1934 Pittsburgh Pirates season

This article is about the baseball team. For the NFL team, see 1934 Pittsburgh Pirates (NFL) season.

1934 Pittsburgh Pirates
Ballpark	Forbes Field
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Owners	Bill Benswanger
Managers	George Gibson, Pie Traynor
Television	none
Radio	none
Seasons

The 1934 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 53rd season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 48th in the National League. The Pirates finished fifth in the league standings with a record of 74–76.

Regular season

The roster featured seven future Hall of Famers: player-manager Pie Traynor, pitcher Waite Hoyt, pitcher Burleigh Grimes, shortstop Arky Vaughan, outfielder Freddie Lindstrom, center fielder Lloyd Waner, and right fielder Paul Waner.

Season standings

National League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	95	58	.621	—	48‍–‍29	47‍–‍29
New York Giants	93	60	.608	2	49‍–‍26	44‍–‍34
Chicago Cubs	86	65	.570	8	47‍–‍30	39‍–‍35
Boston Braves	78	73	.517	16	40‍–‍35	38‍–‍38
Pittsburgh Pirates	74	76	.493	19½	45‍–‍32	29‍–‍44
Brooklyn Dodgers	71	81	.467	23½	43‍–‍33	28‍–‍48
Philadelphia Phillies	56	93	.376	37	35‍–‍36	21‍–‍57
Cincinnati Reds	52	99	.344	42	30‍–‍47	22‍–‍52

Record vs. opponents

1934 National League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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	—

Roster

1934 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers 49 Ralph Birkofer 43 Cy Blanton 46 Leon Chagnon 42 Larry French -- Burleigh Grimes 44 Bill Harris -- Ed Holley 48 Waite Hoyt 50 Lloyd Johnson 40 Red Lucas 41 Heinie Meine 47 Hal Smith -- Steamboat Struss 45 Bill Swift		Catchers 32 Hal Finney 30 Earl Grace 31 Tom Padden 35 Pat Veltman Infielders 23 Bill Brubaker 22 Cookie Lavagetto 24 Gus Suhr 25 Tommy Thevenow 20 Pie Traynor 21 Arky Vaughan 26 Pep Young		Outfielders 16 Woody Jensen 12 Freddie Lindstrom 14 Wally Roettger 10 Lloyd Waner 11 Paul Waner		Manager 33 George Gibson 20 Pie Traynor Coaches 34 Doc Crandall 36 Honus Wagner

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	Earl Grace	95	289	78	.270	4	24
1B	Gus Suhr	151	573	162	.283	13	103
2B	Cookie Lavagetto	87	304	67	.220	3	46
3B	Pie Traynor	119	444	137	.309	1	61
SS	Arky Vaughan	149	558	186	.333	12	94
OF	Paul Waner	146	599	217	.362	14	90
OF	Lloyd Waner	140	611	173	.283	1	48
OF	Freddie Lindstrom	97	383	111	.290	4	49

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
Hal Finney	5	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
Larry French	49	263.2	12	18	3.58	103
Bill Swift	37	212.2	11	13	3.98	81
Cy Blanton	1	8	0	1	3.38	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
Ralph Birkofer	41	204	11	12	4.10	71
Bill Harris	11	19	0	0	6.63	8
Burleigh Grimes	8	27.1	1	2	7.24	9

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
Leon Chagnon	33	4	1	1	4.81	19

Farm system

See also: Minor league baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
A	Little Rock Travelers	Southern Association	Doc Prothro
C	Springfield Pirates	Middle Atlantic League	Al DeVormer and Rube Bressler
D	McKeesport Tubers	Pennsylvania State Association	Leo Mackey

References

• 1934 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
• 1934 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac
• Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.