1934 Philadelphia Athletics season

1934 Philadelphia Athletics
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Shibe Park (since 1909)
Philadelphia (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Connie Mack, Tom Shibe and John Shibe
Manager(s)	Connie Mack
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The 1934 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing 5th in the American League with a record of 78 wins and 82 losses.

Offseason

• November 6, 1933: Tony Freitas, Gowell Claset, and cash were traded by the Athletics to the St. Paul Saints for Rip Radcliff.^[1]
• December 12, 1933: Mickey Cochrane was traded by the Athletics to the Detroit Tigers for Johnny Pasek and $100,000.^[2]
• December 12, 1933: Lefty Grove, Max Bishop and Rube Walberg were traded by the Athletics to the Boston Red Sox for Bob Kline, Rabbit Warstler, and $125,000.^[3]
• March 27, 1934: Rip Radcliff and George Detore were traded by the Athletics to the Louisville Colonels for Hank Erickson. Hank Erickson was returned to the Colonels in April 1934.^[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

Record vs. opponents

1934 American League Records Sources:
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 14, 1934: Ed Madjeski was released by the Athletics.^[4]
• August 9, 1934: Wally Moses was purchased by the Athletics from the Galveston Buccaneers.^[5]

Roster

1934 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers 21 Al Benton 11 Sugar Cain 20 Joe Cascarella -- George Caster 14 Bill Dietrich 15 Mort Flohr 16 Bob Kline 19 Ed Lagger 17 Roy Mahaffey 12 Johnny Marcum 19 Harry Matuzak 15 Tim McKeithan 16 Roy Vaughn 18,26 Whitey Wilshere -- Jack Wilson		Catchers  2 Charlie Berry 28 Frankie Hayes 10 Ed Madjeski 10 Charlie Moss Infielders  3 Jimmie Foxx  5 Pinky Higgins  6 Eric McNair 22 Rabbit Warstler  4 Dib Williams		Outfielders  9 Ed Coleman  8 Doc Cramer 23 Lou Finney  7 Bob Johnson 10 Jerry McQuaig 27 Bing Miller		Manager Connie Mack Coaches Lena Blackburne Earle Mack Eddie Rommel

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	Berry, CharlieCharlie Berry	99	269	72	.268	0	34
1B	Foxx, JimmieJimmie Foxx	150	539	180	.334	44	130
2B	Warstler, RabbitRabbit Warstler	117	419	99	.236	1	36
3B	Higgins, PinkyPinky Higgins	144	543	179	.330	16	90
SS	McNair, EricEric McNair	151	599	168	.280	17	82
OF	Cramer, DocDoc Cramer	153	649	202	.311	6	46
OF	Johnson, BobBob Johnson	141	547	168	.307	34	92
OF	Coleman, EdEd Coleman	101	329	92	.280	14	60

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
Williams, DibDib Williams	66	205	56	.273	2	17
Miller, BingBing Miller	81	177	43	.243	1	22
Madjeski, EdEd Madjeski	8	8	3	.375	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
Marcum, JohnnyJohnny Marcum	37	232	14	11	4.50	92
Cain, SugarSugar Cain	36	230.2	9	17	4.41	66
Wilson, JackJack Wilson	2	9	0	1	12.00	2

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
Dietrich, BillBill Dietrich	39	207.2	11	12	4.68	88
Cascarella, JoeJoe Cascarella	42	194.1	12	15	4.68	71
Benton, AlAl Benton	32	155	7	9	4.88	58
Caster, GeorgeGeorge Caster	5	37	3	2	3.41	15
Wilshere, WhiteyWhitey Wilshere	9	21.2	0	1	12.05	19

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
Kline, BobBob Kline	20	6	2	1	6.35	14

References

1. Rip Radcliff page at Baseball Reference
2. Mickey Cochrane page at Baseball Reference
3. Lefty Grove page at Baseball Reference
4. Ed Madjeski page at Baseball-Reference
5. Wally Moses page at Baseball-Reference

External links

• 1934 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
• 1934 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com