The 1934

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season involved the A's finishing fifth in the American League with a record of 68 wins and 82 losses.

Offseason

* November 6, 1933:

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, Gowell Claset, and cash were traded by the Athletics to the

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for

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.Rip Radcliff page at Baseball Reference
/ref> * December 12, 1933:

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was traded by the Athletics to the

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for Johnny Pasek and $100,000. * December 12, 1933: Lefty Grove, Max Bishop and Rube Walberg were traded by the Athletics to the Boston Red Sox for Bob Kline, Rabbit Warstler, and $125,000. * March 27, 1934: Rip Radcliff and

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were traded by the Athletics to the Louisville Colonels for Hank Erickson. Hank Erickson was returned to the Colonels in April 1934.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

* May 14, 1934: Ed Madjeski was released by the Athletics. * August 9, 1934: Wally Moses was purchased by the Athletics from the Galveston Buccaneers.Wally Moses page at Baseball-Reference
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Roster

Player stats

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''

Other batters

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

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Other pitchers

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

Relief pitchers

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

References

External links

1934 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference1934 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
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