1934 Columbus Red Birds

1934 > Class AA > 1934 American Association
Overall: n/a

Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals-NL
Manager: Ray Blades
Represented: Columbus, OH
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1933 / 1935

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BA	SLG	TB
1	Hal Anderson	30	98	340	88	12	2	2	.259	.324	110
2	Tom Angley*	29	57	136	46	7	0	5	.338	.500	68
3	Ray Blades	37	63	140	37	6	1	0	.264	.321	45
4	Ward Cross?	20	48	37	10	2	1	0	.270	.378	14
5	Nick Cullop	33	147	587	178	34	13	27	.303	.543	319
6	Jumbo Elliott	33	17	35	7	2	0	0	.200	.257	9
7	Johnny Gooch#	36	39	96	17	3	0	1	.177	.240	23
8	Ed Greer	33	39	83	9	2	0	0	.108	.133	11
9	Mickey Heath*	30	150	508	142	14	5	29	.280	.498	253
10	Clarence Heise*	26	34	72	14	0	1	0	.194	.222	16
11	Johnny Hodapp	28	10	32	11	0	0	0	.344	.344	11
12	Bob Klinger	26	42	68	15	2	0	0	.221	.250	17
13	Stu Martin*	21	9	14	4	0	0	0	.286	.286	4
14	Gene Moore*	24	85	308	105	23	9	8	.341	.552	170
15	Terry Moore	22	130	558	183	36	11	14	.328	.507	283
16	Billy Myers	23	155	604	189	37	13	10	.313	.467	282
17	Ken O'Dea*	21	111	374	99	19	2	4	.265	.358	134
18	Tom Oliver	31	29	94	23	3	1	0	.245	.298	28
19	Lew Riggs*	24	132	560	155	28	11	11	.277	.425	238
20	Joseph Sims	25	46	26	4	0	0	0	.154	.154	4
21	Glenn Spencer	28	25	26	4	0	0	0	.154	.154	4
22	Bud Teachout	30	60	118	32	4	0	0	.271	.305	36
23	Charlie Wilson#	29	145	600	195	36	6	11	.325	.460	276
	23 Players	27.2

Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	IP	H	R	ER	BB	WHIP	H/9	BB/9
1	Ken Ash	32	0	2	.000		4	17.0
2	Bill Beckmann	26	2	3	.400	6.09	6	34.0	48	27	23	15	1.853	12.7	4.0
3	Mort Cooper	21	0	1	.000	5.73	3	11.0	16	7	7	6	2.000	13.1	4.9
4	Ward Cross?	20	6	5	.545	3.46	47	117.0	104	57	45	75	1.530	8.0	5.8
5	Jumbo Elliott*	33	8	4	.667	3.27	17	99.0	106	43	36	39	1.465	9.6	3.5
6	Keith Frazier	21	0	1	.000		1	3.0
7	Ed Greer	33	15	11	.577	3.51	39	251.0	249	115	98	70	1.271	8.9	2.5
8	Clarence Heise*	26	9	7	.563	4.78	32	175.0	189	107	93	80	1.537	9.7	4.1
9	Ed Heusser	25	2	0	1.000		9	32.0	21			11	1.000	5.9	3.1
10	Bob Klinger	26	15	13	.536	4.76	40	189.0	209	127	100	82	1.540	10.0	3.9
11	Joseph Sims	25	7	4	.636	5.28	46	116.0	139	84	68	60	1.716	10.8	4.7
12	Glenn Spencer	28	4	4	.500	6.40	24	83.0	109	67	59	50	1.916	11.8	5.4
13	Bud Teachout*	30	17	13	.567	4.39	39	240.0	294	132	117	62	1.483	11.0	2.3
	13 Players	26.9

Team Fielding--By Pos

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C

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Ken O'Dea	100	424	58	8	.984	4.82
Tom Angley	34	118	15	7	.950	3.91
Johnny Gooch	33	151	30	3	.984	5.48

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Mickey Heath	149		1318	74	16		.989	9.34

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Charlie Wilson	143		353	419	34		.958	5.40

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Lew Riggs	132		143	266	28		.936	3.10

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Billy Myers	155		391	515	58		.940	5.85

OF

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Nick Cullop	140	223	9	15	.939	1.66
Terry Moore	130	348	7	8	.978	2.73
Gene Moore	82	151	8	12	.930	1.94
Hal Anderson	67	140	2	4	.973	2.12
Ray Blades	36	79	3	3	.965	2.28
Tom Oliver	25	47	5	1	.981	2.08

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Hal Anderson	30	R	R	5' 11.0"	160	Feb 10, 1904	St. Louis, MO, US
Tom Angley	29	L	R	5' 8.0"	190	Oct 2, 1904	Baltimore, MD, US
Ken Ash	32	R	R	5' 11.0"	165	Sep 16, 1901	Anmoore, WV, US
Bill Beckmann	26	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	Dec 8, 1907	Clayton, MO, US
Ray Blades	37	R	R	5' 7.0"	163	Aug 6, 1896	Mount Vernon, IL, US
Milt Bocek	21	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Jul 16, 1912	Chicago, IL, US
Mort Cooper	21	R	R	6' 2.0"	210	Mar 2, 1913	Atherton, MO, US
Ward Cross	20					Feb 22, 1914
Nick Cullop	33	R	R	6' 0.0"	200	Oct 16, 1900	St. Louis, MO, US
Eddie Delker	28	R	R	5' 10.0"	170	Apr 17, 1906	Palo Alto, PA, US
Jumbo Elliott	33	R	L	6' 3.0"	235	Oct 22, 1900	St. Louis, MO, US
Keith Frazier	21	R	R	6' 0.0"	195	May 18, 1913	CO, US
Johnny Gooch	36	S	R	5' 11.0"	175	Nov 9, 1897	Smyrna, TN, US
Ed Greer	33	R	R	6' 3.0"	180	Apr 4, 1901	Grant, VA, US
Mickey Heath	30	L	L	6' 0.0"	175	Oct 30, 1903	Toledo, OH, US
Clarence Heise	26	L	L	5' 10.0"	172	Aug 7, 1907	Topeka, KS, US
Ed Heusser	25	S	R	6' 0.0"	187	May 7, 1909	Salt Lake County, UT, US
Johnny Hodapp	28	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	Sep 26, 1905	Cincinnati, OH, US
Bob Klinger	26	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	Jun 4, 1908	Allenton, MO, US
Stu Martin	21	L	R	6' 0.0"	155	Nov 19, 1912	Rich Square, NC, US
Gene Moore	24	L	L	5' 11.0"	175	Aug 26, 1909	Lancaster, TX, US
Terry Moore	22	R	R	5' 11.0"	195	May 27, 1912	Vernon, AL, US
Billy Myers	23	R	R	5' 8.0"	168	Aug 14, 1910	Enola, PA, US
Ken O'Dea	21	L	R	6' 0.0"	180	Mar 16, 1913	Lima, NY, US
Tom Oliver	31	R	R	6' 0.0"	168	Jan 15, 1903	Montgomery, AL, US
Lew Riggs	24	L	R	6' 0.0"	175	Apr 22, 1910	Mebane, NC, US
Joseph Sims	25	R	R	6' 0.0"	195	Sep 2, 1908	Jasper, GA, US
Glenn Spencer	28	R	R	5' 11.0"	155	Sep 11, 1905	Corning, NY, US
Bill Sweeney	29	R	R	5' 11.0"	180	Dec 29, 1904	Cleveland, OH, US
Bud Teachout	30	R	L	6' 2.0"	183	Feb 27, 1904	Los Angeles, CA, US
Charlie Wilson	29	S	R	5' 10.0"	178	Jan 13, 1905	Clinton, SC, US

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