July 9th, 1934 - The All Star Game (preview)

The All Star Game


1934 marked only the second All Star game.

IRL, 17 of the 18 starters in the 1934 All Star game wound up in the Hall of Fame. Only Wally Berger of the Braves would start, but not achieve HOF status despite having a .300 lifetime batting average. TBT

The 1934 All Star game was played at the Polo Grounds in New York, home field of the New York Giants on July 10, 1934. Fans chose the 20 man rosters, but the managers chose the starters. The AL won 9-7 IRL, but the game is perhaps best remembered for Carl Hubbel's striking out five conseuctive Hall of Famer hitters (Ruth, Gehrig, Foxx, Simmons and Cronin).

Fans "vote" in the Strat-O-Matic game as the season goes on, based on players' productivity. The game generates more All Stars than played in the real 1934 All Star Game (20 per team). I have decided to reconcile this by delineating between "honorary" All Stars (those who earned the designation based on Strat's voting mechanism) and those that were chosen for the roster by managers Bill Terry (NL) and Joe Cronin (AL). Roster choices were based on (a) top vote getters at each position; then (b) 1934 IRL All Stars; (c) my subjective judgment based on potential contribution; and (d) team diversity.

Here are the All Stars chosen in the replay. Those on the game roster are in bold:


AWARDS VOTING FOR 1934 American League Date: 7/9/1934
ALL-STAR SELECTIONS BY POSITION

C M.Cochrane(DEA) 612,980 R.Ferrell(BOA) 497,193
1B J.Foxx(PHA) 1,885,544 L.Gehrig(NYA) 1,789,120
2B C.Gehringer(DEA) 1,512,492 B.Myer(WAA) 759,351
3B B.Werber(BOA) 1,148,625 M.Owen(DEA) 817,764
SS J.Cronin(WAA) 879,136 B.Rogell(DEA) 676,330
LF B.Johnson(PHA) 1,584,073 H.Manush(WAA) 776,910
CF E.Averill(CLA) 2,181,651 S.West(SLA) 940,518
RF J.Stone(WAA) 823,624 B.Ruth(NYA) 539,335

Pitchers

L.Gomez(NYA) 2,094,385
E.Whitehill(WAA) 1,603,145
M.Pearson(CLA) 1,453,650
S.Rowe(DEA) 1,346,977
R.Ruffing(NYA) 1,282,962
R.Walberg(BOA) 1,221,284
M.Harder(CLA) 1,147,785
B.Newsom(SLA) 1,045,319
B.Dietrich(PHA) 990,139
H.Pennock(BOA) 984,728
A.Benton(PHA) 936,866
J.Welch(BOA) 715,265


AWARDS VOTING FOR 1934 National League Date: 7/9/1934
ALL-STAR SELECTIONS BY POSITION

C G.Hartnett(CHN) 1,172,006 S.Davis(SLN) 639,675
1B R.Collins(SLN) 1,624,799 S.Leslie(BRN) 1,059,340
2B F.Frisch(SLN) 929,495 M.McManus(BON) 728,676
3B P.Martin(SLN) 663,204 P.Whitney(BON) 584,204
SS A.Vaughan(PIN) 951,050 B.Urbanski(BON) 931,640
LF J.Medwick(SLN) 1,286,004 E.Allen(PHN) 1,193,246
CF W.Berger(BON) 1,058,923 K.Cuyler(CHN) 772,818
RF M.Ott(NYN) 2,181,651 P.Waner(PIN) 1,044,352

Pitchers

L.Warneke(CHN) 2,094,385
C.Hubbell(NYN) 1,813,631
D.Dean(SLN) 706,451
T.Carleton(SLN) 575,395
F.Fitzsimmons(NYN) 568,276
B.Lee(CHN) 451,180
J.Salveson(NYN) 411,256
G.Bush(CHN) 361,944
P.Collins(PHN) 340,233
D.Brennan(CIN) 316,718
J.Haines(SLN) 314,536
D.Leonard(BRN) 280,870