1934 Brooklyn Dodgers
LeagueNational League
BallparkEbbets Field
CityBrooklyn, New York
OwnersStephen McKeever, Brooklyn Trust Company
PresidentStephen McKeever
ManagersCasey Stengel
← 1933
1935 →

Casey Stengel took over as manager for the 1934 Brooklyn Dodgers, but the team still finished in sixth place.

Offseason

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 record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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 —


Notable transactions

Roster

1934 Brooklyn Dodgers
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 Al López 140 439 120 .273 7 54
1B Sam Leslie 146 546 181 .332 9 102
2B Tony Cuccinello 140 528 138 .261 14 94
3B Joe Stripp 104 384 121 .315 1 40
SS Lonny Frey 125 490 139 .284 8 57
OF Buzz Boyle 128 472 144 .305 7 48
OF Len Koenecke 123 460 147 .320 14 73
OF Danny Taylor 120 405 121 .299 7 57

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
Jimmy Jordan 97 369 98 .266 0 43
Johnny Frederick 104 307 91 .296 4 35
Hack Wilson 67 172 45 .262 6 27
Glenn Chapman 67 93 26 .280 1 10
Jim Bucher 47 84 19 .226 0 8
Ray Berres 39 79 17 .215 0 3
Clyde Sukeforth 27 43 7 .163 0 1
Johnny McCarthy 17 39 7 .179 1 5
Nick Tremark 17 28 7 .250 0 6
Wally Millies 2 7 0 .000 0 0
Bert Hogg 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
Van Mungo 45 315.1 18 16 3.37 184
Ray Benge 36 227.0 14 12 4.32 64
Johnny Babich 25 135.0 7 11 4.20 62

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
Dutch Leonard 44 183.2 14 11 3.28 58
Tom Zachary 22 101.2 5 6 4.43 28
Les Munns 33 99.1 3 7 4.71 41
Ownie Carroll 26 74.1 1 3 6.42 17
Boom-Boom Beck 22 57.0 2 6 7.42 24
Art Herring 14 49.1 2 4 6.20 15
Ray Lucas 10 30.2 1 1 6.75 3
Charlie Perkins 11 24.1 0 3 8.51 5

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
Watty Clark 17 2 0 0 5.33 10
Harry Smythe 8 1 1 0 5.91 5
Phil Page 6 1 0 0 5.40 4

Awards and honors

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
C Dayton Ducks Middle Atlantic League Howard Holmes

Notes

  1. ^ Art Herring at Baseball-Reference
  2. ^ Joe Shaute at Baseball-Reference
  3. ^ Marty McManus at Baseball-Reference
  4. ^ Watty Clark at Baseball-Reference
  5. ^ Johnny Vander Meer at Baseball-Reference

References

External links


1934 MLB season by team
Los Angeles Dodgers
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