1934 St. Louis Browns season

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American League
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Detroit Tigers	101	53	.656	—	54‍–‍26	47‍–‍27
New York Yankees	94	60	.610	7	53‍–‍24	41‍–‍36
Cleveland Indians	85	69	.552	16	47‍–‍31	38‍–‍38
Boston Red Sox	76	76	.500	24	42‍–‍35	34‍–‍41
Philadelphia Athletics	68	82	.453	31	34‍–‍40	34‍–‍42
St. Louis Browns	67	85	.441	33	36‍–‍39	31‍–‍46
Washington Senators	66	86	.434	34	34‍–‍40	32‍–‍46
Chicago White Sox	53	99	.349	47	29‍–‍46	24‍–‍53

Record vs. opponents

1934 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	11–10	7–15	8–14	10–12	12–9	14–8	14–8–1
Chicago	10–11	—	8–14	5–17	5–17	9–13	7–14–1	9–13
Cleveland	15–7	14–8	—	6–16	11–11	13–9	15–7	11–11
Detroit	14–8	17–5	16–6	—	12–10	12–10	15–7	15–7
New York	12–10	17–5	11–11	10–12	—	15–7	17–5	12–10
Philadelphia	9–12	13–9	9–13	10–12	7–15	—	9–12–1	11–9–2
St. Louis	8–14	14–7–1	7–15	7–15	5–17	12–9–1	—	14–8
Washington	8–14–1	13–9	11–11	7–15	10–12	9–11–2	8–14	—

Roster

1934 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers 18 Ivy Andrews 12 George Blaeholder 16 Dick Coffman 17 Bump Hadley 24 Jack Knott 20 Bill McAfee 25 Lefty Mills 21 Bobo Newsom -- Jim Walkup 23 Jim Weaver 19 Ed Wells		Catchers 9 Frank Grube 27 Grover Hartley 10 Rollie Hemsley Infielders 22 Ollie Bejma 2 Jack Burns 7 Harlond Clift 11 Rogers Hornsby 5 Ski Melillo 1 Alan Strange		Outfielders 3 Bruce Campbell 14 Earl Clark 15 Debs Garms 8 Ray Pepper 4 George Puccinelli 6 Sam West Other batters 26 Charley O'Leary -- Art Scharein		Manager 11 Rogers Hornsby Coaches 27 Grover Hartley 26 Charley O'Leary

1934 St. Louis Browns

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

26 Charley O'Leary
-- Art Scharein

Manager

11 Rogers Hornsby

Coaches

27 Grover Hartley
26 Charley O'Leary

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Rollie Hemsley	123	431	133	.309	2	52
1B	Jack Burns	154	612	157	.257	13	73
2B	Ski Melillo	144	552	133	.241	2	55
3B	Harlond Clift	147	572	149	.260	14	56
SS	Alan Strange	127	430	100	.233	1	45
OF	Ray Pepper	148	564	168	.298	7	101
OF	Bruce Campbell	138	481	134	.279	9	74
OF	Sam West	122	482	157	.326	9	55

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Ollie Bejma	95	262	71	.271	2	29
Debs Garms	91	232	68	.293	0	31
Frank Grube	65	170	49	.288	0	11
Earl Clark	13	41	7	.171	0	1
George Puccinelli	10	26	6	.231	2	5
Rogers Hornsby	24	23	7	.304	1	11
Grover Hartley	5	3	1	.333	0	0
Art Scharein	1	2	1	.000	0	2
Charley O'Leary	1	1	1	1.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Bobo Newsom	47	262.1	16	20	4.01	135
George Blaeholder	39	234.1	14	18	4.22	66
Bump Hadley	39	213.0	10	16	4.35	79
Jim Weaver	5	19.2	2	0	6.41	11

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Dick Coffman	40	173.0	9	10	4.53	55
Ivy Andrews	43	139.0	4	11	4.66	51
Jack Knott	45	138.0	10	3	4.96	56
Ed Wells	33	92.0	1	7	4.79	27

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	ERA	SO
Bill McAfee	28	1	5.84	11
Lefty Mills	4	0	4.15	2
Jim Walkup	3	0	2.16	6

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
A	San Antonio Missions	Texas League	Hank Severeid

Notes

Ray Pepper page at Baseball-Reference
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

References

1934 MLB season by team

Major League Baseball

American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

Negro National League

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