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1934 Major League Baseball season

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1934

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1933 Major League Baseball season

The 1934 Major League Baseball season.

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Awards and honors

  • Most Valuable Player:
  • American League: Mickey Cochrane, Detroit Tigers, C
  • National League: Dizzy Dean, St. Louis Cardinals, P

    • MLB statistical leaders

    1 American League Triple Crown Batting Winner

    2 American League Triple Crown Pitching Winner

    Events

  • June 6 – Myril Hoag of the New York Yankees hits six singles against the Boston Red Sox.
  • June 9: In the eighth inning of their game against the Boston Red Sox, the Washington Senators hit 5 consecutive doubles – the most ever hit back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back during the same inning.
  • July 8: In the course of the Philadelphia Athletics–Boston Red Sox game, Athletics player Bob Johnson hits a fly ball off Red Sox pitcher Hank Johnson, which is caught by center fielder Roy Johnson
  • July 10: At the All-Star Game held at the Polo Grounds in New York City, New York Giants pitcher Carl Hubbell strikes out five consecutive American League batters. These batters are Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx, Al Simmons, and Joe Cronin: all future Hall-of-Famers.

    • References

    1934 Major League Baseball season Wikipedia
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