1934 Boston Red Sox
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkFenway Park
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record76–76 (.500)
League place4th (24 GB)
OwnersTom Yawkey
PresidentTom Yawkey
General managersEddie Collins
ManagersBucky Harris
RadioWNAC
(Fred Hoey)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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The 1934 Boston Red Sox season was the 34th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished fourth in the American League (AL) with a record of 76 wins and 76 losses, 24 games behind the Detroit Tigers.

On January 5, 1934, during renovation work at Fenway Park—including the removal of Duffy's Cliff, an embankment in front of the Green Monster—a fire that started at the ballpark caused significant damage and spread to some nearby buildings on Lansdowne Street. Further repair and renovation work, costing over $1 million, was completed in time for Opening Day.[1]

Offseason

Regular season

In May, pitcher Wes Ferrell, the brother of catcher Rick Ferrell, was acquired for the Red Sox from the Cleveland Indians.[3]

Season standings

American League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 101 53 0.656 — 54–26 47–27
New York Yankees 94 60 0.610 7 53–24 41–36
Cleveland Indians 85 69 0.552 16 47–31 38–38
Boston Red Sox 76 76 0.500 24 42–35 34–41
Philadelphia Athletics 68 82 0.453 31 34–40 34–42
St. Louis Browns 67 85 0.441 33 36–39 31–46
Washington Senators 66 86 0.434 34 34–40 32–46
Chicago White Sox 53 99 0.349 47 29–46 24–53

Record vs. opponents

1934 American League record

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 —


Opening Day lineup

  1 Chalmer Cissell 2B
20 Lyn Lary SS
25 Eddie Morgan 1B
 4 Roy Johnson LF
  5 Carl Reynolds CF
  7 Rick Ferrell C
22 Dick Porter RF
  8 Billy Werber 3B
11 Gordon Rhodes   P

Roster

1934 Boston Red Sox
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 Rick Ferrell 132 437 130 .297 1 48
1B Ed Morgan 138 528 141 .267 3 79
2B Bill Cissell 102 416 111 .267 4 44
3B Billy Werber 152 623 200 .321 11 67
SS Lyn Lary 129 419 101 .241 2 54
OF Roy Johnson 143 569 182 .320 7 119
OF Carl Reynolds 113 413 125 .303 4 86
OF Moose 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
Dick Porter 79 264 80 .303 0 56
Max Bishop 97 253 66 .261 1 22
Dusty Cooke 74 168 41 .244 1 26
Mel Almada 23 90 21 .233 0 10
Bucky Walters 23 88 19 .216 4 18
Gordie Hinkle 27 75 13 .173 0 9
Skinny Graham 13 47 11 .234 0 3
Lou Legett 19 38 11 .289 0 1
Al Niemiec 9 32 7 .219 0 3
Joe Judge 10 15 5 .333 0 2
Red Kellett 9 9 0 .000 0 0
Bob Seeds 8 6 1 .167 0 1
Freddie Muller 2 1 0 .000 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
Gordon Rhodes 44 219.0 12 12 4.56 79
Fritz Ostermueller 33 198.2 10 13 3.49 75
Wes Ferrell 26 181.0 14 5 3.63 87
George Hockette 3 27.1 2 1 1.65 14
Spike Merena 4 24.2 1 2 2.92 7

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
Johnny Welch 41 206.1 13 15 4.49 91
Hank Johnson 31 124.1 6 8 5.36 66
Lefty Grove 22 109.1 8 8 6.50 43
Rube Walberg 30 104.2 6 7 4.04 38
Bob Weiland 11 55.2 1 5 5.50 29
George Pipgras 2 3.1 0 0 8.10 0

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
Herb Pennock 30 2 0 1 3.05 16
Joe Mulligan 14 1 0 0 3.63 13

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
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[4]

References

  1. ^ Bird, Hayden (July 17, 2016). "The Green Monster emerged from the ashes of Fenway fires". Boston.com. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  2. ^ Lefty Grove page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Golenbock, Peter (2015). Red Sox Nation: The Rich and Colorful History of the Boston Red Sox (4th ed.). Chicago, Illinois: Triumph Books. p. 78. ISBN 978-1-62937-050-7.
  4. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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