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Sunday, September 2, 2007
May 25th, 1934 - AL Standings and Leaders
May 25th, 1934 - NL Standings and Leaders
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Saturday, September 1, 2007
May 25th, 1934 - Transaction
Red Sox and Indians Reach Accord for FerrellMay 24th, 1934 - AL Player of the Week - Joe Cronin
AL Player of the Week - Joe Cronin"Oh my, yes, Joe is the best there is in the clutch. With a man on third and one out, I'd rather have Cronin hitting for me more than anybody I've ever seen."
-Connie Mack
A "jovial, square jawed Irishman" is how Joe Cronin's official Hall of Fame biography describes him. Cronin started in Pittsburgh in 1926, but only stayed for two seasons before joining the first of the two teams he'd spend most of his career with.
In 1928, he want to Washington where be eventually became the player-manager (and son-in-law to owner Clark Griffith) and lead the Nationals to the pennant in 1933. After the 1934 season, however, Griffith sold him to Boston's new owner Tom Yawkey for a then-record of $225,000 or $250,000 (depending on the source) and Cronin spent the bulk of his career (11 seasons out of 20) as a player manager for the Red Sox, leading them to a pennant in 1946.
Cronin was a seven time All Star (the first All Star game was not until 1933) and finished in the top 10 for MVP votes five times. Although not an official title in 1930, Cronin was a consensus choice among sports writers for MVP in 1930.
After his playing days finished in 1945, Cronin remained as the bench manager of the Red Sox until after the 1947 season, when he became the General Manager - a post he held until he became President of the American League in January of 1959.
Cronin was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1956.
May 24th, 1934 - Current AL Totals
| I thought everyone might enjoy a bird's eye view of the AL team stats at this point. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
LEAGUE GRAND TOTALS (primary report) FOR 1934 American League
TEAM AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS E
1934 Chicago .314 1001 153 314 45 6 11 143 10 8 26
1934 Cleveland .304 963 148 293 77 5 22 146 2 4 22
1934 Philadelphia .301 1059 171 319 62 10 33 164 12 7 43
1934 Detroit .298 1071 178 319 72 10 16 160 20 7 34
1934 Washington .294 1106 158 325 65 18 8 148 2 12 32
1934 Boston .285 1095 163 312 57 12 15 154 17 6 43
1934 St. Louis .268 946 124 254 50 17 15 121 6 3 35
1934 New York .260 1014 160 264 51 8 27 155 8 5 31
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LEAGUE TOTALS .291 8255 1255 2400 479 86 147 1191 77 52 266
TEAM ERA W L IP H R ER HR BB SO OAVG
1934 New York 4.08 14 16 265.0 274 145 120 20 109 138 .268
1934 Boston 4.26 17 14 279.0 330 155 132 12 105 105 .298
1934 Detroit 4.41 16 14 267.1 307 144 131 18 108 125 .289
1934 Philadelphia 4.56 19 11 268.1 285 167 136 18 147 90 .272
1934 Washington 4.70 18 14 281.2 335 169 147 12 99 94 .297
1934 Chicago 5.00 13 15 246.2 307 161 137 28 101 78 .307
1934 Cleveland 5.04 12 15 232.0 263 145 130 20 103 85 .288
1934 St. Louis 5.33 9 19 241.2 299 169 143 19 130 95 .307
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LEAGUE TOTALS 4.65 118 118 2081.2 2400 1255 1076 147 902 810 .291
Friday, August 31, 2007
May 24th, 1934 - NL Game Summaries
Dodgers Top Cards at Home, 7-3"Dutch" Leonard Wins 4th in complete game
Cardinals....... 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 - 3 8 0
Dodgers......... 0 1 0 3 2 0 1 0 - 7 13 1
Dutch Leonard (pictured) allowed Casey Stengel to rest his bullpen, tossing a complete game as the Brooklyn Dodgers outscored the St. Louis Cardinals 7 to 3.
It was a good day for Brooklyn thanks to Tony Cuccinello. He doubled in the2nd inning, smacked a three-run homer (his 2nd of the season) in the 4thinning and slapped a one-base hit knocking in a run in the 7th inning. Brooklyn rapped out 13 hits for the afternoon.
Leonard(4-0) was the winner allowing 3 runs for the game. Tex Carleton(3-3)took the loss. He allowed 13 hits and 2 walks in 8 innings.
Braves Outslug Visiting Bucs, 12-5Brandt wins complete game; "long afternoon's work"
Pirates......... 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 - 5 12 0
Braves.......... 1 3 0 4 0 0 1 3 - 12 17 1
Ed Brandt pitched a complete game at Braves Field where the Boston Braves beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 12 to 5. Hal Lee made sure the Boston fans enjoyed themselves. He slapped a base-hitbringing in a run in the 2nd inning, hit a 'grand salami' to the delight ofhis teammates (his 1st of the season) in the 4th inning and laced a single in the 6th inning.
Due to a poorly pitched ballgame, scoring in 5 different innings was still not enough for Pittsburgh to come away with the victory. The victory went to Brandt(3-4) who went the distance allowing 5 runs. BillSwift(2-2) was the losing pitcher. He was touched for 8 hits and 2 walks in3 and 1/3 innings. Boston now has a record of 11-19. With this loss, Pittsburgh has a 4-6 record of late, 15-14 overall.
Reds Nip Phils in Hard Fought Pitchers' DuelJohnson keeps Phils bats just cool enough in 3-2 win
Reds............ 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 - 3 13 1
Phillies........ 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 2 6 0
Si Johnson (pictured) had a strong outing as the Cincinnati Reds outscored the Philadelphia Phillies 3 to 2.
Cincinnati scored the deciding run in the top of the 9th inning. After two outs Sparky Adams doubled. Tony Piet came next and he banged out a single, scoring the run. Cincinnati had 13 hits for the afternoon. Johnson (2-6) got the victory, allowing 2 runs for the game. Former Red Syl Johnson(0-1) ended up with the loss in relief. He pitched 1 and 1/3 innings giving up 3 hits and no walks.
Cubs Deal Hubbell His First Loss, 8-2It's Tinning with complete game win this time
Cubs............ 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 2 - 8 12 0
Giants.......... 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 6 0
Bud Tinning was able to finish what he started and was credited with a complete game at the Polo Grounds as the Chicago Cubs beat the New York Giants by the count of 8 to 3.
Kiki Cuyler led the offense for Chicago. He banged out a single, which was good for two runs in the 3rd inning and belted a three-run homer (his 4th of the season) in the 5th inning. Chicago finished with 12 hits in the victory. Tinning(3-1) picked up the complete game victory, allowing 3 runs.
Carl Hubbell (8-1) was charged with the loss. He allowed 6 runs and 9 hits in 8 innings. Hubbell, who has started and won eight straight games, told reporters 'It's been a good run and I knew it wouldn't last forever. Hopefully I'll get started on a new streak in my next start.'
When it was announced that George Grantham would pinch hit for Hubbell in the bottom of the 8th, marking the first time all season Hubbell has been pulled, he received a standing ovation from the 13,300 fans in attendance, and play was paused momentarily as he acknowledged the crowd.
Thursday, August 30, 2007
May 24th, 1934 - AL Game Summaries
A's Defeat Tigers 6-4 at Navin FieldColeman provides power today for A's
Athletics....... 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 - 6 13 0
Tigers.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 - 4 8 2
Right fielder Ed Coleman left the yard and had 3 RBI at Navin Field as thePhiladelphia Athletics beat the Detroit Tigers 6 to 4. Detroit fell behind quickly as the Philadelphia offense came through in the first inning when they scored 3 runs on 3 hits. The critical plate appearance was by Coleman who deflated the mood of the partisan fans when he smashed a two-run homer (his 2nd of the season).
Detroit had a chance in the 9th but they came up short. Johnny Marcum(4-2) got the win allowing 2 runs in 7 and 2/3 innings. Marcum was helped out by Bob Kline who recorded his 2nd save.
The losing pitcher was Firpo Marberry(2-4). Philadelphia scored big getting 5 runs off him in 3 innings. Tigers second baseman Charlie Gehringer was especially disappointed in his two errors, which cost it two unearned runs. 'It's a disheartening loss, no question about it' said Gehringer. 'But we have to get over it and get ready for the next game.'
Nats Need Extra Innings in 2-0 Win Over BrownsWeaver "awesome today" says Cronin
Nationals....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 2 6 1
Browns.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 1
Monte Weaver allowed only 4 hits resulting in a big goose egg on the scoreboard for St. Louis as the Washington Nationals defeated the St. Louis Browns in 10 innings by a score of 2 to 0 at Sportsman's Park.
Neither team managed to score in the first nine innings. Washington won the hard fought contest in the 10th inning. Joe Cronin kicked off the action when he banged out a single. Fred Schulte came next and he slapped a single. Schulte took second on the throw. John Stone then drew a walk to load thebases. After an out was recorded, Eddie Phillips stepped in and he drew awalk resulting in a run. One out later, Buddy Myer stepped up to the plateand he drew a walk scoring the final run of the inning. Washington finishedwith just 6 hits in the victory.
It was the 2nd shutout of the year for Weaver (3-4). Dick Coffman(0-3) was the losing pitcher. He allowed just 6 hits and no walks in 9 innings. Browns manager Rogers Hornsby was obviously impressed with the pitching of Weaver, 'That guymade us look a little silly out there this afternoon. We just couldn't get to him at all - everything was working for him. I just hope that he got thatkinda performance out of his system.' Nationals player manager Cronin said 'Weaver was a one man show out there - he bailed us out.'
Yankees Win Over Sox 4-3Gomez wins 5th with complete game
Yankees........ 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 9 1
White Sox..... 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 7 1
Lefty Gomez pitched a complete game as the New York Yankees outscored theChicago White Sox 4 to 3. New York had 2 runs cross the plate in the top of the 3rd inning. That was all the offense they were to need. Neither team managed to score after the 3rd inning.
The winning pitcher was Gomez(5-3) who allowed 3 runs for the game. Milt Gaston(3-2) was the loser. He surrendered 4 runs and 9 hits in 9 innings.
The New York ballclub's record now stands at 15-16. With the loss, Chicago has a record of 3-7 lately, 13-16 overall.
