1934 New York Giants
LeagueNational League
BallparkPolo Grounds
CityNew York City
OwnersCharles Stoneham
ManagersBill Terry
Seasons

The 1934 New York Giants season was the franchise's 52nd season. Although they led in the standings for most of the season, the team finished in second place in the National League with a 93–60 record, 2 games behind the St. Louis Cardinals.

On September 6, the Giants were leading the Cardinals by 7 games with an 85–47 record, but went 8–13 the rest of the season to lose the lead on the final day of the season. The Cardinals went 18–5 in the same time span to win the NL pennant. The Giants became the first team in the modern era to lose the pennant after holding a seven-game lead in September.

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 9558 0.621 — 48–29 47–29
New York Giants 9360 0.608 2 49–26 44–34
Chicago Cubs 8665 0.570 8 47–30 39–35
Boston Braves 7873 0.517 16 40–35 38–38
Pittsburgh Pirates 7476 0.493 19½ 45–32 29–44
Brooklyn Dodgers 7181 0.467 23½ 43–33 28–48
Philadelphia Phillies 5693 0.376 37 35–36 21–57
Cincinnati Reds 5299 0.344 42 30–47 22–52

Record vs. opponents

1934 National League record

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston —16–6–112–1015–77–1514–89–115–16
Brooklyn 6–16–1—8–1213–98–1413–916–67–15
Chicago 10–1212–8—14–811–1013–914–8–112–10
Cincinnati 7–159–138–14—6–169–107–156–16–1
New York 15–714–810–1116–6—15–714–89–13
Philadelphia 8–149–139–1310–97–15—7–136–16
Pittsburgh 11–96–168–14–115–78–1413–7—13–9
St. Louis 16–515–710–1216–6–113–916–69–13—

Roster

1934 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 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
CGus Mancuso12238394.245746
1BBill Terry153602213.354883
2BHughie Critz137571138.242640
3BJohnny Vergez10832064.200727
SSTravis Jackson137523140.26816101
OFMel Ott153582190.32635135
OFJo-Jo Moore139580192.3311561
OFGeorge Watkins10529673.247633

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
Blondy Ryan11038593.242241
Hank Leiber6318745.241225
Lefty O'Doul8317756.316946
Harry Danning539732.33017
Paul Richards427512.16003
Phil Weintraub317426.351015
Homer Peel21418.19513
George Grantham32297.24114
Fresco Thompson110.00000

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
Carl Hubbell49313.021122.30118
Hal Schumacher41297.023103.18112
Freddie Fitzsimmons38263.118143.0473
Roy Parmelee22152.21063.4283

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
Joe Bowman30107.1543.6136
Jack Salveson1238.1313.5218
Watty Clark518.2126.756
Slick Castleman716.2105.405

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
Al Smith303554.3227
Dolf Luque264373.8312
Hi Bell224363.679

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
A Nashville Vols Southern Association Chuck Dressen and Lance Richbourg
C Jacksonville Jax West Dixie League Wally Dashiell

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Jacksonville[1]

Notes

  1. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References


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