1934 Washington Senators season

The 1934 Washington Senators played 154 games, won 68, lost 86, and finished in seventh place in the American League. They were managed by Joe Cronin and played home games at Griffith Stadium. In the eighth inning of their game against the Boston Red Sox on June 9, the Washington Senators hit 5 consecutive doubles – the most ever hit consecutively during the same inning.

Regular season

File:Franklin Roosevelt Griffith Stadium 1934.jpg

President Franklin D. Roosevelt throwing out the first pitch on Opening Day at Griffith Stadium.

Notable transactions

• May 9, 1934: Bob Boken was traded by the Senators to the Chicago White Sox for Red Kress.

Roster

1934 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers 29 Orville Armbrust 10 Allen Benson 18 Bobby Burke 12 Syd Cohen 12 Alvin Crowder 22 Reese Diggs -- Mark Filley 20 Bob Kline 29 Ed Linke 26 Alex McColl 30 John Milligan 30 Ray Prim 17 Jack Russell 14 Lefty Stewart 15 Tommy Thomas 16 Monte Weaver 11 Earl Whitehill		Catchers 10 Moe Berg  9 Cliff Bolton 21 Elmer Klumpp 32 Eddie Phillips  8 Luke Sewell Infielders  7 Ossie Bluege 25 Bob Boken  4 Joe Cronin 23 John Kerr 25 Red Kress  5 Joe Kuhel  1 Buddy Myer 19,22 Pete Susko 20 Cecil Travis		Outfielders 22 Gus Dugas 19 Johnny Gill 24 Dave Harris  3 Heinie Manush  9 Jake Powell  6 Fred Schulte  6 Fred Sington  2 John Stone		Manager  4 Joe Cronin Coaches 27 Nick Altrock 23 Dickey Kerr 28 Al Schacht

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		56	169	33	.195	2	16
1B		63	263	76	.289	3	25
2B		139	524	160	.305	3	57
3B		109	392	125	.319	1	53
SS		127	504	143	.284	7	101
OF		136	524	156	.298	3	73
OF		137	556	194	.349	11	89
OF		113	419	132	.315	7	67

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
Ossie Bluege	99	285	70	.246	0	11
Dave Harris	97	235	59	.251	2	37
Pete Susko	58	224	64	.286	2	25
Luke Sewell	72	207	49	.237	2	21
	56	171	39	.228	4	24
Cliff Bolton	42	148	40	.270	1	17
	31	103	28	.272	0	12
Moe Berg	33	86	21	.244	0	6
	13	53	13	.245	2	7
Jake Powell	9	35	10	.286	0	1
Fred Sington	9	35	10	.286	0	6
	11	27	6	.222	0	6
Gus Dugas	24	19	1	.053	0	1
Elmer Klumpp	12	15	2	.133	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
Earl Whitehill	32	235.0	14	11	4.52	96
Monte Weaver	31	204.2	11	15	4.79	51
Lefty Stewart	24	152.0	7	11	4.03	36
	2	9.2	0	1	12.10	4

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
	37	168.0	8	8	3.21	52
	33	133.1	8	9	5.47	42
General Crowder	29	100.2	4	10	6.79	39
	7	34.2	2	2	4.15	9
Reese Diggs	4	21.1	1	2	6.75	2
	3	18.0	1	1	7.50	6
	3	12.2	1	0	2.13	3

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
Jack Russell	54	5	10	8	4.17	38
Alex McColl	42	3	4	2	3.86	29
Ray Prim	8	0	2	0	6.75	3
Bob Kline	6	1	0	0	15.75	1
	2	0	0	0	10.13	1
Mark Filley	1	0	0	0	27.00	0

References

• 1934 Washington Senators at Baseball-Reference
• 1934 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com