1934 New York Yankees season explained

New York Yankees
Season:	1934
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Yankee Stadium
City:	New York City
Owners:	Jacob Ruppert
General Managers:	Ed Barrow
Managers:	Joe McCarthy

The 1934 New York Yankees season was the team's 32nd season. 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. This was the final year Babe Ruth played as a Yankee.

Regular season

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

Roster

1934 New York Yankees
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		104	395	127	.322	12	72
1B		154	579	210	.363	49	165
2B		123	438	117	.267	14	67
3B		94	350	95	.271	6	36
SS		138	554	147	.265	11	67
OF		149	588	181	.308	5	86
OF		125	365	105	.288	22	84
OF		106	191	47	.246	3	23

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
	89	279	80	.287	0	18
	63	251	80	.319	2	25
	72	241	63	.261	0	25
	106	191	47	.246	3	23
	58	183	38	.208	0	20
	46	176	55	.313	5	38
	17	17	2	.118	0	0
	4	7	1	.143	0	0
	1	0	0	----	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
	38	281.2	26	5	2.33	158
	36	256.1	19	11	3.93	149
	26	177.1	12	9	4.16	74
	13	71.2	5	2	2.89	54
	1	11.0	1	0	1.64	4
	1	9.0	1	0	0.00	5

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
	40	207.2	14	10	3.12	70
	31	133.2	6	7	4.11	40
	22	96.0	4	3	4.50	41
	28	88.0	3	5	6.34	39
	10	16.1	2	4	9.92	10

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
	10	1	2	1	5.50	5
	8	0	2	1	7.80	7
	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Awards and honors

• Lou Gehrig won the Triple Crown.^[1]

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPION: Norfolk^[2]

References

• 1934 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference
• 1934 New York Yankees at Baseball Almanac

Notes and References

1. Book: Numbelievable! . 71 . Michael X. . Ferraro . John . Veneziano . Triumph Books . Chicago . 2007 . 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