The 1934 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 17 to October 9, 1934. The St. Louis Cardinals and Detroit Tigers were the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The Cardinals then defeated the Tigers in the World Series, four games to three.
1934 MLB season | |
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League | Major League Baseball |
Sport | Baseball |
Duration | April 17 – October 9, 1934 |
Number of games | 154 |
Number of teams | 16 |
Regular season | |
Season MVP | AL: Mickey Cochrane (DET) NL: Dizzy Dean (SLC) |
AL champions | Detroit Tigers |
AL runners-up | New York Yankees |
NL champions | St. Louis Cardinals |
NL runners-up | New York Giants |
World Series | |
Champions | St. Louis Cardinals |
Runners-up | Detroit Tigers |
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1 American League Triple Crown Batting Winner
2 American League Triple Crown Pitching Winner
American League edit
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National League edit
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World Series | ||||
AL | Detroit Tigers | 3 | ||
NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 4 |
Team | Manager | Comments |
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Boston Red Sox | Bucky Harris | |
Chicago White Sox | Lew Fonseca and Jimmy Dykes | |
Cleveland Indians | Walter Johnson | Finished 3rd |
Detroit Tigers | Mickey Cochrane | Won AL pennant |
New York Yankees | Joe McCarthy | Finished 2nd |
Philadelphia Athletics | Connie Mack | |
St. Louis Browns | Rogers Hornsby | |
Washington Senators | Joe Cronin |
Team | Manager | Comments |
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Boston Braves | Bill McKechnie | |
Brooklyn Dodgers | Casey Stengel | |
Chicago Cubs | Charlie Grimm | Finished 3rd |
Cincinnati Reds | Bob O'Farrell, Burt Shotton and Chuck Dressen | |
New York Giants | Bill Terry | Finished 2nd |
Philadelphia Phillies | Jimmie Wilson | |
Pittsburgh Pirates | George Gibson and Pie Traynor | |
St. Louis Cardinals | Frankie Frisch | Won World Series |
Team name | Wins | %± | Home attendance | %± | Per game |
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Detroit Tigers[1] | 101 | 34.7% | 919,161 | 186.4% | 11,490 |
New York Yankees[2] | 94 | 3.3% | 854,682 | 17.4% | 11,100 |
New York Giants[3] | 93 | 2.2% | 730,851 | 20.9% | 9,745 |
Chicago Cubs[4] | 86 | 0.0% | 707,525 | 19.1% | 9,189 |
Boston Red Sox[5] | 76 | 20.6% | 610,640 | 127.2% | 7,930 |
Brooklyn Dodgers[6] | 71 | 9.2% | 434,188 | -17.6% | 5,639 |
Cleveland Indians[7] | 85 | 13.3% | 391,338 | 0.9% | 5,017 |
Washington Senators[8] | 66 | -33.3% | 330,074 | -24.6% | 4,343 |
St. Louis Cardinals[9] | 95 | 15.9% | 325,056 | 26.9% | 4,222 |
Pittsburgh Pirates[10] | 74 | -14.9% | 322,622 | 11.7% | 4,136 |
Philadelphia Athletics[11] | 68 | -13.9% | 305,847 | 2.9% | 4,024 |
Boston Braves[12] | 78 | -6.0% | 303,205 | -41.4% | 4,043 |
Chicago White Sox[13] | 53 | -20.9% | 236,559 | -40.5% | 3,154 |
Cincinnati Reds[14] | 52 | -10.3% | 206,773 | -5.3% | 2,651 |
Philadelphia Phillies[15] | 56 | -6.7% | 169,885 | 8.6% | 2,393 |
St. Louis Browns[16] | 67 | 21.8% | 115,305 | 30.9% | 1,517 |