1934 Washington Senators season

1934 Washington Senators
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Griffith Stadium (since 1911)
Washington, D.C. (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Clark Griffith and George H. Richardson
Manager(s)	Joe Cronin
Local radio	WJSV (Arch McDonald)
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The 1934 Washington Senators won 68 games, lost 86, and finished in seventh place in the American League. They were managed by Joe Cronin and played home games at Griffith Stadium. In the eighth inning of their game against the Boston Red Sox on June 9, the Washington Senators hit 5 consecutive doubles – the most ever hit back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back during the same inning.

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
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 Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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	—

Notable transactions

• May 9, 1934: Bob Boken was traded by the Senators to the Chicago White Sox for Red Kress.

Roster

1934 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers 29 Orville Armbrust 10 Allen Benson 18 Bobby Burke 12 Syd Cohen 12 Alvin Crowder 22 Reese Diggs -- Mark Filley 20 Bob Kline 29 Ed Linke 26 Alex McColl 30 John Milligan 30 Ray Prim 17 Jack Russell 14 Lefty Stewart 15 Tommy Thomas 16 Monte Weaver 11 Earl Whitehill		Catchers 10 Moe Berg  9 Cliff Bolton 21 Elmer Klumpp 32 Eddie Phillips  8 Luke Sewell Infielders  7 Ossie Bluege 25 Bob Boken  4 Joe Cronin 23 John Kerr 25 Red Kress  5 Joe Kuhel  1 Buddy Myer 19,22 Pete Susko 20 Cecil Travis		Outfielders 22 Gus Dugas 19 Johnny Gill 24 Dave Harris  3 Heinie Manush  9 Jake Powell  6 Fred Schulte  6 Fred Sington  2 John Stone		Manager  4 Joe Cronin Coaches 27 Nick Altrock 28 Al Schacht

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	Eddie Phillips	56	169	33	.195	2	16
1B	Joe Kuhel	63	263	76	.289	3	25
2B	Buddy Myer	139	524	160	.305	3	57
3B	Cecil Travis	109	392	125	.319	1	53
SS	Joe Cronin	127	504	143	.284	7	101
OF	Fred Schulte	136	524	156	.298	3	73
OF	Heinie Manush	137	556	194	.349	11	89
OF	John Stone	113	419	132	.315	7	67

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
Red Kress	56	171	39	.228	4	24
John Kerr	31	103	28	.272	0	12
Johnny Gill	13	53	13	.245	2	7
Bob Boken	11	27	6	.222	0	6

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
Allen Benson	2	9.2	0	1	12.10	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
Bobby Burke	37	168	8	8	3.21	52
Tommy Thomas	33	133.1	8	9	5.47	42
Ed Linke	7	34.2	2	2	4.15	9
Syd Cohen	3	18	1	1	7.50	6
Orville Armbrust	3	12.2	1	0	2.13	3

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
John Milligan	2	0	0	0	10.13	1

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
A	Chattanooga Lookouts	Southern Association	Zinn Beck and Mule Shirley

References

• 1934 Washington Senators at Baseball-Reference
• 1934 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com