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1934 Philadelphia Athletics season

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1934 Philadelphia Athletics
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkShibe Park
CityPhiladelphia
OwnersConnie Mack, Tom Shibe and John Shibe
ManagersConnie Mack
← 1933
1935 →

The 1934 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing fifth in the American League with a record of 68 wins and 82 losses.

Offseason

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Regular season

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Season standings

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American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 101 53 .656 54‍–‍26 47‍–‍27
New York Yankees 94 60 .610 7 53‍–‍24 41‍–‍36
Cleveland Indians 85 69 .552 16 47‍–‍31 38‍–‍38
Boston Red Sox 76 76 .500 24 42‍–‍35 34‍–‍41
Philadelphia Athletics 68 82 .453 31 34‍–‍40 34‍–‍42
St. Louis Browns 67 85 .441 33 36‍–‍39 31‍–‍46
Washington Senators 66 86 .434 34 34‍–‍40 32‍–‍46
Chicago White Sox 53 99 .349 47 29‍–‍46 24‍–‍53

Record vs. opponents

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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


Notable transactions

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Roster

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1934 Philadelphia Athletics
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 Charlie Berry 99 269 72 .268 0 34
1B Jimmie Foxx 150 539 180 .334 44 130
2B Rabbit Warstler 117 419 99 .236 1 36
3B Pinky Higgins 144 543 179 .330 16 90
SS Eric McNair 151 599 168 .280 17 82
OF Doc Cramer 153 649 202 .311 6 46
OF Bob Johnson 141 547 168 .307 34 92
OF Ed Coleman 101 329 92 .280 14 60

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
Lou Finney 92 272 76 .279 1 28
Frankie Hayes 92 248 56 .226 6 30
Dib Williams 66 205 56 .273 2 17
Bing Miller 81 177 43 .243 1 22
Jerry McQuaig 7 16 1 .063 0 1
Charlie Moss 10 10 2 .200 0 1
Ed Madjeski 8 8 3 .375 0 2

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
Johnny Marcum 37 232.0 14 11 4.50 92
Sugar Cain 36 230.2 9 17 4.41 66
Jack Wilson 2 9.0 0 1 12.00 2

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
Bill Dietrich 39 207.2 11 12 4.68 88
Joe Cascarella 42 194.1 12 15 4.68 71
Al Benton 32 155.0 7 9 4.88 58
Roy Mahaffey 37 129.0 6 7 5.37 37
George Caster 5 37.0 3 2 3.41 15
Mort Flohr 14 30.2 0 2 5.87 6
Whitey Wilshere 9 21.2 0 1 12.05 19

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
Bob Kline 20 6 2 1 6.35 14
Harry Matuzak 11 0 3 0 4.88 9
Ed Lagger 8 0 0 0 11.00 2
Tim McKeithan 3 0 0 0 15.75 0
Roy Vaughn 2 0 0 0 2.08 1

References

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