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1934 Chicago White Sox season

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1934 Chicago White Sox
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkComiskey Park
CityChicago
OwnersJ. Louis Comiskey
General managerHarry Grabiner
ManagersLew Fonseca and Jimmy Dykes
RadioWGN
(Bob Elson)
WIND
(Johnny O'Hara)
WMAQ
(Hal Totten)
← 1933 Seasons 1935 →

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).

Offseason

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Regular season

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Season standings

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American League
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

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB 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

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Roster

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1934 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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

Other batters

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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

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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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

Other pitchers

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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

Relief pitchers

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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

Farm system

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

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Notes

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  1. ^ Chad Kimsey page at Baseball-Reference
  2. ^ Red Kress page at Baseball-Reference
  3. ^ Ed Madjeski page at Baseball-Reference
  4. ^ Marty Hopkins page at Baseball-Reference
  5. ^ Rip Radcliff page at Baseball-Reference
  6. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

References

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