1934_Chicago_White_Sox_season Knowpia

1934 Chicago White Sox
1934 Chicago White Sox
League	American League
Ballpark	Comiskey Park
City	Chicago
Owners	J. Louis Comiskey
General manager	Harry Grabiner
Managers	Lew Fonseca and Jimmy Dykes
Radio	WGN; (Bob Elson); WIND; (Johnny O'Hara); WMAQ; (Hal Totten)

The 1934 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 34th season in the major leagues and its 35th season overall. They finished with a record of 53–99, good enough for eighth and last place in the American League (47 games behind the first place Detroit Tigers).

Offseason edit

October 25, 1933: Chad Kimsey and Charlie English were traded by the White Sox to the Montreal Royals for John Pomorski.^[1]

Regular season edit

Season standings edit

American League

W

L

GB

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

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

1934 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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: Red Kress was traded by the White Sox to the Washington Senators for Bob Boken.^[2]
May 20, 1934: Ed Madjeski was signed as a free agent by the White Sox.^[3]
June 27, 1934: Marty Hopkins was purchased by the White Sox from the St. Paul Saints.^[4]
August 11, 1934: Rip Radcliff was purchased by the White Sox from the Louisville Colonels.^[5]

Roster edit

1934 Chicago White Sox

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

5 Jimmy Dykes
1 Lew Fonseca

Coaches

37 Jimmy Austin

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	Ed Madjeski	85	281	62	.221	5	32
1B	Zeke Bonura	127	510	154	.302	27	110
2B	Jackie Hayes	62	226	58	.257	1	31
3B	Jimmy Dykes	127	456	122	.268	7	82
SS	Luke Appling	118	452	137	.303	2	61
OF	Al Simmons	138	558	192	.344	18	104
OF	Evar Swanson	117	426	127	.298	0	34
OF	Mule Haas	106	351	94	.268	2	22

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
Bob Boken	81	297	70	.236	3	40
Jocko Conlan	63	225	56	.249	0	16
Marty Hopkins	67	210	45	.214	2	28
Merv Shea	62	176	28	.159	0	5
Frenchy Uhalt	57	165	40	.242	0	16
Joe Chamberlain	43	141	34	.241	2	17
Frenchy Bordagaray	29	87	28	.322	0	2
Muddy Ruel	22	57	12	.211	0	7
Rip Radcliff	14	56	15	.268	0	5
Milt Bocek	19	38	8	.211	0	3
Mark Mauldin	10	38	10	.263	1	3
Charlie Uhlir	14	27	4	.148	0	3
George Caithamer	5	19	6	.316	0	3
Red Kress	8	14	4	.286	0	1
Johnny Pasek	4	9	3	.333	0	0
Dutch Fehring	1	1	0	.000	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
George Earnshaw	33	227.0	14	11	4.52	97
Ted Lyons	30	205.1	11	13	4.87	53
Milt Gaston	29	194.0	6	19	5.85	48
Sam Jones	27	183.1	8	12	5.11	60
Vern Kennedy	3	19.1	0	2	3.72	7
Hugo Klaerner	3	17.1	0	2	10.90	9

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
Les Tietje	34	176.0	5	14	4.81	81
Phil Gallivan	35	126.2	4	7	5.61	35
Whit Wyatt	23	67.2	4	11	7.18	36

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
Joe Heving	33	1	7	4	7.26	40
Harry Kinzy	13	0	1	0	4.98	12
Lee Stine	4	0	0	0	8.18	8
John Pomorski	3	0	0	0	5.40	0
Monty Stratton	1	0	0	0	5.40	0

Farm system edit

Level	Team	League	Manager
C	Longview Cannibals	West Dixie League	Roy Flaskamper and Dallas Warren
D	Lafayette White Sox	Evangeline League	Lee Schulte

^[6]

Notes edit

^ Chad Kimsey page at Baseball-Reference
^ Red Kress page at Baseball-Reference
^ Ed Madjeski page at Baseball-Reference
^ Marty Hopkins page at Baseball-Reference
^ Rip Radcliff page at Baseball-Reference
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997