1934 Washington Senators season

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
Franklin Delano Roosevelt throwing out the first pitch on Opening Day at Griffith Stadium
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Griffith Stadium (since 1911) Washington, D.C. (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Clark Griffith and William Richardson
Manager(s)	Joe Cronin
Local radio	WJSV (Arch McDonald)
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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 9, 1934: Bob Boken was traded by the Senators to the Chicago White Sox for Red Kress.[2]

Roster

1934 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers 29 Orville Armbrust 10 Allen Benson 18 Bobby Burke 12 Syd Cohen 12 Alvin Crowder 22 Reese Diggs -- Mark Filley 20 Bob Kline 29 Ed Linke 26 Alex McColl 30 John Milligan 30 Ray Prim 17 Jack Russell 14 Lefty Stewart 15 Tommy Thomas 16 Monte Weaver 11 Earl Whitehill		Catchers 10 Moe Berg  9 Cliff Bolton 21 Elmer Klumpp 32 Eddie Phillips  8 Luke Sewell Infielders  7 Ossie Bluege 25 Bob Boken  4 Joe Cronin 23 John Kerr 25 Red Kress  5 Joe Kuhel  1 Buddy Myer 19,22 Pete Susko 20 Cecil Travis		Outfielders 22 Gus Dugas 19 Johnny Gill 24 Dave Harris  3 Heinie Manush  9 Jake Powell  6 Fred Schulte  6 Fred Sington  2 John Stone		Manager  4 Joe Cronin Coaches 27 Nick Altrock 23 Dickey Kerr 28 Al Schacht

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	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

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
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

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
Earl Whitehill	32	235	14	11	4.52	96
Monte Weaver	31	204.2	11	15	4.79	51
Lefty Stewart	24	152	7	11	4.03	36
Allen Benson	2	9.2	0	1	12.10	4

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
Bobby Burke	37	168	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	1	1	7.50	6
Orville Armbrust	3	12.2	1	0	2.13	3

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
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

Level	Team	League	Manager
A	Chattanooga Lookouts	Southern Association	Zinn Beck and Mule Shirley

Notes

1. "Team Doubles Records". Baseball-Almanac.com. Retrieved May 14, 2012.
2. Red Kress page at Baseball Reference

References

• 1934 Washington Senators at Baseball-Reference
• 1934 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com