1934 Major League Baseball season
# 1934 Major League Baseball season

The 1934 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 17 to October 9, 1934. The St. Louis Cardinals and Detroit Tigers were the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The Cardinals then defeated the Tigers in the World Series, four games to three.

## Awards and honors

* Most Valuable Player:
   * American League: Mickey Cochrane, Detroit Tigers, C
   * National League: Dizzy Dean, St. Louis Cardinals, P

## MLB statistical leaders

| | American League | American League | National League |
| - | - | - | - |
| Type | Name | Stat | Name | Stat |
| AVG | Lou $Gehrig^1$ NYY | .363 | Paul Waner PIT | .362 |
| HR | Lou $Gehrig^1$ NYY | 49 | Ripper Collins SLC Mel Ott NYG | 35 |
| RBI | Lou $Gehrig^1$ NYY | 165 | Mel Ott NYG | 135 |
| Wins | Lefty $Gomez^2$ NYY | 26 | Dizzy Dean SLC | 30 |
| ERA | Lefty $Gomez^2$ NYY | 2.33 | Carl Hubbell NYG | 2.30 |
| SO | Lefty $Gomez^2$ NYY | 158 | Dizzy Dean SLC | 195 |
| SV | Jack Russell WSH | 7 | Carl Hubbell NYG | 8 |
| SB | Billy Werber BOS | 40 | Pepper Martin SLC | 23 |

$^1$ American League Triple Crown Batting Winner

$^2$ American League Triple Crown Pitching Winner

## Postseason

### Bracket

| World Series | World Series | World Series |
| - | - | - |
| AL | Detroit Tigers | 3 |
| NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 4 |

## Managers

### American League

| Team | Manager | Comments |
| - | - | - |
| Boston Red Sox | Bucky Harris | |
| Chicago White Sox | Lew Fonseca and Jimmy Dykes | |
| Cleveland Indians | Walter Johnson | Finished 3rd |
| Detroit Tigers | Mickey Cochrane | Won AL pennant |
| New York Yankees | Joe McCarthy | Finished 2nd |
| Philadelphia Athletics | Connie Mack | |
| St. Louis Browns | Rogers Hornsby | |
| Washington Senators | Joe Cronin | |

### National League

| Team | Manager | Comments |
| - | - | - |
| Boston Braves | Bill McKechnie | |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | Casey Stengel | |
| Chicago Cubs | Charlie Grimm | Finished 3rd |
| Cincinnati Reds | Bob O'Farrell, Burt Shotton and Chuck Dressen | |
| New York Giants | Bill Terry | Finished 2nd |
| Philadelphia Phillies | Jimmie Wilson | |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | George Gibson and Pie Traynor | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | Frankie Frisch | Won World Series |

## Home field attendance

| Team name | Wins | %± | Home attendance | %± | Per game |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Detroit Tigers | 101 | 34.7% | 919,161 | 186.4% | 11,490 |
| New York Yankees | 94 | 3.3% | 854,682 | 17.4% | 11,100 |
| New York Giants | 93 | 2.2% | 730,851 | 20.9% | 9,745 |
| Chicago Cubs | 86 | 0.0% | 707,525 | 19.1% | 9,189 |
| Boston Red Sox | 76 | 20.6% | 610,640 | 127.2% | 7,930 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | 71 | 9.2% | 434,188 | -17.6% | 5,639 |
| Cleveland Indians | 85 | 13.3% | 391,338 | 0.9% | 5,017 |
| Washington Senators | 66 | -33.3% | 330,074 | -24.6% | 4,343 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 95 | 15.9% | 325,056 | 26.9% | 4,222 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 74 | -14.9% | 322,622 | 11.7% | 4,136 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 68 | -13.9% | 305,847 | 2.9% | 4,024 |
| Boston Braves | 78 | -6.0% | 303,205 | -41.4% | 4,043 |
| Chicago White Sox | 53 | -20.9% | 236,559 | -40.5% | 3,154 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 52 | -10.3% | 206,773 | -5.3% | 2,651 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 56 | -6.7% | 169,885 | 8.6% | 2,393 |
| St. Louis Browns | 67 | 21.8% | 115,305 | 30.9% | 1,517 |

## Events

* June 6 – Myril Hoag of the New York Yankees hits six singles against the Boston Red Sox.
* June 9: In the eighth inning of their game against the Boston Red Sox, the Washington Senators hit 5 consecutive doubles – the most ever hit consecutively in an inning.
* July 8: In the course of the Philadelphia Athletics–Boston Red Sox game, Athletics player Bob Johnson hits a fly ball off Red Sox pitcher Hank Johnson, which is caught by center fielder Roy Johnson
* July 10: At the All-Star Game held at the Polo Grounds in New York City, New York Giants pitcher Carl Hubbell strikes out five consecutive American League batters. These batters are Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx, Al Simmons, and Joe Cronin: all future Hall-of-Famers.
