1934 Chicago White Sox season

March 2026 November 2013 Chicago White Sox 1934 American League Comiskey Park Chicago J. Louis Comiskey Harry Grabiner Lew Fonseca and Jimmy Dykes WGN(Bob Elson)WIND(Johnny O'Hara)WMAQ(Hal Totten) The 1934 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 34th season in the major leagues and its 35th season overall. They finished with a record of 53–99, good enough for eighth and last place in the American League (47 games behind the first place Detroit Tigers). Offseason October 25, 1933: Chad Kimsey and Charlie English were traded by the White Sox to the Montreal Royals for John Pomorski.Chad Kimsey page at Baseball-Reference Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents CWS Notable transactions May 9, 1934: Red Kress was traded by the White Sox to the Washington Senators for Bob Boken.Red Kress page at Baseball-Reference May 20, 1934: Ed Madjeski was signed as a free agent by the White Sox.Ed Madjeski page at Baseball-Reference June 27, 1934: Marty Hopkins was purchased by the White Sox from the St. Paul Saints.Marty Hopkins page at Baseball-Reference August 11, 1934: Rip Radcliff was purchased by the White Sox from the Louisville Colonels.Rip Radcliff page at Baseball-Reference Roster 1934 Chicago White Sox Roster Pitchers 18 George Earnshaw 22,48 Phil Gallivan 23 Milt Gaston 25 Joe Heving 28 Sam Jones 24 Vern Kennedy 17 Harry Kinzy 19 Hugo Klaerner 16 Ted Lyons 24,28 John Pomorski 27 Lee Stine 24 Monty Stratton 38,21 Les Tietje 19 Whit Wyatt Catchers -- George Caithamer -- Dutch Fehring  1 Ed Madjeski  8 Johnny Pasek 49 Muddy Ruel 15 Merv Shea Infielders  4 Luke Appling 14 Bob Boken  3 Zeke Bonura 12 Joe Chamberlain  5 Jimmy Dykes  2 Jackie Hayes 27 Marty Hopkins 14 Red Kress 36 Mark Mauldin Outfielders 47 Milt Bocek 34 Frenchy Bordagaray  8 Jocko Conlan  6 Mule Haas  9 Rip Radcliff  7 Al Simmons  9 Evar Swanson 36 Frenchy Uhalt 34 Charlie Uhlir Manager  5 Jimmy Dykes  1 Lew Fonseca Coaches 37 Jimmy Austin 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 Ed Madjeski 85 281 62 .221 5 32 1B Zeke Bonura 127 510 154 .302 27 110 2B Jackie Hayes Jackie Hayes (second baseman) 62 226 58 .257 1 31 3B Jimmy Dykes 127 456 122 .268 7 82 SS Luke Appling 118 452 137 .303 2 61 OF Al Simmons 138 558 192 .344 18 104 OF Evar Swanson 117 426 127 .298 0 34 OF Mule Haas 106 351 94 .268 2 22 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 Bob Boken 81 297 70 .236 3 40 Jocko Conlan 63 225 56 .249 0 16 Marty Hopkins 67 210 45 .214 2 28 Merv Shea 62 176 28 .159 0 5 Frenchy Uhalt 57 165 40 .242 0 16 Joe Chamberlain 43 141 34 .241 2 17 Frenchy Bordagaray 29 87 28 .322 0 2 Muddy Ruel 22 57 12 .211 0 7 Rip Radcliff 14 56 15 .268 0 5 Milt Bocek 19 38 8 .211 0 3 Mark Mauldin 10 38 10 .263 1 3 Charlie Uhlir 14 27 4 .148 0 3 George Caithamer 5 19 6 .316 0 3 Red Kress 8 14 4 .286 0 1 Johnny Pasek 4 9 3 .333 0 0 Dutch Fehring 1 1 0 .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 George Earnshaw 33 227.0 14 11 4.52 97 Ted Lyons 30 205.1 11 13 4.87 53 Milt Gaston 29 194.0 6 19 5.85 48 Sam Jones Sad Sam Jones 27 183.1 8 12 5.11 60 Vern Kennedy 3 19.1 0 2 3.72 7 Hugo Klaerner 3 17.1 0 2 10.90 9 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 Les Tietje 34 176.0 5 14 4.81 81 Phil Gallivan 35 126.2 4 7 5.61 35 Whit Wyatt 23 67.2 4 11 7.18 36 Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO Joe Heving 33 1 7 4 7.26 40 Harry Kinzy 13 0 1 0 4.98 12 Lee Stine 4 0 0 0 8.18 8 John Pomorski 3 0 0 0 5.40 0 Monty Stratton 1 0 0 0 5.40 0 Farm system Minor League Baseball C Longview Cannibals West Dixie League Roy Flaskamper and Dallas Warren D Lafayette White Sox Evangeline League Lee SchulteJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 Notes 2 References 1934 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference Category:Chicago White Sox seasons Chicago White Sox season Chicago White Category:1934 in Chicago