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.

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.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

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 Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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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 C 132 437 130 .297 1 48 1B 138 528 141 .267 3 79 2B 102 416 111 .267 4 44 3B 152 623 200 .321 11 67 SS 129 419 101 .241 2 54 OF 143 569 182 .320 7 119 OF 113 413 125 .303 4 86 OF 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 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 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 26 181.0 14 5 3.63 87 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 22 109.1 8 8 6.50 43 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 30 2 0 1 3.05 16 Joe Mulligan 14 1 0 0 3.63 13

Farm system

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

External links 1934 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference 1934 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com