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

Opening Day of the baseball season is always a festive occasion,…

April 29, 1934: Sunday professional baseball comes to Pittsburgh

In 1794, the legislature of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania…
John Dillinger, 1934 mug shot (FBI.GOV)

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

Times were tough in June 1934. It was in the midst of the Great…

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

Imagine being a rookie pitcher, rushed directly from college…

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

 When Pie Traynor reached the major leagues1 as a 21-year-old…

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

The second-place New York Yankees hosted the last-place Chicago…

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

It was a “titanic struggle,” declared sportswriter Jack Ryder…

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…

July 13, 1934: The Babe bashes 700th career home run

Babe Ruth spent 15 years of his 22-year major-league career with…

July 14, 1934: Tigers’ ‘G-Men’ pull off a miracle against Yankees

The 1934 season began with minimal fanfare for the Detroit Tigers…

August 17, 1934: Ed Coleman’s three bombs help A’s overcome White Sox

Fans of the Philadelphia Athletics could be excused for being…
Bill Knickerbocker (Trading Card DB)

August 21, 1934: Cleveland scores nine runs in 9th to rally past A’s

The Philadelphia Athletics hosted the Cleveland Indians to complete…

September 10, 1934: Happy New Year, Hank Greenberg!

At the end of the day on September 8, 1934, the Detroit Tigers,…

September 21, 1934: Daffy Dean dazzles with no-hitter against Brooklyn

“We’re just a couple of natural born pitchers from down…

September 25, 1934: Ferrell brothers propel Red Sox past Senators

On September 25, 1934, the Boston Red Sox – appearing at Fenway…