1934 Boston Braves season








































1934 Boston Braves
Major League affiliations

  • National League (since 1876)

Location

  • Braves Field (since 1915)

  • Boston, Massachusetts (since 1871)

Results
Record 78–73 (.517)
League place 4th
Other information
Owner(s) Emil Fuchs
Manager(s) Bill McKechnie
Local television none
Local radio
WNAC
(Fred Hoey)
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The 1934 Boston Braves season was the 64th season of the franchise. The Braves finished in fourth place in the National League with a record of 78 wins and 73 losses.




Contents






  • 1 Regular season


    • 1.1 Season standings


    • 1.2 Record vs. opponents


    • 1.3 Roster




  • 2 Player stats


    • 2.1 Batting


      • 2.1.1 Starters by position


      • 2.1.2 Other batters




    • 2.2 Pitching


      • 2.2.1 Starting pitchers


      • 2.2.2 Other pitchers


      • 2.2.3 Relief pitchers






  • 3 Farm system


  • 4 Notes


  • 5 References





Regular season



Season standings






















































































National League

W

L

Pct.

GB

Home

Road

St. Louis Cardinals
95 58
0.621

48–29
47–29

New York Giants
93 60
0.608
2
49–26
44–34

Chicago Cubs
86 65
0.570
8
47–30
39–35

Boston Braves
78 73
0.517
16
40–35
38–38

Pittsburgh Pirates
74 76
0.493
19½
45–32
29–44

Brooklyn Dodgers
71 81
0.467
23½
43–33
28–48

Philadelphia Phillies
56 93
0.376
37
35–36
21–57

Cincinnati Reds
52 99
0.344
42
30–47
22–52




Record vs. opponents








































































































1934 National League Records


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 Boston Braves

Roster

Pitchers




  • 16 Dick Barrett




  • 15 Huck Betts




  • 11 Ed Brandt




  • 20 Bob Brown




  • 12 Ben Cantwell




  • 18 Jumbo Elliott




  • 14 Fred Frankhouse




  • 21 Leo Mangum




  • 26 Clarence Pickrel




  • 29 Flint Rhem




  • 17 Bob Smith




  • 16 Tom Zachary




Catchers




  •  8 Shanty Hogan




  •  9 Al Spohrer


Infielders






  • 16 Elbie Fletcher




  • 24 Dick Gyselman




  •  5 Buck Jordan




  • 30 Les Mallon




  • 23 Dan McGee




  • 28 Marty McManus




  •  2 Billy Urbanski




  •  6 Pinky Whitney




Outfielders




  •  3 Wally Berger




  • 10 Hal Lee




  •  4 Randy Moore




  • 7,23 Joe Mowry




  • 25 Tommy Thompson




  • 23 Johnnie Tyler




  •  7 Red Worthington




Manager




  • 33 Bill McKechnie


Coaches






  • -- Jewel Ens




  • 31 Hank Gowdy




  • 32 Duffy Lewis




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 Al Spohrer 100 265 59 .223 0 17
1B Buck Jordan 124 489 152 .311 2 58
2B Marty McManus 119 435 120 .276 8 47
3B Pinky Whitney 146 563 146 .259 12 79
SS Billy Urbanski 146 605 177 .293 7 53
OF Wally Berger 150 615 183 .298 34 121
OF Hal Lee 139 521 152 .292 8 79
OF Tommy Thompson 105 343 91 .265 0 37


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
Joe Mowry 25 79 17 .215 1 4
Elbie Fletcher 8 4 2 .500 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
Ed Brandt 40 255 16 14 3.53 106
Huck Betts 40 213 17 10 4.06 69
Tom Zachary 5 24 1 2 3.38 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
Bob Brown 16 58.1 1 3 5.71 21
Dick Barrett 15 32.1 1 3 6.68 14
Jumbo Elliott 7 15.1 1 1 5.87 6


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
Bob Smith 39 6 9 5 4.66 26
Clarence Pickrel 10 0 0 0 5.06 9


Farm system
















Level
Team
League
Manager
A

Harrisburg Senators

New York–Pennsylvania League

Les Mann

[1]



Notes





  1. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997




References


  • 1934 Boston Braves season at Baseball Reference















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