1934 MLB Leaders and Award Winners

4 leagues · 147 team games · 78 ranking tables · 2 awards

Awards

Most Valuable Player

Mickey CochraneAmerican League
Dizzy DeanNational League

Not every award existed in this season. This database has Rookie of the Year (from 1947), Cy Young Award (from 1956), Gold Glove (from 1957), Silver Slugger (from 1980). Their absence here is not a statement about these players: those awards had not been invented yet.

American League

Led the American League — the first row of every table below.

Batting13 categories

RunsR

1	Charlie Gehringer	134
2	Billy Werber	129
3	Earl Averill	128
3	Lou Gehrig	128
5	Jimmie Foxx	120
6	Hank Greenberg	118
7	Hal Trosky	117
8	Billy Rogell	114
9	Bob Johnson	111
10	Goose Goslin	106

HitsH

1	Charlie Gehringer	214
2	Lou Gehrig	210
3	Hal Trosky	206
4	Doc Cramer	202
5	Hank Greenberg	201
6	Billy Werber	200
7	Heinie Manush	194
8	Al Simmons	192
9	Bill Knickerbocker	188
10	Earl Averill	187
10	Goose Goslin	187

Doubles2B

1	Hank Greenberg	63
2	Charlie Gehringer	50
3	Earl Averill	48
4	Hal Trosky	45
5	Odell Hale	44
6	Roy Johnson	43
7	Heinie Manush	42
8	Billy Werber	41
9	Lou Gehrig	40
10	Goose Goslin	38

Triples3B

1	Ben Chapman	13
2	Heinie Manush	11
3	Harlond Clift	10
3	Frankie Crosetti	10
3	Roy Johnson	10
3	Billy Werber	10
3	Sam West	10
8	Doc Cramer	9
8	Joe Cronin	9
8	Marv Owen	9
8	Carl Reynolds	9
8	Hal Trosky	9

Home RunsHR

1	Lou Gehrig	49
2	Jimmie Foxx	44
3	Hal Trosky	35
4	Bob Johnson	34
5	Earl Averill	31
6	Zeke Bonura	27
7	Hank Greenberg	26
8	Babe Ruth	22
9	Al Simmons	18
10	Eric McNair	17

Runs Batted InRBI

1	Lou Gehrig	165
2	Hal Trosky	142
3	Hank Greenberg	139
4	Jimmie Foxx	130
5	Charlie Gehringer	127
6	Roy Johnson	119
7	Earl Averill	113
8	Zeke Bonura	110
9	Al Simmons	104
10	Joe Cronin	101
10	Odell Hale	101
10	Ray Pepper	101

WalksBB

1	Jimmie Foxx	111
2	Lou Gehrig	109
3	Babe Ruth	104
4	Buddy Myer	102
5	Earl Averill	99
5	Charlie Gehringer	99
7	Harlond Clift	84
8	Max Bishop	82
9	Ed Morgan	81
10	Mickey Cochrane	78

Stolen BasesSB

1	Billy Werber	40
2	Jo-Jo White	28
3	Ben Chapman	26
4	Pete Fox	25
5	Gee Walker	20
6	Billy Rogell	13
7	Bob Johnson	12
7	Lyn Lary	12
9	Bill Cissell	11
9	Jimmie Foxx	11
9	Charlie Gehringer	11
9	Roy Johnson	11
9	Tony Lazzeri	11
9	Frankie Pytlak	11

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Lou Gehrig	10.6
2	Jimmie Foxx	9.0
3	Earl Averill	9.0
4	Charlie Gehringer	8.6
5	Billy Werber	7.5
6	Hank Greenberg	6.6
7	Hal Trosky	6.3
8	Odell Hale	5.9
9	Bob Johnson	5.8
10	Buddy Myer	5.7

Batting Averagemin 456 PA

1	Lou Gehrig	.363
2	Charlie Gehringer	.356
3	Heinie Manush	.349
4	Al Simmons	.344
5	Hank Greenberg	.339
6	Jimmie Foxx	.334
7	Pinky Higgins	.330
7	Hal Trosky	.330
9	Sam West	.326
10	Billy Werber	.321

On-Base Percentagemin 456 PA

1	Lou Gehrig	.465
2	Charlie Gehringer	.450
3	Jimmie Foxx	.449
4	Babe Ruth	.448
5	Mickey Cochrane	.428
6	Buddy Myer	.419
6	Jo-Jo White	.419
8	Earl Averill	.414
9	Hank Greenberg	.404
10	Al Simmons	.403
10	Sam West	.403

Slugging Percentagemin 456 PA

1	Lou Gehrig	.706
2	Jimmie Foxx	.653
3	Hank Greenberg	.600
4	Hal Trosky	.598
5	Earl Averill	.569
6	Bob Johnson	.563
7	Zeke Bonura	.545
8	Babe Ruth	.537
9	Al Simmons	.530
10	Heinie Manush	.523

On-Base Plus Sluggingmin 456 PA

1	Lou Gehrig	1.172
2	Jimmie Foxx	1.102
3	Hank Greenberg	1.005
4	Hal Trosky	.987
5	Babe Ruth	.985
6	Earl Averill	.982
7	Charlie Gehringer	.967
8	Bob Johnson	.938
9	Al Simmons	.933
10	Zeke Bonura	.925

Pitching10 categories

WinsW

1	Lefty Gomez	26
2	Schoolboy Rowe	24
3	Tommy Bridges	22
4	Mel Harder	20
5	Red Ruffing	19
6	Monte Pearson	18
7	Bobo Newsom	16
8	Elden Auker	15
8	Willis Hudlin	15
8	Firpo Marberry	15

SavesSV

1	Jack Russell	7
2	Lloyd Brown	6
3	Bobo Newsom	5
4	Mel Harder	4
4	Joe Heving	4
4	Willis Hudlin	4
4	Jack Knott	4
4	Johnny Murphy	4
9	Ivy Andrews	3
9	George Blaeholder	3
9	Dick Coffman	3
9	General Crowder	3
9	Jimmie DeShong	3
9	Bill Dietrich	3
9	Elon Hogsett	3
9	Firpo Marberry	3
9	Fritz Ostermueller	3

StrikeoutsSO

1	Lefty Gomez	158
2	Tommy Bridges	151
3	Schoolboy Rowe	149
3	Red Ruffing	149
5	Monte Pearson	140
6	Bobo Newsom	135
7	George Earnshaw	97
8	Earl Whitehill	96
9	Johnny Marcum	92
10	Mel Harder	91
10	Johnny Welch	91

Innings PitchedIP

1	Lefty Gomez	281.7
2	Tommy Bridges	275.0
3	Schoolboy Rowe	266.0
4	Bobo Newsom	262.3
5	Red Ruffing	256.3
6	Mel Harder	255.3
7	Monte Pearson	254.7
8	Earl Whitehill	235.0
9	George Blaeholder	234.3
10	Johnny Marcum	232.0

Complete GamesCG

1	Lefty Gomez	25
2	Tommy Bridges	23
3	Ted Lyons	21
4	Schoolboy Rowe	20
5	Monte Pearson	19
5	Red Ruffing	19
7	Wes Ferrell	17
7	Mel Harder	17
7	Johnny Marcum	17
10	George Earnshaw	16

ShutoutsSHO

1	Lefty Gomez	6
1	Mel Harder	6
3	Red Ruffing	5
4	Bill Dietrich	4
5	Tommy Bridges	3
5	Wes Ferrell	3
5	Schoolboy Rowe	3
8	Elden Auker	2
8	Joe Cascarella	2
8	George Earnshaw	2
8	Bump Hadley	2
8	George Hockette	2
8	Johnny Marcum	2
8	Bobo Newsom	2

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Lefty Gomez	4.5
2	Schoolboy Rowe	4.3
3	Tommy Bridges	3.9
4	Wes Ferrell	3.6
5	Mel Harder	3.6
6	Earl Whitehill	2.8
7	George Blaeholder	2.8
8	Red Ruffing	2.5
9	Elden Auker	2.4
10	Johnny Marcum	2.3

Earned Run Averagemin 147 IP

1	Lefty Gomez	2.33
2	Mel Harder	2.61
3	Johnny Murphy	3.12
4	Bobby Burke	3.21
5	Elden Auker	3.42
6	Schoolboy Rowe	3.45
7	Fritz Ostermueller	3.49
8	Wes Ferrell	3.63
9	Tommy Bridges	3.67
10	Red Ruffing	3.93

Walks and Hits per Inningmin 147 IP

1	Lefty Gomez	1.13
2	Schoolboy Rowe	1.28
3	Mel Harder	1.28
4	Tommy Bridges	1.28
5	Johnny Murphy	1.29
6	Red Ruffing	1.31
7	Bobby Burke	1.35
8	Wes Ferrell	1.40
9	Willis Hudlin	1.41
10	Elden Auker	1.42

Fielding Independent Pitchingmin 147 IP

1	Wes Ferrell	3.58
2	Schoolboy Rowe	3.61
3	Lefty Gomez	3.67
4	Elden Auker	3.82
5	Mel Harder	3.85
6	Tommy Bridges	4.05
7	Bobby Burke	4.06
8	Lefty Stewart	4.16
9	Johnny Broaca	4.16
10	Earl Whitehill	4.20

National League

Led the National League — the first row of every table below.

Batting13 categories

RunsR

1	Paul Waner	122
2	Mel Ott	119
3	Ripper Collins	116
4	Arky Vaughan	115
5	Joe Medwick	110
6	Bill Terry	109
7	Jo-Jo Moore	106
7	Jack Rothrock	106
9	Billy Urbanski	104
10	Dick Bartell	102

HitsH

1	Paul Waner	217
2	Bill Terry	213
3	Ripper Collins	200
4	Joe Medwick	198
5	Ethan Allen	192
5	Jo-Jo Moore	192
7	Mel Ott	190
8	Kiki Cuyler	189
9	Dick Bartell	187
10	Arky Vaughan	186

Doubles2B

1	Ethan Allen	42
1	Kiki Cuyler	42
3	Arky Vaughan	41
4	Ripper Collins	40
4	Joe Medwick	40
6	Jo-Jo Moore	37
7	Gus Suhr	36
8	Wally Berger	35
8	Johnny Moore	35
8	Jack Rothrock	35

Triples3B

1	Joe Medwick	18
2	Paul Waner	16
3	Gus Suhr	13
4	Ripper Collins	12
5	Jim Bottomley	11
5	Pepper Martin	11
5	Arky Vaughan	11
8	Buzz Boyle	10
8	Mel Ott	10
8	Pie Traynor	10

Home RunsHR

1	Ripper Collins	35
1	Mel Ott	35
3	Wally Berger	34
4	Gabby Hartnett	22
5	Chuck Klein	20
6	Chick Hafey	18
6	Joe Medwick	18
8	Dolph Camilli	16
8	Travis Jackson	16
10	Jo-Jo Moore	15

Runs Batted InRBI

1	Mel Ott	135
2	Ripper Collins	128
3	Wally Berger	121
4	Joe Medwick	106
5	Gus Suhr	103
6	Sam Leslie	102
7	Travis Jackson	101
8	Johnny Moore	98
9	Tony Cuccinello	94
9	Arky Vaughan	94

WalksBB

1	Arky Vaughan	94
2	Mel Ott	85
3	Len Koenecke	70
4	Sam Leslie	69
5	Paul Waner	68
6	Gus Suhr	66
7	Dick Bartell	64
8	Danny Taylor	63
9	Bill Terry	60
10	Ripper Collins	57

Stolen BasesSB

1	Pepper Martin	23
2	Kiki Cuyler	15
3	Dick Bartell	13
4	Danny Taylor	12
5	Lonny Frey	11
5	Frankie Frisch	11
5	Stan Hack	11
8	Jack Rothrock	10
8	Arky Vaughan	10
10	Lou Chiozza	9

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Arky Vaughan	8.6
2	Paul Waner	7.4
3	Mel Ott	6.9
4	Ripper Collins	6.8
5	Wally Berger	6.6
6	Len Koenecke	5.9
7	Dick Bartell	5.1
8	Chick Hafey	5.0
9	Gabby Hartnett	4.8
10	Bill Terry	4.8

Batting Averagemin 456 PA

1	Paul Waner	.362
2	Bill Terry	.354
3	Kiki Cuyler	.338
4	Ripper Collins	.333
4	Arky Vaughan	.333
6	Sam Leslie	.332
7	Jo-Jo Moore	.331
8	Ethan Allen	.330
8	Johnny Moore	.330
10	Mel Ott	.326

On-Base Percentagemin 456 PA

1	Arky Vaughan	.431
2	Paul Waner	.429
3	Mel Ott	.415
4	Bill Terry	.414
5	Len Koenecke	.411
6	Sam Leslie	.409
7	Danny Taylor	.396
8	Ripper Collins	.393
9	Dick Bartell	.384
9	Johnny Moore	.384

Slugging Percentagemin 456 PA

1	Ripper Collins	.615
2	Mel Ott	.591
3	Wally Berger	.546
4	Paul Waner	.539
5	Joe Medwick	.529
6	Arky Vaughan	.511
7	Chuck Klein	.510
8	Len Koenecke	.509
9	Gabby Hartnett	.502
10	Johnny Moore	.494

On-Base Plus Sluggingmin 456 PA

1	Ripper Collins	1.008
2	Mel Ott	1.006
3	Paul Waner	.968
4	Arky Vaughan	.942
5	Len Koenecke	.919
6	Wally Berger	.899
7	Chuck Klein	.882
8	Johnny Moore	.878
8	Bill Terry	.878
10	Joe Medwick	.872

Pitching10 categories

WinsW

1	Dizzy Dean	30
2	Hal Schumacher	23
3	Lon Warneke	22
4	Carl Hubbell	21
5	Curt Davis	19
5	Paul Dean	19
7	Guy Bush	18
7	Freddie Fitzsimmons	18
7	Van Mungo	18
10	Huck Betts	17
10	Fred Frankhouse	17

SavesSV

1	Carl Hubbell	8
2	Dizzy Dean	7
2	Dolf Luque	7
4	Herman Bell	6
5	Ed Brandt	5
5	Ben Cantwell	5
5	Curt Davis	5
5	Waite Hoyt	5
5	Dutch Leonard	5
5	Al Smith	5
5	Bob Smith	5

StrikeoutsSO

1	Dizzy Dean	195
2	Van Mungo	184
3	Paul Dean	150
4	Lon Warneke	143
5	Paul Derringer	122
6	Carl Hubbell	118
7	Hal Schumacher	112
8	Pat Malone	111
9	Jim Weaver	109
10	Ed Brandt	106

Innings PitchedIP

1	Van Mungo	315.3
2	Carl Hubbell	313.0
3	Dizzy Dean	311.7
4	Hal Schumacher	297.0
5	Lon Warneke	291.3
6	Curt Davis	274.3
7	Larry French	263.7
8	Freddie Fitzsimmons	263.3
9	Paul Derringer	261.0
10	Ed Brandt	255.0

Complete GamesCG

1	Carl Hubbell	25
2	Dizzy Dean	24
3	Lon Warneke	23
4	Van Mungo	22
5	Ed Brandt	20
6	Curt Davis	18
6	Paul Derringer	18
6	Hal Schumacher	18
9	Tex Carleton	16
9	Paul Dean	16
9	Larry French	16
9	Bill Lee	16

ShutoutsSHO

1	Dizzy Dean	7
2	Paul Dean	5
2	Carl Hubbell	5
4	Bill Lee	4
5	Ed Brandt	3
5	Curt Davis	3
5	Freddie Fitzsimmons	3
5	Larry French	3
5	Waite Hoyt	3
5	Syl Johnson	3
5	Van Mungo	3
5	Lon Warneke	3

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Dizzy Dean	6.3
2	Carl Hubbell	5.2
3	Van Mungo	5.2
4	Paul Derringer	4.9
5	Lon Warneke	4.8
6	Larry French	4.8
7	Curt Davis	4.4
8	Freddie Fitzsimmons	4.2
9	Tex Carleton	3.8
10	Paul Dean	3.7

Earned Run Averagemin 147 IP

1	Carl Hubbell	2.30
2	Dizzy Dean	2.66
3	Waite Hoyt	2.93
4	Curt Davis	2.95
5	Freddie Fitzsimmons	3.04
6	Bill Walker	3.12
7	Hal Schumacher	3.18
8	Fred Frankhouse	3.20
9	Lon Warneke	3.21
10	Dutch Leonard	3.28

Walks and Hits per Inningmin 147 IP

1	Carl Hubbell	1.03
2	Lon Warneke	1.16
3	Dizzy Dean	1.17
4	Paul Dean	1.19
5	Waite Hoyt	1.19
6	Freddie Fitzsimmons	1.20
7	Curt Davis	1.25
8	Roy Parmelee	1.27
9	Guy Bush	1.27
10	Van Mungo	1.28

Fielding Independent Pitchingmin 147 IP

1	Waite Hoyt	3.24
2	Dizzy Dean	3.33
3	Paul Derringer	3.41
4	Larry French	3.54
5	Carl Hubbell	3.55
6	Lon Warneke	3.65
7	Flint Rhem	3.67
8	Van Mungo	3.69
9	Paul Dean	3.73
10	Bill Hallahan	3.74

Negro Leagues and Independent Black clubs in 1934

32 more ranking tables from 1934. These clubs played a much shorter league schedule than the American and National Leagues did, so the counting statistics are not on the same scale as the ones above.

The Negro Leagues had none of these awards. There was no Most Valuable Player vote, no Cy Young Award, no Gold Glove and no Silver Slugger in Black baseball, so no player in those sections below could appear in the award list above however he played. A blank there says something about how the leagues were organised and nothing at all about the players.

Negro Leagues

Led the Negro Leagues — the first row of every table below.

There is no batting average table in this section, and that is not a gap in the record. Rate statistics need a qualifying line, and the one this site uses for 1934 is 456 plate appearances — three point one per team game across a 147-game schedule. The Negro Leagues played a far shorter league season than that, so no player in it reaches the line and no rate table can be built without comparing a handful of games to a full year. The counting tables above are unaffected: those are simply what the players did.

Batting9 categories

RunsR

1	Josh Gibson	56
2	Cool Papa Bell	52
2	Chaney White	52
4	Turkey Stearnes	42
5	Vic Harris	41
5	Jud Wilson	41
7	Jake Dunn	40
7	Chester Williams	40
9	Jake Stephens	39
10	Dewey Creacy	38

HitsH

1	Cool Papa Bell	89
2	Vic Harris	79
3	Jud Wilson	78
4	Chaney White	77
5	Josh Gibson	76
6	Chester Williams	75
7	Judy Johnson	68
8	Jake Stephens	67
9	Oscar Charleston	64
9	Jake Dunn	64

Doubles2B

1	Josh Gibson	19
2	Judy Johnson	14
3	Ray Dandridge	12
3	Bert Johnson	12
3	Chaney White	12
3	Chester Williams	12
7	Jud Wilson	11
8	Cool Papa Bell	10
8	Oscar Charleston	10
8	Jake Dunn	10
8	Vic Harris	10

Triples3B

1	Jake Dunn	7
1	Turkey Stearnes	7
3	Buddy Burbage	5
3	Chester Williams	5
5	Ray Dandridge	4
5	Josh Gibson	4
5	Tom Parker	4
5	Willie Wells	4
5	Jud Wilson	4
10	Cool Papa Bell	3
10	Vic Harris	3
10	Judy Johnson	3
10	Mule Suttles	3
10	Chaney White	3

Home RunsHR

1	Josh Gibson	15
2	Oscar Charleston	7
3	Turkey Stearnes	6
3	Pete Washington	6
5	Mule Suttles	4
5	Jud Wilson	4
7	Ameal Brooks	3
7	Tommie Dukes	3
7	Chester Williams	3
10	Buddy Burbage	2
10	Vic Harris	2
10	Bert Johnson	2
10	Leroy Matlock	2
10	Tom Parker	2
10	Chaney White	2
10	Wild Bill Wright	2

Runs Batted InRBI

1	Josh Gibson	59
2	Jake Dunn	44
3	Oscar Charleston	41
4	Judy Johnson	40
4	Jud Wilson	40
6	Chester Williams	36
7	Bert Johnson	34
7	Pete Washington	34
9	Chaney White	33
10	Mule Suttles	30

WalksBB

1	Cool Papa Bell	34
2	Josh Gibson	30
3	Jud Wilson	29
4	Oscar Charleston	27
5	Leroy Morney	26
6	Jake Dunn	24
6	Chaney White	24
8	Bill Casey	23
9	Jake Stephens	22
10	Dewey Creacy	21

Stolen BasesSB

1	Cool Papa Bell	14
2	Sam Bankhead	10
3	Chester Williams	9
4	Felton Snow	7
4	Jake Stephens	7
6	Oscar Charleston	6
6	Turkey Stearnes	6
6	Wild Bill Wright	6
9	Sammy Hughes	5
9	Judy Johnson	5

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Josh Gibson	3.6
2	Turkey Stearnes	2.4
2	Chester Williams	2.4
4	Buddy Burbage	1.9
5	Ray Dandridge	1.9
6	Cool Papa Bell	1.9
7	Jud Wilson	1.7
8	Bert Johnson	1.7
9	Oscar Charleston	1.6
10	Felton Snow	1.3

Pitching7 categories

WinsW

1	Slim Jones	20
2	Satchel Paige	13
3	William Bell	11
4	Rocky Ellis	9
5	Andy Porter	8
6	Lefty Holmes	7
6	Webster McDonald	7
8	Harry Kincannon	6
8	Ted Trent	6
10	Willie Cornelius	4
10	Bob Evans	4
10	Bert Hunter	4
10	Leroy Matlock	4
10	Sam Streeter	4
10	Slim Vaughan	4

SavesSV

1	Slim Jones	2
2	Roosevelt Davis	1
2	Bob Evans	1
2	Luther Farrell	1
2	Jesse Hubbard	1
2	Bert Hunter	1
2	Webster McDonald	1
2	Malvin Powell	1

StrikeoutsSO

1	Slim Jones	164
2	Satchel Paige	152
3	Lefty Holmes	78
4	William Bell	68
5	Ted Trent	60
6	Andy Porter	58
7	Bob Evans	51
8	Rocky Ellis	47
9	Harry Kincannon	44
10	Bert Hunter	41

Innings PitchedIP

1	Slim Jones	203.0
2	Satchel Paige	145.7
3	William Bell	135.3
4	Webster McDonald	119.7
5	Rocky Ellis	118.0
6	Lefty Holmes	107.0
7	Andy Porter	102.0
7	Ted Trent	102.0
9	Bert Hunter	97.3
10	Bob Evans	88.7

Complete GamesCG

1	Slim Jones	20
2	Satchel Paige	15
3	William Bell	12
3	Rocky Ellis	12
5	Lefty Holmes	11
6	Ted Trent	10
7	Webster McDonald	9
8	Bert Hunter	8
9	Willie Cornelius	7
10	Harry Kincannon	6

ShutoutsSHO

1	Slim Jones	6
2	Satchel Paige	5
3	Rocky Ellis	2
3	Lefty Holmes	2
5	William Bell	1
5	Cliff Carter	1
5	Paul Carter	1
5	Willie Foster	1
5	Bert Hunter	1
5	Webster McDonald	1
5	Tom Parker	1
5	Andy Porter	1
5	Malvin Powell	1
5	Sam Streeter	1
5	Ted Trent	1

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Slim Jones	5.3
2	Satchel Paige	5.2
3	Lefty Holmes	2.7
4	William Bell	2.5
5	Andy Porter	2.1
6	Ted Trent	1.9
7	Rocky Ellis	1.8
8	Webster McDonald	1.6
9	Bert Hunter	1.5
10	Harry Kincannon	1.5

Independent Black clubs

Led the Independent Black clubs — the first row of every table below.

There is no batting average table in this section, and that is not a gap in the record. Rate statistics need a qualifying line, and the one this site uses for 1934 is 456 plate appearances — three point one per team game across a 147-game schedule. The Independent Black clubs played a far shorter league season than that, so no player in it reaches the line and no rate table can be built without comparing a handful of games to a full year. The counting tables above are unaffected: those are simply what the players did.

Batting9 categories

RunsR

1	Clyde Spearman	17
2	Jim Williams	14
3	Ray Brown	13
3	Clint Thomas	13
5	Jimmy Binder	12
5	Buck Leonard	12
7	Fats Jenkins	11
7	George Scales	11
9	John Lyles	9
10	Walter Cannady	8
10	Bill Yancey	8

HitsH

1	Fats Jenkins	27
2	Buck Leonard	26
2	Clyde Spearman	26
4	Dave Thomas	24
4	Jim Williams	24
6	George Scales	22
6	Clint Thomas	22
8	Ray Brown	21
9	Jimmy Binder	18
10	Bill Yancey	16

Doubles2B

1	George Scales	8
2	Ray Brown	5
2	Clyde Spearman	5
2	Dave Thomas	5
2	Jim Williams	5
6	Frank Blake	4
6	Bob Clarke	4
8	John Beckwith	3
8	Fats Jenkins	3
8	Buck Leonard	3
8	Harry Williams	3
8	Bill Yancey	3

Triples3B

1	Ray Brown	2
1	Dink Mothell	2
1	Clyde Spearman	2
4	John Beckwith	1
4	Jimmy Binder	1
4	Frank Blake	1
4	Tex Burnett	1
4	Louis Dula	1
4	George Giles	1
4	Horace Jarnagin	1
4	George Scales	1
4	Joe Strong	1
4	Clint Thomas	1

Home RunsHR

1	Ray Brown	5
2	Jim Williams	4
3	Buck Leonard	3
4	John Beckwith	2
4	Fats Jenkins	2
4	Clint Thomas	2
4	Dave Thomas	2
4	Bill Yancey	2
9	Jabbo Andrews	1
9	Bob Clarke	1
9	Neil Robinson	1
9	Clyde Spearman	1
9	Joe Strong	1
9	Harry Williams	1

Runs Batted InRBI

1	Ray Brown	17
1	Buck Leonard	17
3	Jim Williams	16
4	Bill Yancey	15
5	George Scales	13
6	Fats Jenkins	12
7	Dave Thomas	9
7	Harry Williams	9
9	Walter Cannady	8
10	Jimmy Binder	7
10	Joe Strong	7
10	Clint Thomas	7

WalksBB

1	George Scales	10
1	Clyde Spearman	10
3	Bill Yancey	9
4	Jimmy Binder	8
5	Clint Thomas	7
6	Walter Cannady	6
6	Fats Jenkins	6
6	Buck Leonard	6
6	Dave Thomas	6
10	Ray Brown	5
10	Bob Clarke	5
10	Neil Robinson	5
10	Harry Williams	5

Stolen BasesSB

1	George Giles	4
2	Fats Jenkins	3
2	Clint Thomas	3
4	Dink Mothell	2
4	George Scales	2
4	Jim Williams	2
7	Newt Allen	1
7	Jimmy Binder	1
7	Tex Burnett	1
7	Newt Joseph	1
7	John Lyles	1
7	Connie Rector	1
7	Clyde Spearman	1
7	Roy K. Williams	1
7	Bill Yancey	1

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Ray Brown	0.9
2	George Scales	0.7
3	Clyde Spearman	0.6
4	Fats Jenkins	0.6
5	Buck Leonard	0.5
6	Jim Williams	0.4
7	George Giles	0.4
8	Frank Blake	0.4
9	Dave Thomas	0.3
10	Jabbo Andrews	0.2

Pitching7 categories

WinsW

1	Joe Strong	5
2	Frank Blake	4
3	Neck Stanley	3
4	Louis Dula	2
4	Bill Holland	2
4	Harry Salmon	2
7	Ollie Boyd	1
7	Chet Brewer	1
7	Ray Brown	1
7	Willie Gisentaner	1
7	Sam Thompson	1

SavesSV

1	Charlie Beverly	1
1	Andy Cooper	1
1	Bill Holland	1

StrikeoutsSO

1	Frank Blake	41
2	Joe Strong	33
3	Bill Holland	31
4	Neck Stanley	26
5	Ray Brown	13
6	Louis Dula	10
6	Harry Salmon	10
8	Chet Brewer	9
8	Roy K. Williams	9
10	Andy Cooper	8

Innings PitchedIP

1	Joe Strong	66.7
2	Frank Blake	59.7
3	Neck Stanley	46.0
4	Bill Holland	39.3
5	Louis Dula	30.3
6	Ray Brown	21.7
6	Harry Salmon	21.7
8	Chet Brewer	18.0
8	Connie Rector	18.0
10	Charlie Beverly	15.0

Complete GamesCG

1	Frank Blake	6
1	Joe Strong	6
3	Neck Stanley	4
4	Bill Holland	3
5	Chet Brewer	2
5	Ray Brown	2
5	Louis Dula	2
5	Connie Rector	2
9	Charlie Beverly	1
9	Andy Cooper	1
9	Willie Gisentaner	1
9	Harry Salmon	1

ShutoutsSHO

1	Frank Blake	2
1	Joe Strong	2

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Frank Blake	1.3
2	Joe Strong	1.2
3	Bill Holland	1.1
4	Neck Stanley	1.0
5	Louis Dula	0.6
6	Ray Brown	0.6
7	Connie Rector	0.5
8	Chet Brewer	0.4
9	Harry Salmon	0.3
10	Andy Cooper	0.3

How this page is built

The qualifying line for 1934 is 456 plate appearances and 147 innings pitched. It comes from the length of the schedule — 147 games per team, measured from the season files themselves — at the official rate of 3.1 plate appearances and one inning per team game. Batting average, on-base, slugging, OPS, earned run average and WHIP all use it; a player who came to the plate twice and got two hits does not appear at the top of the batting average table, which is exactly what that line is for. Counting statistics such as home runs and strikeouts have no minimum, because none is needed.

How the rankings were made

Wins above replacement in these tables is ours rather than the source database's, so it will not match a published figure exactly. Also: why every ranking stops at one league, and why some categories are missing on purpose.

Every ranking on this page is worked out inside one league. 1934 is counted as 4 separate leagues — American League, National League, Negro Leagues and Independent Black clubs, and a player is ranked only against the men in his own. Leading the American League and leading baseball are different claims, and the one we can make from these files is the first. There is no combined table anywhere on this page, because adding two leagues together would produce a number that no record book recognises.

There are 78 ranking tables here, 17 places deep. Players tied on a value share a place, so a table can run past ten rows when the tenth spot is shared, and a league with fewer than ten qualified players in a category is left out rather than shown as a top ten that is not one. A player who did none of the thing is not ranked in it either — a shutout table lists the pitchers who threw one, not the hundreds who threw none tied on zero. Some categories are missing on purpose: nobody leads a league in strikeouts at the plate, in losses, or in home runs allowed. A ranking is meant to mark an achievement, so only achievements are ranked.

Wins above replacement on this page is ours, not the source database's. The hitting and pitching files carry a WAR column that we compute here from the same season lines you see, using park factors and a run environment worked out per season. Published versions elsewhere use different methods and will not match ours exactly. Every other column is the record as the database supplies it.

Names on this page lead to that player's own record. Most of them open a full career page with every season he appeared in. Some open a summary screen instead — we pre-build pages for the players people look for, and everyone else is assembled on demand from the same files, so the numbers are identical either way even though the address looks different.

Data for 1871 to 2025: Lahman Baseball Database 2025, compiled by SABR (Society for American Baseball Research) and licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported. Negro Leagues data licensed from Seamheads.com and included under SABR major-league recommendations (2021-02-11, 2024-06-03). This page ranks the 1934 season lines published on this site, league by league, with WAR worked out here. — the WAR columns are computed here — and they are published under the same CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported licence, as ShareAlike requires. That database is published once a season is complete, so the 2026 figures on this site come from a different place: the MLB Stats API, whose notice reads “Copyright 2026 MLB Advanced Media, L.P. Use of any content on this page acknowledges agreement to the terms posted here http://gdx.mlb.com/components/copyright.txt”. Those numbers are MLB Advanced Media, L.P.’s, not SABR (Society for American Baseball Research)’s, and they carry that notice rather than the CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported licence above. Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Major League Baseball or any of its clubs.