# 1934 Boston Braves season

The 1934 Boston Braves season was the 64th season of the franchise. The Braves finished in fourth place in the National League with a record of 78 wins and 73 losses.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 95 | 58 | .621 | — | 48‍–‍29 | 47‍–‍29 |
| New York Giants | 93 | 60 | .608 | 2 | 49‍–‍26 | 44‍–‍34 |
| Chicago Cubs | 86 | 65 | .570 | 8 | 47‍–‍30 | 39‍–‍35 |
| Boston Braves | 78 | 73 | .517 | 16 | 40‍–‍35 | 38‍–‍38 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 74 | 76 | .493 | 19½ | 45‍–‍32 | 29‍–‍44 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | 71 | 81 | .467 | 23½ | 43‍–‍33 | 28‍–‍48 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 56 | 93 | .376 | 37 | 35‍–‍36 | 21‍–‍57 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 52 | 99 | .344 | 42 | 30‍–‍47 | 22‍–‍52 |

### Record vs. opponents

1934 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL |
| Boston | — | 16–6–1 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 7–15 | 14–8 | 9–11 | 5–16 |
| Brooklyn | 6–16–1 | — | 8–12 | 13–9 | 8–14 | 13–9 | 16–6 | 7–15 |
| Chicago | 10–12 | 12–8 | — | 14–8 | 11–10 | 13–9 | 14–8–1 | 12–10 |
| Cincinnati | 7–15 | 9–13 | 8–14 | — | 6–16 | 9–10 | 7–15 | 6–16–1 |
| New York | 15–7 | 14–8 | 10–11 | 16–6 | — | 15–7 | 14–8 | 9–13 |
| Philadelphia | 8–14 | 9–13 | 9–13 | 10–9 | 7–15 | — | 7–13 | 6–16 |
| Pittsburgh | 11–9 | 6–16 | 8–14–1 | 15–7 | 8–14 | 13–7 | — | 13–9 |
| St. Louis | 16–5 | 15–7 | 10–12 | 16–6–1 | 13–9 | 16–6 | 9–13 | — |

### 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 | Al Spohrer | 100 | 265 | 59 | .223 | 0 | 17 |
| 1B | Buck Jordan | 124 | 489 | 152 | .311 | 2 | 58 |
| 2B | Marty McManus | 119 | 435 | 120 | .276 | 8 | 47 |
| 3B | Pinky Whitney | 146 | 563 | 146 | .259 | 12 | 79 |
| SS | Billy Urbanski | 146 | 605 | 177 | .293 | 7 | 53 |
| OF | Wally Berger | 150 | 615 | 183 | .298 | 34 | 121 |
| OF | Hal Lee | 139 | 521 | 152 | .292 | 8 | 79 |
| OF | Tommy Thompson | 105 | 343 | 91 | .265 | 0 | 37 |

#### 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 |
| Randy Moore | 123 | 422 | 120 | .284 | 7 | 64 |
| Shanty Hogan | 92 | 279 | 73 | .262 | 4 | 34 |
| Les Mallon | 42 | 166 | 49 | .295 | 0 | 18 |
| Joe Mowry | 25 | 79 | 17 | .215 | 1 | 4 |
| Red Worthington | 41 | 65 | 16 | .246 | 0 | 6 |
| Dick Gyselman | 24 | 36 | 6 | .167 | 0 | 4 |
| Dan McGee | 7 | 22 | 3 | .136 | 0 | 1 |
| Johnnie Tyler | 3 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 1 |
| Elbie Fletcher | 8 | 4 | 2 | .500 | 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 |
| Ed Brandt | 40 | 255.0 | 16 | 14 | 3.53 | 106 |
| Fred Frankhouse | 37 | 233.2 | 17 | 9 | 3.20 | 78 |
| Huck Betts | 40 | 213.0 | 17 | 10 | 4.06 | 69 |
| Flint Rhem | 25 | 152.2 | 8 | 8 | 3.60 | 56 |
| Ben Cantwell | 27 | 143.1 | 5 | 11 | 4.33 | 45 |

#### 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 |
| Bob Brown | 16 | 58.1 | 1 | 3 | 5.71 | 21 |
| Dick Barrett | 15 | 32.1 | 1 | 3 | 6.68 | 14 |
| Tom Zachary | 5 | 24.0 | 1 | 2 | 3.38 | 4 |
| Jumbo Elliott | 7 | 15.1 | 1 | 1 | 5.87 | 6 |

#### 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 |
| Bob Smith | 39 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 4.66 | 26 |
| Leo Mangum | 29 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 5.72 | 28 |
| Clarence Pickrel | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.06 | 9 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| A | Harrisburg Senators | New York–Pennsylvania League | Les Mann |