Depression Era Baseball: A chronicle from the era of "Sleeper Cars and Flannel Uniforms": September 27th, 1934

Giants Pull Out Stops to Win in Extras, Remain One Back of Cards; Johnny Babich gets first win of season "the hard way" by throwing a 12 inning complete game

Cards Defeat Bucs Behing Strong Effort by Younger Dean
Paul Dean yields only two hits to earn 15th win

Giants Win in Extras Over Phillies, 7-4
Moore hits game winning homer as Hubbell gets win in relief

Dodgers Edge Braves, 6-5
Hard Luck Babich (pictured) earns first win after pitching a 12 inning game

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1934 National League Date: 9/27/1934

TEAM WON LOST BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN
1934 SLN 94 55 J.Medwick SLN .381 M.Ott NYN 44 M.Ott NYN 141
1934 NYN 94 57 B.Terry NYN .372 R.Collins SLN 37 R.Collins SLN 132
1934 PIN 84 62 D.Bartell PHN .356 W.Berger BON 28 G.Suhr PIN 127
1934 CHN 84 63 R.Collins SLN .353 G.Hartnet CHN 20 W.Berger BON 118
1934 BON 63 84 E.Allen PHN .350 C.Hafey CIN 19 J.Medwick SLN 109
1934 BRN 62 88
1934 PHN 58 87 WINS SAVES ERA
1934 CIN 52 95 C.Hubbell NYN 24 B.Smith BON 9 C.Hubbell NYN 2.24
F.Fitzsim NYN 24 L.Chagnon PIN 9 D.Dean SLN 2.31
L.Warneke CHN 22 J.Haines SLN 9 R.Parmele NYN 2.37
D.Dean SLN 21 W.Hoyt PIN 7 W.Hoyt PIN 2.45
T.Carleto SLN 20 H.Bell NYN 6 F.Fitzsim NYN 2.49

CUR HIT STREAK STOLEN BASES STRIKEOUTS
K.Cuyler CHN 13 P.Martin SLN 23 V.Mungo BRN 164
B.Terry NYN 12 D.Bartell PHN 16 D.Dean SLN 151
E.Lombard CIN 10 K.Cuyler CHN 14 L.Warneke CHN 146
J.Rothroc SLN 10 F.Frisch SLN 14 P.Dean SLN 140
OTHERS TIED W 9 OTHERS TIED W 13 H.Schumac NYN 118

YESTERDAY'S GAMES TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS
BON 5 at BRN 6 BON-Brown(4-5, 3.96) at PHN-Darrow(2-9, 4.76)
PHN 4 at NYN 7 CIN-Derring(10-16, 3.73) at SLN-Carleto(20-6, 3.15)
PIN 1 at SLN 6 PIN-Birkofe(15-10, 4.20) at CHN-Lee(13-10, 4.15)

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
G.Suhr PIN .390 41 16 18 4 3 C.Hubbell NYN 20 10 0 0 1 0 300
B.Terry NYN .514 37 19 9 6 2 T.Carleton SLN 25 24 4 0 9 0 100
J.Moore NYN .310 42 13 8 4 4 D.Dean SLN 17 8 2 3 8 0 110
C.Klein CHN .323 31 10 8 4 2 F.Fitzsimmons NYN 25 23 5 2 4 1 200
A.Galan CHN .320 25 8 4 2 2 R.Parmelee NYN 18 14 3 4 10 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
T.Thompson BON .074 27 2 0 1 0 C.Root CHN 6 11 6 3 2 2 110
L.Mallon BON .143 35 5 0 1 0 S.Johnson PHN 11 14 8 2 4 4 020
E.Orsatti SLN .160 25 4 2 0 0 S.Johnson CIN 5 7 4 2 0 0 010
T.Stainback CHN .226 31 7 1 0 0 B.Richmond CIN 7 9 6 2 5 0 010
J.Stripp BRN .211 38 8 1 1 0 C.Davis PHN 17 23 12 5 7 3 020

INJURY REPORT
No injuries to report

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1934 National League

WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# ACTWON ACTLOST ACTPCT
1934 St. Louis SLN 94 55 .631 ---- 4 95 58 .621
1934 New York NYN 94 57 .623 1.0 93 60 .608
1934 Pittsburgh PIN 84 62 .575 8.5 74 76 .493
1934 Chicago CHN 84 63 .571 9.0 86 65 .570
1934 Boston BON 63 84 .429 30.0 78 73 .517
1934 Brooklyn BRN 62 88 .413 32.5 71 81 .467
1934 Philadelphia PHN 58 87 .400 34.0 56 93 .376
1934 Cincinnati CIN 52 95 .354 41.0 52 99 .344

OVERALL RECORD
Team WON LOST PCT HOME ROAD LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN LAST 10 STREAK
BON 63 84 .429 38-37 25-47 8-19 56-65 6- 9 23-28 4-6 Lost 1
BRN 62 88 .413 37-39 25-49 14-20 48-68 9- 7 20-32 7-3 Won 1
CHN 84 63 .571 46-27 38-36 27-13 57-50 10- 9 29-20 6-4 Won 1
CIN 52 95 .354 31-46 21-49 6-17 46-78 5- 8 23-22 2-8 Lost 4
NYN 94 57 .623 51-22 43-35 22-11 72-46 9- 7 29-26 10-0 Won 10
PHN 58 87 .400 32-35 26-52 14-17 44-70 7- 7 20-24 0-10 Lost 12
PIN 84 62 .575 52-25 32-37 20-16 64-46 7- 4 28-20 7-3 Lost 2
SLN 94 55 .631 52-21 42-34 19-14 75-42 9-11 22-22 5-5 Won 5
TOTAL 591 591 .500

TEAM -APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT+
BON 5- 6 9-16 11-18 17-16 10-16 12-12
BRN 6- 5 12-15 15-14 10-18 4-24 15-12
CHN 8- 4 17-12 16-10 15-14 15-14 13- 9
CIN 4- 7 6-18 16-13 7-24 12-17 7-16
NYN 6- 5 22- 8 13-13 21- 9 15-14 17- 8
PHN 5- 6 11-13 10-21 15-16 13-12 4-19
PIN 7- 3 12-14 14-13 18-12 20-10 13-10
SLN 3- 8 17-10 17-10 18-12 24- 6 15-10

WINS ARE ACROSS, LOSSES ARE DOWN:

TEAM BON BRN CHN CIN NYN PHN PIN SLN
BON - 12 7 14 11 8 8 3
BRN 10 - 4 11 7 14 9 7
CHN 15 16 - 15 12 12 3 11
CIN 8 11 7 - 3 12 8 3
NYN 11 13 9 19 - 15 13 14
PHN 10 8 10 7 7 - 8 8
PIN 12 13 15 14 9 12 - 9
SLN 18 15 11 15 8 14 13 -

RUNS SCORED ARE ACROSS, RUNS ALLOWED ARE DOWN:

TEAM BON BRN CHN CIN NYN PHN PIN SLN
BON - 125 73 110 78 89 79 76
BRN 115 - 63 93 77 122 116 95
CHN 96 122 - 115 81 122 77 97
CIN 84 90 69 - 51 101 91 61
NYN 90 94 82 136 - 101 107 94
PHN 83 104 98 121 63 - 115 106
PIN 95 108 121 114 89 118 - 82
SLN 145 145 107 125 92 135 117 -

NEWSPAPER GAME STORIES FOR 1934 National League Date: 9/27/1934

PITTSBURGH AT ST. LOUIS
Pirates......... 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 2 0
Cardinals....... 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 - 6 11 1
Win:Dean(15-9) Loss:Hoyt(16-11)
Homeruns- R.Collins(37th)

Rip Collins went deep and had 5 RBI and Paul Dean held Pittsburgh to 2 hits at
Sportsman's Park where the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates by
the score of 6 to 1.

Collins helped send the fans home happy. He doubled clearing the bases in the
3rd inning and smashed a two-run homer (his 37th of the season) in the 8th
inning. St. Louis had a total of 11 hits for the game.

The winning pitcher was Dean(15-9) who allowed 1 run for the game. Waite
Hoyt(16-11) was given the loss. He gave up 8 hits and 1 walk in 7 innings.

PHILADELPHIA AT NEW YORK
Phillies........ 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 8 3
Giants.......... 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 - 7 9 1
Win:Hubbell(24-9) Loss:Moore(6-11)
Homeruns- J.Moore(12th), B.Terry(8th)

The sizzling New York Giants defeated the reeling Philadelphia Phillies in 10
innings by a score of 7 to 4 at Polo Grounds.

The game was deadlocked at 4 after nine full innings. New York won the hard
fought contest in the 10th inning. After an out was recorded, Gus Mancuso
began the New York spurt when he lashed a single. Blondy Ryan stepped up
next and he laid down a sacrifice bunt. Lefty O'Doul then was walked
intentionally. Jo-Jo Moore followed and he clubbed a three-run home run (his
12th of the season) making New York the winners and sending the 10,644 fans
home happy. New York finished with 9 hits in the victory.

Carl Hubbell(24-9) picked up the victory, allowing no runs in 2 innings. Euel
Moore(6-11) was the loser. He pitched 9 and 2/3 innings and surrendered 9
hits and 7 walks.

BOSTON AT BROOKLYN
Braves.......... 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 5 9 3
Dodgers......... 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 6 9 2
Win:Babich(1-12) Loss:Brandt(11-16)
Homeruns- P.Whitney(15th)

Johnny Babich pitched a complete game as the Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the
Boston Braves in 12 innings by a score of 6 to 5 at Ebbetts Field.

The score was tied at 4 after nine. Brooklyn was victorious in the 12th
inning. Tony Cuccinello led off and keyed the rally when he drew a walk.
Danny Taylor stepped up next and he drew a walk. After an out was recorded,
Al Lopez came to the plate and banged out a single which scored a run. Lopez
took second on the throw. After another out, Buzz Boyle stepped in and he
was walked intentionally to load the bases. Lonny Frey stepped into the box
and drew a walk making Brooklyn the winners and sending the 1,304 fans home
happy. Both teams finished the game with 9 hits.

The victory went to Babich(1-12) who went the distance allowing 5 runs. Ed
Brandt(11-16) took the loss in relief. He gave up 1 hit and 3 walks in 3
innings.

1934 Pittsburgh Pirates At 1934 St. Louis Cardinals 9/26/1934

Pirates AB R H RBI AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI AVG
L.Waner CF 4 0 1 1 .268 P.Martin 3B 3 1 2 0 .295
W.Jensen LF 4 0 0 0 .304 J.Rothrock RF 4 1 2 1 .309
P.Waner RF 4 0 0 0 .348 F.Frisch 2B 3 2 2 0 .310
A.Vaughan SS 3 0 0 0 .325 J.Medwick LF 4 1 1 0 .381
P.Traynor 3B 3 0 0 0 .322 R.Collins 1B 4 1 2 5 .353
G.Suhr 1B 3 0 0 0 .312 B.Delancey C 4 0 1 0 .301
T.Thevenow 2B 3 0 0 0 .266 E.Orsatti CF 4 0 1 0 .291
E.Grace C 3 0 0 0 .290 L.Durocher SS 3 0 0 0 .261
W.Hoyt P 2 1 1 0 .133 P.Dean P 3 0 0 0 .272
A-B.Brubaker PH 1 0 0 0 .000
B.Swift P 0 0 0 0 .159
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 30 1 2 1 Totals 32 6 11 6

A-Pinch Hit For Hoyt In 8th Inning

Pirates......... 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 2 0
Cardinals....... 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 - 6 11 1

Pirates (84-62) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
W.Hoyt LOSS(16-11) 7 8 4 4 1 5 0 95 2.45
B.Swift 1 3 2 2 0 1 1 22 5.56
Totals 8 11 6 6 1 6 1

Cardinals (94-55) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
P.Dean WIN(15-9) 9 2 1 1 0 2 0 100 3.54
Totals 9 2 1 1 0 2 0

ATTENDANCE- 11,179 DATE- Wednesday, September 26th 1934 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 1:31
LEFT ON BASE- Pirates: 2 Cardinals: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Pirates: 0 Cardinals: 0
ERRORS- F.Frisch
DOUBLES- L.Waner(28th), W.Hoyt, R.Collins(40th)
TRIPLES- P.Martin(10th), F.Frisch(9th)
HOME RUNS- R.Collins(37th)
STOLEN BASES- P.Martin(23rd)
CAUGHT STEALING- P.Martin
SACRIFICE HITS- F.Frisch, L.Durocher
WALKS- P.Martin
STRIKE OUTS- A.Vaughan, P.Traynor, J.Medwick-2, R.Collins, L.Durocher, P.Dean-2

1934 Philadelphia Phillies At 1934 New York Giants 9/26/1934

Phillies AB R H RBI AVG Giants AB R H RBI AVG
K.Davis CF 5 2 1 0 .309 J.Moore LF 6 2 3 3 .316
D.Bartell SS 5 1 3 1 .356 H.Critz 2B 4 1 1 1 .216
L.Chiozza 2B 5 0 2 3 .277 B.Terry 1B 3 2 1 1 .372
J.Moore RF 4 0 1 0 .299 M.Ott RF 3 0 0 0 .346
D.Camilli 1B 4 0 0 0 .281 T.Jackson 3B 5 0 1 2 .269
E.Allen LF 4 0 0 0 .350 G.Watkins CF 3 0 0 0 .236
B.Walters 3B 4 0 1 0 .269 G.Mancuso C 4 1 3 0 .237
J.Wilson C 3 0 0 0 .354 B.Ryan SS 3 0 0 0 .260
E.Moore P 3 1 0 0 .114 H.Schumacher P 3 0 0 0 .173
A-H.Danning PH 1 0 0 0 .316
C.Hubbell P 0 0 0 0 .192
B-L.O'Doul PH 0 1 0 0 .333
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 37 4 8 4 Totals 35 7 9 7

A-Pinch Hit For Schumacher In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Hubbell In 10th Inning

Phillies........ 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 8 3
Giants.......... 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 - 7 9 1

Phillies (58-87) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
E.Moore LOSS(6-11) 9 2/3 9 7 5 7 3 2 142 4.01
Totals 9 2/3 9 7 5 7 3 2

Giants (94-57) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
H.Schumacher 8 6 4 4 1 3 0 118 2.90
C.Hubbell WIN(24-9) 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 26 2.24
Totals 10 8 4 4 1 3 0

ATTENDANCE- 10,644 DATE- Wednesday, September 26th 1934 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
T- 2:33
LEFT ON BASE- Phillies: 5 Giants:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Phillies: 3 Giants: 1
ERRORS- D.Bartell-2, E.Moore, G.Mancuso
DOUBLES- K.Davis(19th), D.Bartell(30th), T.Jackson(27th)
TRIPLES- J.Moore(4th)
HOME RUNS- J.Moore(12th), B.Terry(8th)
SACRIFICE HITS- E.Moore, H.Critz, G.Mancuso, B.Ryan
WALKS- J.Wilson, B.Terry-2, M.Ott-2, G.Watkins, B.Ryan, L.O'Doul
HIT BY PITCH- G.Watkins
STRIKE OUTS- J.Moore, E.Moore-2, T.Jackson, B.Ryan-2
GIDP- L.Chiozza, H.Schumacher-2, H.Danning

1934 Boston Braves At 1934 Brooklyn Dodgers 9/26/1934

Braves AB R H RBI AVG Dodgers AB R H RBI AVG
B.Urbanski SS 6 0 0 1 .281 B.Boyle RF 4 1 0 0 .283
M.McManus 2B 6 0 0 0 .274 L.Frey SS 5 0 0 1 .259
B.Jordan 1B 6 0 0 0 .314 L.Koenecke CF 6 0 1 0 .299
W.Berger CF 5 0 1 0 .280 S.Leslie 1B 6 1 1 1 .338
R.Moore RF 2 1 1 0 .307 T.Cuccinello 2B 4 2 2 1 .278
D-T.Thompson RF 0 0 0 0 .285 D.Taylor LF 4 2 2 0 .287
H.Lee LF 5 2 1 1 .291 J.Stripp 3B 5 0 1 0 .298
P.Whitney 3B 5 1 3 3 .256 A.Lopez C 6 0 2 2 .265
S.Hogan C 5 0 3 0 .266 J.Babich P 6 0 0 0 .250
B-E.Fletcher PR 0 1 0 0 .412
C-A.Spohrer C 0 0 0 0 .236
F.Rhem P 2 0 0 0 .076
B.Smith P 0 0 0 0 .222
A-L.Mallon PH 1 0 0 0 .282
E.Brandt P 1 0 0 0 .271
L.Mangum P 0 0 0 0 .143
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 44 5 9 5 Totals 46 6 9 5

A-Pinch Hit For Smith In 9th Inning
B-Pinch Ran For Hogan In 12th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Fletcher In 12th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Moore In 12th Inning

Braves.......... 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 5 9 3
Dodgers......... 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 6 9 2

Braves (63-84) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
F.Rhem 7 7 4 3 5 0 0 125 4.01
B.Smith 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 2.97
E.Brandt LOSS(11-16) 3 1 2 2 3 2 0 48 3.76
L.Mangum BS(1st) 0 2/3 1 0 0 2 0 0 17 5.32
Totals 11 2/3 9 6 5 10 3 0

Dodgers (62-88) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Babich WIN(1-12) 12 9 5 3 3 5 1 167 5.10
Totals 12 9 5 3 3 5 1

ATTENDANCE- 1,304 DATE- Wednesday, September 26th 1934 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 2:48
LEFT ON BASE- Braves: 7 Dodgers:14
DOUBLE PLAYS- Braves: 0 Dodgers: 2
ERRORS- B.Urbanski, H.Lee-2, T.Cuccinello, J.Babich
DOUBLES- W.Berger(27th), S.Hogan(10th), T.Cuccinello(35th), D.Taylor(21st)
TRIPLES- H.Lee(7th), S.Leslie(11th)
HOME RUNS- P.Whitney(15th)
SACRIFICE HITS- F.Rhem, E.Brandt
WALKS- R.Moore-3, B.Boyle-3, L.Frey-2, T.Cuccinello-2, D.Taylor-2, J.Stripp
STRIKE OUTS- M.McManus-2, B.Jordan, R.Moore, F.Rhem, B.Boyle, L.Koenecke,
J.Babich
GIDP- H.Lee, S.Hogan
WILD PITCHES- J.Babich