June 8, 1934: A’s rookie Mort Flohr’s wayward first pitch nails Babe Ruth
Imagine being a rookie pitcher, rushed directly from college…
August 6, 1933: Athletics rookie Mike Higgins hits for the cycle as Foxx pads Triple Crown numbers against Senators
It was the 101st game of the 1933 season for the Philadelphia…
October 7, 1933: Mel Ott’s 10th-inning homer gives Giants a World Series championship
It was “one of the most spectacular closing chapters in all…
October 5, 1933: Earl Whitehill whitewashes Giants, Buddy Myer is mighty in World Series win
With 15 minutes until game time, the tarp was still on the field…
October 6, 1933: King Carl Hubbell hurls 11-inning gem to put Giants on verge of title
“There have been few World Series battles in history that carried…
September 21, 1933: A pennant for Ladies’ Day: Washington Senators clinch first place in American League
September 21, 1933, the last day of summer, was ladies day at…
September 8, 1933: Mel Almada becomes the first Mexican native to play in a major-league baseball game
The team that was the last to integrate had been – 26 years…
September 30, 1933: Babe Herman’s third career cycle leads Cubs to third-place money
By September 30, the next-to-last day of the regular season in…
June 8, 1934: Flying Reds, Public Enemies, and Baseball
Times were tough in June 1934. It was in the midst of the Great…
October 1, 1933: Lefty Ruth all right in final mound appearance
For all of his tremendous success in the batter’s box, Babe…
September 10, 1933: The Game of Games: Negro Leagues stage first all-star game at Comiskey Park
"The East-West Game became the spirit and life of Negro League…
June 10, 1934: Doc Cramer hits for the cycle, but Lou Gehrig’s grand slam wins game
The saying goes, “Once is a chance. Twice is a coincidence.…
August 2, 1933: Mickey Cochrane ‘paces mates with bludgeon,’ hits for second career cycle
As August 1933 began, the race for the American League pennant…
August 17, 1933: Earl Averill hits for the cycle as Indians ‘bombard’ A’s
A major-league record eight batters hit for the cycle in 1933.1…
April 17, 1934: Cubs’ Lon Warneke makes history with Opening Day one-hitter
Opening Day of the baseball season is always a festive occasion,…
July 1, 1934: Dizzy and Ducky lead Cardinals to marathon victory in Cincinnati
It was a “titanic struggle,” declared sportswriter Jack Ryder…
June 19, 1934: Pie Traynor replaces George Gibson as Pirates manager
When Pie Traynor reached the major leagues1 as a 21-year-old…
September 16, 1933: Cardinals outlast Dodgers after 27 runs, 36 hits, and 17 walks
By the time the 1933 National League season was winding down…
July 10, 1934: Carl Hubbell strikes out five Hall of Famers in a row at All-Star Game
The 1934 All-Star Game is remembered for the performance of New…
October 1, 1933: Wally Berger’s $10,000 home run
It didn't have nearly the impact of Bobby Thomson's pennant-winning…
July 13, 1934: The Babe bashes 700th career home run
Babe Ruth spent 15 years of his 22-year major-league career with…
August 14, 1933: Foxx hits for the cycle, drives in record 9 runs
Four months into another season of mashing American League pitching,…
April 29, 1934: Sunday professional baseball comes to Pittsburgh
In 1794, the legislature of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania…
June 25, 1934: Lou Gehrig ‘accidentally’ hits for the cycle
The second-place New York Yankees hosted the last-place Chicago…