1934 Cleveland Indians
Record: 51-105
Finish: 4th in AL AL East Division
Runs Scored: 694
Runs Allowed: 932
Exp W-L: 57-99
 
Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium
Attendance: 1,417,930
Manager: Josh Pingel

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 62-75, 7th in the AL
AA: 72-65, 3rd in the AL
A: 59-78, 7th in the AL
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
CF *Heinie Manush 32 147 598 83 181 29 14 5 84 0 0 35 14 .303 .342 .423 .765 77.4 9.4 2.6
SS  Red Kress 27 146 544 62 140 33 4 9 59 0 0 39 32 .257 .307 .382 .689 58.6 5.1 5.6
CF *Ernie Orsatti 31 135 458 63 146 35 8 8 66 5 6 44 24 .319 .378 .483 .861 73.5 11.7 1.2
CF  Joe Medwick 22 143 437 54 138 31 6 8 70 1 0 29 27 .316 .360 .469 .829 66.1 10.3 1.5
SS  Pinky Higgins 25 99 395 57 116 23 2 7 52 0 1 37 19 .294 .354 .415 .769 55.8 7.6 1.6
C  Frankie Pytlak 25 109 355 63 103 21 4 3 49 27 9 39 11 .290 .363 .397 .760 53.3 6.9 2.9
2B  Hughie Critz 33 93 367 48 96 16 1 4 30 7 1 13 7 .262 .286 .343 .630 33.1 1.2 2.2
RF  Dick Cox 36 87 319 41 88 15 0 3 40 0 0 22 29 .276 .319 .351 .670 35.4 3.1 0.9
1B *Sam Leslie 28 77 266 40 86 12 1 3 36 2 0 19 3 .323 .369 .410 .779 35.0 4.6 0.6
C #Johnny Gooch 36 81 250 30 68 8 2 0 15 0 0 13 50 .272 .307 .320 .627 23.6 1.4 2.4
2B  Les Mallon 28 84 234 24 54 14 0 1 23 0 0 14 19 .231 .272 .303 .575 17.7 0.0 1.8
LF  Gee Walker 26 109 222 26 60 19 1 3 25 0 0 4 27 .270 .282 .405 .687 21.9 1.7 0.6
2B  Alex Kampouris 21 51 184 27 44 6 1 7 27 0 0 21 23 .239 .319 .397 .716 22.5 2.0 1.2
C  Rudy York 20 48 173 23 44 10 1 7 29 0 0 27 28 .254 .353 .445 .798 27.8 3.5 0.5
C *Gilly Campbell 26 46 160 13 39 7 2 3 18 0 0 9 5 .244 .282 .369 .651 15.7 0.8 1.1
P *Rip Sewell 27 38 106 12 32 4 0 0 10 0 1 3 17 .302 .327 .340 .667 11.6 1.1 0.0
P  Charley Root 35 42 96 5 18 4 0 0 8 0 0 2 26 .188 .208 .229 .437 4.8 0.0 0.0
P  Bump Hadley 29 33 86 7 20 1 0 0 5 0 0 2 13 .233 .244 .244 .489 5.5 0.0 0.0
RF *Joe Kelly 34 66 94 4 22 7 0 1 10 0 0 0 4 .234 .234 .340 .574 4.4 0.0 0.2
P  Jakie May 38 42 78 4 9 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 26 .115 .115 .128 .244 -1.6 0.0 0.0
LF  Jake Powell 25 24 74 7 20 3 1 0 4 1 0 1 12 .270 .280 .338 .618 5.7 0.0 0.7
SS  Hal Rhyne 35 29 52 1 10 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 7 .192 .250 .212 .462 2.0 0.0 0.5
P  Bob Brown 23 57 9 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 1.1 0.0 0.0
P *Johnny Welch 27 34 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .400 .600 0.4 0.0 0.0
P *Milt Shoffner 28 68 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Lefty Weinert 32 30 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .250 .400 .250 .650 0.6 0.2 0.0
P *Charlie Sullivan 31 32 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.9 1950 5575 694 1541 301 48 72 667 43 18 378 427 .276 .322 .386 .709 652.0 70.8 27.9
  Rank among 8 AL teams 4 8 5 2 6 6 8 2 8 8 2 8 8 7 8 8  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Charley Root 35 9 31 .225 42 42 0 310.0 391 200 22 139 81 5.81 6.0
 Rip Sewell 27 15 18 .455 38 38 0 295.3 378 152 9 98 67 4.63 16.8
 Bump Hadley 29 14 13 .519 33 33 0 257.0 316 140 18 109 60 4.90 12.6
*Jakie May 38 6 19 .240 42 42 0 253.3 296 150 16 101 115 5.33 7.4
 Bob Brown 23 3 9 .250 57 1 8 75.7 98 52 4 51 37 6.19 2.3
*Milt Shoffner 28 3 9 .250 68 0 6 75.3 85 37 7 33 18 4.42 5.9
*Lefty Weinert 32 0 2 .000 30 0 0 42.7 55 30 2 21 12 6.33 0.5
 Johnny Welch 27 0 4 .000 34 0 0 40.7 67 37 4 21 11 8.19 0.0
 Charlie Sullivan 31 1 0 1.000 32 0 0 37.7 42 18 1 11 14 4.30 2.8
Team Totals 30.0 51 105 .327 376 156 14 1387.6 1728 816 83 584 415 5.29 54.3
Rank among 8 AL teams 8 8 8 8 5 8 4 8 8 7 8  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 31.7
F.Pytlak 775.7 83 103 253 27 5 0 .982 22.2
J.Gooch 567.0 67 70 194 22 2 1 .991 50.0
J.Powell 45.0 6 6 12 6 0 0 1.000 100.0
Team Total 1387.7 156 179 459 55 7 1 .987 33.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 12.32
S.Leslie 543.9 62 70 690 58 8 77 .989 12.38
R.York 423.7 48 48 528 44 3 61 .995 12.15
P.Higgins 187.3 22 22 235 22 4 25 .985 12.35
G.Walker 86.0 10 14 115 9 0 12 1.000 12.98
E.Orsatti 29.0 3 3 26 3 0 5 1.000 9.00
J.Powell 24.0 2 4 29 4 0 5 1.000 12.38
Team Total 1293.9 147 161 1623 140 15 185 .992 12.26
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 6.53
H.Critz 762.7 86 90 213 375 12 85 .980 6.94
A.Kampouris 428.7 49 50 125 195 10 43 .970 6.72
L.Mallon 126.1 14 19 41 71 5 18 .957 7.99
H.Rhyne 6.1 1 2 2 2 0 1 1.000 5.90
Team Total 1323.6 150 161 381 643 27 147 .974 6.96
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 3.00
P.Higgins 643.3 73 77 47 158 10 17 .953 2.87
G.Campbell 387.0 45 46 25 106 3 11 .978 3.05
L.Mallon 288.9 29 42 19 66 5 6 .944 2.65
J.Powell 69.7 7 10 9 14 0 0 1.000 2.97
E.Orsatti 39.0 4 5 4 6 3 1 .769 2.31
R.Kress 17.0 2 2 2 4 0 1 1.000 3.18
G.Walker 3.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00
J.Gooch 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1449.9 160 184 106 356 21 36 .957 2.87
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 5.61
R.Kress 1212.0 141 142 252 552 40 128 .953 5.97
L.Mallon 128.6 12 19 26 66 2 17 .979 6.44
H.Rhyne 112.6 23 24 18 49 3 8 .957 5.36
J.Powell 12.0 1 2 5 8 0 2 1.000 9.75
J.Gooch 4.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
G.Walker 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
A.Kampouris 2.0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1474.2 177 191 304 677 45 155 .956 5.99
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 2.06
J.Medwick 600.7 69 74 138 5 2 3 .986 2.14
E.Orsatti 505.0 56 58 86 4 1 0 .989 1.60
G.Walker 169.7 19 25 44 0 2 0 .957 2.33
H.Manush 62.0 7 8 15 1 1 0 .941 2.32
J.Kelly 41.3 4 12 15 0 1 0 .938 3.27
J.Powell 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Cox 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Gooch 1.0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1387.7 156 180 298 10 8 3 .975 2.00
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.78
H.Manush 1213.7 136 138 375 16 22 6 .947 2.90
G.Walker 94.0 11 11 26 0 1 0 .963 2.49
E.Orsatti 77.0 9 9 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.87
J.Medwick 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1387.7 156 159 417 16 23 6 .950 2.81
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 2.21
D.Cox 688.7 80 83 144 6 7 1 .955 1.96
E.Orsatti 331.7 35 46 84 2 3 0 .966 2.33
J.Medwick 292.3 32 35 80 4 0 0 1.000 2.59
J.Kelly 37.0 4 9 11 0 1 0 .917 2.68
G.Walker 31.0 4 6 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.61
J.Powell 7.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
Team Total 1387.7 156 180 329 12 11 1 .969 2.21
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 2.38
C.Root 310.0 42 42 20 68 2 7 .978 2.55
R.Sewell 295.3 38 38 17 64 3 4 .964 2.47
B.Hadley 257.0 33 33 15 45 3 4 .952 2.10
J.May 253.3 42 42 18 46 3 4 .955 2.27
B.Brown 75.7 1 57 4 10 0 0 1.000 1.67
M.Shoffner 75.3 0 68 4 13 1 1 .944 2.03
L.Weinert 42.7 0 30 2 7 0 2 1.000 1.90
J.Welch 40.7 0 34 4 6 0 0 1.000 2.21
C.Sullivan 37.7 0 32 3 7 0 1 1.000 2.39
Team Total 1387.6 156 376 87 266 12 23 .967 2.29
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Orsatti .319
On-Base Pct Orsatti .378
Slugging Pct Orsatti .483
OPS Orsatti .861
XR Manush 77.4
Games Manush 147
At-Bats Manush 598
Runs Manush 83
Hits Manush 181
Total Bases Manush 253
Singles Manush 133
Doubles Orsatti 35
Triples Manush 14
Homeruns Kress 9
RBIs Manush 84
Stolen Bases Pytlak 27
Caught Stealing Pytlak 9
Walks Orsatti 44
Strikeouts Gooch 50
ERA Sewell 4.63
Wins Sewell 15
Losses Root 31
Winning Pct Hadley .519
Saves Brown 8
Games Pitched Shoffner 68
Games Started May, Root 42
Complete Games Sewell 20
Shutouts Hadley 1
Innings Pitched Root 310.0
Hits Allowed Root 391
Homeruns Allowed Root 22
Strikeouts May 115
Walks Allowed Root 139
Walks per 9IP Sewell 3.0
Hits per 9IP May 10.5
Strikeouts per 9IP May 4.1
WHiP May 1.57
OAVG May .294
OOBP May .359
OSLG Sewell .395
OOPS Sewell .758
Team All-Stars
Pinky Higgins
Player Salaries
Jakie May $ 9,463,100
Heinie Manush $ 8,750,000
Dick Cox $ 6,500,000
Red Kress $ 4,750,000
Hal Rhyne $ 4,000,000
Ossie Orwoll $ 3,250,000
Johnny Gooch $ 3,000,019
Ernie Orsatti $ 2,200,000
Bump Hadley $ 2,025,000
Johnny Welch $ 1,850,000
Joe Kelly $ 1,800,000
Charley Root $ 1,600,000
Jumbo Brown $ 775,000
Bob Brown $ 591,429
Lefty Weinert $ 550,000
Buck Jordan $ 414,286
Milt Shoffner $ 350,000
Gilly Campbell $ 300,000
Joe Medwick $ 300,000
Gee Walker $ 300,000
Charlie Sullivan $ 300,000
Rudy York $ 300,000
Rip Sewell $ 300,000
Jake Powell $ 300,000
Frankie Pytlak $ 300,000
Alex Kampouris $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/12 Signed     Jumbo Brown
7/31 Traded Sam Leslie New York (G) Johnny Mccarthy
7/31 Traded Pinky Higgins
Hughie Critz
Les Mallon
Cincinnati Hal Rhyne
Jack Salveson
Round Draft Pick.