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…
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 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.…
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…
August 19, 1934: Red Sox rookie Moose Solters hits for the cycle before a record Fenway crowd of 46,995
“Boston went baseball crazy again yesterday,” exclaimed the…
August 21, 1934: Cleveland scores nine runs in 9th to rally past A’s
The Philadelphia Athletics hosted the Cleveland Indians to complete…
August 26, 1934: The Hottest Show in Town: Satchel Paige mows ’em down in Negro Leagues all-star game
The summer of 1934 was one of the hottest on record in Chicago.…
September 9, 1934: Satchel Paige and Slim Jones throw head-to-head pitching gems at Yankee Stadium
Of the more than 200 Negro League games played at Yankee Stadium…
September 10, 1934: Happy New Year, Hank Greenberg!
At the end of the day on September 8, 1934, the Detroit Tigers,…
September 11-October 2, 1934: Philadelphia Stars win first and only Negro National League championship
This article was published in "The Stars Shone on Philadelphia:…
September 12, 1934: Stengel’s Dodgers squeak by Reds with help from Mickey Mouse
Brooklyn Dodgers manager Casey Stengel released 34-year-old Hack…
September 17, 1934: From sandlots to big leagues, Reese Diggs earns first win in Senators blowout
The 1933 Washington Senators won 99 games and captured the American…
September 18, 1934: Browns’ Bobo Newsom tosses no-no through nine, loses in 10th
“Buck Newsom pitched a no-hit gameBut gets no credit for the…
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…
September 30, 1934: 58-year-old Charley O’Leary becomes oldest AL/NL player credited with a hit
When St. Louis Browns coach Charley O’Leary pinch-hit in the…