1934 Detroit Tigers
Record: 82-74
Finish: 1st in AL AL East Division
Runs Scored: 819
Runs Allowed: 760
Exp W-L: 83-73
 
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Attendance: 2,296,694
Manager: Ty Cobb

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 77-60, 4th in the AL
AA: 57-80, 7th in the AL
A: 57-80, 8th in the AL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost World Championship 2-4 to Montreal Expos
Won AL League Series 4-3 over Boston (A) Red Sox
Won Divisional Series 4-3 over Tampa Bay Devil Rays
 
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 *Dusty Cooke 27 150 600 95 177 34 4 12 70 4 2 75 91 .295 .372 .425 .797 92.9 16.7 1.8
RF *Chuck Klein 29 150 589 103 191 25 13 22 98 3 0 55 39 .324 .380 .523 .903 107.5 21.6 1.5
C  Spud Davis 29 141 569 98 204 37 2 7 65 0 0 43 34 .359 .405 .467 .873 91.3 18.3 5.3
CF *Earl Averill 32 141 549 102 186 35 8 12 105 0 0 59 43 .339 .401 .497 .898 95.0 18.9 2.2
3B  Pie Traynor 34 144 557 68 170 26 5 6 92 2 0 28 9 .305 .337 .402 .739 71.2 10.7 7.0
3B  Woody English 28 143 528 69 151 25 5 6 70 8 3 49 66 .286 .344 .386 .731 69.1 9.9 8.7
2B  Fresco Thompson 32 147 535 71 148 32 5 5 70 10 7 32 12 .277 .316 .383 .700 58.6 6.9 6.2
1B  Ed Morgan 30 113 377 57 81 11 4 6 53 4 2 48 53 .215 .305 .313 .618 35.8 1.4 1.6
RF *Showboat Fisher 35 100 227 29 67 9 1 3 26 0 1 16 30 .295 .339 .383 .722 29.0 4.4 0.4
2B  Jerry Standaert 32 103 205 28 59 14 4 1 40 0 0 21 12 .288 .352 .410 .762 26.8 3.7 2.7
LF *Ed Coleman 32 59 178 19 42 8 1 2 22 0 0 13 22 .236 .294 .326 .620 16.8 1.2 0.8
P #Ted Lyons 33 41 125 15 33 3 1 0 14 0 0 5 13 .264 .290 .304 .594 11.5 0.5 0.0
C *Woody Jensen 26 43 137 17 34 9 1 0 10 0 0 3 0 .248 .262 .328 .591 11.3 0.5 1.2
P  George Blaeholder 30 42 112 10 16 3 0 0 9 0 0 5 29 .143 .178 .170 .348 1.5 0.0 0.0
1B *Joe Kuhel 28 56 93 22 35 5 1 2 24 3 1 12 3 .376 .449 .516 .965 16.7 3.3 0.4
P  Hod Lisenbee 35 31 76 4 9 1 0 0 7 0 0 1 20 .118 .130 .132 .261 -1.1 0.0 0.0
P  Pete Appleton 30 24 67 9 20 3 0 0 11 0 0 0 4 .299 .299 .343 .642 6.8 0.7 0.0
P  Slick Castleman 20 15 25 2 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 10 .120 .111 .160 .271 0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Red Shea 35 60 13 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .231 .231 .231 .462 0.7 0.0 0.0
P *Ed Brandt 29 23 11 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 .273 .273 .273 .545 0.8 0.1 0.0
P  Ben Cantwell 32 55 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Ed Durham 26 15 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.3 0.0
  Team Totals 30.2 1796 5578 819 1634 281 55 84 793 34 16 465 496 .293 .346 .408 .755 743.6 119.2 39.9
  Rank among 8 AL teams 2 4 3 5 4 4 3 3 7 6 4 3 5 4 4 3  
* - 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
 Ted Lyons 33 26 9 .743 41 41 0 345.0 384 121 19 39 130 3.16 35.3
 George Blaeholder 30 19 17 .528 42 42 0 335.0 401 152 21 67 112 4.08 20.2
 Hod Lisenbee 35 10 12 .455 31 31 0 228.3 256 112 15 88 92 4.41 11.8
 Pete Appleton 30 12 9 .571 24 24 0 187.7 209 88 4 69 54 4.22 13.1
 Red Shea 35 4 9 .308 60 5 10 100.0 147 67 5 35 6 6.03 2.1
 Slick Castleman 20 2 7 .222 15 12 0 78.3 107 56 7 38 25 6.43 0.0
 Ben Cantwell 32 4 7 .364 55 1 2 65.0 110 45 7 24 14 6.23 0.6
*Ed Brandt 29 3 3 .500 23 0 3 43.7 44 19 3 28 17 3.92 3.8
 Ed Durham 26 2 1 .667 15 0 1 15.0 26 12 2 2 2 7.20 0.0
Team Totals 30.0 82 74 .526 306 156 16 1398.0 1684 672 83 390 452 4.33 86.8
Rank among 8 AL teams 4 4 7 4 1 7 3 3 1 6 2  
* - 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
S.Davis 1157.0 128 134 414 46 5 2 .989 25.6
W.Jensen 241.0 28 30 83 12 1 1 .990 37.5
Team Total 1398.0 156 164 497 58 6 3 .989 27.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 12.32
E.Morgan 886.7 101 103 1152 89 16 134 .987 12.60
E.Coleman 341.0 39 46 444 34 3 41 .994 12.62
J.Kuhel 158.3 16 25 218 30 1 35 .996 14.10
J.Standaert 12.0 0 8 22 1 0 0 1.000 17.25
Team Total 1398.0 156 182 1836 154 20 210 .990 12.81
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 6.53
F.Thompson 1255.3 144 144 354 612 27 149 .973 6.93
J.Standaert 139.7 12 26 41 67 7 20 .939 6.96
D.Cooke 2.0 0 1 0 3 0 2 1.000 13.50
J.Kuhel 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1398.0 156 172 395 682 34 171 .969 6.93
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 3.00
P.Traynor 1211.3 139 140 67 346 23 35 .947 3.07
J.Standaert 184.7 17 34 11 54 3 5 .956 3.17
S.Fisher 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
W.English 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1398.0 156 176 78 400 26 40 .948 3.08
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 5.61
W.English 1271.0 142 142 240 599 28 130 .968 5.94
J.Standaert 124.0 14 14 27 56 2 18 .976 6.02
E.Coleman 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
E.Morgan 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1398.0 156 158 267 655 30 148 .968 5.94
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 2.06
C.Klein 1247.3 139 141 257 10 16 2 .943 1.93
S.Fisher 143.0 17 17 31 3 1 0 .971 2.14
W.Jensen 4.7 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
E.Coleman 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1398.0 156 161 289 13 17 2 .947 1.94
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.78
E.Averill 1222.3 137 140 342 10 11 4 .970 2.59
S.Fisher 95.0 11 11 23 0 5 0 .821 2.18
E.Coleman 68.7 7 12 24 0 0 0 1.000 3.15
D.Cooke 9.0 1 1 4 1 0 1 1.000 5.00
W.Jensen 3.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1398.0 156 167 394 11 16 5 .962 2.61
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 2.21
D.Cooke 1232.3 139 146 290 3 11 1 .964 2.14
S.Fisher 148.0 17 19 32 0 4 0 .889 1.95
C.Klein 15.7 0 8 5 0 1 0 .833 2.87
W.Jensen 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1398.0 156 174 327 3 16 1 .954 2.12
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 2.38
T.Lyons 345.0 41 41 25 54 3 6 .963 2.06
G.Blaeholder 335.0 42 42 23 64 4 5 .956 2.34
H.Lisenbee 228.3 31 31 20 40 3 5 .952 2.36
P.Appleton 187.7 24 24 11 38 3 2 .942 2.35
R.Shea 100.0 5 60 6 27 1 7 .971 2.97
S.Castleman 78.3 12 15 9 17 0 0 1.000 2.99
B.Cantwell 65.0 1 55 3 16 0 2 1.000 2.63
E.Brandt 43.7 0 23 1 11 0 0 1.000 2.47
E.Durham 15.0 0 15 2 6 2 0 .800 4.80
Team Total 1398.0 156 306 100 273 16 27 .959 2.40
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Davis .359
On-Base Pct Davis .405
Slugging Pct Klein .523
OPS Klein .903
XR Klein 107.5
Games Klein, Cooke 150
At-Bats Cooke 600
Runs Klein 103
Hits Davis 204
Total Bases Klein 308
Singles Davis 158
Doubles Davis 37
Triples Klein 13
Homeruns Klein 22
RBIs Averill 105
Stolen Bases Thompson 10
Caught Stealing Thompson 7
Walks Cooke 75
Strikeouts Cooke 91
ERA Lyons 3.16
Wins Lyons 26
Losses Blaeholder 17
Winning Pct Lyons .743
Saves Shea 10
Games Pitched Shea 60
Games Started Blaeholder 42
Complete Games Lyons 26
Shutouts Lyons 3
Innings Pitched Lyons 345.0
Hits Allowed Blaeholder 401
Homeruns Allowed Blaeholder 21
Strikeouts Lyons 130
Walks Allowed Lisenbee 88
Walks per 9IP Lyons 1.0
Hits per 9IP Lyons 10.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Lisenbee 3.6
WHiP Lyons 1.23
OAVG Lyons .279
OOBP Lyons .299
OSLG Appleton .350
OOPS Lyons .675
Team All-Stars
Chuck Klein
Ted Lyons
Player Salaries
Ted Lyons $ 17,460,000
George Blaeholder $ 10,000,000
Chuck Klein $ 6,285,714
Earl Averill $ 5,130,000
Showboat Fisher $ 4,180,000
Jerry Standaert $ 4,000,000
Spud Davis $ 3,500,000
Ed Morgan $ 3,000,000
Dusty Cooke $ 3,000,000
Woody English $ 2,500,000
Red Shea $ 2,000,000
Fresco Thompson $ 1,700,000
Pete Appleton $ 1,200,000
Pie Traynor $ 1,000,000
Ed Durham $ 870,000
Hod Lisenbee $ 750,000
Ed Brandt $ 750,000
Ben Cantwell $ 500,000
Rollie Hemsley $ 350,000
Woody Jensen $ 300,000
Joe Kuhel $ 300,000
Ed Coleman $ 300,000
Slick Castleman $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/17 Traded Dave Keefe
Sam West
$8,000,000
Minnesota Chuck Klein
3/7 Traded Art Scharein
Round Draft Pick.
Montreal Pete Appleton