1934 St. Louis Browns season

1934 St. Louis Browns
Major League affiliations
	American League (since 1901);
Location
	Sportsman's Park (since 1902); St. Louis, Missouri (since 1902);
Results
Record	67–85 (.441)
League place	6th
Other information
Owner(s)	Estate of Phil Ball
Manager(s)	Rogers Hornsby
Local radio	KMOX; (France Laux); KWK; (Bob Thomas, Ray Schmidt)
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The 1934 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 6th in the American League with a record of 67 wins and 85 losses.

Offseason

December 15, 1933: Ray Pepper was purchased by the Browns from the St. Louis Cardinals.^[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	—

Roster

1934 St. Louis Browns

Roster

Pitchers

18 Ivy Andrews

12 George Blaeholder

16 Dick Coffman

17 Bump Hadley

24 Jack Knott

20 Bill McAfee

25 Lefty Mills

21 Bobo Newsom

-- Jim Walkup

23 Jim Weaver

19 Ed Wells

Catchers

9 Frank Grube

27 Grover Hartley

10 Rollie Hemsley

Infielders

22 Ollie Bejma

2 Jack Burns

7 Harlond Clift

11 Rogers Hornsby

5 Ski Melillo

1 Alan Strange

Outfielders

3 Bruce Campbell

14 Earl Clark

15 Debs Garms

8 Ray Pepper

4 George Puccinelli

6 Sam West

Other batters

26 Charley O'Leary

-- Art Scharein

Manager

11 Rogers Hornsby

Coaches

27 Grover Hartley

26 Charley O'Leary

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	Rollie Hemsley	123	431	133	.309	2	52
1B	Jack Burns	154	612	157	.257	13	73
2B	Ski Melillo	144	552	133	.241	2	55
3B	Harlond Clift	147	572	149	.260	14	56
SS	Alan Strange	127	430	100	.233	1	45
OF	Ray Pepper	148	564	168	.298	7	101
OF	Bruce Campbell	138	481	134	.279	9	74
OF	Sam West	122	482	157	.326	9	55

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
Earl Clark	13	41	7	.171	0	1
Rogers Hornsby	24	23	7	.304	1	11
Charley O'Leary	1	1	1	1.000	0	0

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
Bobo Newsom	47	262.1	16	20	4.01	135
George Blaeholder	39	234.1	14	18	4.22	66
Bump Hadley	39	213	10	16	4.35	79
Jim Weaver	5	19.2	2	0	6.41	11

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
Dick Coffman	40	173	9	10	4.53	55
Ivy Andrews	43	139	4	11	4.66	51
Ed Wells	33	92	1	7	4.79	27

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
Jim Walkup	3	0	0	0	2.16	6

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
A	San Antonio Missions	Texas League	Hank Severeid

^[2]

Notes

↑ Ray Pepper page at Baseball-Reference
↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball". Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

References

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[1] Ray Pepper page at Baseball-Reference

[2] Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball". Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

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 St. Louis Browns
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Sportsman's Park (since 1902) St. Louis, Missouri (since 1902)
Results
Record	67–85 (.441)
League place	6th
Other information
Owner(s)	Estate of Phil Ball
Manager(s)	Rogers Hornsby
Local radio	KMOX (France Laux) KWK (Bob Thomas, Ray Schmidt)
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