Postseason – Page 6 – Society for American Baseball Research

October 4, 1930: Wild Bill Hallahan shuts out A’s in Game 3 to rekindle Redbirds’ hopes

October 5, 1930: Jesse Haines defeats Lefty Grove in Fall Classic pitchers’ duel

October 6, 1930: Jimmie Foxx’s ninth-inning homer puts A’s on verge of a championship in Game 5

October 8, 1930: Earnshaw’s complete-game gem on one-day rest gives Athletics second straight championship

October 1, 1931: Lefty Grove, A’s subdue Cardinals in opening game of World Series

October 2, 1931: ‘Wild Horse’ Pepper Martin steals the show as Cardinals take Game 2 of World Series

October 5, 1931: Cardinals tag Grove early; Burleigh Grimes grinds in Game 3

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?

Earle Combs (TRADING CARD DB)

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

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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

Joe Medwick (Trading Card Database)

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