1934 Cincinnati Reds
Record: 74-82
Finish: 3rd in NL NL West Division
Runs Scored: 795
Runs Allowed: 831
Exp W-L: 75-81
 
Ballpark: Crosley Field
Attendance: 1,877,566
Manager: Richard Branch

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 72-65, 2nd in the NL
AA: 59-78, 8th in the NL
A: 74-63, 3rd in the NL
 
 
 
 
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
SS *Buddy Myer 30 150 589 90 199 39 3 6 67 14 5 83 17 .338 .419 .445 .864 104.8 20.4 4.8
CF *Jimmy Welsh 31 149 628 87 208 30 8 13 110 8 6 23 8 .331 .357 .467 .824 89.6 14.4 3.8
1B  Zeke Bonura 25 151 578 111 154 26 5 28 102 0 0 71 29 .266 .345 .474 .819 90.1 13.1 3.2
LF  Danny Taylor 33 149 558 81 155 19 5 14 70 8 1 54 89 .278 .338 .405 .743 74.7 9.5 3.5
C *Bill Delancey 22 133 482 71 131 21 6 13 74 0 0 70 50 .272 .362 .421 .783 74.8 11.7 6.2
RF *Harry Rice 32 122 380 67 109 8 5 4 46 4 3 49 14 .287 .373 .366 .739 53.5 7.9 2.1
CF  Pete Fox 25 127 365 46 119 27 2 5 52 1 1 24 16 .326 .366 .452 .818 54.3 9.7 2.2
SS  Hal Rhyne 35 97 334 36 87 8 2 0 29 0 0 17 38 .260 .299 .296 .596 25.5 0.4 2.7
3B  Tommy Thevenow 30 83 230 19 59 9 1 1 20 0 0 16 17 .257 .301 .317 .619 20.3 0.8 2.0
2B  Freddy Spurgeon 33 99 202 30 63 10 2 0 21 1 1 10 18 .312 .341 .381 .722 23.7 3.0 1.5
2B  Hughie Critz 33 47 176 21 54 6 4 0 22 4 1 5 2 .307 .328 .386 .714 20.1 2.5 1.8
SS  Pinky Higgins 25 42 155 23 53 8 0 4 31 0 0 23 8 .342 .428 .471 .899 30.2 6.1 1.1
CF  Bob Seeds 27 99 137 22 44 4 1 4 28 0 0 13 5 .321 .373 .453 .825 23.2 3.8 0.5
C  Bubber Jonnard 36 60 126 19 44 4 0 2 23 0 0 14 18 .349 .408 .429 .837 21.7 3.9 0.9
C *Gus Suhr 28 100 126 18 24 4 2 3 12 3 1 12 15 .190 .261 .325 .586 10.1 0.0 0.6
P  Bill Lee 24 35 93 8 12 1 1 0 7 0 0 0 17 .129 .137 .161 .298 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  George Pipgras 34 40 93 4 15 1 0 0 6 0 0 4 22 .161 .196 .172 .368 2.1 0.0 0.0
P  Ray Prim 27 40 87 5 13 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 13 .149 .159 .172 .332 0.9 0.0 0.0
SS *Les Burke 31 65 92 18 26 3 1 1 18 1 0 4 8 .283 .313 .370 .683 11.0 1.1 1.0
P  Tommy Bridges 27 26 65 4 11 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 18 .169 .182 .169 .351 1.0 0.0 0.0
2B  Les Mallon 28 20 49 4 17 2 0 1 7 0 0 2 0 .347 .373 .449 .822 7.0 1.2 0.5
1B  Les Bell 32 34 30 7 8 2 0 0 6 0 0 3 5 .267 .324 .333 .657 3.9 0.4 0.2
P  Ted Blankenship 33 65 25 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .200 .192 .200 .392 1.1 0.0 0.0
P  Jim Winford 24 5 13 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .231 .231 .231 .462 0.6 0.0 0.0
P *Chet Falk 29 66 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Benny Frey 28 21 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Bill Walker 30 61 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Hal McKain 27 27 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.3 2113 5629 795 1616 232 49 99 760 44 19 499 438 .287 .345 .398 .743 744.7 110.1 38.5
  Rank among 8 NL teams 2 5 4 8 6 2 5 2 6 3 3 3 4 5 5 4  
* - 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
 George Pipgras 34 10 14 .417 40 40 0 287.3 341 160 22 92 98 5.01 11.9
*Ray Prim 27 11 16 .407 40 40 0 286.0 344 150 16 44 111 4.72 12.6
 Bill Lee 24 14 14 .500 35 35 0 273.3 281 125 20 115 110 4.12 16.1
 Tommy Bridges 27 8 10 .444 26 26 0 186.3 184 91 11 62 70 4.40 10.9
 Ted Blankenship 33 11 10 .524 65 8 4 129.3 173 78 13 42 26 5.43 5.8
*Chet Falk 29 10 5 .667 66 0 6 79.0 86 34 7 17 11 3.87 8.7
*Bill Walker 30 7 8 .467 61 1 15 74.3 88 45 7 39 29 5.45 4.4
 Hal McKain 27 2 1 .667 27 1 1 36.0 38 17 2 17 8 4.25 2.9
 Jim Winford 24 1 3 .250 5 5 0 33.0 50 27 3 20 18 7.36 0.0
 Benny Frey 28 0 1 .000 21 0 1 24.0 38 19 2 8 5 7.13 0.0
Team Totals 28.3 74 82 .474 386 156 27 1408.7 1623 746 103 456 486 4.77 73.4
Rank among 8 NL teams 7 7 2 7 2 6 8 8 4 5 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 .988 31.9
B.Delancey 1126.0 125 129 426 41 6 0 .987 38.2
B.Jonnard 245.0 29 32 80 6 3 0 .966 0.0
G.Suhr 37.7 2 12 12 2 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1408.7 156 173 518 49 9 0 .984 34.2
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.76
Z.Bonura 1267.0 141 146 1547 121 11 136 .993 11.85
G.Suhr 129.0 15 19 171 18 0 22 1.000 13.19
P.Higgins 77.7 9 9 97 9 2 11 .981 12.28
L.Bell 7.7 0 2 7 0 0 1 1.000 8.22
B.Seeds 3.0 0 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 15.00
P.Fox 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1486.4 165 180 1828 148 13 171 .993 11.96
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 6.54
B.Myer 859.0 95 97 228 369 7 78 .988 6.25
H.Critz 363.6 43 46 102 179 5 41 .983 6.96
F.Spurgeon 157.7 16 28 38 62 4 11 .962 5.71
H.Rhyne 38.9 3 8 15 16 0 6 1.000 7.17
L.Mallon 25.9 3 4 9 15 1 4 .960 8.34
L.Burke 25.7 2 7 10 8 0 2 1.000 6.31
T.Thevenow 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1472.7 162 191 402 649 17 142 .984 6.42
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 3.01
T.Thevenow 601.0 75 76 36 156 13 10 .937 2.88
F.Spurgeon 312.0 31 56 19 73 3 6 .968 2.65
P.Higgins 267.0 31 32 20 66 4 7 .956 2.90
L.Bell 64.0 3 23 5 11 1 0 .941 2.25
L.Mallon 59.4 7 10 4 13 1 1 .944 2.58
B.Myer 42.0 5 6 2 9 0 0 1.000 2.36
L.Burke 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1346.4 152 204 86 328 22 24 .950 2.77
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 5.77
H.Rhyne 714.0 77 79 114 312 16 54 .964 5.37
B.Myer 378.7 41 44 62 165 14 25 .942 5.40
L.Burke 193.3 14 46 41 92 2 21 .985 6.19
L.Mallon 26.4 3 5 5 14 1 3 .950 6.48
T.Thevenow 8.0 0 5 2 6 0 2 1.000 9.00
B.Seeds 1.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1322.1 135 180 224 589 33 105 .961 5.53
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 1.96
D.Taylor 747.3 84 90 176 10 1 3 .995 2.24
P.Fox 537.3 59 69 147 4 1 2 .993 2.53
B.Seeds 123.0 13 19 30 0 0 0 1.000 2.20
B.Jonnard 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1408.7 156 179 353 14 2 5 .995 2.34
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 2.59
J.Welsh 718.7 79 80 232 4 5 1 .979 2.96
D.Taylor 495.0 58 60 147 3 4 0 .974 2.73
P.Fox 111.0 13 14 38 0 2 0 .950 3.08
B.Seeds 46.0 6 8 17 0 1 0 .944 3.33
H.Rice 38.0 0 18 16 0 0 0 1.000 3.79
Team Total 1408.7 156 180 450 7 12 1 .974 2.92
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.15
H.Rice 767.3 86 88 194 5 6 2 .971 2.33
J.Welsh 563.0 63 66 139 3 6 1 .959 2.27
P.Fox 73.3 7 12 18 1 0 1 1.000 2.33
B.Seeds 5.0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40
Team Total 1408.7 156 168 354 9 12 4 .968 2.32
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 2.52
G.Pipgras 287.3 40 40 21 48 2 1 .972 2.16
R.Prim 286.0 40 40 18 59 1 4 .987 2.42
B.Lee 273.3 35 35 16 65 3 8 .964 2.67
T.Bridges 186.3 26 26 12 47 0 1 1.000 2.85
T.Blankenship 129.3 8 65 9 24 1 3 .971 2.30
C.Falk 79.0 0 66 4 14 0 0 1.000 2.05
B.Walker 74.3 1 61 5 12 3 2 .850 2.06
H.McKain 36.0 1 27 2 8 0 0 1.000 2.50
J.Winford 33.0 5 5 1 11 0 1 1.000 3.27
B.Frey 24.0 0 21 1 6 0 1 1.000 2.63
Team Total 1408.7 156 386 89 294 10 21 .975 2.45
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Myer .338
On-Base Pct Myer .419
Slugging Pct Bonura .474
OPS Myer .864
XR Myer 104.8
Games Bonura 151
At-Bats Welsh 628
Runs Bonura 111
Hits Welsh 208
Total Bases Welsh 293
Singles Welsh 157
Doubles Myer 39
Triples Welsh 8
Homeruns Bonura 28
RBIs Welsh 110
Stolen Bases Myer 14
Caught Stealing Welsh 6
Walks Myer 83
Strikeouts Taylor 89
ERA Lee 4.12
Wins Lee 14
Losses Prim 16
Winning Pct Blankenship .524
Saves Walker 15
Games Pitched Falk 66
Games Started Pipgras, Prim 40
Complete Games Lee 14
Shutouts Lee 1
Innings Pitched Pipgras 287.3
Hits Allowed Prim 344
Homeruns Allowed Pipgras 22
Strikeouts Prim 111
Walks Allowed Lee 115
Walks per 9IP Prim 1.4
Hits per 9IP Bridges 8.9
Strikeouts per 9IP Lee 3.6
WHiP Bridges 1.32
OAVG Bridges .258
OOBP Bridges .315
OSLG Bridges .371
OOPS Bridges .687
Team All-Stars
Chet Falk
Buddy Myer
Jimmy Welsh
Player Salaries
Buddy Myer $ 9,000,000
Jimmy Welsh $ 8,500,000
George Pipgras $ 7,250,000
Danny Taylor $ 5,800,000
Harry Rice $ 3,750,000
Tommy Bridges $ 3,078,571
Freddy Spurgeon $ 2,000,000
Hughie Critz $ 2,000,000
Pinky Higgins $ 1,502,857
Hal McKain $ 850,000
Bill Walker $ 650,000
Ted Blankenship $ 650,000
Les Burke $ 385,000
Chet Falk $ 350,000
Zeke Bonura $ 300,000
Bill Delancey $ 300,000
Pete Fox $ 300,000
Bubber Jonnard $ 300,000
Les Mallon $ 300,000
Jim Winford $ 300,000
Ray Prim $ 300,000
Bob Seeds $ 300,000
Gus Suhr $ 300,000
Bill Lee $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/10 Signed     Hal Rhyne
2/26 Signed     Les Burke
2/28 Signed     Tommy Thevenow
3/1 Signed     Bubber Jonnard
4/6 Released Dick Porter    
4/6 Released Marty Mcmanus    
4/6 Released Frank Grube    
4/6 Released Buster Chatham    
4/6 Released Marv Gudat    
4/6 Released Johnny Grabowski    
4/6 Released Ray Berres    
7/31 Traded Hal Rhyne
Jack Salveson
Round Draft Pick.
Cleveland Pinky Higgins
Hughie Critz
Les Mallon
10/19 Released Benny Frey    
10/19 Released John Jackson    
10/19 Released Tommy Thevenow    
10/19 Released Boze Berger    
10/19 Released Les Bell