1934 New York Yankees season

Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees

Major League Baseball team season

1934 New York Yankees

League| American League
Ballpark| Yankee Stadium
City| New York City
Owners| Jacob Ruppert
General managers| Ed Barrow
Managers| Joe McCarthy
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The 1934 New York Yankees season was the team's 32nd season. The team finished with a record of 94–60, finishing 7 games behind the Detroit Tigers. New York was managed by Joe McCarthy. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium. This was the final year Babe Ruth played as a Yankee.

## Regular season

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The 1934 season was Babe Ruth's last season in a Yankee uniform. He was released the following February.

### 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 | —

### Roster

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1934 New York Yankees

Roster
Pitchers

* 18 Johnny Allen
* 21,22,26 Johnny Broaca
* 16 Jimmie DeShong
* 24,33 Charlie Devens
* 11 Lefty Gomez
* 20 Burleigh Grimes
* 17 Danny MacFayden
* 19 Johnny Murphy
* 20 Floyd Newkirk
* 15 Red Ruffing
* 20 Harry Smythe
* 22,24 Vito Tamulis
* 26 George Uhle
* 14 Russ Van Atta

|  | Catchers

* 8 Bill Dickey
* 9 Arndt Jorgens
* 27 Zack Taylor

Infielders

* 5 Frankie Crosetti
* 4 Lou Gehrig
* 10 Don Heffner
* 22 Lyn Lary
* 6 Tony Lazzeri
* 2 Red Rolfe
* 12 Jack Saltzgaver

|  | Outfielders

* 25 Sammy Byrd
* 7 Ben Chapman
* 1 Earle Combs
* 28 Myril Hoag
* 3 Babe Ruth
* 1 George Selkirk
* 27 Dixie Walker

|  | Manager

* \-- Joe McCarthy

Coaches

* 29 Art Fletcher
* 21 Johnny Schulte
* 30 Joe Sewell

## 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 | Bill Dickey | 104 | 395 | 127 | .322 | 12 | 72
1B | Lou Gehrig | 154 | 579 | 210 | .363 | 49 | 165
2B | Tony Lazzeri | 123 | 438 | 117 | .267 | 14 | 67
3B | Jack Saltzgaver | 94 | 350 | 95 | .271 | 6 | 36
SS | Frankie Crosetti | 138 | 554 | 147 | .265 | 11 | 67
OF | Ben Chapman | 149 | 588 | 181 | .308 | 5 | 86
OF | Babe Ruth | 125 | 365 | 105 | .288 | 22 | 84
OF | Sammy Byrd | 106 | 191 | 47 | .246 | 3 | 23

#### 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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Red Rolfe | 89 | 279 | 80 | .287 | 0 | 18
Earle Combs | 63 | 251 | 80 | .319 | 2 | 25
Don Heffner | 72 | 241 | 63 | .261 | 0 | 25
Samuel Byrd | 106 | 191 | 47 | .246 | 3 | 23
Arndt Jorgens | 58 | 183 | 38 | .208 | 0 | 20
George Selkirk | 46 | 176 | 55 | .313 | 5 | 38
Dixie Walker | 17 | 17 | 2 | .118 | 0 | 0
Zack Taylor | 4 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 0
Lyn Lary | 1 | 0 | 0 | \
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### 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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Lefty Gomez | 38 | 281.2 | 26 | 5 | 2.33 | 158
Red Ruffing | 36 | 256.1 | 19 | 11 | 3.93 | 149
Johnny Broaca | 26 | 177.1 | 12 | 9 | 4.16 | 74
Johnny Allen | 13 | 71.2 | 5 | 2 | 2.89 | 54
Charlie Devens | 1 | 11.0 | 1 | 0 | 1.64 | 4
Vito Tamulis | 1 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 5

#### 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 Murphy | 40 | 207.2 | 14 | 10 | 3.12 | 70
Jimmie DeShong | 31 | 133.2 | 6 | 7 | 4.11 | 40
Danny MacFayden | 22 | 96.0 | 4 | 3 | 4.50 | 41
Russ Van Atta | 28 | 88.0 | 3 | 5 | 6.34 | 39
George Uhle | 10 | 16.1 | 2 | 4 | 9.92 | 10

#### 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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Burleigh Grimes | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5.50 | 5
Harry Smythe | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7.80 | 7
Floyd Newkirk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0

## Awards and honors

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* Lou Gehrig won the Triple Crown.[1]

## Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball

Level  | Team  | League  | Manager

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AA  | Newark Bears | International League | Bob Shawkey
A  | Binghamton Triplets | New York–Pennsylvania League | Billy Meyer
B  | Norfolk Tars | Piedmont League | Bill Skiff
C  | Wheeling Stogies | Middle Atlantic League | Jack Sheehan
D  | Washington Generals | Pennsylvania State Association | Benny Bengough

LEAGUE CHAMPION: Norfolk[2]

## Notes

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1. ^ Ferraro, Michael X.; Veneziano, John (2007). Numbelievable!. Chicago: Triumph Books. p. 71\. ISBN 978-1-57243-990-0.
2. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

## References

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* 1934 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference
* 1934 New York Yankees at Baseball Almanac

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