July 28th, 1934 - NL News

Giants Open Lead in NL Race; Hurler Schumakes hits homer as NY wins 11th straight

Giants Win 10th Game in a Row in Rout Over Phillies
Build lead over Chicago to 5 games

Bucs Win in 11 Over Cards
Suhr (pictured) notches 3 hits for Pittsburgh

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1934 National League Date: 7/28/1934 TEAM WON LOST BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN 1934 NYN 59 35 E.Allen PHN .388 M.Ott NYN 25 M.Ott NYN 86 1934 CHN 53 39 J.Medwick SLN .376 R.Collins SLN 24 G.Suhr PIN 79 1934 SLN 52 40 B.Terry NYN .366 W.Berger BON 18 W.Berger BON 76 1934 PIN 49 40 S.Leslie BRN .361 G.Hartnet CHN 17 R.Collins SLN 73 1934 BRN 41 51 M.Ott NYN .360 B.Herman* CHN 14 E.Allen PHN 69 1934 PHN 41 53 1934 BON 41 54 WINS SAVES ERA 1934 CIN 33 57 C.Hubbell NYN 16 W.Hoyt PIN 7 C.Hubbell NYN 1.78 L.Warneke CHN 14 H.Bell NYN 6 L.Warneke CHN 2.42 F.Fitzsim NYN 14 L.Chagnon PIN 6 W.Hoyt PIN 2.50 T.Carleto SLN 12 B.Smith BON 5 F.Fitzsim NYN 2.52 L.French PIN 11 OTHERS TIED W 4 D.Dean SLN 2.71 CUR HIT STREAK STOLEN BASES STRIKEOUTS J.Moore NYN 9 P.Martin SLN 14 V.Mungo BRN 107 L.O'Doul NYN 9 J.Rothroc SLN 10 D.Dean SLN 96 T.Jackson NYN 8 D.Taylor BRN 9 L.Warneke CHN 80 A.Todd PHN 7 D.Bartell PHN 9 P.Derring CIN 80 OTHERS TIED W 6 OTHERS TIED W 6 P.Dean SLN 80 YESTERDAY'S GAMES TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS PHN 3 at NYN 8 CHN-Warneke(14-5, 2.42) at CIN-Derring(7-11, 3.26) SLN 7 at PIN 8 SLN-Dean(10-8, 2.71) at PIN-Birkofe(8-7, 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 M.Ott NYN .405 37 15 15 6 5 C.Hubbell NYN 20 9 0 2 5 0 202 L.O'Doul NYN .406 32 13 9 3 4 F.Fitzsimmons NYN 27 14 2 5 8 1 300 K.Davis PHN .421 38 16 9 4 3 E.Moore PHN 18 11 1 4 3 0 200 G.Mancuso NYN .375 32 12 7 2 2 H.Schumacher NYN 24 16 6 4 11 0 200 T.Cuccinello BRN .407 27 11 4 4 1 R.Parmelee NYN 17 13 3 3 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 A.Spohrer BON .107 28 3 0 1 0 B.Swift PIN 11 29 21 6 6 1 020 L.Chiozza PHN .170 47 8 1 1 0 B.Frey CIN 16 32 21 1 0 1 120 A.Comorosky CIN .200 25 5 2 0 0 E.Brandt BON 5 14 8 3 0 0 010 B.Whitehead SLN .189 53 10 2 3 0 R.Grabowski PHN 6 13 8 2 0 1 000 M.Koenig CIN .195 41 8 2 2 0 L.Benton CIN 6 11 7 2 2 3 000 INJURY REPORT No injuries to report

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1934 National League WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# ACTWON ACTLOST ACTPCT 1934 New York NYN 59 35 .628 ---- 57 93 60 .608 1934 Chicago CHN 53 39 .576 5.0 86 65 .570 1934 St. Louis SLN 52 40 .565 6.0 95 58 .621 1934 Pittsburgh PIN 49 40 .551 7.5 74 76 .493 1934 Brooklyn BRN 41 51 .446 17.0 71 81 .467 1934 Philadelphia PHN 41 53 .436 18.0 56 93 .376 1934 Boston BON 41 54 .432 18.5 78 73 .517 1934 Cincinnati CIN 33 57 .367 24.0 52 99 .344 OVERALL RECORD Team WON LOST PCT HOME ROAD LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN LAST 10 STREAK BON 41 54 .432 24-22 17-32 3-14 38-40 4- 4 15-19 6-4 Won 5 BRN 41 51 .446 19-26 22-25 11-14 30-37 4- 1 11-15 4-6 Lost 1 CHN 53 39 .576 30-17 23-22 17- 8 36-31 3- 5 19-13 5-5 Won 1 CIN 33 57 .367 21-24 12-33 5- 9 28-48 2- 4 16-17 1-9 Lost 9 NYN 59 35 .628 34-15 25-20 14- 7 45-28 5- 4 20-17 10-0 Won 11 PHN 41 53 .436 25-21 16-32 11- 9 30-44 4- 1 13-14 5-5 Lost 2 PIN 49 40 .551 27-17 22-23 14-11 35-29 3- 3 16-13 4-6 Won 2 SLN 52 40 .565 30-17 22-23 11- 9 41-31 5- 8 12-14 4-6 Lost 5 TOTAL 369 369 .500 TEAM -APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT+ BON 5- 6 9-16 11-18 16-14 0- 0 0- 0 BRN 6- 5 12-15 15-14 8-17 0- 0 0- 0 CHN 8- 4 17-12 16-10 12-13 0- 0 0- 0 CIN 4- 7 6-18 16-13 7-19 0- 0 0- 0 NYN 6- 5 22- 8 13-13 18- 9 0- 0 0- 0 PHN 5- 6 11-13 10-21 15-13 0- 0 0- 0 PIN 7- 3 12-14 14-13 16-10 0- 0 0- 0 SLN 3- 8 17-10 17-10 15-12 0- 0 0- 0 WINS ARE ACROSS, LOSSES ARE DOWN: TEAM BON BRN CHN CIN NYN PHN PIN SLN BON - 5 7 11 7 5 5 1 BRN 7 - 2 7 5 7 8 5 CHN 7 12 - 7 8 7 3 9 CIN 4 5 5 - 2 11 3 3 NYN 5 9 6 12 - 8 7 12 PHN 9 6 7 3 4 - 8 4 PIN 8 6 9 7 6 7 - 6 SLN 14 8 3 10 3 8 6 -

NEWSPAPER GAME STORIES FOR 1934 National League                Date: 7/28/1934



 

PHILADELPHIA AT NEW YORK Phillies........ 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 - 3 5 1 Giants.......... 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 4 - 8 13 1 Win:Schumacher(10-8) Loss:Hansen(5-5) Homeruns- J.Vergez(4th), H.Schumacher(1st) Hal Schumacher went yard and had 2 RBI at Polo Grounds where the seemingly unstoppable New York Giants beat the Philadelphia Phillies by the score of 8 to 3. Philadelphia was unable to recover after New York went ahead in the 2nd inning scoring 2 runners on 3 hits. Philadelphia was out-hit by New York, 13 hits to 5. The victory went to Schumacher(10-8) who went 8 and 1/3 innings, allowing 3 runs. Snipe Hansen(5-5) was tagged with the loss. New York continued their winnings ways improving their record to a league leading 59-35. They are 10-0 in their last ten games. With this loss, Philadelphia has a 5-5 record of late, 41-53 overall. ST. LOUIS AT PITTSBURGH Cardinals....... 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 - 7 16 1 Pirates......... 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 - 8 16 1 Win:Chagnon(5-1) Loss:Vance(3-4) Gus Suhr had 3 base hits as the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the St. Louis Cardinals in 11 innings 8 to 7 at Forbes Field. The game was deadlocked at 7 after nine full innings. Pittsburgh won it in the 11th inning. Paul Waner slapped a base-hit. Arky Vaughan came next and he lined a one-base hit. Vaughan took second on the throw. Fred Lindstrom then would hit into a fielders choice resulting in an exciting win for Pittsburgh and a raucous post-game celebration by the home town fans. Pittsburgh and St. Louis each finished the afternoon with 16 hits. Leon Chagnon(5-1) was the winner allowing no runs in 1 inning. Dazzy Vance(3-4) absorbed the loss in relief. He surrendered 3 runs and 8 hits in 3 innings.

1934 Philadelphia Phillies At 1934 New York Giants 7/27/1934 Phillies AB R H RBI AVG Giants AB R H RBI AVG D.Bartell SS 4 0 0 0 .343 J.Moore LF 4 1 2 0 .293 L.Chiozza 2B 4 0 0 0 .253 H.Critz 2B 4 1 1 0 .211 E.Allen LF 4 0 0 0 .388 B.Terry 1B 4 1 1 1 .366 J.Moore RF 3 1 1 0 .312 M.Ott RF 4 2 3 1 .360 D.Camilli 1B 3 2 1 0 .293 H.Leiber CF 4 0 1 2 .250 K.Davis CF 4 0 2 0 .335 J.Vergez 3B 4 1 1 1 .162 A.High 3B 3 0 0 1 .300 B.Ryan SS 4 0 1 0 .259 A.Todd C 3 0 1 1 .318 G.Mancuso C 4 1 1 1 .285 S.Hansen P 2 0 0 0 .333 H.Schumacher P 4 1 2 2 .155 A-H.Hendrick PH 1 0 0 0 .330 S.Castleman P 0 0 0 0 .000 R.Grabowski P 0 0 0 0 .063 B-J.Wilson PH 1 0 0 0 .385 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 32 3 5 2 Totals 36 8 13 8 A-Pinch Hit For Hansen In 8th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Grabowski In 9th Inning Phillies........ 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 - 3 5 1 Giants.......... 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 4 - 8 13 1 Phillies (41-53) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA S.Hansen LOSS(5-5) 7 8 4 3 3 0 1 146 4.95 R.Grabowski 1 5 4 4 1 0 1 42 9.11 Totals 8 13 8 7 4 0 2 Giants (59-35) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA H.Schumacher WIN(10-8) 8 1/3 5 3 3 2 4 0 120 3.22 S.Castleman 0 2/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 17 3.86 Totals 9 5 3 3 3 4 0 ATTENDANCE- 9,883 DATE- Friday, July 27th 1934 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average T- 2:05 LEFT ON BASE- Phillies: 6 Giants:10 DOUBLE PLAYS- Phillies: 0 Giants: 0 ERRORS- A.High, H.Critz DOUBLES- J.Moore(21st), B.Terry(13th), G.Mancuso(11th), H.Schumacher TRIPLES- M.Ott(7th) HOME RUNS- J.Vergez(4th), H.Schumacher(1st) SACRIFICE HITS- H.Critz SACRIFICE FLIES- A.Todd, H.Leiber WALKS- J.Moore, D.Camilli, A.High, J.Moore, B.Terry, M.Ott, J.Vergez STRIKE OUTS- D.Bartell, E.Allen, K.Davis, A.High WILD PITCHES- S.Castleman WEB GEMS- Bot 5th: Kiddo Davis robbed Gus Mancuso of an extra base hit.

1934 St. Louis Cardinals At 1934 Pittsburgh Pirates 7/27/1934 Cardinals AB R H RBI AVG Pirates AB R H RBI AVG B.Whitehead 3B 6 0 1 0 .285 L.Waner CF 6 0 0 0 .281 J.Rothrock RF 6 1 2 0 .309 P.Waner RF 5 2 1 0 .348 F.Frisch 2B 5 1 2 2 .308 A.Vaughan SS 5 1 4 0 .342 J.Medwick LF 6 2 3 1 .376 F.Lindstrom LF 6 1 1 2 .306 R.Collins 1B 6 1 3 1 .335 G.Suhr 1B 4 1 3 1 .301 S.Davis C 4 0 2 0 .333 P.Traynor 3B 5 1 1 0 .314 E.Orsatti CF 4 1 2 2 .271 T.Thevenow 2B 5 1 2 2 .278 L.Durocher SS 5 1 1 0 .256 E.Grace C 5 1 3 1 .264 J.Haines P 3 0 0 0 .176 B.Swift P 2 0 1 1 .146 D.Vance P 1 0 0 0 .067 A-T.Padden PH 1 0 0 0 .320 B.Hallahan P 0 0 0 0 .105 H.Meine P 1 0 0 0 .042 W.Hoyt P 0 0 0 0 .182 B-W.Jensen PH 1 0 0 0 .279 L.Chagnon P 0 0 0 0 .250 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 46 7 16 6 Totals 46 8 16 7 A-Pinch Hit For Swift In 7th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Hoyt In 10th Inning Cardinals....... 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 - 7 16 1 Pirates......... 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 - 8 16 1 Cardinals (52-40) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA J.Haines 7 8 5 5 2 0 0 133 4.11 D.Vance LOSS(3-4) BS(1st) 3 8 3 3 1 2 0 62 4.67 B.Hallahan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6.45 Totals 10 16 8 8 3 2 0 Pirates (49-40) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA B.Swift 7 13 7 7 1 4 0 125 5.42 H.Meine 1 1/3 2 0 0 0 0 0 20 5.15 W.Hoyt 1 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2.50 L.Chagnon WIN(5-1) 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 18 3.70 Totals 11 16 7 7 2 4 0 ATTENDANCE- 4,359 DATE- Friday, July 27th 1934 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good T- 2:28 LEFT ON BASE- Cardinals:10 Pirates:10 DOUBLE PLAYS- Cardinals: 0 Pirates: 3 ERRORS- F.Frisch, L.Waner DOUBLES- J.Rothrock(27th), J.Medwick(21st), E.Grace(9th) TRIPLES- E.Orsatti(1st), G.Suhr(5th) STOLEN BASES- R.Collins(3rd), A.Vaughan(5th) SACRIFICE HITS- J.Haines SACRIFICE FLIES- E.Orsatti WALKS- F.Frisch, S.Davis, P.Waner, A.Vaughan, G.Suhr STRIKE OUTS- B.Whitehead, R.Collins, J.Haines-2, F.Lindstrom, P.Traynor GIDP- J.Medwick, S.Davis WILD PITCHES- J.Haines

July 28th, 1934 - NL Player of the Week - Ernie Lombardi

NL Player of the Week

Ernie Lombardi

"Ernie Lombardi travels light...He carries nothing but a blue serge suit, a well-worn cap, a small leather bag, the biggest schnozzola ever seen in baseball circles and a .370 batting average."

-Quentin Reynolds, World Telegraph


Ernie Lombardi (HA22) was what our traditional notion of a great catcher. According to historian Bill James, he was a huge man with "huge arms and wrists like giant power cables that snapped around an unnaturally large bat, the heaviest used by anu player of his time, and flicked the ball effortlessly wherever he wanted it to go." Because his knees were so low to the ground, his center of gravity, ideal for a catcher, made him "surely" the slowest person to ever play major league baseball, according to James.

Lombardi came up through the Brooklyn organization. However, with Al Lopez behind the plate, and Del Bissonette at first, there was little room for someone with Lombardi's speed, despite his excellent hitting skills. The legendary Brooklyn manager, Wilbert Robinson, developed the idea of putting Lombardi on the mound at the end of his rookie season in 1932, and Lombardi showed some talent there in practice. When Robinson retired at the end of the 1932 season, however, he was replaced by Max Carey, for whom speed was a key weapon. Accordingly, Lombardi did not fit in with his new manager's scheme, and found himself part of a 6 player swap with Cincinnati.

Lombardi did not make a big impression with the Reds in 1933 or 1934, but in 1935 he caught the fans' attention when he hit four doubles in a single game early in the season. From then on, he was a .300+ hitter each year, hitting moon shot homers out of Crosley field, which was not a home run hitters' park. A favorite target was the roof of the laundry past the left field fence. An oversized character off the field, Lombardi emerged as the most popular player to ever call Crosley Field home. After severl years of fueding with Reds' management over money, Lombardi blossomed under the guidance of Reds' skipper Bill McKechnie who took the team over in 1938, and would guide them to a pennant in 1939 and a world championship in 1940. Lombardi would be the MVP in 1938, and began to develop his defensive skills.

Lombardi became much more than a baseball player, but a local idol as well. Women adored him, and would do anything for a glimpse as if he were a movie star. Lombardi, a shy man who lived with his sister, would outwait them in the clubhouse, drinking beer until he could slip away.

For some reason, Lomardi's entry in Bill James is among the longest (about 10 pages), and is highly entertaining for anyone looking for more information. If you don't know what I'm referring to when I say "Bill James," click here.