1934 Washington Senators season

March 2026 November 2013 Washington Senators Washington Senators Primary Logo (1905 to 1935).svg 1934 American League Griffith Stadium Washington, D.C. 66 86 y 7th Clark Griffith and William Richardson Joe Cronin WJSV(Arch McDonald) List of Minnesota Twins seasons The 1934 Washington Senators played 154 games, won 66, lost 86, and finished in seventh place in the American League. They were managed by Joe Cronin and played home games at Griffith Stadium. In the eighth inning of their game against the Boston Red Sox on June 9, the Washington Senators hit 5 consecutive doubles – the most ever hit consecutively during the same inning.Team Doubles Records http://www.baseball-almanac.com/rb_2b2.shtml Baseball-Almanac.com May 14, 2012 Regular season right|thumb|300px|President Franklin D. Roosevelt throwing out the first pitch on Opening Day at Griffith Stadium. Season standings Washington Senators Record vs. opponents WSH Notable transactions May 9, 1934: Bob Boken was traded by the Senators to the Chicago White Sox for Red Kress.Red Kress page at Baseball Reference Roster 1934 Washington Senators Roster Pitchers 29 Orville Armbrust 10 Allen Benson 18 Bobby Burke 12 Syd Cohen 12 Alvin Crowder 22 Reese Diggs -- Mark Filley 20 Bob Kline 29 Ed Linke 26 Alex McColl 30 John Milligan 30 Ray Prim 17 Jack Russell 14 Lefty Stewart 15 Tommy Thomas 16 Monte Weaver 11 Earl Whitehill Catchers 10 Moe Berg  9 Cliff Bolton 21 Elmer Klumpp 32 Eddie Phillips  8 Luke Sewell Infielders  7 Ossie Bluege 25 Bob Boken  4 Joe Cronin 23 John Kerr 25 Red Kress  5 Joe Kuhel  1 Buddy Myer 19,22 Pete Susko 20 Cecil Travis Outfielders 22 Gus Dugas 19 Johnny Gill 24 Dave Harris  3 Heinie Manush  9 Jake Powell  6 Fred Schulte  6 Fred Sington  2 John Stone Manager  4 Joe Cronin Coaches 27 Nick Altrock 23 Dickey Kerr 28 Al Schacht 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 Eddie Phillips Eddie Phillips (catcher) 56 169 33 .195 2 16 1B Joe Kuhel 63 263 76 .289 3 25 2B Buddy Myer 139 524 160 .305 3 57 3B Cecil Travis 109 392 125 .319 1 53 SS Joe Cronin 127 504 143 .284 7 101 OF Fred Schulte 136 524 156 .298 3 73 OF Heinie Manush 137 556 194 .349 11 89 OF John Stone John Stone (baseball) 113 419 132 .315 7 67 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 Ossie Bluege 99 285 70 .246 0 11 Dave Harris 97 235 59 .251 2 37 Pete Susko 58 224 64 .286 2 25 Luke Sewell 72 207 49 .237 2 21 Red Kress 56 171 39 .228 4 24 Cliff Bolton 42 148 40 .270 1 17 John Kerr John Kerr (baseball) 31 103 28 .272 0 12 Moe Berg 33 86 21 .244 0 6 Johnny Gill Johnny Gill (baseball) 13 53 13 .245 2 7 Jake Powell 9 35 10 .286 0 1 Fred Sington 9 35 10 .286 0 6 Bob Boken 11 27 6 .222 0 6 Gus Dugas 24 19 1 .053 0 1 Elmer Klumpp 12 15 2 .133 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 Earl Whitehill 32 235.0 14 11 4.52 96 Monte Weaver 31 204.2 11 15 4.79 51 Lefty Stewart 24 152.0 7 11 4.03 36 Allen Benson 2 9.2 0 1 12.10 4 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 Bobby Burke 37 168.0 8 8 3.21 52 Tommy Thomas Tommy Thomas (pitcher) 33 133.1 8 9 5.47 42 General Crowder 29 100.2 4 10 6.79 39 Ed Linke 7 34.2 2 2 4.15 9 Reese Diggs 4 21.1 1 2 6.75 2 Syd Cohen 3 18.0 1 1 7.50 6 Orville Armbrust 3 12.2 1 0 2.13 3 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 Jack Russell 54 5 10 8 4.17 38 Alex McColl 42 3 4 2 3.86 29 Ray Prim 8 0 2 0 6.75 3 Bob Kline 6 1 0 0 15.75 1 John Milligan John Milligan (baseball) 2 0 0 0 10.13 1 Mark Filley 1 0 0 0 27.00 0 Farm system Minor League Baseball A Chattanooga Lookouts Southern Association Zinn Beck and Mule Shirley Notes 2 References 1934 Washington Senators at Baseball-Reference 1934 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:Washington Senators (1901–1960) seasons Washington Senators season Wash