July 4, 1929: Wilson-Kolp brawl in dugout mars Independence Day at Wrigley Field
On the day that Chicagoans were celebrating their country’s…
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…
July 12, 1929: A new ‘dead’ ball? Brooklyn wins after wild 9th inning
When Ebbets Field locker-room attendant Dan Comerford arrived…
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…
August 1, 1929: Guy Bush hurls shutout to win 10th consecutive decision
“Those among baseball fans who insist that pitching is a lost…
August 5, 1929: Nationals supply fireworks in record-setting game in Washington
Before the season the consensus among sportswriters was that…
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,…
August 11, 1929: Babe Ruth hits 500th career home run
A solid klop must have filled Jake Geiser’s ears when a baseball…
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…
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…
September 19, 1929: Oscar Melillo’s triple play highlights Senators’ win
Second baseman Oscar “Ski” Melillo of the St. Louis Browns…
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…
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…
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…
October 11, 1929: The Mississippi Mudcat shuts down the Mackmen
Guy Bush “pitched one of his finest games,” gushed sportswriter…
October 14, 1929: Bing Miller’s walk-off gives A’s the World Series title
It was another dramatic victory or staggering collapse, depending…
May 8, 1930: Freddie Lindstrom hits for the cycle, powering Giants past Pirates
The New York Giants began the 1930 season with seven straight…
May 21, 1930: Babe Ruth first to hit three home runs in a game at Shibe Park
Babe Ruth made history on May 21, 1930, when, in the first…
May 22, 1930: Phillies finally beat Giants on Chuck Klein’s home run
The Philadelphia Phillies had lost all six games they had played…
May 26, 1930: Goose Goslin, Joe Judge first in 20th century to hit back-to-back homers twice in a game
On Monday afternoon, May 26, 1930, at Yankee Stadium, Washington…
May 28, 1930: Pete Alexander bows out in final big-league appearance
On a miserably raw Wednesday afternoon in the first full year…
June 23, 1930: Hack Wilson hits for the cycle as Cubs pound Phillies
In a Monday-afternoon game at Wrigley Field, the “Cubs buried…
July 5, 1930: Black baseball comes to Yankee Stadium on behalf of the Pullman Porters
Yankee Stadium had been open for seven seasons when the summer…