1934 Boston Red Sox season

1934 Boston Red Sox
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Fenway Park (since 1912)
Boston, Massachusetts (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Tom Yawkey
General manager(s)	Eddie Collins
Manager(s)	Bucky Harris
Local radio	WNAC (Fred Hoey)
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The 1934 Boston Red Sox season involved the Red Sox finishing 4th in the American League with a record of 76 wins and 76 losses.

Offseason

• December 12, 1933: Bob Kline, Rabbit Warstler, and $125,000 were traded by the Red Sox to the Philadelphia Athletics for Lefty Grove, Max Bishop and Rube Walberg.^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
Detroit Tigers	101	53	.656	--
New York Yankees	94	60	.610	7
Cleveland Indians	85	69	.552	16
Boston Red Sox	76	76	.500	24
Philadelphia Athletics	68	82	.453	31
St. Louis Browns	67	85	.441	33
Washington Senators	66	86	.434	34
Chicago White Sox	53	99	.349	47

Record vs. opponents

1934 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	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	—

Opening Day lineup

1	Chalmer Cissell	2B
20	Lynn Larie	SS
25	Eddie Morgan	1B
4	Roy Johnson	LF
5	Carl Reynolds	CF
7	Rick Ferrell	C
22	Wiggles Porter	RF
8	Billy Werber	3B
11	Gordon Rhodes	P

Roster

1934 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers 12 Wes Ferrell 10 Lefty Grove -- George Hockette 16 Hank Johnson -- Spike Merena 14 Joe Mulligan 19 Fritz Ostermueller 17 Herb Pennock 14 George Pipgras 11 Gordon Rhodes 15 Rube Walberg 12 Bob Weiland 18 Johnny Welch		Catchers  7 Rick Ferrell  9 Gordie Hinkle 24 Lou Legett Infielders  1 Max Bishop  2 Bill Cissell 25 Joe Judge  8 Red Kellett 21 Lyn Lary  3 Ed Morgan 23 Freddie Muller -- Al Niemiec  8 Bucky Walters 20 Billy Werber		Outfielders -- Mel Almada  6 Dusty Cooke -- Skinny Graham  4 Roy Johnson 23 Dick Porter  5 Carl Reynolds 23 Bob Seeds 22 Moose Solters		Manager 27 Bucky Harris Coaches 30 Tom Daly 28 Bibb Falk 26 Jack Onslow

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	Ferrell, RickRick Ferrell	132	437	130	.297	1	48
1B	Morgan, EdEd Morgan	138	528	141	.267	3	79
2B	Cissell, BillBill Cissell	102	416	111	.267	4	44
3B	Werber, BillyBilly Werber	152	623	200	.321	11	67
SS	Lary, LynLyn Lary	129	419	101	.241	2	54
OF	Johnson, RoyRoy Johnson	143	569	182	.320	7	119
OF	Reynolds, CarlCarl Reynolds	113	413	125	.303	4	86
OF	Solters, MooseMoose Solters	101	365	109	.299	7	58

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
Bishop, MaxMax Bishop	97	253	66	.261	1	22
Graham, SkinnySkinny Graham	13	47	11	.234	0	3

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
Ferrell, WesWes Ferrell	26	181	14	5	3.63	87
Hockette, GeorgeGeorge Hockette	3	27.1	2	1	1.65	14

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
Grove, LeftyLefty Grove	22	109.1	8	8	6.50	43
Walberg, RubeRube Walberg	30	104.2	6	7	4.04	38

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
Pennock, HerbHerb Pennock	30	2	0	1	3.05	16

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Kansas City Blues	American Association	Roger Peckinpaugh
A	Reading Red Sox	New York–Pennsylvania League	Nemo Leibold
B	Columbia Sandlappers/Asheville Tourists	Piedmont League	Bill Laval and Possum Whitted
C	Joplin Miners	Western Association	Wally Schang

Columbia franchise transferred and renamed, June 7, 1934^[2]

Notes

1. Lefty Grove page at Baseball Reference
2. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References

• 1934 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
• 1934 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com