In a doubleheader split with the Braves, Tex Carleton pitches the Cards to a 12 – 0 win in the first game. The Braves’ Bob Brown ties the National League balk mark with 2; Adrian Zabala will top it in 1949. Boston wins the nitecap, 2 – 1.
On June 21, 1933 In the Texas League, Shreveport pitcher Ralph Erickson no-hits the Houston Buffaloes and beats Dizzy Dean, 2 – 0.
On June 21, 1933 Behind Earl Whitehill, the Senators beat the Browns, 9 – 0. Joe Cronin has his second of five consecutive multi-hit games.
On June 20, 1933 – Danny Taylor, centerfielder for Brooklyn makes an unassisted double play but it is little help as the Cardinals win, 15 – 4.
Last year’s National League batting champ, Lefty O’Doul, and pitcher Watty Clark, a 20-game winner last season, are traded by the Dodgers to the Giants for first baseman Sam Leslie. Brooklyn’s newest infielder will bat .311 during his three seasons with the team, before returning to New York in 1936.
1933 – Lou Gehrig’s consecutive game streak stays intact, even though he and Yankees manager Joe McCarthy are thrown out of a game. McCarthy is suspended for three games but not Gehrig, whose streak, now at 1,249, continues.
On June 10, 1933 He’s not there for his hitting. Lefty Grove strikes out 5 times‚ a major league first in the 20th century‚ but his Athletics beat the Yankees‚ 9 – 5. Lefty will hit .086 this year.
On June 10, 1933 The Giants will not lose the league lead again this year after Freddie Fitzsimmons beats Philadelphia‚ 5 – 2.
On June 9, 1933, future Hall of Famer Walter Johnson assumes the managerial reins of the Cleveland Indians. The former Washington Senators’ pitcher and manager will lead the Indians to a third-place finish in 1934, but will be forced to resign his post midway through the 1935 season.
On June 8, 1933, At Shibe Park Jimmie Foxx of the Philadelphia A’s hits three home runs in a 14-10 win over the New York Yankees. His home runs come in his first three at-bats, Foxx had homered his last time up the previous day to give him four consecutive home runs. In todays game…
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