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1934 in the Negro Leagues

Standings

BOLD indicates League Champion

Negro National League

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Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB
1	Pittsburgh Crawfords	77	47	27	3	.635	--
2	Philadelphia Stars	64	36	18	10	.667	1.0
3	Chicago American Giants	51	28	20	3	.583	6.0
4	Newark Dodgers	32	17	14	1	.548	8.5
5	Baltimore Black Sox	13	3	8	2	.273	12.5
6	Nashville Elite Giants	47	18	28	1	.391	15.0
7	Philadelphia Bacharach Giants	25	5	20	0	.200	17.5
8	Cleveland Red Sox	25	3	22	0	.120	19.5

Both the Philadelphia Bacharach Giants and Baltimore Black Sox joined the league in the second half.

See also:

• 1934 Negro National League

Independent Teams

Source: Teams list from The Negro Leagues Book by Dick Clark and Larry Lester; records are from The Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues, John Holway

• Birmingham Black Barons
• Cincinnati Tigers
• Cuban Stars (East)
• Jacksonville Red Caps
• Kansas City Monarchs
• Memphis Red Sox
• New Orleans Crescent Stars
• New York Black Yankees
• Padrone's Cuban Giants
• Pennsylvania Red Caps of NY
• Pittsburgh Homestead Grays
• Washington Pilots
• Zulu Cannibal Giants

Leading Players

Individual accomplishments

Satchel Paige threw his second career no-hitter on July 4 in Greenlee Field in Pittsburgh as the Crawfords beat the Homestead Grays 4-0. Paige struck out 17 in the victory.

Four days later on July 8 in Chicago Paige and the Crawfords were victims of a no-hitter thrown by the American Giants' Willie "Sug" Cornelius. However, the game was scoreless after nine, and the American Giants broke up Cornelius' gem in the 10th with five hits and three runs. Paige won the game 3-0.

Postseason

The Philadelphia Stars defeated the Chicago American Giants, 4 games to 3 with one tie, in the Negro National League Championship Series.