August 12th, 1934 - AL News

Red Sox Build Bigger Lead as Tigers, A's, Yankees Lose While Boston Cruises; 6.5 games seperate Yawkey's Sox from rest of AL as August heat is at its peak

Deja Vu All Over Again as Tribe Defeat Tigers, 5-3

Hudlin holds Tigers, deals Auker 7th loss

Red Sox Turn Tables in New York

Oestermueller (pictured) holds Yankees in 6-1 win

Nationals Defeat A's 6-1

Weaver throws complete game win for slumping Washington

White Sox Win Over St. Louis, 6-1

Lyons shows some old magic in victory for Chicago

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1934 American League Date: 8/12/1934 TEAM WON LOST BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN 1934 BOA 66 43 J.Vosmik CLA .395 J.Foxx PHA 42 J.Foxx PHA 121 1934 PHA 56 46 C.Gehring DEA .382 L.Gehrig NYA 32 L.Gehrig NYA 120 1934 DEA 58 49 J.Foxx PHA .372 B.Johnson PHA 31 C.Gehring DEA 96 1934 CLA 55 50 P.Higgins PHA .367 E.Averill CLA 28 B.Johnson PHA 90 1934 WAA 55 51 B.Johnson PHA .361 Z.Bonura CHA 22 O.Hale CLA 80 1934 NYA 52 53 1934 SLA 42 60 WINS SAVES ERA 1934 CHA 38 70 M.Pearson CLA 14 C.Hogsett DEA 9 L.Gomez NYA 2.43 L.Gomez NYA 14 A.McColl WAA 7 B.Weiland *** 2.65 S.Rowe DEA 13 H.Pennock BOA 6 W.Ferrell BOA 2.70 E.Whitehi WAA 13 OTHERS TIED W 4 D.Coffman SLA 2.74 S.Cain PHA 12 B.Newsom SLA 2.89 CUR HIT STREAK STOLEN BASES STRIKEOUTS R.Ferrell BOA 18 B.Werber BOA 42 L.Gomez NYA 110 B.Chapman NYA 18 P.Fox DEA 22 T.Bridges DEA 108 F.Crosett NYA 16 B.Chapman NYA 21 M.Pearson CLA 103 OTHERS TIED W 11 J.White DEA 20 B.Newsom SLA 100 G.Walker DEA 14 S.Rowe DEA 99 YESTERDAY'S GAMES TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS CLA 5 at DEA 3 CLA-Pearson(14-7, 2.90) at DEA-Hamlin(1-3, 6.75) NYA 1 at BOA 6 NYA-Allen(4-2, 4.43) at BOA-Rhodes(10-11, 5.05) PHA 1 at WAA 6 NYA-Ruffing(10-8, 3.46) at BOA-Ferrell(11-3, 2.70) SLA 1 at CHA 6 SLA-Blaehol(7-12, 5.14) at CHA-Jones(8-11, 4.78) SLA-Blaehol(7-12, 5.14) at CHA-Earnsha(8-13, 5.34) 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 .345 29 10 13 3 4 M.Pearson CLA 18 11 0 3 11 0 200 O.Hale CLA .344 32 11 13 4 2 S.Rowe DEA 27 18 7 10 18 0 200 E.Averill CLA .323 31 10 8 7 2 W.Ferrell BOA 18 13 3 5 9 0 200 J.Saltzgaver NYA .333 39 13 9 3 3 L.Gomez NYA 18 11 3 1 7 2 200 J.Burns SLA .342 38 13 9 6 2 S.Cain PHA 18 14 2 9 5 1 200 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 J.Conlan CHA .176 34 6 0 1 0 M.Gaston CHA 7 14 10 6 2 0 010 H.Manush WAA .188 32 6 1 0 0 L.Stewart WAA 5 13 8 5 1 0 010 E.McNair PHA .161 31 5 1 1 0 J.Heving CHA 6 6 8 7 1 1 010 A.Strange SLA .121 33 4 0 4 0 S.Jones CHA 11 21 14 4 3 2 010 B.Ruth NYA .167 24 4 0 3 0 E.Whitehill WAA 11 20 11 1 4 2 020 INJURY REPORT No injuries to report

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1934 American League WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# ACTWON ACTLOST ACTPCT 1934 Boston BOA 66 43 .606 ---- 43 76 76 .500 1934 Philadelphia PHA 56 46 .549 6.5 68 82 .453 1934 Detroit DEA 58 49 .542 7.0 101 53 .656 1934 Cleveland CLA 55 50 .524 9.0 85 69 .552 1934 Washington WAA 55 51 .519 9.5 66 88 .429 1934 New York NYA 52 53 .495 12.0 90 64 .584 1934 St. Louis SLA 42 60 .412 20.5 67 85 .441 1934 Chicago CHA 38 70 .352 27.5 53 99 .349 OVERALL RECORD Team WON LOST PCT HOME ROAD LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN LAST 10 STREAK BOA 66 43 .606 36-19 30-24 11- 7 55-36 9- 5 21-12 6-4 Won 1 CHA 38 70 .352 20-35 18-35 5- 5 33-65 2- 6 7-16 4-6 Won 2 CLA 55 50 .524 32-20 23-30 10-14 45-36 4- 7 13-13 9-1 Won 4 DEA 58 49 .542 30-27 28-22 12-18 46-31 6- 5 19-11 2-8 Lost 4 NYA 52 53 .495 26-24 26-29 16- 9 36-44 5- 7 10-15 6-4 Lost 1 PHA 56 46 .549 32-18 24-28 5- 6 51-40 8- 3 17-11 4-6 Lost 1 SLA 42 60 .412 23-26 19-34 12-11 30-49 4- 3 10-18 5-5 Lost 2 WAA 55 51 .519 29-25 26-26 9-13 46-38 2- 4 13-14 4-6 Won 1 TOTAL 422 422 .500 TEAM -APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT+ BOA 8- 3 13-14 19-10 20-12 6- 4 0- 0 CHA 6- 4 10-17 8-23 10-20 4- 6 0- 0 CLA 6- 3 11-15 14-14 16-17 8- 1 0- 0 DEA 5- 5 17-12 15-12 19-12 2- 8 0- 0 NYA 4- 7 16-11 14-12 12-19 6- 4 0- 0 PHA 5- 7 17- 9 16-11 14-14 4- 5 0- 0 SLA 2- 7 8-20 10-16 16-12 6- 5 0- 0 WAA 6- 6 17-11 15-13 14-15 3- 6 0- 0 WINS ARE ACROSS, LOSSES ARE DOWN: TEAM BOA CHA CLA DEA NYA PHA SLA WAA BOA - 10 9 7 13 6 8 13 CHA 4 - 3 8 5 3 9 6 CLA 5 13 - 10 4 5 10 8 DEA 7 11 8 - 9 7 10 6 NYA 4 10 9 4 - 8 7 10 PHA 11 10 8 6 10 - 7 4 SLA 6 7 7 6 7 5 - 4 WAA 6 9 6 8 5 12 9 -

NEWSPAPER GAME STORIES FOR 1934 American League                Date: 8/12/1934







 

CLEVELAND AT DETROIT Indians......... 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 - 5 8 2 Tigers.......... 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 3 6 0 Win:Hudlin(7-11) Loss:Auker(9-7) Save:Winegarner(3rd) Homeruns- E.Averill(28th) Bob Seeds had 2 base hits and 3 RBI as the Cleveland Indians defeated the Detroit Tigers 5 to 3 at Navin Field. Willis Hudlin(7-11) pitched a fine game. He allowed 6 hits and 2 walks in 7 and 1/3 innings. Cleveland banged out 8 on the afternoon. Hudlin got relief help from Ralph Winegarner who gained credit for his 3rd save. Elden Auker(9-7) was given the loss. NEW YORK AT BOSTON Yankees......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 6 3 Red Sox......... 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 - 6 10 0 Win:Ostermueller(8-8) Loss:Deshong(5-5) Bill Cissell had 2 base hits and Fritz Ostermueller allowed Bucky Harris to rest his bullpen, tossing a complete game as the Boston Red Sox topped the New York Yankees by a score of 6 to 1 at Fenway Park. Boston claimed the early lead in the first inning plating an isolated run using 2 hits. After an out was recorded, Billy Werber slapped a single. Werber swiped second base. Cissell then stroked a one-base hit scoring the run. Boston totaled 10 on the afternoon. Ostermueller(8-8) allowed 1 run on the game. Jimmie Deshong(5-5) was hit with the loss. He gave up 7 hits and 3 walks in 6 innings. PHILADELPHIA AT WASHINGTON Athletics....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 10 1 Nationals....... 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 - 6 6 0 Win:Weaver(9-8) Loss:Benton(8-9) Homeruns- J.Foxx(42nd) Monte Weaver pitched a complete game as the Washington Nationals outscored the Philadelphia Athletics 6 to 1. Weaver(9-8) had a solid outing for Washington. He went 9 innings allowing 10 hits and 1 walk lowering his ERA to 4.86. Although they lost, Philadelphia did out-hit Washington 10 to 6. Al Benton(8-9) absorbed the loss. He allowed 6 runs and 6 hits in 7 innings. ST. LOUIS AT CHICAGO Browns.......... 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 8 0 White Sox....... 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 - 6 10 1 Win:Lyons(5-10) Loss:Coffman(4-8) Ted Lyons completed the game without help from the bullpen at Comiskey Park where the Chicago White Sox beat the St. Louis Browns 6 to 1. Lyons(5-10) pitched a solid game. He went 9 innings surrendering 8 hits and 4 walks. Chicago managed 10 in their victory. The loss was charged to Dick Coffman(4-8). He surrendered 4 runs and 7 hits in 6 innings.

1934 Cleveland Indians At 1934 Detroit Tigers 8/11/1934 Indians AB R H RBI AVG Tigers AB R H RBI AVG M.Galatzer LF 5 0 0 0 .000 J.White CF 4 2 1 0 .324 B.Knickerbocker SS 5 0 1 0 .309 M.Cochrane C 4 1 2 1 .331 E.Averill CF 2 2 1 1 .336 C.Gehringer 2B 4 0 1 0 .382 H.Trosky 1B 4 1 1 1 .330 G.Goslin LF 3 0 1 1 .269 O.Hale 2B 3 1 0 0 .303 B.Rogell SS 3 0 0 0 .288 J.Burnett 3B 4 1 3 0 .291 H.Greenberg 1B 4 0 1 0 .307 B.Seeds RF 4 0 2 3 .287 M.Owen 3B 3 0 0 0 .324 F.Pytlak C 4 0 0 0 .250 P.Fox RF 4 0 0 0 .287 W.Hudlin P 3 0 0 0 .196 E.Auker P 3 0 0 0 .097 R.Winegarner P 1 0 0 0 .000 C.Fischer P 0 0 0 0 .069 A-G.Walker PH 1 0 0 0 .318 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 35 5 8 5 Totals 33 3 6 2 A-Pinch Hit For Fischer In 9th Inning Indians......... 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 - 5 8 2 Tigers.......... 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 3 6 0 Indians (55-50) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA W.Hudlin WIN(7-11) 7 1/3 6 3 2 2 2 0 151 4.52 R.Winegarner SAVE(3rd) 1 2/3 0 0 0 1 1 0 30 3.44 Totals 9 6 3 2 3 3 0 Tigers (58-49) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA E.Auker LOSS(9-7) 7 2/3 8 5 5 3 2 1 157 4.27 C.Fischer 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 17 4.01 Totals 9 8 5 5 3 3 1 ATTENDANCE- 29,166 DATE- Saturday, August 11th 1934 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good T- 2:07 LEFT ON BASE- Indians: 6 Tigers: 7 DOUBLE PLAYS- Indians: 0 Tigers: 0 ERRORS- B.Knickerbocker, B.Seeds DOUBLES- H.Trosky(32nd), J.Burnett(9th), B.Seeds(10th), M.Cochrane(26th), G.Goslin(31st) HOME RUNS- E.Averill(28th) STOLEN BASES- J.White(20th), C.Gehringer(10th) SACRIFICE HITS- M.Owen WALKS- E.Averill-2, O.Hale, J.White, G.Goslin, B.Rogell STRIKE OUTS- B.Knickerbocker, H.Trosky, W.Hudlin, J.White, H.Greenberg, P.Fox WEB GEMS- Top 1st: Jo-Jo White robbed Milt Galatzer of an extra base hit. Bot 1st: Milt Galatzer robbed Hank Greenberg of an extra base hit.

1934 New York Yankees At 1934 Boston Red Sox 8/11/1934 Yankees AB R H RBI AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG F.Crosetti SS 3 0 2 0 .271 M.Bishop 1B 4 0 1 1 .250 J.Saltzgaver 3B 3 0 0 0 .266 B.Werber 3B 5 1 2 0 .359 B.Ruth LF 4 0 0 0 .253 B.Cissell 2B 3 2 2 1 .278 L.Gehrig 1B 4 0 1 0 .350 R.Johnson LF 3 0 1 1 .356 B.Chapman CF 4 1 1 0 .277 C.Reynolds RF 4 0 1 0 .279 B.Dickey C 4 0 1 1 .239 M.Solters CF 4 2 1 1 .323 T.Lazzeri 2B 4 0 1 0 .295 R.Ferrell C 3 1 1 1 .317 S.Byrd RF 3 0 0 0 .229 L.Lary SS 4 0 0 0 .250 J.Deshong P 2 0 0 0 .160 F.Ostermueller P 4 0 1 1 .194 A-M.Hoag PH 1 0 0 0 .247 R.Van Atta P 0 0 0 0 .176 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 32 1 6 1 Totals 34 6 10 6 A-Pinch Hit For Deshong In 7th Inning Yankees......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 6 3 Red Sox......... 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 - 6 10 0 Yankees (52-53) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA J.Deshong LOSS(5-5) 6 7 5 4 3 2 0 97 4.53 R.Van Atta 2 3 1 1 1 0 0 43 5.68 Totals 8 10 6 5 4 2 0 Red Sox (66-43) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA F.Ostermuell WIN(8-8) 9 6 1 1 1 7 0 126 3.31 Totals 9 6 1 1 1 7 0 ATTENDANCE- 20,232 DATE- Saturday, August 11th 1934 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average UMPIRES- Bill Dineen, Bill Summers, , T- 1:49 LEFT ON BASE- Yankees: 6 Red Sox: 9 DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 2 Red Sox: 0 ERRORS- F.Crosetti-2, B.Ruth DOUBLES- F.Crosetti(14th), B.Dickey(21st), M.Bishop(10th), R.Ferrell(21st) TRIPLES- B.Cissell(6th) STOLEN BASES- B.Werber(42nd) SACRIFICE HITS- J.Saltzgaver SACRIFICE FLIES- R.Johnson WALKS- F.Crosetti, M.Bishop, B.Cissell-2, R.Ferrell STRIKE OUTS- J.Saltzgaver, B.Ruth-2, L.Gehrig-2, J.Deshong-2, R.Johnson, L.Lary GIDP- R.Johnson, R.Ferrell

1934 Philadelphia Athletics At 1934 Washington Nationals 8/11/1934 Athletics AB R H RBI AVG Nationals AB R H RBI AVG D.Cramer CF 4 0 1 0 .283 B.Myer 2B 3 2 1 0 .323 D.Williams 2B 3 0 1 0 .273 P.Susko 1B 5 0 2 4 .211 R.Mahaffey P 0 0 0 0 .280 H.Manush LF 4 0 0 0 .353 B.Johnson LF 4 0 2 0 .361 J.Cronin SS 3 0 0 0 .258 J.Foxx 1B 4 1 2 1 .372 F.Schulte CF 3 0 0 0 .302 P.Higgins 3B 4 0 2 0 .367 C.Bolton C 3 2 1 0 .282 E.Coleman RF 4 0 0 0 .295 D.Harris RF 4 1 2 1 .288 E.McNair SS 4 0 1 0 .257 O.Bluege 3B 3 1 0 0 .172 C.Berry C 2 0 1 0 .216 M.Weaver P 2 0 0 0 .161 A.Benton P 1 0 0 0 .128 A-R.Warstler PH,2B 1 0 0 0 .252 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 31 1 10 1 Totals 30 6 6 5 A-Pinch Hit For Benton In 8th Inning Athletics....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 10 1 Nationals....... 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 - 6 6 0 Athletics (56-46) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA A.Benton LOSS(8-9) 7 6 6 5 7 1 0 157 4.20 R.Mahaffey 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5.15 Totals 8 6 6 5 7 1 0 Nationals (55-51) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA M.Weaver WIN(9-8) 9 10 1 1 1 2 1 123 4.86 Totals 9 10 1 1 1 2 1 ATTENDANCE- 12,025 DATE- Saturday, August 11th 1934 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good T- 1:48 LEFT ON BASE- Athletics: 6 Nationals: 8 DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 0 Nationals: 3 ERRORS- E.McNair DOUBLES- P.Higgins(26th), E.McNair(21st) TRIPLES- B.Myer(6th), P.Susko(1st), D.Harris(6th) HOME RUNS- J.Foxx(42nd) SACRIFICE HITS- D.Williams, A.Benton, M.Weaver WALKS- C.Berry, B.Myer-2, J.Cronin, F.Schulte, C.Bolton, O.Bluege, M.Weaver STRIKE OUTS- B.Johnson, J.Foxx, D.Harris GIDP- P.Higgins, E.McNair WILD PITCHES- A.Benton

1934 St. Louis Browns At 1934 Chicago White Sox 8/11/1934 Browns AB R H RBI AVG White Sox AB R H RBI AVG H.Clift 3B 4 0 0 0 .236 E.Swanson RF 5 0 1 1 .318 S.West CF 5 0 0 0 .324 J.Conlan CF 4 1 1 0 .250 J.Burns 1B 5 1 2 0 .266 A.Simmons LF 3 1 0 0 .330 R.Pepper LF 4 0 1 1 .272 L.Appling SS 4 1 2 0 .328 B.Campbell RF 3 0 2 0 .288 J.Dykes 1B 2 1 1 0 .277 O.Melillo 2B 4 0 2 0 .252 J.Hayes 2B 3 1 2 4 .322 R.Hemsley C 4 0 1 0 .319 M.Hopkins 3B 3 0 1 0 .221 A.Strange SS 2 0 0 0 .251 E.Madjeski C 4 1 1 0 .212 A-R.Hornsby PH 0 0 0 0 .395 T.Lyons P 3 0 1 1 .200 C-O.Bejma SS 1 0 0 0 .232 D.Coffman P 2 0 0 0 .290 B-D.Garms PH 1 0 0 0 .312 B.McAfee P 0 0 0 0 .222 D-G.Hartley PH 0 0 0 0 .455 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 35 1 8 1 Totals 31 6 10 6 A-Pinch Hit For Strange In 7th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Coffman In 7th Inning C-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Hornsby In 7th Inning D-Pinch Hit For McAfee In 9th Inning Browns.......... 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 8 0 White Sox....... 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 - 6 10 1 Browns (42-60) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA D.Coffman LOSS(4-8) 6 7 4 4 3 0 0 112 2.74 B.McAfee 2 3 2 2 1 1 0 33 4.50 Totals 8 10 6 6 4 1 0 White Sox (38-70) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA T.Lyons WIN(5-10) 9 8 1 1 4 1 0 166 5.06 Totals 9 8 1 1 4 1 0 ATTENDANCE- 2,700 DATE- Saturday, August 11th 1934 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad T- 1:54 LEFT ON BASE- Browns:11 White Sox: 7 DOUBLE PLAYS- Browns: 1 White Sox: 1 ERRORS- L.Appling DOUBLES- R.Pepper(13th), L.Appling(13th), J.Hayes-2(9th) TRIPLES- J.Burns(11th) SACRIFICE HITS- J.Dykes, T.Lyons WALKS- H.Clift, B.Campbell, R.Hornsby, G.Hartley, A.Simmons, J.Dykes, J.Hayes, M.Hopkins STRIKE OUTS- H.Clift, M.Hopkins GIDP- H.Clift, T.Lyons PASSED BALLS- R.Hemsley