![Courtesy of Newspapers.com](https://sabrweb.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/45-Yankee-Stadium-1929-headline-495x400.png)
May 19, 1929: Death at Yankee Stadium: Two fans die after rain stampede
It began with a clap of thunder and a sudden deluge of rain,…
![](https://sabrweb.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Melillo-Ski-1937.jpg)
May 23, 1929: Browns’ Ski Melillo, ‘weak sister with the stick,’ hits for the cycle
The St. Louis Browns ran off to a fast start to the 1929 season,…
![](https://sabrweb.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Lyons-Ted-1506-68WT_HS_PD.jpg)
May 24, 1929: Ted Lyons hurls 21-inning complete game in epic struggle
The staggering, awe-inspiring numbers point to an era in baseball…
![Lefty Grove (Trading Card DB)](https://sabrweb.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Grove-Lefty-PHA-307x400.jpg)
June 3, 1929: Lefty Grove, George Uhle battle into extra innings
Something had to give as the league-leading Philadelphia Athletics…
June 9, 1929: Cubs’ Art Nehf hurls four-hitter to win duel over Ben Cantwell, Braves
National League teams set new records by averaging 5.36 runs…
June 15, 1929: Riggs Stephenson’s walkoff pop foul wins it in the 10th
After losing their first five extra-inning games of the 1929…
![](https://sabrweb.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/1929-Wilson-Hack.jpg)
June 18, 1929: Hack Wilson’s two homers lift Cubs past Cardinals
“Part of [Hack] Wilson’s legend was his physical appearance.…
![](https://sabrweb.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Headline-SF-Chronicle.png)
June 25, 1929: Robins stun Giants with 5 ninth-inning runs to tie game, then win in 10th
The Brooklyn Robins and New York Giants were seemingly participating…
![](https://sabrweb.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/1929-Wilson-Hack-324x400.jpg)
July 4, 1929: Wilson-Kolp brawl in dugout mars Independence Day at Wrigley Field
On the day that Chicagoans were celebrating their country’s…
![](https://sabrweb.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/1931-Hafey-Chick.jpg)
July 6, 1929: Cardinals break 11-game losing streak with 28-hit, 28-run mauling of Phillies
The St. Louis Cardinals were in a disastrous midseason slump…
![Dazzy Vance (National Baseball Hall of Fame Library)](https://sabrweb.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/VanceDazzy-NBHOF.png)
July 12, 1929: A new ‘dead’ ball? Brooklyn wins after wild 9th inning
When Ebbets Field locker-room attendant Dan Comerford arrived…
![](https://sabrweb.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/shibe-park-000005.jpg)
July 25, 1929: Foxx and Grove lead resurgent A’s to 21-3 rout
Connie Mack's Philadelphia A's hadn't won an American League…
![](http://sabr.org/sites/default/files/images/BushGuy.jpg)
August 1, 1929: Guy Bush hurls shutout to win 10th consecutive decision
“Those among baseball fans who insist that pitching is a lost…
![Buddy Myer (TRADING CARD DB)](https://sabrweb.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Myer-Buddy-324x400.jpg)
August 5, 1929: Nationals supply fireworks in record-setting game in Washington
Before the season the consensus among sportswriters was that…
![](https://sabrweb.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/RuthBabe-1-213x300.jpg)
August 7, 1929: Babe Ruth goes deep as Yankees split with A’s at Shibe Park
In this first game of a twin bill in the dog days of August 1929,…
![](http://sabr.org/sites/default/files/Ruth-Babe-1934-Goudey.png)
August 11, 1929: Babe Ruth hits 500th career home run
A solid klop must have filled Jake Geiser’s ears when a baseball…
![](https://sabr.org/sites/default/files/CroninJoe-WAS.jpg)
September 2, 1929: Joe Cronin hits for first career cycle in win over Red Sox at Braves Field
From 1929 to 1932, the Boston Red Sox played their home games…
![](http://dev.sabr.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/TiantSr_Cienfuegos.jpg)
September 7, 1929: Havana’s Luis E. Tiant knocked out in Baltimore exhibition game
The Havana Red Sox baseball team arrived in Miami in March of…
September 14, 1929: Pat Malone tosses shutout for 21st win
When the Brooklyn Robins and the Chicago Cubs squared off for…
![](http://bioproj.sabr.org/bp_ftp/images4/MelilloOscar.jpg)
September 19, 1929: Oscar Melillo’s triple play highlights Senators’ win
Second baseman Oscar “Ski” Melillo of the St. Louis Browns…
![](http://dev.sabr.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/WilsonHack-CDN-s068628.jpg)
October 12, 1929: A’s stage historic World Series comeback with 10-run inning
The Chicago Cubs’ Hack Wilson jogged out to his position in…
![](https://sabr.org/sites/default/files/images/EhmkeHoward.jpg)
October 8, 1929: Howard Ehmke sets down Cubs in surprise start with a World Series record 13 strikeouts
Poor Charlie Root. Here’s a guy who had a very respectable…
![](https://sabr.org/sites/default/files/images/MackConnie-LOC-Bain.jpg)
October 9, 1929: Double-X and Bucketfoot Al lead A’s to Game 2 win in World Series
In Game One of the 1929 World Series, the Chicago Cubs set a…
![](https://sabrweb.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/shibe-park-000008.jpg)
October 11, 1929: The Mississippi Mudcat shuts down the Mackmen
Guy Bush “pitched one of his finest games,” gushed sportswriter…