Bill Werber of the Red Sox ties the major-league record with 4 doubles in the opening game of a doubleheader with Cleveland. The Sox win the pair, 13 – 5 and 3 – 1.
The A’s Doc Cramer has a 6-for-6 game, tying the American League mark for the second time. He had also done it in 1932.
Pete Fox’s hitting streak is stopped after 29 games.
In the fourth evening game ever played in major league history, Babe Herman becomes the first player to hit a home run during a night game. The Reds’ cleanup hitter’s seventh-inning round-tripper off Dutch Leonard contributes to the 15-2 rout over the Brooklyn at Crosley Field.
Hal Schumacher wins his 11th consecutive game as the Giants beat the Pirates, 10 – 3.
Beating the Tulsa Oilers, 1 – 0, Galveston Buccaneers hurler Ed Cole throws the first perfect game in Texas League history. The decisive hit is an inside-the-park home run with two outs in the bottom of the 9th.
The Tigers’ win streak ends, despite a record-tying 10 doubles in a 12 – 11 loss in Washington.
The American League continues its All-Star Game reign, winning the third event, at Cleveland’s Municipal Stadium, 4 – 1. Jimmie Foxx is the hitting star with a homer and three RBI. The rule that no pitcher can throw more than three innings unless the game goes into extra innings will be instituted after Yankee Lefty Gomez pitches six outstanding innings in the Mid-Summer Classic.
At a special meeting, the American League owners raise the waiver price to $7,500.
Phillies 2B Lou Chiozza ties a National League record with 11 assists in a 9 – 1 win over Boston.
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