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1934 Brooklyn Dodgers season

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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

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Regular season

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Season standings

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National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 95 58 .621 48‍–‍29 47‍–‍29
New York Giants 93 60 .608 2 49‍–‍26 44‍–‍34
Chicago Cubs 86 65 .570 8 47‍–‍30 39‍–‍35
Boston Braves 78 73 .517 16 40‍–‍35 38‍–‍38
Pittsburgh Pirates 74 76 .493 19½ 45‍–‍32 29‍–‍44
Brooklyn Dodgers 71 81 .467 23½ 43‍–‍33 28‍–‍48
Philadelphia Phillies 56 93 .376 37 35‍–‍36 21‍–‍57
Cincinnati Reds 52 99 .344 42 30‍–‍47 22‍–‍52

Record vs. opponents

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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

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Roster

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1934 Brooklyn Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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

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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

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Starting pitchers

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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

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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

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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

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Farm system

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

Notes

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  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

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