1934_St._Louis_Browns_season Knowpia

1934 St. Louis Browns
1934 St. Louis Browns
League	American League
Ballpark	Sportsman's Park
City	St. Louis, Missouri
Record	67–85 (.441)
League place	6th
Owners	Estate of Phil Ball
Managers	Rogers Hornsby
Radio	KMOX; (France Laux); KWK; (Bob Thomas, Ray Schmidt)

The 1934 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 6th in the American League with a record of 67 wins and 85 losses.

Offseason edit

December 15, 1933: Ray Pepper was purchased by the Browns from the St. Louis Cardinals.^[1]

v t e 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

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	—

1934 St. Louis Browns

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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	Rollie Hemsley	123	431	133	.309	2	52
1B	Jack Burns	154	612	157	.257	13	73
2B	Ski Melillo	144	552	133	.241	2	55
3B	Harlond Clift	147	572	149	.260	14	56
SS	Alan Strange	127	430	100	.233	1	45
OF	Ray Pepper	148	564	168	.298	7	101
OF	Bruce Campbell	138	481	134	.279	9	74
OF	Sam West	122	482	157	.326	9	55

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
Ollie Bejma	95	262	71	.271	2	29
Debs Garms	91	232	68	.293	0	31
Frank Grube	65	170	49	.288	0	11
Earl Clark	13	41	7	.171	0	1
George Puccinelli	10	26	6	.231	2	5
Rogers Hornsby	24	23	7	.304	1	11
Grover Hartley	5	3	1	.333	0	0
Art Scharein	1	2	1	.000	0	2
Charley O'Leary	1	1	1	1.000	0	0

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Bobo Newsom	47	262.1	16	20	4.01	135
George Blaeholder	39	234.1	14	18	4.22	66
Bump Hadley	39	213.0	10	16	4.35	79
Jim Weaver	5	19.2	2	0	6.41	11

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Dick Coffman	40	173.0	9	10	4.53	55
Ivy Andrews	43	139.0	4	11	4.66	51
Jack Knott	45	138.0	10	3	4.96	56
Ed Wells	33	92.0	1	7	4.79	27

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	ERA	SO
Bill McAfee	28	1	5.84	11
Lefty Mills	4	0	4.15	2
Jim Walkup	3	0	2.16	6

Level	Team	League	Manager
A	San Antonio Missions	Texas League	Hank Severeid

^ Ray Pepper page at Baseball-Reference
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997