1934 Washington Senators season
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Ballpark | Griffith Stadium | |
City | Washington, D.C. | |
Owners | Clark Griffith and William Richardson | |
Managers | Joe Cronin | |
Radio | WJSV (Arch McDonald) | |
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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]
Regular season
Season standings
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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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 | — |
Notable transactions
- May 9, 1934: Bob Boken was traded by the Senators to the Chicago White Sox for Red Kress.[2]
Roster
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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 |
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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 |
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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Red Kress | 56 | 171 | 39 | .228 | 4 | 24 |
John Kerr | 31 | 103 | 28 | .272 | 0 | 12 |
Johnny Gill | 13 | 53 | 13 | .245 | 2 | 7 |
Bob Boken | 11 | 27 | 6 | .222 | 0 | 6 |
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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Allen Benson | 2 | 9.2 | 0 | 1 | 12.10 | 4 |
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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Bobby Burke | 37 | 168 | 8 | 8 | 3.21 | 52 |
Tommy Thomas | 33 | 133.1 | 8 | 9 | 5.47 | 42 |
Ed Linke | 7 | 34.2 | 2 | 2 | 4.15 | 9 |
Syd Cohen | 3 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 7.50 | 6 |
Orville Armbrust | 3 | 12.2 | 1 | 0 | 2.13 | 3 |
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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John Milligan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.13 | 1 |
Farm system
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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A | Chattanooga Lookouts | Southern Association | Zinn Beck and Mule Shirley |
Notes
- ^ "Team Doubles Records". Baseball-Almanac.com. Retrieved May 14, 2012.
- ^ Red Kress page at Baseball Reference