1934 Chicago White Sox season

1934 Chicago White Sox
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Comiskey Park (since 1910)
Chicago (since 1900)
Other information
Owner(s)	J. Louis Comiskey
Manager(s)	Lew Fonseca and Jimmy Dykes
Local radio	WGN (AM) (Bob Elson) WMAQ (AM) WIND (AM)
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The 1934 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 34th season in the major leagues, and its 35th season overall. They finished with a record 53–99, good enough for eighth and last place in the American League, 47 games behind the first place Detroit Tigers.

Offseason

• October 25, 1933: Chad Kimsey and Charlie English were traded by the White Sox to the Montreal Royals for John Pomorski.^[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	—

Notable transactions

• May 9, 1934: Red Kress was traded by the White Sox to the Washington Senators for Bob Boken.^[2]
• May 20, 1934: Ed Madjeski was signed as a free agent by the White Sox.^[3]
• June 27, 1934: Marty Hopkins was purchased by the White Sox from the St. Paul Saints.^[4]
• August 11, 1934: Rip Radcliff was purchased by the White Sox from the Louisville Colonels.^[5]

Roster

1934 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers 18 George Earnshaw 22,48 Phil Gallivan 23 Milt Gaston 25 Joe Heving 28 Sam Jones 24 Vern Kennedy 17 Harry Kinzy 19 Hugo Klaerner 16 Ted Lyons 24,28 John Pomorski 27 Lee Stine 24 Monty Stratton 38,21 Les Tietje 19 Whit Wyatt		Catchers -- George Caithamer -- Dutch Fehring  1 Ed Madjeski  8 Johnny Pasek 49 Muddy Ruel 15 Merv Shea Infielders  4 Luke Appling 14 Bob Boken  3 Zeke Bonura 12 Joe Chamberlain  5 Jimmy Dykes  2 Jackie Hayes 27 Marty Hopkins 14 Red Kress 36 Mark Mauldin		Outfielders 47 Milt Bocek 34 Frenchy Bordagaray  8 Jocko Conlan  6 Mule Haas  9 Rip Radcliff  7 Al Simmons  9 Evar Swanson 36 Frenchy Uhalt 34 Charlie Uhlir		Manager  5 Jimmy Dykes  1 Lew Fonseca Coaches 37 Jimmy Austin

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	Madjeski, EdEd Madjeski	85	281	62	.221	5	32
1B	Bonura, ZekeZeke Bonura	127	510	154	.302	27	110
2B	Hayes, JackieJackie Hayes	62	226	58	.257	1	31
3B	Dykes, JimmyJimmy Dykes	127	456	122	.268	7	82
SS	Appling, LukeLuke Appling	118	452	137	.303	2	61
OF	Simmons, AlAl Simmons	138	558	192	.344	18	104
OF	Swanson, EvarEvar Swanson	117	426	127	.298	0	34
OF	Haas, MuleMule Haas	106	351	94	.268	2	22

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
Boken, BobBob Boken	81	297	70	.236	3	40
Hopkins, MartyMarty Hopkins	67	210	45	.214	2	28
Uhalt, FrenchyFrenchy Uhalt	57	165	40	.242	0	16
Radcliff, RipRip Radcliff	14	56	15	.268	0	5
Kress, RedRed Kress	8	14	4	.286	0	1

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
Earnshaw, GeorgeGeorge Earnshaw	33	227	14	11	4.52	97
Lyons, TedTed Lyons	30	205.1	11	13	4.87	53
Gaston, MiltMilt Gaston	29	194	6	19	5.85	48
Jones, SamSam Jones	27	183.1	8	12	5.11	60
Kennedy, VernVern Kennedy	3	19.1	0	2	3.72	7

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
Gallivan, PhilPhil Gallivan	35	126.2	4	7	5.61	35

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
Heving, JoeJoe Heving	33	1	7	4	7.26	40
Kinzy, HarryHarry Kinzy	13	0	1	0	4.98	12
Pomorski, JohnJohn Pomorski	3	0	0	0	5.40	0

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
C	Longview Cannibals	West Dixie League	Roy Flaskamper and Dallas Warren
D	Lafayette White Sox	Evangeline League	Lee Schulte

^[6]

Notes

1. Chad Kimsey page at Baseball-Reference
2. Red Kress page at Baseball-Reference
3. Ed Madjeski page at Baseball-Reference
4. Marty Hopkins page at Baseball-Reference
5. Rip Radcliff page at Baseball-Reference
6. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

References

• 1934 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference