1934 New York Yankees season
The 1934 New York Yankees season was the team's 32nd season in New York and its 34th season overall. The team finished with a record of 94–60, finishing 7 games behind the Detroit Tigers. New York was managed by Joe McCarthy. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium. It would also be the final year Babe Ruth would play as a Yankee.Regular season
The 1934 season would be Babe Ruth's last season in a Yankee uniform. He was released the following February.Record vs. opponents
Roster
Batting
Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
C | | 104 | 395 | 127 | .322 | 12 | 72 |
1B | | 154 | 579 | 210 | .363 | 49 | 165 |
2B | | 123 | 438 | 117 | .267 | 14 | 67 |
3B | | 94 | 350 | 95 | .271 | 6 | 36 |
SS | | 138 | 554 | 147 | .265 | 11 | 67 |
OF | | 149 | 588 | 181 | .308 | 5 | 86 |
OF | | 125 | 365 | 105 | .288 | 22 | 84 |
OF | | 106 | 191 | 47 | .246 | 3 | 23 |
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| 89 | 279 | 80 | .287 | 0 | 18 |
| 63 | 251 | 80 | .319 | 2 | 25 |
| 72 | 241 | 63 | .261 | 0 | 25 |
| 106 | 191 | 47 | .246 | 3 | 23 |
| 58 | 183 | 38 | .208 | 0 | 20 |
| 46 | 176 | 55 | .313 | 5 | 38 |
| 17 | 17 | 2 | .118 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | --- | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| 38 | 281.2 | 26 | 5 | 2.33 | 158 |
| 36 | 256.1 | 19 | 11 | 3.93 | 149 |
| 26 | 177.1 | 12 | 9 | 4.16 | 74 |
| 13 | 71.2 | 5 | 2 | 2.89 | 54 |
| 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1.64 | 4 |
| 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 5 |
Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| 40 | 207.2 | 14 | 10 | 3.12 | 70 |
| 31 | 133.2 | 6 | 7 | 4.11 | 40 |
| 22 | 96 | 4 | 3 | 4.50 | 41 |
| 28 | 88 | 3 | 5 | 6.34 | 39 |
| 10 | 16.1 | 2 | 4 | 9.92 | 10 |
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5.50 | 5 |
| 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7.80 | 7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Awards and honors
LEAGUE CHAMPION: Norfolk