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

Record vs. opponents

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 Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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 99 269 72 .268 0 34 1B 150 539 180 .334 44 130 2B 117 419 99 .236 1 36 3B 144 543 179 .330 16 90 SS 151 599 168 .280 17 82 OF 153 649 202 .311 6 46 OF 141 547 168 .307 34 92 OF 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 66 205 56 .273 2 17 81 177 43 .243 1 22 Jerry McQuaig 7 16 1 .063 0 1 Charlie Moss 10 10 2 .200 0 1 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 37 232.0 14 11 4.50 92 36 230.2 9 17 4.41 66 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 39 207.2 11 12 4.68 88 42 194.1 12 15 4.68 71 32 155.0 7 9 4.88 58 Roy Mahaffey 37 129.0 6 7 5.37 37 5 37.0 3 2 3.41 15 Mort Flohr 14 30.2 0 2 5.87 6 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 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

External links 1934 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference 1934 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com