1934 Cleveland Indians season

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.

1934 Cleveland Indians
League	American League
Ballpark	League Park
City	Cleveland, Ohio
Owners	Alva Bradley
General managers	Billy Evans
Managers	Walter Johnson
Radio	WHK (Jack Graney)
← 1933 Seasons 1935 →

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

v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Detroit Tigers	101	53	0.656	—	54–26	47–27
New York Yankees	94	60	0.610	7	53–24	41–36
Cleveland Indians	85	69	0.552	16	47–31	38–38
Boston Red Sox	76	76	0.500	24	42–35	34–41
Philadelphia Athletics	68	82	0.453	31	34–40	34–42
St. Louis Browns	67	85	0.441	33	36–39	31–46
Washington Senators	66	86	0.434	34	34–40	32–46
Chicago White Sox	53	99	0.349	47	29–46	24–53

Record vs. opponents

1934 American League record v t e 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	—

Roster

1934 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers 17 Belve Bean 16 Clint Brown 21 Lloyd Brown 15 Sarge Connally 24 Denny Galehouse 18 Mel Harder 19 Oral Hildebrand 12 Willis Hudlin 22 Thornton Lee 33 Monte Pearson -- Bill Perrin 14 Bob Weiland 23 Ralph Winegarner		Catchers 31 Moe Berg  8 Bill Brenzel  9 Bob Garbark  9 Glenn Myatt 11 Frankie Pytlak  8 Roy Spencer Infielders  1 Johnny Burnett 34 Odell Hale  5 Willie Kamm  4 Bill Knickerbocker 26 Eddie Moore  7 Hal Trosky		Outfielders  3 Earl Averill 26 Kit Carson 35 Milt Galatzer 35 Dutch Holland  2 Dick Porter 29 Sam Rice  2 Bob Seeds  6 Joe Vosmik		Manager 10 Walter Johnson Coaches 20 Patsy Gharrity -- Earl Wolgamot

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	Frankie Pytlak	91	289	75	.260	0	35
1B	Hal Trosky	154	625	206	.330	35	142
2B	Odell Hale	143	563	170	.302	13	101
SS	Bill Knickerbocker	146	593	188	.317	4	67
3B	Willie Kamm	121	386	104	.269	0	42
OF	Earl Averill	154	598	187	.313	31	113
OF	Joe Vosmik	104	405	138	.341	6	78
OF	Sam Rice	97	335	98	.293	1	33

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 Burnett	72	208	61	.293	3	30
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 Spencer	5	7	1	.143	0	2

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 Harder	44	255.1	20	12	2.61	91
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 Weiland	16	70.0	1	5	4.11	42
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 Bean	21	5	1	0	3.86	20
Clint Brown	17	4	3	1	5.90	15

Awards and honors

All Star Game

Earl Averill, outfielder

Mel Harder, pitcher

Farm system

See also: Minor league baseball

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

External links

• 1934 Cleveland Indians season at Baseball Reference