August 29th, 1934 - AL News

Idle Tigers Find Themselves Tied for First as Boston Loses Again; Will Face A's in Key Double Header this Afternoon

Browns Blank Nats, 4-0

Newsome (pictured) "in a groove" - cruises to 13th win and third place in AL ERA

Red Sox Call on Grove But Come Up Short

One run loss sums up frustrating season for perrenial star pitcher*

*For more on Grove's 1934 season, see his DEB bio.

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1934 American League Date: 8/29/1934 TEAM WON LOST BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN 1934 DEA 69 54 C.Gehring DEA .374 J.Foxx PHA 46 L.Gehrig NYA 140 1934 PHA 66 52 J.Foxx PHA .374 L.Gehrig NYA 40 J.Foxx PHA 135 1934 BOA 71 56 B.Johnson PHA .366 B.Johnson PHA 34 C.Gehring DEA 116 1934 NYA 67 57 P.Higgins PHA .355 E.Averill CLA 29 B.Johnson PHA 100 1934 WAA 61 60 L.Gehrig NYA .350 Z.Bonura CHA 22 A.Simmons CHA 94 1934 CLA 61 61 1934 SLA 48 73 WINS SAVES ERA 1934 CHA 47 77 L.Gomez NYA 18 C.Hogsett DEA 9 B.Burke WAA 2.04 S.Rowe DEA 17 A.McColl WAA 9 L.Gomez NYA 2.09 M.Pearson CLA 14 H.Pennock BOA 6 B.Newsom SLA 2.71 S.Cain PHA 14 F.Ostermu BOA 5 W.Ferrell BOA 2.80 OTHERS TIED W 13 P.Galliva CHA 5 D.Coffman SLA 2.88 CUR HIT STREAK STOLEN BASES STRIKEOUTS F.Crosett NYA 11 B.Werber BOA 42 L.Gomez NYA 132 J.Gill WAA 11 J.White DEA 23 T.Bridges DEA 126 Z.Bonura CHA 9 P.Fox DEA 22 B.Newsom SLA 125 F.Bordaga CHA 8 B.Chapman NYA 22 M.Pearson CLA 122 E.Combs NYA 7 OTHERS TIED W 14 R.Ruffing NYA 111 YESTERDAY'S GAMES TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS CLA 5 at BOA 4 CHA-Lyons(5-12, 5.01) at NYA-Macfayd(1-8, 6.10) SLA 4 at WAA 0 DEA-Auker(11-7, 4.02) at PHA-Cain(14-8, 3.93) DEA-Bridges(12-15, 3.79) at PHA-Cain(14-8, 3.93) SLA-Andrews(4-7, 5.27) at WAA-Whitehi(13-11, 3.40) 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 B.Ruth NYA .391 23 9 9 2 4 G.Earnshaw CHA 9 1 0 3 4 0 100 L.Gehrig NYA .417 36 15 10 10 5 L.Gomez NYA 18 10 0 5 9 0 200 J.Foxx PHA .346 26 9 7 5 3 B.Newsom SLA 25 14 3 9 16 1 210 M.Owen DEA .400 35 14 12 3 2 S.Rowe DEA 21 16 5 3 4 2 300 T.Lazzeri NYA .282 39 11 13 7 2 B.Burke WAA 17 6 2 8 2 0 110 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 D.Garms SLA .136 22 3 0 3 0 M.Pearson CLA 11 15 15 7 8 5 020 O.Melillo SLA .229 48 11 2 0 0 B.Hadley SLA 15 21 17 12 5 3 030 R.Johnson BOA .170 47 8 4 3 0 T.Lee CLA 5 10 8 3 4 0 010 M.Galatzer CLA .171 41 7 2 5 0 M.Weaver WAA 6 17 8 0 2 1 010 S.Rice CLA .190 42 8 4 3 0 H.Pennock BOA 7 10 8 4 0 0 010 INJURY REPORT No injuries to report

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1934 American League WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# ACTWON ACTLOST ACTPCT 1934 Detroit DEA 69 54 .561 ---- 34 101 53 .656 1934 Philadelphia PHA 66 52 .559 .5 68 82 .453 1934 Boston BOA 71 56 .559 ---- 76 76 .500 1934 New York NYA 67 57 .540 2.5 90 64 .584 1934 Washington WAA 61 60 .504 7.0 66 88 .429 1934 Cleveland CLA 61 61 .500 7.5 85 69 .552 1934 St. Louis SLA 48 73 .397 20.0 67 85 .441 1934 Chicago CHA 47 77 .379 22.5 53 99 .349 OVERALL RECORD Team WON LOST PCT HOME ROAD LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN LAST 10 STREAK BOA 71 56 .559 41-32 30-24 11- 7 60-49 10- 7 23-16 3-7 Lost 2 CHA 47 77 .379 21-36 26-41 6- 6 41-71 2- 7 7-17 7-3 Won 1 CLA 61 61 .500 32-20 29-41 14-17 47-44 4- 8 18-16 4-6 Won 2 DEA 69 54 .561 31-27 38-27 17-21 52-33 7- 5 24-13 9-1 Won 4 NYA 67 57 .540 39-28 28-29 18-10 49-47 5- 7 12-18 8-2 Lost 1 PHA 66 52 .559 42-23 24-29 5- 6 61-46 9- 4 21-13 6-4 Lost 2 SLA 48 73 .397 23-26 25-47 15-12 33-61 5- 3 12-21 2-8 Won 1 WAA 61 60 .504 35-34 26-26 9-13 52-47 3- 4 15-18 4-6 Lost 1 TOTAL 490 490 .500 TEAM -APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT+ BOA 8- 3 13-14 19-10 20-12 11-17 0- 0 CHA 6- 4 10-17 8-23 10-20 13-13 0- 0 CLA 6- 3 11-15 14-14 16-17 14-12 0- 0 DEA 5- 5 17-12 15-12 19-12 13-13 0- 0 NYA 4- 7 16-11 14-12 12-19 21- 8 0- 0 PHA 5- 7 17- 9 16-11 14-14 14-11 0- 0 SLA 2- 7 8-20 10-16 16-12 12-18 0- 0 WAA 6- 6 17-11 15-13 14-15 9-15 0- 0 WINS ARE ACROSS, LOSSES ARE DOWN: TEAM BOA CHA CLA DEA NYA PHA SLA WAA BOA - 11 11 7 13 6 10 13 CHA 7 - 3 8 6 4 10 9 CLA 7 13 - 10 5 6 10 10 DEA 11 11 9 - 10 9 10 9 NYA 6 12 13 8 - 8 10 10 PHA 11 13 11 6 10 - 11 4 SLA 8 8 7 6 8 6 - 5 WAA 6 9 7 9 5 13 12 -

NEWSPAPER GAME STORIES FOR 1934 American League                Date: 8/29/1934















 

ST. LOUIS AT WASHINGTON Browns.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 - 4 4 0 Nationals....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 1 Win:Newsom(13-7) Loss:Burke(7-5) Bobo Newsom pitched 9 strong innings as the St. Louis Browns outscored the Washington Nationals 4 to 0. St. Louis scored the decisive runs in a big 8th inning with 3 runs using 2 hits. Alan Strange opened up the inning nicely when he drew a walk. Newsom came next and he stroked a base-hit. Harlond Clift then reached on an error which scored a run. Sammy West followed and he laid down a sacrifice bunt. One out later, Roy Pepper stepped in and he delivered a single with two more runners crossing home. Both teams totaled 4 on the afternoon. It was the 2nd shutout of the year for Newsom(13-7). Bobby Burke(7-5) was the losing pitcher. 'I thought it was my best performance in a long time,' said Newsom. 'I had good command early in the game. I had my control and composure and everything went well.' CLEVELAND AT BOSTON Indians......... 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 - 5 10 0 Red Sox......... 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 4 8 1 Win:Winegarner(3-3) Loss:Grove(6-6) Save:Bean(3rd) Homeruns- E.Morgan(4th) Shortstop Billy Knickerbocker had 2 base hits and 4 RBI as the Cleveland Indians topped the Boston Red Sox by a score of 5 to 4 at Fenway Park. Cleveland had 4 runs cross the plate in the 5th inning when they had 4 base hits. The crucial at-bat was provided by Knickerbocker who deflated the mood of the partisan fans when he doubled plating all three baserunners. Cleveland rapped out 10 hits for the afternoon. Ralph Winegarner(3-3) allowed 4 runs in 6 and 1/3 innings, and picked up the victory. Belve Bean gained credit for his 3rd save. Lefty Grove(6-6) was the loser. He was knocked around pretty good, giving up 5 runs in 4 and 2/3 innings.

1934 St. Louis Browns At 1934 Washington Nationals 8/28/1934 Browns AB R H RBI AVG Nationals AB R H RBI AVG H.Clift 3B 4 1 1 1 .230 O.Bluege 3B 3 0 1 0 .175 S.West CF 1 0 0 0 .327 J.Stone RF 4 0 1 0 .375 J.Burns 1B 4 0 0 0 .257 D.Harris LF 4 0 0 0 .287 R.Pepper LF 4 0 1 2 .271 J.Cronin SS 4 0 0 0 .251 B.Campbell RF 3 0 0 0 .283 C.Bolton C 4 0 0 0 .283 O.Melillo 2B 4 0 0 0 .248 F.Schulte CF 2 0 0 0 .297 F.Grube C 3 1 0 0 .231 P.Susko 1B 3 0 0 0 .274 A.Strange SS 3 1 1 0 .250 J.Kerr 2B 3 0 1 0 .333 B.Newsom P 3 1 1 0 .222 B.Burke P 2 0 1 0 .275 A-B.Myer PH 1 0 0 0 .312 R.Prim P 0 0 0 0 .333 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 29 4 4 3 Totals 30 0 4 0 A-Pinch Hit For Burke In 8th Inning Browns.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 - 4 4 0 Nationals....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 1 Browns (48-73) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA B.Newsom WIN(13-7) 9 4 0 0 2 5 0 150 2.71 Totals 9 4 0 0 2 5 0 Nationals (61-60) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA B.Burke LOSS(7-5) 8 2 3 2 5 1 0 149 2.04 R.Prim 1 2 1 1 2 0 0 27 7.48 Totals 9 4 4 3 7 1 0 ATTENDANCE- 3,461 DATE- Tuesday, August 28th 1934 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad UMPIRES- George Moriarty, Harry Geisel, Charles Donnelly, T- 2:01 LEFT ON BASE- Browns: 8 Nationals: 5 DOUBLE PLAYS- Browns: 1 Nationals: 0 ERRORS- J.Cronin TRIPLES- B.Burke SACRIFICE HITS- S.West-2, B.Newsom WALKS- H.Clift, S.West-2, J.Burns, B.Campbell, F.Grube, A.Strange, O.Bluege, F.Schulte STRIKE OUTS- B.Campbell, O.Bluege, D.Harris-2, J.Cronin, J.Kerr GIDP- J.Stone

1934 Cleveland Indians At 1934 Boston Red Sox 8/28/1934 Indians AB R H RBI AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG S.Rice LF 5 1 0 0 .278 M.Bishop 2B 4 0 0 0 .265 E.Averill CF 5 1 2 0 .327 B.Werber 3B 5 0 2 0 .338 H.Trosky 1B 5 0 0 0 .311 D.Cooke CF 3 0 1 0 .232 O.Hale 2B 5 2 3 0 .307 R.Johnson LF 4 0 1 0 .331 W.Kamm 3B 3 1 1 1 .244 D.Porter RF 4 1 1 0 .226 B.Knickerbocker SS 3 0 2 4 .300 R.Ferrell C 3 2 0 0 .304 M.Berg C 4 0 0 0 .299 E.Morgan 1B 4 1 2 2 .290 M.Galatzer RF 4 0 1 0 .183 L.Lary SS 4 0 0 0 .249 R.Winegarner P 2 0 1 0 .091 L.Grove P 1 0 0 0 .147 B.Bean P 1 0 0 0 .111 J.Mulligan P 2 0 1 0 .143 A-C.Reynolds PH 1 0 0 0 .269 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 37 5 10 5 Totals 35 4 8 2 A-Pinch Hit For Mulligan In 9th Inning Indians......... 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 - 5 10 0 Red Sox......... 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 4 8 1 Indians (61-61) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA R.Winegarner WIN(3-3) 6 1/3 6 4 4 2 7 1 99 4.05 B.Bean SAVE(3rd) 2 2/3 2 0 0 1 1 0 45 5.87 Totals 9 8 4 4 3 8 1 Red Sox (71-56) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA L.Grove LOSS(6-6) 4 2/3 8 5 5 1 2 0 89 5.40 J.Mulligan 4 1/3 2 0 0 1 0 0 60 3.95 Totals 9 10 5 5 2 2 0 ATTENDANCE- 7,285 DATE- Tuesday, August 28th 1934 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad UMPIRES- Louis Kolls, , Red Ormsby, George Hildebrand T- 1:57 LEFT ON BASE- Indians: 8 Red Sox: 7 DOUBLE PLAYS- Indians: 0 Red Sox: 0 ERRORS- D.Porter DOUBLES- O.Hale(43rd), B.Knickerbocker(21st), B.Werber(35th), D.Porter(17th) HOME RUNS- E.Morgan(4th) CAUGHT STEALING- B.Werber SACRIFICE HITS- B.Knickerbocker WALKS- W.Kamm, R.Winegarner, M.Bishop, D.Cooke, R.Ferrell STRIKE OUTS- W.Kamm, M.Berg, D.Cooke-2, R.Johnson, D.Porter-2, E.Morgan, L.Lary, J.Mulligan BALKS- R.Winegarner WILD PITCHES- R.Winegarner