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27 teams in AL, IND, NL, NN2 · 1227 regular-season games · 1934-04-17 to 1934-11-04 · attendance 6,963,711

◀ 1933 1935 ▶

World Series champion

St. Louis Cardinals

MVP

Mickey Cochrane AL
Dizzy Dean NL

All-Star Games

1934-07-10 at Polo Grounds V
1934-08-26 at Comiskey Park I

Postseason

Round	Result	Games
World Series	St. Louis Cardinals 4–3 Detroit Tigers	7

Standings

AL

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Detroit Tigers	101	53	.656	—	708	919,161	Mickey Cochrane	Pennant
2	New York Yankees	94	60	.610	7	669	854,682	Joe McCarthy
3	Cleveland Indians	85	69	.552	16	763	391,338	Walter Johnson
4	Boston Red Sox	76	76	.500	24	775	610,640	Bucky Harris
5	Philadelphia Athletics	68	82	.453	31	838	305,847	Connie Mack
6	St. Louis Browns	67	85	.441	33	800	115,305	Rogers Hornsby
7	Washington Senators	66	86	.434	34	806	330,074	Joe Cronin
8	Chicago White Sox	53	99	.349	47	946	236,559	Lew Fonseca, Jimmy Dykes

NL

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	St. Louis Cardinals	95	58	.621	—	656	325,056	Frankie Frisch	World Series
2	New York Giants	93	60	.608	2	583	730,851	Bill Terry
3	Chicago Cubs	86	65	.570	8	639	707,525	Charlie Grimm
4	Boston Braves	78	73	.517	16	714	303,205	Bill McKechnie
5	Pittsburgh Pirates	74	76	.493	19.5	713	322,622	George Gibson, Pie Traynor
6	Brooklyn Dodgers	71	81	.467	23.5	795	434,188	Casey Stengel
7	Philadelphia Phillies	56	93	.376	37	794	169,885	Jimmie Wilson
8	Cincinnati Reds	52	99	.344	42	801	206,773	Bob O'Farrell, Burt Shotton, Chuck Dressen

IND

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Manager
1	Homestead Grays	17	13	.567	—	93	Cum Posey
2	New York Black Yankees	11	15	.423	4	72	George Scales
3	Kansas City Monarchs	3	6	.333	3.5	28	Bullet Rogan

Negro National League (II)

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Manager
1	Philadelphia Stars	38	15	.717	—	231	Webster McDonald	Pennant
2	Pittsburgh Crawfords	40	26	.606	4.5	295	Oscar Charleston
3	Chicago American Giants	27	19	.587	7.5	203	Dave Malarcher
4	Newark Dodgers	16	16	.500	11.5	201	Dick Lundy
5	Nashville Elite Giants	17	23	.425	14.5	189	Candy Jim Taylor
6	Baltimore Black Sox	3	8	.273	14	56	Rap Dixon
7	Philadelphia Bacharach Giants	5	20	.200	19	104	Otto Briggs
8	Cleveland Red Sox	3	22	.120	21	169	Bobby Williams

Leaders

AL

RBI

AVG

ERA

NL

RBI

AVG

ERA

IND

RBI

No-hitters

Paul Dean, St. Louis Cardinals vs. Brooklyn Dodgers, 1934-09-21

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