Champions
Major League Baseball World Series: St. Louis Cardinals over Detroit Tigers (4–3) All-Star Game, July 10 at Polo Grounds: American League, 9–7
Other champions Negro League Baseball All-Star Game: East, 1–0
Awards and honors Most Valuable Player: American League: Mickey Cochrane, Detroit Tigers, C National League: Dizzy Dean, St. Louis Cardinals, P
Statistical leaders American LeagueNational LeagueNegro National League Stat Player Total Player Total Player Total AVG Lou Gehrig1 (NYY) .363 Paul Waner (PIT) .362 Buddy Burbage (ND) .438 HR Lou Gehrig1 (NYY) 49 Ripper Collins (STL)Mel Ott (NYG) 35 Josh Gibson (PC) 15 RBI Lou Gehrig1 (NYY) 166 Mel Ott (NYG) 135 Josh Gibson (PC) 59 W Lefty Gomez2 (NYY) 26 Dizzy Dean (STL) 30 Slim Jones3 (PHS) 20 ERA Lefty Gomez2 (NYY) 2.33 Carl Hubbell (NYG) 2.30 Slim Jones3 (PHS) 1.29 K Lefty Gomez2 (NYY) 158 Dizzy Dean (STL) 195 Slim Jones3 (PHS) 164 1 American League Triple Crown batting winner
2 American League Triple Crown pitching winner
3 Negro National League Triple Crown pitching winner
Major league baseball final standings American League final standings
National League final standings
Negro leagues final standings All Negro leagues standings below are per Seamheads. Negro National League final standings
Post-season Chicago won the first half, Philadelphia won the second half. Philadelphia beat Chicago 4 games to 3 games (1 tie) in a play-off.
Independent teams final standings A loose confederation of teams existed that were not part of the Negro National League. vs. All Teams Independent Clubs W L T Pct. GBHomestead Grays17131—New York Black Yankees121503½Cuban Stars (East)3603½Kansas City Monarchs3603½
Events
January–June January 19 – Baseball commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis denies Shoeless Joe Jackson's appeal for reinstatement. Jackson was one of eight Chicago White Sox players banned for their part in throwing the 1919 World Series against the Cincinnati Reds. February 5 – Hank Aaron is born in Mobile, Alabama. Aaron will later set a major league record 755 home runs. April 5 – New Reds owner Powel Crosley, for whom the Cincinnati park was renamed Crosley Field, hires Red Barber to broadcast the Reds' games on WSAI, a radio station owned by Crosley. April 8 – In front of 15,000 fans, the Philadelphia Phillies defeat the Philadelphia A's 8–1. What made this inter-city exhibition game significant is that it is the first major league game of any kind to take place on a Sunday. April 17 – Opening day: Casey Stengel makes his Major League managerial debut, as his Brooklyn Dodgers lose to the Boston Braves, 8–7 at Ebbets Field. Lon Warneke of the Chicago Cubs throws first of two consecutive complete game one-hit victories, defeating the Cincinnati Reds, 6–0. Warneke will throw his second consecutive one-hit victory on April 22, defeating Dizzy Dean and the St. Louis Cardinals, 15–2. April 18 – Paul Dean, younger brother of Dizzy Dean, makes his major league debut on the mound for the St. Louis Cardinals, while allowing four earned runs in just two innings. April 22 – Moe Berg's American League record of 117 consecutive errorless games for a catcher, dating back to , comes to an end. Nevertheless, Berg bats three-for-four to lead the Washington Senators to a victory over the Philadelphia Athletics, 4–3. April 29 – The Pittsburgh Pirates defeat the Cincinnati Reds 9–5 at Forbes Field, in the team's first ever Sunday home game after Pennsylvania's "Blue Law" prohibiting games on Sundays was repealed. May 25 – The Cleveland Indians trade Wes Ferrell and Dick Porter to the Boston Red Sox in exchange for Bob Seeds, Bob Weiland and $25,000. June 3 – In the sixth inning with two outs, the St. Louis Browns string together nine consecutive hits to beat the first place Cleveland Indians, 12–8. June 6 – Myril Hoag of the New York Yankees hits six singles against the Boston Red Sox. June 9 – In the eighth inning of their game against the Boston Red Sox, the Washington Senators hit 5 consecutive doubles – the most ever hit consecutively in an inning.
July–September July 4 – The Pittsburgh Crawfords' Satchel Paige pitches a 4–0 no-hitter against the Homestead Grays in Pittsburgh, then drove to Chicago to shut out the Chicago American Giants 1–0 in twelve innings, giving him two shutouts in two different cities on the same day. July 6 – Jocko Conlan makes his major league debut in right field for the Chicago White Sox. After two seasons as a part-time player with the White Sox, Conlan retires in order to pursue a career as an umpire. July 8 – In the course of the Philadelphia Athletics–Boston Red Sox game, Athletics player Bob Johnson hits a fly ball off Red Sox pitcher Hank Johnson, which is caught by center fielder Roy Johnson. July 10 – At the All-Star Game held at the Polo Grounds in New York City, New York Giants pitcher Carl Hubbell strikes out five consecutive American League batters: Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx, Al Simmons, and Joe Cronin, all future Hall-of-Famers. The American League defeated the National League, however, 9–7. July 13 – Babe Ruth founds the 700 home run club. He will be the only member for almost 40 years. August 4 – Already up 10–4 in the second game of a double header, the New York Giants score eleven runs in the ninth inning. August 14 – The Detroit Tigers sweep the New York Yankees in a double header to bring their winning streak to fourteen games. The Yankees beat them the following day to end the streak. September 16 – In the first game of a double header with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Phil Cavarretta makes his major league debut for the Chicago Cubs at barely eighteen years old. He strikes out in one at-bat as a pinch hitter. September 21 – St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Dizzy Dean throws a three hitter in the first game of a doubleheader against the Brooklyn Dodgers. In the nightcap, his younger brother Paul no-hits them. September 23 – With a 2½ games lead in the National League, the New York Giants lose the second game of a double header to the Boston Braves. The Giants lose their last five games of the season, to end two games back of the St. Louis Cardinals, who win their last four. September 26 – The Detroit Tigers sweep a double header from the Chicago White Sox, giving Chicago ten losses in a row, and 97 losses for the season. The White Sox, however, go 2–2 in their final four games to avoid 100 losses for the season. September 30 – Dizzy Dean of the St. Louis Cardinals shuts out the Cincinnati Reds, 9–0, to reach his 30th win of the season.
October–December October 3 – Sloppy play by the Detroit Tigers (five errors) helps the Cardinals cruise to an 8–3 victory in game one of the 1934 World Series. October 4 – Goose Goslin's single in the twelfth wins it, as the Tigers take game two, 3–2. October 5 – With two outs in the ninth inning, Paul Dean allows the Detroit Tigers their only run of the game. The Cards take a 2–1 series advantage with both wins come with one of the Dean brothers on the mound. October 6 – This time it is the Cardinals who commit five errors in one game, two of which came in the Tigers' five run eighth inning, as Detroit wins game four, 10–4. October 7 – The Detroit Tigers take game five of the World Series, 3–1. Dizzy Dean in the losing pitcher. October 8 – Daffy Dean pitches nine innings, and again just gives up one earned run. Sloppy play, however, allows the Tigers to plate two more. Dean helps his own cause with a single in the seventh to drive in the game-winning run as the Cardinals win 4–3 to even up the series. October 9 – The St. Louis Cardinals defeat the Detroit Tigers, 11–0, in Game seven of the World Series to win their third World Championship, four games to three. All four games are won by one of the Dean brothers (Dizzy is 2–1, Paul is 2–0). The St. Louis "Gashouse Gang" collected 73 hits in the series. November 21 – The New York Yankees acquire Joe DiMaggio from San Francisco of the Pacific Coast League. December 26 – Matsutaro Shoriki, head of Yomiuri Shimbun, announces the formation of the first professional baseball team in Japan, the Yomiuri Giants. The team is composed primarily of players who had played the American All-Stars who had toured Japan.
Births January January 8 – Gene Freese January 16 – Jim Owens January 20 – Camilo Pascual January 23 – Joey Amalfitano January 24 – John Briggs January 25 – Ted Kazanski January 28 – Bill White
February February 1 – Bob Conley February 3 – Noboru Akiyama February 5 – Hank Aaron February 9 – Ted Wills February 16 – Don Eaddy February 17 – Willie Kirkland February 22 – Sparky Anderson February 25 – Johnny Schaive February 26 – Don Lee
March March 3 – Bobby Locke March 8: Marv Breeding Willard Hunter March 9 – Jim Landis March 10 – Ken MacKenzie March 18 – Charley Pride
April April 1 – Rod Kanehl April 8 – Turk Farrell April 10 – Wes Stock April 14 – Marty Keough April 15 – J. C. Hartman April 18 – Deacon Jones April 26 – Mary Weddle April 28 – Jackie Brandt April 29 – Luis Aparicio April 30 – Ken Retzer
May May 3 – Chuck Hinton May 4 – Barbara Gates May 5 – Don Buddin May 6: Tom Baker Leo Burke May 12 – Louise Clapp May 13: Arlene Buszka Don LeJohn Leon Wagner May 15 – Bill Conlin May 21 – Moe Thacker May 22: Arlene Kotil José Valdivielso May 26 – Jim Mahoney May 27 – Ray Daviault May 28 – Bob Smith
June June 3 – Jim Gentile June 8 – Bill Smith June 10 – Gloria Schweigerdt June 16 – Pancho Herrera June 22 – Russ Snyder June 27 – Ed Hobaugh June 29 – Duane Wilson
July July 5 – Gordy Coleman July 11 – Bob Allison July 13 – Ken Hunt July 19 – Bill Kirk July 22 – R. C. Stevens July 29 – Félix Mantilla July 30 – Bud Selig
August August 4 – Dallas Green August 9 – Eli Grba August 15 – Seth Morehead August 18: Roberto Clemente Billy Consolo August 22 – Angelo Dagres August 23 – Johnny Romano August 25 – Ralph Mauriello August 26 – Mary Froning August 27 – Em Lindbeck August 28 – Shirley Crites
September September 2 – Margaret Jurgensmeier September 6 – Tom Flanigan September 10 – Roger Maris September 11 – Marlan Coughtry September 12 – Albie Pearson September 13 – Tom Hughes September 14 – Bob Perry September 18 – Marilyn Jenkins September 21 – Jerry Zimmerman September 22 – Lou Johnson
October October 1 – Chuck Hiller October 2 – Earl Wilson October 4 – Don Bradey October 7 – Sammy Drake October 8 – Mickey Harrington October 14 – Tom Cheney October 26 – Barbara Galdonik October 31 – Carl Boles
November November 1 – Howie Goss November 10 – Norm Cash November 25 – Cholly Naranjo November 30 – Steve Hamilton
December December 2 – Andre Rodgers December 6 – Dan Dobbek December 11 – Lee Maye December 16 – Jim Bailey December 17 – Kent Hadley December 19 – Al Kaline December 25 – Charlie Beamon December 29 – Ramón Conde
Deaths January January 9 – Perry Werden, 68, first baseman who played for the St. Louis Maroons, Washington Nationals, Toledo Maumees, Baltimore Orioles, St. Louis Browns and Louisville Colonels in parts of seven seasons spanning 1884–1897. January 16 – Wiley Dunham, 56, pitcher for the 1902 St. Louis Cardinals. January 28 – John Kane, 51, outfielder who played with the Cincinnati Reds in 1907 and the Chicago Cubs in 1910. January 29 – Bill Schenck, 79, infielder who played for the Louisville Eclipse, Richmond Virginians and Brooklyn Grays in a span of three seasons from 1882 to 1885. January 30 – Frank McGee, 34, first baseman who played two games for the 1925 Washington Senators.
February February 8 – Tom Sexton, 68, shortstop for the 1884 Milwaukee Brewers. February 12 – Rowdy Elliott, 43, catcher who spent 23 years in baseball between 1907 and 1929, which included stints in the majors with the Boston Doves (1910), Chicago Cubs (1916–1918) and Brooklyn Robins (1920), being also a World War I veteran. February 20 – George Mappes, 68, backup catcher and second baseman who played from 1885 to 1886 for the Baltimore Orioles and the St. Louis Maroons. February 21: