1934 Atlanta Braves
Record: 81-75
Finish: 3rd in NL NL East Division
Runs Scored: 842
Runs Allowed: 795
Exp W-L: 82-74
 
Ballpark: Turner Field
Attendance: 2,312,223
Manager: Patrick Ryan

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 63-74, 5th in the NL
AA: 82-55, 1st in the NL
A: 69-68, 6th 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
1B *Joe Hauser 35 151 555 102 163 30 7 21 88 0 0 61 64 .294 .366 .486 .852 90.9 18.6 1.7
C *Bill Dickey 27 143 518 96 168 24 9 15 99 0 0 60 32 .324 .393 .492 .885 90.9 20.5 8.4
2B  Billy Herman 24 147 488 71 154 30 4 2 66 2 0 43 9 .316 .371 .406 .777 68.9 13.7 3.3
LF *Doug Taitt 31 143 447 77 151 34 14 1 85 0 0 37 38 .338 .384 .483 .868 72.4 16.1 1.0
RF *Gene Moore 24 125 361 58 110 21 4 5 56 0 0 41 22 .305 .373 .427 .800 54.7 10.9 1.0
SS  Travis Jackson 30 122 378 46 108 16 5 5 57 0 0 23 40 .286 .324 .394 .718 42.6 5.9 4.2
CF *Johnny Watwood 28 128 361 68 117 13 4 4 72 0 0 32 22 .324 .375 .416 .791 55.0 11.2 1.3
3B  Eddie Moore 35 120 301 41 80 8 1 1 34 1 0 33 23 .266 .337 .309 .646 32.0 3.7 3.0
LF *Cuckoo Christensen 34 121 267 42 83 10 3 1 29 1 4 37 12 .311 .394 .382 .776 39.7 7.6 0.8
CF  Kiki Cuyler 35 118 273 47 73 13 6 2 34 2 2 8 46 .267 .297 .381 .678 28.6 3.9 0.8
SS *Joe Sewell 35 82 224 22 48 9 0 0 22 0 0 13 40 .214 .266 .254 .520 14.6 0.0 2.3
LF  Wattie Holm 32 97 209 33 61 11 1 5 24 0 0 27 13 .292 .377 .426 .802 31.7 6.0 1.6
CF *Earle Combs 35 80 226 27 68 7 0 0 32 0 0 10 10 .301 .332 .332 .664 22.0 2.6 1.0
C  Denny Sothern 30 81 202 28 60 8 1 8 39 1 0 13 26 .297 .341 .465 .806 29.6 5.7 1.7
2B *Jack Saltzgaver 31 94 154 27 34 1 0 1 15 0 0 21 12 .221 .311 .247 .557 14.4 0.9 1.3
P  Dizzy Dean 24 42 131 14 30 2 0 1 11 0 0 1 24 .229 .235 .267 .502 7.7 0.0 0.0
P  Whit Wyatt 26 37 92 5 24 1 0 0 9 0 2 3 20 .261 .284 .272 .556 7.2 0.0 0.0
P  Bobo Newsom 26 39 100 7 13 1 1 1 7 0 1 2 18 .130 .147 .190 .337 0.4 0.0 0.0
P #Garland Buckeye 36 36 86 4 19 1 1 1 9 0 0 1 14 .221 .230 .291 .521 5.8 0.0 0.0
1B *Art Shires 26 68 86 14 31 6 1 1 15 0 0 5 9 .360 .391 .488 .880 13.9 2.9 0.1
2B  Bernie Friberg 34 45 73 12 23 3 1 0 8 0 0 12 12 .315 .412 .384 .795 11.5 2.3 0.6
P  Si Johnson 27 43 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .200 .000 .200 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Johnny Murphy 25 64 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0
P *Harry Smythe 29 42 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .400 .800 0.8 0.2 0.0
P  Ad Liska 27 24 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.8 2192 5551 842 1621 249 63 75 812 7 9 484 513 .292 .349 .400 .749 735.4 132.7 34.1
  Rank among 8 NL teams 5 3 3 7 1 8 3 7 1 6 6 2 2 4 4 5  
* - 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
 Dizzy Dean 24 23 15 .605 42 42 0 354.7 390 142 23 97 162 3.60 27.0
 Whit Wyatt 26 18 11 .621 37 37 0 289.7 320 126 13 101 89 3.91 19.9
 Bobo Newsom 26 18 15 .545 39 39 0 289.7 312 128 19 103 123 3.98 16.4
*Garland Buckeye 36 12 19 .387 36 36 0 258.3 367 159 12 60 56 5.54 4.7
 Johnny Murphy 25 7 9 .438 64 1 12 70.3 85 37 4 34 17 4.73 5.2
 Si Johnson 27 1 5 .167 43 1 8 56.3 76 29 3 29 27 4.63 2.9
*Harry Smythe 29 2 1 .667 42 0 0 42.7 65 34 6 16 5 7.17 0.0
 Ad Liska 27 0 0 .000 24 0 2 29.7 46 28 5 17 7 8.50 0.0
Team Totals 27.5 81 75 .519 327 156 22 1391.3 1661 683 85 457 486 4.42 76.1
Rank among 8 NL teams 5 5 5 4 6 8 3 4 5 7 4  
* - 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.Dickey 1118.3 122 137 409 41 0 5 1.000 41.2
D.Sothern 273.0 34 35 95 9 3 0 .972 22.2
Team Total 1391.3 156 172 504 50 3 5 .995 37.2
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.76
J.Hauser 1201.3 137 148 1573 121 10 145 .994 12.69
A.Shires 98.3 11 21 117 10 2 13 .984 11.62
D.Sothern 56.0 7 8 64 4 1 9 .986 10.93
J.Watwood 20.7 0 8 29 4 0 5 1.000 14.38
E.Combs 15.0 1 6 20 0 1 3 .952 12.00
Team Total 1391.3 156 191 1803 139 14 175 .993 12.56
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 6.54
B.Herman 1117.3 135 145 290 525 16 113 .981 6.56
J.Saltzgaver 168.3 12 52 50 69 6 21 .952 6.36
B.Friberg 65.3 6 18 14 32 2 6 .958 6.34
E.Moore 40.3 3 13 12 26 1 8 .974 8.48
Team Total 1391.3 156 228 366 652 25 148 .976 6.59
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 3.01
T.Jackson 398.3 47 56 36 117 6 16 .962 3.46
E.Moore 358.3 45 47 26 96 5 3 .961 3.06
W.Holm 358.0 37 62 25 106 7 8 .949 3.29
J.Saltzgaver 226.7 23 41 16 58 2 7 .974 2.94
B.Friberg 36.0 3 11 6 11 0 1 1.000 4.25
J.Sewell 13.0 1 3 1 5 0 0 1.000 4.15
C.Christensen 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1391.3 156 221 110 393 20 35 .962 3.25
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 5.77
J.Sewell 557.0 66 77 98 244 13 56 .963 5.53
T.Jackson 507.7 57 67 76 259 14 40 .960 5.94
E.Moore 323.7 33 58 60 143 6 29 .971 5.64
B.Friberg 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
W.Holm 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1391.3 156 205 234 646 33 125 .964 5.69
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 1.96
D.Taitt 743.3 79 105 151 3 14 0 .917 1.86
C.Christensen 505.0 66 68 120 5 2 1 .984 2.23
B.Friberg 73.0 8 15 15 1 0 1 1.000 1.97
K.Cuyler 46.3 3 16 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.14
W.Holm 12.0 0 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
D.Sothern 4.0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 4.50
E.Combs 3.7 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
E.Moore 3.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
A.Shires 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1391.3 156 215 306 10 16 3 .952 2.04
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 2.59
J.Watwood 702.7 79 100 216 1 9 1 .960 2.78
E.Combs 458.7 62 62 147 4 4 0 .974 2.96
K.Cuyler 122.7 7 32 31 2 2 1 .943 2.42
D.Sothern 71.3 7 15 21 0 0 0 1.000 2.65
C.Christensen 20.0 1 9 7 0 1 0 .875 3.15
W.Holm 16.0 0 7 5 1 0 0 1.000 3.38
Team Total 1391.3 156 225 427 8 16 2 .965 2.81
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.15
G.Moore 815.0 97 102 177 3 7 0 .963 1.99
K.Cuyler 331.0 37 46 77 4 1 1 .988 2.20
D.Taitt 213.3 21 31 43 0 0 0 1.000 1.81
J.Watwood 15.0 0 7 1 0 1 0 .500 0.60
E.Moore 10.0 1 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
A.Shires 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
W.Holm 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
C.Christensen 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
E.Combs 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1391.3 156 192 305 7 9 1 .972 2.02
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 2.52
D.Dean 354.7 42 42 13 62 2 3 .974 1.90
B.Newsom 289.7 39 39 18 43 4 5 .938 1.90
W.Wyatt 289.7 37 37 22 68 5 6 .947 2.80
G.Buckeye 258.3 36 36 29 54 3 2 .965 2.89
J.Murphy 70.3 1 64 5 17 1 1 .957 2.82
S.Johnson 56.3 1 43 8 11 0 0 1.000 3.04
H.Smythe 42.7 0 42 0 13 0 4 1.000 2.74
A.Liska 29.7 0 24 3 7 0 0 1.000 3.03
Team Total 1391.3 156 327 98 275 15 21 .961 2.41
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Taitt .329
On-Base Pct Dickey .393
Slugging Pct Dickey .492
OPS Dickey .885
XR Dickey 90.9
Games Hauser 151
At-Bats Hauser 555
Runs Hauser 102
Hits Dickey 168
Total Bases Hauser 270
Singles Dickey 120
Doubles Taitt 34
Triples Taitt 14
Homeruns Hauser 21
RBIs Dickey 99
Stolen Bases Cuyler, Herman 2
Caught Stealing Christensen 4
Walks Hauser 61
Strikeouts Hauser 64
ERA Dean 3.60
Wins Dean 23
Losses Buckeye 19
Winning Pct Wyatt .621
Saves Murphy 12
Games Pitched Murphy 64
Games Started Dean 42
Complete Games Dean 28
Shutouts Dean, Newsom 2
Innings Pitched Dean 354.7
Hits Allowed Dean 390
Homeruns Allowed Dean 23
Strikeouts Dean 162
Walks Allowed Newsom 103
Walks per 9IP Buckeye 2.1
Hits per 9IP Newsom 9.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Dean 4.1
WHiP Dean 1.37
OAVG Newsom .273
OOBP Dean .324
OSLG Newsom .385
OOPS Dean .715
Team All-Stars
Bill Dickey
Joe Hauser
Johnny Murphy
Bobo Newsom
Player Salaries
Joe Hauser $ 9,970,000
Bobo Newsom $ 7,500,000
Wattie Holm $ 5,800,000
Joe Sewell $ 5,550,000
Whit Wyatt $ 5,421,429
Dizzy Dean $ 4,350,000
Bill Dickey $ 4,250,000
Doug Taitt $ 3,930,000
Kiki Cuyler $ 3,500,000
Garland Buckeye $ 3,500,000
Si Johnson $ 3,500,000
Earle Combs $ 3,284,728
Cuckoo Christensen $ 2,700,000
Denny Sothern $ 1,648,937
Johnny Moore $ 1,278,571
Eddie Moore $ 1,250,000
Travis Jackson $ 1,060,000
Doc Farrell $ 1,010,101
Bernie Friberg $ 1,010,101
Johnny Watwood $ 725,000
Art Shires $ 500,000
Lyn Lary $ 350,000
Harry Smythe $ 350,000
George Susce $ 350,000
Ad Liska $ 310,000
Billy Herman $ 300,000
Gene Moore $ 300,000
Johnny Murphy $ 300,000
Jack Saltzgaver $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/6 Signed     Eddie Moore
2/7 Traded Otto Bluege
Round Draft Pick.
Tampa Bay Joe Sewell
Johnny Watwood
2/7 Traded Vic Frasier San Diego Doug Taitt
Johnny Moore
2/9 Signed     Kiki Cuyler
2/10 Signed     Travis Jackson