September 21st, 1934 - AL News

Yankees Take Final Game of Series Behind Rookie Pitching Sensation Broaca - Tiger lead over NY remains at 2; Boston unable to solve Browns' riddle again

Broaca Shuts Out Tigers, 2-0
Marberry effort wasted in pitchers' duel

Red Sox Come Up Short in St. Louis Once More
7-6 loss leaves Boston looking for answers

A's Blank White Sox, 3-0
Marcum notches 17th win

Tribe Nips Nats, 6-5
Vosmik's (pictured) big day at plate leads to Cleveland victory

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1934 American League Date: 9/21/1934 TEAM WON LOST BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN 1934 DEA 84 61 C.Gehring DEA .388 J.Foxx PHA 50 L.Gehrig NYA 157 1934 NYA 82 63 J.Foxx PHA .375 L.Gehrig NYA 42 J.Foxx PHA 150 1934 BOA 81 64 P.Higgins PHA .352 B.Johnson PHA 41 C.Gehring DEA 135 1934 PHA 77 66 B.Werber BOA .351 E.Averill CLA 35 B.Johnson PHA 120 1934 CLA 70 76 B.Johnson PHA .348 OTHERS TIED W 24 H.Greenbe DEA 110 1934 WAA 68 76 1934 SLA 62 82 WINS SAVES ERA 1934 CHA 53 89 L.Gomez NYA 23 A.McColl WAA 10 L.Gomez NYA 2.00 S.Rowe DEA 21 C.Hogsett DEA 9 B.Burke WAA 2.31 J.Marcum PHA 17 H.Pennock BOA 7 B.Newsom SLA 2.80 OTHERS TIED W 16 P.Galliva CHA 6 W.Ferrell BOA 3.01 OTHERS TIED W 5 F.Ostermu BOA 3.18 CUR HIT STREAK STOLEN BASES STRIKEOUTS B.Werber BOA 12 B.Werber BOA 50 T.Bridges DEA 154 J.Gill WAA 11 J.White DEA 28 L.Gomez NYA 154 J.Foxx PHA 10 B.Chapman NYA 26 B.Newsom SLA 154 F.Bordaga CHA 8 P.Fox DEA 23 M.Pearson CLA 145 H.Manush WAA 8 OTHERS TIED W 15 S.Rowe DEA 141 YESTERDAY'S GAMES TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS BOA 6 at SLA 7 NYA 2 at DEA 0 PHA 3 at CHA 0 WAA 5 at CLA 6 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 S.Graham BOA .278 18 5 6 11 0 S.Rowe DEA 19 8 1 7 12 0 200 J.Hayes CHA .346 26 9 4 9 1 T.Bridges DEA 18 13 0 3 10 0 200 A.Simmons CHA .314 35 11 7 4 3 J.Walkup SLA 12 2 2 6 8 0 202 B.Campbell SLA .391 23 9 7 2 1 M.Harder CLA 28 27 8 7 9 1 300 Z.Bonura CHA .333 33 11 7 5 2 L.Gomez NYA 20 12 3 6 9 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 J.Conlan CHA .100 30 3 1 0 0 J.Allen NYA 6 8 8 3 7 1 010 O.Bejma SLA .103 29 3 0 3 0 G.Crowder DEA 9 17 9 4 4 0 020 M.Galatzer CLA .174 46 8 1 1 0 T.Lee CLA 9 14 8 5 4 2 020 O.Bluege WAA .196 46 9 3 1 0 L.Stewart WAA 9 21 11 2 4 0 110 P.Fox DEA .226 31 7 2 1 0 S.Merena BOA 6 4 6 5 6 2 000 INJURY REPORT No injuries to report

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1934 American League WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# ACTWON ACTLOST ACTPCT 1934 Detroit DEA 84 61 .579 ---- 8 101 53 .656 1934 New York NYA 82 63 .566 2.0 90 64 .584 1934 Boston BOA 81 64 .559 3.0 76 76 .500 1934 Philadelphia PHA 77 66 .538 6.0 68 82 .453 1934 Cleveland CLA 70 76 .479 14.5 85 69 .552 1934 Washington WAA 68 76 .472 15.5 66 88 .429 1934 St. Louis SLA 62 82 .431 21.5 67 85 .441 1934 Chicago CHA 53 89 .373 29.5 53 99 .349 OVERALL RECORD Team WON LOST PCT HOME ROAD LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN LAST 10 STREAK BOA 81 64 .559 41-32 40-32 12- 7 69-57 12- 7 25-20 4-6 Lost 4 CHA 53 89 .373 26-46 27-43 7- 6 46-83 3- 8 11-23 3-7 Lost 2 CLA 70 76 .479 39-34 31-42 17-22 53-54 5-12 22-20 3-7 Won 1 DEA 84 61 .579 43-32 41-29 20-22 64-39 7- 5 26-15 7-3 Lost 1 NYA 82 63 .566 43-30 39-33 20-11 62-52 7- 7 16-20 6-4 Won 1 PHA 77 66 .538 43-26 34-40 5- 7 72-59 10- 5 26-17 6-4 Won 2 SLA 62 82 .431 37-34 25-48 21-14 41-68 6- 4 17-23 7-3 Won 5 WAA 68 76 .472 36-35 32-41 11-15 57-61 4- 6 20-25 4-6 Lost 1 TOTAL 577 577 .500 TEAM -APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT+ BOA 8- 3 13-14 19-10 20-12 11-17 10- 8 CHA 6- 4 10-17 8-23 10-20 13-14 6-11 CLA 6- 3 11-15 14-14 16-17 15-12 8-15 DEA 5- 5 17-12 15-12 19-12 14-15 14- 5 NYA 4- 7 16-11 14-12 12-19 23- 8 13- 6 PHA 5- 7 17- 9 16-11 14-14 15-12 10-13 SLA 2- 7 8-20 10-16 16-12 13-19 13- 8 WAA 6- 6 17-11 15-13 14-15 10-17 6-14 WINS ARE ACROSS, LOSSES ARE DOWN: TEAM BOA CHA CLA DEA NYA PHA SLA WAA BOA - 13 14 9 13 8 10 14 CHA 8 - 3 8 6 5 11 12 CLA 8 13 - 11 6 9 12 11 DEA 13 11 11 - 12 14 10 13 NYA 6 15 16 10 - 9 13 13 PHA 11 17 13 8 11 - 13 4 SLA 12 10 8 6 9 8 - 9 WAA 6 10 11 9 6 13 13 - RUNS SCORED ARE ACROSS, RUNS ALLOWED ARE DOWN: TEAM BOA CHA CLA DEA NYA PHA SLA WAA BOA - 140 115 110 100 69 97 114 CHA 104 - 49 91 69 108 94 134 CLA 99 115 - 99 95 95 105 105 DEA 148 142 130 - 94 148 95 111 NYA 72 124 131 89 - 109 126 119 PHA 88 136 104 112 102 - 112 80 SLA 94 93 77 99 94 93 - 86 WAA 78 124 112 82 72 103 98 -

NEWSPAPER GAME STORIES FOR 1934 American League                Date: 9/21/1934
 

NEW YORK AT DETROIT Yankees......... 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 - 2 8 0 Tigers.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 0 Win:Broaca(14-6) Loss:Marberry(7-10) Johnny Broaca went 9 strong innings and Myril Hoag had 2 base hits as the New York Yankees beat the Detroit Tigers by a score of 2 to 0. In the 5th inning New York went on top for good plating an isolated run utilizing 2 base hits. New York had a total of 8 hits for the game. It was the 2nd shutout of the year for Broaca(14-6). Firpo Marberry(7-10) was the loser. He surrendered 8 hits and no walks in 8 innings. PHILADELPHIA AT CHICAGO Athletics....... 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 8 0 White Sox....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 0 Win:Marcum(17-8) Loss:Earnshaw(10-17) Eric McNair had 2 base hits and Johnny Marcum hurled a fine complete game shutout as the Philadelphia Athletics outscored the Chicago White Sox 3 to 0. Marcum(17-8) gave Philadelphia a solid outing. He allowed just 6 hits and 2 walks in 9 innings. The pitchers took over after the 4th inning as neither team was able to score again. George Earnshaw(10-17) was the losing pitcher. He surrendered 3 runs and 8 hits in 8 innings. WASHINGTON AT CLEVELAND Nationals....... 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 - 5 12 0 Indians......... 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 - 6 12 0 Win:Harder(15-8) Loss:Cohen(0-2) Homeruns- B.Myer(4th) Mel Harder completed the game without help from the bullpen at League Park where the Cleveland Indians beat the Washington Nationals 6 to 5. In the bottom of the 7th inning Cleveland went on top for good with 2 runs utilizing 2 base hits. Earl Averill opened up the inning nicely when he drew a walk. Hal Trosky stepped up next and he tripled driving in a run. Joe Vosmik then stroked a base-hit scoring the final run of the inning. Washington had a chance in the 9th but they came up short. Harder(15-8) allowed 5 runs on the game. Syd Cohen(0-2) took the loss. He allowed a few too many baserunners giving up 11 hits and 3 walks in 7 innings. BOSTON AT ST. LOUIS Red Sox......... 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 - 6 13 1 Browns.......... 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 - 7 7 1 Win:Walkup(2-0) Loss:Pennock(5-3) Homeruns- R.Pepper-2(8th) Roy Pepper launched 2 homeruns and had 5 RBI as the St. Louis Browns pulled out a win over the Boston Red Sox by a score of 7 to 6 at Sportsman's Park. The game was decided in the bottom of the 9th inning. Frank Grube slapped a single. Alan Strange was next and he reached on an error. Jim Walkup then lined a single resulting in an exciting win for St. Louis and a wild post-game celebration by the home town fans. Despite losing, Boston out-hit St. Louis 13 to 7. The victory was credited to Walkup(2-0) who went 1 and 2/3 innings, allowing no runs. Herb Pennock(5-3) was hit with the loss in relief. He gave up 3 hits and no walks in 1 inning. The St. Louis ballclub's record now stands at 62-82. With the loss, Boston has a record of 4-6 lately, 81-64 overall.

1934 New York Yankees At 1934 Detroit Tigers 9/20/1934 Yankees AB R H RBI AVG Tigers AB R H RBI AVG F.Crosetti SS 3 0 0 0 .279 P.Fox RF 4 0 0 0 .281 R.Rolfe 3B 4 0 1 0 .316 J.White CF 3 0 1 0 .326 G.Selkirk LF 3 0 0 1 .355 C.Gehringer 2B 4 0 1 0 .388 L.Gehrig 1B 4 0 1 0 .345 H.Greenberg 1B 4 0 1 0 .329 T.Lazzeri 2B 4 0 0 0 .302 M.Owen 3B 3 0 0 0 .324 B.Chapman CF 3 1 1 0 .279 G.Goslin LF 3 0 0 0 .280 M.Hoag RF 3 0 2 1 .256 B.Rogell SS 3 0 0 0 .291 A-S.Byrd RF 1 0 0 0 .225 R.Hayworth C 3 0 1 0 .276 A.Jorgens C 3 0 1 0 .199 S.Rowe P 0 0 0 0 .300 J.Broaca P 3 1 2 0 .152 F.Marberry P 2 0 0 0 .288 B-M.Cochrane PH,C 1 0 0 0 .327 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 31 2 8 2 Totals 30 0 4 0 A-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Hoag In 8th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Marberry In 8th Inning Yankees......... 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 - 2 8 0 Tigers.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 0 Yankees (82-63) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA J.Broaca WIN(14-6) 9 4 0 0 2 5 0 115 3.52 Totals 9 4 0 0 2 5 0 Tigers (84-61) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA F.Marberry LOSS(7-10) 8 8 2 2 0 3 0 108 5.01 S.Rowe 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 14 3.69 Totals 9 8 2 2 1 3 0 ATTENDANCE- 18,568 DATE- Thursday, September 20th 1934 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average UMPIRES- Red Ormsby, George Hildebrand, Louis Kolls, T- 1:52 LEFT ON BASE- Yankees: 5 Tigers: 5 DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 1 Tigers: 2 DOUBLES- L.Gehrig(44th), H.Greenberg(58th) TRIPLES- B.Chapman(8th) SACRIFICE HITS- F.Crosetti SACRIFICE FLIES- G.Selkirk WALKS- B.Chapman, J.White, M.Owen STRIKE OUTS- R.Rolfe, T.Lazzeri, J.Broaca, P.Fox, J.White, H.Greenberg, B.Rogell-2 GIDP- F.Crosetti, A.Jorgens, F.Marberry

1934 Philadelphia Athletics At 1934 Chicago White Sox 9/20/1934 Athletics AB R H RBI AVG White Sox AB R H RBI AVG D.Cramer CF 4 1 2 0 .282 J.Conlan CF 4 0 0 0 .224 D.Williams 2B 5 0 1 0 .271 M.Mauldin 3B 4 0 1 0 .292 B.Johnson LF 3 1 1 1 .348 A.Simmons LF 4 0 1 0 .330 J.Foxx 1B 3 1 1 1 .375 Z.Bonura 1B 4 0 0 0 .288 P.Higgins 3B 3 0 0 0 .352 L.Appling SS 4 0 2 0 .348 E.McNair SS 3 0 2 1 .278 R.Radcliff RF 4 0 0 0 .250 L.Finney RF 4 0 0 0 .291 J.Hayes 2B 3 0 1 0 .306 F.Hayes C 4 0 1 0 .223 M.Shea C 2 0 0 0 .142 J.Marcum P 3 0 0 0 .221 G.Earnshaw P 2 0 0 0 .240 A-E.Swanson PH 1 0 1 0 .310 L.Stine P 0 0 0 0 ---- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 32 3 8 3 Totals 32 0 6 0 A-Pinch Hit For Earnshaw In 8th Inning Athletics....... 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 8 0 White Sox....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 0 Athletics (77-66) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA J.Marcum WIN(17-8) 9 6 0 0 2 3 0 138 3.92 Totals 9 6 0 0 2 3 0 White Sox (53-89) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA G.Earnshaw LOSS(10-17) 8 8 3 3 5 6 0 160 4.98 L.Stine 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.90 Totals 9 8 3 3 5 6 0 ATTENDANCE- 1,163 DATE- Thursday, September 20th 1934 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good T- 1:48 LEFT ON BASE- Athletics: 8 White Sox: 7 DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 1 White Sox: 2 DOUBLES- A.Simmons(32nd) TRIPLES- J.Foxx(7th) STOLEN BASES- E.McNair(12th) SACRIFICE FLIES- B.Johnson WALKS- D.Cramer, J.Foxx, P.Higgins, E.McNair, J.Marcum, J.Hayes, M.Shea STRIKE OUTS- D.Williams, J.Foxx, P.Higgins, L.Finney, F.Hayes-2, M.Mauldin, R.Radcliff, G.Earnshaw GIDP- D.Williams, J.Foxx, R.Radcliff

1934 Washington Nationals At 1934 Cleveland Indians 9/20/1934 Nationals AB R H RBI AVG Indians AB R H RBI AVG O.Bluege SS 5 1 1 0 .199 M.Galatzer RF 5 0 0 0 .213 J.Stone CF 4 3 2 0 .343 E.Averill CF 4 2 1 0 .321 B.Myer 2B 5 1 2 3 .317 H.Trosky 1B 5 1 2 1 .309 H.Manush LF 5 0 3 2 .346 J.Vosmik LF 4 1 3 1 .397 P.Susko 1B 4 0 2 0 .284 O.Hale 2B 3 1 1 0 .304 L.Sewell RF 4 0 0 0 .189 W.Kamm 3B 3 1 3 2 .253 J.Kerr 3B 4 0 1 0 .333 B.Knickerbocker SS 4 0 0 1 .294 E.Phillips C 4 0 0 0 .211 B.Brenzel C 4 0 1 1 .182 S.Cohen P 2 0 1 0 .333 M.Harder P 3 0 1 0 .259 A-C.Travis PH 1 0 0 0 .293 J.Russell P 0 0 0 0 .045 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 38 5 12 5 Totals 35 6 12 6 A-Pinch Hit For Cohen In 8th Inning Nationals....... 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 - 5 12 0 Indians......... 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 - 6 12 0 Nationals (68-76) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA S.Cohen LOSS(0-2) 7 11 6 6 3 2 0 119 5.51 J.Russell 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 4.00 Totals 8 12 6 6 3 2 0 Indians (70-76) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA M.Harder WIN(15-8) 9 12 5 5 2 2 1 152 3.27 Totals 9 12 5 5 2 2 1 ATTENDANCE- 1,816 DATE- Thursday, September 20th 1934 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average T- 2:00 LEFT ON BASE- Nationals: 9 Indians: 9 DOUBLE PLAYS- Nationals: 0 Indians: 0 DOUBLES- J.Stone(35th), H.Trosky(40th), W.Kamm(17th) TRIPLES- H.Trosky(7th) HOME RUNS- B.Myer(4th) STOLEN BASES- W.Kamm(4th) SACRIFICE HITS- S.Cohen, M.Harder WALKS- J.Stone, P.Susko, E.Averill, O.Hale, W.Kamm STRIKE OUTS- J.Kerr, E.Phillips, H.Trosky, O.Hale

1934 Boston Red Sox At 1934 St. Louis Browns 9/20/1934 Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG Browns AB R H RBI AVG A.Niemiec 2B 5 1 1 0 .222 H.Clift 3B 3 0 0 0 .250 B.Werber 3B 4 0 1 0 .351 O.Bejma RF 4 1 2 0 .230 M.Almada CF 5 1 2 2 .294 J.Burns 1B 2 2 0 0 .255 M.Solters LF 4 1 3 0 .317 R.Pepper CF,LF 4 2 3 5 .275 S.Graham RF 3 1 1 2 .278 R.Hemsley LF 3 0 0 0 .308 E.Morgan 1B 4 0 3 0 .291 G-R.Hornsby PH 1 0 0 0 .388 C-R.Johnson PR 0 0 0 0 .341 H-S.West CF 0 0 0 0 .324 E-R.Ferrell C 0 0 0 0 .316 O.Melillo 2B 4 0 0 0 .242 G.Hinkle C 3 0 0 0 .200 F.Grube C 3 1 1 0 .252 B-D.Cooke PH 1 1 1 1 .242 A.Strange SS 2 1 0 0 .252 F-D.Porter 1B 0 0 0 0 .223 G.Blaeholder P 3 0 0 0 .033 L.Lary SS 3 1 1 1 .244 J.Walkup P 1 0 1 1 .333 S.Merena P 2 0 0 0 .000 A-M.Bishop PH 1 0 0 0 .237 H.Johnson P 0 0 0 0 .224 D-C.Reynolds PH 1 0 0 0 .278 H.Pennock P 0 0 0 0 .077 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 36 6 13 6 Totals 30 7 7 6 A-Pinch Hit For Merena In 7th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Hinkle In 8th Inning C-Pinch Ran For Morgan In 8th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Johnson In 8th Inning E-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Johnson In 8th Inning F-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Cooke In 8th Inning G-Pinch Hit For Hemsley In 8th Inning H-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Hornsby In 9th Inning Red Sox......... 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 - 6 13 1 Browns.......... 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 - 7 7 1 Red Sox (81-64) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA S.Merena 6 4 6 6 5 6 2 94 8.53 H.Johnson 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 4.37 H.Pennock LOSS(5-3) 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 14 2.40 Totals 8 7 7 7 5 7 2 Browns (62-82) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA G.Blaeholder 7 1/3 13 6 6 1 1 0 131 4.80 J.Walkup WIN(2-0) BS(1st) 1 2/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 25 1.50 Totals 9 13 6 6 2 1 0 ATTENDANCE- 635 DATE- Thursday, September 20th 1934 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good T- 2:30 LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 6 Browns: 4 DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 1 Browns: 0 ERRORS- D.Porter, H.Clift DOUBLES- B.Werber(42nd), M.Almada(4th), M.Solters(24th), S.Graham(2nd), D.Cooke(3rd) HOME RUNS- R.Pepper-2(8th) CAUGHT STEALING- M.Solters SACRIFICE HITS- A.Strange SACRIFICE FLIES- L.Lary WALKS- B.Werber, S.Graham, H.Clift, J.Burns-2, F.Grube, A.Strange STRIKE OUTS- G.Hinkle, H.Clift-2, J.Burns, F.Grube, G.Blaeholder-3 GIDP- O.Melillo WILD PITCHES- S.Merena, J.Walkup WEB GEMS- Bot 2nd: Lyn Lary robbed Oscar Melillo of a base hit. Top 7th: Alan Strange robbed Billy Werber of a base hit.