1934 Cleveland Indians season
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Owner(s) | Alva Bradley |
General manager(s) | Billy Evans |
Manager(s) | Walter Johnson |
Local radio | WHK |
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The 1934 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished third in the American League with a record of 85–69, 16 games behind the Detroit Tigers.
Regular season
Pitcher Mel Harder became the first pitcher in the American League to win 20 games in one season while wearing glasses.[1]
Season standings
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB |
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Detroit Tigers | 101 | 53 | .656 | -- |
New York Yankees | 94 | 60 | .610 | 7 |
Cleveland Indians | 85 | 69 | .552 | 16 |
Boston Red Sox | 76 | 76 | .500 | 24 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 68 | 82 | .453 | 31 |
St. Louis Browns | 67 | 85 | .441 | 33 |
Washington Senators | 66 | 86 | .434 | 34 |
Chicago White Sox | 53 | 99 | .349 | 47 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHI | STL | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 11–10 | 7–15 | 8–14 | 10–12 | 12–9 | 14–8 | 14–8–1 | |||||
Chicago | 10–11 | — | 8–14 | 5–17 | 5–17 | 9–13 | 7–14–1 | 9–13 | |||||
Cleveland | 15–7 | 14–8 | — | 6–16 | 11–11 | 13–9 | 15–7 | 11–11 | |||||
Detroit | 14–8 | 17–5 | 16–6 | — | 12–10 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 15–7 | |||||
New York | 12–10 | 17–5 | 11–11 | 10–12 | — | 15–7 | 17–5 | 12–10 | |||||
Philadelphia | 9–12 | 13–9 | 9–13 | 10–12 | 7–15 | — | 9–12–1 | 11–9–2 | |||||
St. Louis | 8–14 | 14–7–1 | 7–15 | 7–15 | 5–17 | 12–9–1 | — | 14–8 | |||||
Washington | 8–14–1 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 7–15 | 10–12 | 9–11–2 | 8–14 | — |
Roster
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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 |
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C | Pytlak, FrankieFrankie Pytlak | 91 | 289 | 75 | .260 | 0 | 35 |
1B | Trosky, HalHal Trosky | 154 | 625 | 206 | .330 | 35 | 142 |
2B | Hale, OdellOdell Hale | 143 | 563 | 170 | .302 | 13 | 101 |
3B | Kamm, WillieWillie Kamm | 121 | 386 | 104 | .269 | 0 | 42 |
SS | Knickerbocker, BillBill Knickerbocker | 146 | 593 | 188 | .317 | 4 | 67 |
OF | Averill, EarlEarl Averill | 154 | 598 | 187 | .313 | 31 | 113 |
OF | Vosmik, JoeJoe Vosmik | 104 | 405 | 138 | .341 | 6 | 78 |
OF | Rice, SamSam Rice | 97 | 335 | 98 | .293 | 1 | 33 |
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 |
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Burnett, JohnnyJohnny Burnett | 72 | 208 | 61 | .293 | 3 | 30 |
Spencer, RoyRoy Spencer | 5 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 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 |
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Harder, MelMel Harder | 44 | 255.1 | 20 | 12 | 2.61 | 91 |
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 |
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Brown, LloydLloyd Brown | 38 | 117 | 5 | 10 | 3.85 | 39 |
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 |
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Bean, BelveBelve Bean | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3.86 | 20 |
Brown, ClintClint Brown | 17 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5.90 | 15 |
Farm system
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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A | New Orleans Pelicans | Southern Association | Larry Gilbert |
C | Zanesville Grays | Middle Atlantic League | Harry Layne, Bert Grimm and Earl Wolgamot |
D | Monessen Indians | Pennsylvania State Association | Eddie Onslow, Bill Ward, Earl Wolgamot and Walt Laskowski |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: New Orleans, Zanesville[2]