# 1934 Washington Senators season

The 1934 Washington Senators played 154 games, won 68, lost 86, and finished in seventh place in the American League. They were managed by Joe Cronin and played home games at Griffith Stadium. In the eighth inning of their game against the Boston Red Sox on June 9, the Washington Senators hit 5 consecutive doubles – the most ever hit consecutively during the same inning.

## 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: Bob Boken was traded by the Senators to the Chicago White Sox for Red Kress.

### 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 | Eddie Phillips | 56 | 169 | 33 | .195 | 2 | 16 |
| 1B | Joe Kuhel | 63 | 263 | 76 | .289 | 3 | 25 |
| 2B | Buddy Myer | 139 | 524 | 160 | .305 | 3 | 57 |
| 3B | Cecil Travis | 109 | 392 | 125 | .319 | 1 | 53 |
| SS | Joe Cronin | 127 | 504 | 143 | .284 | 7 | 101 |
| OF | Fred Schulte | 136 | 524 | 156 | .298 | 3 | 73 |
| OF | Heinie Manush | 137 | 556 | 194 | .349 | 11 | 89 |
| OF | John Stone | 113 | 419 | 132 | .315 | 7 | 67 |

#### 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 |
| Ossie Bluege | 99 | 285 | 70 | .246 | 0 | 11 |
| Dave Harris | 97 | 235 | 59 | .251 | 2 | 37 |
| Pete Susko | 58 | 224 | 64 | .286 | 2 | 25 |
| Luke Sewell | 72 | 207 | 49 | .237 | 2 | 21 |
| Red Kress | 56 | 171 | 39 | .228 | 4 | 24 |
| Cliff Bolton | 42 | 148 | 40 | .270 | 1 | 17 |
| John Kerr | 31 | 103 | 28 | .272 | 0 | 12 |
| Moe Berg | 33 | 86 | 21 | .244 | 0 | 6 |
| Johnny Gill | 13 | 53 | 13 | .245 | 2 | 7 |
| Jake Powell | 9 | 35 | 10 | .286 | 0 | 1 |
| Fred Sington | 9 | 35 | 10 | .286 | 0 | 6 |
| Bob Boken | 11 | 27 | 6 | .222 | 0 | 6 |
| Gus Dugas | 24 | 19 | 1 | .053 | 0 | 1 |
| Elmer Klumpp | 12 | 15 | 2 | .133 | 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 |
| Earl Whitehill | 32 | 235.0 | 14 | 11 | 4.52 | 96 |
| Monte Weaver | 31 | 204.2 | 11 | 15 | 4.79 | 51 |
| Lefty Stewart | 24 | 152.0 | 7 | 11 | 4.03 | 36 |
| Allen Benson | 2 | 9.2 | 0 | 1 | 12.10 | 4 |

#### 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 |
| Bobby Burke | 37 | 168.0 | 8 | 8 | 3.21 | 52 |
| Tommy Thomas | 33 | 133.1 | 8 | 9 | 5.47 | 42 |
| General Crowder | 29 | 100.2 | 4 | 10 | 6.79 | 39 |
| Ed Linke | 7 | 34.2 | 2 | 2 | 4.15 | 9 |
| Reese Diggs | 4 | 21.1 | 1 | 2 | 6.75 | 2 |
| Syd Cohen | 3 | 18.0 | 1 | 1 | 7.50 | 6 |
| Orville Armbrust | 3 | 12.2 | 1 | 0 | 2.13 | 3 |

#### 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 |
| Jack Russell | 54 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 4.17 | 38 |
| Alex McColl | 42 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3.86 | 29 |
| Ray Prim | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6.75 | 3 |
| Bob Kline | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15.75 | 1 |
| John Milligan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.13 | 1 |
| Mark Filley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 0 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| A | Chattanooga Lookouts | Southern Association | Zinn Beck and Mule Shirley |