1934 Washington Senators season

The 1934 Washington Senators played 154 games, won 66, lost 86, and finished in seventh place in the American League. They were managed by Joe Cronin and played home games at Griffith Stadium. In the eighth inning of their game against the Boston Red Sox on June 9, the Washington Senators hit 5 consecutive doubles – the most ever hit consecutively during the same inning.

Regular season

Notable transactions

May 9, 1934: Bob Boken was traded by the Senators to the Chicago White Sox for Red Kress.

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C		56	169	33	.195	2	16
1B		63	263	76	.289	3	25
2B		139	524	160	.305	3	57
3B		109	392	125	.319	1	53
SS		127	504	143	.284	7	101
OF		136	524	156	.298	3	73
OF		137	556	194	.349	11	89
OF		113	419	132	.315	7	67

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Ossie Bluege	99	285	70	.246	0	11
Dave Harris	97	235	59	.251	2	37
Pete Susko	58	224	64	.286	2	25
Luke Sewell	72	207	49	.237	2	21
	56	171	39	.228	4	24
Cliff Bolton	42	148	40	.270	1	17
	31	103	28	.272	0	12
Moe Berg	33	86	21	.244	0	6
	13	53	13	.245	2	7
Jake Powell	9	35	10	.286	0	1
Fred Sington	9	35	10	.286	0	6
	11	27	6	.222	0	6
Gus Dugas	24	19	1	.053	0	1
Elmer Klumpp	12	15	2	.133	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Earl Whitehill	32	235.0	14	11	4.52	96
Monte Weaver	31	204.2	11	15	4.79	51
Lefty Stewart	24	152.0	7	11	4.03	36
	2	9.2	0	1	12.10	4

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	37	168.0	8	8	3.21	52
	33	133.1	8	9	5.47	42
General Crowder	29	100.2	4	10	6.79	39
	7	34.2	2	2	4.15	9
Reese Diggs	4	21.1	1	2	6.75	2
	3	18.0	1	1	7.50	6
	3	12.2	1	0	2.13	3

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Jack Russell	54	5	10	8	4.17	38
Alex McColl	42	3	4	2	3.86	29
Ray Prim	8	0	2	0	6.75	3
Bob Kline	6	1	0	0	15.75	1
	2	0	0	0	10.13	1
Mark Filley	1	0	0	0	27.00	0