1934 New York Yankees season

The 1934 New York Yankees season was the team's 32nd season. The team finished with a record of 94–60, finishing 7 games behind the Detroit Tigers. New York was managed by Joe McCarthy. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium. This was the final year Babe Ruth played as a Yankee.

1934 New York Yankees
League	American League
Ballpark	Yankee Stadium
City	New York City
Owners	Jacob Ruppert
General managers	Ed Barrow
Managers	Joe McCarthy
← 1933 Seasons 1935 →

Regular season

The 1934 season was Babe Ruth's last season in a Yankee uniform. He was released the following February.

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 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers 18 Johnny Allen 21,22,26 Johnny Broaca 16 Jimmie DeShong 24,33 Charlie Devens 11 Lefty Gomez 20 Burleigh Grimes 17 Danny MacFayden 19 Johnny Murphy 20 Floyd Newkirk 15 Red Ruffing 20 Harry Smythe 22,24 Vito Tamulis 26 George Uhle 14 Russ Van Atta		Catchers  8 Bill Dickey  9 Art Jorgens 27 Zack Taylor Infielders  5 Frankie Crosetti  4 Lou Gehrig 10 Don Heffner 22 Lyn Lary  6 Tony Lazzeri  2 Red Rolfe 12 Jack Saltzgaver		Outfielders 25 Sammy Byrd  7 Ben Chapman  1 Earle Combs 28 Myril Hoag  3 Babe Ruth  1 George Selkirk 27 Dixie Walker		Manager -- Joe McCarthy Coaches 29 Art Fletcher 21 Johnny Schulte 30 Joe Sewell

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	Bill Dickey	104	395	127	.322	12	72
1B	Lou Gehrig	154	579	210	.363	49	165
2B	Tony Lazzeri	123	438	117	.267	14	67
3B	Jack Saltzgaver	94	350	95	.271	6	36
SS	Frankie Crosetti	138	554	147	.265	11	67
OF	Ben Chapman	149	588	181	.308	5	86
OF	Babe Ruth	125	365	105	.288	22	84
OF	Sammy Byrd	106	191	47	.246	3	23

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
Red Rolfe	89	279	80	.287	0	18
Earle Combs	63	251	80	.319	2	25
Don Heffner	72	241	63	.261	0	25
Samuel Byrd	106	191	47	.246	3	23
Arndt Jorgens	58	183	38	.208	0	20
George Selkirk	46	176	55	.313	5	38
Dixie Walker	17	17	2	.118	0	0
Zack Taylor	4	7	1	.143	0	0
Lyn Lary	1	0	0	----	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
Lefty Gomez	38	281.2	26	5	2.33	158
Red Ruffing	36	256.1	19	11	3.93	149
Johnny Broaca	26	177.1	12	9	4.16	74
Johnny Allen	13	71.2	5	2	2.89	54
Charlie Devens	1	11.0	1	0	1.64	4
Vito Tamulis	1	9.0	1	0	0.00	5

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
Johnny Murphy	40	207.2	14	10	3.12	70
Jimmie DeShong	31	133.2	6	7	4.11	40
Danny MacFayden	22	96.0	4	3	4.50	41
Russ Van Atta	28	88.0	3	5	6.34	39
George Uhle	10	16.1	2	4	9.92	10

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
Burleigh Grimes	10	1	2	1	5.50	5
Harry Smythe	8	0	2	1	7.80	7
Floyd Newkirk	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Awards and honors

• Lou Gehrig won the Triple Crown.^[1]

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Newark Bears	International League	Bob Shawkey
A	Binghamton Triplets	New York–Pennsylvania League	Billy Meyer
B	Norfolk Tars	Piedmont League	Bill Skiff
C	Wheeling Stogies	Middle Atlantic League	Jack Sheehan
D	Washington Generals	Pennsylvania State Association	Benny Bengough

LEAGUE CHAMPION: Norfolk^[2]

Notes

1. Ferraro, Michael X.; Veneziano, John (2007). Numbelievable!. Chicago: Triumph Books. p. 71. ISBN 978-1-57243-990-0.
2. 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

• 1934 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference
• 1934 New York Yankees at Baseball Almanac