1934 Philadelphia Athletics season

1934 Philadelphia Athletics
Major League affiliations
	American League (since 1901);
Location
	Shibe Park (since 1909); Philadelphia (since 1901);
Other information
Owner(s)	Connie Mack, Tom Shibe and John Shibe
Manager(s)	Connie Mack
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The 1934 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing 5th in the American League with a record of 78 wins and 82 losses.

Offseason

November 6, 1933: Tony Freitas, Gowell Claset, and cash were traded by the Athletics to the St. Paul Saints for Rip Radcliff.^[1]
December 12, 1933: Mickey Cochrane was traded by the Athletics to the Detroit Tigers for Johnny Pasek and $100,000.^[2]
December 12, 1933: Lefty Grove, Max Bishop and Rube Walberg were traded by the Athletics to the Boston Red Sox for Bob Kline, Rabbit Warstler, and $125,000.^[3]
March 27, 1934: Rip Radcliff and George Detore were traded by the Athletics to the Louisville Colonels for Hank Erickson. Hank Erickson was returned to the Colonels in April 1934.^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
Detroit Tigers	101	53	.656	--
New York Yankees	94	60	.610	7
Cleveland Indians	85	69	.552	16
Boston Red Sox	76	76	.500	24
Philadelphia Athletics	68	82	.453	31
St. Louis Browns	67	85	.441	33
Washington Senators	66	86	.434	34
Chicago White Sox	53	99	.349	47

Record vs. opponents

1934 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	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

May 14, 1934: Ed Madjeski was released by the Athletics.^[4]
August 9, 1934: Wally Moses was purchased by the Athletics from the Galveston Buccaneers.^[5]

Roster

1934 Philadelphia Athletics

Roster

Pitchers

21 Al Benton

11 Sugar Cain

20 Joe Cascarella

-- George Caster

14 Bill Dietrich

15 Mort Flohr

16 Bob Kline

19 Ed Lagger

17 Roy Mahaffey

12 Johnny Marcum

19 Harry Matuzak

15 Tim McKeithan

16 Roy Vaughn

18,26 Whitey Wilshere

-- Jack Wilson

Catchers

2 Charlie Berry

28 Frankie Hayes

10 Ed Madjeski

10 Charlie Moss

Infielders

3 Jimmie Foxx

5 Pinky Higgins

6 Eric McNair

22 Rabbit Warstler

4 Dib Williams

Outfielders

9 Ed Coleman

8 Doc Cramer

23 Lou Finney

7 Bob Johnson

10 Jerry McQuaig

27 Bing Miller

Manager

Connie Mack

Coaches

31 Lena Blackburne

30 Earle Mack

32 Eddie Rommel

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	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

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
Dib Williams	66	205	56	.273	2	17
Bing Miller	81	177	43	.243	1	22
Ed Madjeski	8	8	3	.375	0	2

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
Johnny Marcum	37	232	14	11	4.50	92
Sugar Cain	36	230.2	9	17	4.41	66
Jack Wilson	2	9	0	1	12.00	2

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
Bill Dietrich	39	207.2	11	12	4.68	88
Joe Cascarella	42	194.1	12	15	4.68	71
Al Benton	32	155	7	9	4.88	58
George Caster	5	37	3	2	3.41	15
Whitey Wilshere	9	21.2	0	1	12.05	19

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
Bob Kline	20	6	2	1	6.35	14

References

External links

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[radcliff-1] 1 2 Rip Radcliff page at Baseball Reference

[2] Mickey Cochrane page at Baseball Reference

[3] Lefty Grove page at Baseball Reference

[4] Ed Madjeski page at Baseball-Reference

[5] Wally Moses page at Baseball-Reference

1934 MLB season by team
American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
1934 All-Star Game 1934 World Series

1934 Philadelphia Athletics
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Shibe Park (since 1909) Philadelphia (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Connie Mack, Tom Shibe and John Shibe
Manager(s)	Connie Mack
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