# 1934 New York Giants (MLB) season

The 1934 New York Giants season was the franchise's 52nd season. Although they led in the standings for most of the season, the team finished in second place in the National League with a 93–60 record, 2 games behind the St. Louis Cardinals.
On September 6, the Giants were leading the Cardinals by 7 games with an 85–47 record, but went 8–13 the rest of the season to lose the lead on the final day of the season. The Cardinals went 18–5 in the same time span to win the NL pennant. The Giants became the first team in the modern era to lose the pennant after holding a seven-game lead in September.

## 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 | Gus Mancuso | 122 | 383 | 94 | .245 | 7 | 46 |
| 1B | Bill Terry | 153 | 602 | 213 | .354 | 8 | 83 |
| 2B | Hughie Critz | 137 | 571 | 138 | .242 | 6 | 40 |
| 3B | Johnny Vergez | 108 | 320 | 64 | .200 | 7 | 27 |
| SS | Travis Jackson | 137 | 523 | 140 | .268 | 16 | 101 |
| OF | Mel Ott | 153 | 582 | 190 | .326 | 35 | 135 |
| OF | Jo-Jo Moore | 139 | 580 | 192 | .331 | 15 | 61 |
| OF | George Watkins | 105 | 296 | 73 | .247 | 6 | 33 |

#### 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 |
| Blondy Ryan | 110 | 385 | 93 | .242 | 2 | 41 |
| Hank Leiber | 63 | 187 | 45 | .241 | 2 | 25 |
| Lefty O'Doul | 83 | 177 | 56 | .316 | 9 | 46 |
| Harry Danning | 53 | 97 | 32 | .330 | 1 | 7 |
| Paul Richards | 42 | 75 | 12 | .160 | 0 | 3 |
| Phil Weintraub | 31 | 74 | 26 | .351 | 0 | 15 |
| Homer Peel | 21 | 41 | 8 | .195 | 1 | 3 |
| George Grantham | 32 | 29 | 7 | .241 | 1 | 4 |
| Fresco Thompson | 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 |
| Carl Hubbell | 49 | 313.0 | 21 | 12 | 2.30 | 118 |
| Hal Schumacher | 41 | 297.0 | 23 | 10 | 3.18 | 112 |
| Freddie Fitzsimmons | 38 | 263.1 | 18 | 14 | 3.04 | 73 |
| Roy Parmelee | 22 | 152.2 | 10 | 6 | 3.42 | 83 |

#### 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 |
| Joe Bowman | 30 | 107.1 | 5 | 4 | 3.61 | 36 |
| Jack Salveson | 12 | 38.1 | 3 | 1 | 3.52 | 18 |
| Watty Clark | 5 | 18.2 | 1 | 2 | 6.75 | 6 |
| Slick Castleman | 7 | 16.2 | 1 | 0 | 5.40 | 5 |

#### 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 |
| Al Smith | 30 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4.32 | 27 |
| Dolf Luque | 26 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3.83 | 12 |
| Hi Bell | 22 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3.67 | 9 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| A | Nashville Vols | Southern Association | Chuck Dressen and Lance Richbourg |
| C | Jacksonville Jax | West Dixie League | Wally Dashiell |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Jacksonville