1933 – Brooklyn’s longtime manager‚ Wilbert Robinson‚ is appointed president of the Atlanta Crackers (Southern Association) and will also manage the club. He is 69.
The Senators score 6 times in the final inning to top the Red Sox as both teams use a record-tying 11 pitchers in the game. Washington wins‚ 8 – 4.
A series of Midsummer Classic games is proposed by William Veeck, president of the Cubs. Although the idea receives some support, it will be 64 years before a team from the American League plays a club from the National League during the regular season.
Browns OF Sammy West equals the major-league record with four extra-base hits in a 12-inning, 10 – 9 win over the White Sox. He hits one double, two triples, and a home run.
Burleigh Grimes, nine days short of his 40th birthday, is released by the Cubs and signs with the Cardinals.
Yankee Lou Gehrig is thrown out of the second game in a doubleheader against Boston. Had it been the first game, his consecutive game streak would have ended.
A pair of bandits, who robbed a St. Louis drug store last week, send Dizzy Dean a gift as a goodwill gesture. After walking into the holdup, the thieves told the Cardinal right-hander to line up with the other innocent bystanders, but they would send six neckties because they had nothing against him personally.
Red Sox catcher Rick Ferrell hits a three-run homer in the bottom of the fourth inning off his brother after Wes had gone deep in the top of the frame in the Indians’ 9-8 victory at Fenway Park. The pair of round-trippers marks the third time brothers have homered in the same game, but the first time the feat has been accomplished by siblings on opposing teams.
1933 – The Yankees win their ninth straight and take the lead from the Senators, beating the White Sox, 5 – 4.
Red Lucas of the Reds pitches a 15-inning, 1 – 0, win over Roy Parmelee and the Giants in the opener of a doubleheader.
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