1934 Philadelphia Athletics

68-82 • .453 Win% • 5th in AL

📊 Season Record

68 Wins
82 Losses
.453 Win %
5th Rank
764 R 838 RA
Diff -74

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764 Runs Scored
838 Runs Allowed
-74 Run Diff
344K Attendance

📈 vs. 1934 AL Average

Batting Avg .280 1% above the 1934 league average (.278)
OBP .342 2% below the 1934 league average (.350)
SLG .424 6% above the 1934 league average (.399)
Team ERA 5.01 11% worse than the 1934 league average (4.50)
Runs Scored 764 3% below the 1934 league average (788 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumShibe Park
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Home Games 76
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Total Attendance 344,176
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Avg per Game 4,528

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1934

Batting Avg

1 Jimmie Foxx 0.334 2 Pinky Higgins 0.330 3 Doc Cramer 0.311 4 Bob Johnson 0.307 5 Eric McNair 0.280

Home Runs

1 Jimmie Foxx 44 2 Bob Johnson 34 3 Eric McNair 17 4 Pinky Higgins 16 5 Ed Coleman 14

RBI

1 Jimmie Foxx 130 2 Bob Johnson 92 3 Pinky Higgins 90 4 Eric McNair 82 5 Ed Coleman 60
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Doc Cramer 153 649 99 202 29 9 6 46 40 35 1 0.311
Eric McNair 151 599 80 168 20 4 17 82 35 42 7 0.280
Bob Johnson 141 547 111 168 26 6 34 92 58 60 12 0.307
Pinky Higgins 144 543 89 179 37 6 16 90 56 70 9 0.330
Jimmie Foxx 150 539 120 180 28 6 44 130 111 75 11 0.334
Rabbit Warstler 117 419 56 99 19 3 1 36 51 30 9 0.236
Ed Coleman 101 329 53 92 14 6 14 60 29 34 0 0.280
Lou Finney 92 272 32 76 11 4 1 28 14 17 4 0.279
Charlie Berry 99 269 14 72 10 2 0 34 22 23 1 0.268
Frankie Hayes 92 248 24 56 10 0 6 30 20 44 2 0.226
Dib Williams 66 205 25 56 10 1 2 17 21 18 0 0.273
Bing Miller 81 177 22 43 10 2 1 22 16 14 1 0.243
Johnny Marcum 58 112 10 30 4 0 1 13 3 5 0 0.268
Sugar Cain 36 82 4 13 1 0 0 6 1 23 0 0.159
Bill Dietrich 40 72 6 15 2 1 1 4 7 32 0 0.208
Joe Cascarella 42 64 2 6 1 0 0 2 1 19 0 0.094
Al Benton 32 55 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 22 0 0.109
Roy Mahaffey 37 48 5 13 2 0 0 4 2 5 0 0.271
Jerry McQuaig 7 16 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 0.062
George Caster 5 15 1 4 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 0.267
Mort Flohr 15 12 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.333
Charlie Moss 10 10 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.200
Bob Kline 20 9 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.333
Ed Madjeski 8 8 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0.375
Ed Lagger 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Harry Matuzak 11 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.167
Vernon Wilshere 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Jack Wilson 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.000
Roy Vaughn 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Tim McKeithan 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1934

ERA

1 George Caster 3.41 2 Sugar Cain 4.41 3 Johnny Marcum 4.50 4 Joe Cascarella 4.68 5 Bill Dietrich 4.68

Wins

1 Johnny Marcum 14 2 Joe Cascarella 12 3 Bill Dietrich 11 4 Sugar Cain 9 5 Al Benton 7

Strikeouts

1 Johnny Marcum 92 2 Bill Dietrich 88 3 Joe Cascarella 71 4 Sugar Cain 66 5 Al Benton 58
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Johnny Marcum 14 11 4.50 37 31 0 232.0 257 116 88 92
Sugar Cain 9 17 4.41 36 32 0 230.2 235 113 128 66
Bill Dietrich 11 12 4.68 39 23 3 207.2 201 108 114 88
Joe Cascarella 12 15 4.68 42 22 1 194.1 214 101 104 71
Al Benton 7 9 4.88 32 21 1 155.0 145 84 88 58
Roy Mahaffey 6 7 5.37 37 14 2 129.0 142 77 55 37
Bob Kline 6 2 6.35 20 0 1 39.2 50 28 13 14
George Caster 3 2 3.41 5 3 0 37.0 32 14 14 15
Mort Flohr 0 2 5.87 14 3 0 30.2 34 20 33 6
Harry Matuzak 0 3 4.88 11 0 0 24.0 28 13 10 9
Vernon Wilshere 0 1 12.05 9 2 0 21.2 39 29 15 19
Ed Lagger 0 0 11.00 8 0 0 18.0 27 22 14 2
Jack Wilson 0 1 12.00 2 2 0 9.0 15 12 9 2
Roy Vaughn 0 0 2.08 2 0 0 4.1 3 1 3 1
Tim McKeithan 0 0 15.75 3 0 0 4.0 7 7 5 0

👥 Roster (30)

Al Benton Charlie Berry Sugar Cain Joe Cascarella George Caster Ed Coleman Doc Cramer Bill Dietrich Lou Finney Mort Flohr Jimmie Foxx Frankie Hayes +18 more

30 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1934 Philadelphia Athletics

What was the 1934 Philadelphia Athletics record?
The 1934 Philadelphia Athletics finished 68-82 (.453 win pct).
Who led the 1934 Philadelphia Athletics in home runs?
Jimmie Foxx led the 1934 Philadelphia Athletics with 44 home runs.
What was the 1934 Philadelphia Athletics team ERA?
The 1934 Philadelphia Athletics posted a team ERA of 5.01.
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