1934 Oakland Athletics
Record: 83-73
Finish: 3rd in AL AL West Division
Runs Scored: 820
Runs Allowed: 774
Exp W-L: 82-74
 
Ballpark: Shibe Park
Attendance: 2,338,047
Manager: Pat Flaherty

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 71-66, 5th in the AL
AA: 67-70, 5th in the AL
A: 76-61, 2nd in the AL
 
 
 
 
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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
2B *Stan Hack 24 152 571 105 160 27 7 5 52 3 0 106 27 .280 .394 .378 .772 87.8 14.6 5.3
2B *Max Bishop 34 150 503 88 133 34 1 6 64 0 0 117 94 .264 .405 .372 .777 82.2 13.8 4.1
1B *Del Bissonette 34 144 537 97 178 35 4 24 118 0 1 63 50 .331 .402 .546 .948 103.6 21.5 2.4
CF  Ben Chapman 25 142 514 73 148 29 8 8 83 2 1 38 37 .288 .335 .422 .757 66.3 9.2 3.5
3B  Ossie Bluege 33 136 478 66 126 24 3 4 67 1 0 64 36 .264 .352 .351 .703 60.4 7.9 3.6
RF *Butch Weis 33 132 428 82 124 9 5 8 42 1 0 80 92 .290 .400 .390 .790 68.8 11.6 3.2
CF  Hank Leiber 23 123 460 69 129 20 4 10 82 1 1 45 57 .280 .346 .407 .752 62.8 9.1 2.7
C *Mickey Cochrane 31 119 366 56 110 20 5 11 83 1 1 48 11 .301 .377 .473 .850 58.6 9.7 7.8
C  Harry Danning 22 100 280 39 81 15 2 9 58 1 0 18 9 .289 .333 .454 .787 38.7 5.7 5.6
CF  Tom Oliver 31 104 239 28 65 9 0 0 28 0 0 17 6 .272 .319 .310 .629 21.6 1.4 1.6
RF  Bob Meusel 37 85 248 26 74 27 3 0 27 0 1 7 41 .298 .315 .431 .747 27.6 3.8 1.1
3B *Pat Crawford 32 105 226 32 60 11 3 5 29 0 0 19 11 .265 .322 .407 .730 28.2 3.8 1.6
P  Tony Kaufmann 33 40 108 11 26 1 0 0 8 0 0 1 22 .241 .252 .250 .502 7.4 0.0 0.0
P  Jack Russell 28 40 86 7 16 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 24 .186 .202 .209 .412 3.9 0.0 0.0
3B  Chuck Dressen 35 55 94 10 21 4 0 1 15 0 0 10 10 .223 .298 .298 .596 7.8 0.0 0.7
1B  Bill Brubaker 23 44 87 16 16 1 1 0 10 0 0 14 9 .184 .297 .218 .515 6.3 0.0 0.5
P *Bunny Hearn 30 40 87 4 10 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 25 .115 .135 .138 .273 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Pete Donohue 33 42 62 7 13 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 8 .210 .206 .210 .416 2.7 0.0 0.0
P  Bucky Walters 25 6 15 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .133 .133 .133 .267 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Monty Stratton 22 7 15 2 6 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .533 .933 2.8 0.5 0.0
P  Bill Harris 34 53 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Phil Gallivan 27 43 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Lefty Willis 28 51 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Tim McNamara 35 19 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Gordon Rhodes 26 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.5 1957 5419 820 1500 268 48 91 782 10 5 651 577 .277 .354 .394 .748 736.8 112.4 43.7
  Rank among 8 AL teams 7 3 7 8 5 3 4 5 2 1 7 7 3 5 5 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
 Tony Kaufmann 33 20 10 .667 40 40 0 314.7 333 146 16 101 126 4.18 25.6
 Jack Russell 28 15 18 .455 40 40 0 288.7 365 147 6 77 73 4.58 17.2
*Bunny Hearn 30 13 12 .520 40 40 0 257.3 253 129 14 137 147 4.51 15.4
 Pete Donohue 33 11 17 .393 42 23 8 205.0 253 113 12 60 42 4.96 11.8
 Bill Harris 34 4 1 .800 53 0 0 67.7 71 33 4 21 10 4.39 5.4
*Lefty Willis 28 4 5 .444 51 0 4 59.3 64 30 3 32 26 4.55 4.3
 Monty Stratton 22 3 3 .500 7 7 0 52.0 50 20 3 12 16 3.46 5.0
 Bucky Walters 25 2 2 .500 6 6 0 50.0 53 17 2 15 10 3.06 4.3
 Phil Gallivan 27 5 1 .833 43 0 1 43.7 69 20 4 11 12 4.12 3.8
 Gordon Rhodes 26 4 4 .500 25 0 12 27.7 43 23 1 18 7 7.48 0.3
 Tim McNamara 35 2 0 1.000 19 0 0 22.0 38 20 2 7 3 8.18 0.0
Team Totals 29.2 83 73 .532 366 156 25 1388.0 1592 698 67 491 472 4.53 92.9
Rank among 8 AL teams 3 3 3 3 4 4 1 5 5 5 5  
* - 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
M.Cochrane 817.0 86 109 295 34 1 1 .997 60.0
H.Danning 571.0 70 71 189 32 1 1 .995 42.9
Team Total 1388.0 156 180 484 66 2 2 .996 51.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 12.32
D.Bissonette 1179.0 133 139 1561 115 12 156 .993 12.79
B.Brubaker 110.0 13 14 145 13 1 10 .994 12.93
P.Crawford 90.0 9 13 123 14 2 13 .986 13.70
C.Dressen 9.0 1 1 14 1 0 0 1.000 15.00
Team Total 1388.0 156 167 1843 143 15 179 .993 12.88
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 6.53
M.Bishop 1229.0 139 150 347 562 12 131 .987 6.66
P.Crawford 103.0 11 15 26 52 6 10 .929 6.82
C.Dressen 32.0 3 5 10 15 1 1 .962 7.03
B.Brubaker 24.0 3 3 6 9 0 3 1.000 5.63
Team Total 1388.0 156 173 389 638 19 145 .982 6.66
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 3.00
O.Bluege 1117.0 128 134 85 319 23 26 .946 3.26
P.Crawford 143.0 16 22 9 47 1 5 .982 3.52
C.Dressen 104.0 10 18 3 41 3 5 .936 3.81
B.Brubaker 19.0 2 4 1 7 0 0 1.000 3.79
H.Danning 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Hack 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1388.0 156 180 98 414 27 36 .950 3.32
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 5.61
S.Hack 1237.0 140 145 214 608 21 110 .975 5.98
P.Crawford 105.0 12 16 22 49 3 9 .959 6.09
C.Dressen 25.0 2 5 4 14 0 2 1.000 6.48
B.Brubaker 18.0 2 3 3 9 0 2 1.000 6.00
O.Bluege 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
H.Danning 1.0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1388.0 156 171 244 681 24 124 .975 6.00
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 2.06
H.Leiber 1039.0 118 121 221 7 1 3 .996 1.97
T.Oliver 215.0 25 28 44 4 0 2 1.000 2.01
B.Meusel 60.0 6 11 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
B.Weis 52.0 6 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.56
B.Chapman 14.0 1 5 5 1 0 0 1.000 3.86
H.Danning 8.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
Team Total 1388.0 156 178 290 12 1 5 .997 1.96
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.78
B.Chapman 1125.0 128 133 279 13 13 4 .957 2.34
T.Oliver 202.0 21 29 60 4 0 1 1.000 2.85
B.Meusel 47.0 6 6 17 0 2 0 .895 3.26
B.Weis 9.0 1 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00
H.Leiber 5.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1388.0 156 171 360 17 15 5 .962 2.44
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 2.21
B.Weis 893.0 102 109 241 4 1 2 .996 2.47
B.Meusel 432.0 49 62 86 2 7 1 .926 1.83
T.Oliver 50.0 5 10 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.26
B.Chapman 8.0 0 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
H.Danning 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
P.Crawford 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Dressen 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1388.0 156 189 335 6 8 3 .977 2.21
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 2.38
T.Kaufmann 314.7 40 40 20 75 1 6 .990 2.72
J.Russell 288.7 40 40 21 71 3 7 .968 2.87
B.Hearn 257.3 40 40 13 57 5 5 .933 2.45
P.Donohue 205.0 23 42 15 52 2 4 .971 2.94
B.Harris 67.7 0 53 3 11 0 0 1.000 1.86
L.Willis 59.3 0 51 5 10 2 0 .882 2.28
M.Stratton 52.0 7 7 5 7 0 0 1.000 2.08
B.Walters 50.0 6 6 1 7 1 1 .889 1.44
P.Gallivan 43.7 0 43 4 8 0 0 1.000 2.47
G.Rhodes 27.7 0 25 1 14 0 1 1.000 4.88
T.McNamara 22.0 0 19 2 7 0 0 1.000 3.68
Team Total 1388.0 156 366 90 319 14 24 .967 2.65
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Bissonette .331
On-Base Pct Bishop .405
Slugging Pct Bissonette .546
OPS Bissonette .948
XR Bissonette 103.6
Games Hack 152
At-Bats Hack 571
Runs Hack 105
Hits Bissonette 178
Total Bases Bissonette 293
Singles Hack 121
Doubles Bissonette 35
Triples Chapman 8
Homeruns Bissonette 24
RBIs Bissonette 118
Stolen Bases Hack 3
Caught Stealing Bissonette, Chapman, Cochrane, Leiber, Meusel 1
Walks Bishop 117
Strikeouts Bishop 94
ERA Kaufmann 4.18
Wins Kaufmann 20
Losses Russell 18
Winning Pct Kaufmann .667
Saves Rhodes 12
Games Pitched Harris 53
Games Started Hearn, Kaufmann, Russell 40
Complete Games Donohue, Kaufmann 16
Shutouts Kaufmann 2
Innings Pitched Kaufmann 314.7
Hits Allowed Russell 365
Homeruns Allowed Kaufmann 16
Strikeouts Hearn 147
Walks Allowed Hearn 137
Walks per 9IP Russell 2.4
Hits per 9IP Hearn 8.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Hearn 5.1
WHiP Kaufmann 1.38
OAVG Hearn .258
OOBP Kaufmann .327
OSLG Hearn .370
OOPS Kaufmann .717
Team All-Stars
Del Bissonette
Tony Kaufmann
Player Salaries
Bunny Hearn $ 8,000,000
Max Bishop $ 8,000,000
Tim McNamara $ 8,000,000
Tony Kaufmann $ 7,100,000
Del Bissonette $ 7,000,000
Ossie Bluege $ 6,000,000
Mickey Cochrane $ 6,000,000
Jack Russell $ 6,000,000
Ben Chapman $ 3,300,000
Pete Donohue $ 2,700,000
Lefty Willis $ 2,500,000
Bob Meusel $ 2,250,000
Gordon Rhodes $ 1,662,857
Bill Harris $ 1,020,000
Bob Osborn $ 750,000
Butch Weis $ 680,000
Billy Rogell $ 650,000
Sam Gibson $ 629,000
Harry Kelley $ 350,000
Tom Oliver $ 350,000
Phil Gallivan $ 300,000
Bucky Walters $ 300,000
Harry Danning $ 300,000
Pat Crawford $ 300,000
Hank Leiber $ 300,000
Bill Brubaker $ 300,000
Monty Stratton $ 300,000
Stan Hack $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/6 Signed     Pete Donohue
2/11 Signed     Bob Osborn
7/16 Released Chuck Dressen