1934 National League

The 1934 season of the National League was the fifty-ninth season of the league.

Season summary[edit]

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	St. Louis Cardinals	154	95	58	1	.617	-.-	799 (5.19)	656 (4.26)	0.288	0.335	0.425	3.69	0.972
2	New York Giants	153	93	60	0	.608	2.0	760 (4.97)	583 (3.81)	0.275	0.326	0.405	3.19	0.972
3	Chicago Cubs	152	86	65	1	.566	8.0	705 (4.64)	639 (4.20)	0.279	0.327	0.402	3.76	0.977
4	Boston Braves	152	78	73	1	.513	16.0	683 (4.49)	714 (4.70)	0.272	0.319	0.378	4.11	0.972
5	Pittsburgh Pirates	151	74	76	1	.490	19.5	735 (4.87)	713 (4.72)	0.287	0.341	0.398	4.20	0.975
6	Brooklyn Dodgers	153	71	81	1	.464	23.5	748 (4.89)	795 (5.20)	0.281	0.347	0.396	4.48	0.970
7	Philadelphia Phillies	149	56	93	0	.376	37.0	675 (4.53)	794 (5.33)	0.284	0.334	0.384	4.76	0.966
8	Cincinnati Reds	152	52	99	1	.342	42.0	590 (3.88)	801 (5.27)	0.266	0.307	0.364	4.37	0.970

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Ripper Collins Jack Rothrock	St. Louis Cardinals St. Louis Cardinals	154
At Bats	Jack Rothrock	St. Louis Cardinals	647
Runs Scored	Paul Waner	Pittsburgh Pirates	122
Hits	Paul Waner	Pittsburgh Pirates	217
Doubles	Ethan Allen Kiki Cuyler	Philadelphia Phillies Chicago Cubs	42
Triples	Joe Medwick	St. Louis Cardinals	18
Home Runs	Ripper Collins Mel Ott	St. Louis Cardinals New York Giants	35
Total Bases	Ripper Collins	St. Louis Cardinals	369
Runs Batted In	Mel Ott	New York Giants	135
Stolen Bases	Pepper Martin	St. Louis Cardinals	23
Walks	Arky Vaughan	Pittsburgh Pirates	94
Hit by Pitch	Dick Bartell	Philadelphia Phillies	9
Strikeouts	Dolph Camilli	Chicago Cubs/Philadelphia Phillies	94
Sacrifice Hits	Hughie Critz	New York Giants	22
Grounded into Double Plays	Ernie Lombardi	Cincinnati Reds	24
Batting Average	Paul Waner	Pittsburgh Pirates	0.362
On-Base Percentage	Arky Vaughan	Pittsburgh Pirates	0.431
Slugging Percentage	Ripper Collins	St. Louis Cardinals	0.615
On-Base plus Slugging	Ripper Collins	St. Louis Cardinals	1.008
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Mel Ott	New York Giants	168

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Dizzy Dean	St. Louis Cardinals	30
Losses	Si Johnson	Cincinnati Reds	22
Win-Loss Percentage	Dizzy Dean	St. Louis Cardinals	0.811
Appearances	Curt Davis	Philadelphia Phillies	51
Games Started	Van Mungo	Brooklyn Dodgers	38
Complete Games	Carl Hubbell	New York Giants	25
Shutouts	Dizzy Dean	St. Louis Cardinals	7
Games Finished	Bob Smith	Boston Braves	25
Saves	Carl Hubbell	New York Giants	8
Innings Pitched	Van Mungo	Brooklyn Dodgers	315.1
Batters Faced	Van Mungo	Brooklyn Dodgers	1329
Hits Allowed	Van Mungo	Brooklyn Dodgers	300
Home Runs Allowed	Phil Collins	Philadelphia Phillies	30
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Van Mungo	Brooklyn Dodgers	104
Hit Batsmen	Bill Swift	Pittsburgh Pirates	8
Strikeouts	Dizzy Dean	St. Louis Cardinals	195
Wild Pitches	Hal Schumacher	New York Giants	10
Balks	Jim Weaver	St. Louis Browns/Chicago Cubs	2
Runs Allowed	Si Johnson	Cincinnati Reds	150
Earned Runs Allowed	Si Johnson	Cincinnati Reds	125
Earned Run Average	Carl Hubbell	New York Giants	2.30
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Carl Hubbell	New York Giants	1.032

The National League lost the second midsummer classic at Polo Grounds in New York, NY on Tuesday, July 10, 1934 by a score of 9 to 7. The league's manager was Bill Terry.

In the World Series, the National League champion St. Louis Cardinals defeated the American League's Detroit Tigers, 4 games to 3.

The winner of the league's Most Valuable Player Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was Dizzy Dean, a pitcher with the St. Louis Cardinals. In the award's voting, he had 78 out of a possible 80 points and 6 first place votes.

* denotes a fill-in umpire