1934 Boston Braves season

1934 Boston Braves
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record 78–73 (.517)
League place 4th
Other information
Owner(s) Emil Fuchs
Manager(s) Bill McKechnie
Local television none
Local radio WNAC
(Fred Hoey)
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The 1934 Boston Braves season saw the Braves finish in fourth place in the National League with a record of 78 wins and 73 losses.

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 95 58 0.621 — 48–29 47–29
New York Giants 93 60 0.608 2 49–26 44–34
Chicago Cubs 86 65 0.570 8 47–30 39–35
Boston Braves 78 73 0.517 16 40–35 38–38
Pittsburgh Pirates 74 76 0.493 19½ 45–32 29–44
Brooklyn Dodgers 71 81 0.467 23½ 43–33 28–48
Philadelphia Phillies 56 93 0.376 37 35–36 21–57
Cincinnati Reds 52 99 0.344 42 30–47 22–52

Record vs. opponents

1934 National League Records

Sources:

Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston — 16–6–1 12–10 15–7 7–15 14–8 9–11 5–16
Brooklyn 6–16–1 — 8–12 13–9 8–14 13–9 16–6 7–15
Chicago 10–12 12–8 — 14–8 11–10 13–9 14–8–1 12–10
Cincinnati 7–15 9–13 8–14 — 6–16 9–10 7–15 6–16–1
New York 15–7 14–8 10–11 16–6 — 15–7 14–8 9–13
Philadelphia 8–14 9–13 9–13 10–9 7–15 — 7–13 6–16
Pittsburgh 11–9 6–16 8–14–1 15–7 8–14 13–7 — 13–9
St. Louis 16–5 15–7 10–12 16–6–1 13–9 16–6 9–13 —

Roster

1934 Boston Braves
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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 Spohrer, AlAl Spohrer 100 265 59 .223 0 17
1B Jordan, BuckBuck Jordan 124 489 152 .311 2 58
2B McManus, MartyMarty McManus 119 435 120 .276 8 47
3B Whitney, PinkyPinky Whitney 146 563 146 .259 12 79
SS Urbanski, BillyBilly Urbanski 146 605 177 .293 7 53
OF Berger, WallyWally Berger 150 615 183 .298 34 121
OF Lee, HalHal Lee 139 521 152 .292 8 79
OF Thompson, TommyTommy Thompson 105 343 91 .265 0 37

Other batters

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
Mowry, JoeJoe Mowry 25 79 17 .215 1 4
Fletcher, ElbieElbie Fletcher 8 4 2 .500 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Brandt, EdEd Brandt 40 255 16 14 3.53 106
Betts, HuckHuck Betts 40 213 17 10 4.06 69
Zachary, TomTom Zachary 5 24 1 2 3.38 4

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Brown, BobBob Brown 16 58.1 1 3 5.71 21
Barrett, DickDick Barrett 15 32.1 1 3 6.68 14
Elliott, JumboJumbo Elliott 7 15.1 1 1 5.87 6

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Smith, BobBob Smith 39 6 9 5 4.66 26
Pickrel, ClarenceClarence Pickrel 10 0 0 0 5.06 9

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
A Harrisburg Senators New York–Pennsylvania League Les Mann

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Notes

  1. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

References


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