1934 Boston Red Sox season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Boston Red Sox 1934 American League Fenway Park Boston, Massachusetts 76–76 (.500) 4th Tom Yawkey Tom Yawkey Eddie Collins Bucky Harris WNAC (Fred Hoey) bos BOS The 1934 Boston Red Sox season was the 34th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished fourth in the American League (AL) with a record of 76 wins and 76 losses, 24 games behind the Detroit Tigers. On January 5, 1934, during renovation work at Fenway Park—including the removal of Duffy's Cliff, an embankment in front of the Green Monster—a fire that started at the ballpark caused significant damage and spread to some nearby buildings on Lansdowne Street. Further repair and renovation work, costing over $1 million, was completed in time for Opening Day.https://www.boston.com/sports/boston-red-sox/2016/07/17/fenway-fires/ The Green Monster emerged from the ashes of Fenway fires Hayden Bird Boston.com July 17, 2016 March 31, 2020 Offseason December 12, 1933: Bob Kline, Rabbit Warstler, and $125,000 were traded by the Red Sox to the Philadelphia Athletics for Lefty Grove, Max Bishop and Rube Walberg.Lefty Grove page at Baseball Reference Regular season In May, pitcher Wes Ferrell, the brother of catcher Rick Ferrell, was acquired for the Red Sox from the Cleveland Indians.Golenbock Peter Red Sox Nation: The Rich and Colorful History of the Boston Red Sox Triumph Books 2015 978-1-62937-050-7 4th Chicago, Illinois 78 Season standings Record vs. opponents BOS Opening Day lineup   1 Chalmer Cissell 2B20 Lyn Lary SS25 Eddie Morgan 1B 4 Roy Johnson LF  5 Carl Reynolds CF  7 Rick Ferrell C22 Dick Porter RF  8 Billy Werber 3B11 Gordon Rhodes   P Roster 1934 Boston Red Sox Roster Pitchers 12 Wes Ferrell 10 Lefty Grove -- George Hockette 16 Hank Johnson -- Spike Merena 14 Joe Mulligan 19 Fritz Ostermueller 17 Herb Pennock 14 George Pipgras 11 Gordon Rhodes 15 Rube Walberg 12 Bob Weiland 18 Johnny Welch Catchers  7 Rick Ferrell  9 Gordie Hinkle 24 Lou Legett Infielders  1 Max Bishop  2 Bill Cissell 25 Joe Judge  8 Red Kellett 21 Lyn Lary  3 Ed Morgan 23 Freddie Muller -- Al Niemiec  8 Bucky Walters 20 Billy Werber Outfielders -- Mel Almada  6 Dusty Cooke -- Skinny Graham  4 Roy Johnson 23 Dick Porter  5 Carl Reynolds 23 Bob Seeds 22 Moose Solters Manager 27 Bucky Harris Coaches 30 Tom Daly 28 Bibb Falk 26 Jack Onslow (Pitching) 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 Rick Ferrell 132 437 130 .297 1 48 1B Ed Morgan Ed Morgan (baseball) 138 528 141 .267 3 79 2B Bill Cissell 102 416 111 .267 4 44 3B Billy Werber 152 623 200 .321 11 67 SS Lyn Lary 129 419 101 .241 2 54 OF Roy Johnson 1930s outfielder 143 569 182 .320 7 119 OF Carl Reynolds 113 413 125 .303 4 86 OF Moose Solters 101 365 109 .299 7 58 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 Dick Porter 79 264 80 .303 0 56 Max Bishop 97 253 66 .261 1 22 Dusty Cooke 74 168 41 .244 1 26 Mel Almada 23 90 21 .233 0 10 Bucky Walters 23 88 19 .216 4 18 Gordie Hinkle 27 75 13 .173 0 9 Skinny Graham Skinny Graham (outfielder) 13 47 11 .234 0 3 Lou Legett 19 38 11 .289 0 1 Al Niemiec 9 32 7 .219 0 3 Joe Judge 10 15 5 .333 0 2 Red Kellett 9 9 0 .000 0 0 Bob Seeds 8 6 1 .167 0 1 Freddie Muller 2 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 Gordon Rhodes 44 219.0 12 12 4.56 79 Fritz Ostermueller 33 198.2 10 13 3.49 75 Wes Ferrell 26 181.0 14 5 3.63 87 George Hockette 3 27.1 2 1 1.65 14 Spike Merena 4 24.2 1 2 2.92 7 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 Johnny Welch 41 206.1 13 15 4.49 91 Hank Johnson 31 124.1 6 8 5.36 66 Lefty Grove 22 109.1 8 8 6.50 43 Rube Walberg 30 104.2 6 7 4.04 38 Bob Weiland 11 55.2 1 5 5.50 29 George Pipgras 2 3.1 0 0 8.10 0 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 Herb Pennock 30 2 0 1 3.05 16 Joe Mulligan 14 1 0 0 3.63 13 Farm system Minor League Baseball AA Kansas City Blues American Association Roger Peckinpaugh A Reading Red Sox New York–Pennsylvania League Nemo Leibold B Columbia Sandlappers/Asheville Tourists Piedmont League Bill Laval and Possum Whitted C Joplin Miners Western Association Wally Schang Columbia franchise transferred and renamed, June 7, 1934Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007 References 30em External links 1934 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference 1934 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com Category:Boston Red Sox seasons Boston Red Sox Boston Red Sox Category:1930s in Boston