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1934 Cleveland Indians
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1901)
Location
League Park (Since 1901) Cleveland, Ohio (Since 1901)
1934 Information
Owner(s)	Alva Bradley
General Manager(s)	Billy Evans
Manager(s)	Walter Johnson
Local television	none
Local radio	WHK (AM) (Jack Graney)

The Cleveland Indians' 1934 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Cleveland Indians attempting to win the American League.

1 Regular season
- 1.1 Season standings
- 1.2 Roster
2 Player stats
- 2.1 Batting
  - 2.1.1 Starters by position
  - 2.1.2 Other batters
- 2.2 Pitching
3 Farm system
4 Notes
5 References

Regular season

Pitcher Mel Harder became the first pitcher in the American League to win 20 games in one season while wearing glasses.^[1]

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
Detroit Tigers	101	53	.656	--
New York Yankees	94	60	.610	7
Cleveland Indians	85	69	.552	16
Boston Red Sox	76	76	.500	24
Philadelphia Athletics	68	82	.453	31
St. Louis Browns	67	85	.441	33
Washington Senators	66	86	.434	34
Chicago White Sox	53	99	.349	47

Roster

1934 Cleveland Indians roster

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Walter Johnson

Coaches

Patsy Gharrity
Earl Wolgamot

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	Pytlak, FrankieFrankie Pytlak	91	289	75	.260	0	35
1B	Trosky, HalHal Trosky	154	625	206	.330	35	142
2B	Hale, OdellOdell Hale	143	563	170	.302	13	101
3B	Kamm, WillieWillie Kamm	121	386	104	.269	0	42
SS	Knickerbocker, BillBill Knickerbocker	146	593	188	.317	4	67
OF	Averill, EarlEarl Averill	154	598	187	.313	31	113
OF	Vosmik, JoeJoe Vosmik	104	405	138	.341	6	78
OF	Rice, SamSam Rice	97	335	98	.293	1	33

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

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
Harder, MelMel Harder	44	255.1	20	12	2.61	91

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

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
Bean, BelveBelve Bean	21	5	1	0	3.86	20

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
A	New Orleans Pelicans	Southern Association	Larry Gilbert
C	Zanesville Grays	Middle Atlantic League	Harry Layne, Bert Grimm and Earl Wolgamot
D	Monessen Indians	Pennsylvania State Association	Eddie Onslow, Bill Ward, Earl Wolgamot and Walt Laskowski

Notes

^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.195, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007

References

1934 Cleveland Indians season at Baseball Reference

1934 MLB season by team

American League	Boston • Chicago • Cleveland • Detroit • New York • Philadelphia • St. Louis • Washington

National League	Boston • Brooklyn • Chicago • Cincinnati • New York • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis

1934 All-Star Game • 1934 World Series

Cleveland Indians

Formerly the Grand Rapids Rustlers, Cleveland Bluebirds, Cleveland Blues, Cleveland Bronchos and the Cleveland Naps • Based in Cleveland, Ohio

The Franchise

History • Seasons • Records • Players • Managers and Owners • Broadcasters • Opening Day starting pitchers • Award winners

Ballparks

League Park • Cleveland Municipal Stadium • Jacobs/Progressive Field
Spring Training: Henley Field • Terry Park Ballfield • Clearwater Athletic Field • Hi Corbett Field • Chain of Lakes Park • Goodyear Ballpark

Culture and Lore

Chief Wahoo • John Adams • The Catch • Ten Cent Beer Night • Curse of Rocky Colavito • Cleveland Sports Curse • Major League • "Cleveland Rocks" • Bat Burglary • Bug Game

Important Figures

Nap Lajoie • Addie Joss • Ray Chapman • Tris Speaker • Stan Coveleski • Joe Sewell • Mel Harder • Earl Averill • Hal Trosky • Bob Feller • Lou Boudreau • Bob Lemon • Bill Veeck • Al Rosen • Larry Doby • Mike Garcia • Early Wynn • Herb Score • Rocky Colavito • Mudcat Grant • Sam McDowell • Luis Tiant • Mike Hargrove • Sandy Alomar, Jr. • Jim Thome • Kenny Lofton • Omar Vizquel • Manny Ramirez • Albert Belle • Charles Nagy • Grady Sizemore • Travis Hafner • CC Sabathia • Victor Martinez • Cliff Lee

Retired Numbers

3 • 5 • 14 • 18 • 19 • 21 • 42 • 455

Key Personnel

Owner: Larry Dolan • General Manager: Mark Shapiro • Manager: Manny Acta

World Series
Champions (2)

1920 • 1948

American League
Pennants (5)

1920 • 1948 • 1954 • 1995 • 1997

Division
Championships

Central: 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2001 • 2007 • Wild Card: none

Minor League
Affiliates

AAA: Columbus Clippers • AA: Akron Aeros • A: Kinston Indians • Lake County Captains • Mahoning Valley Scrappers • Rookie: Arizona League Indians • DSL Indians

Other Assets

SportsTime Ohio

Media

TV: SportsTime Ohio • WKYC • Radio: WTAM • Announcers: Tom Hamilton • Mike Hegan • Matt Underwood • Rick Manning

Seasons (110)

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2000s	2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009

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