The 1934 Washington Senators played 154 games, won 68, lost 86, and finished in seventh place in the American League. They were managed by Joe Cronin and played home games at Griffith Stadium. In the eighth inning of their game against the Boston Red Sox on June 9, the Washington Senators hit 5 consecutive doubles – the most ever hit consecutively during the same inning.[1]
1934 Washington Senators | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Griffith Stadium | |
City | Washington, D.C. | |
Owners | Clark Griffith and William Richardson | |
Managers | Joe Cronin | |
Radio | WJSV (Arch McDonald) | |
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Regular season edit
Season standings edit
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Detroit Tigers | 101 | 53 | 0.656 | — | 54–26 | 47–27 |
New York Yankees | 94 | 60 | 0.610 | 7 | 53–24 | 41–36 |
Cleveland Indians | 85 | 69 | 0.552 | 16 | 47–31 | 38–38 |
Boston Red Sox | 76 | 76 | 0.500 | 24 | 42–35 | 34–41 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 68 | 82 | 0.453 | 31 | 34–40 | 34–42 |
St. Louis Browns | 67 | 85 | 0.441 | 33 | 36–39 | 31–46 |
Washington Senators | 66 | 86 | 0.434 | 34 | 34–40 | 32–46 |
Chicago White Sox | 53 | 99 | 0.349 | 47 | 29–46 | 24–53 |
Record vs. opponents edit
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | 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 edit
- May 9, 1934: Bob Boken was traded by the Senators to the Chicago White Sox for Red Kress.[2]
Roster edit
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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 | Eddie Phillips | 56 | 169 | 33 | .195 | 2 | 16 |
1B | Joe Kuhel | 63 | 263 | 76 | .289 | 3 | 25 |
2B | Buddy Myer | 139 | 524 | 160 | .305 | 3 | 57 |
3B | Cecil Travis | 109 | 392 | 125 | .319 | 1 | 53 |
SS | Joe Cronin | 127 | 504 | 143 | .284 | 7 | 101 |
OF | Fred Schulte | 136 | 524 | 156 | .298 | 3 | 73 |
OF | Heinie Manush | 137 | 556 | 194 | .349 | 11 | 89 |
OF | John Stone | 113 | 419 | 132 | .315 | 7 | 67 |
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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Ossie Bluege | 99 | 285 | 70 | .246 | 0 | 11 |
Dave Harris | 97 | 235 | 59 | .251 | 2 | 37 |
Pete Susko | 58 | 224 | 64 | .286 | 2 | 25 |
Luke Sewell | 72 | 207 | 49 | .237 | 2 | 21 |
Red Kress | 56 | 171 | 39 | .228 | 4 | 24 |
Cliff Bolton | 42 | 148 | 40 | .270 | 1 | 17 |
John Kerr | 31 | 103 | 28 | .272 | 0 | 12 |
Moe Berg | 33 | 86 | 21 | .244 | 0 | 6 |
Johnny Gill | 13 | 53 | 13 | .245 | 2 | 7 |
Jake Powell | 9 | 35 | 10 | .286 | 0 | 1 |
Fred Sington | 9 | 35 | 10 | .286 | 0 | 6 |
Bob Boken | 11 | 27 | 6 | .222 | 0 | 6 |
Gus Dugas | 24 | 19 | 1 | .053 | 0 | 1 |
Elmer Klumpp | 12 | 15 | 2 | .133 | 0 | 0 |
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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Earl Whitehill | 32 | 235.0 | 14 | 11 | 4.52 | 96 |
Monte Weaver | 31 | 204.2 | 11 | 15 | 4.79 | 51 |
Lefty Stewart | 24 | 152.0 | 7 | 11 | 4.03 | 36 |
Allen Benson | 2 | 9.2 | 0 | 1 | 12.10 | 4 |
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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Bobby Burke | 37 | 168.0 | 8 | 8 | 3.21 | 52 |
Tommy Thomas | 33 | 133.1 | 8 | 9 | 5.47 | 42 |
General Crowder | 29 | 100.2 | 4 | 10 | 6.79 | 39 |
Ed Linke | 7 | 34.2 | 2 | 2 | 4.15 | 9 |
Reese Diggs | 4 | 21.1 | 1 | 2 | 6.75 | 2 |
Syd Cohen | 3 | 18.0 | 1 | 1 | 7.50 | 6 |
Orville Armbrust | 3 | 12.2 | 1 | 0 | 2.13 | 3 |
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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Jack Russell | 54 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 4.17 | 38 |
Alex McColl | 42 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3.86 | 29 |
Ray Prim | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6.75 | 3 |
Bob Kline | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15.75 | 1 |
John Milligan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.13 | 1 |
Mark Filley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 0 |
Farm system edit
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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A | Chattanooga Lookouts | Southern Association | Zinn Beck and Mule Shirley |
Notes edit
- ^ "Team Doubles Records". Baseball-Almanac.com. Retrieved May 14, 2012.
- ^ Red Kress page at Baseball Reference