1934 Brooklyn Dodgers season explained

Brooklyn Dodgers
Season:	1934
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Ebbets Field
City:	Brooklyn, New York
Owners:	Stephen McKeever, Brooklyn Trust Company
President:	Stephen McKeever
Managers:	Casey Stengel

Casey Stengel took over as manager for the 1934 Brooklyn Dodgers, but the team still finished in sixth place.

Offseason

December 1933: Art Herring was purchased by the Dodgers from the Detroit Tigers.^[1]
December 1933: Joe Shaute was purchased from the Dodgers by the Cincinnati Reds.^[2]

April 13, 1934: Marty McManus was purchased from the Dodgers by the Boston Braves.^[3]
June 29, 1934: Watty Clark was purchased by the Dodgers from the New York Giants.^[4]
September 1934: Johnny Vander Meer was purchased from the Dodgers by the Boston Braves.^[5]

1934 Brooklyn Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	140	439	120	.273	7	54
1B	146	546	181	.332	9	102
2B	140	528	138	.261	14	94
3B	104	384	121	.315	1	40
SS	125	490	139	.284	8	57
OF	128	472	144	.305	7	48
OF	123	460	147	.320	14	73
OF	120	405	121	.299	7	57

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
97	369	98	.266	0	43
104	307	91	.296	4	35
67	172	45	.262	6	27
67	93	26	.280	1	10
47	84	19	.226	0	8
39	79	17	.215	0	3
27	43	7	.163	0	1
17	39	7	.179	1	5
17	28	7	.250	0	6
2	7	0	.000	0	0
2	1	0	.000	0	0

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
45	315.1	18	16	3.37	184
36	227.0	14	12	4.32	64
25	135.0	7	11	4.20	62

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
44	183.2	14	11	3.28	58
22	101.2	5	6	4.43	28
33	99.1	3	7	4.71	41
26	74.1	1	3	6.42	17
22	57.0	2	6	7.42	24
14	49.1	2	4	6.20	15
10	30.2	1	1	6.75	3
11	24.1	0	3	8.51	5

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	W	L	ERA	SO
17	2	0	5.33	10
8	1	1	5.91	5
6	1	0	5.40	4