1934 New York (G) Giants
Record: 88-68
Finish: 2nd in NL NL East Division
Runs Scored: 810
Runs Allowed: 760
Exp W-L: 83-73
 
Ballpark: The Meadowlands
Attendance: 2,188,510
Manager: Matt Ida

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 68-69, 3rd in the NL
AA: 76-61, 3rd in the NL
A: 74-63, 2nd in the NL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost NL League Series 2-4 to Montreal Expos
Won Divisional Series 4-3 over San Diego Padres
 
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
1B  Billy Werber 26 148 583 100 146 37 6 7 60 19 7 81 27 .250 .343 .370 .713 78.4 10.1 5.2
LF  Wally Berger 28 149 576 116 191 29 11 38 114 3 4 73 60 .332 .406 .618 1.024 125.9 27.2 4.9
C  Ernie Lombardi 26 143 515 74 166 24 2 21 101 0 0 37 30 .322 .363 .499 .862 85.1 15.2 4.3
3B *Red Rolfe 25 134 452 67 131 26 3 6 68 1 2 40 20 .290 .343 .400 .744 59.5 8.1 0.0
RF *Jimmy O'Connell 33 135 421 76 108 17 3 14 70 21 7 53 69 .257 .344 .411 .755 59.1 8.1 3.5
2B *Charlie Gehringer 31 117 355 59 98 28 2 2 38 14 1 38 28 .276 .346 .383 .729 47.6 6.8 2.9
CF *Maurice Archdeacon 36 88 297 36 97 8 0 3 37 6 4 26 28 .327 .383 .384 .767 41.2 6.7 3.1
2B *Cecil Travis 20 79 263 31 85 7 3 3 44 0 0 13 11 .323 .353 .407 .759 35.0 5.3 4.1
RF *Paul Waner 31 63 227 36 74 16 4 7 50 2 0 24 5 .326 .387 .524 .911 41.8 8.1 1.6
SS  Carey Selph 32 94 212 19 59 10 2 1 25 6 1 16 4 .278 .322 .358 .680 26.2 2.8 3.3
3B  Mike Kreevich 26 89 204 33 56 12 2 2 38 4 9 12 14 .275 .311 .382 .693 21.2 1.3 1.7
2B  Bob Barrett 35 72 203 29 63 5 5 2 30 2 0 10 17 .310 .346 .414 .760 26.0 4.0 1.4
RF #Augie Galan 22 56 182 34 54 9 0 1 20 5 2 28 8 .297 .397 .363 .760 27.2 4.3 1.3
1B  Andy Cohen 29 66 200 24 63 10 1 5 33 4 1 7 5 .315 .335 .450 .785 28.3 4.6 1.1
1B *Sam Leslie 28 50 177 27 57 11 2 2 24 1 0 18 2 .322 .388 .441 .828 26.4 4.9 0.9
RF *Lance Richbourg 36 72 167 27 51 6 1 1 15 8 7 8 9 .305 .333 .371 .705 18.8 1.6 0.9
C *Bennie Tate 32 73 143 14 44 11 3 3 30 0 0 13 12 .308 .363 .490 .853 24.4 4.7 0.9
3B  Frankie Crosetti 23 56 124 15 27 6 0 1 9 1 0 8 18 .218 .269 .290 .559 9.4 0.0 1.5
P  Roy Sherid 27 38 103 7 12 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 38 .117 .125 .126 .251 -2.4 0.0 0.0
3B  Billy Urbanski 31 50 109 18 26 3 1 0 11 2 0 6 9 .239 .278 .284 .563 7.9 0.0 1.6
P  Kent Greenfield 31 41 95 6 10 4 0 0 8 1 0 2 29 .105 .124 .147 .271 -1.1 0.0 0.0
P  Paul Dean 20 32 92 3 13 1 0 0 7 0 0 2 17 .141 .156 .152 .308 0.9 0.0 0.0
SS  Howard Freigau 31 38 93 13 26 6 0 0 11 1 2 3 12 .280 .299 .344 .643 8.1 0.3 1.6
P *Thornton Lee 27 28 75 7 21 2 0 1 12 0 0 2 19 .280 .308 .347 .654 8.2 0.6 0.0
1B  Fred Sington 24 23 58 0 10 3 0 0 8 0 0 3 5 .172 .206 .224 .430 1.6 0.0 0.3
C  Tom Padden 25 20 41 3 12 1 1 0 3 0 0 4 4 .293 .356 .366 .721 4.0 0.3 0.2
CF #Jack Rothrock 29 15 29 5 6 1 0 1 4 0 0 1 5 .207 .233 .345 .578 1.7 0.0 0.3
P  Tommy Thomas 34 10 26 4 8 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 7 .308 .308 .346 .654 2.2 0.0 0.0
P *Al Grabowski 32 7 17 4 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .235 .235 .235 .471 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Frank Shellenback 35 21 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Joe Shaute 34 28 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Al Benton 23 57 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P #Syd Cohen 28 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Homer Blankenship 31 22 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1.0 0.3 0.0
P  Walter Beall 34 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Art Herring 28 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.0 2196 6056 887 1721 295 52 121 877 101 47 529 523 .284 .341 .410 .751 813.3 125.3 46.6
  Rank among 8 NL teams 1 2 1 1 5 1 1 1 8 1 7 6 6 2 3 1  
* - 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
 Kent Greenfield 31 16 16 .500 41 41 0 290.3 315 143 18 109 87 4.43 15.3
 Roy Sherid 27 19 10 .655 38 37 0 282.7 307 134 21 114 125 4.27 16.3
 Paul Dean 20 19 9 .679 32 32 0 269.3 235 100 15 92 156 3.34 25.5
*Thornton Lee 27 7 15 .318 28 28 0 217.7 266 113 16 82 71 4.67 9.9
 Tommy Thomas 34 3 4 .429 10 10 0 70.3 71 35 4 19 27 4.48 3.6
 Al Benton 23 4 2 .667 57 0 5 67.0 61 20 1 23 21 2.69 9.1
*Al Grabowski 32 3 1 .750 7 7 0 45.7 60 28 5 19 12 5.52 1.6
*Syd Cohen 28 6 5 .545 43 0 11 43.0 63 32 4 12 9 6.70 1.7
*Joe Shaute 34 3 0 1.000 28 0 2 34.0 28 11 2 7 5 2.91 4.5
 Frank Shellenback 35 5 3 .625 21 1 4 32.7 40 18 4 7 9 4.96 2.7
 Walter Beall 34 2 0 1.000 24 0 0 27.7 15 15 1 25 19 4.88 1.8
 Homer Blankenship 31 1 1 .500 22 0 1 25.7 33 20 0 10 5 7.01 0.1
 Art Herring 28 1 2 .333 15 0 0 16.7 23 14 4 7 4 7.56 0.0
Team Totals 29.5 89 68 .567 366 156 23 1422.6 1517 683 95 526 550 4.32 92.1
Rank among 8 NL teams 2 2 4 2 1 2 4 3 7 2 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 .988 31.9
E.Lombardi 1088.7 121 127 454 32 7 1 .986 25.0
B.Tate 245.0 26 33 100 6 2 1 .981 25.0
T.Padden 79.7 9 11 34 2 2 0 .947 66.7
F.Sington 2.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
B.Urbanski 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1417.0 156 173 589 40 11 2 .983 28.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.76
A.Cohen 425.7 51 51 548 39 4 54 .993 12.41
S.Leslie 371.4 40 45 471 40 5 53 .990 12.38
L.Richbourg 357.3 38 49 457 31 8 34 .984 12.29
F.Sington 141.0 17 17 159 8 0 12 1.000 10.66
B.Werber 102.0 13 14 128 14 0 9 1.000 12.53
M.Kreevich 24.7 0 14 37 1 0 1 1.000 13.87
E.Lombardi 18.7 0 8 22 2 0 2 1.000 11.58
C.Selph 10.0 1 2 17 0 0 2 1.000 15.30
T.Padden 3.0 0 2 7 1 0 0 1.000 24.00
J.Rothrock 2.0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 13.50
J.O'Connell 2.0 0 1 3 0 0 1 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1457.7 160 204 1851 137 17 168 .992 12.27
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 6.54
C.Gehringer 781.3 81 108 175 379 15 71 .974 6.38
B.Barrett 312.0 38 41 73 136 5 26 .977 6.03
F.Crosetti 160.0 20 21 30 62 2 12 .979 5.18
C.Selph 122.7 14 18 43 60 2 15 .981 7.56
B.Urbanski 36.0 3 9 3 20 0 4 1.000 5.75
A.Cohen 3.0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Travis 2.0 0 1 1 3 0 1 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1417.0 156 202 325 660 24 129 .976 6.26
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 3.01
B.Werber 1138.0 127 129 86 276 23 27 .940 2.86
F.Crosetti 87.0 11 12 3 29 1 1 .970 3.31
C.Selph 83.0 9 14 5 21 0 1 1.000 2.82
B.Barrett 71.0 6 10 8 18 2 2 .929 3.30
B.Urbanski 19.0 3 4 1 7 0 1 1.000 3.79
M.Kreevich 11.0 0 5 0 4 0 1 1.000 3.27
H.Freigau 5.0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.60
A.Cohen 3.0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1417.0 156 178 103 358 26 34 .947 2.93
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 5.77
C.Travis 626.0 77 79 112 283 15 43 .963 5.68
C.Selph 323.0 31 54 60 139 4 28 .980 5.54
H.Freigau 220.7 25 33 33 110 5 11 .966 5.83
B.Urbanski 189.0 19 30 38 86 6 14 .954 5.90
F.Crosetti 58.3 4 18 10 24 0 8 1.000 5.25
Team Total 1417.0 156 214 253 642 30 104 .968 5.68
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 1.96
W.Berger 714.7 78 80 149 6 5 1 .969 1.95
A.Galan 375.3 44 47 88 1 1 0 .989 2.13
M.Kreevich 240.0 27 30 68 3 0 1 1.000 2.66
J.O'Connell 29.0 3 4 6 1 0 0 1.000 2.17
B.Werber 21.0 2 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.86
L.Richbourg 18.0 2 2 4 0 1 0 .800 2.00
A.Cohen 10.0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
J.Rothrock 5.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
F.Sington 4.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1417.0 156 173 322 11 7 2 .979 2.12
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 2.59
M.Archdeacon 653.7 76 79 207 6 5 3 .977 2.93
W.Berger 565.7 63 68 184 8 4 2 .980 3.05
M.Kreevich 96.0 9 14 23 1 1 0 .960 2.25
J.Rothrock 48.0 4 7 10 2 0 0 1.000 2.25
J.O'Connell 45.7 4 5 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.76
B.Tate 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Richbourg 4.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1417.0 156 177 439 17 10 5 .979 2.90
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.15
J.O'Connell 866.3 96 101 220 6 2 1 .991 2.35
P.Waner 495.8 54 63 124 4 7 0 .948 2.32
M.Kreevich 58.0 7 7 14 0 1 0 .933 2.17
A.Galan 45.0 5 7 8 0 1 0 .889 1.60
L.Richbourg 25.0 2 5 5 1 0 0 1.000 2.16
J.Rothrock 9.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
B.Werber 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
F.Sington 2.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
M.Archdeacon 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Tate 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1507.1 164 191 374 11 11 1 .972 2.30
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 2.52
K.Greenfield 290.3 41 41 19 56 0 2 1.000 2.32
R.Sherid 282.7 37 38 17 51 2 3 .971 2.17
P.Dean 269.3 32 32 13 36 1 1 .980 1.64
T.Lee 217.7 28 28 9 43 6 6 .897 2.15
T.Thomas 70.3 10 10 3 18 0 1 1.000 2.69
A.Benton 67.0 0 57 4 16 0 0 1.000 2.69
A.Grabowski 45.7 7 7 4 9 0 0 1.000 2.56
S.Cohen 43.0 0 43 1 9 0 1 1.000 2.09
J.Shaute 34.0 0 28 2 6 1 0 .889 2.12
F.Shellenback 32.7 1 21 1 5 1 0 .857 1.65
W.Beall 27.7 0 24 2 4 0 1 1.000 1.95
H.Blankenship 25.7 0 22 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.05
A.Herring 16.7 0 15 2 2 0 1 1.000 2.16
Team Total 1422.6 156 366 78 257 11 16 .968 2.12
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Berger .332
On-Base Pct Berger .406
Slugging Pct Berger .618
OPS Berger 1.024
XR Berger 125.9
Games Berger 149
At-Bats Werber 583
Runs Berger 116
Hits Berger 191
Total Bases Berger 356
Singles Lombardi 119
Doubles Werber 37
Triples Berger 11
Homeruns Berger 38
RBIs Berger 114
Stolen Bases O'Connell 21
Caught Stealing Kreevich 9
Walks Werber 81
Strikeouts O'Connell 69
ERA Dean 3.34
Wins Dean, Sherid 19
Losses Greenfield 16
Winning Pct Dean .679
Saves Cohen 11
Games Pitched Benton 57
Games Started Greenfield 41
Complete Games Dean 16
Shutouts Dean 3
Innings Pitched Greenfield 290.3
Hits Allowed Greenfield 315
Homeruns Allowed Sherid 21
Strikeouts Dean 156
Walks Allowed Sherid 114
Walks per 9IP Dean 3.1
Hits per 9IP Dean 7.9
Strikeouts per 9IP Dean 5.2
WHiP Dean 1.21
OAVG Dean .233
OOBP Dean .297
OSLG Dean .351
OOPS Dean .648
Team All-Stars
Wally Berger
Kent Greenfield
Player Salaries
Paul Waner $ 8,250,000
Wally Berger $ 4,871,429
Tommy Thomas $ 4,500,000
Kent Greenfield $ 4,010,000
Walter Beall $ 3,500,000
Sam Leslie $ 2,928,571
Roy Sherid $ 1,450,000
Charlie Gehringer $ 996,000
Al Grabowski $ 420,000
Bennie Tate $ 400,004
Tink Riviere $ 400,000
Joe Shaute $ 350,005
Frank Shellenback $ 350,000
Flint Rhem $ 350,000
Homer Blankenship $ 300,003
Andy Cohen $ 300,000
Syd Cohen $ 300,000
Frankie Crosetti $ 300,000
Paul Dean $ 300,000
Howard Freigau $ 300,000
Augie Galan $ 300,000
Al Benton $ 300,000
Bob Barrett $ 300,000
Mike Kreevich $ 300,000
Maurice Archdeacon $ 300,000
Ernie Lombardi $ 300,000
Billy Werber $ 300,000
Tom Padden $ 300,000
Lance Richbourg $ 300,000
Jack Rothrock $ 300,000
Carey Selph $ 300,000
Fred Sington $ 300,000
Cecil Travis $ 300,000
Billy Urbanski $ 300,000
Thornton Lee $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/5 Traded Jim Mooney
Charlie Devens
Minnesota Yats Wuestling
2/14 Signed     Jimmy O'Connell
2/14 Signed     Art Herring
2/16 Signed     Bennie Tate
2/16 Signed     Homer Blankenship
2/17 Traded Carl Lind New York (A) Tink Riviere
2/27 Signed     Joe Shaute
4/6 Signed     Charlie Gehringer
4/6 Signed     Maurice Archdeacon
4/6 Signed     Tiny Chaplin
5/16 Released Art Herring    
5/16 Released Art Herring    
7/31 Traded Dick Barrett
Buster Mills
Round Draft Pick.
Round Draft Pick.
Round Draft Pick.
Minnesota Walter Beall
Paul Waner
7/31 Traded Johnny Mccarthy Cleveland Sam Leslie
10/19 Released Jimmy O'Connell