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1934 Chicago White Sox season

The 1934 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 34th season in the major leagues and its 35th season overall. They finished with a record of 53–99, good enough for eighth and last place in the American League (47 games behind the first place Detroit Tigers).

1934 Chicago White Sox
American League
Comiskey Park
Chicago
J. Louis Comiskey
Harry Grabiner
Lew Fonseca and Jimmy Dykes
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Seasons

The 1934 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 34th season in the major leagues and its 35th season overall. They finished with a record of 53–99, good enough for eighth and last place in the American League (47 games behind the first place Detroit Tigers).

October 25, 1933: Chad Kimsey and Charlie English were traded by the White Sox to the Montreal Royals for John Pomorski.

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	—

May 9, 1934: Red Kress was traded by the White Sox to the Washington Senators for Bob Boken.
May 20, 1934: Ed Madjeski was signed as a free agent by the White Sox.
June 27, 1934: Marty Hopkins was purchased by the White Sox from the St. Paul Saints.
August 11, 1934: Rip Radcliff was purchased by the White Sox from the Louisville Colonels.

1934 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers
18 George Earnshaw
22,48 Phil Gallivan
23 Milt Gaston
25 Joe Heving
28 Sam Jones
24 Vern Kennedy
17 Harry Kinzy
19 Hugo Klaerner
16 Ted Lyons
24,28 John Pomorski
27 Lee Stine
24 Monty Stratton
38,21 Les Tietje
19 Whit Wyatt		Catchers
-- George Caithamer
-- Dutch Fehring
1 Ed Madjeski
8 Johnny Pasek
49 Muddy Ruel
15 Merv Shea
Infielders

4 Luke Appling 14 Bob Boken 3 Zeke Bonura 12 Joe Chamberlain 5 Jimmy Dykes 2 Jackie Hayes 27 Marty Hopkins 14 Red Kress 36 Mark Mauldin | | Outfielders 47 Milt Bocek 34 Frenchy Bordagaray 8 Jocko Conlan 6 Mule Haas 9 Rip Radcliff 7 Al Simmons 9 Evar Swanson 36 Frenchy Uhalt 34 Charlie Uhlir | | Manager 5 Jimmy Dykes 1 Lew Fonseca Coaches

37 Jimmy Austin |

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	Ed Madjeski	85	281	62	.221	5	32
1B	Zeke Bonura	127	510	154	.302	27	110
2B	Jackie Hayes	62	226	58	.257	1	31
3B	Jimmy Dykes	127	456	122	.268	7	82
SS	Luke Appling	118	452	137	.303	2	61
OF	Al Simmons	138	558	192	.344	18	104
OF	Evar Swanson	117	426	127	.298	0	34
OF	Mule Haas	106	351	94	.268	2	22

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
Bob Boken	81	297	70	.236	3	40
Jocko Conlan	63	225	56	.249	0	16
Marty Hopkins	67	210	45	.214	2	28
Merv Shea	62	176	28	.159	0	5
Frenchy Uhalt	57	165	40	.242	0	16
Joe Chamberlain	43	141	34	.241	2	17
Frenchy Bordagaray	29	87	28	.322	0	2
Muddy Ruel	22	57	12	.211	0	7
Rip Radcliff	14	56	15	.268	0	5
Milt Bocek	19	38	8	.211	0	3
Mark Mauldin	10	38	10	.263	1	3
Charlie Uhlir	14	27	4	.148	0	3
George Caithamer	5	19	6	.316	0	3
Red Kress	8	14	4	.286	0	1
Johnny Pasek	4	9	3	.333	0	0
Dutch Fehring	1	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
George Earnshaw	33	227.0	14	11	4.52	97
Ted Lyons	30	205.1	11	13	4.87	53
Milt Gaston	29	194.0	6	19	5.85	48
Sam Jones	27	183.1	8	12	5.11	60
Vern Kennedy	3	19.1	0	2	3.72	7
Hugo Klaerner	3	17.1	0	2	10.90	9

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Les Tietje	34	176.0	5	14	4.81	81
Phil Gallivan	35	126.2	4	7	5.61	35
Whit Wyatt	23	67.2	4	11	7.18	36

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Joe Heving	33	1	7	4	7.26	40
Harry Kinzy	13	0	1	0	4.98	12
Lee Stine	4	0	0	0	8.18	8
John Pomorski	3	0	0	0	5.40	0
Monty Stratton	1	0	0	0	5.40	0

Level	Team	League	Manager
C	Longview Cannibals	West Dixie League	Roy Flaskamper and Dallas Warren
D	Lafayette White Sox	Evangeline League	Lee Schulte

1934 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference

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