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5 unusual facts about 1934 in baseball


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Greenberg led the league with 39 home runs and 123 runs scored, while pitcher Schoolboy Rowe — a Texan who would star with Greenberg on the 19341935 Tiger pennant-winners — posted a league-best 2.34 earned run average.

Bob Kline

Robert George Kline Junior (December 9, 1909 – March 16, 1987) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for three different teams between the 1930 and 1934 seasons.

Fiscalini Field

The park was originally built in 1934, and named Perris Hill Park after Fredrick Thomas Perris, a railroad developer who helped shape early San Bernardino.

Gordie Hinkle

Daniel Gordon Hinkle (April 3, 1905 – March 19, 1972) was a backup catcher in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the 1934 season.

Jo-Jo White

In 1934, he batted .313, scored 97 runs, and stole 28 bases—the second most in the American League.



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