1934 Major League Baseball season

The 1934 major league baseball season began on April 17, 1934. The regular season ended on September 30, with the St. Louis Cardinals and Detroit Tigers as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the 31st World Series on October 3 and ended with Game 7 on October 9. The Cardinals then defeated the Tigers, four games to three.

The second Major League Baseball All-Star Game was played on July 10, hosted by the New York Giants at the Polo Grounds in New York City, New York, with the American League winning, 9–7.

Schedule
The 1934 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams of their respective league. This continued the format put in place since the season (except for ) and would be used until  in the American League and  in the National League.

Opening Day, April 17, featured all sixteen teams, the first since the season. The final day of the regular season was on September 30, which also saw all sixteen teams play on the final day of the season, continuing the trend which began with the season. This was the second time that both Opening Day and the final day of the season saw all sixteen teams play, the previous being in. The World Series took place between October 3 and October 9.

Bracket
 

American League
1 American League Triple Crown batting winner

2 American League Triple Crown pitching winner

Awards and honors

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

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 consecutively in an 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.