Red Sox	76	76	.500	24	42‍–‍35	34‍–‍41
Philadelphia Athletics	68	82	.453	31	34‍–‍40	34‍–‍42
St. Louis Browns	67	85	.441	33	36‍–‍39	31‍–‍46
Washington Senators	66	86	.434	34	34‍–‍40	32‍–‍46
Chicago White Sox	53	99	.349	47	29‍–‍46	24‍–‍53

Record vs. opponents

1934 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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	—

Roster

1934 New York Yankees

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

-- Joe McCarthy

Coaches

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	Bill Dickey	104	395	127	.322	12	72
1B	Lou Gehrig	154	579	210	.363	49	165
2B	Tony Lazzeri	123	438	117	.267	14	67
3B	Jack Saltzgaver	94	350	95	.271	6	36
SS	Frankie Crosetti	138	554	147	.265	11	67
OF	Ben Chapman	149	588	181	.308	5	86
OF	Babe Ruth	125	365	105	.288	22	84
OF	Sammy Byrd	106	191	47	.246	3	23

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
Red Rolfe	89	279	80	.287	0	18
Earle Combs	63	251	80	.319	2	25
Don Heffner	72	241	63	.261	0	25
Samuel Byrd	106	191	47	.246	3	23
Arndt Jorgens	58	183	38	.208	0	20
George Selkirk	46	176	55	.313	5	38
Dixie Walker	17	17	2	.118	0	0
Zack Taylor	4	7	1	.143	0	0
Lyn Lary	1	0	0	---	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
Lefty Gomez	38	281.2	26	5	2.33	158
Red Ruffing	36	256.1	19	11	3.93	149
Johnny Broaca	26	177.1	12	9	4.16	74
Johnny Allen	13	71.2	5	2	2.89	54
Charlie Devens	1	11	1	0	1.64	4
Vito Tamulis	1	9	1	0	0.00	5

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
Johnny Murphy	40	207.2	14	10	3.12	70
Jimmie DeShong	31	133.2	6	7	4.11	40
Danny MacFayden	22	96	4	3	4.50	41
Russ Van Atta	28	88	3	5	6.34	39
George Uhle	10	16.1	2	4	9.92	10

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
Burleigh Grimes	10	1	2	1	5.50	5
Harry Smythe	8	0	2	1	7.80	7
Floyd Newkirk	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Awards and honors

Lou Gehrig won the Triple Crown.^[1]

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Newark Bears	International League	Bob Shawkey
A	Binghamton Triplets	New York–Pennsylvania League	Billy Meyer
B	Norfolk Tars	Piedmont League	Bill Skiff
C	Wheeling Stogies	Middle Atlantic League	Jack Sheehan
D	Washington Generals	Pennsylvania State Association	Benny Bengough

LEAGUE CHAMPION: Norfolk^[2]

Notes

^ Numbelivable!, p. 71, Michael X. Ferraro and John Veneziano, Triumph Books, Chicago, Illinois, 2007, ISBN 978-1-57243-990-0
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

1934 New York Yankees
1934 New York Yankees at Baseball Almanac

[1] Numbelivable!, p. 71, Michael X. Ferraro and John Veneziano, Triumph Books, Chicago, Illinois, 2007, ISBN 978-1-57243-990-0

[2] Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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