July 4, 1929: Wilson-Kolp brawl in dugout mars Independence Day at Wrigley Field

On the day that Chicagoans were celebrating their country’s…
Dazzy Vance (National Baseball Hall of Fame Library)

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 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 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 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…
Babe Ruth swinging at the Polo Grounds in 1921 (SABR-RUCKER ARCHIVE)

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 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…