CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html> <html class="client-nojs vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-sticky-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-toc-available" lang="en" dir="ltr"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <title>1934 in baseball - Wikipedia</title> <script>(function(){var className="client-js vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-sticky-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-toc-available";var cookie=document.cookie.match(/(?:^|; )enwikimwclientpreferences=([^;]+)/);if(cookie){cookie[1].split('%2C').forEach(function(pref){className=className.replace(new RegExp('(^| )'+pref.replace(/-clientpref-\w+$|[^\w-]+/g,'')+'-clientpref-\\w+( |$)'),'$1'+pref+'$2');});}document.documentElement.className=className;}());RLCONF={"wgBreakFrames":false,"wgSeparatorTransformTable":["",""],"wgDigitTransformTable":["",""],"wgDefaultDateFormat":"dmy", "wgMonthNames":["","January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December"],"wgRequestId":"91bc5cf1-f112-4fb8-8e7f-ea1ad25e4325","wgCanonicalNamespace":"","wgCanonicalSpecialPageName":false,"wgNamespaceNumber":0,"wgPageName":"1934_in_baseball","wgTitle":"1934 in baseball","wgCurRevisionId":1249822698,"wgRevisionId":1249822698,"wgArticleId":4277544,"wgIsArticle":true,"wgIsRedirect":false,"wgAction":"view","wgUserName":null,"wgUserGroups":["*"],"wgCategories":["Articles with short description","Short description matches Wikidata","1934 in baseball"],"wgPageViewLanguage":"en","wgPageContentLanguage":"en","wgPageContentModel":"wikitext","wgRelevantPageName":"1934_in_baseball","wgRelevantArticleId":4277544,"wgIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRelevantPageIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRestrictionEdit":[],"wgRestrictionMove":[],"wgNoticeProject":"wikipedia","wgCiteReferencePreviewsActive":false,"wgFlaggedRevsParams":{"tags":{"status":{"levels":1}} },"wgMediaViewerOnClick":true,"wgMediaViewerEnabledByDefault":true,"wgPopupsFlags":0,"wgVisualEditor":{"pageLanguageCode":"en","pageLanguageDir":"ltr","pageVariantFallbacks":"en"},"wgMFDisplayWikibaseDescriptions":{"search":true,"watchlist":true,"tagline":false,"nearby":true},"wgWMESchemaEditAttemptStepOversample":false,"wgWMEPageLength":30000,"wgRelatedArticlesCompat":[],"wgCentralAuthMobileDomain":false,"wgEditSubmitButtonLabelPublish":true,"wgULSPosition":"interlanguage","wgULSisCompactLinksEnabled":false,"wgVector2022LanguageInHeader":true,"wgULSisLanguageSelectorEmpty":false,"wgWikibaseItemId":"Q4563497","wgCheckUserClientHintsHeadersJsApi":["brands","architecture","bitness","fullVersionList","mobile","model","platform","platformVersion"],"GEHomepageSuggestedEditsEnableTopics":true,"wgGETopicsMatchModeEnabled":false,"wgGEStructuredTaskRejectionReasonTextInputEnabled":false,"wgGELevelingUpEnabledForUser":false};RLSTATE={"ext.globalCssJs.user.styles":"ready","site.styles":"ready", "user.styles":"ready","ext.globalCssJs.user":"ready","user":"ready","user.options":"loading","ext.cite.styles":"ready","skins.vector.search.codex.styles":"ready","skins.vector.styles":"ready","skins.vector.icons":"ready","jquery.makeCollapsible.styles":"ready","ext.wikimediamessages.styles":"ready","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript":"ready","ext.uls.interlanguage":"ready","wikibase.client.init":"ready","ext.wikimediaBadges":"ready"};RLPAGEMODULES=["ext.cite.ux-enhancements","site","mediawiki.page.ready","jquery.makeCollapsible","mediawiki.toc","skins.vector.js","ext.centralNotice.geoIP","ext.centralNotice.startUp","ext.gadget.ReferenceTooltips","ext.gadget.switcher","ext.urlShortener.toolbar","ext.centralauth.centralautologin","mmv.bootstrap","ext.popups","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.init","ext.visualEditor.targetLoader","ext.echo.centralauth","ext.eventLogging","ext.wikimediaEvents","ext.navigationTiming","ext.uls.interface","ext.cx.eventlogging.campaigns", "ext.cx.uls.quick.actions","wikibase.client.vector-2022","ext.checkUser.clientHints","ext.quicksurveys.init","ext.growthExperiments.SuggestedEditSession","wikibase.sidebar.tracking"];</script> <script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.loader.impl(function(){return["user.options@12s5i",function($,jQuery,require,module){mw.user.tokens.set({"patrolToken":"+\\","watchToken":"+\\","csrfToken":"+\\"}); }];});});</script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=ext.cite.styles%7Cext.uls.interlanguage%7Cext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript%7Cext.wikimediaBadges%7Cext.wikimediamessages.styles%7Cjquery.makeCollapsible.styles%7Cskins.vector.icons%2Cstyles%7Cskins.vector.search.codex.styles%7Cwikibase.client.init&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <script async="" src="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=startup&only=scripts&raw=1&skin=vector-2022"></script> <meta name="ResourceLoaderDynamicStyles" content=""> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=site.styles&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <meta name="generator" content="MediaWiki 1.44.0-wmf.5"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin-when-cross-origin"> <meta name="robots" content="max-image-preview:standard"> <meta name="format-detection" content="telephone=no"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=1120"> <meta property="og:title" content="1934 in baseball - Wikipedia"> <meta property="og:type" content="website"> <link rel="preconnect" href="//upload.wikimedia.org"> <link rel="alternate" media="only screen and (max-width: 640px)" href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1934_in_baseball"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/x-wiki" title="Edit this page" href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_baseball&action=edit"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/static/apple-touch/wikipedia.png"> <link rel="icon" href="/static/favicon/wikipedia.ico"> <link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="/w/rest.php/v1/search" title="Wikipedia (en)"> <link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" href="//en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=rsd"> <link rel="canonical" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1934_in_baseball"> <link rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="Wikipedia Atom feed" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&feed=atom"> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//meta.wikimedia.org" /> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//login.wikimedia.org"> </head> <body class="skin--responsive skin-vector skin-vector-search-vue mediawiki ltr sitedir-ltr mw-hide-empty-elt ns-0 ns-subject mw-editable page-1934_in_baseball rootpage-1934_in_baseball skin-vector-2022 action-view"><a class="mw-jump-link" href="#bodyContent">Jump to content</a> <div class="vector-header-container"> <header class="vector-header mw-header"> <div class="vector-header-start"> <nav class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-main-menu-dropdown vector-button-flush-left vector-button-flush-right" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Main menu" > <label id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-label" for="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-menu mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-menu"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Main menu</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-main-menu" class="vector-main-menu vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-main-menu-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="main-menu-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-main-menu" data-pinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Main menu</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-navigation" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-navigation" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Navigation </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-mainpage-description" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Main_Page" title="Visit the main page [z]" accesskey="z"><span>Main page</span></a></li><li id="n-contents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents" title="Guides to browsing Wikipedia"><span>Contents</span></a></li><li id="n-currentevents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Current_events" title="Articles related to current events"><span>Current events</span></a></li><li id="n-randompage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:Random" title="Visit a randomly selected article [x]" accesskey="x"><span>Random article</span></a></li><li id="n-aboutsite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About" title="Learn about Wikipedia and how it works"><span>About Wikipedia</span></a></li><li id="n-contactpage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us" title="How to contact Wikipedia"><span>Contact us</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-interaction" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-interaction" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Contribute </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-help" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Contents" title="Guidance on how to use and edit Wikipedia"><span>Help</span></a></li><li id="n-introduction" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" title="Learn how to edit Wikipedia"><span>Learn to edit</span></a></li><li id="n-portal" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Community_portal" title="The hub for editors"><span>Community portal</span></a></li><li id="n-recentchanges" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" title="A list of recent changes to Wikipedia [r]" accesskey="r"><span>Recent changes</span></a></li><li id="n-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_upload_wizard" title="Add images or other media for use on Wikipedia"><span>Upload file</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <a href="/wiki/Main_Page" class="mw-logo"> <img class="mw-logo-icon" src="/static/images/icons/wikipedia.png" alt="" aria-hidden="true" height="50" width="50"> <span class="mw-logo-container skin-invert"> <img class="mw-logo-wordmark" alt="Wikipedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-wordmark-en.svg" style="width: 7.5em; height: 1.125em;"> <img class="mw-logo-tagline" alt="The Free Encyclopedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-tagline-en.svg" width="117" height="13" style="width: 7.3125em; height: 0.8125em;"> </span> </a> </div> <div class="vector-header-end"> <div id="p-search" role="search" class="vector-search-box-vue vector-search-box-collapses vector-search-box-show-thumbnail vector-search-box-auto-expand-width vector-search-box"> <a href="/wiki/Special:Search" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only search-toggle" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-search mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-search"></span> <span>Search</span> </a> <div class="vector-typeahead-search-container"> <div class="cdx-typeahead-search cdx-typeahead-search--show-thumbnail cdx-typeahead-search--auto-expand-width"> <form action="/w/index.php" id="searchform" class="cdx-search-input cdx-search-input--has-end-button"> <div id="simpleSearch" class="cdx-search-input__input-wrapper" data-search-loc="header-moved"> <div class="cdx-text-input cdx-text-input--has-start-icon"> <input class="cdx-text-input__input" type="search" name="search" placeholder="Search Wikipedia" aria-label="Search Wikipedia" autocapitalize="sentences" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f" id="searchInput" > <span class="cdx-text-input__icon cdx-text-input__start-icon"></span> </div> <input type="hidden" name="title" value="Special:Search"> </div> <button class="cdx-button cdx-search-input__end-button">Search</button> </form> </div> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-user-links vector-user-links-wide" aria-label="Personal tools"> <div class="vector-user-links-main"> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-preferences" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-userpage" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown " title="Change the appearance of the page's font size, width, and color" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Appearance" > <label id="vector-appearance-dropdown-label" for="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-appearance mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-appearance"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Appearance</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-notifications" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-overflow" class="vector-menu mw-portlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserRedirector?utm_source=donate&utm_medium=sidebar&utm_campaign=C13_en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en" class=""><span>Donate</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-createaccount-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=1934+in+baseball" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory" class=""><span>Create account</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-login-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=1934+in+baseball" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o" class=""><span>Log in</span></a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div id="vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-user-menu vector-button-flush-right vector-user-menu-logged-out" title="Log in and more options" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Personal tools" > <label id="vector-user-links-dropdown-label" for="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-ellipsis mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-ellipsis"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Personal tools</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-personal" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-personal user-links-collapsible-item" title="User menu" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserRedirector?utm_source=donate&utm_medium=sidebar&utm_campaign=C13_en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en"><span>Donate</span></a></li><li id="pt-createaccount" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=1934+in+baseball" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-userAdd mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-userAdd"></span> <span>Create account</span></a></li><li id="pt-login" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=1934+in+baseball" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-logIn mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-logIn"></span> <span>Log in</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-user-menu-anon-editor" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-user-menu-anon-editor" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Pages for logged out editors <a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" aria-label="Learn more about editing"><span>learn more</span></a> </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-anoncontribs" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyContributions" title="A list of edits made from this IP address [y]" accesskey="y"><span>Contributions</span></a></li><li id="pt-anontalk" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyTalk" title="Discussion about edits from this IP address [n]" accesskey="n"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </header> </div> <div class="mw-page-container"> <div class="mw-page-container-inner"> <div class="vector-sitenotice-container"> <div id="siteNotice"></div> </div> <div class="vector-column-start"> <div class="vector-main-menu-container"> <div id="mw-navigation"> <nav id="mw-panel" class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav id="mw-panel-toc" aria-label="Contents" data-event-name="ui.sidebar-toc" class="mw-table-of-contents-container vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-toc-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-toc" class="vector-toc vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-toc-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="toc-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-toc" > <h2 class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Contents</h2> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.unpin">hide</button> </div> <ul class="vector-toc-contents" id="mw-panel-toc-list"> <li id="toc-mw-content-text" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a href="#" class="vector-toc-link"> <div class="vector-toc-text">(Top)</div> </a> </li> <li id="toc-Champions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Champions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1</span> <span>Champions</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Champions-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Champions subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Champions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Major_League_Baseball" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Major_League_Baseball"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.1</span> <span>Major League Baseball</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Major_League_Baseball-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_champions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_champions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2</span> <span>Other champions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other_champions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Awards_and_honors" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Awards_and_honors"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Awards and honors</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Awards_and_honors-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Statistical_leaders" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Statistical_leaders"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Statistical leaders</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Statistical_leaders-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Major_league_baseball_final_standings" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Major_league_baseball_final_standings"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Major league baseball final standings</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Major_league_baseball_final_standings-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Major league baseball final standings subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Major_league_baseball_final_standings-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-American_League_final_standings" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#American_League_final_standings"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>American League final standings</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-American_League_final_standings-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-National_League_final_standings" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#National_League_final_standings"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>National League final standings</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-National_League_final_standings-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Negro_leagues_final_standings" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Negro_leagues_final_standings"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Negro leagues final standings</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Negro_leagues_final_standings-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Negro leagues final standings subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Negro_leagues_final_standings-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Negro_National_League_final_standings" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Negro_National_League_final_standings"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Negro National League final standings</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Negro_National_League_final_standings-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Independent_teams_final_standings" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Independent_teams_final_standings"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Independent teams final standings</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Independent_teams_final_standings-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Events" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Events"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Events</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Events-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Events subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Events-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-January–June" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#January–June"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>January–June</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-January–June-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-July–September" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#July–September"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2</span> <span>July–September</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-July–September-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-October–December" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#October–December"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.3</span> <span>October–December</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-October–December-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Births" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Births"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Births</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Births-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Births subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Births-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-January" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#January"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>January</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-January-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-February" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#February"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>February</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-February-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-March" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#March"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.3</span> <span>March</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-March-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-April" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#April"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.4</span> <span>April</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-April-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-May" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#May"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.5</span> <span>May</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-May-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-June" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#June"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.6</span> <span>June</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-June-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-July" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#July"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.7</span> <span>July</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-July-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-August" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#August"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.8</span> <span>August</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-August-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-September" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#September"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.9</span> <span>September</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-September-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-October" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#October"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.10</span> <span>October</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-October-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-November" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#November"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.11</span> <span>November</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-November-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-December" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#December"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.12</span> <span>December</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-December-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Deaths" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Deaths"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Deaths</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Deaths-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Deaths subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Deaths-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-January_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#January_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.1</span> <span>January</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-January_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-February_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#February_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.2</span> <span>February</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-February_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-March_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#March_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.3</span> <span>March</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-March_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-April_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#April_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.4</span> <span>April</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-April_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-May_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#May_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.5</span> <span>May</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-May_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-June_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#June_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.6</span> <span>June</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-June_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-July_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#July_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.7</span> <span>July</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-July_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-August_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#August_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.8</span> <span>August</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-August_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-September_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#September_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.9</span> <span>September</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-September_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-October_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#October_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.10</span> <span>October</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-October_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-November_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#November_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.11</span> <span>November</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-November_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-December_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#December_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.12</span> <span>December</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-December_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-listBullet mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-listBullet"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Toggle the table of contents</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">1934 in baseball</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. Available in 2 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-2" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">2 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/1934_n%C3%AE_i%C3%A1-ki%C3%BB" title="1934 nî iá-kiû – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="1934 nî iá-kiû" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/1934%E5%B9%B4%E3%81%AE%E9%87%8E%E7%90%83" title="1934年の野球 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="1934年の野球" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li> </ul> <div class="after-portlet after-portlet-lang"><span class="wb-langlinks-edit wb-langlinks-link"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q4563497#sitelinks-wikipedia" title="Edit interlanguage links" class="wbc-editpage">Edit links</a></span></div> </div> </div> </div> </header> <div class="vector-page-toolbar"> <div class="vector-page-toolbar-container"> <div id="left-navigation"> <nav aria-label="Namespaces"> <div id="p-associated-pages" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-associated-pages" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-nstab-main" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/1934_in_baseball" title="View the content page [c]" accesskey="c"><span>Article</span></a></li><li id="ca-talk" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Talk:1934_in_baseball" rel="discussion" title="Discuss improvements to the content page [t]" accesskey="t"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown emptyPortlet" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Change language variant" > <label id="vector-variants-dropdown-label" for="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">English</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-variants" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-variants emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> <div id="right-navigation" class="vector-collapsible"> <nav aria-label="Views"> <div id="p-views" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-views" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-view" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/1934_in_baseball"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-edit" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_baseball&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-history" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_baseball&action=history" title="Past revisions of this page [h]" accesskey="h"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-tools-dropdown" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Tools" > <label id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-label" for="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Tools</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-page-tools" class="vector-page-tools vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-page-tools-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="page-tools-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-page-tools" data-pinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Tools</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-cactions" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-cactions emptyPortlet vector-has-collapsible-items" title="More options" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Actions </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-more-view" class="selected vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/1934_in_baseball"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-edit" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_baseball&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-history" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_baseball&action=history"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-tb" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-tb" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> General </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="t-whatlinkshere" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/1934_in_baseball" title="List of all English Wikipedia pages containing links to this page [j]" accesskey="j"><span>What links here</span></a></li><li id="t-recentchangeslinked" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChangesLinked/1934_in_baseball" rel="nofollow" title="Recent changes in pages linked from this page [k]" accesskey="k"><span>Related changes</span></a></li><li id="t-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_Upload_Wizard" title="Upload files [u]" accesskey="u"><span>Upload file</span></a></li><li id="t-specialpages" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:SpecialPages" title="A list of all special pages [q]" accesskey="q"><span>Special pages</span></a></li><li id="t-permalink" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_baseball&oldid=1249822698" title="Permanent link to this revision of this page"><span>Permanent link</span></a></li><li id="t-info" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_baseball&action=info" title="More information about this page"><span>Page information</span></a></li><li id="t-cite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CiteThisPage&page=1934_in_baseball&id=1249822698&wpFormIdentifier=titleform" title="Information on how to cite this page"><span>Cite this page</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UrlShortener&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2F1934_in_baseball"><span>Get shortened URL</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener-qrcode" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:QrCode&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2F1934_in_baseball"><span>Download QR code</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-coll-print_export" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-coll-print_export" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Print/export </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="coll-download-as-rl" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:DownloadAsPdf&page=1934_in_baseball&action=show-download-screen" title="Download this page as a PDF file"><span>Download as PDF</span></a></li><li id="t-print" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_baseball&printable=yes" title="Printable version of this page [p]" accesskey="p"><span>Printable version</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-wikibase-otherprojects" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-wikibase-otherprojects" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> In other projects </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-commons mw-list-item"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:1934_in_baseball" hreflang="en"><span>Wikimedia Commons</span></a></li><li id="t-wikibase" class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-wikibase-dataitem mw-list-item"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q4563497" title="Structured data on this page hosted by Wikidata [g]" accesskey="g"><span>Wikidata item</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-column-end"> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-appearance" class="vector-appearance vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-appearance-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="appearance-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-appearance" data-pinned-container-id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Appearance</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.unpin">hide</button> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/1934_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1934 Major League Baseball season">1934 Major League Baseball season</a></div> <p>The following are the <a href="/wiki/Baseball" title="Baseball">baseball</a> events of the year <a href="/wiki/1934" title="1934">1934</a> throughout the world. </p> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Overview of the events of 1934 in baseball</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1246091330">.mw-parser-output .sidebar{width:22em;float:right;clear:right;margin:0.5em 0 1em 1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.2em;text-align:center;line-height:1.4em;font-size:88%;border-collapse:collapse;display:table}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .sidebar{display:table!important;float:right!important;margin:0.5em 0 1em 1em!important}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-subgroup{width:100%;margin:0;border-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0.5em 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-none{float:none;clear:both;margin:0.5em 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-outer-title{padding:0 0.4em 0.2em;font-size:125%;line-height:1.2em;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-top-image{padding:0.4em}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-top-caption,.mw-parser-output .sidebar-pretitle-with-top-image,.mw-parser-output .sidebar-caption{padding:0.2em 0.4em 0;line-height:1.2em}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-pretitle{padding:0.4em 0.4em 0;line-height:1.2em}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-title,.mw-parser-output .sidebar-title-with-pretitle{padding:0.2em 0.8em;font-size:145%;line-height:1.2em}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-title-with-pretitle{padding:0.1em 0.4em}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-image{padding:0.2em 0.4em 0.4em}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-heading{padding:0.1em 0.4em}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-content{padding:0 0.5em 0.4em}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-content-with-subgroup{padding:0.1em 0.4em 0.2em}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-above,.mw-parser-output .sidebar-below{padding:0.3em 0.8em;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-collapse .sidebar-above,.mw-parser-output .sidebar-collapse .sidebar-below{border-top:1px solid #aaa;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-navbar{text-align:right;font-size:115%;padding:0 0.4em 0.4em}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-list-title{padding:0 0.4em;text-align:left;font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6em;font-size:105%}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-list-title-c{padding:0 0.4em;text-align:center;margin:0 3.3em}@media(max-width:640px){body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .sidebar{width:100%!important;clear:both;float:none!important;margin-left:0!important;margin-right:0!important}}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .sidebar a>img{max-width:none!important}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sidebar:not(.notheme) .sidebar-list-title,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sidebar:not(.notheme) .sidebar-title-with-pretitle{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sidebar:not(.notheme) .sidebar-title-with-pretitle a{color:var(--color-progressive)!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sidebar:not(.notheme) .sidebar-list-title,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sidebar:not(.notheme) .sidebar-title-with-pretitle{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sidebar:not(.notheme) .sidebar-title-with-pretitle a{color:var(--color-progressive)!important}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sidebar{display:none!important}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><table class="sidebar nomobile nowraplinks"><tbody><tr><td class="sidebar-above" style="font-size:larger;"> Years in baseball</td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Baseball_by_year" title="Category:Baseball by year">←</a> <a href="/wiki/1931_in_baseball" title="1931 in baseball">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_in_baseball" title="1932 in baseball">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_in_baseball" title="1933 in baseball">1933</a></li> <li><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1934</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_in_baseball" title="1935 in baseball">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_in_baseball" title="1936 in baseball">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_in_baseball" title="1937 in baseball">1937</a> <a href="/wiki/Category:Baseball_by_year" title="Category:Baseball by year">→</a></li></ul> </div></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="font-size:larger; line-height:1.8em;"> <hr /><a href="/wiki/1934_in_sports" title="1934 in sports">1934 in sports</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_air_sports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1934 in air sports (page does not exist)">Air sports</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_American_football&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1934 in American football (page does not exist)">American football</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_aquatic_sports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1934 in aquatic sports (page does not exist)">Aquatic sports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_in_association_football" title="1934 in association football">Association football</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_the_sport_of_athletics&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1934 in the sport of athletics (page does not exist)">Athletics</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_Australian_rules_football&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1934 in Australian rules football (page does not exist)">Australian rules football</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_badminton&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1934 in badminton (page does not exist)">Badminton</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Baseball</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_basketball&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1934 in basketball (page does not exist)">Basketball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_in_Canadian_football" title="1934 in Canadian football">Canadian football</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_chess&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1934 in chess (page does not exist)">Chess</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_sport_climbing&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1934 in sport climbing (page does not exist)">Climbing</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_combat_sports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1934 in combat sports (page does not exist)">Combat sports</a> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_sumo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1934 in sumo (page does not exist)">Sumo</a></li></ul></li> <li>Cricket <ul><li><a href="/wiki/International_cricket_in_1933%E2%80%9334" title="International cricket in 1933–34">1933–34</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_cricket_in_1934" title="International cricket in 1934">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_cricket_in_1934%E2%80%9335" title="International cricket in 1934–35">1934–35</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_cycling&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1934 in cycling (page does not exist)">Cycling</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_dance_sports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1934 in dance sports (page does not exist)">Dance sports</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_darts&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1934 in darts (page does not exist)">Darts</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_equestrianism&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1934 in equestrianism (page does not exist)">Equestrianism</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_esports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1934 in esports (page does not exist)">Esports</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_field_hockey&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1934 in field hockey (page does not exist)">Field hockey</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_flying_disc_sports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1934 in flying disc sports (page does not exist)">Flying disc</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_golf&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1934 in golf (page does not exist)">Golf</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_gymnastics&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1934 in gymnastics (page does not exist)">Gymnastics</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_handball&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1934 in handball (page does not exist)">Handball</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_ice_hockey&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1934 in ice hockey (page does not exist)">Ice hockey</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_ice_sports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1934 in ice sports (page does not exist)">Ice sports</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_korfball&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1934 in korfball (page does not exist)">Korfball</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_lumberjack_sports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1934 in lumberjack sports (page does not exist)">Lumberjack sports</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_mind_sports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1934 in mind sports (page does not exist)">Mind sports</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_modern_pentathlon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1934 in modern pentathlon (page does not exist)">Modern pentathlon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_in_motorsport" title="1934 in motorsport">Motorsport</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_orienteering&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1934 in orienteering (page does not exist)">Orienteering</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_paralympic_sports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1934 in paralympic sports (page does not exist)">Paralympic sports</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_precision_sports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1934 in precision sports (page does not exist)">Precision sports</a> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_shooting&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1934 in shooting (page does not exist)">Shooting</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_racquetball&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1934 in racquetball (page does not exist)">Racquetball</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_roller_sports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1934 in roller sports (page does not exist)">Roller sports</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_sailing&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1934 in sailing (page does not exist)">Sailing</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_skiing&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1934 in skiing (page does not exist)">Skiing</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_speedway&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1934 in speedway (page does not exist)">Speedway</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=International_rugby_league_in_1934&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="International rugby league in 1934 (page does not exist)">Rugby league‎</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_rugby_union&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1934 in rugby union (page does not exist)">Rugby union</a></li> <li>Snooker <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1933%E2%80%9334_snooker_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1933–34 snooker season (page does not exist)">1933–34</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934%E2%80%9335_snooker_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1934–35 snooker season (page does not exist)">1934–35</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_strength_sports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1934 in strength sports (page does not exist)">Strength sports</a> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_weightlifting&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1934 in weightlifting (page does not exist)">Weightlifting</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_squash_sport&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1934 in squash sport (page does not exist)">Squash</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_table_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1934 in table tennis (page does not exist)">Table tennis</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1934 in tennis (page does not exist)">Tennis</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_triathlon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1934 in triathlon (page does not exist)">Triathlon</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_volleyball&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1934 in volleyball (page does not exist)">Volleyball</a></li></ul> </div></td> </tr></tbody></table> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Champions">Champions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_baseball&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Champions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Major_League_Baseball">Major League Baseball</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_baseball&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Major League Baseball"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1934_World_Series" title="1934 World Series">World Series</a>: <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> over <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a> (4–3)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1934 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">All-Star Game</a>, July 10 at <a href="/wiki/Polo_Grounds" title="Polo Grounds">Polo Grounds</a>: American League, 9–7</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_champions">Other champions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_baseball&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Other champions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Negro_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="Negro League Baseball All-Star Game">Negro League Baseball All-Star Game</a>: East, 1–0</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_honors">Awards and honors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_baseball&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Awards and honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/MLB_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="MLB Most Valuable Player Award">Most Valuable Player</a></b>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a>: <a href="/wiki/Mickey_Cochrane" title="Mickey Cochrane">Mickey Cochrane</a>, <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a>, C</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a>: <a href="/wiki/Dizzy_Dean" title="Dizzy Dean">Dizzy Dean</a>, <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a>, P</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Statistical_leaders">Statistical leaders</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_baseball&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Statistical leaders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Negro_National_League_(1920%E2%80%931931)" title="Negro National League (1920–1931)">Negro National League</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Stat </th> <th>Player </th> <th>Total </th> <th>Player </th> <th>Total </th> <th>Player </th> <th>Total </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">AVG</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lou_Gehrig" title="Lou Gehrig">Lou Gehrig</a><sup>1</sup> (<a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">NYY</a>) </td> <td>.363 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paul_Waner" title="Paul Waner">Paul Waner</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">PIT</a>) </td> <td>.362 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Buddy_Burbage" title="Buddy Burbage">Buddy Burbage</a> (<a href="/wiki/Newark_Eagles" title="Newark Eagles">NWK</a>) </td> <td>.438 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">HR</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lou_Gehrig" title="Lou Gehrig">Lou Gehrig</a><sup>1</sup> (<a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">NYY</a>) </td> <td>49 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ripper_Collins_(baseball)" title="Ripper Collins (baseball)">Ripper Collins</a> (<a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">SLC</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Mel_Ott" title="Mel Ott">Mel Ott</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants_(baseball)" title="New York Giants (baseball)">NYG</a>) </td> <td>35 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Josh_Gibson" title="Josh Gibson">Josh Gibson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Crawfords" title="Pittsburgh Crawfords">PIC</a>) </td> <td>15 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Run_batted_in" title="Run batted in">RBI</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lou_Gehrig" title="Lou Gehrig">Lou Gehrig</a><sup>1</sup> (<a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">NYY</a>) </td> <td>166 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mel_Ott" title="Mel Ott">Mel Ott</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants_(baseball)" title="New York Giants (baseball)">NYG</a>) </td> <td>135 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Josh_Gibson" title="Josh Gibson">Josh Gibson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Crawfords" title="Pittsburgh Crawfords">PIC</a>) </td> <td>59 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)#Winning_pitcher" title="Win–loss record (pitching)">Wins</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lefty_Gomez" title="Lefty Gomez">Lefty Gomez</a><sup>2</sup> (<a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">NYY</a>) </td> <td>26 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dizzy_Dean" title="Dizzy Dean">Dizzy Dean</a> (<a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">SLC</a>) </td> <td>30 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Slim_Jones" title="Slim Jones">Slim Jones</a><sup>3</sup> (<a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Stars_(baseball)" title="Philadelphia Stars (baseball)">PHS</a>) </td> <td>20 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Earned_run_average" title="Earned run average">ERA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lefty_Gomez" title="Lefty Gomez">Lefty Gomez</a><sup>2</sup> (<a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">NYY</a>) </td> <td>2.33 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carl_Hubbell" title="Carl Hubbell">Carl Hubbell</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants_(baseball)" title="New York Giants (baseball)">NYG</a>) </td> <td>2.30 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Slim_Jones" title="Slim Jones">Slim Jones</a><sup>3</sup> (<a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Stars_(baseball)" title="Philadelphia Stars (baseball)">PHS</a>) </td> <td>1.29 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Strikeout" title="Strikeout">K</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lefty_Gomez" title="Lefty Gomez">Lefty Gomez</a><sup>2</sup> (<a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">NYY</a>) </td> <td>158 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dizzy_Dean" title="Dizzy Dean">Dizzy Dean</a> (<a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">SLC</a>) </td> <td>195 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Slim_Jones" title="Slim Jones">Slim Jones</a><sup>3</sup> (<a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Stars_(baseball)" title="Philadelphia Stars (baseball)">PHS</a>) </td> <td>164 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><sup>1</sup> American League <a href="/wiki/Triple_Crown_(baseball)" title="Triple Crown (baseball)">Triple Crown</a> batting winner <br /> <sup>2</sup> American League <a href="/wiki/Triple_Crown_(baseball)" title="Triple Crown (baseball)">Triple Crown</a> pitching winner <br /> <sup>3</sup> Negro National League <a href="/wiki/Triple_Crown_(baseball)" title="Triple Crown (baseball)">Triple Crown</a> pitching winner </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Major_league_baseball_final_standings">Major league baseball final standings</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_baseball&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Major league baseball final standings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="American_League_final_standings">American League final standings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_baseball&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: American League final standings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1248642426">.mw-parser-output .MLBStandingsTable,.mw-parser-output .MLBStandingsTable th{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .MLBStandingsTable .MLBStandingsHighlightedRow{background:#CCFFCC}</style> <table class="wikitable MLBStandingsTable"> <caption><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini" style="float:left;width:0;"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:1934_American_League_standings" title="Template:1934 American League standings"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:1934_American_League_standings" title="Template talk:1934 American League standings"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:1934_American_League_standings" title="Special:EditPage/Template:1934 American League standings"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th width="51%">Team </th> <th width="6%"><a href="/wiki/Win_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Win (baseball)">W</a> </th> <th width="6%"><a href="/wiki/Loss_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Loss (baseball)">L</a> </th> <th width="9%"><a href="/wiki/Winning_percentage" title="Winning percentage">Pct.</a> </th> <th width="8%"><a href="/wiki/Games_behind" title="Games behind">GB</a> </th> <th width="10%"><a href="/wiki/Home_(sports)" title="Home (sports)">Home</a> </th> <th width="10%"><a href="/wiki/Road_(sports)" title="Road (sports)">Road</a> </th></tr> <tr class="MLBStandingsHighlightedRow"> <td><a href="/wiki/1934_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1934 Detroit Tigers season">Detroit Tigers</a> </td> <td>101</td> <td>53 </td> <td>.656 </td> <td>— </td> <td>54‍–‍26 </td> <td>47‍–‍27 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1934_New_York_Yankees_season" title="1934 New York Yankees season">New York Yankees</a> </td> <td>94</td> <td>60 </td> <td>.610 </td> <td>7 </td> <td>53‍–‍24 </td> <td>41‍–‍36 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1934_Cleveland_Indians_season" title="1934 Cleveland Indians season">Cleveland Indians</a> </td> <td>85</td> <td>69 </td> <td>.552 </td> <td>16 </td> <td>47‍–‍31 </td> <td>38‍–‍38 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1934_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1934 Boston Red Sox season">Boston Red Sox</a> </td> <td>76</td> <td>76 </td> <td>.500 </td> <td>24 </td> <td>42‍–‍35 </td> <td>34‍–‍41 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1934_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1934 Philadelphia Athletics season">Philadelphia Athletics</a> </td> <td>68</td> <td>82 </td> <td>.453 </td> <td>31 </td> <td>34‍–‍40 </td> <td>34‍–‍42 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1934_St._Louis_Browns_season" title="1934 St. Louis Browns season">St. Louis Browns</a> </td> <td>67</td> <td>85 </td> <td>.441 </td> <td>33 </td> <td>36‍–‍39 </td> <td>31‍–‍46 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1934_Washington_Senators_season" title="1934 Washington Senators season">Washington Senators</a> </td> <td>66</td> <td>86 </td> <td>.434 </td> <td>34 </td> <td>34‍–‍40 </td> <td>32‍–‍46 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1934_Chicago_White_Sox_season" title="1934 Chicago White Sox season">Chicago White Sox</a> </td> <td>53</td> <td>99 </td> <td>.349 </td> <td>47 </td> <td>29‍–‍46 </td> <td>24‍–‍53 </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <div class="thumb tright"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width: 345px;"> <div class="thumbimage" style="width: 343px; height: 212px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -66px; left: -369px; width: 760px"><div class="noresize"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:#fff!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="locmap" style="width:760px;float:right;clear:right"><div style="width:760px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:760px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png" class="mw-file-description" title="1934 in baseball is located in the United States"><img alt="1934 in baseball is located in the United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png/760px-Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png" decoding="async" width="760" height="470" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png/1140px-Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png 2x" data-file-width="1181" data-file-height="731" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:28.172%;left:89.414%;font-size:85%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Red Sox"><img alt="Red Sox" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/ButtonRed.svg/8px-ButtonRed.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/ButtonRed.svg/12px-ButtonRed.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/ButtonRed.svg/16px-ButtonRed.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;bottom:5px;left:-3em"><div><b><a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Red Sox</a></b></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:37.382%;left:63.474%;font-size:85%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="White Sox  "><img alt="White Sox  " src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/ButtonRed.svg/8px-ButtonRed.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/ButtonRed.svg/12px-ButtonRed.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/ButtonRed.svg/16px-ButtonRed.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;top:5px;left:-3em"><div><b><a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">White Sox</a>  </b></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:36.634%;left:73.168%;font-size:85%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Indians"><img alt="Indians" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/ButtonRed.svg/8px-ButtonRed.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/ButtonRed.svg/12px-ButtonRed.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/ButtonRed.svg/16px-ButtonRed.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;top:5px;left:-3em"><div><b><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Guardians" title="Cleveland Guardians">Indians</a></b></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:34.322%;left:70.641%;font-size:85%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Tigers"><img alt="Tigers" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/ButtonRed.svg/8px-ButtonRed.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/ButtonRed.svg/12px-ButtonRed.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/ButtonRed.svg/16px-ButtonRed.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;bottom:5px;left:-3em"><div><b><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Tigers</a></b></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:38.696%;left:84.193%;font-size:85%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Athletics"><img alt="Athletics" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/ButtonRed.svg/8px-ButtonRed.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/ButtonRed.svg/12px-ButtonRed.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/ButtonRed.svg/16px-ButtonRed.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:5px"><div><b><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Athletics" title="Philadelphia Athletics">Athletics</a></b></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:48.961%;left:59.731%;font-size:85%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Browns"><img alt="Browns" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/ButtonRed.svg/8px-ButtonRed.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/ButtonRed.svg/12px-ButtonRed.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/ButtonRed.svg/16px-ButtonRed.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;top:5px;left:-3em"><div><b><a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Browns" title="St. Louis Browns">Browns</a></b></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:35.132%;left:85.775%;font-size:85%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Yankees"><img alt="Yankees" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/ButtonRed.svg/8px-ButtonRed.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/ButtonRed.svg/12px-ButtonRed.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/ButtonRed.svg/16px-ButtonRed.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;bottom:5px;left:-3em"><div><b><a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">Yankees</a></b></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:43.423%;left:81.652%;font-size:85%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Senators"><img alt="Senators" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/ButtonRed.svg/8px-ButtonRed.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/ButtonRed.svg/12px-ButtonRed.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/ButtonRed.svg/16px-ButtonRed.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;top:5px;left:-3em"><div><b><a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%931960)" title="Washington Senators (1901–1960)">Senators</a></b></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div> </div> <div class="thumbcaption"> <div class="magnify"><a class="mw-selflink selflink"> </a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Locations of teams for the 1934–1939 <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> seasons<br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ButtonRed.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/ButtonRed.svg/8px-ButtonRed.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/ButtonRed.svg/12px-ButtonRed.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/ButtonRed.svg/16px-ButtonRed.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_League_final_standings">National League final standings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_baseball&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: National League final standings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248642426"> <table class="wikitable MLBStandingsTable"> <caption><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini" style="float:left;width:0;"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:1934_National_League_standings" title="Template:1934 National League standings"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:1934_National_League_standings" title="Template talk:1934 National League standings"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:1934_National_League_standings" title="Special:EditPage/Template:1934 National League standings"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th width="51%">Team </th> <th width="6%"><a href="/wiki/Win_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Win (baseball)">W</a> </th> <th width="6%"><a href="/wiki/Loss_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Loss (baseball)">L</a> </th> <th width="9%"><a href="/wiki/Winning_percentage" title="Winning percentage">Pct.</a> </th> <th width="8%"><a href="/wiki/Games_behind" title="Games behind">GB</a> </th> <th width="10%"><a href="/wiki/Home_(sports)" title="Home (sports)">Home</a> </th> <th width="10%"><a href="/wiki/Road_(sports)" title="Road (sports)">Road</a> </th></tr> <tr class="MLBStandingsHighlightedRow"> <td><a href="/wiki/1934_St._Louis_Cardinals_season" title="1934 St. Louis Cardinals season">St. Louis Cardinals</a> </td> <td>95</td> <td>58 </td> <td>.621 </td> <td>— </td> <td>48‍–‍29 </td> <td>47‍–‍29 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1934_New_York_Giants_(MLB)_season" title="1934 New York Giants (MLB) season">New York Giants</a> </td> <td>93</td> <td>60 </td> <td>.608 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>49‍–‍26 </td> <td>44‍–‍34 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1934_Chicago_Cubs_season" title="1934 Chicago Cubs season">Chicago Cubs</a> </td> <td>86</td> <td>65 </td> <td>.570 </td> <td>8 </td> <td>47‍–‍30 </td> <td>39‍–‍35 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1934_Boston_Braves_season" title="1934 Boston Braves season">Boston Braves</a> </td> <td>78</td> <td>73 </td> <td>.517 </td> <td>16 </td> <td>40‍–‍35 </td> <td>38‍–‍38 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1934_Pittsburgh_Pirates_season" title="1934 Pittsburgh Pirates season">Pittsburgh Pirates</a> </td> <td>74</td> <td>76 </td> <td>.493 </td> <td>19½ </td> <td>45‍–‍32 </td> <td>29‍–‍44 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1934_Brooklyn_Dodgers_season" title="1934 Brooklyn Dodgers season">Brooklyn Dodgers</a> </td> <td>71</td> <td>81 </td> <td>.467 </td> <td>23½ </td> <td>43‍–‍33 </td> <td>28‍–‍48 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1934_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1934 Philadelphia Phillies season">Philadelphia Phillies</a> </td> <td>56</td> <td>93 </td> <td>.376 </td> <td>37 </td> <td>35‍–‍36 </td> <td>21‍–‍57 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1934_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1934 Cincinnati Reds season">Cincinnati Reds</a> </td> <td>52</td> <td>99 </td> <td>.344 </td> <td>42 </td> <td>30‍–‍47 </td> <td>22‍–‍52 </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <div class="thumb tright"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width: 345px;"> <div class="thumbimage" style="width: 343px; height: 212px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -79px; left: -369px; width: 760px"><div class="noresize"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238443738"><div class="locmap" style="width:760px;float:right;clear:right"><div style="width:760px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:760px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png" class="mw-file-description" title="1934 in baseball is located in the United States"><img alt="1934 in baseball is located in the United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png/760px-Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png" decoding="async" width="760" height="470" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png/1140px-Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png 2x" data-file-width="1181" data-file-height="731" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:28.164%;left:89.376%;font-size:85%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Braves"><img alt="Braves" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/ButtonBlue.svg/8px-ButtonBlue.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/ButtonBlue.svg/12px-ButtonBlue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/ButtonBlue.svg/16px-ButtonBlue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;bottom:5px;left:-3em"><div><b><a href="/wiki/Boston_Braves" title="Boston Braves">Braves</a></b></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:35.7%;left:85.807%;font-size:85%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Dodgers"><img alt="Dodgers" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/ButtonBlue.svg/8px-ButtonBlue.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/ButtonBlue.svg/12px-ButtonBlue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/ButtonBlue.svg/16px-ButtonBlue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:5px"><div><b><a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Dodgers" title="Brooklyn Dodgers">Dodgers</a></b></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:36.981%;left:63.417%;font-size:85%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Cubs"><img alt="Cubs" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/ButtonBlue.svg/8px-ButtonBlue.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/ButtonBlue.svg/12px-ButtonBlue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/ButtonBlue.svg/16px-ButtonBlue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;bottom:5px;left:-3em"><div><b><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Cubs</a></b></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:45.97%;left:69.148%;font-size:85%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Reds"><img alt="Reds" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/ButtonBlue.svg/8px-ButtonBlue.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/ButtonBlue.svg/12px-ButtonBlue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/ButtonBlue.svg/16px-ButtonBlue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;top:5px;left:-3em"><div><b><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Reds</a></b></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:35.121%;left:85.757%;font-size:85%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Giants"><img alt="Giants" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/ButtonBlue.svg/8px-ButtonBlue.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/ButtonBlue.svg/12px-ButtonBlue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/ButtonBlue.svg/16px-ButtonBlue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;bottom:5px;left:-3em"><div><b><a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants_(baseball)" title="New York Giants (baseball)">Giants</a></b></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:38.701%;left:84.209%;font-size:85%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Phillies"><img alt="Phillies" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/ButtonBlue.svg/8px-ButtonBlue.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/ButtonBlue.svg/12px-ButtonBlue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/ButtonBlue.svg/16px-ButtonBlue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;top:5px;left:-3em"><div><b><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Phillies</a></b></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:39.622%;left:76.259%;font-size:85%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Pirates"><img alt="Pirates" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/ButtonBlue.svg/8px-ButtonBlue.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/ButtonBlue.svg/12px-ButtonBlue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/ButtonBlue.svg/16px-ButtonBlue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:5px"><div><b><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pirates</a></b></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:48.961%;left:59.731%;font-size:85%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Cardinals"><img alt="Cardinals" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/ButtonBlue.svg/8px-ButtonBlue.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/ButtonBlue.svg/12px-ButtonBlue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/ButtonBlue.svg/16px-ButtonBlue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;bottom:5px;left:-3em"><div><b><a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">Cardinals</a></b></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div> </div> <div class="thumbcaption"> <div class="magnify"><a class="mw-selflink selflink"> </a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Locations of teams for the 1932–1935 <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> seasons<br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ButtonBlue.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/ButtonBlue.svg/8px-ButtonBlue.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/ButtonBlue.svg/12px-ButtonBlue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/ButtonBlue.svg/16px-ButtonBlue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Negro_leagues_final_standings">Negro leagues final standings</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_baseball&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Negro leagues final standings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>All Negro leagues standings below are per Seamheads.<sup id="cite_ref-Seamheads_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Seamheads-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Negro_National_League_final_standings">Negro National League final standings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_baseball&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Negro National League final standings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <table class="wikitable" width="535em" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6" style="border-right: 2px solid">vs. Negro National League </th> <th colspan="4">vs. Major Black Teams </th></tr> <tr> <th width="43%"><a href="/wiki/Negro_National_League_(1933%E2%80%931948)" title="Negro National League (1933–1948)">Negro National League</a> </th> <th width="6%"><a href="/wiki/Win_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Win (baseball)">W</a> </th> <th width="6%"><a href="/wiki/Loss_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Loss (baseball)">L</a> </th> <th width="6%"><a href="/wiki/Tie_(draw)#Baseball" title="Tie (draw)">T</a> </th> <th width="7%"><a href="/wiki/Winning_percentage" title="Winning percentage">Pct.</a> </th> <th width="7%"><a href="/wiki/Games_behind" title="Games behind">GB</a> </th> <th width="6%" style="border-left: 2px solid"><a href="/wiki/Win_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Win (baseball)">W</a> </th> <th width="6%"><a href="/wiki/Loss_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Loss (baseball)">L</a> </th> <th width="6%"><a href="/wiki/Tie_(draw)#Baseball" title="Tie (draw)">T</a> </th> <th width="7%"><a href="/wiki/Winning_percentage" title="Winning percentage">Pct.</a> </th></tr> <tr style="background:#CCFFCC"> <td><sup>(2)</sup> <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Stars_(baseball)" title="Philadelphia Stars (baseball)">Philadelphia Stars</a> </td> <td>38 </td> <td>15 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>.709 </td> <td style="border-right: 2px solid">— </td> <td>50 </td> <td>26 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>.652 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Crawfords" title="Pittsburgh Crawfords">Pittsburgh Crawfords</a> </td> <td>43 </td> <td>27 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>.611 </td> <td style="border-right: 2px solid">3½ </td> <td>52 </td> <td>29 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>.637 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#CCFFCC"> <td><sup>(1)</sup> <a href="/wiki/Chicago_American_Giants" title="Chicago American Giants">Chicago American Giants</a> </td> <td>27 </td> <td>20 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>.571 </td> <td style="border-right: 2px solid">8 </td> <td>34 </td> <td>25 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>.573 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Newark_Eagles" title="Newark Eagles">Newark Dodgers</a> </td> <td>17 </td> <td>16 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>.515 </td> <td style="border-right: 2px solid">11 </td> <td>19 </td> <td>19 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>.500 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Elite_Giants" title="Baltimore Elite Giants">Nashville Elite Giants</a> </td> <td>18 </td> <td>26 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>.411 </td> <td style="border-right: 2px solid">15½ </td> <td>22 </td> <td>31 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>.417 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Black_Sox" title="Baltimore Black Sox">Baltimore Black Sox</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>8 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>.273 </td> <td style="border-right: 2px solid">14 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>9 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>.333 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bacharach_Giants#Later_reincarnation_and_demise" title="Bacharach Giants">Philadelphia Bacharach Giants</a> </td> <td>5 </td> <td>20 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>.200 </td> <td style="border-right: 2px solid">18 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>21 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>.192 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Red_Sox" title="Cleveland Red Sox">Cleveland Red Sox</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>22 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>.120 </td> <td style="border-right: 2px solid">20 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>24 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>.143 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><sup>(1)</sup> First half champion   <sup>(2)</sup> Second half champion </p><p><b>Post-season:</b> </p> <ul><li>Chicago won the first half, Philadelphia won the second half.</li> <li>Philadelphia beat Chicago 4 games to 3 games (1 tie) in a play-off.</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <div class="thumb tright"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width: 345px;"> <div class="thumbimage" style="width: 343px; height: 212px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -214px; left: -617px; width: 1100px"><div class="noresize"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238443738"><div class="locmap" style="width:1100px;float:right;clear:right"><div style="width:1100px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:1100px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png" class="mw-file-description" title="1934 in baseball is located in the United States"><img alt="1934 in baseball is located in the United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png/1100px-Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png" decoding="async" width="1100" height="681" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png 1.5x" data-file-width="1181" data-file-height="731" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:41.834%;left:82.219%;font-size:85%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Black Sox"><img alt="Black Sox" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/ButtonGreen.svg/8px-ButtonGreen.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/ButtonGreen.svg/12px-ButtonGreen.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/ButtonGreen.svg/16px-ButtonGreen.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;top:5px;left:-3em"><div><b><a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Black_Sox" title="Baltimore Black Sox">Black Sox</a></b></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:37.407%;left:63.477%;font-size:85%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="American Giants"><img alt="American Giants" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/ButtonGreen.svg/8px-ButtonGreen.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/ButtonGreen.svg/12px-ButtonGreen.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/ButtonGreen.svg/16px-ButtonGreen.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;top:5px;left:-3em"><div><b><a href="/wiki/Chicago_American_Giants" title="Chicago American Giants">American<br />Giants</a></b></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:36.634%;left:73.168%;font-size:85%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Red Sox"><img alt="Red Sox" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/ButtonGreen.svg/8px-ButtonGreen.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/ButtonGreen.svg/12px-ButtonGreen.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/ButtonGreen.svg/16px-ButtonGreen.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;bottom:5px;left:-3em"><div><b><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Red_Sox" title="Cleveland Red Sox">Red Sox</a></b></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:56.967%;left:66.061%;font-size:85%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Elite Giants"><img alt="Elite Giants" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/ButtonGreen.svg/8px-ButtonGreen.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/ButtonGreen.svg/12px-ButtonGreen.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/ButtonGreen.svg/16px-ButtonGreen.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;top:5px;left:-3em"><div><b><a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Elite_Giants" title="Baltimore Elite Giants">Elite Giants</a></b></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:35.455%;left:85.374%;font-size:85%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Dodgers     "><img alt="Dodgers     " src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/ButtonGreen.svg/8px-ButtonGreen.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/ButtonGreen.svg/12px-ButtonGreen.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/ButtonGreen.svg/16px-ButtonGreen.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;bottom:5px;left:-3em"><div><b><a href="/wiki/Newark_Eagles" title="Newark Eagles">Dodgers</a>     </b></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:38.871%;left:84.125%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="1934 in baseball"><img alt="1934 in baseball" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/ButtonGreen.svg/8px-ButtonGreen.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/ButtonGreen.svg/12px-ButtonGreen.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/ButtonGreen.svg/16px-ButtonGreen.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></span></span></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:37.389%;left:84.259%;font-size:85%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Bacharach Giants"><img alt="Bacharach Giants" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/Clear1x1.gif" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:5px"><div><b><a href="/wiki/Bacharach_Giants#Later_reincarnation_and_demise" title="Bacharach Giants">Bacharach Giants</a></b></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:38.871%;left:84.125%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="1934 in baseball"><img alt="1934 in baseball" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/ButtonGreen.svg/8px-ButtonGreen.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/ButtonGreen.svg/12px-ButtonGreen.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/ButtonGreen.svg/16px-ButtonGreen.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></span></span></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:38.57%;left:85.441%;font-size:85%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Stars"><img alt="Stars" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/Clear1x1.gif" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;top:5px;left:-3em"><div><b><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Stars_(baseball)" title="Philadelphia Stars (baseball)">Stars</a></b></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:39.594%;left:76.225%;font-size:85%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Crawfords"><img alt="Crawfords" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/ButtonGreen.svg/8px-ButtonGreen.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/ButtonGreen.svg/12px-ButtonGreen.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/ButtonGreen.svg/16px-ButtonGreen.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:5px"><div><b><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Crawfords" title="Pittsburgh Crawfords">Crawfords</a></b></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div> </div> <div class="thumbcaption"> <div class="magnify"><a class="mw-selflink selflink"> </a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Locations of teams for the 1934 <a href="/wiki/Negro_National_League_(1933%E2%80%931948)" title="Negro National League (1933–1948)">Negro National League</a> season<br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ButtonGreen.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/ButtonGreen.svg/8px-ButtonGreen.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/ButtonGreen.svg/12px-ButtonGreen.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/ButtonGreen.svg/16px-ButtonGreen.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Negro_National_League_(1933%E2%80%931948)" title="Negro National League (1933–1948)">Negro National League</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Independent_teams_final_standings">Independent teams final standings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_baseball&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Independent teams final standings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A loose confederation of teams existed that were not part of the Negro National League. </p> <table class="wikitable" width="400em" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6">vs. All Teams </th></tr> <tr> <th width="58%">Independent Clubs </th> <th width="8%"><a href="/wiki/Win_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Win (baseball)">W</a> </th> <th width="8%"><a href="/wiki/Loss_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Loss (baseball)">L</a> </th> <th width="8%"><a href="/wiki/Tie_(draw)#Baseball" title="Tie (draw)">T</a> </th> <th width="10%"><a href="/wiki/Winning_percentage" title="Winning percentage">Pct.</a> </th> <th width="8%"><a href="/wiki/Games_behind" title="Games behind">GB</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Homestead_Grays" title="Homestead Grays">Homestead Grays</a> </td> <td>17 </td> <td>13 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>.565 </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_Black_Yankees" title="New York Black Yankees">New York Black Yankees</a> </td> <td>11 </td> <td>15 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>.423 </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Cuban Stars (East) </td> <td>3 </td> <td>6 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>.333 </td> <td>3½ </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Monarchs" title="Kansas City Monarchs">Kansas City Monarchs</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>6 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>.333 </td> <td>3½ </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Events">Events</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_baseball&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="January–June"><span id="January.E2.80.93June"></span>January–June</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_baseball&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: January–June"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>January 19 – Baseball commissioner <a href="/wiki/Kenesaw_Mountain_Landis" title="Kenesaw Mountain Landis">Kenesaw Mountain Landis</a> denies <a href="/wiki/Shoeless_Joe_Jackson" title="Shoeless Joe Jackson">Shoeless Joe Jackson</a>'s appeal for reinstatement. Jackson was <a href="/wiki/Black_Sox_Scandal" title="Black Sox Scandal">one of eight</a> <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a> players banned for their part in throwing the <a href="/wiki/1919_World_Series" title="1919 World Series">1919 World Series</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a>.</li> <li>February 5 – <a href="/wiki/Hank_Aaron" title="Hank Aaron">Hank Aaron</a> is born in <a href="/wiki/Mobile,_Alabama" title="Mobile, Alabama">Mobile, Alabama</a>. Aaron will later set a major league record 755 home runs.</li> <li>April 5 – New Reds owner <a href="/wiki/Powel_Crosley_Jr." title="Powel Crosley Jr.">Powel Crosley</a>, for whom the Cincinnati park was renamed <a href="/wiki/Crosley_Field" title="Crosley Field">Crosley Field</a>, hires <a href="/wiki/Red_Barber" title="Red Barber">Red Barber</a> to broadcast the Reds' games on WSAI, a radio station owned by Crosley.</li> <li>April 8 – In front of 15,000 fans, the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> defeat the Philadelphia A's 8–1. What made this inter-city exhibition game significant is that it is the first major league game of any kind to take place on a Sunday.</li> <li>April 17 – Opening day: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Casey_Stengel" title="Casey Stengel">Casey Stengel</a> makes his Major League managerial debut, as his <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Dodgers" title="Brooklyn Dodgers">Brooklyn Dodgers</a> lose to the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Braves" title="Boston Braves">Boston Braves</a>, 8–7 at <a href="/wiki/Ebbets_Field" title="Ebbets Field">Ebbets Field</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Total_Baseball_V,_p._2014_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Total_Baseball_V,_p._2014-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lon_Warneke" title="Lon Warneke">Lon Warneke</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a> throws first of two consecutive complete game one-hit victories, defeating the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a>, 6–0. Warneke will throw his second consecutive one-hit victory on April 22, defeating <a href="/wiki/Dizzy_Dean" title="Dizzy Dean">Dizzy Dean</a> and the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a>, 15–2.</li></ul></li> <li>April 18 – <a href="/wiki/Paul_Dean_(baseball)" title="Paul Dean (baseball)">Paul Dean</a>, younger brother of <a href="/wiki/Dizzy_Dean" title="Dizzy Dean">Dizzy Dean</a>, makes his major league debut on the mound for the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a>, while allowing four <a href="/wiki/Earned_run" title="Earned run">earned runs</a> in just two innings.</li> <li>April 22 – <a href="/wiki/Moe_Berg" title="Moe Berg">Moe Berg</a>'s <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> record of 117 consecutive <a href="/wiki/Error_(baseball)" title="Error (baseball)">errorless</a> games for a <a href="/wiki/Catcher" title="Catcher">catcher</a>, dating back to <a href="/wiki/1931_in_baseball" title="1931 in baseball">1931</a>, comes to an end. Nevertheless, Berg bats three-for-four to lead the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%931960)" title="Washington Senators (1901–1960)">Washington Senators</a> to a victory over the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Athletics" title="Philadelphia Athletics">Philadelphia Athletics</a>, 4–3.</li> <li>April 29 – The <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a> defeat the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a> 9–5 at <a href="/wiki/Forbes_Field" title="Forbes Field">Forbes Field</a>, in the team's first ever Sunday home game after <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>'s "Blue Law" prohibiting games on Sundays was repealed.</li> <li>May 25 – The <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Guardians" title="Cleveland Guardians">Cleveland Indians</a> trade <a href="/wiki/Wes_Ferrell" title="Wes Ferrell">Wes Ferrell</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dick_Porter" title="Dick Porter">Dick Porter</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> in exchange for <a href="/wiki/Bob_Seeds" title="Bob Seeds">Bob Seeds</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Weiland" title="Bob Weiland">Bob Weiland</a> and $25,000.</li> <li>June 3 – In the sixth inning with two outs, the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Browns" title="St. Louis Browns">St. Louis Browns</a> string together nine consecutive hits to beat the first place <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Guardians" title="Cleveland Guardians">Cleveland Indians</a>, 12–8.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="July–September"><span id="July.E2.80.93September"></span>July–September</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_baseball&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: July–September"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>July 4 – The <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Crawfords" title="Pittsburgh Crawfords">Pittsburgh Crawfords</a>' <a href="/wiki/Satchel_Paige" title="Satchel Paige">Satchel Paige</a> pitches a 4–0 no-hitter against the <a href="/wiki/Homestead_Grays" title="Homestead Grays">Homestead Grays</a> in Pittsburgh, then drove to Chicago to shut out the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_American_Giants" title="Chicago American Giants">Chicago American Giants</a> 1–0 in twelve innings, giving him two shutouts in two different cities on the same day.</li> <li>July 6 – <a href="/wiki/Jocko_Conlan" title="Jocko Conlan">Jocko Conlan</a> makes his major league debut in right field for the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a>. After two seasons as a part-time player with the ChiSox, Conlan retires in order to pursue a career as an umpire.</li> <li>July 10 – At the <a href="/wiki/1934_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1934 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">All-Star Game</a> held at the <a href="/wiki/Polo_Grounds" title="Polo Grounds">Polo Grounds</a> in New York City, <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants_(baseball)" title="New York Giants (baseball)">New York Giants</a> pitcher <a href="/wiki/Carl_Hubbell" title="Carl Hubbell">Carl Hubbell</a> strikes out five consecutive American League batters: <a href="/wiki/Babe_Ruth" title="Babe Ruth">Babe Ruth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lou_Gehrig" title="Lou Gehrig">Lou Gehrig</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jimmie_Foxx" title="Jimmie Foxx">Jimmie Foxx</a>, <a href="/wiki/Al_Simmons" title="Al Simmons">Al Simmons</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Joe_Cronin" title="Joe Cronin">Joe Cronin</a>, all future <a href="/wiki/National_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum" title="National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum">Hall-of-Famers</a>. The American League defeated the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a>, however, 9–7.<sup id="cite_ref-Total_Baseball_V,_p._2014_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Total_Baseball_V,_p._2014-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>July 13 – <a href="/wiki/Babe_Ruth" title="Babe Ruth">Babe Ruth</a> founds the 700 home run club. He will be the only member for almost 40 years.</li> <li>August 4 – Already up 10–4 in the second game of a <a href="/wiki/Doubleheader_(baseball)" title="Doubleheader (baseball)">double header</a>, the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants_(baseball)" title="New York Giants (baseball)">New York Giants</a> score eleven runs in the ninth inning.</li> <li>August 14 – The <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a> sweep the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> in a double header to bring their winning streak to fourteen games. The Yankees beat them the following day to end the streak.</li> <li>September 16 – In the first game of a double header with the <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Dodgers" title="Brooklyn Dodgers">Brooklyn Dodgers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Phil_Cavarretta" title="Phil Cavarretta">Phil Cavarretta</a> makes his major league debut for the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a> at barely eighteen years old. He strikes out in one at-bat as a pinch hitter.</li> <li>September 21 – <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> pitcher <a href="/wiki/Dizzy_Dean" title="Dizzy Dean">Dizzy Dean</a> throws a three hitter in the first game of a <a href="/wiki/Doubleheader_(baseball)" title="Doubleheader (baseball)">doubleheader</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Dodgers" title="Brooklyn Dodgers">Brooklyn Dodgers</a>. In the nightcap, his younger brother <a href="/wiki/Paul_Dean_(baseball)" title="Paul Dean (baseball)">Paul</a> <a href="/wiki/No-hitter" title="No-hitter">no-hits</a> them.</li> <li>September 23 – With a 2½ games lead in the National League, the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants_(baseball)" title="New York Giants (baseball)">New York Giants</a> lose the second game of a double header to the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Braves" title="Boston Braves">Boston Braves</a>. The Giants lose their last five games of the season, to end two games back of the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a>, who win their last four.</li> <li>September 26 – The <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a> sweep a double header from the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a>, giving Chicago ten losses in a row, and 97 losses for the season. The ChiSox, however, go 2–2 in their final four games to avoid 100 losses for the season.</li> <li>September 30 – <a href="/wiki/Dizzy_Dean" title="Dizzy Dean">Dizzy Dean</a> of the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> shuts out the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a>, 9–0, to reach his 30th win of the season.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="October–December"><span id="October.E2.80.93December"></span>October–December</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_baseball&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: October–December"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>October 3 – Sloppy play by the Detroit Tigers (five errors) helps the Cardinals cruise to an 8–3 victory in game one of the <a href="/wiki/1934_World_Series" title="1934 World Series">1934 World Series</a>.</li> <li>October 4 – <a href="/wiki/Goose_Goslin" title="Goose Goslin">Goose Goslin</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Single_(baseball)" title="Single (baseball)">single</a> in the twelfth wins it, as the Tigers take game two, 3–2.</li> <li>October 5 – With two outs in the ninth inning, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Dean_(baseball)" title="Paul Dean (baseball)">Paul Dean</a> allows the Detroit Tigers their only run of the game. The Cards take a 2–1 series advantage with both wins come with one of the Dean brothers on the mound.</li> <li>October 6 – This time it is the Cardinals who commit five errors in one game, two of which came in the Tigers' five run eighth inning, as Detroit wins game four, 10–4.</li> <li>October 7 – The Detroit Tigers take game five of the <a href="/wiki/World_Series" title="World Series">World Series</a>, 3–1. Dizzy Dean in the losing pitcher.</li> <li>October 8 – Daffy Dean pitches nine innings, and again just gives up one earned run. Sloppy play, however, allows the Tigers to plate two more. Dean helps his own cause with a single in the seventh to drive in the game-winning run as the Cardinals win 4–3 to even up the series.</li> <li>October 9 – The St. Louis Cardinals defeat the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a>, 11–0, in Game seven of the World Series to win their third <a href="/wiki/World_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="World Championship">World Championship</a>, four games to three. All four games are won by one of the Dean brothers (Dizzy is 2–1, Paul is 2–0). The St. Louis "<a href="/wiki/Gashouse_Gang" title="Gashouse Gang">Gashouse Gang</a>" collected 73 hits in the series.<sup id="cite_ref-Total_Baseball_V,_p._2014_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Total_Baseball_V,_p._2014-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>November 21 – The New York Yankees acquire <a href="/wiki/Joe_DiMaggio" title="Joe DiMaggio">Joe DiMaggio</a> from San Francisco of the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Coast_League" title="Pacific Coast League">Pacific Coast League</a>.</li> <li>December 26 – <a href="/wiki/Matsutaro_Shoriki" class="mw-redirect" title="Matsutaro Shoriki">Matsutaro Shoriki</a>, head of <a href="/wiki/Yomiuri_Shimbun" title="Yomiuri Shimbun">Yomiuri Shimbun</a>, announces the formation of the first professional baseball team in Japan, the <a href="/wiki/Yomiuri_Giants" title="Yomiuri Giants">Yomiuri Giants</a>. The team is composed primarily of players who had played the American All-Stars who had toured Japan.<sup id="cite_ref-Total_Baseball_V,_p._2014_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Total_Baseball_V,_p._2014-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Births">Births</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_baseball&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Births"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="January">January</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_baseball&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: January"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>January 8 – <a href="/wiki/Gene_Freese" title="Gene Freese">Gene Freese</a></li> <li>January 16 – <a href="/wiki/Jim_Owens_(baseball)" title="Jim Owens (baseball)">Jim Owens</a></li> <li>January 20 – <a href="/wiki/Camilo_Pascual" title="Camilo Pascual">Camilo Pascual</a></li> <li>January 23 – <a href="/wiki/Joey_Amalfitano" title="Joey Amalfitano">Joey Amalfitano</a></li> <li>January 24 – <a href="/wiki/John_Briggs_(baseball)" title="John Briggs (baseball)">John Briggs</a></li> <li>January 25 – <a href="/wiki/Ted_Kazanski" title="Ted Kazanski">Ted Kazanski</a></li> <li>January 28 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_White_(first_baseman)" title="Bill White (first baseman)">Bill White</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="February">February</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_baseball&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: February"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>February 1 – <a href="/wiki/Bob_Conley_(baseball)" title="Bob Conley (baseball)">Bob Conley</a></li> <li>February 3 – <a href="/wiki/Noboru_Akiyama" title="Noboru Akiyama">Noboru Akiyama</a></li> <li>February 5 – <a href="/wiki/Hank_Aaron" title="Hank Aaron">Hank Aaron</a></li> <li>February 9 – <a href="/wiki/Ted_Wills" title="Ted Wills">Ted Wills</a></li> <li>February 16 – <a href="/wiki/Don_Eaddy" title="Don Eaddy">Don Eaddy</a></li> <li>February 17 – <a href="/wiki/Willie_Kirkland" title="Willie Kirkland">Willie Kirkland</a></li> <li>February 22 – <a href="/wiki/Sparky_Anderson" title="Sparky Anderson">Sparky Anderson</a></li> <li>February 25 – <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Schaive" title="Johnny Schaive">Johnny Schaive</a></li> <li>February 26 – <a href="/wiki/Don_Lee_(baseball)" title="Don Lee (baseball)">Don Lee</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="March">March</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_baseball&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: March"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>March 3 – <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Locke_(baseball)" title="Bobby Locke (baseball)">Bobby Locke</a></li> <li>March 8 – <a href="/wiki/Marv_Breeding" title="Marv Breeding">Marv Breeding</a></li> <li>March 8 – <a href="/wiki/Willard_Hunter" title="Willard Hunter">Willard Hunter</a></li> <li>March 9 – <a href="/wiki/Jim_Landis" title="Jim Landis">Jim Landis</a></li> <li>March 10 – <a href="/wiki/Ken_MacKenzie_(baseball)" title="Ken MacKenzie (baseball)">Ken MacKenzie</a></li> <li>March 18 – <a href="/wiki/Charley_Pride" title="Charley Pride">Charley Pride</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="April">April</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_baseball&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: April"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>April 1 – <a href="/wiki/Rod_Kanehl" title="Rod Kanehl">Rod Kanehl</a></li> <li>April 8 – <a href="/wiki/Turk_Farrell" title="Turk Farrell">Turk Farrell</a></li> <li>April 10 – <a href="/wiki/Wes_Stock" title="Wes Stock">Wes Stock</a></li> <li>April 14 – <a href="/wiki/Marty_Keough" title="Marty Keough">Marty Keough</a></li> <li>April 15 – <a href="/wiki/J._C._Hartman" title="J. C. Hartman">J. C. Hartman</a></li> <li>April 18 – <a href="/wiki/Deacon_Jones_(infielder)" title="Deacon Jones (infielder)">Deacon Jones</a></li> <li>April 26 – <a href="/wiki/Mary_Weddle" title="Mary Weddle">Mary Weddle</a></li> <li>April 28 – <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Brandt" title="Jackie Brandt">Jackie Brandt</a></li> <li>April 29 – <a href="/wiki/Luis_Aparicio" title="Luis Aparicio">Luis Aparicio</a></li> <li>April 30 – <a href="/wiki/Ken_Retzer" title="Ken Retzer">Ken Retzer</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="May">May</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_baseball&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: May"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>May 3 – <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Hinton" title="Chuck Hinton">Chuck Hinton</a></li> <li>May 4 – <a href="/wiki/Barbara_Gates" title="Barbara Gates">Barbara Gates</a></li> <li>May 5 – <a href="/wiki/Don_Buddin" title="Don Buddin">Don Buddin</a></li> <li>May 6 – <a href="/wiki/Tom_Baker_(1960s_pitcher)" title="Tom Baker (1960s pitcher)">Tom Baker</a></li> <li>May 6 – <a href="/wiki/Leo_Burke_(baseball)" title="Leo Burke (baseball)">Leo Burke</a></li> <li>May 12 – <a href="/wiki/Louise_Clapp" title="Louise Clapp">Louise Clapp</a></li> <li>May 13 – <a href="/wiki/Arlene_Buszka" title="Arlene Buszka">Arlene Buszka</a></li> <li>May 13 – <a href="/wiki/Don_LeJohn" title="Don LeJohn">Don LeJohn</a></li> <li>May 13 – <a href="/wiki/Leon_Wagner" title="Leon Wagner">Leon Wagner</a></li> <li>May 15 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Conlin" title="Bill Conlin">Bill Conlin</a></li> <li>May 21 – <a href="/wiki/Moe_Thacker" title="Moe Thacker">Moe Thacker</a></li> <li>May 22 – <a href="/wiki/Arlene_Kotil" title="Arlene Kotil">Arlene Kotil</a></li> <li>May 22 – <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Valdivielso" title="José Valdivielso">José Valdivielso</a></li> <li>May 26 – <a href="/wiki/Jim_Mahoney" title="Jim Mahoney">Jim Mahoney</a></li> <li>May 27 – <a href="/wiki/Ray_Daviault" title="Ray Daviault">Ray Daviault</a></li> <li>May 28 – <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Smith_(baseball)" title="Bobby Smith (baseball)">Bob Smith</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="June">June</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_baseball&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: June"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>June 3 – <a href="/wiki/Jim_Gentile" title="Jim Gentile">Jim Gentile</a></li> <li>June 8 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Smith_(left-handed_pitcher)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bill Smith (left-handed pitcher)">Bill Smith</a></li> <li>June 10 – <a href="/wiki/Gloria_Schweigerdt" title="Gloria Schweigerdt">Gloria Schweigerdt</a></li> <li>June 16 – <a href="/wiki/Pancho_Herrera" title="Pancho Herrera">Pancho Herrera</a></li> <li>June 22 – <a href="/wiki/Russ_Snyder" title="Russ Snyder">Russ Snyder</a></li> <li>June 27 – <a href="/wiki/Ed_Hobaugh" title="Ed Hobaugh">Ed Hobaugh</a></li> <li>June 29 – <a href="/wiki/Duane_Wilson_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Duane Wilson (baseball)">Duane Wilson</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="July">July</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_baseball&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: July"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>July 5 – <a href="/wiki/Gordy_Coleman" title="Gordy Coleman">Gordy Coleman</a></li> <li>July 11 – <a href="/wiki/Bob_Allison" title="Bob Allison">Bob Allison</a></li> <li>July 13 – <a href="/wiki/Ken_Hunt_(outfielder)" title="Ken Hunt (outfielder)">Ken Hunt</a></li> <li>July 19 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Kirk" title="Bill Kirk">Bill Kirk</a></li> <li>July 22 – <a href="/wiki/R._C._Stevens" title="R. C. Stevens">R. C. Stevens</a></li> <li>July 29 – <a href="/wiki/F%C3%A9lix_Mantilla_(baseball)" title="Félix Mantilla (baseball)">Félix Mantilla</a></li> <li>July 30 – <a href="/wiki/Bud_Selig" title="Bud Selig">Bud Selig</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="August">August</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_baseball&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: August"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>August 4 – <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Green_(baseball)" title="Dallas Green (baseball)">Dallas Green</a></li> <li>August 9 – <a href="/wiki/Eli_Grba" title="Eli Grba">Eli Grba</a></li> <li>August 15 – <a href="/wiki/Seth_Morehead" title="Seth Morehead">Seth Morehead</a></li> <li>August 18 – <a href="/wiki/Roberto_Clemente" title="Roberto Clemente">Roberto Clemente</a></li> <li>August 18 – <a href="/wiki/Billy_Consolo" title="Billy Consolo">Billy Consolo</a></li> <li>August 22 – <a href="/wiki/Angelo_Dagres" title="Angelo Dagres">Angelo Dagres</a></li> <li>August 23 – <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Romano" title="Johnny Romano">Johnny Romano</a></li> <li>August 25 – <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Mauriello" title="Ralph Mauriello">Ralph Mauriello</a></li> <li>August 26 – <a href="/wiki/Mary_Froning" title="Mary Froning">Mary Froning</a></li> <li>August 27 – <a href="/wiki/Em_Lindbeck" title="Em Lindbeck">Em Lindbeck</a></li> <li>August 28 – <a href="/wiki/Shirley_Crites" title="Shirley Crites">Shirley Crites</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="September">September</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_baseball&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: September"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>September 2 – <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Jurgensmeier" title="Margaret Jurgensmeier">Margaret Jurgensmeier</a></li> <li>September 6 – <a href="/wiki/Tom_Flanigan_(baseball)" title="Tom Flanigan (baseball)">Tom Flanigan</a></li> <li>September 10 – <a href="/wiki/Roger_Maris" title="Roger Maris">Roger Maris</a></li> <li>September 11 – <a href="/wiki/Marlan_Coughtry" title="Marlan Coughtry">Marlan Coughtry</a></li> <li>September 12 – <a href="/wiki/Albie_Pearson" title="Albie Pearson">Albie Pearson</a></li> <li>September 13 – <a href="/wiki/Tom_Hughes_(1950s_pitcher)" title="Tom Hughes (1950s pitcher)">Tom Hughes</a></li> <li>September 14 – <a href="/wiki/Bob_Perry_(baseball)" title="Bob Perry (baseball)">Bob Perry</a></li> <li>September 18 – <a href="/wiki/Marilyn_Jenkins" title="Marilyn Jenkins">Marilyn Jenkins</a></li> <li>September 21 – <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Zimmerman" title="Jerry Zimmerman">Jerry Zimmerman</a></li> <li>September 22 – <a href="/wiki/Lou_Johnson" title="Lou Johnson">Lou Johnson</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="October">October</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_baseball&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: October"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>October 1 – <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Hiller" title="Chuck Hiller">Chuck Hiller</a></li> <li>October 2 – <a href="/wiki/Earl_Wilson_(pitcher)" class="mw-redirect" title="Earl Wilson (pitcher)">Earl Wilson</a></li> <li>October 4 – <a href="/wiki/Don_Bradey" title="Don Bradey">Don Bradey</a></li> <li>October 7 – <a href="/wiki/Sammy_Drake" title="Sammy Drake">Sammy Drake</a></li> <li>October 8 – <a href="/wiki/Mickey_Harrington" title="Mickey Harrington">Mickey Harrington</a></li> <li>October 14 – <a href="/wiki/Tom_Cheney_(baseball)" title="Tom Cheney (baseball)">Tom Cheney</a></li> <li>October 26 – <a href="/wiki/Barbara_Galdonik" title="Barbara Galdonik">Barbara Galdonik</a></li> <li>October 31 – <a href="/wiki/Carl_Boles" title="Carl Boles">Carl Boles</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="November">November</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_baseball&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: November"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>November 1 – <a href="/wiki/Howie_Goss" title="Howie Goss">Howie Goss</a></li> <li>November 10 – <a href="/wiki/Norm_Cash" title="Norm Cash">Norm Cash</a></li> <li>November 25 – <a href="/wiki/Cholly_Naranjo" title="Cholly Naranjo">Cholly Naranjo</a></li> <li>November 30 – <a href="/wiki/Steve_Hamilton_(sportsman,_born_1934)" title="Steve Hamilton (sportsman, born 1934)">Steve Hamilton</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="December">December</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_baseball&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: December"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>December 2 – <a href="/wiki/Andre_Rodgers" title="Andre Rodgers">Andre Rodgers</a></li> <li>December 6 – <a href="/wiki/Dan_Dobbek" title="Dan Dobbek">Dan Dobbek</a></li> <li>December 11 – <a href="/wiki/Lee_Maye" title="Lee Maye">Lee Maye</a></li> <li>December 16 – <a href="/wiki/Jim_Bailey_(baseball)" title="Jim Bailey (baseball)">Jim Bailey</a></li> <li>December 17 – <a href="/wiki/Kent_Hadley" title="Kent Hadley">Kent Hadley</a></li> <li>December 19 – <a href="/wiki/Al_Kaline" title="Al Kaline">Al Kaline</a></li> <li>December 25 – <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Beamon" title="Charlie Beamon">Charlie Beamon</a></li> <li>December 29 – <a href="/wiki/Ram%C3%B3n_Conde" title="Ramón Conde">Ramón Conde</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Deaths">Deaths</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_baseball&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Deaths"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="January_2">January</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_baseball&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: January"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>January 9 – <a href="/wiki/Perry_Werden" title="Perry Werden">Perry Werden</a>, 68, first baseman who played for the St. Louis Maroons, Washington Nationals, Toledo Maumees, Baltimore Orioles, St. Louis Browns and Louisville Colonels in parts of seven seasons spanning 1884–1897.</li> <li>January 16 – <a href="/wiki/Wiley_Dunham" title="Wiley Dunham">Wiley Dunham</a>, 56, pitcher for the 1902 St. Louis Cardinals.</li> <li>January 28 – <a href="/wiki/John_Kane_(outfielder)" title="John Kane (outfielder)">John Kane</a>, 51, outfielder who played with the Cincinnati Reds in 1907 and the Chicago Cubs in 1910.</li> <li>January 29 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Schenck" title="Bill Schenck">Bill Schenck</a>, 79, infielder who played for the Louisville Eclipse, Richmond Virginians and Brooklyn Grays in a span of three seasons from 1882 to 1885.</li> <li>January 30 – <a href="/wiki/Frank_McGee_(baseball)" title="Frank McGee (baseball)">Frank McGee</a>, 34, first baseman who played two games for the 1925 Washington Senators.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="February_2">February</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_baseball&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: February"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>February 8 – <a href="/wiki/Tom_Sexton_(baseball)" title="Tom Sexton (baseball)">Tom Sexton</a>, 68, shortstop for the 1884 Milwaukee Brewers.</li> <li>February 12 – <a href="/wiki/Rowdy_Elliott" title="Rowdy Elliott">Rowdy Elliott</a>, 43, catcher who spent 23 years in baseball between 1907 and 1929, which included stints in the majors with the Boston Doves (1910), Chicago Cubs (1916–1918) and Brooklyn Robins (1920), being also a World War I veteran.</li> <li>February 20 – <a href="/wiki/George_Mappes" title="George Mappes">George Mappes</a>, 68, backup catcher and second baseman who played from 1885 to 1886 for the Baltimore Orioles and the St. Louis Maroons.</li> <li>February 21: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Doc_Adkins" title="Doc Adkins">Doc Adkins</a>, 61, pitcher who played with the Boston Americans in 1902 and the New York Highlanders in 1903.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Roxburgh_(baseball)" title="Jim Roxburgh (baseball)">Jim Roxburgh</a>, 76, catcher for the 1884 Baltimore Orioles and the 1887 Philadelphia Athletics.</li></ul></li> <li>February 25 – <a href="/wiki/John_McGraw" title="John McGraw">John McGraw</a>, 60, Hall of Fame manager who from 1902 through 1932 led the New York Giants to three World Series championships, 10 National League pennants, and 21 first-or second-place finishes, whose 2,763 managerial victories rank him third only to <a href="/wiki/Connie_Mack" title="Connie Mack">Connie Mack</a>'s career-best total of 3,731 and <a href="/wiki/Tony_La_Russa" title="Tony La Russa">Tony La Russa</a>; previously he was the star third baseman of the 1890s Baltimore Orioles, batting .336 in 848 games and playing on three NL pennant-winning clubs between 1892 and 1899.</li> <li>February 27 – <a href="/wiki/Frank_Shannon_(baseball)" title="Frank Shannon (baseball)">Frank Shannon</a>, 60, shortstop who played with the Washington Senators in 1892 and the Louisville Colonels in 1896.</li> <li>February 28 – <a href="/wiki/John_Irwin_(baseball)" title="John Irwin (baseball)">John Irwin</a>, 72, third baseman who played for the Worcester Ruby Legs, Boston Reds, Philadelphia Athletics, Washington Nationals, Buffalo Bisons, Boston Reds and Louisville Colonels in parts of eight seasons spanning 1882–1891.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="March_2">March</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_baseball&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: March"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>March 3 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_O%27Rourke_(baseball)" title="Mike O'Rourke (baseball)">Mike O'Rourke</a>, 65, pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles during the 1890 season.</li> <li>March 7 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Rotes" title="Bill Rotes">Bill Rotes</a>, 62, pitcher for the Louisville Colonels in 1893.</li> <li>March 9 – <a href="/wiki/Dan_Dugdale" title="Dan Dugdale">Dan Dugdale</a>, 69, catcher who played with the Kansas City Cowboys in 1886 and the Washington Senators in 1894.</li> <li>March 13 – <a href="/wiki/Fielder_Jones" title="Fielder Jones">Fielder Jones</a>, 62, center fielder and manager; played for Brooklyn Superbas (1896–1900), including 1899–1900 National League champs, and Chicago White Sox (1901–1908), including 1901 and 1906 American League pennant-winners; as manager, guided the 1906 <a href="/wiki/1906_Chicago_White_Sox_season" title="1906 Chicago White Sox season">"Hitless Wonders" White Sox</a> to <a href="/wiki/1906_World_Series" title="1906 World Series">World Series</a> title; batted over .300 in six seasons and collected 683 victories as a manager of White Sox, St. Louis Terriers (Federal League), and St. Louis Browns over ten seasons spanning 1904 to 1918.</li> <li>March 16 – <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Lynch" title="Adrian Lynch">Adrian Lynch</a>, 37, pitcher for the St. Louis Browns in the 1920 season.</li> <li>March 19 – <a href="/wiki/Ray_Jansen" title="Ray Jansen">Ray Jansen</a>, 45, third baseman who played with the St. Louis Browns in 1910.</li> <li>March 20 – <a href="/wiki/Herm_Doscher" title="Herm Doscher">Herm Doscher</a>, 81, third baseman for five teams between 1872 and 1882, who also umpired during five seasons in the National League and the American Association.</li> <li>March 21 – <a href="/wiki/Pea_Ridge_Day" title="Pea Ridge Day">Pea Ridge Day</a>, 34, pitcher who played from 1924 through 1926 for the St. Louis Cardinals and the Cincinnati Reds, and with the Brooklyn Robins in the 1931 season.</li> <li>March 28 – <a href="/wiki/Ed_Larkin" title="Ed Larkin">Ed Larkin</a>, 48, catcher for the 1909 Philadelphia Athletics.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="April_2">April</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_baseball&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: April"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>April 1 – <a href="/wiki/Barney_Gilligan" title="Barney Gilligan">Barney Gilligan</a>, 78, catcher who played from 1879 through 1888 for the Cleveland Blues, Providence Grays, Washington Nationals and Detroit Wolverines.</li> <li>April 2 – <a href="/wiki/John_Roach_(baseball)" title="John Roach (baseball)">John Roach</a>, 66, pitcher for the 1887 New York Giants.</li> <li>April 4 – <a href="/wiki/Dick_Johnston" title="Dick Johnston">Dick Johnston</a>, 70, center fielder who played eight seasons from 1884 to 1891, while appearing for five different teams in three different leagues, which included stints with the Richmond Virginians, Boston Beaneaters, Boston Reds, New York Giants and Cincinnati Kelly's Killers.</li> <li>April 10 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Hunter_(outfielder)" title="Bill Hunter (outfielder)">Bill Hunter</a>, 46, outfielder who played with the Cleveland Naps in the 1912 season.</li> <li>April 11 – <a href="/wiki/Charles_Moran_(baseball)" title="Charles Moran (baseball)">Charles Moran</a>, 55, backup infielder who played from 1903 through 1905 for the Washington Senators and St. Louis Browns.</li> <li>April 19 – <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Hickman" title="Charlie Hickman">Charlie Hickman</a>, 57, valuable utility and smart bases runner who played for nine different clubs in the American and National leagues from 1897 to 1908, amassing 91 career triples and several inside-the-park home runs, while leading the AL with 193 hits and 288 total bases in the 1902 season.</li> <li>April 22 – <a href="/wiki/Gus_Creely" title="Gus Creely">Gus Creely</a>, 63, shortstop who played for the St. Louis Browns during the 1890 season.</li> <li>April 27 – <a href="/wiki/Joe_Vila" title="Joe Vila">Joe Vila</a>, 67, journalist and editor for Boston and New York newspapers, who has been regarded as one of the most influential sportswriters during the first third of the 20th century, while setting fundamental changes in sports coverage during the decades to come.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="May_2">May</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_baseball&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: May"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>May 3 – <a href="/wiki/Lew_Graulich" title="Lew Graulich">Lew Graulich</a>, 70, minor league first baseman.</li> <li>May 10 – <a href="/wiki/Ed_Willett" title="Ed Willett">Ed Willett</a>, 50, pitcher for the Detroit Tigers from 1906 through 1913, who posted a 21–10 record and a 2.34 ERA to lead Detroit to the 1909 American League pennant, pitching later for the St. Louis Terriers of the outlaw Federal League in 1914 and 1915.</li> <li>May 14 – <a href="/wiki/Lou_Criger" title="Lou Criger">Lou Criger</a>, 62, the first Opening Day catcher in Boston American League franchise's history, who was behind plate for most of <a href="/wiki/Cy_Young" title="Cy Young">Cy Young</a>'s 511 victories, and also caught every inning of eight games in the first-ever <a href="/wiki/1903_World_Series" title="1903 World Series">World Series in 1903</a>, helping Boston win the championship.</li> <li>May 18 – <a href="/wiki/Jumbo_McGinnis" title="Jumbo McGinnis">Jumbo McGinnis</a>, 80, ace pitcher for the original St. Louis Brown Stockings from 1882 to 1886, who hurled for them over 350 innings and averaged 26 wins in three consecutives seasons, while leading the American Association with six shutouts in 1883.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="June_2">June</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_baseball&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: June"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>June 2 – <a href="/wiki/James_Pirie" title="James Pirie">James Pirie</a>, 81, shortstop for the 1883 Philadelphia Quakers.</li> <li>June 9 – <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Dexter" title="Charlie Dexter">Charlie Dexter</a>, 57, catcher who played from 1896 through 1903 for the Louisville Colonels, Chicago Orphans and Boston Beaneaters.</li> <li>June 10 – <a href="/wiki/Les_German" title="Les German">Les German</a>, 65, pitcher who played with the Baltimore Orioles, New York Giants and Washington Senators, in all or part of six seasons spanning 1890–1896.</li> <li>June 11 – <a href="/wiki/Tim_Manning" title="Tim Manning">Tim Manning</a>, 80, second baseman who played for the Providence Grays and the Baltimore Orioles from 1882 to 1885.</li> <li>June 21 – <a href="/wiki/Monte_Cross" title="Monte Cross">Monte Cross</a>, 64, slick shortstop and speedy base runner during 15 seasons for five different franchises in the National and American leagues between 1892 and 1907, who played mostly for the Philadelphia Athletics and Phillies clubs from 1897 through 1907, earning six titles in putouts and three in assists while amassing a career 328 stolen bases.</li> <li>June 29 – <a href="/wiki/Charles_Somers" title="Charles Somers">Charles Somers</a>, 65, founding member of the American League in 1901 and also its principal financier, who owned the Cleveland Indians and also helped the junior circuit establish clubs in the cities of Boston, Chicago and Philadelphia.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="July_2">July</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_baseball&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: July"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>July 6 – <a href="/wiki/Ray_Francis" title="Ray Francis">Ray Francis</a>, 41, left-hander who pitched for the 1922 Washington Senators and the 1923 Detroit Tigers, and for the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox in the 1925 season.</li> <li>July 18 – <a href="/wiki/Sy_Sanborn" title="Sy Sanborn">Sy Sanborn</a>, 67, sportswriter for the <i>Chicago Tribune</i> from 1900 to 1920 and one of the founding members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America in 1908, who later collaborated for several years for <i>The Sporting News</i>.</li> <li>July 19 – <a href="/wiki/Ed_Hutchinson" title="Ed Hutchinson">Ed Hutchinson</a>, 67, second baseman for the Chicago Colts in the 1890 season.</li> <li>July 29 – <a href="/wiki/Walt_McCredie" class="mw-redirect" title="Walt McCredie">Walt McCredie</a>, 57, outfielder for the 1903 Brooklyn Superbas of the National League, who later played and managed in the minor leagues for many years, leading his Portland team to Pacific Coast League pennants in 1906, 1910, 1911, 1913, and 1914.</li> <li>July 29 – <a href="/wiki/Dan_Phelan" title="Dan Phelan">Dan Phelan</a>, 81, first baseman who played for the Louisville Colonels of the American Association in 1890.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="August_2">August</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_baseball&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: August"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>August 2 – <a href="/wiki/Reggie_Richter" title="Reggie Richter">Reggie Richter</a>, 45, German pitcher for the Chicago Cubs in the 1911 season, who also spent four seasons in the minors with the Louisville Colonels, Montreal Royals and Newark Indians.</li> <li>August 3 – <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Hastings" title="Charlie Hastings">Charlie Hastings</a>, 63, pitcher for the Cleveland Spiders in 1893 and the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1896 through 1898.</li> <li>August 8 – <a href="/wiki/Wilbert_Robinson" title="Wilbert Robinson">Wilbert Robinson</a>, 70, Hall of Fame player and manager who spent 35 years in the majors, first as an outstanding catcher for the Baltimore Orioles during the 1890s, and later managing the Brooklyn Robins to two National League pennants in 1916 and 1920, while compiling a 1,399–1,398 managing record from 1914 to 1931.</li> <li>August 11 – <a href="/wiki/Joe_Ward_(baseball)" title="Joe Ward (baseball)">Joe Ward</a>, 49, backup infielder who played with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1906, and for the New York Highlanders and the Philadelphia Phillies from 1909 to 1910.</li> <li>August 12 – <a href="/wiki/Ed_Andrews" title="Ed Andrews">Ed Andrews</a>, 75, outfielder and second baseman for the Philadelphia Quakers, Indianapolis Hoosiers, Brooklyn Ward's Wonders and Cincinnati Kelly's Killers in parts of nine seasons spanning 1884–1891, who led the National League with 56 stolen bases in 1896, and topped American Association outfielders with a .961 fielding average in 1891.</li> <li>August 14 – <a href="/wiki/Guy_Morrison" title="Guy Morrison">Guy Morrison</a>, 38, pitcher for the Boston Braves in the 1927 and 1928 seasons.</li> <li>August 17 – <a href="/wiki/Doc_Potts_(baseball)" title="Doc Potts (baseball)">Doc Potts</a>, 65, catcher who appeared in one game for the 1892 Washington Senators of the National League.</li> <li>August 21 – <a href="/wiki/Carl_Lundgren" title="Carl Lundgren">Carl Lundgren</a>, 54, pitcher who posted a 91–55 record and a 2.42 ERA in 178 games for the Chicago Cubs, while helping his team win three consecutive National League pennants from 1906 to 1908, and two World Series championships in 1907 and 1908.</li> <li>August 26 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Kling_(baseball)" title="Bill Kling (baseball)">Bill Kling</a>, 67, pitcher who played from 1891 through 1892 for the Philadelphia Phillies and Baltimore Orioles, and with the Louisville Colonels in 1895.</li> <li>August 27 – <a href="/wiki/Henry_Kohler" title="Henry Kohler">Henry Kohler</a>, 82, National Association catcher/infielder for the Fort Wayne Kekiongas in 1871, and the Baltimore Marylands/Canaries from 1873 to 1874.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="September_2">September</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_baseball&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: September"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>September 9 – <a href="/wiki/John_Dobbs" title="John Dobbs">John Dobbs</a>, 53, outfielder who played from 1901 through 1905 for the Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Orphans, Chicago Cubs and Brooklyn Superbas.</li> <li>September 22 – <a href="/wiki/Tom_Messitt" title="Tom Messitt">Tom Messitt</a>, 60, catcher for the 1889 Louisville Colonels.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="October_2">October</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_baseball&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: October"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>October 4 – <a href="/wiki/Nixey_Callahan" title="Nixey Callahan">Nixey Callahan</a>, 60, one of the most versatile figures in the late 1800s and early 1900s, who averaged 16 wins in six full seasons, including two 20-wins seasons in 1903–1904 and the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_no-hitters#Regulation_no-hitters" title="List of Major League Baseball no-hitters">first no-hitter in American League</a> history in 1902, while also playing the outfield and four infield positions between pitching appearances, to later manage the Chicago White Sox and the Pittsburgh Pirates.</li> <li>October 6 – <a href="/wiki/Tom_Mansell" title="Tom Mansell">Tom Mansell</a>, 79, outfielder who played for the Troy Trojans, Syracuse Stars, Detroit Wolverines, St. Louis Browns, Cincinnati Red Stockings and Columbus Buckeyes in parts of three seasons spanning 1879–1884.</li> <li>October 8 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Snyder_(baseball)" title="Bill Snyder (baseball)">Bill Snyder</a>, 36, pitcher for the Washington Senators from 1919 to 1920.</li> <li>October 9 – <a href="/wiki/Pat_Pettee" title="Pat Pettee">Pat Pettee</a>, 71, second baseman who played for the Louisville Colonels in 1891.</li> <li>October 11 – <a href="/wiki/Sandy_Burk" title="Sandy Burk">Sandy Burk</a>, 47, pitcher who played for the Brooklyn Superbas, Brooklyn Dodgers, St. Louis Cardinals and Pittsburgh Rebels in a span of five seasons from 1910 to 1915.</li> <li>October 14 – <a href="/wiki/Les_Cox" title="Les Cox">Les Cox</a>, 30, pitcher for the 1926 Chicago White Sox.</li> <li>October 16 – <a href="/wiki/Highball_Wilson" title="Highball Wilson">Highball Wilson</a>, 56, pitcher who played for the Cleveland Spiders in 1899, the Philadelphia Athletics in 1902, and the Washington Senators from 1903 to 1904.</li> <li>October 18 – <a href="/wiki/Guy_Morton" title="Guy Morton">Guy Morton</a>, 41, pitcher for the Cleveland Naps and Cleveland Indians from 1914 to 1924.</li> <li>October 20 – <a href="/wiki/Paddy_Greene" title="Paddy Greene">Paddy Greene</a>, 59, third baseman who played from 1902 through 1903 for the Philadelphia Phillies, New York Highlanders and Detroit Tigers.</li> <li>October 22 – <a href="/wiki/Belden_Hill" title="Belden Hill">Belden Hill</a>, 70, third baseman for the 1890 Baltimore Orioles of the American Association.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="November_2">November</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_baseball&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: November"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>November 8 – <a href="/wiki/Reddy_Grey" title="Reddy Grey">Reddy Grey</a>, 59, outfielder who appeared in one game with the 1903 Pittsburgh Pirates.</li> <li>November 15 – <a href="/wiki/Barney_Reilly" title="Barney Reilly">Barney Reilly</a>, 50, second baseman for the Chicago White Sox in the 1909 season.</li> <li>November 17 – <a href="/wiki/Kid_McLaughlin" title="Kid McLaughlin">Kid McLaughlin</a>, 46, center fielder who played for the Cincinnati Reds in 1914.</li> <li>November 18 – <a href="/wiki/Tuffy_Stewart" title="Tuffy Stewart">Tuffy Stewart</a>, 51, right fielder for the Chicago Cubs in 1913 and 1914.</li> <li>November 21 – <a href="/wiki/Fred_Glade" title="Fred Glade">Fred Glade</a>, 58, pitcher for the Chicago Orphans, St. Louis Browns and New York Highlanders at the turn of the 20th century.</li> <li>November 22 – <a href="/wiki/Pop_Swett" title="Pop Swett">Pop Swett</a>, 64, catcher who played in 37 games for the 1890 Boston Reds.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="December_2">December</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_baseball&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: December"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>December 2 – <a href="/wiki/Tom_Daley_(baseball)" title="Tom Daley (baseball)">Tom Daley</a>, 60, outfielder who played for the Cincinnati Reds in 1908, the Philadelphia Athletics in 1912 and 1913, and the New York Yankees from 1914 to 1915.</li> <li>December 2 – <a href="/wiki/Scotty_Barr" title="Scotty Barr">Scotty Barr</a>, 48, outfielder who played for the Philadelphia Athletics in the 1908 and 1909 seasons.</li> <li>December 13 – <a href="/wiki/Doc_Shanley" title="Doc Shanley">Doc Shanley</a>, 45, shortstop who played for the St. Louis Browns in 1912.</li> <li>December 20 – <a href="/wiki/Parke_Wilson" title="Parke Wilson">Parke Wilson</a>, 67, catcher for the New York Giants from 1893 to 1899.</li> <li>December 22 – <a href="/wiki/Kitty_Brashear" title="Kitty Brashear">Kitty Brashear</a>, 57, pitcher for the 1899 Louisville Colonels.</li> <li>December 26: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_Kopshaw" title="George Kopshaw">George Kopshaw</a>, 39, catcher who played for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1923 season.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jule_Mallonee" title="Jule Mallonee">Jule Mallonee</a>, 34, outfielder for the 1925 Chicago White Sox.</li></ul></li> <li>December 30 – <a href="/wiki/George_Henry_(baseball)" title="George Henry (baseball)">George Henry</a>, 71, outfielder for the 1893 Cincinnati Reds.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_baseball&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Seamheads-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Seamheads_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/year.php?yearID=1934&lgID=All&tab=standings">"1934 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database"</a>. <i>www.seamheads.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2024-10-04</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.seamheads.com&rft.atitle=1934+Season-+Seamheads+Negro+Leagues+Database&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.seamheads.com%2FNegroLgs%2Fyear.php%3FyearID%3D1934%26lgID%3DAll%26tab%3Dstandings&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1934+in+baseball" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Total_Baseball_V,_p._2014-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Total_Baseball_V,_p._2014_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Total_Baseball_V,_p._2014_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Total_Baseball_V,_p._2014_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Total_Baseball_V,_p._2014_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Total Baseball V</i>; Thorn, John et al. editors; 1997; Viking Penguin</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236075235">.mw-parser-output .navbox{box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;width:100%;clear:both;font-size:88%;text-align:center;padding:1px;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbox{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox-styles+.navbox{margin-top:-1px}.mw-parser-output .navbox-inner,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-title,.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow{padding:0.25em 1em;line-height:1.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group{white-space:nowrap;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{background-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list{line-height:1.5em;border-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list-with-group{text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid}.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-group,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-image,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-list{border-top:2px solid #fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title{background-color:#ccf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-title{background-color:#ddf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-abovebelow{background-color:#e6e6ff}.mw-parser-output .navbox-even{background-color:#f7f7f7}.mw-parser-output .navbox-odd{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ul,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ul{padding:0.125em 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbar{display:block;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title .navbar{float:left;text-align:left;margin-right:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .navbox-image img{max-width:none!important}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .navbox{display:none!important}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="History_of_baseball" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Year_in_baseball" title="Template:Year in baseball"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Year_in_baseball" title="Template talk:Year in baseball"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Year_in_baseball" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Year in baseball"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="History_of_baseball" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Origins_of_baseball" title="Origins of baseball">History of baseball</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1845_to_1868_in_baseball" title="1845 to 1868 in baseball">1845 to 1868</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1869_in_baseball" title="1869 in baseball">1869</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1870_in_baseball" title="1870 in baseball">1870</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1871_in_baseball" title="1871 in baseball">1871</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1872_in_baseball" title="1872 in baseball">1872</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1873_in_baseball" title="1873 in baseball">1873</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1874_in_baseball" title="1874 in baseball">1874</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1875_in_baseball" title="1875 in baseball">1875</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1876_in_baseball" title="1876 in baseball">1876</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1877_in_baseball" title="1877 in baseball">1877</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1878_in_baseball" title="1878 in baseball">1878</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1879_in_baseball" title="1879 in baseball">1879</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1880_in_baseball" title="1880 in baseball">1880</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1881_in_baseball" title="1881 in baseball">1881</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1882_in_baseball" title="1882 in baseball">1882</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1883_in_baseball" title="1883 in baseball">1883</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1884_in_baseball" title="1884 in baseball">1884</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1885_in_baseball" title="1885 in baseball">1885</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1886_in_baseball" title="1886 in baseball">1886</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1887_in_baseball" title="1887 in baseball">1887</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1888_in_baseball" title="1888 in baseball">1888</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1889_in_baseball" title="1889 in baseball">1889</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1890_in_baseball" title="1890 in baseball">1890</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1891_in_baseball" title="1891 in baseball">1891</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1892_in_baseball" title="1892 in baseball">1892</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1893_in_baseball" title="1893 in baseball">1893</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1894_in_baseball" title="1894 in baseball">1894</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1895_in_baseball" title="1895 in baseball">1895</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1896_in_baseball" title="1896 in baseball">1896</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1897_in_baseball" title="1897 in baseball">1897</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1898_in_baseball" title="1898 in baseball">1898</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1899_in_baseball" title="1899 in baseball">1899</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1900_in_baseball" title="1900 in baseball">1900</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1901_in_baseball" title="1901 in baseball">1901</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1902_in_baseball" title="1902 in baseball">1902</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1903_in_baseball" title="1903 in baseball">1903</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1904_in_baseball" title="1904 in baseball">1904</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1905_in_baseball" title="1905 in baseball">1905</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1906_in_baseball" title="1906 in baseball">1906</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1907_in_baseball" title="1907 in baseball">1907</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_in_baseball" title="1908 in baseball">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1909_in_baseball" title="1909 in baseball">1909</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1910_in_baseball" title="1910 in baseball">1910</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_in_baseball" title="1911 in baseball">1911</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_in_baseball" title="1912 in baseball">1912</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1913_in_baseball" title="1913 in baseball">1913</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914_in_baseball" title="1914 in baseball">1914</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1915_in_baseball" title="1915 in baseball">1915</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_in_baseball" title="1916 in baseball">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1917_in_baseball" title="1917 in baseball">1917</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_in_baseball" title="1918 in baseball">1918</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1919_in_baseball" title="1919 in baseball">1919</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_in_baseball" title="1920 in baseball">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1921_in_baseball" title="1921 in baseball">1921</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_in_baseball" title="1922 in baseball">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1923_in_baseball" title="1923 in baseball">1923</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_in_baseball" title="1924 in baseball">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1925_in_baseball" title="1925 in baseball">1925</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926_in_baseball" title="1926 in baseball">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1927_in_baseball" title="1927 in baseball">1927</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_in_baseball" title="1928 in baseball">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1929_in_baseball" title="1929 in baseball">1929</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1930_in_baseball" title="1930 in baseball">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_in_baseball" title="1931 in baseball">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_in_baseball" title="1932 in baseball">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_in_baseball" title="1933 in baseball">1933</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_in_baseball" title="1935 in baseball">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_in_baseball" title="1936 in baseball">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_in_baseball" title="1937 in baseball">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_in_baseball" title="1938 in baseball">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_in_baseball" title="1939 in baseball">1939</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_in_baseball" title="1940 in baseball">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_in_baseball" title="1941 in baseball">1941</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_in_baseball" title="1942 in baseball">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_in_baseball" title="1943 in baseball">1943</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_in_baseball" title="1944 in baseball">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_in_baseball" title="1945 in baseball">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_in_baseball" title="1946 in baseball">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_in_baseball" title="1947 in baseball">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_in_baseball" title="1948 in baseball">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_in_baseball" title="1949 in baseball">1949</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1950_in_baseball" title="1950 in baseball">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_in_baseball" title="1951 in baseball">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_in_baseball" title="1952 in baseball">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_in_baseball" title="1953 in baseball">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_in_baseball" title="1954 in baseball">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_in_baseball" title="1955 in baseball">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_in_baseball" title="1956 in baseball">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_in_baseball" title="1957 in baseball">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_in_baseball" title="1958 in baseball">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_in_baseball" title="1959 in baseball">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_in_baseball" title="1960 in baseball">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_in_baseball" title="1961 in baseball">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_in_baseball" title="1962 in baseball">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_in_baseball" title="1963 in baseball">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_in_baseball" title="1964 in baseball">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_in_baseball" title="1965 in baseball">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_in_baseball" title="1966 in baseball">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_in_baseball" title="1967 in baseball">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_in_baseball" title="1968 in baseball">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_in_baseball" title="1969 in baseball">1969</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1970_in_baseball" title="1970 in baseball">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_in_baseball" title="1971 in baseball">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_in_baseball" title="1972 in baseball">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_in_baseball" title="1973 in baseball">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_in_baseball" title="1974 in baseball">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_in_baseball" title="1975 in baseball">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_in_baseball" title="1976 in baseball">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_in_baseball" title="1977 in baseball">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_in_baseball" title="1978 in baseball">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_in_baseball" title="1979 in baseball">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_in_baseball" title="1980 in baseball">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_in_baseball" title="1981 in baseball">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_in_baseball" title="1982 in baseball">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_in_baseball" title="1983 in baseball">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_in_baseball" title="1984 in baseball">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_in_baseball" title="1985 in baseball">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_in_baseball" title="1986 in baseball">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_in_baseball" title="1987 in baseball">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_in_baseball" title="1988 in baseball">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_in_baseball" title="1989 in baseball">1989</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1990_in_baseball" title="1990 in baseball">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_in_baseball" title="1991 in baseball">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_in_baseball" title="1992 in baseball">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_in_baseball" title="1993 in baseball">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_in_baseball" title="1994 in baseball">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_in_baseball" title="1995 in baseball">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_in_baseball" title="1996 in baseball">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_in_baseball" title="1997 in baseball">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_in_baseball" title="1998 in baseball">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_in_baseball" title="1999 in baseball">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_in_baseball" title="2000 in baseball">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_in_baseball" title="2001 in baseball">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_in_baseball" title="2002 in baseball">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_in_baseball" title="2003 in baseball">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_in_baseball" title="2004 in baseball">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_in_baseball" title="2005 in baseball">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_in_baseball" title="2006 in baseball">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_in_baseball" title="2007 in baseball">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_in_baseball" title="2008 in baseball">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_in_baseball" title="2009 in baseball">2009</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2010_in_baseball" title="2010 in baseball">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_in_baseball" title="2011 in baseball">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_in_baseball" title="2012 in baseball">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_in_baseball" title="2013 in baseball">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_baseball" title="2014 in baseball">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_in_baseball" title="2015 in baseball">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_in_baseball" title="2016 in baseball">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_in_baseball" title="2017 in baseball">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_in_baseball" title="2018 in baseball">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_in_baseball" title="2019 in baseball">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_in_baseball" title="2020 in baseball">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_in_baseball" title="2021 in baseball">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_in_baseball" title="2022 in baseball">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_in_baseball" title="2023 in baseball">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_in_baseball" title="2024 in baseball">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <dl><dt><span class="nobold">See also</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Baseball" title="Baseball">Baseball</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Minor_League_Baseball" title="Minor League Baseball">Minor League Baseball</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Negro_league_baseball" title="Negro league baseball">Negro league baseball</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Nippon_Professional_Baseball" title="Nippon Professional Baseball">Nippon Professional Baseball</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1934_in_baseball&oldid=1249822698">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1934_in_baseball&oldid=1249822698</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Help:Category" title="Help:Category">Category</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:1934_in_baseball" title="Category:1934 in baseball">1934 in baseball</a></li></ul></div><div id="mw-hidden-catlinks" class="mw-hidden-catlinks mw-hidden-cats-hidden">Hidden categories: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_short_description" title="Category:Articles with short description">Articles with short description</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Short_description_matches_Wikidata" title="Category:Short description matches Wikidata">Short description matches Wikidata</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 7 October 2024, at 01:02<span class="anonymous-show"> (UTC)</span>.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_4.0_International_License" title="Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License</a>; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms_of_Use" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use">Terms of Use</a> and <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy">Privacy Policy</a>. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/">Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.</a>, a non-profit organization.</li> </ul> <ul id="footer-places"> <li id="footer-places-privacy"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy">Privacy policy</a></li> <li id="footer-places-about"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About">About Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-disclaimers"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:General_disclaimer">Disclaimers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-contact"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us">Contact Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-wm-codeofconduct"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Universal_Code_of_Conduct">Code of Conduct</a></li> <li id="footer-places-developers"><a href="https://developer.wikimedia.org">Developers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-statslink"><a href="https://stats.wikimedia.org/#/en.wikipedia.org">Statistics</a></li> <li id="footer-places-cookiestatement"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Cookie_statement">Cookie statement</a></li> <li id="footer-places-mobileview"><a href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1934_in_baseball&mobileaction=toggle_view_mobile" class="noprint stopMobileRedirectToggle">Mobile view</a></li> </ul> <ul id="footer-icons" class="noprint"> <li id="footer-copyrightico"><a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><img src="/static/images/footer/wikimedia-button.svg" width="84" height="29" alt="Wikimedia Foundation" loading="lazy"></a></li> <li id="footer-poweredbyico"><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><img src="/w/resources/assets/poweredby_mediawiki.svg" alt="Powered by MediaWiki" width="88" height="31" loading="lazy"></a></li> </ul> </footer> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-settings" id="p-dock-bottom"> <ul></ul> </div><script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.config.set({"wgHostname":"mw-web.codfw.main-74cc59cb9d-x92bp","wgBackendResponseTime":178,"wgPageParseReport":{"limitreport":{"cputime":"0.669","walltime":"0.861","ppvisitednodes":{"value":4235,"limit":1000000},"postexpandincludesize":{"value":118266,"limit":2097152},"templateargumentsize":{"value":23193,"limit":2097152},"expansiondepth":{"value":11,"limit":100},"expensivefunctioncount":{"value":5,"limit":500},"unstrip-depth":{"value":1,"limit":20},"unstrip-size":{"value":38106,"limit":5000000},"entityaccesscount":{"value":0,"limit":400},"timingprofile":["100.00% 676.459 1 -total"," 23.95% 161.979 20 Template:Winpct"," 23.69% 160.231 1 Template:Year_nav_sports_topic5"," 20.12% 136.108 1 Template:1934_Negro_National_League_standings"," 14.73% 99.640 1 Template:Reflist"," 12.72% 86.045 1 Template:Cite_web"," 12.13% 82.067 3 Template:CSS_crop"," 12.07% 81.644 1 Template:Short_description"," 11.00% 74.427 1 Template:Sidebar"," 10.82% 73.219 3 Template:Location_map+"]},"scribunto":{"limitreport-timeusage":{"value":"0.332","limit":"10.000"},"limitreport-memusage":{"value":4186445,"limit":52428800}},"cachereport":{"origin":"mw-web.codfw.main-f69cdc8f6-5blz9","timestamp":"20241122221615","ttl":2592000,"transientcontent":false}}});});</script> <script type="application/ld+json">{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Article","name":"1934 in baseball","url":"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1934_in_baseball","sameAs":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q4563497","mainEntity":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q4563497","author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Contributors to Wikimedia projects"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.wikimedia.org\/static\/images\/wmf-hor-googpub.png"}},"datePublished":"2006-03-04T21:39:45Z","dateModified":"2024-10-07T01:02:05Z","headline":"overview of the events of 1934 in baseball"}</script> </body> </html>