# 1934 Philadelphia Athletics season

The 1934 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing fifth in the American League with a record of 68 wins and 82 losses.

## Offseason

* November 6, 1933: Tony Freitas, Gowell Claset, and cash were traded by the Athletics to the St. Paul Saints for Rip Radcliff.
* December 12, 1933: Mickey Cochrane was traded by the Athletics to the Detroit Tigers for Johnny Pasek and $100,000.
* December 12, 1933: Lefty Grove, Max Bishop and Rube Walberg were traded by the Athletics to the Boston Red Sox for Bob Kline, Rabbit Warstler, and $125,000.
* March 27, 1934: Rip Radcliff and George Detore were traded by the Athletics to the Louisville Colonels for Hank Erickson. Hank Erickson was returned to the Colonels in April 1934.

## 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 14, 1934: Ed Madjeski was released by the Athletics.
* August 9, 1934: Wally Moses was purchased by the Athletics from the Galveston Buccaneers.

### 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 | Charlie Berry | 99 | 269 | 72 | .268 | 0 | 34 |
| 1B | Jimmie Foxx | 150 | 539 | 180 | .334 | 44 | 130 |
| 2B | Rabbit Warstler | 117 | 419 | 99 | .236 | 1 | 36 |
| 3B | Pinky Higgins | 144 | 543 | 179 | .330 | 16 | 90 |
| SS | Eric McNair | 151 | 599 | 168 | .280 | 17 | 82 |
| OF | Doc Cramer | 153 | 649 | 202 | .311 | 6 | 46 |
| OF | Bob Johnson | 141 | 547 | 168 | .307 | 34 | 92 |
| OF | Ed Coleman | 101 | 329 | 92 | .280 | 14 | 60 |

#### 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 |
| Lou Finney | 92 | 272 | 76 | .279 | 1 | 28 |
| Frankie Hayes | 92 | 248 | 56 | .226 | 6 | 30 |
| Dib Williams | 66 | 205 | 56 | .273 | 2 | 17 |
| Bing Miller | 81 | 177 | 43 | .243 | 1 | 22 |
| Jerry McQuaig | 7 | 16 | 1 | .063 | 0 | 1 |
| Charlie Moss | 10 | 10 | 2 | .200 | 0 | 1 |
| Ed Madjeski | 8 | 8 | 3 | .375 | 0 | 2 |

### 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 |
| Johnny Marcum | 37 | 232.0 | 14 | 11 | 4.50 | 92 |
| Sugar Cain | 36 | 230.2 | 9 | 17 | 4.41 | 66 |
| Jack Wilson | 2 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 12.00 | 2 |

#### 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 |
| Bill Dietrich | 39 | 207.2 | 11 | 12 | 4.68 | 88 |
| Joe Cascarella | 42 | 194.1 | 12 | 15 | 4.68 | 71 |
| Al Benton | 32 | 155.0 | 7 | 9 | 4.88 | 58 |
| Roy Mahaffey | 37 | 129.0 | 6 | 7 | 5.37 | 37 |
| George Caster | 5 | 37.0 | 3 | 2 | 3.41 | 15 |
| Mort Flohr | 14 | 30.2 | 0 | 2 | 5.87 | 6 |
| Whitey Wilshere | 9 | 21.2 | 0 | 1 | 12.05 | 19 |

#### 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 Kline | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 6.35 | 14 |
| Harry Matuzak | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4.88 | 9 |
| Ed Lagger | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.00 | 2 |
| Tim McKeithan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.75 | 0 |
| Roy Vaughn | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.08 | 1 |