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






















































































  • v

  • t

  • e


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

  • v

  • t

  • e




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


See also: Minor League Baseball














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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