1934 Boston Red Sox season

The 1934 Boston Red Sox season involved the Red Sox finishing 4th in the American League with a record of 76 wins and 76 losses.

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
3 Player stats
- 3.1 Batting
  - 3.1.1 Starters by position
  - 3.1.2 Other batters
- 3.2 Pitching
4 Farm system
5 Notes
6 References

Offseason

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.^[1]

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

Opening Day lineup

1	Max Bishop	2B
20	Billy Werber	SS
25	Joe Judge	1B
4	Roy Johnson	LF
5	Carl Reynolds	CF
7	Rick Ferrell	C
22	Moose Solters	RF
8	Bucky Walters	3B
11	Gordon Rhodes	P

Roster

1934 Boston Red Sox

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

27 Bucky Harris

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	Ferrell, RickRick Ferrell	132	437	130	.297	1	48
1B	Morgan, EdEd Morgan	138	528	141	.267	3	79
2B	Cissell, BillBill Cissell	102	416	111	.267	4	44
3B	Werber, BillyBilly Werber	152	623	200	.321	11	67
SS	Lary, LynLyn Lary	129	419	101	.241	2	54
OF	Johnson, RoyRoy Johnson	143	569	182	.320	7	119
OF	Reynolds, CarlCarl Reynolds	113	413	125	.303	4	86
OF	Solters, MooseMoose Solters	101	365	109	.299	7	58

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
Bishop, MaxMax Bishop	97	253	66	.261	1	22
Graham, SkinnySkinny Graham	13	47	11	.234	0	3

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
Ferrell, WesWes Ferrell	26	181	14	5	3.63	87
Hockette, GeorgeGeorge Hockette	3	27.1	2	1	1.65	14

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
Grove, LeftyLefty Grove	22	109.1	8	8	6.50	43
Walberg, RubeRube Walberg	30	104.2	6	7	4.04	38

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
Pennock, HerbHerb Pennock	30	2	0	1	3.05	16

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
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^[2]

Notes

References

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

v t e 1934 MLB season by team

American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington

National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

1934 All-Star Game 1934 World Series

Boston Red Sox

Based in Boston, Massachusetts

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Whittington Park; Riverside Park; McKechnie Field; Bader Field; Payne Park; Scottsdale Stadium; Chain of Lakes Park; City of Palms Park; JetBlue Park at Fenway South

Culture

Lore

Rivalries

New York Yankees

Retired numbers

Administration

Owners: Fenway Sports Group
- John W. Henry
- Tom Werner
President and CEO: Larry Lucchino
General Manager: Ben Cherington
Manager: John Farrell

World Series
Championships (8)

American League
Championships (13)

Minor league
affiliates

AAA
- Pawtucket Red Sox
AA
- Portland Sea Dogs
A
- Salem Red Sox
- Greenville Drive
- Lowell Spinners
Rookie
- Gulf Coast League Red Sox

See also

New Fenway Park

Seasons (114)

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