May 5, 1935: Satchel Paige loses North Dakota’s semipro season opener
Given Satchel Paige’s reputation and talent, his assignment…
May 18, 1935: Negro League Brooklyn Eagles play inaugural home opener at Ebbets Field
Few names are as synonymous with the development of Negro League…
May 24, 1935: Reds fans see the lights in first night game in MLB history
Many baseball fans consider Branch Rickey the greatest innovator…
May 25, 1935: Babe Ruth smashes three homers in final hurrah
The bedraggled Boston Braves were already in their familiar abode—the…
May 30, 1935: Babe Ruth plays his final major-league game with Boston Braves
Babe Ruth was released by the New York Yankees at the end of…
June 6, 1935: Satchel Paige strikes out 17 for Bismarck in exhibition against Monarchs in Winnipeg
On June 6, 1935, Winnipeg’s Osborne Stadium reopened after…
June 13, 1935: Van Lingle Mungo and the Cinderella Man
Van Lingle Mungo was off to a better start than his team as the…
June 27, 1935: Think Pinky: Higgins’ aerial assault grounds Red Sox
One of just two Philadelphia Athletics to make the 1934 American…
June 29, 1935: Joe Medwick hits for the cycle but Cardinals fall to Reds
With only a little over a week until the 1935 All-Star Game,…
July 8, 1935: Manager-picked AL All-Stars coast to 4-1 win in Cleveland
In the first two years of the All-Star Game, fans voted for the…
July 22, 1935: Wes Ferrell hits game-winning home run to secure 15th win
Wes Ferrell is perhaps the best-hitting pitcher in baseball…
July 31, 1935: Kitty Burke comes to bat in Cincinnati
As most baseball fans know, the Cincinnati Reds hosted the first…
August 8, 1935: Detroit Tigers’ ‘Battalion of Death’ rescues the General
One day you will tell your grandchildren “of the glorious deeds…
August 11, 1935: The Mule Kicks the Maestro in Negro Leagues all-star game
At a time when a pint of Kentucky bourbon cost $1.251 and a…
August 24, 1935: Hudlin goes 15 innings to shut out A’s; Averill’s homer wins it
The Philadelphia Athletics arrived in Cleveland for a five-game…
August 31, 1935: In first full season, Vern Kennedy throws no-hitter for White Sox
The Chicago White Sox were in unusual territory. Not since the…
September 1, 1935: Bobo Newsom outlasts Lefty Grove in 14-inning duel at Griffith Stadium
Entering the final month of the 1935 season, a September 1 matchup…
September 4, 1935: Augie Galan’s slam and six RBIs flatten Phils to start 21-game winning streak
On the morning of September 4, 1935, longtime Chicago Tribune…
September 11, 1935: Lights go on at Ebbets Field for Brooklyn Eagles
“Oh, I’m not really great. I’m just good, darn good.”…
September 13, 1935: A’s score 19 runs to cushion unique win for Oklahoma sandlotter Earl Huckleberry
Connie Mack had been there from the beginning. When the Philadelphia…
September 13-20, 1935: Pittsburgh Crawfords rally from 3-1 deficit to beat New York Cubans in Negro League World Series
From left, Leroy Matlock, Oscar Charleston, boxer John Henry…
September 14, 1935: Cubs take over first place with wild win over Dodgers
On September 4, 1935, Chicago Tribune sportswriter Irving Vaughan…
September 22, 1935: Yankees sweep doubleheader in front of record crowd at Fenway Park
When Fenway Park opened in 1912, its seating capacity was 24,000.…
September 22, 1935: Satchel Paige takes the money but not the mound at Yankee Stadium
1934 Pittsburgh Crawfords pitchers, from left: Satchel Paige,…