1934

1934 in baseball
Japanese baseball
American League
National League
Negro Leagues
<< 1933 1935 >>

Championships, events, culture, births, and deaths that occurred in 1934.

Club competitions

Professional

Asia and Australia

• Claxton Shield: South Australia

Europe

• Hoofdklasse Honkbal: SC Haarlem

North America

• Major League Baseball
  • World Series: St. Louis Cardinals (NL) over the Detroit Tigers (AL), 4 - 3 (Details)
    • American League: Detroit Tigers (Details)
    • National League: St. Louis Cardinals (Details)
    • Negro National League: Philadelphia Stars (Details)
      • East-West Game: The team representing the East defeated the team representing the West by a score of 1 - 0 at Comiskey Park (Details)

• Minor League Baseball
  • American Association: Columbus Red Birds
  • Arkansas State League: Rogers Rustlers
  • Bi-State League: Danville-Schoolfield Leafs
  • Central League: Fort Wayne Chiefs
  • East Dixie League: Jackson Mississippians
  • Evangeline League: Lafayette White Sox
  • International League: Toronto Maple Leafs
  • Middle Atlantic League: Zanesville Grays
  • Nebraska State League: Lincoln Links
  • New York-Penn League: Williamsport Grays
  • Northern League: Fargo-Moorhead Twins
  • Northeastern League: Lowell Honeys
  • Pacific Coast League: Los Angeles Angels
  • Pennsylvania State Association: Greensburg Trojans
  • Piedmont League: Norfolk Tars
  • Southern Association: New Orleans Pelicans
  • Texas League: Galveston Buccaneers
  • West Dixie League: Jacksonville Jax
  • Western Association: Springfield Red Wings
  • Western League: St. Joseph Saints

• Liga Mexicana de Béisbol: Monte de Piedad de México

Amateur

• Japan High School Baseball Federation
  • National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament: Toho High School (Aichi) defeat Naniwa Shogyo High School (Osaka), 2 - 1 in the championship (Details)
  • National High School Baseball Championship: Goko High School (Hiroshima) defeat Kumamoto Kogyo High School (Kumamoto), 2 - 0 in the championship (Details)

Culture

Film

• Death on the Diamond
• Dizzy and Daffy

Births

Further information: Births in 1934

Deaths

Further information: Deaths in 1934

Further Reading

• Frederick C. Bush and Bill Nowlin, eds.: The Stars Shone on Philadelphia: The 1934 Negro National League Champions, SABR, Phoenix, AZ, 2023. ISBN 978-1-960819-05-5
• Phil S. Dixon: The Dizzy and Daffy Dean Barnstorming Tour: Race, Media, and America’s National Pastime, Rowman and Littlefield, Lanham, MD, 2019. ISBN 978-1-5381-2739-1
• Robert K. Fitts: Banzai Babe Ruth: Baseball, Espionage, & Assassination During the 1934 Tour of Japan, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE, 2012.