1934 Boston Braves season

Summary

The 1934 Boston Braves season was the 64th season of the franchise. The Braves finished in fourth place in the National League with a record of 78 wins and 73 losses.

1934 Boston Braves
LeagueNational League
BallparkBraves Field
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record78–73 (.517)
League place4th
OwnersEmil Fuchs
ManagersBill McKechnie
RadioWNAC
(Fred Hoey)
← 1933
1935 →

Regular season edit

Season standings edit

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
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


Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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

1934 Boston Braves
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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
C Al Spohrer 100 265 59 .223 0 17
1B Buck Jordan 124 489 152 .311 2 58
2B Marty McManus 119 435 120 .276 8 47
3B Pinky Whitney 146 563 146 .259 12 79
SS Billy Urbanski 146 605 177 .293 7 53
OF Wally Berger 150 615 183 .298 34 121
OF Hal Lee 139 521 152 .292 8 79
OF Tommy Thompson 105 343 91 .265 0 37

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
Randy Moore 123 422 120 .284 7 64
Shanty Hogan 92 279 73 .262 4 34
Les Mallon 42 166 49 .295 0 18
Joe Mowry 25 79 17 .215 1 4
Red Worthington 41 65 16 .246 0 6
Dick Gyselman 24 36 6 .167 0 4
Dan McGee 7 22 3 .136 0 1
Johnnie Tyler 3 6 1 .167 0 1
Elbie Fletcher 8 4 2 .500 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
Ed Brandt 40 255.0 16 14 3.53 106
Fred Frankhouse 37 233.2 17 9 3.20 78
Huck Betts 40 213.0 17 10 4.06 69
Flint Rhem 25 152.2 8 8 3.60 56
Ben Cantwell 27 143.1 5 11 4.33 45

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
Bob Brown 16 58.1 1 3 5.71 21
Dick Barrett 15 32.1 1 3 6.68 14
Tom Zachary 5 24.0 1 2 3.38 4
Jumbo Elliott 7 15.1 1 1 5.87 6

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
Bob Smith 39 6 9 5 4.66 26
Leo Mangum 29 5 3 0 5.72 28
Clarence Pickrel 10 0 0 0 5.06 9

Farm system edit

Level Team League Manager
A Harrisburg Senators New York–Pennsylvania League Les Mann

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Notes edit

  1. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

References edit

  • 1934 Boston Braves season at Baseball Reference