The 1934 Chicago Cubs season was the 63rd season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 59th in the National League and the 19th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished third in the National League with a record of 86–65.
1934 Chicago Cubs | ||
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League | National League | |
Ballpark | Wrigley Field | |
City | Chicago, Illinois | |
Owners | Philip K. Wrigley | |
General managers | Charles Weber | |
Managers | Charlie Grimm | |
Radio | WGN (Bob Elson) WBBM (Pat Flanagan) | |
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Regular season edit
Season standings edit
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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 edit
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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 edit
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders | Manager
Coaches
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Player stats edit
Batting edit
Starters by position edit
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 | Gabby Hartnett | 130 | 438 | 131 | .299 | 22 | 90 |
1B | Charlie Grimm | 75 | 267 | 79 | .296 | 5 | 47 |
2B | Billy Herman | 113 | 456 | 138 | .303 | 3 | 42 |
3B | Stan Hack | 111 | 402 | 116 | .289 | 1 | 21 |
SS | Billy Jurges | 100 | 358 | 88 | .246 | 8 | 33 |
OF | Kiki Cuyler | 142 | 559 | 189 | .338 | 6 | 69 |
OF | Babe Herman | 125 | 467 | 142 | .304 | 14 | 84 |
OF | Chuck Klein | 115 | 435 | 131 | .301 | 20 | 80 |
Other batters edit
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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Woody English | 109 | 421 | 117 | .278 | 3 | 31 |
Tuck Stainback | 104 | 359 | 110 | .306 | 2 | 46 |
Augie Galan | 66 | 192 | 50 | .260 | 5 | 22 |
Don Hurst | 51 | 151 | 30 | .199 | 3 | 12 |
Dolph Camilli | 32 | 120 | 33 | .275 | 4 | 19 |
Riggs Stephenson | 38 | 74 | 16 | .216 | 0 | 7 |
Babe Phelps | 44 | 70 | 20 | .286 | 2 | 12 |
Bob O'Farrell | 22 | 67 | 15 | .224 | 0 | 5 |
Bennie Tate | 11 | 24 | 3 | .125 | 0 | 0 |
Phil Cavarretta | 7 | 21 | 8 | .381 | 1 | 6 |
Pitching edit
Starting pitchers edit
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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Lon Warneke | 43 | 291.1 | 22 | 10 | 3.21 | 143 |
Bill Lee | 35 | 214.1 | 13 | 14 | 3.40 | 104 |
Jim Weaver | 27 | 159.0 | 11 | 9 | 3.91 | 98 |
Other pitchers edit
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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Guy Bush | 40 | 209.1 | 18 | 10 | 3.83 | 75 |
Pat Malone | 34 | 191.0 | 14 | 7 | 3.53 | 111 |
Bud Tinning | 39 | 129.1 | 4 | 6 | 3.34 | 44 |
Charlie Root | 34 | 117.2 | 4 | 7 | 4.28 | 46 |
Charlie Wiedemeyer | 4 | 8.1 | 0 | 0 | 9.72 | 2 |
Lynn Nelson | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 36.00 | 0 |
Relief pitchers edit
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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Roy Joiner | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8.21 | 9 |
Dick Ward | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 1 |
Farm system edit
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AA | Los Angeles Angels | Pacific Coast League | Jack Lelivelt |
C | Ponca City Angels | Western Association | Roy Johnson |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Los Angeles[1]
Notes edit
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007
References edit