Postseason – Page 6 – Society for American Baseball Research

George Earnshaw (Chicago History Museum, Chicago Daily News)

October 6, 1931: Earnshaw throws two-hit shutout to even Fall Classic

Courtesy of Trading Card Database

October 7, 1931: Wild Bill and the Wild Horse of the Osage lead Cardinals’ charge in Game 5

October 9, 1931: A’s Lefty Grove stymies Redbirds again in Game 6

October 10, 1931: Revenge is sweet for Cardinals in Game 7, even without Pepper

October 10, 1931: Grimes pitches Cardinals to Game 7 win over Mack’s Athletics

October 1, 1932: The Babe calls his shot … or does he?

October 2, 1932: Yankees crush the Cubs to take World Series title in 4-game sweep

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

September 11-October 2, 1934: Philadelphia Stars win first and only Negro National League championship

Dizzy Dean

October 3, 1934: All eyes on Dizzy Dean as Cardinals take World Series opener

October 4, 1934: Tigers’ Rowe takes Cardinals to ‘School’ in Game 2

October 5, 1934: Paul Dean impresses brother Dizzy in Cardinals’ Game 3 win

October 6, 1934: Tigers even World Series in Game 4; Dizzy Dean knocked out cold

October 7, 1934: Tommy Bridges outduels Dizzy Dean as Tigers take 3-2 lead in World Series

October 9, 1934: ‘A case for Judge Landis’: Medwick tossed in World Series melee as Cardinals win Game 7

From left, Leroy Matlock, Oscar Charleston, boxer John Henry Lewis, Satchel Paige, and Josh Gibson pose in front of the team bus at Greenlee Field in Pittsburgh. (NOIRTECH RESEARCH, INC.)

September 13-20, 1935: Pittsburgh Crawfords rally from 3-1 deficit to beat New York Cubans in Negro League World Series

October 4, 1935: Cubs stymied by ejections, errors, and the Schoolboy in Game 3

October 5, 1935: Defense dooms Cubs in Game 4

October 6, 1935: Cubs stave off elimination in Game 5 on Chuck Klein’s homer

October 7, 1935: Goslin’s single wins World Series

October 7, 1935: Tigers’ Goose Goslin wins World Series with walk-off single

October 2, 1936: Yankees clip Giants 18-4 in Game 2, tie the Subway Series