1934 New York Yankees season

The 1934 New York Yankees season was the team's 32nd season in New York and its 34th season overall. The team finished with a record of 94–60, finishing 7 games behind the Detroit Tigers. New York was managed by Joe McCarthy. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium. It would also be the final year Babe Ruth would play as a Yankee.

1934 New York Yankees
Babe Ruth's final season as a Yankee
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Jacob Ruppert
General manager(s)Ed Barrow
Manager(s)Joe McCarthy
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Regular season

The 1934 season would be Babe Ruth's last season in a Yankee uniform. He was released the following February.

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 10153 0.656 — 54–26 47–27
New York Yankees 9460 0.610 7 53–24 41–36
Cleveland Indians 8569 0.552 16 47–31 38–38
Boston Red Sox 7676 0.500 24 42–35 34–41
Philadelphia Athletics 6882 0.453 31 34–40 34–42
St. Louis Browns 6785 0.441 33 36–39 31–46
Washington Senators 6686 0.434 34 34–40 32–46
Chicago White Sox 5399 0.349 47 29–46 24–53

Record vs. opponents
1934 American League Records

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL WSH
Boston —11–107–158–1410–1212–914–814–8–1
Chicago 10–11—8–145–175–179–137–14–19–13
Cleveland 15–714–8—6–1611–1113–915–711–11
Detroit 14–817–516–6—12–1012–1015–715–7
New York 12–1017–511–1110–12—15–717–512–10
Philadelphia 9–1213–99–1310–127–15—9–12–111–9–2
St. Louis 8–1414–7–17–157–155–1712–9–1—14–8
Washington 8–14–113–911–117–1510–129–11–28–14—

Roster
1934 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CBill Dickey104395127.3221272
1BLou Gehrig154579210.36349165
2BTony Lazzeri123438117.2671467
3BJack Saltzgaver9435095.271636
SSFrankie Crosetti138554147.2651167
OFBen Chapman149588181.308586
OFBabe Ruth125365105.2882284
OFSammy Byrd10619147.246323

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
Red Rolfe8927980.287018
Earle Combs6325180.319225
Don Heffner7224163.261025
Samuel Byrd10619147.246323
Arndt Jorgens5818338.208020
George Selkirk4617655.313538
Dixie Walker17172.11800
Zack Taylor471.14300
Lyn Lary100---00

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
Lefty Gomez38281.22652.33158
Red Ruffing36256.119113.93149
Johnny Broaca26177.11294.1674
Johnny Allen1371.2522.8954
Charlie Devens111101.644
Vito Tamulis19100.005

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 Murphy40207.214103.1270
Jimmie DeShong31133.2674.1140
Danny MacFayden2296434.5041
Russ Van Atta2888356.3439
George Uhle1016.1249.9210

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
Burleigh Grimes101215.505
Harry Smythe80217.807
Floyd Newkirk10000.000

Awards and honors

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AA Newark Bears International League Bob Shawkey
A Binghamton Triplets New York–Pennsylvania League Billy Meyer
B Norfolk Tars Piedmont League Bill Skiff
C Wheeling Stogies Middle Atlantic League Jack Sheehan
D Washington Generals Pennsylvania State Association Benny Bengough

LEAGUE CHAMPION: Norfolk[2]

Notes
  1. Numbelivable!, p. 71, Michael X. Ferraro and John Veneziano, Triumph Books, Chicago, Illinois, 2007, ISBN 978-1-57243-990-0
  2. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References
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