1934 Brooklyn Dodgers season

1934 Brooklyn Dodgers
League	National League
Ballpark	Ebbets Field
City	Brooklyn, New York
Owners	Stephen McKeever, Brooklyn Trust Company
President	Stephen McKeever
Managers	Casey Stengel
← 1933 1935 →

Casey Stengel took over as manager for the 1934 Brooklyn Dodgers, but the team still finished in sixth place.

Offseason

• December 1933: Art Herring was purchased by the Dodgers from the Detroit Tigers.^[1]
• December 1933: Joe Shaute was purchased from the Dodgers by the Cincinnati Reds.^[2]

Regular season

Season standings

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	95	58	0.621	—	48–29	47–29
New York Giants	93	60	0.608	2	49–26	44–34
Chicago Cubs	86	65	0.570	8	47–30	39–35
Boston Braves	78	73	0.517	16	40–35	38–38
Pittsburgh Pirates	74	76	0.493	19½	45–32	29–44
Brooklyn Dodgers	71	81	0.467	23½	43–33	28–48
Philadelphia Phillies	56	93	0.376	37	35–36	21–57
Cincinnati Reds	52	99	0.344	42	30–47	22–52

Record vs. opponents

1934 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	16–6–1	12–10	15–7	7–15	14–8	9–11	5–16
Brooklyn	6–16–1	—	8–12	13–9	8–14	13–9	16–6	7–15
Chicago	10–12	12–8	—	14–8	11–10	13–9	14–8–1	12–10
Cincinnati	7–15	9–13	8–14	—	6–16	9–10	7–15	6–16–1
New York	15–7	14–8	10–11	16–6	—	15–7	14–8	9–13
Philadelphia	8–14	9–13	9–13	10–9	7–15	—	7–13	6–16
Pittsburgh	11–9	6–16	8–14–1	15–7	8–14	13–7	—	13–9
St. Louis	16–5	15–7	10–12	16–6–1	13–9	16–6	9–13	—

Notable transactions

• April 13, 1934: Marty McManus was purchased from the Dodgers by the Boston Braves.^[3]
• June 29, 1934: Watty Clark was purchased by the Dodgers from the New York Giants.^[4]
• September 1934: Johnny Vander Meer was purchased from the Dodgers by the Boston Braves.^[5]

Roster

1934 Brooklyn Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers 26 Johnny Babich 30 Boom-Boom Beck 28 Ray Benge 15 Ownie Carroll 24 Watty Clark 29 Art Herring 27 Dutch Leonard 26 Ray Lucas 16 Van Mungo 25 Les Munns 21 Phil Page 23 Charlie Perkins 21 Harry Smythe 34 Tom Zachary		Catchers 22 Ray Berres 10 Al López 14 Wally Millies 11 Clyde Sukeforth Infielders  2 Jim Bucher  5 Tony Cuccinello  8 Lonny Frey -- Bert Hogg 12 Jimmy Jordan  6 Sam Leslie  7 Johnny McCarthy  3 Joe Stripp		Outfielders 17 Buzz Boyle 20 Glenn Chapman  1 Johnny Frederick 18 Len Koenecke  9 Danny Taylor 11 Nick Tremark  4 Hack Wilson		Manager 31 Casey Stengel Coaches 32 Otto Miller

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	Al López	140	439	120	.273	7	54
1B	Sam Leslie	146	546	181	.332	9	102
2B	Tony Cuccinello	140	528	138	.261	14	94
3B	Joe Stripp	104	384	121	.315	1	40
SS	Lonny Frey	125	490	139	.284	8	57
OF	Buzz Boyle	128	472	144	.305	7	48
OF	Len Koenecke	123	460	147	.320	14	73
OF	Danny Taylor	120	405	121	.299	7	57

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
Jimmy Jordan	97	369	98	.266	0	43
Johnny Frederick	104	307	91	.296	4	35
Hack Wilson	67	172	45	.262	6	27
Glenn Chapman	67	93	26	.280	1	10
Jim Bucher	47	84	19	.226	0	8
Ray Berres	39	79	17	.215	0	3
Clyde Sukeforth	27	43	7	.163	0	1
Johnny McCarthy	17	39	7	.179	1	5
Nick Tremark	17	28	7	.250	0	6
Wally Millies	2	7	0	.000	0	0
Bert Hogg	2	1	0	.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
Van Mungo	45	315.1	18	16	3.37	184
Ray Benge	36	227.0	14	12	4.32	64
Johnny Babich	25	135.0	7	11	4.20	62

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
Dutch Leonard	44	183.2	14	11	3.28	58
Tom Zachary	22	101.2	5	6	4.43	28
Les Munns	33	99.1	3	7	4.71	41
Ownie Carroll	26	74.1	1	3	6.42	17
Boom-Boom Beck	22	57.0	2	6	7.42	24
Art Herring	14	49.1	2	4	6.20	15
Ray Lucas	10	30.2	1	1	6.75	3
Charlie Perkins	11	24.1	0	3	8.51	5

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
Watty Clark	17	2	0	0	5.33	10
Harry Smythe	8	1	1	0	5.91	5
Phil Page	6	1	0	0	5.40	4

Awards and honors

• 1934 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
  • Al López reserve
  • Van Mungo reserve

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
C	Dayton Ducks	Middle Atlantic League	Howard Holmes

Notes

References

• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page

External links

• 1934 Brooklyn Dodgers uniform
• Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
• Acme Dodgers page Archived September 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
• Retrosheet