1934 Chicago White Sox season explained

Chicago White Sox
Season:	1934
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Comiskey Park
City:	Chicago
Owners:	J. Louis Comiskey
General Manager:	Harry Grabiner
Managers:	Lew Fonseca and Jimmy Dykes
Radio:	WGN (Bob Elson) WIND (Johnny O'Hara) WMAQ (Hal Totten)

The 1934 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 34th season in the major leagues and its 35th season overall. They finished with a record of 53–99, good enough for eighth and last place in the American League (47 games behind the first place Detroit Tigers).

Offseason

• October 25, 1933: Chad Kimsey and Charlie English were traded by the White Sox to the Montreal Royals for John Pomorski.^[1]

Regular season

Notable transactions

• May 9, 1934: Red Kress was traded by the White Sox to the Washington Senators for Bob Boken.^[2]
• May 20, 1934: Ed Madjeski was signed as a free agent by the White Sox.^[3]
• June 27, 1934: Marty Hopkins was purchased by the White Sox from the St. Paul Saints.^[4]
• August 11, 1934: Rip Radcliff was purchased by the White Sox from the Louisville Colonels.^[5]

Roster

1934 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

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		85	281	62	.221	5	32
1B		127	510	154	.302	27	110
2B		62	226	58	.257	1	31
3B		127	456	122	.268	7	82
SS		118	452	137	.303	2	61
OF		138	558	192	.344	18	104
OF		117	426	127	.298	0	34
OF		106	351	94	.268	2	22

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
	81	297	70	.236	3	40
	63	225	56	.249	0	16
	67	210	45	.214	2	28
	62	176	28	.159	0	5
	57	165	40	.242	0	16
	43	141	34	.241	2	17
	29	87	28	.322	0	2
	22	57	12	.211	0	7
	14	56	15	.268	0	5
	19	38	8	.211	0	3
	10	38	10	.263	1	3
	14	27	4	.148	0	3
	5	19	6	.316	0	3
	8	14	4	.286	0	1
	4	9	3	.333	0	0
	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
	33	227.0	14	11	4.52	97
	30	205.1	11	13	4.87	53
	29	194.0	6	19	5.85	48
	27	183.1	8	12	5.11	60
	3	19.1	0	2	3.72	7
	3	17.1	0	2	10.90	9

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
	34	176.0	5	14	4.81	81
	35	126.2	4	7	5.61	35
	23	67.2	4	11	7.18	36

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
	33	1	7	4	7.26	40
	13	0	1	0	4.98	12
	4	0	0	0	8.18	8
	3	0	0	0	5.40	0
	1	0	0	0	5.40	0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

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References

• 1934 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kimsech01.shtml Chad Kimsey page at Baseball-Reference
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kressre01.shtml Red Kress page at Baseball-Reference
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/madjeed01.shtml Ed Madjeski page at Baseball-Reference
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hopkima01.shtml Marty Hopkins page at Baseball-Reference
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/radclri01.shtml Rip Radcliff page at Baseball-Reference
6. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997