1934 St. Louis Cardinals season

MLB yearly infobox-pre1969
name = St. Louis Cardinals
season = 1934
misc = 1934 World Series Champions
1934 National League Champions

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current league = National League
y1 = 1892
Uniform
ballpark = Sportsman's Park
y4 = 1920
city = St. Louis, Missouri
y5 = 1882
owners = Sam Breadon
managers = Frankie Frisch
television =
radio = KMOX
(France Laux)
KWK
(Bob Thomas, Ray Schmidt)
espntn = stl
brtn = stl

The St. Louis Cardinals 1934 season was the team's 53rd season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 43rd season in the National League. The Cardinals went 95-58 during the season and finished 1st in the National League. In the World Series, they defeated the Detroit Tigers in 7 games, winning the last 11-0.

Pitcher Dizzy Dean won the MVP Award this year, with a 2.66 ERA, 30 wins, and 195 strikeouts.

Regular season

eason standings

Transactions

*May 4, 1934: Francis Healy is purchased by the Cardinals from the New York Giants. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/healyfr01.shtml Francis Healy page at Baseball Reference] ]

Roster

Starting pitchers

World Series

In the World Series, the Cards and Tigers split the first two games in Detroit, and the Tigers took two of the next three in St. Louis. St. Louis proceeded to win the next two, including an 11-0 embarrassment of the Tigers in Detroit to win the Series. The stars for the Cards were Medwick, who had a .379 batting average with one of St. Louis' two home runs and a series-high five RBI, and the Dean Brothers, who combined for all four of the teams wins with 28 strikeouts and a minuscule 1.43 earned run average.

NL St. Louis Cardinals (4) vs. AL Detroit Tigers (3)

Awards and honors

*Dizzy Dean, Associated Press Athlete of the Year [ [http://www.nndb.com/honors/906/000166408/ Associated Press Athlete of the Year (male) ] ]
*Dizzy Dean, National League Leader, Wins (30) [Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.98, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0]

References

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/STL/1934.shtml 1934 St. Louis Cardinals]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1934&t=SLN 1934 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]