1934 Boston Red Sox season

Major League Baseball season

Major League Baseball team season

1934 Boston Red Sox

League| American League
Ballpark| Fenway Park
City| Boston, Massachusetts
Record| 76–76 (.500)
League place| 4th
Owners| Tom Yawkey
President| Tom Yawkey
General managers| Eddie Collins
Managers| Bucky Harris
Radio| WNAC
(Fred Hoey)
Stats| ESPN.com
Baseball Reference
| <- 1933 | Seasons | 1935 ->

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The 1934 Boston Red Sox season was the 34th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished fourth in the American League (AL) with a record of 76 wins and 76 losses, 24 games behind the Detroit Tigers.

On January 5, 1934, during renovation work at Fenway Park—including the removal of Duffy's Cliff, an embankment in front of the Green Monster—a fire that started at the ballpark caused significant damage and spread to some nearby buildings on Lansdowne Street. Further repair and renovation work, costing over $1 million, was completed in time for Opening Day.[1]

## Offseason

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* December 12, 1933: Bob Kline, Rabbit Warstler, and $125,000 were traded by the Red Sox to the Philadelphia Athletics for Lefty Grove, Max Bishop and Rube Walberg.[2]

## Regular season

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In May, pitcher Wes Ferrell, the brother of catcher Rick Ferrell, was acquired for the Red Sox from the Cleveland Indians.[3]

### Season standings

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American League Team  | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road

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Detroit Tigers | 101 | 53  | .656  | —  | 54‍–‍26  | 47‍–‍27
New York Yankees | 94 | 60  | .610  | 7  | 53‍–‍24  | 41‍–‍36
Cleveland Indians | 85 | 69  | .552  | 16  | 47‍–‍31  | 38‍–‍38
Boston Red Sox | 76 | 76  | .500  | 24  | 42‍–‍35  | 34‍–‍41
Philadelphia Athletics | 68 | 82  | .453  | 31  | 34‍–‍40  | 34‍–‍42
St. Louis Browns | 67 | 85  | .441  | 33  | 36‍–‍39  | 31‍–‍46
Washington Senators | 66 | 86  | .434  | 34  | 34‍–‍40  | 32‍–‍46
Chicago White Sox | 53 | 99  | .349  | 47  | 29‍–‍46  | 24‍–‍53

### Record vs. opponents

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1934 American League record

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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 | —

### Opening Day lineup

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1 | Chalmer Cissell | 2B

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20 | Lyn Lary | SS
25 | Eddie Morgan | 1B
4 | Roy Johnson | LF
5 | Carl Reynolds | CF
7 | Rick Ferrell | C
22 | Dick Porter | RF
8 | Billy Werber | 3B
11 | Gordon Rhodes | P

### Roster

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1934 Boston Red Sox

Roster
Pitchers

* 12 Wes Ferrell
* 10 Lefty Grove
* \-- George Hockette
* 16 Hank Johnson
* \-- Spike Merena
* 14 Joe Mulligan
* 19 Fritz Ostermueller
* 17 Herb Pennock
* 14 George Pipgras
* 11 Gordon Rhodes
* 15 Rube Walberg
* 12 Bob Weiland
* 18 Johnny Welch

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* 7 Rick Ferrell
* 9 Gordie Hinkle
* 24 Lou Legett

Infielders

* 1 Max Bishop
* 2 Bill Cissell
* 25 Joe Judge
* 8 Red Kellett
* 21 Lyn Lary
* 3 Ed Morgan
* 23 Freddie Muller
* \-- Al Niemiec
* 8 Bucky Walters
* 20 Billy Werber

|  | Outfielders

* \-- Mel Almada
* 6 Dusty Cooke
* \-- Skinny Graham
* 4 Roy Johnson
* 23 Dick Porter
* 5 Carl Reynolds
* 23 Bob Seeds
* 22 Moose Solters

|  | Manager

* 27 Bucky Harris

Coaches

* 30 Tom Daly
* 28 Bibb Falk
* 26 Jack Onslow (Pitching)

## Player stats

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### Batting

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#### Starters by position

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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

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C | Rick Ferrell | 132 | 437 | 130 | .297 | 1 | 48
1B | Ed Morgan | 138 | 528 | 141 | .267 | 3 | 79
2B | Bill Cissell | 102 | 416 | 111 | .267 | 4 | 44
3B | Billy Werber | 152 | 623 | 200 | .321 | 11 | 67
SS | Lyn Lary | 129 | 419 | 101 | .241 | 2 | 54
OF | Roy Johnson | 143 | 569 | 182 | .320 | 7 | 119
OF | Carl Reynolds | 113 | 413 | 125 | .303 | 4 | 86
OF | Moose Solters | 101 | 365 | 109 | .299 | 7 | 58

#### Other batters

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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

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Dick Porter | 79 | 264 | 80 | .303 | 0 | 56
Max Bishop | 97 | 253 | 66 | .261 | 1 | 22
Dusty Cooke | 74 | 168 | 41 | .244 | 1 | 26
Mel Almada | 23 | 90 | 21 | .233 | 0 | 10
Bucky Walters | 23 | 88 | 19 | .216 | 4 | 18
Gordie Hinkle | 27 | 75 | 13 | .173 | 0 | 9
Skinny Graham | 13 | 47 | 11 | .234 | 0 | 3
Lou Legett | 19 | 38 | 11 | .289 | 0 | 1
Al Niemiec | 9 | 32 | 7 | .219 | 0 | 3
Joe Judge | 10 | 15 | 5 | .333 | 0 | 2
Red Kellett | 9 | 9 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0
Bob Seeds | 8 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 1
Freddie Muller | 2 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0

### Pitching

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#### Starting pitchers

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

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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Gordon Rhodes | 44 | 219.0 | 12 | 12 | 4.56 | 79
Fritz Ostermueller | 33 | 198.2 | 10 | 13 | 3.49 | 75
Wes Ferrell | 26 | 181.0 | 14 | 5 | 3.63 | 87
George Hockette | 3 | 27.1 | 2 | 1 | 1.65 | 14
Spike Merena | 4 | 24.2 | 1 | 2 | 2.92 | 7

#### Other pitchers

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

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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Johnny Welch | 41 | 206.1 | 13 | 15 | 4.49 | 91
Hank Johnson | 31 | 124.1 | 6 | 8 | 5.36 | 66
Lefty Grove | 22 | 109.1 | 8 | 8 | 6.50 | 43
Rube Walberg | 30 | 104.2 | 6 | 7 | 4.04 | 38
Bob Weiland | 11 | 55.2 | 1 | 5 | 5.50 | 29
George Pipgras | 2 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 8.10 | 0

#### Relief pitchers

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

Player  | G  | W  | L  | SV  | ERA  | SO

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Herb Pennock | 30 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3.05 | 16
Joe Mulligan | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.63 | 13

## Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball

Level  | Team  | League  | Manager

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AA  | Kansas City Blues | American Association | Roger Peckinpaugh
A  | Reading Red Sox | New York–Pennsylvania League | Nemo Leibold
B  | Columbia Sandlappers/Asheville Tourists | Piedmont League | Bill Laval and Possum Whitted
C  | Joplin Miners | Western Association | Wally Schang

Columbia franchise transferred and renamed, June 7, 1934[4]

## References

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1. ^ Bird, Hayden (July 17, 2016). "The Green Monster emerged from the ashes of Fenway fires". Boston.com. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
2. ^ Lefty Grove page at Baseball Reference
3. ^ Golenbock, Peter (2015). Red Sox Nation: The Rich and Colorful History of the Boston Red Sox (4th ed.). Chicago, Illinois: Triumph Books. p. 78\. ISBN 978-1-62937-050-7.
4. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

## External links

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* 1934 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
* 1934 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com

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