July 21st, 1934 - AL News

Tigers Pounds A's 11-2

Rowe turns in another top rate performance for 11th win

Red Sox Win in Extras

Down Tribe, 5-4

White Sox Trump Yankees

Bonura (pictured) blasts two homers for home team

Washington Tops Browns, 3-1

Senators overcome slow start in scorching St. Louis heat

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1934 American League Date: 7/21/1934 TEAM WON LOST BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN 1934 BOA 52 35 J.Stone WAA .390 J.Foxx PHA 33 L.Gehrig NYA 92 1934 DEA 49 36 P.Higgins PHA .380 L.Gehrig NYA 27 J.Foxx PHA 84 1934 PHA 46 37 C.Gehring DEA .373 B.Johnson PHA 26 C.Gehring DEA 78 1934 WAA 48 39 H.Manush WAA .365 E.Averill CLA 25 B.Johnson PHA 78 1934 NYA 42 41 J.Foxx PHA .360 Z.Bonura CHA 19 A.Simmons CHA 67 1934 CLA 42 42 1934 SLA 29 50 WINS SAVES ERA 1934 CHA 29 57 E.Whitehi WAA 13 C.Hogsett DEA 7 L.Gomez NYA 2.42 M.Pearson CLA 11 H.Pennock BOA 6 E.Whitehi WAA 2.79 S.Rowe DEA 11 A.McColl WAA 6 D.Coffman SLA 2.82 L.Gomez NYA 11 OTHERS TIED W 4 B.Newsom SLA 2.93 OTHERS TIED W 9 B.Weiland *** 2.93 CUR HIT STREAK STOLEN BASES STRIKEOUTS O.Hale CLA 10 B.Werber BOA 30 L.Gomez NYA 88 C.Gehring DEA 10 P.Fox DEA 20 T.Bridges DEA 85 R.Johnson BOA 9 B.Chapman NYA 15 M.Pearson CLA 82 G.Goslin DEA 9 G.Walker DEA 13 B.Newsom SLA 82 F.Bordaga CHA 8 J.White DEA 11 S.Rowe DEA 74 YESTERDAY'S GAMES TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS BOA 8 at CLA 7 BOA-Welch(9-3, 4.36) at CLA-Harder(9-3, 3.31) NYA 1 at CHA 5 NYA-Gomez(11-7, 2.42) at CHA-Earnsha(6-11, 5.53) PHA 2 at DEA 14 PHA-Flohr(0-2, 8.00) at DEA-Auker(8-4, 4.67) WAA 3 at SLA 1 WAA-Burke(5-3, 2.25) at SLA-Newsom(7-4, 2.93) WHO'S HOT - BEST IN LAST 10 DAYS BATTER TM AVG AB H RB BB HR PITCHER TM IP H ER BB Ks HR WLS J.Foxx PHA .484 31 15 14 7 6 W.Ferrell BOA 18 11 1 2 5 0 200 C.Gehringer DEA .485 33 16 8 6 3 H.Pennock BOA 5 2 0 0 2 0 010 A.Simmons CHA .417 36 15 12 6 3 E.Whitehill WAA 17 12 3 3 7 0 100 B.Ruth NYA .344 32 11 10 7 3 G.Blaeholder SLA 18 12 3 7 7 0 110 L.Gehrig NYA .359 39 14 7 9 3 F.OstermuellerBOA 16 11 3 5 7 1 100 WHO'S NOT - WORST IN LAST 10 DAYS BATTER TM AVG AB H RB BB HR PITCHER TM IP H ER BB Ks HR WLS P.Fox DEA .128 39 5 3 1 0 S.Cain PHA 11 21 12 7 3 1 020 E.Combs NYA .188 32 6 0 2 0 P.Gallivan CHA 6 11 8 4 4 2 010 S.Rice CLA .214 28 6 1 1 0 L.Hamlin DEA 8 11 8 3 2 1 010 C.Travis WAA .225 40 9 2 2 0 M.Gaston CHA 15 19 13 16 3 1 010 H.Clift SLA .171 41 7 3 2 1 J.Marcum PHA 10 15 10 2 3 2 110 INJURY REPORT No injuries to report

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1934 American League WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# ACTWON ACTLOST ACTPCT 1934 Boston BOA 52 35 .598 ---- 67 76 76 .500 1934 Detroit DEA 49 36 .576 2.0 101 53 .656 1934 Philadelphia PHA 46 37 .554 4.0 68 82 .453 1934 Washington WAA 48 39 .552 4.0 66 88 .429 1934 New York NYA 42 41 .506 8.0 90 64 .584 1934 Cleveland CLA 42 42 .500 8.5 85 69 .552 1934 St. Louis SLA 29 50 .367 19.0 67 85 .441 1934 Chicago CHA 29 57 .337 22.5 53 99 .349 OVERALL RECORD Team WON LOST PCT HOME ROAD LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN LAST 10 STREAK BOA 52 35 .598 33-17 19-18 7- 5 45-30 8- 5 19-11 7-3 Won 2 CHA 29 57 .337 14-27 15-30 3- 4 26-53 2- 4 5-12 5-5 Won 3 CLA 42 42 .500 24-15 18-27 9-13 33-29 1- 5 10-12 5-5 Lost 3 DEA 49 36 .576 23-19 26-17 10-14 39-22 5- 3 16-10 5-5 Won 1 NYA 42 41 .506 24-19 18-22 12- 7 30-34 5- 5 10-12 4-6 Lost 2 PHA 46 37 .554 27-15 19-22 5- 5 41-32 6- 2 14- 7 4-6 Lost 1 SLA 29 50 .367 13-21 16-29 10-11 19-39 2- 3 7-15 5-5 Lost 3 WAA 48 39 .552 28-18 20-21 8-11 40-28 2- 4 10-12 5-5 Won 3 TOTAL 337 337 .500 TEAM -APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT+ BOA 8- 3 13-14 19-10 12- 8 0- 0 0- 0 CHA 6- 4 10-17 8-23 5-13 0- 0 0- 0 CLA 6- 3 11-15 14-14 11-10 0- 0 0- 0 DEA 5- 5 17-12 15-12 12- 7 0- 0 0- 0 NYA 4- 7 16-11 14-12 8-11 0- 0 0- 0 PHA 5- 7 17- 9 16-11 8-10 0- 0 0- 0 SLA 2- 7 8-20 10-16 9- 7 0- 0 0- 0 WAA 6- 6 17-11 15-13 10- 9 0- 0 0- 0 WINS ARE ACROSS, LOSSES ARE DOWN: TEAM BOA CHA CLA DEA NYA PHA SLA WAA BOA - 10 8 5 8 5 8 8 CHA 4 - 3 5 4 3 6 4 CLA 3 11 - 4 4 5 7 8 DEA 5 8 8 - 9 4 9 6 NYA 3 8 9 4 - 6 5 7 PHA 9 10 5 6 6 - 7 3 SLA 6 3 3 4 5 5 - 3 WAA 5 7 6 8 5 9 8 -

NEWSPAPER GAME STORIES FOR 1934 American League                Date: 7/21/1934







 

PHILADELPHIA AT DETROIT Athletics....... 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 3 3 Tigers.......... 7 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 - 14 17 0 Win:Rowe(11-3) Loss:Marcum(9-6) Schoolboy Rowe held Philadelphia to 3 hits and shortstop Billy Rogell had 2 base hits and 3 RBI as the Detroit Tigers crushed the Philadelphia Athletics 14 to 2. Detroit promptly took the lead in their half of the first as they ripped Philadelphia for 7 runs on 8 hits. That was all the offense they were to need. Detroit rapped out 17 hits for the afternoon. The victory went to Rowe(11-3) who went the distance allowing 2 runs. Johnny Marcum(9-6) was charged with the loss. He pitched 2/3 of an inning and surrendered 7 hits and no walks. BOSTON AT CLEVELAND Red Sox......... 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 1 - 8 12 1 Indians......... 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 1 0 - 7 15 3 Win:Rhodes(8-10) Loss:Bean(1-4) Homeruns- H.Trosky(14th) Moose Solters hit 2 doubles and had 3 RBI as the Boston Red Sox defeated the Cleveland Indians in 10 innings by the score of 8 to 7 at League Park. The score was knotted at 7 after nine innings. Boston came out the victor in the 10th inning. Max Bishop drew a walk. Billy Werber came next and he doubled. Belve Bean then uncorked a pitch that was ruled a passed ball scoring the run. The Cleveland bats were silent in the bottom of the 10th. The win was credited to Gordon Rhodes(8-10) who went 4 innings allowing 5 runs. Bean(1-4) took the loss in relief. The Boston ballclub's record now stands at a league leading 52-35. With this loss, Cleveland has a 5-5 record of late, 42-42 overall. NEW YORK AT CHICAGO Yankees......... 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 5 0 White Sox....... 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 5 5 0 Win:Jones(7-10) Loss:Broaca(5-3) Homeruns- L.Gehrig(27th), Z.Bonura-2(19th), A.Simmons(10th) Zeke Bonura cracked 2 homeruns and had 4 RBI and Sam Jones completed the game without help from the bullpen at Comiskey Park as the Chicago White Sox beat the New York Yankees by the count of 5 to 1. Bonura provided much of the offense. He bombed a two-run dinger in the 1st inning and smashed a two-run homer (his 19th of the season) in the 3rd inning. Chicago and New York each finished the afternoon with 5 hits. Jones(7-10) was the winner allowing 1 run for the game. Johnny Broaca(5-3) absorbed the loss. He served up 3 gopher balls in 8 innings. WASHINGTON AT ST. LOUIS Nationals....... 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 - 3 7 1 Browns.......... 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 7 0 Win:Crowder(4-5) Loss:Blaeholder(7-9) Homeruns- H.Clift(3rd) Johnny Gill had 2 base hits and General Crowder pitched a complete game at Sportsman's Park as the Washington Nationals beat the St. Louis Browns 3 to 1. Washington came up with the deciding runs in the top of the 9th inning with 2 runs using 2 hits. Joe Cronin started the inning off right when he slapped a base-hit. Fred Schulte came to the plate and ripped a base-knock. After an out was recorded, Luke Sewell came up and he would hit into a fielders choice scoring a run. Moe Berg followed and he hit a deep fly scoring the final run of the inning. Both teams finished the game with 7 hits. Crowder(4-5) allowed 1 run on the game. George Blaeholder(7-9) was tagged with the loss. He gave up 3 runs and 7 hits in 9 innings.

1934 Philadelphia Athletics At 1934 Detroit Tigers 7/20/1934 Athletics AB R H RBI AVG Tigers AB R H RBI AVG L.Finney RF 4 0 0 0 .276 P.Fox RF 5 1 2 1 .289 D.Cramer CF 4 1 1 0 .297 J.White CF 3 1 0 0 .327 B.Johnson LF 3 1 0 0 .354 G.Goslin LF 4 2 2 1 .258 J.Foxx 1B 4 0 0 0 .360 C.Gehringer 2B 4 3 2 1 .373 P.Higgins 3B 3 0 1 0 .380 B.Rogell SS 4 3 2 3 .277 E.McNair SS 3 0 1 2 .274 H.Greenberg 1B 5 1 2 2 .304 R.Warstler 2B 3 0 0 0 .269 M.Cochrane C 4 1 2 1 .327 F.Hayes C 3 0 0 0 .245 M.Owen 3B 5 1 3 2 .335 R.Mahaffey P 0 0 0 0 .292 S.Rowe P 5 1 2 2 .305 J.Marcum P 0 0 0 0 .196 W.Wilshere P 2 0 0 0 .000 A-C.Berry C 1 0 0 0 .232 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 30 2 3 2 Totals 39 14 17 13 A-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Wilshere In 7th Inning Athletics....... 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 3 3 Tigers.......... 7 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 - 14 17 0 Athletics (46-37) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA J.Marcum LOSS(9-6) 0 2/3 7 7 7 0 0 0 30 4.73 W.Wilshere 5 1/3 10 7 5 3 2 0 95 9.64 R.Mahaffey 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 38 5.52 Totals 8 17 14 12 5 2 0 Tigers (49-36) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA S.Rowe WIN(11-3) 9 3 2 2 2 3 0 112 4.35 Totals 9 3 2 2 2 3 0 ATTENDANCE- 12,762 DATE- Friday, July 20th 1934 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average UMPIRES- Red Ormsby, George Hildebrand, Louis Kolls, T- 2:19 LEFT ON BASE- Athletics: 3 Tigers: 7 DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 2 Tigers: 0 ERRORS- L.Finney, B.Johnson, P.Higgins DOUBLES- G.Goslin(22nd), C.Gehringer(25th), H.Greenberg(31st), M.Cochrane(22nd), S.Rowe TRIPLES- M.Owen(8th) STOLEN BASES- P.Fox(20th) SACRIFICE FLIES- B.Rogell WALKS- B.Johnson, P.Higgins, J.White-2, G.Goslin, C.Gehringer, M.Cochrane STRIKE OUTS- J.Foxx-2, W.Wilshere, M.Owen, S.Rowe GIDP- C.Gehringer, M.Cochrane WILD PITCHES- J.Marcum PASSED BALLS- F.Hayes WEB GEMS- Top 9th: Jo-Jo White robbed Bob Johnson of a Homerun!

1934 Boston Red Sox At 1934 Cleveland Indians 7/20/1934 Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG Indians AB R H RBI AVG B.Cissell 2B 5 0 1 0 .287 B.Knickerbocker SS 6 1 3 0 .317 C-M.Bishop 2B 0 1 0 0 .252 E.Averill CF 4 1 1 0 .353 B.Werber 3B 3 2 2 0 .353 J.Vosmik LF 5 2 3 1 .414 E.Morgan 1B 4 2 0 0 .297 H.Trosky 1B 5 1 1 3 .308 R.Johnson LF 5 1 1 1 .338 O.Hale 2B 5 1 3 2 .304 M.Solters CF 4 2 3 3 .355 W.Kamm 3B 4 0 1 0 .240 D.Cooke RF 5 0 1 1 .247 D.Holland RF 4 0 1 1 .209 R.Ferrell C 4 0 1 1 .322 B.Bean P 1 0 0 0 .125 L.Lary SS 5 0 2 0 .264 F.Pytlak C 4 0 1 0 .220 R.Walberg P 2 0 1 0 .211 M.Pearson P 3 1 1 0 .290 A-C.Reynolds PH 1 0 0 0 .285 B.Weiland P 0 0 0 0 .189 G.Rhodes P 1 0 0 0 .167 B-S.Rice PH,RF 2 0 0 0 .287 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 39 8 12 6 Totals 43 7 15 7 A-Pinch Hit For Walberg In 7th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Weiland In 8th Inning C-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Cissell In 9th Inning Red Sox......... 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 1 - 8 12 1 Indians......... 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 1 0 - 7 15 3 Red Sox (52-35) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA R.Walberg 6 8 2 2 1 0 0 88 2.80 G.Rhodes W(8-10) BS(1st) 4 7 5 5 2 1 1 84 5.17 Totals 10 15 7 7 3 1 1 Indians (42-42) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA M.Pearson 7 2/3 8 6 4 7 5 0 151 3.31 B.Weiland 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2.93 B.Bean LOSS(1-4) 2 4 2 1 1 0 0 34 6.34 Totals 10 12 8 5 8 6 0 ATTENDANCE- 6,962 DATE- Friday, July 20th 1934 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good T- 2:51 LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox:11 Indians: 9 DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 2 Indians: 4 ERRORS- B.Werber, O.Hale-3 DOUBLES- B.Werber(25th), R.Johnson(24th), M.Solters-2(16th), J.Vosmik(27th), O.Hale-2(33rd), D.Holland(13th) TRIPLES- B.Werber(5th) HOME RUNS- H.Trosky(14th) SACRIFICE HITS- B.Werber, G.Rhodes WALKS- M.Bishop, B.Werber-2, E.Morgan-2, R.Johnson, M.Solters, R.Ferrell, E.Averill, W.Kamm, F.Pytlak STRIKE OUTS- E.Morgan, R.Johnson, M.Solters, D.Cooke, L.Lary-2, B.Bean GIDP- E.Morgan, R.Johnson, R.Walberg, G.Rhodes, H.Trosky, S.Rice WILD PITCHES- M.Pearson PASSED BALLS- F.Pytlak

1934 New York Yankees At 1934 Chicago White Sox 7/20/1934 Yankees AB R H RBI AVG White Sox AB R H RBI AVG E.Combs LF 3 0 1 0 .293 E.Swanson RF 4 1 1 0 .310 J.Saltzgaver 3B 3 0 0 0 .223 J.Conlan CF 4 0 0 0 .294 B.Chapman CF 4 0 0 0 .245 J.Dykes 2B 3 1 0 0 .272 L.Gehrig 1B 4 1 2 1 .356 Z.Bonura 1B 2 2 2 4 .276 B.Dickey C 3 0 0 0 .239 A.Simmons LF 3 1 1 1 .329 M.Hoag RF 4 0 0 0 .250 L.Appling SS 3 0 0 0 .348 F.Crosetti SS 4 0 2 0 .245 M.Hopkins 3B 3 0 0 0 .118 D.Heffner 2B 2 0 0 0 .278 E.Madjeski C 2 0 0 0 .186 A-B.Ruth PH 1 0 0 0 .253 S.Jones P 3 0 1 0 .120 J.Broaca P 2 0 0 0 .080 B-R.Rolfe PH 1 0 0 0 .258 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 31 1 5 1 Totals 27 5 5 5 A-Pinch Hit For Heffner In 9th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Broaca In 9th Inning Yankees......... 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 5 0 White Sox....... 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 5 5 0 Yankees (42-41) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA J.Broaca LOSS(5-3) 8 5 5 5 3 5 3 116 3.81 Totals 8 5 5 5 3 5 3 White Sox (29-57) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA S.Jones WIN(7-10) 9 5 1 1 4 3 1 149 4.50 Totals 9 5 1 1 4 3 1 ATTENDANCE- 2,133 DATE- Friday, July 20th 1934 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average T- 1:59 LEFT ON BASE- Yankees: 8 White Sox: 1 DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 1 White Sox: 0 HOME RUNS- L.Gehrig(27th), Z.Bonura-2(19th), A.Simmons(10th) SACRIFICE HITS- J.Broaca WALKS- E.Combs, J.Saltzgaver, B.Dickey, D.Heffner, J.Dykes, Z.Bonura, E.Madjeski STRIKE OUTS- F.Crosetti, J.Broaca-2, L.Appling, M.Hopkins, E.Madjeski-2, S.Jones GIDP- A.Simmons

1934 Washington Nationals At 1934 St. Louis Browns 7/20/1934 Nationals AB R H RBI AVG Browns AB R H RBI AVG B.Myer 2B 4 1 1 0 .329 H.Clift 3B 5 1 2 1 .232 J.Gill RF 3 0 2 1 .250 S.West CF 3 0 0 0 .316 C.Travis 3B 4 0 0 0 .279 J.Burns 1B 4 0 1 0 .250 J.Cronin SS 4 1 1 0 .278 R.Pepper LF 4 0 0 0 .270 F.Schulte CF 4 1 1 0 .295 B.Campbell RF 3 0 1 0 .257 R.Kress LF 4 0 0 0 .185 O.Melillo 2B 4 0 1 0 .254 L.Sewell 1B 3 0 1 1 .188 R.Hemsley C 3 0 0 0 .306 M.Berg C 3 0 0 1 .262 A.Strange SS 4 0 0 0 .274 G.Crowder P 4 0 1 0 .045 G.Blaeholder P 3 0 1 0 .027 A-G.Hartley PH 1 0 1 0 .375 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 33 3 7 3 Totals 34 1 7 1 A-Pinch Hit For Blaeholder In 9th Inning Nationals....... 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 - 3 7 1 Browns.......... 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 7 0 Nationals (48-39) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA G.Crowder WIN(4-5) 9 7 1 1 3 4 1 149 4.69 Totals 9 7 1 1 3 4 1 Browns (29-50) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA G.Blaeholder LOSS(7-9) 9 7 3 3 2 2 0 123 4.65 Totals 9 7 3 3 2 2 0 ATTENDANCE- 655 DATE- Friday, July 20th 1934 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good UMPIRES- Charles Donnelly, , George Moriarty, Harry Geisel T- 2:11 LEFT ON BASE- Nationals: 6 Browns: 9 DOUBLE PLAYS- Nationals: 1 Browns: 1 ERRORS- B.Myer DOUBLES- B.Myer(22nd), J.Gill(1st), G.Hartley(3rd) TRIPLES- J.Burns(5th) HOME RUNS- H.Clift(3rd) STOLEN BASES- O.Melillo(3rd) SACRIFICE FLIES- M.Berg WALKS- J.Gill, L.Sewell, S.West, B.Campbell, R.Hemsley STRIKE OUTS- R.Kress, G.Crowder, B.Campbell, R.Hemsley, G.Blaeholder-2 GIDP- B.Myer, O.Melillo