Tommy Thevenow had the best batting average by a shortstop before the All-Star Game in 1934, with an average of 1.000.
| NAME | AVG | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | HBP | SO | SB | CS | PA | TB | XBH | SH | SF | IBB | GIDP | OBP | SLG | OPS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | T. Thevenow | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 3.000 | ||
| 2 | | B. Cissell | .429 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .600 | .714 | 1.314 | ||||
| 3 | | W. English | .356 | 15 | 59 | 7 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 64 | 26 | 5 | 1 | .397 | .441 | .838 | ||||
| 4 | | B. Knickerbocker | .352 | 67 | 281 | 40 | 99 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 297 | 132 | 24 | 9 | .368 | .470 | .838 | ||||
| 5 | | A. Vaughan | .349 | 72 | 258 | 70 | 90 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 46 | 54 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 320 | 141 | 33 | 6 | .465 | .547 | 1.011 | ||||
| 6 | | B. Whitehead | .333 | 15 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .391 | .429 | .820 | ||||
| 7 | | B. Urbanski | .319 | 77 | 335 | 65 | 107 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 44 | 31 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 376 | 151 | 32 | 7 | .382 | .451 | .833 | ||||
| 8 | | B. Werber | .312 | 22 | 93 | 14 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 103 | 43 | 11 | 4 | .354 | .462 | .816 | ||||
| 9 | | B. Rogell | .310 | 76 | 294 | 48 | 91 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 64 | 39 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 340 | 125 | 26 | 7 | .390 | .425 | .816 | ||||
| 10 | | D. Bartell | .302 | 74 | 311 | 55 | 94 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 40 | 4 | 27 | 11 | 356 | 113 | 16 | 1 | .389 | .363 | .752 | ||||
| 11 | | M. Haslin | .300 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .300 | .300 | .600 | ||||
| 12 | | O. Bejma | .299 | 31 | 97 | 16 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 18 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 120 | 44 | 10 | 3 | .419 | .454 | .872 | ||||
| 13 | | M. Koenig | .292 | 52 | 219 | 28 | 64 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 232 | 82 | 14 | 6 | .314 | .374 | .689 | ||||
| 14 | | T. Jackson | .288 | 72 | 274 | 49 | 79 | 15 | 3 | 13 | 62 | 20 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 300 | 139 | 31 | 6 | .337 | .507 | .844 | ||||
| 15 | | J. Cronin | .283 | 77 | 311 | 45 | 88 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 73 | 34 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 350 | 134 | 31 | 5 | .354 | .431 | .784 | ||||
| 16 | | L. Frey | .277 | 32 | 130 | 20 | 36 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 152 | 49 | 7 | 4 | .365 | .377 | .742 | ||||
| 17 | | J. Burnett | .276 | 7 | 29 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .323 | .345 | .667 | ||||
| 18 | | B. Jurges | .275 | 63 | 233 | 33 | 64 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 13 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 254 | 101 | 21 | 5 | .321 | .433 | .755 | ||||
| 19 | | L. Appling | .273 | 42 | 161 | 33 | 44 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 20 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 183 | 63 | 13 | 2 | .354 | .391 | .745 | ||||
| 20 | | E. McNair | .270 | 76 | 307 | 47 | 83 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 40 | 23 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 334 | 132 | 24 | 4 | .321 | .430 | .751 | ||||
| 21 | | F. Crosetti | .265 | 39 | 155 | 34 | 41 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 182 | 62 | 12 | 8 | .345 | .400 | .745 | ||||
| 22 | | L. Durocher | .262 | 72 | 244 | 29 | 64 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 15 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 262 | 88 | 19 | 2 | .308 | .361 | .668 | ||||
| 23 | | A. Strange | .250 | 42 | 140 | 17 | 35 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 159 | 42 | 6 | 2 | .331 | .300 | .631 | ||||
| 24 | | J. Jordan | .241 | 47 | 203 | 11 | 49 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 208 | 61 | 10 | 1 | .256 | .300 | .557 | ||||
| 25 | | L. Lary | .240 | 53 | 171 | 27 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 34 | 0 | 30 | 5 | 209 | 55 | 10 | 4 | .366 | .322 | .687 | ||||
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 Phillies - y | 96 | 66 | .593 | |
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| NL Central | W | L | PCT | GB |
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 Cubs - w | 92 | 70 | .568 | 5.0 |
 Reds - w | 83 | 79 | .512 | 14.0 |
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| NL West | W | L | PCT | GB |
 Dodgers - y | 93 | 69 | .574 | |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
 Blue Jays - y | 94 | 68 | .580 | |
 Yankees - w | 94 | 68 | .580 | |
 Red Sox - w | 89 | 73 | .549 | 5.0 |
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 Tigers - w | 87 | 75 | .537 | 1.0 |
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