The largest crowd ever to watch a baseball game turns out for the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany, with between 90,000 and 125,000 fans watching the US amateurs lose, 6 – 5, to the world amateurs.
Buddy Myer, last year’s American League batting champ, is sent home by Washington to recover from a season-long stomach ailment.
The Cards are back in first place, beating the Cubs in a game interrupted by a fight between former teammates Dizzy Dean and Tex Carleton.
1936 – The Cubs move back into first place by taking two from Pittsburgh while the Cards lose a pair to Cincinnati.
Frank Howard Positions: Firstbase/Outfield Bats: R Throws: R Height: 6′-7″ Weight: 255 Born: Saturday, August 08, 1936 in Columbus, OH USA Debut: September 10, 1958 Last Game: September 30, 1973 Full Name: Frank Oliver Howard Notable Events and Chronology for Frank Howard Career Biography In Los Angeles, where he had to fight for playing time in…
1936 – At the Olympics in Berlin‚ the announcement is made of the formation of the World International Baseball Federation‚ a 16-nation group‚ including Hawaii‚ to be headquartered in Miami.
The Cardinals regain first place, beating the Cubs, 6 – 1, and dropping them to second place.
The White Sox overcome deficits of 9 – 1 in the fifth and 11 – 3 in the seventh inning to defeat the Red Sox in twelve innings, 12 – 11.
At Comiskey Park, the White Sox overcome deficits of 9-1 in the fifth and 11-3 in the seventh inning to defeat the Red Sox in extra innings, 12-11. With two outs in the 12th inning, Jack Hayes’s single plates Larry Rosenthal, who had doubled earlier in the frame, to give the Pale Hose an incredible come-from-behind victory in the second game of their twin bill sweep over Boston.
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