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1934 Boston Red Sox season

The 1934 Boston Red Sox season was the 34th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished fourth in the American League (AL) with a record of 76 wins and 76 losses, 24 games behind the Detroit Tigers.

1934 Boston Red Sox
American League
Fenway Park
Boston, Massachusetts
76–76 (.500)
4th
Tom Yawkey
Tom Yawkey
Eddie Collins
Bucky Harris
WNAC (Fred Hoey)
ESPN.comBaseball Reference
Seasons

The 1934 Boston Red Sox season was the 34th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished fourth in the American League (AL) with a record of 76 wins and 76 losses, 24 games behind the Detroit Tigers.

On January 5, 1934, during renovation work at Fenway Park—including the removal of Duffy's Cliff, an embankment in front of the Green Monster—a fire that started at the ballpark caused significant damage and spread to some nearby buildings on Lansdowne Street. Further repair and renovation work, costing over $1 million, was completed in time for Opening Day.

December 12, 1933: Bob Kline, Rabbit Warstler, and $125,000 were traded by the Red Sox to the Philadelphia Athletics for Lefty Grove, Max Bishop and Rube Walberg.

In May, pitcher Wes Ferrell, the brother of catcher Rick Ferrell, was acquired for the Red Sox from the Cleveland Indians.

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

.mw-parser-output .navbar-header{text-align:center;position:relative;white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .navbar-header .navbar{position:absolute;right:0;top:0;margin:0 5px}1934 American League recordvteSources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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	—

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
1	Chalmer Cissell	2B
20	Lyn Lary	SS
25	Eddie Morgan	1B
4	Roy Johnson	LF
5	Carl Reynolds	CF
7	Rick Ferrell	C
22	Dick Porter	RF
8	Billy Werber	3B
11	Gordon Rhodes	P

1934 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers
12 Wes Ferrell
10 Lefty Grove
-- George Hockette
16 Hank Johnson
-- Spike Merena
14 Joe Mulligan
19 Fritz Ostermueller
17 Herb Pennock
14 George Pipgras
11 Gordon Rhodes
15 Rube Walberg
12 Bob Weiland
18 Johnny Welch		Catchers
7 Rick Ferrell
9 Gordie Hinkle
24 Lou Legett
Infielders

1 Max Bishop 2 Bill Cissell 25 Joe Judge 8 Red Kellett 21 Lyn Lary 3 Ed Morgan 23 Freddie Muller -- Al Niemiec 8 Bucky Walters 20 Billy Werber | | Outfielders -- Mel Almada 6 Dusty Cooke -- Skinny Graham 4 Roy Johnson 23 Dick Porter 5 Carl Reynolds 23 Bob Seeds 22 Moose Solters | | Manager 27 Bucky Harris Coaches

30 Tom Daly 28 Bibb Falk 26 Jack Onslow (Pitching) |

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	Rick Ferrell	132	437	130	.297	1	48
1B	Ed Morgan	138	528	141	.267	3	79
2B	Bill Cissell	102	416	111	.267	4	44
3B	Billy Werber	152	623	200	.321	11	67
SS	Lyn Lary	129	419	101	.241	2	54
OF	Roy Johnson	143	569	182	.320	7	119
OF	Carl Reynolds	113	413	125	.303	4	86
OF	Moose Solters	101	365	109	.299	7	58

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
Dick Porter	79	264	80	.303	0	56
Max Bishop	97	253	66	.261	1	22
Dusty Cooke	74	168	41	.244	1	26
Mel Almada	23	90	21	.233	0	10
Bucky Walters	23	88	19	.216	4	18
Gordie Hinkle	27	75	13	.173	0	9
Skinny Graham	13	47	11	.234	0	3
Lou Legett	19	38	11	.289	0	1
Al Niemiec	9	32	7	.219	0	3
Joe Judge	10	15	5	.333	0	2
Red Kellett	9	9	0	.000	0	0
Bob Seeds	8	6	1	.167	0	1
Freddie Muller	2	1	0	.000	0	0

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Gordon Rhodes	44	219.0	12	12	4.56	79
Fritz Ostermueller	33	198.2	10	13	3.49	75
Wes Ferrell	26	181.0	14	5	3.63	87
George Hockette	3	27.1	2	1	1.65	14
Spike Merena	4	24.2	1	2	2.92	7

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 Welch	41	206.1	13	15	4.49	91
Hank Johnson	31	124.1	6	8	5.36	66
Lefty Grove	22	109.1	8	8	6.50	43
Rube Walberg	30	104.2	6	7	4.04	38
Bob Weiland	11	55.2	1	5	5.50	29
George Pipgras	2	3.1	0	0	8.10	0

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Herb Pennock	30	2	0	1	3.05	16
Joe Mulligan	14	1	0	0	3.63	13

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Kansas City Blues	American Association	Roger Peckinpaugh
A	Reading Red Sox	New York–Pennsylvania League	Nemo Leibold
B	Columbia Sandlappers/Asheville Tourists	Piedmont League	Bill Laval and Possum Whitted
C	Joplin Miners	Western Association	Wally Schang

Columbia franchise transferred and renamed, June 7, 1934

1934 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
1934 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com

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