1934 Chicago White Sox season

The 1934 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 34th season in the major leagues and its 35th season overall. They finished with a record 53–99, good enough for eighth and last place in the American League (47 games behind the first place Detroit Tigers).

1934 Chicago White Sox
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Comiskey Park (since 1910) Chicago (since 1900)
Other information
Owner(s)	J. Louis Comiskey
Manager(s)	Lew Fonseca and Jimmy Dykes
Local radio	WGN (AM) (Bob Elson) WMAQ (AM) WIND (AM)
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Offseason

• October 25, 1933: Chad Kimsey and Charlie English were traded by the White Sox to the Montreal Royals for John Pomorski.[1]

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Detroit Tigers	101	53	0.656	—	54–26	47–27
New York Yankees	94	60	0.610	7	53–24	41–36
Cleveland Indians	85	69	0.552	16	47–31	38–38
Boston Red Sox	76	76	0.500	24	42–35	34–41
Philadelphia Athletics	68	82	0.453	31	34–40	34–42
St. Louis Browns	67	85	0.441	33	36–39	31–46
Washington Senators	66	86	0.434	34	34–40	32–46
Chicago White Sox	53	99	0.349	47	29–46	24–53

Record vs. opponents

1934 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	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: Red Kress was traded by the White Sox to the Washington Senators for Bob Boken.[2]
• May 20, 1934: Ed Madjeski was signed as a free agent by the White Sox.[3]
• June 27, 1934: Marty Hopkins was purchased by the White Sox from the St. Paul Saints.[4]
• August 11, 1934: Rip Radcliff was purchased by the White Sox from the Louisville Colonels.[5]

Roster

1934 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers 18 George Earnshaw 22,48 Phil Gallivan 23 Milt Gaston 25 Joe Heving 28 Sam Jones 24 Vern Kennedy 17 Harry Kinzy 19 Hugo Klaerner 16 Ted Lyons 24,28 John Pomorski 27 Lee Stine 24 Monty Stratton 38,21 Les Tietje 19 Whit Wyatt		Catchers -- George Caithamer -- Dutch Fehring  1 Ed Madjeski  8 Johnny Pasek 49 Muddy Ruel 15 Merv Shea Infielders  4 Luke Appling 14 Bob Boken  3 Zeke Bonura 12 Joe Chamberlain  5 Jimmy Dykes  2 Jackie Hayes 27 Marty Hopkins 14 Red Kress 36 Mark Mauldin		Outfielders 47 Milt Bocek 34 Frenchy Bordagaray  8 Jocko Conlan  6 Mule Haas  9 Rip Radcliff  7 Al Simmons  9 Evar Swanson 36 Frenchy Uhalt 34 Charlie Uhlir		Manager  5 Jimmy Dykes  1 Lew Fonseca Coaches 37 Jimmy Austin

Player stats

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	Ed Madjeski	85	281	62	.221	5	32
1B	Zeke Bonura	127	510	154	.302	27	110
2B	Jackie Hayes	62	226	58	.257	1	31
3B	Jimmy Dykes	127	456	122	.268	7	82
SS	Luke Appling	118	452	137	.303	2	61
OF	Al Simmons	138	558	192	.344	18	104
OF	Evar Swanson	117	426	127	.298	0	34
OF	Mule Haas	106	351	94	.268	2	22

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
Bob Boken	81	297	70	.236	3	40
Jocko Conlan	63	225	56	.249	0	16
Marty Hopkins	67	210	45	.214	2	28
Merv Shea	62	176	28	.159	0	5
Frenchy Uhalt	57	165	40	.242	0	16
Joe Chamberlain	43	141	34	.241	2	17
Frenchy Bordagaray	29	87	28	.322	0	2
Muddy Ruel	22	57	12	.211	0	7
Rip Radcliff	14	56	15	.268	0	5
Milt Bocek	19	38	8	.211	0	3
Mark Mauldin	10	38	10	.263	1	3
Charlie Uhlir	14	27	4	.148	0	3
George Caithamer	5	19	6	.316	0	3
Red Kress	8	14	4	.286	0	1
Johnny Pasek	4	9	3	.333	0	0
Dutch Fehring	1	1	0	.000	0	0

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
George Earnshaw	33	227	14	11	4.52	97
Ted Lyons	30	205.1	11	13	4.87	53
Milt Gaston	29	194	6	19	5.85	48
Sam Jones	27	183.1	8	12	5.11	60
Vern Kennedy	3	19.1	0	2	3.72	7
Hugo Klaerner	3	17.1	0	2	10.90	9

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
Les Tietje	34	176	5	14	4.81	81
Phil Gallivan	35	126.2	4	7	5.61	35
Whit Wyatt	23	67.2	4	11	7.18	36

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
Joe Heving	33	1	7	4	7.26	40
Harry Kinzy	13	0	1	0	4.98	12
Lee Stine	4	0	0	0	8.18	8
John Pomorski	3	0	0	0	5.40	0
Monty Stratton	1	0	0	0	5.40	0

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
C	Longview Cannibals	West Dixie League	Roy Flaskamper and Dallas Warren
D	Lafayette White Sox	Evangeline League	Lee Schulte

[6]

Notes

1. Chad Kimsey page at Baseball-Reference
2. Red Kress page at Baseball-Reference
3. Ed Madjeski page at Baseball-Reference
4. Marty Hopkins page at Baseball-Reference
5. Rip Radcliff page at Baseball-Reference
6. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

References

• 1934 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference