1934 Philadelphia Phillies season

The 1934 Philadelphia Phillies season was a season in Major League Baseball. The Phillies finished seventh in the National League with a record of 56 wins and 93 losses.

1934 Philadelphia Phillies
League	National League
Ballpark	Baker Bowl
City	Philadelphia
Owners	Gerald Nugent
Managers	Jimmie Wilson
← 1933 Seasons 1935 →

Offseason

On April 14, 1934, the Phillies entered into an affiliation agreement with the New York–Penn League Hazelton Mountaineers. This was the first minor league affiliation for the Phillies.^[1]

Notable transactions

• October 30, 1933: Jack Warner, a player to be named later, and cash were traded by the Phillies to the St. Paul Saints for Marty Hopkins. The Phillies completed the deal by sending Otto Bluege to the Saints on January 6, 1934.^[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

• May 10, 1934: Marty Hopkins was acquired from the Phillies by the St. Paul Saints.^[2]

Roster

1934 Philadelphia Phillies
Roster
Pitchers 40 Phil Collins 41 George Darrow 42 Curt Davis 43 Jumbo Elliott 44 Reggie Grabowski 45 Snipe Hansen 46 Ed Holley 47 Syl Johnson 47 Ted Kleinhans -- Bill Lohrman 49 Cy Malis 48 Cy Moore 43 Euel Moore 49 Frank Pearce		Catchers 10 Joe Holden 11 Al Todd 12 Jimmie Wilson Infielders 20 Dick Bartell 24 Dolph Camilli 21 Lou Chiozza -- Bud Clancy 22 Mickey Haslin 23 Andy High 23 Marty Hopkins 24 Don Hurst 25 Irv Jeffries 35 Bucky Walters		Outfielders 30 Ethan Allen -- Ed Boland 31 Kiddo Davis 34 Fred Frink 31 Chick Fullis 32 Harvey Hendrick 33 Johnny Moore 33 Prince Oana 34 Art Ruble 35 Wes Schulmerich 34 Hack Wilson		Manager 12 Jimmie Wilson Coaches Hans Lobert Dick Spalding

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 Todd	91	302	96	.318	4	41
1B	Dolph Camilli	102	378	100	.265	12	68
2B	Lou Chiozza	134	484	147	.304	0	44
3B	Bucky Walters	83	300	78	.260	4	38
SS	Dick Bartell	146	604	187	.310	0	37
OF	Ethan Allen	145	581	192	.330	10	85
OF	Johnny Moore	116	458	157	.343	11	93
OF	Kiddo Davis	100	393	115	.293	3	48

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
Jimmie Wilson	91	277	81	.292	3	35
Irv Jeffries	56	175	43	.246	4	19
Mickey Haslin	72	166	44	.265	1	11
Don Hurst	40	130	34	.262	2	21
Harvey Hendrick	59	116	34	.293	0	19
Chick Fullis	28	102	23	.225	0	12
Andy High	47	68	14	.206	0	7
Art Ruble	19	54	15	.278	0	8
Wes Schulmerich	15	52	13	.250	0	1
Bud Clancy	20	49	12	.245	1	7
Ed Boland	8	30	9	.300	0	5
Marty Hopkins	10	25	3	.120	0	3
Prince Oana	6	21	5	.238	0	3
Hack Wilson	7	20	2	.100	0	3
Joe Holden	10	14	1	.071	0	0
Fred Frink	2	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
Phil Collins	45	254.0	13	18	4.18	72
Euel Moore	20	122.1	5	7	4.05	38
Ed Holley	15	72.2	1	8	7.18	14

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
Curt Davis	51	274.1	19	17	2.95	99
Snipe Hansen	50	151.0	6	12	5.42	40
Syl Johnson	42	133.2	5	9	3.50	54
Cy Moore	35	126.2	4	9	6.47	55
George Darrow	17	49.0	2	6	5.51	14
Frank Pearce	7	20.0	0	2	7.20	4
Bucky Walters	2	7.0	0	0	1.29	7
Jumbo Elliott	3	5.1	0	1	10.13	1

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
Reggie Grabowski	27	1	3	0	9.23	13
Ted Kleinhans	5	0	0	0	9.00	2
Bill Lohrman	4	0	1	1	4.50	2
Cy Malis	1	0	0	0	4.91	1

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
A	Hazleton Mountaineers	New York–Pennsylvania League	Frank Uzmann

^[3]

Notes

1. "Hazelton to Be Phils' Farm". New York Times. April 15, 1934. Retrieved September 29, 2009.
2. Marty Hopkins page at Baseball Reference
3. 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 Philadelphia Phillies season at Baseball Reference