1934 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 1934 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 53rd season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 48th in the National League. The Pirates finished fifth in the league standings with a record of 74–76.

This article is about the baseball team. For the NFL team, see 1934 Pittsburgh Pirates (NFL) season.

1934 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
OwnersBill Benswanger
ManagersGeorge Gibson, Pie Traynor
Local televisionnone
Local radionone
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Regular season

The roster featured seven future Hall of Famers: player-manager Pie Traynor, pitcher Waite Hoyt, pitcher Burleigh Grimes, shortstop Arky Vaughan, outfielder Freddie Lindstrom, center fielder Lloyd Waner, and right fielder Paul Waner.

Season standings
National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 9558 0.621 — 48–29 47–29
New York Giants 9360 0.608 2 49–26 44–34
Chicago Cubs 8665 0.570 8 47–30 39–35
Boston Braves 7873 0.517 16 40–35 38–38
Pittsburgh Pirates 7476 0.493 19½ 45–32 29–44
Brooklyn Dodgers 7181 0.467 23½ 43–33 28–48
Philadelphia Phillies 5693 0.376 37 35–36 21–57
Cincinnati Reds 5299 0.344 42 30–47 22–52

Record vs. opponents
1934 National League record

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston —16–6–112–1015–77–1514–89–115–16
Brooklyn 6–16–1—8–1213–98–1413–916–67–15
Chicago 10–1212–8—14–811–1013–914–8–112–10
Cincinnati 7–159–138–14—6–169–107–156–16–1
New York 15–714–810–1116–6—15–714–89–13
Philadelphia 8–149–139–1310–97–15—7–136–16
Pittsburgh 11–96–168–14–115–78–1413–7—13–9
St. Louis 16–515–710–1216–6–113–916–69–13—

Game log
1934 Game Log: 74–76 (Home: 45–32; Away: 29–44)
April: 5–5 (Home: 2–3; Away: 3–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 17@ Cardinals1–7DeanMeine (0–1)——0–1
2April 18@ Cardinals7–6French (1–0)GrimesChagnon (1)—1–1
3April 19@ Cardinals14–4Birkofer (1–0)Hallahan——2–1
4April 21@ Reds3–8StoutSwift (0–1)Shaute—2–2
5April 22@ Reds5–4Smith (1–0)Shaute——3–2
6April 24Cardinals5–4Chagnon (1–0)Haines—15,0004–2
7April 26Cardinals1–10HallahanBirkofer (1–1)——4–3
8April 28Reds4–7FreySwift (0–2)Derringer—4–4
9April 29Reds9–5Lucas (1–0)Shaute—20,0005–4
10April 30Cubs6–8 (12)BushFrench (1–1)——5–5
May: 15–11 (Home: 10–2; Away: 5–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
11May 1Cubs4–1Birkofer (2–1)Root——6–5
12May 2Cubs4–2Meine (1–1)Warneke——7–5
13May 3Giants3–5BellSmith (1–1)——7–6
14May 4Giants4–3Lucas (2–0)Hubbell——8–6
15May 5Giants6–3Birkofer (3–1)Fitzsimmons——9–6
16May 6Dodgers8–5Meine (2–1)LeonardHoyt (1)12,00010–6
17May 7Dodgers7–6 (10)Chagnon (2–0)Leonard——11–6
18May 8Dodgers5–2Swift (1–2)Mungo——12–6
19May 9Phillies2–6DavisLucas (2–1)——12–7
20May 11Phillies6–4 (10)Hoyt (1–0)Collins——13–7
21May 12Phillies11–6Chagnon (3–0)HolleyHoyt (2)—14–7
22May 13Braves9–2Smith (2–1)Brandt—14,00015–7
23May 17@ Dodgers1–2 (10)MungoSwift (1–3)——15–8
24May 18@ Dodgers8–3Birkofer (4–1)PerkinsFrench (1)—16–8
25May 19@ Dodgers5–8HerringLucas (2–2)——16–9
26May 20@ Phillies4–16DavisSmith (2–2)Hansen—16–10
27May 21@ Phillies11–4French (2–1)Pearce——17–10
28May 22@ Phillies13–4 (7)Birkofer (5–1)Darrow——18–10
29May 23@ Braves1–6FrankhouseMeine (2–2)——18–11
30May 24@ Braves7–3Swift (2–3)Brandt——19–11
31May 27@ Giants7–3Lucas (3–2)Smith—35,00020–11
32May 28@ Giants2–3 (11)LuqueFrench (2–2)——20–12
33May 28@ Giants0–1HubbellBirkofer (5–2)——20–13
34May 30@ Cubs2–7WarnekeMeine (2–3)——20–14
35May 30@ Cubs4–5 (11)RootFrench (2–3)—40,00020–15
36May 31@ Cubs5–11BushSwift (2–4)——20–16
June: 14–13 (Home: 11–11; Away: 3–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
37June 1Cardinals4–3Hoyt (2–0)Hallahan——21–16
38June 2Cardinals4–13DeanLucas (3–3)——21–17
39June 2Cardinals6–3French (3–3)Winford——22–17
40June 3Cardinals4–2Meine (3–3)CarletonHoyt (3)—23–17
41June 6@ Reds3–1Swift (3–4)Derringer——24–17
42June 6@ Reds5–1Birkofer (6–2)Frey——25–17
43June 7@ Reds2–1Lucas (4–3)Kleinhans——26–17
44June 8@ Cardinals2–6CarletonFrench (3–4)——26–18
45June 10@ Cardinals2–3DeanFrench (3–5)——26–19
46June 12Dodgers7–9SmytheHoyt (2–1)——26–20
47June 13Dodgers15–2Swift (4–4)Herring——27–20
48June 14Dodgers2–3 (10)MungoBirkofer (6–3)——27–21
49June 15Dodgers4–6ZacharyLucas (4–4)——27–22
50June 16Giants2–5HubbellBirkofer (6–4)——27–23
51June 17Giants3–9BellMeine (3–4)Luque10,00027–24
52June 19Giants3–5SchumacherFrench (3–6)Hubbell—27–25
53June 20Braves6–5Chagnon (4–0)Smith——28–25
54June 21Braves1–4FrankhouseBirkofer (6–5)——28–26
55June 21Braves7–8MangumFrench (3–7)Smith—28–27
56June 22Braves7–6Birkofer (7–5)Mangum——29–27
57June 23Braves4–0French (4–7)Brandt——30–27
58June 24Phillies11–5Hoyt (3–1)Lohrman——31–27
59June 25Phillies7–1Swift (5–4)Grabowski——32–27
60June 26Phillies4–5CollinsBirkofer (7–6)——32–28
61June 26Phillies4–2 (6)Lucas (5–4)Holley——33–28
62June 27Phillies4–1French (5–7)Davis——34–28
63June 29Cubs8–8 (8)——34–28
64June 30Cubs4–6LeeBirkofer (7–7)——34–29
July: 11–19 (Home: 5–2; Away: 6–17)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
65July 1Cubs5–4Hoyt (4–1)Tinning——35–29
66July 3Reds10–0Lucas (6–4)Kleinhans——36–29
67July 4Reds5–1French (6–7)Johnson——37–29
68July 4Reds3–4DerringerSwift (5–5)——37–30
69July 6@ Cubs1–9BushHoyt (4–2)—27,00037–31
70July 7@ Cubs2–4WarnekeLucas (6–5)——37–32
71July 8@ Cubs11–4Birkofer (8–7)Lee——38–32
72July 8@ Cubs3–12WeaverSwift (5–6)—47,13838–33
73July 11@ Giants2–3SchumacherHoyt (4–3)——38–34
74July 12@ Giants3–1French (7–7)Parmelee——39–34
75July 12@ Giants1–11HubbellBirkofer (8–8)——39–35
76July 13@ Giants6–7FitzsimmonsLucas (6–6)Smith—39–36
77July 14@ Braves4–3 (12)Swift (6–6)Smith——40–36
78July 15@ Braves5–0Hoyt (5–3)Rhem——41–36
79July 15@ Braves0–4BrandtMeine (3–5)——41–37
80July 18@ Braves1–3FrankhouseFrench (7–8)——41–38
81July 18@ Braves5–7BettsHolley (0–1)Brandt—41–39
82July 19@ Dodgers2–4LeonardSwift (6–7)——41–40
83July 21@ Dodgers7–8CarrollLucas (6–7)——41–41
84July 22@ Dodgers2–3BabichFrench (7–9)——41–42
85July 22@ Dodgers10–13BengeHolley (0–2)Leonard15,00041–43
86July 23@ Phillies2–3MooreSwift (6–8)——41–44
87July 24@ Phillies0–9JohnsonLucas (6–8)——41–45
88July 26@ Phillies3–0French (8–9)Collins——42–45
89July 26@ Phillies3–5DavisSmith (2–3)——42–46
90July 27Cardinals4–0Swift (7–8)Haines——43–46
91July 28Cardinals5–4Hoyt (6–3)Dean——44–46
92July 29Cardinals5–9CarletonSwift (7–9)Dean—44–47
93July 31@ Reds4–6KleinhansFrench (8–10)——44–48
94July 31@ Reds7–5 (11)Hoyt (7–3)Freitas—5,50045–48
August: 14–16 (Home: 11–13; Away: 3–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
95August 1@ Reds6–7DerringerChagnon (4–1)Johnson—45–49
96August 2@ Reds13–3Lucas (7–8)Frey——46–49
97August 3@ Cardinals3–9DeanHoyt (7–4)——46–50
98August 4@ Cardinals4–6CarletonFrench (8–11)Dean—46–51
99August 5@ Cardinals6–4French (9–11)Dean——47–51
100August 5@ Cardinals7–2Hoyt (8–4)Hallahan——48–51
101August 7Cubs4–1Meine (4–5)Lee——49–51
102August 8Cubs4–7MaloneHolley (0–3)Warneke—49–52
103August 8Cubs3–14BushSwift (7–10)——49–53
104August 10Reds8–7Meine (5–5)Derringer——50–53
105August 11Reds3–4JohnsonFrench (9–12)Freitas—50–54
106August 11Reds8–3Lucas (8–8)Kleinhans——51–54
107August 12Reds9–6Hoyt (9–4)Derringer——52–54
108August 14Giants3–2Hoyt (10–4)Hubbell——53–54
109August 15Giants4–5FitzsimmonsFrench (9–13)Smith—53–55
110August 15Giants4–3Hoyt (11–4)Bell—18,00054–55
111August 17Giants3–7ParmeleeLucas (8–9)Smith—54–56
112August 17Giants3–8HubbellMeine (5–6)——54–57
113August 18Dodgers2–6ClarkGrimes (0–1)——54–58
114August 19Dodgers1–2BengeHoyt (11–5)—3,00054–59
115August 20Dodgers6–2Swift (8–10)Babich——55–59
116August 21Dodgers5–9MungoFrench (9–14)Zachary—55–60
117August 23Phillies6–5Meine (6–6)Davis——56–60
118August 25Phillies4–1Hoyt (12–5)Hansen——57–60
119August 25Phillies8–12MooreSwift (8–11)Collins—57–61
120August 26Braves5–8MangumSmith (2–4)Cantwell—57–62
121August 27Braves8–5Birkofer (9–8)SmithHoyt (4)—58–62
122August 28Braves3–5BrandtGrimes (0–2)——58–63
123August 29Braves0–11BettsFrench (9–15)——58–64
124August 29Braves7–0Hoyt (13–5)Mangum——59–64
September: 15–12 (Home: 6–1; Away: 9–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
125September 2@ Reds1–2DerringerBirkofer (9–9)——59–65
126September 2@ Reds11–4Swift (9–11)Freitas—10,14760–65
127September 3Cardinals12–2French (10–15)Dean——61–65
128September 3Cardinals6–5Meine (7–6)Dean——62–65
129September 5@ Braves8–2Swift (10–11)Cantwell——63–65
130September 6@ Braves4–1Birkofer (10–9)Brandt——64–65
131September 9@ Giants1–0French (11–15)Fitzsimmons—20,00065–65
132September 10@ Giants9–7Grimes (1–2)SchumacherBirkofer (1)—66–65
133September 11@ Giants1–3ParmeleeSwift (10–12)——66–66
134September 12@ Giants2–3HubbellBirkofer (10–10)——66–67
135September 15@ Phillies6–1French (12–15)Davis——67–67
136September 15@ Phillies4–1Hoyt (14–5)Hansen——68–67
137September 18@ Dodgers4–9LeonardSwift (10–13)——68–68
138September 19@ Dodgers1–4MungoBirkofer (10–11)——68–69
139September 19@ Dodgers4–8BabichFrench (12–16)——68–70
140September 20@ Dodgers1–2MunnsHoyt (14–6)——68–71
141September 21Reds9–3Lucas (9–9)Richmond——69–71
142September 21Reds16–3Swift (11–13)Johnson——70–71
143September 22Cubs2–1Birkofer (11–11)Lee——71–71
144September 22Cubs11–7Smith (3–4)TinningHoyt (5)—72–71
145September 23Cubs2–3WeaverBlanton (0–1)——72–72
146September 25@ Cardinals2–3DeanFrench (12–17)——72–73
147September 26@ Cardinals3–0Hoyt (15–6)Dean——73–73
148September 27@ Cubs2–4LeeBirkofer (11–12)——73–74
149September 29@ Cubs6–3Lucas (10–9)Weaver——74–74
150September 30@ Cubs2–8WarnekeFrench (12–18)——74–75
151September 30@ Cubs5–7BushStruss (0–1)—10,00074–76
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Tie
Bold = Pirates team member

Roster
1934 Pittsburgh Pirates
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
CEarl Grace9528978.270424
1BGus Suhr151573162.28313103
2BCookie Lavagetto8730467.220346
3BPie Traynor119444137.309161
SSArky Vaughan149558186.3331294
OFPaul Waner146599217.3621490
OFLloyd Waner140611173.283148
OFFreddie Lindstrom97383111.290449

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
Tommy Thevenow122446121.271054
Woody Jensen8828382.290027
Tom Padden8223776.321022
Wally Roettger4710626.245011
Pat Veltman12283.10702
Pep Young19174.23502
Bill Brubaker362.33301
Hal Finney500----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
Larry French49263.212183.58103
Bill Swift37212.211133.9881
Red Lucas29172.21094.3844
Cy Blanton18.0013.385
Steamboat Struss17.0016.433

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
Ralph Birkofer41204.011124.1071
Waite Hoyt48190.21562.93105
Heinie Meine26106.1764.3222
Hal Smith2050.0347.2015
Burleigh Grimes827.1127.249
Ed Holley59.10315.432

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
Leon Chagnon334114.8119
Bill Harris110006.638
Lloyd Johnson10000.000

Farm system
See also: Minor league baseball
Level Team League Manager
A Little Rock Travelers Southern Association Doc Prothro
C Springfield Pirates Middle Atlantic League Al DeVormer and Rube Bressler
D McKeesport Tubers Pennsylvania State Association Leo Mackey

References
  1. From 1882-1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.
  • 1934 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
  • 1934 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac
  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.
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