September 6th, 1934 - AL News

Boston Increases AL Lead to Two Games; Newsome emerging as Browns' pitching Ace with third best ERA in league; Grove struggles through 7th win of season

Tigers Fall to A's, 7-4
Johnson homers twice for Philadelpia - a thorn in Tigers' side all year

Red Sox Score 10 in Battle with Indians
Johnson doubles twice as Grove gets only 7th win

Browns Get 7-4 Win Over Nats
Clift three run homer breaks deadlock as Newsom (pictured) comes through on mound for Browns again

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1934 American League Date: 9/6/1934 TEAM WON LOST BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN 1934 BOA 75 56 C.Gehring DEA .390 J.Foxx PHA 47 L.Gehrig NYA 142 1934 DEA 72 57 J.Foxx PHA .374 L.Gehrig NYA 40 J.Foxx PHA 139 1934 PHA 69 56 P.Higgins PHA .353 B.Johnson PHA 36 C.Gehring DEA 123 1934 NYA 71 59 B.Johnson PHA .353 E.Averill CLA 31 B.Johnson PHA 104 1934 CLA 64 65 L.Gehrig NYA .346 Z.Bonura CHA 22 A.Simmons CHA 94 1934 WAA 63 65 1934 SLA 52 77 WINS SAVES ERA 1934 CHA 48 79 L.Gomez NYA 20 A.McColl WAA 10 L.Gomez NYA 1.94 S.Rowe DEA 17 C.Hogsett DEA 9 W.Ferrell BOA 2.75 M.Pearson CLA 16 H.Pennock BOA 7 B.Newsom SLA 2.84 OTHERS TIED W 15 F.Ostermu BOA 5 D.Coffman SLA 3.19 P.Galliva CHA 5 F.Ostermu BOA 3.31 CUR HIT STREAK STOLEN BASES STRIKEOUTS E.Averill CLA 12 B.Werber BOA 43 L.Gomez NYA 139 J.Gill WAA 11 J.White DEA 24 T.Bridges DEA 132 H.Clift SLA 10 P.Fox DEA 22 B.Newsom SLA 132 B.Werber BOA 9 B.Chapman NYA 22 M.Pearson CLA 131 Z.Bonura CHA 9 C.Gehring DEA 15 S.Rowe DEA 121 YESTERDAY'S GAMES TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS BOA 10 at CLA 6 BOA-Rhodes(12-12, 4.69) at CLA-Harder(12-8, 3.33) PHA 7 at DEA 4 NYA-Ruffing(12-11, 3.47) at CHA-Lyons(5-12, 5.01) WAA 4 at SLA 7 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 H.Greenberg DEA .444 27 12 9 4 3 L.Gomez NYA 18 7 0 4 7 0 200 J.Foxx PHA .407 27 11 6 6 2 T.Bridges DEA 18 9 3 6 12 1 200 H.Clift SLA .500 40 20 6 9 1 B.Newsom SLA 25 18 8 16 12 0 211 C.Gehringer DEA .581 31 18 7 5 0 M.Gaston CHA 17 13 2 9 3 1 200 E.Averill CLA .385 39 15 8 5 2 W.Hudlin CLA 16 12 4 4 7 0 200 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 D.Cramer PHA .189 37 7 1 0 0 C.Brown CLA 10 25 13 2 3 2 000 H.Manush WAA .231 26 6 1 1 0 J.Murphy NYA 7 10 7 7 0 0 010 O.Melillo SLA .128 39 5 4 1 1 J.Russell WAA 17 30 19 6 3 2 110 F.Grube SLA .182 22 4 1 3 0 A.McColl WAA 5 8 6 7 2 1 012 L.Lary BOA .217 23 5 1 3 0 W.Wilshere PHA 5 12 5 0 2 0 010 INJURY REPORT No injuries to report

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1934 American League WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# ACTWON ACTLOST ACTPCT 1934 Boston BOA 75 56 .573 ---- 24 76 76 .500 1934 Detroit DEA 72 57 .558 2.0 101 53 .656 1934 Philadelphia PHA 69 56 .552 3.0 68 82 .453 1934 New York NYA 71 59 .546 3.5 90 64 .584 1934 Cleveland CLA 64 65 .496 10.0 85 69 .552 1934 Washington WAA 63 65 .492 10.5 66 88 .429 1934 St. Louis SLA 52 77 .403 22.0 67 85 .441 1934 Chicago CHA 48 79 .378 25.0 53 99 .349 OVERALL RECORD Team WON LOST PCT HOME ROAD LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN LAST 10 STREAK BOA 75 56 .573 41-32 34-24 12- 7 63-49 10- 7 23-16 6-4 Won 4 CHA 48 79 .378 21-36 27-43 6- 6 42-73 2- 7 7-18 5-5 Lost 1 CLA 64 65 .496 33-23 31-42 16-18 48-47 4- 8 18-16 5-5 Lost 2 DEA 72 57 .558 31-28 41-29 17-21 55-36 7- 5 24-14 7-3 Lost 1 NYA 71 59 .546 43-30 28-29 19-11 52-48 5- 7 14-19 7-3 Lost 1 PHA 69 56 .552 43-26 26-30 5- 7 64-49 9- 4 22-13 4-6 Won 2 SLA 52 77 .403 27-29 25-48 16-13 36-64 5- 3 13-22 5-5 Won 2 WAA 63 65 .492 36-35 27-30 9-14 54-51 3- 4 17-20 4-6 Lost 2 TOTAL 514 514 .500 TEAM -APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT+ BOA 8- 3 13-14 19-10 20-12 11-17 4- 0 CHA 6- 4 10-17 8-23 10-20 13-14 1- 1 CLA 6- 3 11-15 14-14 16-17 15-12 2- 4 DEA 5- 5 17-12 15-12 19-12 14-15 2- 1 NYA 4- 7 16-11 14-12 12-19 23- 8 2- 2 PHA 5- 7 17- 9 16-11 14-14 15-12 2- 3 SLA 2- 7 8-20 10-16 16-12 13-19 3- 3 WAA 6- 6 17-11 15-13 14-15 10-17 1- 3 WINS ARE ACROSS, LOSSES ARE DOWN: TEAM BOA CHA CLA DEA NYA PHA SLA WAA BOA - 11 12 7 13 8 10 14 CHA 7 - 3 8 6 4 11 9 CLA 7 13 - 11 5 6 12 10 DEA 11 11 11 - 10 10 10 9 NYA 6 12 13 8 - 9 10 13 PHA 11 13 11 8 11 - 11 4 SLA 8 10 8 6 8 6 - 6 WAA 6 9 7 9 6 13 13 -

NEWSPAPER GAME STORIES FOR 1934 American League                Date: 9/6/1934

 

PHILADELPHIA AT DETROIT Athletics....... 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 - 7 10 1 Tigers.......... 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 4 8 0 Win:Marcum(15-7) Loss:Rowe(17-8) Homeruns- B.Johnson-2(36th) Left fielder Bob Johnson smacked 2 homeruns and had 4 RBI and Johnny Marcum tossed a complete game at Navin Field as the Philadelphia Athletics beat the Detroit Tigers by the count of 7 to 4. Johnson had a big day against Detroit. He smashed a solo-shot out of the park in the 1st inning and rifled a three-run blast (his 36th of the season) in the 3rd inning. The Detroit bats were silent in the bottom of the 9th. The winning pitcher was Marcum(15-7) who allowed 4 runs for the game. Schoolboy Rowe(17-8) was the loser. He surrendered 10 hits and 1 walk in 9 innings. BOSTON AT CLEVELAND Red Sox......... 0 2 0 1 2 2 0 3 0 - 10 16 1 Indians......... 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 - 6 11 3 Win:Grove(7-6) Loss:Winegarner(3-4) Homeruns- E.Averill(31st) Rick Ferrell had 2 base hits and 2 RBI as the Boston Red Sox defeated the Cleveland Indians by the score of 10 to 6 at League Park. Cleveland was unable to claim the lead after Boston went ahead in the 2nd inning with 2 runs utilizing 3 base hits. After an out was recorded, Dusty Cooke got things going when he banged out a single. Cooke took his lead and swiped second. Ferrell then doubled driving in a run. Eddie Morgan was up next and he delivered a single scoring the final run of the inning. Overall Boston out-hit Cleveland 16 to 11. Lefty Grove(7-6) went 7 innings allowing 4 runs for the win. Ralph Winegarner(3-4) was given the loss. He was touched for 11 hits and 4 walks in 5 innings. WASHINGTON AT ST. LOUIS Nationals....... 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 4 7 0 Browns.......... 0 0 1 3 0 0 3 0 - 7 14 0 Win:Newsom(14-8) Loss:McColl(5-3) Homeruns- H.Clift(7th) Bobo Newsom allowed Rogers Hornsby to rest his bullpen, tossing a complete game as the St. Louis Browns beat the Washington Nationals by a score of 7 to 4. Harlond Clift helped send the fans home happy. He ripped a base-knock in the 1st inning, lost the ball over the fence for three runs (his 7th of the season) in the 4th inning and lined a single which scored a run in the 7th inning. Washington went down without a fight in the 9th. Newsom(14-8) finished the game allowing 4 runs in the victory. Alex McColl(5-3) ended up with the loss in relief. He was knocked around pretty good, giving up 3 runs in 2 innings.

1934 Philadelphia Athletics At 1934 Detroit Tigers 9/5/1934 Athletics AB R H RBI AVG Tigers AB R H RBI AVG D.Cramer CF 5 1 1 0 .275 J.White CF 4 1 1 0 .328 R.Warstler 2B 4 0 0 0 .248 M.Cochrane C 4 2 1 1 .325 B.Johnson LF 3 3 2 4 .353 C.Gehringer 2B 4 0 3 1 .390 J.Foxx 3B 4 0 0 0 .374 G.Goslin LF 3 0 0 0 .279 E.McNair SS 4 1 2 0 .278 B.Rogell SS 4 0 1 1 .290 B.Miller RF 4 0 1 2 .267 H.Greenberg 1B 4 0 0 0 .322 L.Finney 1B 4 1 1 0 .278 M.Owen 3B 4 0 0 0 .325 C.Berry C 4 1 2 0 .234 P.Fox RF 4 0 0 0 .287 J.Marcum P 3 0 1 1 .221 S.Rowe P 3 1 2 0 .299 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 35 7 10 7 Totals 34 4 8 3 Athletics....... 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 - 7 10 1 Tigers.......... 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 4 8 0 Athletics (69-56) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA J.Marcum WIN(15-7) 9 8 4 2 1 2 0 115 4.11 Totals 9 8 4 2 1 2 0 Tigers (72-57) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA S.Rowe LOSS(17-8) 9 10 7 7 1 6 2 127 4.01 Totals 9 10 7 7 1 6 2 ATTENDANCE- 15,991 DATE- Wednesday, September 5th 1934 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad UMPIRES- George Moriarty, Harry Geisel, Charles Donnelly, T- 1:48 LEFT ON BASE- Athletics: 3 Tigers: 4 DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 1 Tigers: 1 ERRORS- J.Foxx DOUBLES- M.Cochrane(28th), C.Gehringer(40th), B.Rogell(26th) TRIPLES- B.Miller(1st), S.Rowe HOME RUNS- B.Johnson-2(36th) STOLEN BASES- G.Goslin(5th) SACRIFICE HITS- J.Marcum WALKS- B.Johnson, G.Goslin STRIKE OUTS- D.Cramer-2, J.Foxx, E.McNair, B.Miller, C.Berry, M.Owen, P.Fox GIDP- B.Miller, G.Goslin

1934 Boston Red Sox At 1934 Cleveland Indians 9/5/1934 Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG Indians AB R H RBI AVG M.Bishop 2B 6 0 0 0 .250 M.Galatzer RF 5 1 1 0 .218 B.Werber 3B 6 1 2 1 .344 E.Averill CF 5 1 2 4 .331 M.Almada RF 6 1 3 0 .500 H.Trosky 1B 5 1 1 0 .308 R.Johnson LF 5 1 3 1 .336 J.Vosmik LF 3 0 1 0 .405 D.Cooke CF 3 3 2 0 .254 O.Hale 2B 4 1 2 0 .308 R.Ferrell C 4 3 2 2 .311 W.Kamm 3B 3 0 0 0 .243 E.Morgan 1B 3 1 1 2 .287 B.Knickerbocker SS 4 0 1 0 .293 L.Lary SS 4 0 2 0 .252 M.Berg C 4 1 2 2 .310 L.Grove P 5 0 1 2 .154 R.Winegarner P 2 0 0 0 .077 H.Johnson P 0 0 0 0 .227 B.Bean P 0 0 0 0 .091 A-B.Seeds PH 2 1 1 0 .267 T.Lee P 0 0 0 0 .063 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 42 10 16 8 Totals 37 6 11 6 A-Pinch Hit For Bean In 8th Inning Red Sox......... 0 2 0 1 2 2 0 3 0 - 10 16 1 Indians......... 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 - 6 11 3 Red Sox (75-56) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA L.Grove WIN(7-6) 7 7 4 4 2 3 1 89 5.38 H.Johnson 2 4 2 2 0 1 0 37 4.72 Totals 9 11 6 6 2 4 1 Indians (64-65) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA R.Winegarner LOSS(3-4) 5 11 7 4 4 2 0 125 4.29 B.Bean 3 5 3 2 0 1 0 46 6.33 T.Lee 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 4.74 Totals 9 16 10 6 4 3 0 ATTENDANCE- 6,941 DATE- Wednesday, September 5th 1934 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good UMPIRES- George Moriarty, Harry Geisel, Charles Donnelly, T- 2:19 LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox:11 Indians: 6 DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 2 Indians: 1 ERRORS- B.Werber, H.Trosky, O.Hale, M.Berg DOUBLES- R.Johnson-2(44th), R.Ferrell(27th), M.Berg(12th) HOME RUNS- E.Averill(31st) STOLEN BASES- D.Cooke(3rd) SACRIFICE HITS- E.Morgan SACRIFICE FLIES- R.Ferrell WALKS- D.Cooke-2, E.Morgan, L.Lary, J.Vosmik, W.Kamm STRIKE OUTS- L.Lary, L.Grove-2, H.Trosky, W.Kamm-2, R.Winegarner GIDP- E.Morgan, E.Averill, O.Hale WILD PITCHES- B.Bean

1934 Washington Nationals At 1934 St. Louis Browns 9/5/1934 Nationals AB R H RBI AVG Browns AB R H RBI AVG O.Bluege SS 4 1 1 0 .174 H.Clift 3B 4 1 3 4 .248 J.Stone RF 4 0 1 0 .364 D.Garms LF 4 0 1 0 .291 C.Travis 3B 4 0 0 0 .299 J.Burns 1B 4 0 2 0 .257 H.Manush LF 3 1 0 0 .341 R.Pepper CF 4 0 1 1 .269 C.Bolton C 4 0 1 1 .302 B.Campbell RF 3 0 1 0 .286 F.Schulte CF 1 1 0 1 .297 O.Melillo 2B 5 1 2 0 .240 P.Susko 1B 3 0 1 1 .289 F.Grube C 5 1 1 0 .228 J.Kerr 2B 4 0 2 0 .310 A.Strange SS 3 2 1 0 .253 J.Russell P 1 1 0 0 .000 B.Newsom P 2 2 2 2 .250 A-B.Myer PH 1 0 1 1 .313 A.McColl P 0 0 0 0 .059 B-F.Sington PH 1 0 0 0 .242 T.Thomas P 0 0 0 0 .118 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 30 4 7 4 Totals 34 7 14 7 A-Pinch Hit For Russell In 6th Inning B-Pinch Hit For McColl In 8th Inning Nationals....... 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 4 7 0 Browns.......... 0 0 1 3 0 0 3 0 - 7 14 0 Nationals (63-65) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA J.Russell 5 9 4 4 1 0 1 92 3.86 A.McColl LOSS(5-3) 2 3 3 3 4 2 0 54 4.00 T.Thomas 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 23 5.01 Totals 8 14 7 7 6 2 1 Browns (52-77) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA B.Newsom WIN(14-8) 9 7 4 4 8 3 0 162 2.84 Totals 9 7 4 4 8 3 0 ATTENDANCE- 1,171 DATE- Wednesday, September 5th 1934 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average UMPIRES- Red Ormsby, George Hildebrand, Louis Kolls, T- 2:52 LEFT ON BASE- Nationals: 8 Browns:12 DOUBLE PLAYS- Nationals: 1 Browns: 2 DOUBLES- B.Newsom HOME RUNS- H.Clift(7th) SACRIFICE HITS- J.Stone, B.Newsom-2 SACRIFICE FLIES- R.Pepper WALKS- O.Bluege, C.Travis, H.Manush, F.Schulte-3, P.Susko, J.Russell, H.Clift, D.Garms, J.Burns, B.Campbell-2, A.Strange STRIKE OUTS- J.Stone, C.Travis, F.Schulte, D.Garms, R.Pepper GIDP- C.Travis, H.Manush, F.Grube