Depression Era Baseball: A chronicle from the era of "Sleeper Cars and Flannel Uniforms": September 13th, 1934

Giants Stay in the Hunt as Hubbell Shuts Down Pittsburgh; Cards bats finally cool in Philly; race for best pitcher title in NL could not be closer as Wheaties feature King Carl in new ad campaign

Phillies Turn Table on Cards with 8-0 Win
Collins shuts out strong St. Louis team

Giants Win Over Pirates, 5-1
Hubbell provides another dominant performance

Brooklyn Romps Cinci Again, 13-5
Koenecke provides extra base hits to lead Dodgers

Cubs Win Again in Boston, 6-1
Chicago Ace Warneke gets 21st win in strong outing

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1934 National League Date: 9/13/1934

TEAM WON LOST BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN
1934 SLN 86 50 J.Medwick SLN .384 M.Ott NYN 41 M.Ott NYN 132
1934 NYN 83 54 B.Terry NYN .363 R.Collins SLN 36 R.Collins SLN 118
1934 CHN 78 57 E.Allen PHN .357 W.Berger BON 25 W.Berger BON 110
1934 PIN 75 58 M.Ott NYN .354 G.Hartnet CHN 20 G.Suhr PIN 107
1934 BON 59 76 R.Collins SLN .352 C.Hafey CIN 19 K.Cuyler CHN 102
1934 PHN 58 75
1934 BRN 52 83 WINS SAVES ERA
1934 CIN 48 86 F.Fitzsim NYN 22 B.Smith BON 9 R.Parmele NYN 2.33
L.Warneke CHN 21 L.Chagnon PIN 9 W.Hoyt PIN 2.35
C.Hubbell NYN 21 J.Haines SLN 8 D.Dean SLN 2.37
D.Dean SLN 19 W.Hoyt PIN 7 C.Hubbell NYN 2.44
T.Carleto SLN 19 H.Bell NYN 6 L.Warneke CHN 2.49

CUR HIT STREAK STOLEN BASES STRIKEOUTS
B.Terry NYN 16 P.Martin SLN 18 V.Mungo BRN 146
D.Bartell PHN 9 K.Cuyler CHN 14 D.Dean SLN 139
A.Comoros CIN 8 D.Bartell PHN 14 L.Warneke CHN 134
R.Collins SLN 8 F.Frisch SLN 13 P.Dean SLN 120
L.Chiozza PHN 7 OTHERS TIED W 12 B.Lee CHN 111

YESTERDAY'S GAMES TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS
CHN 6 at BON 1 CHN-Malone(11-9, 4.34) at BRN-Mungo(9-20, 4.00)
CIN 5 at BRN 13 SLN-Dean(19-9, 2.37) at NYN-Fitzsim(22-7, 2.53)
PIN 1 at NYN 5
SLN 0 at PHN 8

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 .406 32 13 12 5 6 L.Warneke CHN 26 22 5 3 14 1 300
B.Delancey SLN .304 23 7 9 6 2 F.Fitzsimmons NYN 17 9 0 4 2 0 200
R.Collins SLN .405 42 17 7 5 2 B.Cantwell BON 13 7 1 2 3 0 200
A.Vaughan PIN .393 28 11 6 3 1 C.Hubbell NYN 25 19 3 2 10 4 111
B.Terry NYN .545 33 18 4 4 0 P.Collins PHN 17 12 2 4 6 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
S.Adams CIN .111 36 4 0 2 0 T.Kleinhans CIN 6 10 8 5 1 0 010
P.Traynor PIN .188 32 6 0 0 0 T.Freitas CIN 7 16 9 2 3 1 000
B.Boyle BRN .216 37 8 0 0 0 E.Moore PHN 13 22 10 2 4 4 020
L.Waner PIN .152 33 5 0 2 0 S.Johnson CIN 6 14 5 1 3 0 010
H.Critz NYN .189 37 7 3 1 0 L.Munns BRN 6 8 5 4 2 0 010

INJURY REPORT
No injuries to report

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1934 National League

WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# ACTWON ACTLOST ACTPCT
1934 St. Louis SLN 86 50 .632 ---- 15 95 58 .621
1934 New York NYN 83 54 .606 3.5 93 60 .608
1934 Chicago CHN 78 57 .578 7.5 86 65 .570
1934 Pittsburgh PIN 75 58 .564 9.5 74 76 .493
1934 Boston BON 59 76 .437 26.5 78 73 .517
1934 Philadelphia PHN 58 75 .436 26.5 56 93 .376
1934 Brooklyn BRN 52 83 .385 33.5 71 81 .467
1934 Cincinnati CIN 48 86 .358 37.0 52 99 .344

OVERALL RECORD
Team WON LOST PCT HOME ROAD LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN LAST 10 STREAK
BON 59 76 .437 35-30 24-46 7-17 52-59 5- 7 20-25 6-4 Lost 4
BRN 52 83 .385 27-34 25-49 13-18 39-65 6- 6 14-29 3-7 Won 2
CHN 78 57 .578 45-26 33-31 25-11 53-46 9- 8 28-20 7-3 Won 5
CIN 48 86 .358 31-44 17-42 6-15 42-71 4- 8 22-20 3-7 Lost 2
NYN 83 54 .606 44-19 39-35 19-11 64-43 8- 7 26-25 6-4 Won 1
PHN 58 75 .436 32-29 26-46 14-16 44-59 7- 4 20-20 4-6 Won 1
PIN 75 58 .564 48-24 27-34 20-15 55-43 6- 3 26-18 4-6 Lost 1
SLN 86 50 .632 50-21 36-29 17-11 69-39 8-10 20-19 6-4 Lost 1
TOTAL 539 539 .500

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

WINS ARE ACROSS, LOSSES ARE DOWN:

TEAM BON BRN CHN CIN NYN PHN PIN SLN
BON - 11 7 13 11 8 8 1
BRN 9 - 2 11 7 10 8 5
CHN 15 15 - 14 12 8 3 11
CIN 5 11 7 - 3 12 7 3
NYN 7 13 9 15 - 13 13 13
PHN 10 8 10 7 7 - 8 8
PIN 12 10 12 13 9 10 - 9
SLN 18 15 10 13 5 14 11 -

RUNS SCORED ARE ACROSS, RUNS ALLOWED ARE DOWN:

TEAM BON BRN CHN CIN NYN PHN PIN SLN
BON - 113 73 92 73 89 79 64
BRN 103 - 52 93 77 108 101 88
CHN 96 113 - 106 81 94 68 95
CIN 61 90 68 - 44 101 79 58
NYN 74 94 82 113 - 86 107 77
PHN 83 95 86 121 57 - 107 106
PIN 95 90 91 104 89 102 - 80
SLN 136 141 101 109 67 135 109 -

NEWSPAPER GAME STORIES FOR 1934 National League Date: 9/13/1934

CHICAGO AT BOSTON
Cubs............ 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 - 6 11 0
Braves.......... 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 1
Win:Warneke(21-7) Loss:Rhem(8-10)

Lon Warneke went 9 strong innings as the Chicago Cubs topped the Boston Braves
by a score of 6 to 1 at Braves Field.

Chicago took the lead off Flint Rhem in the first inning plating an isolated
run. After an out was recorded, Billy Herman hit a single. Herman swiped
second base. Rhem then was wild with a pitch. Kiki Cuyler was up next and
he would ground out scoring the run. Chicago had 11 hits for the afternoon.

The victory was credited to Warneke(21-7) who went the distance, allowing 1
run. Rhem(8-10) was the loser. He pitched 7 and 2/3 innings giving up 9 hits
and 1 walk.

CINCINNATI AT BROOKLYN
Reds............ 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 - 5 12 1
Dodgers......... 2 2 5 0 0 0 3 1 - 13 18 3
Win:Carroll(2-3) Loss:Kleinhans(2-5)

Len Koenecke collected 2 extra-base hits and had 3 RBI at Ebbetts Field as the
Brooklyn Dodgers beat the Cincinnati Reds by the count of 13 to 5.

Brooklyn jumped out to the early lead in the first inning when they tallied 2
runs on 1 hit. Brooklyn ended up with 18 hits for the game while Cincinnati
had 12.

The victory went to Ownie Carroll(2-3) who went 6 and 1/3 innings, allowing 5
runs. Ted Kleinhans(2-5) ended up with the loss. He had trouble throwing
strikes and issued 5 walks in 2 and 2/3 innings.

With this win, Brooklyn has a 52-83 record. They have been 3-7 lately. With
the loss, Cincinnati has a record of 3-7 lately, 48-86, worst in the league
overall.

PITTSBURGH AT NEW YORK
Pirates......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 2 0
Giants.......... 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 - 5 12 0
Win:Hubbell(21-8) Loss:Birkofer(13-10)
Homeruns- G.Suhr(11th), M.Ott(41st), T.Jackson(15th)

Carl Hubbell tossed a fine 2 hitter and Mel Ott homered and had 2 RBI as the
New York Giants defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 5 to 1 at Polo Grounds.

New York went ahead for good in the 2nd inning scoring one runner using 3
hits. New York banged out 12 on the afternoon.

Hubbell(21-8) got the victory, allowing 1 run for the game. The losing pitcher
was Ralph Birkofer(13-10). He was unable to control the New York offense and
allowed 12 hits and 4 walks in 8 innings.

ST. LOUIS AT PHILADELPHIA
Cardinals....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 0
Phillies........ 1 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 - 8 15 2
Win:Collins(14-12) Loss:Vance(3-7)
Homeruns- K.Davis(7th)

Kiddo Davis had 4 hits and Phil Collins tossed a complete game shutout as the
Philadelphia Phillies beat the St. Louis Cardinals by a score of 8 to 0.

The Philadelphia fans enjoyed the offense provided by Davis. He tripled in
the 1st inning, electrified the crowd with a Grand Slam home run (his 7th of
the season) in the 2nd inning, delivered a one-base hit in the 4th inning and
laced a base-knock in the 6th inning. Neither team managed to score after
the 4th inning.

Collins(14-12) went the distance for the shutout. Dazzy Vance(3-7) was the
loser. He gave up 8 runs in 4 innings of work. 'Davis led the way - we just
jumped on his back and let him take us,' Collins said. 'I'm glad I don't have
to face him. I'm glad he's on my team.'

1934 Chicago Cubs At 1934 Boston Braves 9/12/1934

Cubs AB R H RBI AVG Braves AB R H RBI AVG
S.Hack 3B 4 1 1 1 .328 B.Urbanski SS 4 0 1 0 .286
B.Herman 2B 4 2 3 1 .288 T.Thompson RF 4 0 0 0 .305
K.Cuyler CF 4 1 1 1 .333 B.Jordan 1B 4 0 2 0 .319
R.Stephenson LF 4 0 0 1 .200 W.Berger CF 4 0 0 0 .277
T.Stainback RF 4 0 1 0 .312 H.Lee LF 3 1 1 0 .293
G.Hartnett C 4 0 3 2 .299 M.McManus 2B 3 0 1 0 .278
C.Grimm 1B 4 0 0 0 .297 P.Whitney 3B 3 0 0 0 .251
B.Jurges SS 4 2 2 0 .256 S.Hogan C 3 0 0 0 .261
L.Warneke P 3 0 0 0 .202 F.Rhem P 2 0 0 0 .088
L.Mangum P 1 0 0 0 .150
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 35 6 11 6 Totals 31 1 5 0

Cubs............ 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 - 6 11 0
Braves.......... 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 1

Cubs (78-57) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
L.Warneke WIN(21-7) 9 5 1 1 1 7 0 122 2.49
Totals 9 5 1 1 1 7 0

Braves (59-76) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
F.Rhem LOSS(8-10) 7 2/3 9 5 5 1 1 0 125 3.93
L.Mangum 1 1/3 2 1 1 2 0 0 34 5.02
Totals 9 11 6 6 3 1 0

ATTENDANCE- 1,081 DATE- Wednesday, September 12th 1934 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 2:26
LEFT ON BASE- Cubs: 8 Braves: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Cubs: 1 Braves: 2
ERRORS- F.Rhem
DOUBLES- G.Hartnett(32nd), B.Jurges(17th), B.Urbanski(29th), B.Jordan(29th)
STOLEN BASES- B.Herman-2(8th), K.Cuyler(14th)
SACRIFICE HITS- S.Hack, L.Warneke
WALKS- B.Herman, K.Cuyler, R.Stephenson, H.Lee
HIT BY PITCH- T.Stainback
STRIKE OUTS- T.Stainback, B.Urbanski-2, W.Berger-2, P.Whitney, S.Hogan, F.Rhem
GIDP- G.Hartnett, C.Grimm, P.Whitney
WILD PITCHES- F.Rhem

1934 Cincinnati Reds At 1934 Brooklyn Dodgers 9/12/1934

Reds AB R H RBI AVG Dodgers AB R H RBI AVG
S.Adams 2B 5 1 1 0 .250 G.Chapman RF 6 2 3 0 .304
G.Slade SS 5 1 3 1 .331 L.Frey SS 5 3 4 2 .276
M.Koenig 3B 5 1 1 2 .261 L.Koenecke CF 3 3 2 3 .294
J.Bottomley 1B 5 0 2 0 .256 D.Taylor LF 3 0 2 3 .289
C.Hafey CF 5 0 0 0 .291 T.Cuccinello 3B 3 0 0 1 .282
H.Pool LF 5 1 4 1 .362 J.Jordan 2B 5 1 1 1 .287
E.Lombardi C 4 0 0 0 .312 J.Stripp 1B 5 2 3 0 .308
A.Comorosky RF 4 1 1 0 .298 R.Berres C 5 1 3 2 .278
T.Kleinhans P 1 0 0 0 .091 O.Carroll P 3 1 0 0 .278
B.Richmond P 0 0 0 0 ---- L.Munns P 1 0 0 0 .323
A-J.Shevlin PH 1 0 0 0 .292
J.Barnes P 0 0 0 0 ----
T.Freitas P 1 0 0 0 .094
S.Johnson P 0 0 0 0 .197
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 41 5 12 4 Totals 39 13 18 12

A-Pinch Hit For Richmond In 5th Inning

Reds............ 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 - 5 12 1
Dodgers......... 2 2 5 0 0 0 3 1 - 13 18 3

Reds (48-86) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
T.Kleinhans LOSS(2-5) 2 2/3 7 8 8 5 0 0 73 5.84
B.Richmond 1 1/3 3 1 1 0 0 0 33 3.37
J.Barnes 0 2/3 1 0 0 2 0 0 19 18.00
T.Freitas 3 7 4 4 0 0 0 60 5.14
S.Johnson 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4.24
Totals 8 18 13 13 7 0 0

Dodgers (52-83) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
O.Carroll WIN(2-3) 6 1/3 12 5 5 0 2 0 128 7.84
L.Munns 2 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 25 5.66
Totals 9 12 5 5 0 3 0

ATTENDANCE- 1,838 DATE- Wednesday, September 12th 1934 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Ziggy Sears, , Bill Klem, Cy Pfirman
T- 2:31
LEFT ON BASE- Reds:10 Dodgers:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Reds: 2 Dodgers: 0
ERRORS- H.Pool, J.Jordan, R.Berres-2
DOUBLES- G.Slade(17th), M.Koenig(15th), G.Chapman(4th), L.Frey(25th),
L.Koenecke(21st), J.Stripp(20th), R.Berres-2(7th)
TRIPLES- H.Pool(11th), L.Koenecke(4th)
SACRIFICE HITS- B.Richmond
SACRIFICE FLIES- D.Taylor
WALKS- L.Frey, L.Koenecke-2, D.Taylor, T.Cuccinello-2, O.Carroll
STRIKE OUTS- T.Kleinhans, J.Shevlin, T.Freitas
GIDP- R.Berres, L.Munns
WILD PITCHES- O.Carroll

1934 Pittsburgh Pirates At 1934 New York Giants 9/12/1934

Pirates AB R H RBI AVG Giants AB R H RBI AVG
L.Waner CF 4 0 0 0 .270 J.Moore LF 5 0 2 0 .314
F.Lindstrom LF 4 0 0 0 .314 H.Critz 2B 4 1 0 0 .215
P.Waner RF 3 0 0 0 .350 B.Terry 1B 3 1 2 0 .363
A.Vaughan SS 3 0 1 0 .335 H.Leiber CF 2 0 1 1 .267
P.Traynor 3B 3 0 0 0 .314 M.Ott RF 3 1 2 2 .354
G.Suhr 1B 3 1 1 1 .300 T.Jackson SS 4 1 1 1 .273
T.Thevenow 2B 2 0 0 0 .274 H.Danning C 4 0 1 0 .324
A-B.Brubaker PH 1 0 0 0 .000 B.Ryan 3B 4 1 2 0 .255
B-C.Lavagetto 2B 0 0 0 0 .228 C.Hubbell P 4 0 1 1 .200
T.Padden C 3 0 0 0 .328
R.Birkofer P 2 0 0 0 .254
C-W.Roettger PH 1 0 0 0 .196
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 29 1 2 1 Totals 33 5 12 5

A-Pinch Hit For Thevenow In 8th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Brubaker In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Birkofer In 9th Inning

Pirates......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 2 0
Giants.......... 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 - 5 12 0

Pirates (75-58) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
R.Birkofer LOSS(13-10) 8 12 5 5 4 1 2 141 4.21
Totals 8 12 5 5 4 1 2

Giants (83-54) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
C.Hubbell WIN(21-8) 9 2 1 1 0 2 1 114 2.44
Totals 9 2 1 1 0 2 1

ATTENDANCE- 12,315 DATE- Wednesday, September 12th 1934 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Cy Rigler, Dolly Stark, Bill Stewart,
T- 1:54
LEFT ON BASE- Pirates: 1 Giants: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Pirates: 2 Giants: 0
DOUBLES- B.Ryan(18th)
HOME RUNS- G.Suhr(11th), M.Ott(41st), T.Jackson(15th)
SACRIFICE FLIES- H.Leiber
WALKS- H.Critz, B.Terry, H.Leiber, M.Ott
STRIKE OUTS- G.Suhr, R.Birkofer, C.Hubbell
GIDP- H.Critz
WEB GEMS- Top 7th: Hank Leiber robbed Arky Vaughan of an extra base hit.

1934 St. Louis Cardinals At 1934 Philadelphia Phillies 9/12/1934

Cardinals AB R H RBI AVG Phillies AB R H RBI AVG
P.Martin 3B 4 0 0 0 .300 K.Davis CF 5 3 4 4 .315
J.Rothrock RF 3 0 0 0 .312 D.Bartell SS 5 1 2 1 .350
B.Whitehead 2B 4 0 1 0 .279 L.Chiozza 2B 4 0 3 1 .276
J.Medwick LF 4 0 0 0 .384 J.Moore RF 4 0 0 1 .302
R.Collins 1B 4 0 1 0 .352 E.Allen LF 4 1 1 0 .357
B.Delancey C 2 0 0 0 .294 D.Camilli 1B 4 1 2 0 .289
E.Orsatti CF 4 0 1 0 .304 B.Walters 3B 4 1 1 0 .263
L.Durocher SS 4 0 0 0 .265 J.Wilson C 3 1 1 0 .355
D.Vance P 1 0 1 0 .111 P.Collins P 4 0 1 0 .195
A-F.Frisch PH 1 0 1 0 .315
J.Haines P 0 0 0 0 .115
B-P.Crawford PH 1 0 1 0 .300
J.Mooney P 0 0 0 0 .050
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 32 0 6 0 Totals 37 8 15 7

A-Pinch Hit For Vance In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Haines In 7th Inning

Cardinals....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 0
Phillies........ 1 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 - 8 15 2

Cardinals (86-50) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
D.Vance LOSS(3-7) 4 11 8 8 1 3 1 102 5.19
J.Haines 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 25 3.22
J.Mooney 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 33 4.41
Totals 8 15 8 8 1 5 1

Phillies (58-75) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
P.Collins WIN(14-12) 9 6 0 0 3 3 0 122 3.99
Totals 9 6 0 0 3 3 0

ATTENDANCE- 965 DATE- Wednesday, September 12th 1934 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 1:57
LEFT ON BASE- Cardinals: 8 Phillies: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Cardinals: 2 Phillies: 3
ERRORS- B.Walters, P.Collins
DOUBLES- R.Collins(37th)
TRIPLES- K.Davis(4th)
HOME RUNS- K.Davis(7th)
WALKS- J.Rothrock, B.Delancey-2, J.Wilson
STRIKE OUTS- J.Rothrock, J.Medwick, R.Collins, D.Bartell-2, E.Allen, D.Camilli,
P.Collins
GIDP- P.Martin, E.Orsatti, L.Durocher, J.Moore, B.Walters