1934 Philadelphia Athletics season

March 2026 November 2013 Philadelphia Athletics 1934 Philadelphia Athletics Jersey Logo (1928 to 1949).svg American League Shibe Park Philadelphia 68 82 y 5th Connie Mack, Tom Shibe and John Shibe Connie Mack The 1934 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing fifth in the American League with a record of 68 wins and 82 losses. Offseason November 6, 1933: Tony Freitas, Gowell Claset, and cash were traded by the Athletics to the St. Paul Saints for Rip Radcliff.Rip Radcliff page at Baseball Reference December 12, 1933: Mickey Cochrane was traded by the Athletics to the Detroit Tigers for Johnny Pasek and $100,000.Mickey Cochrane page at Baseball Reference December 12, 1933: Lefty Grove, Max Bishop and Rube Walberg were traded by the Athletics to the Boston Red Sox for Bob Kline, Rabbit Warstler, and $125,000.Lefty Grove page at Baseball Reference March 27, 1934: Rip Radcliff and George Detore were traded by the Athletics to the Louisville Colonels for Hank Erickson. Hank Erickson was returned to the Colonels in April 1934. Regular season Season standings Philadelphia Athletics Record vs. opponents PHA Notable transactions May 14, 1934: Ed Madjeski was released by the Athletics.Ed Madjeski page at Baseball-Reference August 9, 1934: Wally Moses was purchased by the Athletics from the Galveston Buccaneers.Wally Moses page at Baseball-Reference Roster 1934 Philadelphia Athletics Roster Pitchers 21 Al Benton 11 Sugar Cain 20 Joe Cascarella -- George Caster 14 Bill Dietrich 15 Mort Flohr 16 Bob Kline 19 Ed Lagger 17 Roy Mahaffey 12 Johnny Marcum 19 Harry Matuzak 15 Tim McKeithan 16 Roy Vaughn 18,26 Whitey Wilshere -- Jack Wilson Catchers  2 Charlie Berry 28 Frankie Hayes 10 Ed Madjeski 10 Charlie Moss Infielders  3 Jimmie Foxx  5 Pinky Higgins  6 Eric McNair 22 Rabbit Warstler  4 Dib Williams Outfielders  9 Ed Coleman  8 Doc Cramer 23 Lou Finney  7 Bob Johnson 10 Jerry McQuaig 27 Bing Miller Manager Connie Mack Coaches 31 Lena Blackburne 30 Earle Mack 32 Eddie Rommel 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 Charlie Berry 99 269 72 .268 0 34 1B Jimmie Foxx 150 539 180 .334 44 130 2B Rabbit Warstler 117 419 99 .236 1 36 3B Pinky Higgins 144 543 179 .330 16 90 SS Eric McNair 151 599 168 .280 17 82 OF Doc Cramer 153 649 202 .311 6 46 OF Bob Johnson Bob Johnson (outfielder) 141 547 168 .307 34 92 OF Ed Coleman Ed Coleman (baseball) 101 329 92 .280 14 60 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 Lou Finney 92 272 76 .279 1 28 Frankie Hayes 92 248 56 .226 6 30 Dib Williams 66 205 56 .273 2 17 Bing Miller 81 177 43 .243 1 22 Jerry McQuaig 7 16 1 .063 0 1 Charlie Moss 10 10 2 .200 0 1 Ed Madjeski 8 8 3 .375 0 2 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 Johnny Marcum 37 232.0 14 11 4.50 92 Sugar Cain 36 230.2 9 17 4.41 66 Jack Wilson Jack Wilson (pitcher) 2 9.0 0 1 12.00 2 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 Bill Dietrich 39 207.2 11 12 4.68 88 Joe Cascarella 42 194.1 12 15 4.68 71 Al Benton 32 155.0 7 9 4.88 58 Roy Mahaffey 37 129.0 6 7 5.37 37 George Caster 5 37.0 3 2 3.41 15 Mort Flohr 14 30.2 0 2 5.87 6 Whitey Wilshere 9 21.2 0 1 12.05 19 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 Bob Kline 20 6 2 1 6.35 14 Harry Matuzak 11 0 3 0 4.88 9 Ed Lagger 8 0 0 0 11.00 2 Tim McKeithan 3 0 0 0 15.75 0 Roy Vaughn 2 0 0 0 2.08 1 References 2 External links 1934 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference 1934 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:Philadelphia Athletics seasons Philadelphia Athletics season Oakland