1934 Cleveland Indians
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkLeague Park
CityCleveland, Ohio
OwnersAlva Bradley
General managersBilly Evans
ManagersWalter Johnson
RadioWHK
(Jack Graney)
Seasons

The 1934 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished third in the American League with a record of 85–69, 16 games behind the Detroit Tigers.

Regular season

Pitcher Mel Harder became the first pitcher in the American League to win 20 games in one season while wearing glasses.[1]

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 10153 0.656 — 54–26 47–27
New York Yankees 9460 0.610 7 53–24 41–36
Cleveland Indians 8569 0.552 16 47–31 38–38
Boston Red Sox 7676 0.500 24 42–35 34–41
Philadelphia Athletics 6882 0.453 31 34–40 34–42
St. Louis Browns 6785 0.441 33 36–39 31–46
Washington Senators 6686 0.434 34 34–40 32–46
Chicago White Sox 5399 0.349 47 29–46 24–53

Record vs. opponents

1934 American League record

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
Boston —11–107–158–1410–1212–914–814–8–1
Chicago 10–11—8–145–175–179–137–14–19–13
Cleveland 15–714–8—6–1611–1113–915–711–11
Detroit 14–817–516–6—12–1012–1015–715–7
New York 12–1017–511–1110–12—15–717–512–10
Philadelphia 9–1213–99–1310–127–15—9–12–111–9–2
St. Louis 8–1414–7–17–157–155–1712–9–1—14–8
Washington 8–14–113–911–117–1510–129–11–28–14—

Roster

1934 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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
CFrankie Pytlak9128975.260035
1BHal Trosky154625206.33035142
2BOdell Hale143563170.30213101
SS Bill Knickerbocker 146 593 188 .317 4 67
3BWillie Kamm121386104.269042
OFEarl Averill154598187.31331113
OFJoe Vosmik104405138.341678
OFSam Rice9733598.293133

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
Johnny Burnett7220861.293330
Milt Galatzer 49 196 53 .270 0 15
Bob Seeds 61 186 46 .247 0 18
Dutch Holland 50 128 32 .250 2 13
Glenn Myatt 36 107 34 .318 0 12
Moe Berg 29 97 25 .258 0 9
Eddie Moore 27 65 10 .154 0 8
Bill Brenzel 15 51 11 .216 0 3
Dick Porter 14 45 10 .222 1 6
Kit Carson 5 18 5 .278 0 1
Bob Garbark 5 11 0 .000 0 0
Roy Spencer571.14302

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
Mel Harder44255.120122.6191
Monte Pearson 39 254.2 18 13 4.52 140
Oral Hildebrand 33 198.0 11 9 4.50 72
Willis Hudlin 36 195.0 15 10 4.75 58

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
Bob Weiland1670.0154.1142
Sarge Connally 5 5.1 0 0 5.06 1
Bill Perrin 1 5.0 0 1 14.40 3
Denny Galehouse 1 1.0 0 0 18.00 0

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
Lloyd Brown 38 5 10 7 3.85 39
Thornton Lee 24 1 1 0 5.04 41
Ralph Winegarner 22 5 4 0 5.51 32
Belve Bean215103.8620
Clint Brown174315.9015

Awards and honors

All Star Game

Earl Averill, outfielder

Mel Harder, pitcher

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
A New Orleans Pelicans Southern Association Larry Gilbert
C Zanesville Grays Middle Atlantic League Harry Layne, Bert Grimm and Earl Wolgamot
D Monessen Indians Pennsylvania State Association Eddie Onslow, Bill Ward,
Earl Wolgamot and Walt Laskowski

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: New Orleans, Zanesville[2]

References

  1. ↑ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 195, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  2. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007
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