1934 Cleveland Indians season
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Owner(s) | Alva Bradley |
General manager(s) | Billy Evans |
Manager(s) | Walter Johnson |
Local radio | WHK |
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The 1934 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished third in the American League with a record of 85–69, 16 games behind the Detroit Tigers.
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Regular season
Pitcher Mel Harder became the first pitcher in the American League to win 20 games in one season while wearing glasses.[1]
Season standings
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB |
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Detroit Tigers | 101 | 53 | .656 | -- |
New York Yankees | 94 | 60 | .610 | 7 |
Cleveland Indians | 85 | 69 | .552 | 16 |
Boston Red Sox | 76 | 76 | .500 | 24 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 68 | 82 | .453 | 31 |
St. Louis Browns | 67 | 85 | .441 | 33 |
Washington Senators | 66 | 86 | .434 | 34 |
Chicago White Sox | 53 | 99 | .349 | 47 |
Record vs. opponents
1934 American League Records
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHI | STL | 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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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 |
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C | Frankie Pytlak | 91 | 289 | 75 | .260 | 0 | 35 |
1B | Hal Trosky | 154 | 625 | 206 | .330 | 35 | 142 |
2B | Odell Hale | 143 | 563 | 170 | .302 | 13 | 101 |
3B | Willie Kamm | 121 | 386 | 104 | .269 | 0 | 42 |
SS | Bill Knickerbocker | 146 | 593 | 188 | .317 | 4 | 67 |
OF | Earl Averill | 154 | 598 | 187 | .313 | 31 | 113 |
OF | Joe Vosmik | 104 | 405 | 138 | .341 | 6 | 78 |
OF | Sam Rice | 97 | 335 | 98 | .293 | 1 | 33 |
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 |
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Johnny Burnett | 72 | 208 | 61 | .293 | 3 | 30 |
Roy Spencer | 5 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 2 |
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 |
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Mel Harder | 44 | 255.1 | 20 | 12 | 2.61 | 91 |
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 |
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Lloyd Brown | 38 | 117 | 5 | 10 | 3.85 | 39 |
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 |
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Belve Bean | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3.86 | 20 |
Clint Brown | 17 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5.90 | 15 |
Farm system
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Level | Team | League | Manager |
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A | New Orleans Pelicans | Southern Association | Larry Gilbert |
C | Zanesville Grays | Middle Atlantic League | Harry Layne, Bert Grimm and Earl Wolgamot |
D | Monessen Indians | Pennsylvania State Association | Eddie Onslow, Bill Ward, Earl Wolgamot and Walt Laskowski |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: New Orleans, Zanesville[2]
References
- ↑ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 195, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
- ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007
External links
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