1934 Chicago Cubs season

1934 Chicago Cubs
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876)
Location
Wrigley Field (since 1916)
Chicago, Illinois (since 1870)
Other information
Owner(s)	Philip K. Wrigley
Manager(s)	Charlie Grimm
Local radio	WGN (Bob Elson) WBBM (Pat Flanagan)
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The 1934 Chicago Cubs season was the 63rd season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 59th in the National League and the 19th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished third in the National League with a record of 86–65.

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	95	58	0.621	—	48–29	47–29
New York Giants	93	60	0.608	2	49–26	44–34
Chicago Cubs	86	65	0.570	8	47–30	39–35
Boston Braves	78	73	0.517	16	40–35	38–38
Pittsburgh Pirates	74	76	0.493	19½	45–32	29–44
Brooklyn Dodgers	71	81	0.467	23½	43–33	28–48
Philadelphia Phillies	56	93	0.376	37	35–36	21–57
Cincinnati Reds	52	99	0.344	42	30–47	22–52

Record vs. opponents

1934 National League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	16–6–1	12–10	15–7	7–15	14–8	9–11	5–16
Brooklyn	6–16–1	—	8–12	13–9	8–14	13–9	16–6	7–15
Chicago	10–12	12–8	—	14–8	11–10	13–9	14–8–1	12–10
Cincinnati	7–15	9–13	8–14	—	6–16	9–10	7–15	6–16–1
New York	15–7	14–8	10–11	16–6	—	15–7	14–8	9–13
Philadelphia	8–14	9–13	9–13	10–9	7–15	—	7–13	6–16
Pittsburgh	11–9	6–16	8–14–1	15–7	8–14	13–7	—	13–9
St. Louis	16–5	15–7	10–12	16–6–1	13–9	16–6	9–13	—

Roster

1934 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers 17 Guy Bush 21 Roy Joiner 19 Bill Lee 18 Pat Malone 23 Lynn Nelson 14 Charlie Root 22 Bud Tinning 15 Dick Ward 16 Lon Warneke 12,15 Jim Weaver 14 Charlie Wiedemeyer		Catchers  9 Gabby Hartnett 12 Bob O'Farrell 61 Babe Phelps 11 Bennie Tate Infielders 41 Dolph Camilli 43 Phil Cavarretta  1 Woody English 31 Augie Galan  7 Charlie Grimm 34 Stan Hack  2 Billy Herman 41 Don Hurst  8 Billy Jurges		Outfielders  3 Kiki Cuyler  4 Babe Herman  6 Chuck Klein 42 Tuck Stainback  5 Riggs Stephenson		Manager  7 Charlie Grimm Coaches 51 Red Corriden 56 Mike Kelly

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	Hartnett, GabbyGabby Hartnett	130	438	131	.299	22	90
1B	Grimm, CharlieCharlie Grimm	75	267	79	.296	5	47
2B	Herman, BillyBilly Herman	113	456	138	.303	3	42
3B	Hack, StanStan Hack	111	402	116	.289	1	21
SS	Jurges, BillyBilly Jurges	100	358	88	.246	8	33
OF	Cuyler, KikiKiki Cuyler	142	559	189	.338	6	69
OF	Herman, BabeBabe Herman	125	467	142	.304	14	84
OF	Klein, ChuckChuck Klein	115	435	131	.301	20	80

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
Stephenson, RiggsRiggs Stephenson	38	74	16	.216	0	7
Phelps, BabeBabe Phelps	44	70	20	.286	2	12
Cavarretta, PhilPhil Cavarretta	7	21	8	.381	1	6

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
Lee, BillBill Lee	35	214.1	13	14	3.40	104
Weaver, JimJim Weaver	27	159	11	9	3.91	98

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
Bush, GuyGuy Bush	40	209.1	18	10	3.83	75
Malone, PatPat Malone	34	191	14	7	3.53	111
Root, CharlieCharlie Root	34	117.2	4	7	4.28	46
Nelson, LynnLynn Nelson	2	1	0	1	36.00	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
Joiner, RoyRoy Joiner	20	0	1	0	8.21	9
Ward, DickDick Ward	3	0	0	0	3.00	1

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Los Angeles Angels	Pacific Coast League	Jack Lelivelt
C	Ponca City Angels	Western Association	Roy Johnson

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Los Angeles^[1]

Notes

1. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007

References

• 1934 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference