Game One of the 1934 World Series was at Navin Field (a.k.a. Briggs Stadium and Tiger Stadium) on October 3, 1934.
Detroit went 101-53 and beat the Yankees by seven games for the AL pennant. They topped the AL in hitting with a team average of .300 and in runs with 958. St. Louis went 95-58 and edged the New York Giants out in the NL by two games. The Cardinals hit .288 and scored 799 runs in 1934 to lead their league in each category.
Dizzy Dean got the start for the Cards and Alvin Crowder was the starter for the Tigers. Dean was 30-7 with an ERA of 2.66 that year. Crowder started the 1934 season with the Washington Senators and was 4-10 with an ERA of over six. Detroit claimed Crowder off waivers on August 4 of that season and he was 5-1 with a 4.19ERA for the Tigers.
That pitching matchup went about the way you might think that it would. Dean pitched a complete game, scattered eight hits and struck out six in an 8-3 win for the Cardinals. Crowder did not pitch badly. In five innings, he allowed four runs, but only one of those runs was earned. The Tiger defense committed a total of five fielding miscues in the game.
The Cardinal offense took advantage of those errors and banged out thirteen hits. Outfielder Joe Medwick lead the way with four hits, two runs, and two RBI. Medwick hit .319 with eighteen homers and 106 RBI in the 1934 regular season.
St. Louis jumped out to the early lead with two runs in the second inning and one run in the third. Detroit got to within 3-1 with a run in the bottom of the third.
Then, Medwick drilled a one out fifth inning homer to pad the lead and the Cards added four more runs in the top of the sixth.
Detroit got one run in the bottom of the sixth and Hank Greenburg hit a solo homer in the eighth for the final run of the game.
The complete boxscore for the game is HERE.
Performances that caught my eye:
Leo Durocher went 0-for-5 as the shortstop for the Cardinals
Detroit went 101-53 and beat the Yankees by seven games for the AL pennant. They topped the AL in hitting with a team average of .300 and in runs with 958. St. Louis went 95-58 and edged the New York Giants out in the NL by two games. The Cardinals hit .288 and scored 799 runs in 1934 to lead their league in each category.
Dizzy Dean got the start for the Cards and Alvin Crowder was the starter for the Tigers. Dean was 30-7 with an ERA of 2.66 that year. Crowder started the 1934 season with the Washington Senators and was 4-10 with an ERA of over six. Detroit claimed Crowder off waivers on August 4 of that season and he was 5-1 with a 4.19ERA for the Tigers.
That pitching matchup went about the way you might think that it would. Dean pitched a complete game, scattered eight hits and struck out six in an 8-3 win for the Cardinals. Crowder did not pitch badly. In five innings, he allowed four runs, but only one of those runs was earned. The Tiger defense committed a total of five fielding miscues in the game.
The Cardinal offense took advantage of those errors and banged out thirteen hits. Outfielder Joe Medwick lead the way with four hits, two runs, and two RBI. Medwick hit .319 with eighteen homers and 106 RBI in the 1934 regular season.
St. Louis jumped out to the early lead with two runs in the second inning and one run in the third. Detroit got to within 3-1 with a run in the bottom of the third.
Then, Medwick drilled a one out fifth inning homer to pad the lead and the Cards added four more runs in the top of the sixth.
Detroit got one run in the bottom of the sixth and Hank Greenburg hit a solo homer in the eighth for the final run of the game.
The complete boxscore for the game is HERE.
Performances that caught my eye:
Leo Durocher went 0-for-5 as the shortstop for the Cardinals
Greenberg had two hits and scored two runs for the Tigers
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