1930s – Page 5 – Society for American Baseball Research

Joe DiMaggio (Trading Card Database)

July 23, 1933: Seals’ Joe DiMaggio extends hitting streak to 60 games

July 30, 1933: Dizzy Dean fans 17 Cubs for new modern strikeout record

Mickey Cochrane (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

August 2, 1933: Mickey Cochrane ‘paces mates with bludgeon,’ hits for second career cycle

August 6, 1933: Athletics rookie Mike Higgins hits for the cycle as Foxx pads Triple Crown numbers against Senators

August 14, 1933: Foxx hits for the cycle, drives in record 9 runs

August 17, 1933: Earl Averill hits for the cycle as Indians ‘bombard’ A’s

September 8, 1933: Mel Almada becomes the first Mexican native to play in a major-league baseball game

Mule Suttles (TRADING CARD DB)

September 10, 1933: The Game of Games: Negro Leagues stage first all-star game at Comiskey Park

September 16, 1933: Cardinals outlast Dodgers after 27 runs, 36 hits, and 17 walks

Goose Goslin (TRADING CARD DB)

September 21, 1933: A pennant for Ladies’ Day: Washington Senators clinch first place in American League

September 30, 1933: Babe Herman’s third career cycle leads Cubs to third-place money

October 1, 1933: Lefty Ruth all right in final mound appearance

October 1, 1933: Wally Berger’s $10,000 home run

October 5, 1933: Earl Whitehill whitewashes Giants, Buddy Myer is mighty in World Series win

October 6, 1933: King Carl Hubbell hurls 11-inning gem to put Giants on verge of title

October 7, 1933: Mel Ott’s 10th-inning homer gives Giants a World Series championship

April 17, 1934: Cubs’ Lon Warneke makes history with Opening Day one-hitter

April 29, 1934: Sunday professional baseball comes to Pittsburgh

John Dillinger, 1934 mug shot (FBI.GOV)

June 8, 1934: Flying Reds, Public Enemies, and Baseball

June 8, 1934: A’s rookie Mort Flohr’s wayward first pitch nails Babe Ruth

Doc Cramer (TRADING CARD DB)

June 10, 1934: Doc Cramer hits for the cycle, but Lou Gehrig’s grand slam wins game

June 19, 1934: Pie Traynor replaces George Gibson as Pirates manager

June 25, 1934: Lou Gehrig ‘accidentally’ hits for the cycle

July 1, 1934: Dizzy and Ducky lead Cardinals to marathon victory in Cincinnati