The 1934 New York Giants season was the franchise's 52nd season. Although they led in the standings for most of the season, the team finished in second place in the National League with a 93–60 record, 2 games behind the St. Louis Cardinals.

On September 6, the Giants were leading the Cardinals by 7 games with an 85–47 record, but went 8–13 the rest of the season to lose the lead on the final day of the season. The Cardinals went 18–5 in the same time span to win the NL pennant. The Giants became the first team in the modern era to lose the pennant after holding a seven-game lead in September.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster 1934 New York Giants Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters 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 122 383 94 .245 7 46 1B 153 602 213 .354 8 83 2B 137 571 138 .242 6 40 3B 108 320 64 .200 7 27 SS 137 523 140 .268 16 101 OF 153 582 190 .326 35 135 OF 139 580 192 .331 15 61 OF 105 296 73 .247 6 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 110 385 93 .242 2 41 63 187 45 .241 2 25 83 177 56 .316 9 46 53 97 32 .330 1 7 42 75 12 .160 0 3 31 74 26 .351 0 15 21 41 8 .195 1 3 32 29 7 .241 1 4 1 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 49 313.0 21 12 2.30 118 41 297.0 23 10 3.18 112 38 263.1 18 14 3.04 73 22 152.2 10 6 3.42 83

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 30 107.1 5 4 3.61 36 12 38.1 3 1 3.52 18 5 18.2 1 2 6.75 6 7 16.2 1 0 5.40 5

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 3 5 5 4.32 27 26 4 3 7 3.83 12 22 4 3 6 3.67 9

Farm system

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Notes

References 1934 New York Giants season at Baseball Reference