1934 AL

The 1934 season of the American League was the thirty-fourth season of the league.

[edit] Season summary

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	Detroit Tigers	154	101	53	0	.656	-.-	958 (6.22)	708 (4.60)	0.300	0.373	0.424	4.06	0.974
2	New York Yankees	154	94	60	0	.610	7.0	842 (5.47)	669 (4.34)	0.278	0.362	0.419	3.76	0.973
3	Cleveland Indians	154	85	69	0	.552	16.0	814 (5.29)	763 (4.95)	0.287	0.351	0.423	4.28	0.972
4	Boston Red Sox	153	76	76	1	.497	24.0	820 (5.36)	775 (5.07)	0.274	0.349	0.383	4.32	0.969
5	Philadelphia Athletics	153	68	82	3	.444	31.0	764 (4.99)	838 (5.48)	0.280	0.341	0.425	5.01	0.967
6	St. Louis Browns	154	67	85	2	.435	33.0	674 (4.38)	800 (5.19)	0.268	0.333	0.373	4.49	0.969
7	Washington Senators	155	66	86	3	.426	34.0	729 (4.70)	806 (5.20)	0.278	0.346	0.382	4.68	0.974
8	Chicago White Sox	153	53	99	1	.346	47.0	704 (4.60)	946 (6.18)	0.263	0.334	0.363	5.41	0.966

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Earl Averill Jack Burns Charlie Gehringer Lou Gehrig Marv Owen Billy Rogell Hal Trosky	Cleveland Indians St. Louis Browns Detroit Tigers New York Yankees Detroit Tigers Detroit Tigers Cleveland Indians	154
At Bats	Doc Cramer	Philadelphia Athletics	649
Runs Scored	Charlie Gehringer	Detroit Tigers	134
Hits	Charlie Gehringer	Detroit Tigers	214
Doubles	Hank Greenberg	Detroit Tigers	63
Triples	Ben Chapman	New York Yankees	13
Home Runs	Lou Gehrig	New York Yankees	49
Total Bases	Lou Gehrig	New York Yankees	409
Runs Batted In	Lou Gehrig	New York Yankees	165
Stolen Bases	Billy Werber	Boston Red Sox	40
Caught Stealing	Ben Chapman	New York Yankees	16
Walks	Jimmie Foxx	Philadelphia Athletics	111
Hit by Pitch	Frankie Crosetti Frankie Pytlak	New York Yankees Cleveland Indians	5
Strikeouts	Harlond Clift	St. Louis Browns	100
Sacrifice Hits	Mule Haas	Chicago White Sox	24
Batting Average	Lou Gehrig	New York Yankees	0.363
On-Base Percentage	Lou Gehrig	New York Yankees	0.465
Slugging Percentage	Lou Gehrig	New York Yankees	0.706
On-Base plus Slugging	Lou Gehrig	New York Yankees	1.171
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Lou Gehrig	New York Yankees	208

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Lefty Gomez	New York Yankees	26
Losses	Bobo Newsom	St. Louis Browns	20
Win-Loss Percentage	Lefty Gomez	New York Yankees	0.839
Appearances	Jack Russell	Washington Senators	54
Games Started	Tommy Bridges	Detroit Tigers	35
Complete Games	Lefty Gomez	New York Yankees	25
Shutouts	Lefty Gomez Mel Harder	New York Yankees Cleveland Indians	6
Games Finished	Alex McColl	Washington Senators	26
Saves	Jack Russell	Washington Senators	7
Innings Pitched	Lefty Gomez	New York Yankees	281.2
Batters Faced	Bobo Newsom	St. Louis Browns	1159
Hits Allowed	George Blaeholder	St. Louis Browns	276
Home Runs Allowed	George Earnshaw	Chicago White Sox	28
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Bobo Newsom	St. Louis Browns	149
Hit Batsmen	Johnny Welch	Boston Red Sox	8
Strikeouts	Lefty Gomez	New York Yankees	158
Wild Pitches	Monte Pearson	Cleveland Indians	15
Balks	Bump Hadley Jack Russell	St. Louis Browns Washington Senators	2
Runs Allowed	Milt Gaston	Chicago White Sox	146
Earned Runs Allowed	Monte Pearson	Cleveland Indians	128
Earned Run Average	Lefty Gomez	New York Yankees	2.33
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Lefty Gomez	New York Yankees	1.133

The American League won the second midsummer classic at Polo Grounds in New York, NY on Tuesday, July 10, 1934 by a score of 9 to 7. The league's manager was Joe Cronin.

In the World Series, the American League champion Detroit Tigers were defeated by the National League's St. Louis Cardinals, 4 games to 3.

The winner of the league's Most Valuable Player Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was Mickey Cochrane, a catcher with the Detroit Tigers. In the award's voting, he had 67 out of a possible 80 points.