1934 Philadelphia Athletics season

The 1934 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing 5th in the American League with a record of 78 wins and 82 losses.

1934 Philadelphia Athletics
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Shibe Park (since 1909) Philadelphia (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Connie Mack, Tom Shibe and John Shibe
Manager(s)	Connie Mack
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Offseason

• November 6, 1933: Tony Freitas, Gowell Claset, and cash were traded by the Athletics to the St. Paul Saints for Rip Radcliff.[1]
• December 12, 1933: Mickey Cochrane was traded by the Athletics to the Detroit Tigers for Johnny Pasek and $100,000.[2]
• December 12, 1933: Lefty Grove, Max Bishop and Rube Walberg were traded by the Athletics to the Boston Red Sox for Bob Kline, Rabbit Warstler, and $125,000.[3]
• March 27, 1934: Rip Radcliff and George Detore were traded by the Athletics to the Louisville Colonels for Hank Erickson. Hank Erickson was returned to the Colonels in April 1934.[1]

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

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 14, 1934: Ed Madjeski was released by the Athletics.[4]
• August 9, 1934: Wally Moses was purchased by the Athletics from the Galveston Buccaneers.[5]

Roster

1934 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers 21 Al Benton 11 Sugar Cain 20 Joe Cascarella -- George Caster 14 Bill Dietrich 15 Mort Flohr 16 Bob Kline 19 Ed Lagger 17 Roy Mahaffey 12 Johnny Marcum 19 Harry Matuzak 15 Tim McKeithan 16 Roy Vaughn 18,26 Whitey Wilshere -- Jack Wilson		Catchers  2 Charlie Berry 28 Frankie Hayes 10 Ed Madjeski 10 Charlie Moss Infielders  3 Jimmie Foxx  5 Pinky Higgins  6 Eric McNair 22 Rabbit Warstler  4 Dib Williams		Outfielders  9 Ed Coleman  8 Doc Cramer 23 Lou Finney  7 Bob Johnson 10 Jerry McQuaig 27 Bing Miller		Manager Connie Mack Coaches 31 Lena Blackburne 30 Earle Mack 32 Eddie Rommel

Player stats

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	Charlie Berry	99	269	72	.268	0	34
1B	Jimmie Foxx	150	539	180	.334	44	130
2B	Rabbit Warstler	117	419	99	.236	1	36
3B	Pinky Higgins	144	543	179	.330	16	90
SS	Eric McNair	151	599	168	.280	17	82
OF	Doc Cramer	153	649	202	.311	6	46
OF	Bob Johnson	141	547	168	.307	34	92
OF	Ed Coleman	101	329	92	.280	14	60

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
Lou Finney	92	272	76	.279	1	28
Frankie Hayes	92	248	56	.226	6	30
Dib Williams	66	205	56	.273	2	17
Bing Miller	81	177	43	.243	1	22
Jerry McQuaig	7	16	1	.063	0	1
Charlie Moss	10	10	2	.200	0	1
Ed Madjeski	8	8	3	.375	0	2

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
Johnny Marcum	37	232	14	11	4.50	92
Sugar Cain	36	230.2	9	17	4.41	66
Jack Wilson	2	9	0	1	12.00	2

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
Bill Dietrich	39	207.2	11	12	4.68	88
Joe Cascarella	42	194.1	12	15	4.68	71
Al Benton	32	155	7	9	4.88	58
Roy Mahaffey	37	129	6	7	5.37	37
George Caster	5	37	3	2	3.41	15
Mort Flohr	14	30.2	0	2	5.87	6
Whitey Wilshere	9	21.2	0	1	12.05	19

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 Kline	20	6	2	1	6.35	14
Harry Matuzak	11	0	3	0	4.88	9
Ed Lagger	8	0	0	0	11.00	2
Roy Vaughn	2	0	0	0	2.08	1
Tim McKeithan	3	0	0	0	15.75	0

References

1. Rip Radcliff page at Baseball Reference
2. Mickey Cochrane page at Baseball Reference
3. Lefty Grove page at Baseball Reference
4. Ed Madjeski page at Baseball-Reference
5. Wally Moses page at Baseball-Reference

External links

• 1934 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
• 1934 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com