# 1934 Chicago Cubs season

The 1934 Chicago Cubs season was the 63rd season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 59th in the National League and the 19th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished third in the National League with a record of 86–65.

## 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 | Gabby Hartnett | 130 | 438 | 131 | .299 | 22 | 90 |
| 1B | Charlie Grimm | 75 | 267 | 79 | .296 | 5 | 47 |
| 2B | Billy Herman | 113 | 456 | 138 | .303 | 3 | 42 |
| 3B | Stan Hack | 111 | 402 | 116 | .289 | 1 | 21 |
| SS | Billy Jurges | 100 | 358 | 88 | .246 | 8 | 33 |
| OF | Kiki Cuyler | 142 | 559 | 189 | .338 | 6 | 69 |
| OF | Babe Herman | 125 | 467 | 142 | .304 | 14 | 84 |
| OF | Chuck Klein | 115 | 435 | 131 | .301 | 20 | 80 |

#### 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 |
| Woody English | 109 | 421 | 117 | .278 | 3 | 31 |
| Tuck Stainback | 104 | 359 | 110 | .306 | 2 | 46 |
| Augie Galan | 66 | 192 | 50 | .260 | 5 | 22 |
| Don Hurst | 51 | 151 | 30 | .199 | 3 | 12 |
| Dolph Camilli | 32 | 120 | 33 | .275 | 4 | 19 |
| Riggs Stephenson | 38 | 74 | 16 | .216 | 0 | 7 |
| Babe Phelps | 44 | 70 | 20 | .286 | 2 | 12 |
| Bob O'Farrell | 22 | 67 | 15 | .224 | 0 | 5 |
| Bennie Tate | 11 | 24 | 3 | .125 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Cavarretta | 7 | 21 | 8 | .381 | 1 | 6 |

### 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 |
| Lon Warneke | 43 | 291.1 | 22 | 10 | 3.21 | 143 |
| Bill Lee | 35 | 214.1 | 13 | 14 | 3.40 | 104 |
| Jim Weaver | 27 | 159.0 | 11 | 9 | 3.91 | 98 |

#### 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 |
| Guy Bush | 40 | 209.1 | 18 | 10 | 3.83 | 75 |
| Pat Malone | 34 | 191.0 | 14 | 7 | 3.53 | 111 |
| Bud Tinning | 39 | 129.1 | 4 | 6 | 3.34 | 44 |
| Charlie Root | 34 | 117.2 | 4 | 7 | 4.28 | 46 |
| Charlie Wiedemeyer | 4 | 8.1 | 0 | 0 | 9.72 | 2 |
| Lynn Nelson | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 36.00 | 0 |

#### 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 |
| Roy Joiner | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8.21 | 9 |
| Dick Ward | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 1 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AA | Los Angeles Angels | Pacific Coast League | Jack Lelivelt |
| C | Ponca City Angels | Western Association | Roy Johnson |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Los Angeles