# 1934 Chicago White Sox season

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.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Detroit Tigers | 101 | 53 | .656 | — | 54‍–‍26 | 47‍–‍27 |
| New York Yankees | 94 | 60 | .610 | 7 | 53‍–‍24 | 41‍–‍36 |
| Cleveland Indians | 85 | 69 | .552 | 16 | 47‍–‍31 | 38‍–‍38 |
| Boston Red Sox | 76 | 76 | .500 | 24 | 42‍–‍35 | 34‍–‍41 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 68 | 82 | .453 | 31 | 34‍–‍40 | 34‍–‍42 |
| St. Louis Browns | 67 | 85 | .441 | 33 | 36‍–‍39 | 31‍–‍46 |
| Washington Senators | 66 | 86 | .434 | 34 | 34‍–‍40 | 32‍–‍46 |
| Chicago White Sox | 53 | 99 | .349 | 47 | 29‍–‍46 | 24‍–‍53 |

### Record vs. opponents

1934 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 11–10 | 7–15 | 8–14 | 10–12 | 12–9 | 14–8 | 14–8–1 |
| Chicago | 10–11 | — | 8–14 | 5–17 | 5–17 | 9–13 | 7–14–1 | 9–13 |
| Cleveland | 15–7 | 14–8 | — | 6–16 | 11–11 | 13–9 | 15–7 | 11–11 |
| Detroit | 14–8 | 17–5 | 16–6 | — | 12–10 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 15–7 |
| New York | 12–10 | 17–5 | 11–11 | 10–12 | — | 15–7 | 17–5 | 12–10 |
| Philadelphia | 9–12 | 13–9 | 9–13 | 10–12 | 7–15 | — | 9–12–1 | 11–9–2 |
| St. Louis | 8–14 | 14–7–1 | 7–15 | 7–15 | 5–17 | 12–9–1 | — | 14–8 |
| Washington | 8–14–1 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 7–15 | 10–12 | 9–11–2 | 8–14 | — |

### Notable transactions

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

### Roster
## 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 | Ed Madjeski | 85 | 281 | 62 | .221 | 5 | 32 |
| 1B | Zeke Bonura | 127 | 510 | 154 | .302 | 27 | 110 |
| 2B | Jackie Hayes | 62 | 226 | 58 | .257 | 1 | 31 |
| 3B | Jimmy Dykes | 127 | 456 | 122 | .268 | 7 | 82 |
| SS | Luke Appling | 118 | 452 | 137 | .303 | 2 | 61 |
| OF | Al Simmons | 138 | 558 | 192 | .344 | 18 | 104 |
| OF | Evar Swanson | 117 | 426 | 127 | .298 | 0 | 34 |
| OF | Mule Haas | 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 |
| Bob Boken | 81 | 297 | 70 | .236 | 3 | 40 |
| Jocko Conlan | 63 | 225 | 56 | .249 | 0 | 16 |
| Marty Hopkins | 67 | 210 | 45 | .214 | 2 | 28 |
| Merv Shea | 62 | 176 | 28 | .159 | 0 | 5 |
| Frenchy Uhalt | 57 | 165 | 40 | .242 | 0 | 16 |
| Joe Chamberlain | 43 | 141 | 34 | .241 | 2 | 17 |
| Frenchy Bordagaray | 29 | 87 | 28 | .322 | 0 | 2 |
| Muddy Ruel | 22 | 57 | 12 | .211 | 0 | 7 |
| Rip Radcliff | 14 | 56 | 15 | .268 | 0 | 5 |
| Milt Bocek | 19 | 38 | 8 | .211 | 0 | 3 |
| Mark Mauldin | 10 | 38 | 10 | .263 | 1 | 3 |
| Charlie Uhlir | 14 | 27 | 4 | .148 | 0 | 3 |
| George Caithamer | 5 | 19 | 6 | .316 | 0 | 3 |
| Red Kress | 8 | 14 | 4 | .286 | 0 | 1 |
| Johnny Pasek | 4 | 9 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
| Dutch Fehring | 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 |
| George Earnshaw | 33 | 227.0 | 14 | 11 | 4.52 | 97 |
| Ted Lyons | 30 | 205.1 | 11 | 13 | 4.87 | 53 |
| Milt Gaston | 29 | 194.0 | 6 | 19 | 5.85 | 48 |
| Sam Jones | 27 | 183.1 | 8 | 12 | 5.11 | 60 |
| Vern Kennedy | 3 | 19.1 | 0 | 2 | 3.72 | 7 |
| Hugo Klaerner | 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 |
| Les Tietje | 34 | 176.0 | 5 | 14 | 4.81 | 81 |
| Phil Gallivan | 35 | 126.2 | 4 | 7 | 5.61 | 35 |
| Whit Wyatt | 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 |
| Joe Heving | 33 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7.26 | 40 |
| Harry Kinzy | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.98 | 12 |
| Lee Stine | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.18 | 8 |
| John Pomorski | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 0 |
| Monty Stratton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 0 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| C | Longview Cannibals | West Dixie League | Roy Flaskamper and Dallas Warren |
| D | Lafayette White Sox | Evangeline League | Lee Schulte |