July 25, 1932: Lights at Griffith Stadium: Negro League Washington Pilots host city’s first night game
“Night baseball will never happen in Washington,” said Clark…
July 31, 1932: Lefty Grove shuts out Indians in first game at Cleveland Stadium
“Marvelous. It is the last word in baseball parks. A great…
July 31, 1932: It was a ‘dark and stormy day’ for Browns, Red Sox
“It was a dark and stormy” day. It was the kind of day that…
August 1, 1932: The Beards versus the Braves: House of David visits Boston
"You shall not round off the hair on your temples or mar the…
August 5, 1932: Tigers’ Tommy Bridges loses perfect game in the 9th
On August 5, 1932, Tigers pitcher Tommy Bridges sent the Navin…
August 31, 1932: Kiki Cuyler leads Cubs to 12th straight win
Kiki Cuyler finished in the National League top 10 six times…
September 15, 1932: Cardinals’ Ray Starr shuts out Brooklyn in his first major-league start
The St. Louis Cardinals won the National League pennant in 1930,…
September 19, 1932: Play ball at midnight: Grays, Crawfords duck the blue laws in Pittsburgh
The 1932 baseball season in Pittsburgh saw a strong challenge…
September 23, 1932: Jumbo Brown tosses first career shutout as Yankees defeat worst-ever Red Sox team
“Cupcake,” a euphemism for a should-be-easy-to-beat opponent,…
October 1, 1932: The Babe calls his shot … or does he?
“Keep up the pepper, boys!”1 Chicago manager Charlie Grimm…
October 2, 1932: Yankees crush the Cubs to take World Series title in 4-game sweep
Winning their fourth title, the New York Yankees crushed the…
October 5, 1932: Minneapolis Millers come up short on ‘play of six decisions’
The Little World Series had been played on and off between the…
October 9, 1932: NFL’s Boston Braves return pro football to Beantown
As the 1932 National Football League season began, there was…
September 25, 1932: General Crowder in command for 15th straight victory
As Alvin “General” Crowder took the mound at Griffith Stadium…
May 1, 1933: Pirates hit two grand slams in 10-0 win over Phillies
The Pittsburgh Pirates hit two grand slams and beat the Philadelphia…
May 5, 1933: With ‘Four Dashes of Pepper,’ Cardinals’ Martin hits for the cycle
In front of a May 5, 1933, Ladies Day crowd of approximately…
May 14, 1933: Hack Wilson’s pinch-hit, walk-off grand slam sends Dodgers home victorious
A steady rain was pouring down on Ebbets Field in the bottom…
May 16, 1933: Senators collect 27 hits to win extra-inning thriller over Cleveland
Ending a topsy-turvy, roller-coaster ride, first baseman Joe…
May 26, 1933: Chuck Klein homers in 13th to hit for the cycle but Phillies fall to Cardinals
In a “valiant effort to prevent defeat,”1 Philadelphia’s…
May 27, 1933: Yankees score 12 runs in eighth for big comeback win
The Yankees of the 1920s won six American League pennants and…
June 8, 1933: Jimmie Foxx hits three homers for A’s against Yankees
It was 92 degrees, with humidity that made it feel like triple…
June 11, 1933: Pirates score 10 in ninth to beat the Cardinals
The Pittsburgh Pirates were slumping when they arrived in the…
June 18, 1933: Rixey, Reds up-end Cardinals long before Cooperstown comes calling
A pessimistic attitude bounded about Redland Field as the Cincinnati…
June 24, 1933: Arky Vaughan hits for the cycle in Pirates’ blowout win in Brooklyn
The Pittsburgh Pirates were nursing a four-game losing streak…