1934 Brooklyn Dodgers season

This article is about the baseball team. For the NFL team, see 1934 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL) season.

1934 Brooklyn Dodgers
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1890)
Location
Ebbets Field (since 1913)
Brooklyn, New York (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)	Stephen McKeever
Manager(s)	Casey Stengel
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Casey Stengel took over as manager for the 1934 Brooklyn Dodgers, but the team still finished in 6th place.

Offseason

• December 1933: Art Herring was purchased by the Dodgers from the Detroit Tigers.
• December 1933: Joe Shaute was purchased from the Dodgers by the Cincinnati Reds.

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
St. Louis Cardinals	95	58	--	.621
New York Giants	93	60	2	.608
Chicago Cubs	86	65	8	.570
Boston Braves	78	73	16	.517
Pittsburgh Pirates	74	76	19.5	.493
Brooklyn Dodgers	61	81	23.5	.467
Philadelphia Phillies	56	93	37	.376
Cincinnati Reds	52	99	42	.344

Record vs. opponents

1934 National League Records 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

• April 13, 1934: Marty McManus was purchased from the Dodgers by the Boston Braves.
• June 29, 1934: Watty Clark was purchased by the Dodgers from the New York Giants.
• September 1934: Johnny Vander Meer was purchased from the Dodgers by the Boston Braves.

Roster

1934 Brooklyn Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers 26 Johnny Babich 30 Boom-Boom Beck 28 Ray Benge 15 Ownie Carroll 24 Watty Clark 29 Art Herring 27 Dutch Leonard 26 Ray Lucas 16 Van Mungo 25 Les Munns 21 Phil Page 23 Charlie Perkins 21 Harry Smythe 34 Tom Zachary		Catchers 22 Ray Berres 10 Al López 14 Wally Millies 11 Clyde Sukeforth Infielders  2 Jim Bucher  5 Tony Cuccinello  8 Lonny Frey -- Bert Hogg 12 Jimmy Jordan  6 Sam Leslie  7 Johnny McCarthy  3 Joe Stripp		Outfielders 17 Buzz Boyle 20 Glenn Chapman  1 Johnny Frederick 18 Len Koenecke  9 Danny Taylor 11 Nick Tremark  4 Hack Wilson		Manager 31 Casey Stengel Coaches 32 Otto Miller

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 Lopez	140	439	120	.273	7	54
1B	Sam Leslie	146	546	181	.332	9	102
2B	Tony Cuccinello
3B	Joe Stripp
SS	Lonny Frey
OF	Buzz Boyle
OF	Len Koenecke
OF	Danny Taylor

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
Johnny Frederick
Hack Wilson
Glenn Chapman
Jim Bucher
Ray Berres
Clyde Sukeforth
Johnny McCarthy
Nick Tremark
Wally Millies
Bert Hogg

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
Ray Benge
Johnny Babich	25	135	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
Tom Zachary
Les Munns
Ownie Carroll
Boom-Boom Beck	22	57	2	6	7.42	24
Art Herring	14	49.1	2	4	6.20	15
Ray Lucas
Charlie Perkins

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
Phil Page

Awards and honors

• 1934 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
  • Al López reserve
  • Van Mungo reserve

Farm system

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

References

• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page

External links

• 1934 Brooklyn Dodgers uniform
• Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
• Acme Dodgers page
• Retrosheet