After a week-one bye, the 1934 Detroit Tigers got their season underway. It wasn’t pretty, as the 1935 Chicago Cubs collected the first four-game sweep by any team this season. The Cubs (5-3) outscored the Tigers (0-4) 25-9.
The Cubs got big weeks from Frank Demaree (.471, 8-for-17), Chuck Klein (.444, 8-for-14, 7 RBI) and Billy Herman (.444, 8-for-18, 6 RBI). The Cubs were led by Goose Goslin’s .385 average (5-for-13).
Game #1: Chicago 9, Detroit 2
The Tigers took a 2-1 lead on Billy Rogell’s RBI single in the bottom of the third, but it didn’t last. The Cubs put up four two-run innings the rest of the way. Phil Cavaretta had an RBI triple and Stan Hack had an RBI single to put Chicago in front 3-2 in the fourth. Gabby Hartnett hit a two-run homer in the fifth to make it 5-2. Frank Demaree drove in a run with a single and scored on a balk to make it 7-2 in the seventh. Chuck Klein and Cavaretta had RBI singles in the eighth to cap the scoring.
1935 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI 1934 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI
Augie Galan 5 0 1 0 Jo Jo White 2 0 0 0
Billy Herman 5 1 2 0 Mickey Cochrane 5 0 0 0
Chuck Klein 4 2 2 1 Charlie Gehringer 3 0 1 0
Gabby Hartnett 5 2 2 2 Goose Goslin 4 1 1 0
Frank Demaree 4 2 3 1 Billy Rogell 1 0 0 1
Phil Cavarretta 5 2 4 2 Hank Greenberg 3 0 1 0
Stan Hack 5 0 1 1 Marv Owen 4 0 0 0
Billy Jurges 5 0 0 0 Pete Fox 3 0 0 0
Bill Lee BY 3 0 2 1 Ray Hayworth 1 0 0 0
Freddie Lindstrom 1 0 0 0 Tommy Bridges BXY 2 1 1 0
Gee Walker 2 0 1 0
TOTALS 42 9 17 8 TOTALS 30 2 5 1
1935 CHICAGO CUBS 010 220 220 -- 9
1934 DETROIT TIGERS 011 000 000 -- 2
LOB--1935 CHICAGO CUBS 10, 1934 DETROIT TIGERS 10.
ERR--Billy Herman. 2B--Billy Herman, Gabby Hartnett, Gee
Walker. 3B--Phil Cavarretta. HR--Gabby Hartnett. HBP--Augie
Galan. SACB--Bill Lee BY. SB--Jo Jo White.
1935 CHICAGO CUBS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bill Lee BY [W] 8.00 5 2 2 8 3 0
Hugh Casey CYW 1.00 0 0 0 1 0 0
1934 DETROIT TIGERS
Tommy Bridges BXY [L] 6.00 12 7 7 2 3 1
Firpo Marberry CYZ 2.00 5 2 2 0 1 0
General Crowder DYZ 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
Game #2: Chicago 3, Detroit 0 (10 inn.)
The Cubs’ Lon Warnecke and the Tigers’ Schoolboy Rowe had a remarkable pitchers’ duel, as the game went to extra innings tied 0-0. The Tigers only put one runner into scoring position all game long, and that was in the second inning. Warnecke scattered six hits and only walked one in a 10-inning shutout. Rowe had to pitch out of trouble multiple times, and did so until the top of the 10th. The Cubs’ Billy Herman led off with a double, Chuck Klein followed with an RBI triple and Gabby Hartnett blasted his second two-run homer in two games.
1935 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI 1934 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI
Augie Galan 5 0 1 0 Jo Jo White 4 0 2 0
Billy Herman 4 1 1 0 Mickey Cochrane 1 0 0 0
Chuck Klein 5 1 3 1 Ray Hayworth 3 0 0 0
Gabby Hartnett 5 1 2 2 Charlie Gehringer 4 0 0 0
Frank Demaree 5 0 3 0 Goose Goslin 4 0 1 0
Phil Cavarretta 5 0 0 0 Billy Rogell 3 0 0 0
Stan Hack 4 0 0 0 Hank Greenberg 4 0 1 0
Billy Jurges 3 0 0 0 Marv Owen 4 0 0 0
Lon Warneke BXZ 4 0 0 0 Pete Fox 3 0 2 0
Schoolboy Rowe BXYZ 2 0 0 0
TOTALS 40 3 10 3 TOTALS 32 0 6 0
1935 CHICAGO CUBS 000 000 000 3 -- 3
1934 DETROIT TIGERS 000 000 000 0 -- 0
LOB--1935 CHICAGO CUBS 10, 1934 DETROIT TIGERS 4. ERR--Hank
Greenberg, Charlie Gehringer, Marv Owen. 2B--Billy Herman,
Augie Galan. 3B--Chuck Klein. HR--Gabby Hartnett.
SACB--Schoolboy Rowe BXYZ.
1935 CHICAGO CUBS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Lon Warneke BXZ [W] 10.00 6 0 0 1 5 0
1934 DETROIT TIGERS
Schoolboy Rowe BXYZ [L] 9.00 10 3 3 3 7 1
Carl Fischer CY 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Game #3: Chicago 8, Detroit 6
Chuck Klein hit a pair of two-run homers, which came in the first and sixth innings. They helped the Cubs take leads of 4-0 after two innings and 7-2 after six innings. The Tigers made things interesting by scoring four times in the seventh, which included a two-run double from Charlie Gehringer. But the Cubs got an insurance run in the eighth on Billy Herman’s RBI single and their relievers got the job done late.
1934 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI 1935 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI
Jo Jo White 3 1 1 1 Augie Galan 4 2 3 0
Mickey Cochrane 4 1 1 1 Billy Herman 5 0 2 3
Charlie Gehringer 4 0 2 3 Chuck Klein 5 2 2 4
Goose Goslin 4 1 2 0 Gabby Hartnett 3 0 0 0
Billy Rogell 4 0 0 0 Frank Demaree 4 1 2 0
Hank Greenberg 3 1 2 1 Phil Cavarretta 4 0 1 0
Marv Owen 3 1 0 0 Stan Hack 2 1 1 1
Pete Fox 4 0 0 0 Billy Jurges 4 1 2 0
Vic Sorrell CZ 2 0 0 0 Larry French BYZ 2 0 0 0
Gee Walker 1 1 0 0 Freddie Lindstrom 1 1 1 0
Ray Hayworth 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 33 6 8 6 TOTALS 34 8 14 8
1934 DETROIT TIGERS 001 100 400 -- 6
1935 CHICAGO CUBS 221 002 01x -- 8
LOB--1934 DETROIT TIGERS 4, 1935 CHICAGO CUBS 7. ERR--Billy
Jurges, Billy Herman. 2B--Goose Goslin (2), Charlie
Gehringer, Billy Herman, Augie Galan. HR--Chuck Klein (2).
SACF--Jo Jo White, Hank Greenberg, Stan Hack. SACB--Larry
French BYZ. SB--Jo Jo White.
1934 DETROIT TIGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Vic Sorrell CZ [L] 6.00 11 7 7 3 2 2
Firpo Marberry CYZ 2.00 3 1 1 0 0 0
1935 CHICAGO CUBS
Larry French BYZ [W] 7.00 7 6 1 2 2 0
Roy Henshaw BYW 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
Charlie Root BXZ [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 2 0
Game #4: Chicago 5, Detroit 1
The Tigers scored first on Marv Owen’s RBI double in the top of the second. But that would be it despite collecting 11 hits off of Chicago starter Tex Carleton, who struck out 10 in eight innings of work. The Cubs went up 2-1 in the third on Billy Herman’s RBI single and Chuck Klein’s RBI triple. Stan Hack had an RBI triple of his own in the fourth inning. Herman drove in two more in the seventh with a single for the final runs of the contest.
1934 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI 1935 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI
Jo Jo White 5 0 2 0 Augie Galan 4 0 1 0
Mickey Cochrane 5 0 2 0 Billy Herman 4 1 3 3
Charlie Gehringer 4 0 1 0 Chuck Klein 4 0 1 1
Goose Goslin 1 0 1 0 Gabby Hartnett 4 0 1 0
Gee Walker 3 0 0 0 Frank Demaree 4 0 0 0
Billy Rogell 4 1 3 0 Phil Cavarretta 3 1 0 0
Hank Greenberg 4 0 0 0 Stan Hack 3 1 2 1
Marv Owen 4 0 2 1 Billy Jurges 3 2 1 0
Pete Fox 4 0 1 0 Tex Carleton CX 1 0 0 0
Elden Auker BYZ 3 0 0 0
Ray Hayworth 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 38 1 12 1 TOTALS 30 5 9 5
1934 DETROIT TIGERS 010 000 000 -- 1
1935 CHICAGO CUBS 002 100 20x -- 5
LOB--1934 DETROIT TIGERS 10, 1935 CHICAGO CUBS 6. 2B--Billy
Rogell, Marv Owen. 3B--Stan Hack, Chuck Klein. HBP--Stan
Hack. SACB--Tex Carleton CX (2). SB--Billy Rogell, Jo Jo
White.
1934 DETROIT TIGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Elden Auker BYZ [L] 7.00 8 5 5 2 2 0
Carl Fischer CY 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
1935 CHICAGO CUBS
Tex Carleton CX [W] 8.00 11 1 1 0 10 0
Roy Henshaw BYW 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
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