The Washington Senators topped 90 wins for a fourth straight season in 1933 and beat out the Yankees and Athletics for the American League pennant. Washington player-manager Joe Cronin hit .309 with 118 runs batted in while OF Heinie Manush was second in the league with a .336 average. The New York Giants edged the Cubs and the Pirates to win the NL flag, then beat the Senators in five games to capture the 1933 World Series. New York pitcher and NL MVP Carl Hubbell won 23 games with a 1.66 ERA in the regular season and pitched 20 innings in the World Series without allowing an earned run. 1933 was the only season in history where the Triple Crown was won by a player in each league. Phillies slugger Chuck Klein led the Senior Circuit with a .368 average, 28 home runs, and 120 runs batted in while AL MVP Jimmie Foxx hit .356 with 48 homers and 163 RBI. Connie Mack traded stars Al Simmons, Jimmy Dykes, and Mule Haas prior to the season, breaking up a Philadelphia Athletics team that dominated the American League for several seasons. Babe Ruth’s third-inning homer led the American League to a 4-2 victory over the National League in the first ever All-Star Game.

Awards and More

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World Series – New York Giants NL over Washington Nationals (AL) AL 4 games to 1

MVP Awards – NL Carl Hubbell AL Jimmie Foxx

All-Star Game – July 6th – A.L. 4 over N.L. 2, played at Comiskey Park I (AL)
AL Starter L. Gomez+ NL Starter B. Hallahan MVP

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June 4, 1932

Bill terry makes his debut as manager for Giants

January 7, 1933

The Washington Senators get veteran catcher Luke Sewell from the Cleveland Indians.

January 7, 1933

Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis announces that he is cutting his salary by 40 percent. Landis’s action is a sign of the times during the Great Depression; most players will have their salaries reduced for the coming season.

January 21, 1933

Pittsburgh Pirates sign future Hall of Fame pitcher Waite Hoyt

January 27, 1933

Senators release Joe Judge 

February 9, 1933

Brooklyn Dodgers pitching ace Dazzy Vance is traded to the Cardinals

February 25, 1933

Tom Yawkey buys the Boston Red Sox from Robert Quinn

March 11, 1933

During an exhibition game in Los Angeles, CA, a significant earthquake sends the Chicago Cubs and New York Giants scurrying to second base until the tremors stop.

March 11, 1933

Rogers Hornsby, out of baseball since being fired as Cubs manager last August, joins the St. Louis Cardinals

March 18, 1933

Harry Heilmann and Frank O’Rourke of the Milwaukee Brewers during spring training in Hot Springs, Arkansas

March 24, 1933

Babe Ruth, another victim of the Great Depression, takes a pay cut of $23,000 from his previous salary of $75,000.

March 29, 1933

Chicago Cubs outfielder Kiki Cuyler breaks his leg and will miss nearly three months of the season

April 8, 1933

Schoolboy Rowe’s launches a batting practice bomb into the Polo Grounds’ center-field bleachers, a feat never before performed

April 13, 1933

Sammy West of the St. Louis Browns goes 6 for 6 in an 11-inning victory over the Chicago White Sox. West collects five singles and a double off Ted Lyons.

April 13, 1933

Dick Bartell of the Phillies with Glenn Wright of the Dodgers. Opening day at the Baker Bowl – 1933.

April 15, 1933

Highly touted prospect Schoolboy Rowe makes his major league debut with a six-hit shutout in Detroit’s 3 – 0 win over Chicago, all three runs driven in by rookie outfielder Pete Fox.

April 15, 1933

Babe Ruth and Jack Dempsey 1933

April 20, 1933

Al Simmons makes an unassisted double play against the St. Louis Browns

April 20, 1933

Umpire Charlie Pfirman officiates in his 1,700th consecutive National League game

April 25, 1933

Dick Bartell becomes the first major leaguer to stroke four consecutive doubles in a nine-inning game

April 25, 1933

At Griffith Stadium, the benches clear when Yankee outfielder Ben Chapman viciously spikes Buddy Myer and then responds to the Senators infielder’s retaliation by punching and hurling anti-semitic remarks at the injured Jewish second baseman. The ugly 20-minute brawl, which spreads into the stands and includes over 300 fans getting into the action, will result in suspensions and fines for the players involved.

April 25, 1933

Russ “Sheriff” Van Atta makes an incredible debut for the New York Yankees

April 29, 1933

In a strange play at home plate, catcher Luke Sewell of the Washington Senators tags out two Yankees runners on the same play. Lou Gehrig had held up, thinking a fly ballwould be caught. Dixie Walker closes up on him, and both are tagged out by Sewell while trying to score.

May 7, 1933

Branch Rickeys biggest mistake – trading away Paul Derringer

May 9, 1933

The Red Sox sell Earl Webb to the White Sox.

May 14, 1933

Hack Wilson pounds a 9th-inning pinch-grand slam the first in Brooklyn Dodgers history

May 15, 1933

The major leagues advance the cut-down date a month, limiting rosters to 23 players today instead of June 15th.

May 16, 1933

Cecil Travis of the Washington Senators makes an incredible major league debut.

May 18, 1933

The first All-Star Game is announced for July 6th at Comiskey Park. It will be played as part of the Chicago World’s Fair celebration and is sponsored by the Chicago Tribune. Fans will pick the players.

May 19, 1933

For the first time in major league history, brothers on opposite teams hit home runs in the same game. Boston Red Sox catcher Rick Ferrell homers off his brother Wes Ferrellin the 2nd inning, but the Cleveland Indians pitcher returns the favor as he homers in the 3rd on a pitch called by his sibling. It is the only time that the Ferrell brothers homer in the same game.

May 22, 1933

Joe Sewell of the New York Yankees strikes out for the first time on the season

May 24, 1933

Detroit’s Tommy Bridges tosses a one-hitter in topping the Senators‚ 3 – 1. Joe Kuhel’s homer is the only Washington safety. It is the first time in the American League that a pitcher has allowed a home run in a one-hitter.

June 3, 1933

The Yankees survive the visiting A’s 11-run outburst in the second inning, beating Philadelphia 17-11. The Bronx Bombers also enjoy a big inning, putting up a 10-spot in the fifth frame.

June 4, 1933

Bill Terry back in the lineup‚ gain first place with a doubleheader win over the Dodgers‚ 3 – 0 and 6 – 4.

June 7, 1933

Cleveland Indians general manager Billy Evans fires manager Roger Peckinpaugh and hires Walter Johnson to take over. Bibb Falk manages for one game until Johnson arrives.

June 7, 1933

In a slugfest at Shibe Park, the Washington Senators break a 13 – 13 tie by scoring a run in the 10th inning off Philadelphia Athletics reliever Bobby Coombs, nephew of Jack Coombs. The rookie is spared a loss when rain washes out the game in the bottom of the 10th, and the score reverts. Coombs will not pitch again until July 8th when he makes his “official” debut.

June 8, 1933

Jimmie Foxx homers in 4 straight at bats over 2 games

June 9, 1933

Walter Johnson assumes the managerial reins of the Cleveland Indians

June 10, 1933

The Giants will not lose the league lead again this year after Freddie Fitzsimmons beats Philadelphia‚ 5 – 2.

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.

June 14, 1933

Lou Gehrig’s consecutive game streak stays intact, even though he and Yankees manager Joe McCarthy are thrown out of a game

June 16, 1933

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.

June 20, 1933

1933 – Danny Taylor, centerfielder for Brooklyn makes an unassisted double play but it is little help as the Cardinals win, 15 – 4.

June 21, 1933

Behind Earl Whitehill, the Senators beat the Browns, 9 – 0. Joe Cronin has his second of five consecutive multi-hit games.

June 21, 1933

In the Texas League, Shreveport pitcher Ralph Erickson no-hits the Houston Buffaloes and beats Dizzy Dean, 2 – 0.

June 23, 1933

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.

June 23, 1933

The Cubs sweep with the [[1933 Phillies|Phillies], winning the opener, 9 – 5, on Harvey Hendrick’s pinch grand slam in the 10th inning. It is the second pinch grand slam in major league history and the second for the Cubs in three years. Chicago takes the nitecap, 3 – 1.

June 23, 1933

The Senators take over first place, winning their third in a row over the White Sox while the Yankees break even in St. Louis. Joe Cronin leads the way with his 5th consecutive multi-hit game. With his two hits today matching his output on the 18th, and 13 hits in the three games of the 19th, 21st and 22nd, Cronin sets the record for most hits in three games (13) as well as four games (15).

June 23, 1933

With his 2-for-5 performance at the plate in Washington’s 7-3 victory over Chicago, Joe Cronin sets a major league record by collecting 15 hits in four consecutive games. The Senators’ player-manager’s recent offensive output also includes two four-hit games and another with five.

June 24, 1933

Arky Vaughan hits for the cycle, as the Pirates beat the Dodgers, 15 – 3.

June 25, 1933

At the Polo Grounds, 25,000 see the Giants win twice over the Reds and increase their National League lead to three games. Hal Schumacher, the June graduate of St. Lawrence, wins the opener, 7 – 1, giving up a run on an error. New York scores five runs in two innings to knock out Ray Kolp. The Giants take the second game, 6 – 3, as Johnny Vergez drives in four runs. Fred Fitzsimmons is the winner over Larry Benton, in relief of Benny Frey.

June 25, 1933

The Senators win twice over the Indians, 9 – 0 and 10 – 1, to widen their lead in the American League to 1 1/2 games over New York. Washington has now won 14 of 15. Earl Whitehill pitches the shutout and Bobby Burke, making his first start of the season, almost matches him in game 2. Ossie Bluege has five of the Nats’ 29 hit total. For the host Indians, Milt Galatzer, recently of the Toledo Mud Hens, debuts with four walks in the opener and no official at bats. He’s 2 for 5 in the nightcap.

June 28, 1933

Spitballer Jack Quinn, one week short of his 50th birthday, loses his final career decision as the Dodgers edge the Reds, 6 – 5.

June 28, 1933

2B Billy Herman sets National League fielding records with 11 putouts in the first game and 16 for the twin bill, as the Cubs take a pair from the Phillies, 9 – 5 and 8 – 3.

June 28, 1933

6/28/1933: Roy Johnson of the Red Sox hit a solo shot off Bump Hadley of the Browns in the top of the fourth inning. The ball landed on the roof of Sportsmans Park. That shot gave the Sox a 4-3 lead but the game was washed out after four innings.

June 29, 1933

Ethan Allen of the Cards races around the bases for an inside-the-park home run at the Polo Grounds, but is out for batting out of turn

July 2, 1933

Carl Hubbell of the New York Giants pitches 18 innings of shutout ball in the first game of a doubleheader

July 4, 1933

The Washington Senators widen their lead over the 2nd-place Yankees to 2 1/2 games with a double-bill win before 77,365 holiday fans at Yankee Stadium, 6 – 5 in 10 innings and 3 – 2.

July 7, 1933

Phillies 2B Mickey Finn dies following an abdominal operation.

July 16, 1933

Red Lucas of the Reds pitches a 15-inning, 1 – 0, win over Roy Parmelee and the Giants in the opener of a doubleheader.

July 18, 1933

1933 – The Yankees win their ninth straight and take the lead from the Senators, beating the White Sox, 5 – 4.

July 19, 1933

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.

July 24, 1933

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.

July 24, 1933

Gabby Street, who led St. Louis to National League pennants in 1930 and 1931, is fired midseason by the Cardinals

July 26, 1933

Rogers Hornsby signs a three-year contract as player/manager of the St. Louis Browns.

July 26, 1933

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.

July 26, 1933

Future Yankees superstar Joe DiMaggio sees his 61-game hitting streak come to an end

July 30, 1933

Dizzy Dean of the St. Louis Cardinals sets a modern day major league record (since surpassed) by striking out 17 batters

July 30, 1933

Burleigh Grimes, nine days short of his 40th birthday, is released by the Cubs and signs with the Cardinals.

August 1, 1933

Carl Hubbell’s 45.1 consecutive scoreless innings streak ends when Randy Moore strokes a two-run single in the sixth inning of the Giants’ 3-1 loss to Boston

August 2, 1933

Mickey Cochrane of the Philadelphia Athletics hits for the cycle

August 3, 1933

New York Yankees are shut out for the first time in 309 games

August 5, 1933

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.

August 6, 1933

A’s 3B Pinky Higgins hits for the cycle in a 12 – 8 win over the Senators.

August 8, 1933

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.

August 11, 1933

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.

August 12, 1933

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.

August 14, 1933

Jimmie Foxx hits for the cycle in the A’s 11-5 victory over the Tribe at Cleveland Stadium. The Philadelphia first baseman’s offensive output drives in nine runs to establish a new American League record.

August 17, 1933

Lou Gehrig plays in his 1,308th consecutive game

August 17, 1933

Earl Averill hits for the cycle, as the Indians beat the A’s 15 – 4.

August 20, 1933

1933 – Powered by Turkey Stearnes’ 41st home run, the Chicago American Giants (Negro Leagues) defeat the Nashville Elite Giants in a twin bill for their 28th consecutive victory.

August 20, 1933

Turkey Stearnes lead the Chicago American Giants to their 28th consecutive victory

August 21, 1933

1933 – The Yankees and White Sox play an 18-inning game which ends in a 3 – 3 tie.

August 22, 1933

William Veeck, president of the Chicago Cubs, urges a midsummer series of inter-league games. He also proposes a split season.

August 22, 1933

The front-running Senators are stopped after 13 straight wins when Detroit rookie Hank Greenberg homers in the ninth.

August 22, 1933

Bill Veeck suggests the idea of a mid-summer series of interleague games and proposes a split-season schedule format. Although the Cub president’s concept of games between the two circuits receives some support, Senator owner Clark Griffith opposes the proposal, calling the American League a major league not in need of grandiose schemes he deemed as “Hippodrome stuff”.

August 26, 1933

1933 – Cleveland’s Wes Ferrell stops Heinie Manush’s hitting streak at 33 games, as Washington loses, 5 – 4 in 11 innings.

August 26, 1933

Voting for Negro League All Star Game 1933

August 31, 1933

1933 – The Giants lose 3B Johnny Vergez for the season due to an appendectomy. Travis Jackson, who has been filling in at SS, shifts to 3B.

September 1, 1933

1933 – In the first of two games with the Braves‚ Carl Hubbell pitches 10 innings and drives in the winning run for a 2 – 0 win. He doesn’t walk a batter and never goes as deep as a 3-2 count on any hitter‚ holding the Braves to 4 hits. It is his 20th win and his 10th shutout of the year. Five of the shutouts are 1 – 0‚ a National League record. Fred Frankhouse is the hard-luck loser‚ when his mates make 2 errors in the 10th. New York then takes the nitecap‚ 5 – 3.

September 3, 1933

At Boston, Dolf Luque comes to the aid of the Giants, pitching the last eight innings and knocking in the winning run in the 14th. The Giants shade the Braves, 4 – 3, then tie, 4 – 4, as a curfew ends the duel with two out in the 9th. Ben Cantwell pitches well in game two as all the Giants’ runs are unearned. The Braves draw 40,000 today and 140,000 for the four games with first-place New York, more than they drew the entire season of 1928.

September 3, 1933

Bosox pitcher Ivy Andrews allows just four Senator hits through eight innings, then a single, walk and pinch single by Cliff Bolton clips Ivy, 3 – 2. Monte Weaver wins, sending the Senators 8 1/2 games in the lead.

September 3, 1933

Wes Ferrell easily gains his 11th victory as the Indians scalp the White Sox, 11 – 3. Ferrell hits a homer and Joe Vosmik collects four hits for Cleveland.

September 3, 1933

At Cincinnati, the Reds clip the Pirates, 9 – 3, the first loss for the Bucs in nine games. The Pirates now trail the Giants by eight games. Red Lucas goes all the way for the win, as the Reds shell rookie Ralph Birkofer. After the game, Edd Roush’s old-timers defeat Buck Herzog’s Nine, 8 – 5, called after five innings on account of “tiredness.” Ninety three old timers turn out and about half take a turn at the plate. Roush’s squad includes Pat Duncan, Larry Kopf, Bill Rariden, and Rube Bressler, all stars on the 1919 Reds team. Donie Bush and Honus Wagner are the shortstops.

September 4, 1933

Joe Hauser hits 3 home runs in a game and sets new professional home run record

September 7, 1933

Rookie Johnny Marcum of the Philadelphia A’s wins his first major league start with a shutout, 6 – 0 over Cleveland.

September 8, 1933

In the second game of a doubleheader against Detroit, Red Sox outfielder Mel Almada makes his major league debut at Fenway Park. The Huatabampo, Sonora native is the first Mexican to play in the major leagues.

September 9, 1933

Joe Hauser of the American Association’s Minneapolis Millers sets a professional record by hitting his 68th and 69th home runs

September 10, 1933

The first East/West Negro League All Star Game is played

September 11, 1933

Johnny Marcum pitches his second shutout in just his second major-league start

September 12, 1933

1933 – The Dodgers are zero for the afternoon against the Pirates, as Heinie Meine tops them, 1 – 0, in the opener and Waite Hoyt wins the nitecap, 2 – 0.

September 13, 1933

White Sox veteran hurlers Sad Sam Jones age 41 and Red Faber age 44 are the starting pitchers in a doubleheader with the A’s at Philadelphia’s Shibe Park

September 15, 1933

1933 – The Giants sweep a pair from the Cubs at Wrigley Field, winning, 5 – 1 and 4 – 0. Reliever Hi Bell helps apply the whitewash in game 2, besting Lon Warneke. Starter Roy Parmeleeis leading 3 – 0 when he hits Tuck Stainback on the arm breaking it. He walks the bases full and Bell comes in.

September 16, 1933

In St. Louis, the Cardinals edge the Dodgers, 14 – 13, and pull off a triple steal in the 7th inning. The second game is called in the 5th with Brooklyn ahead, 4 – 2.

September 16, 1933

The Giants win two over the 2nd-place Cubs, winning the first one, 2 – 1, behind Carl Hubbell’s 22nd win. New York takes the nitecap, 6 – 3.

September 17, 1933

1933 – The Giants spoil Dizzy Dean Day at Sportsman’s Park, 4 – 3, but the popular pitcher drives home in a new Buick, given to him by St. Louis fans.

September 18, 1933

The 2nd-place Yankees split with the White Sox, winning, 6 – 1, on Johnny Allen’s two-hitter, before falling, 4 – 3. Les Tietje, in his big league debut, stops the Bombers in the nitecap. Lou Gehrig clubs home runs #28 and #29: Jimmie Foxx leads the American League with 45.

September 18, 1933

The Cards put off the Giants’ flag conquest by attacking Carl Hubbell in the 8th to win, 4 – 3. Tex Carleton is the winner when Leo Durocher drives home the last run with a triple.

September 19, 1933

Although they lose to St. Louis, 12 – 3, the Giants clinch the pennant when runner-up Pittsburgh splits a pair in Philadelphia.

September 19, 1933

The Yankees pile up 34 hits and drub the White Sox twice, 10 – 1 and 10 – 3. George Uhle and Charlie Devens are the recipients of the offensive largesse. Joe Sewell has six hits for the afternoon, while Lou Gehrig has six RBIs. Gehrig hits home run #30 in the first game, following immediately after Dixie Walker hits a homer. Lou is now even with Babe Ruth, who sat out the afternoon.

September 21, 1933

1933 – With lefty Walter Stewart pitching, Washington eliminates the Yankees and clinches the American League pennant in a 2 – 1 home win over St. Louis.

September 23, 1933

Tom Oliver strikes out as a pinch-hitter in his final major league at-bat, ending his four-year career with 2,073 homerless plate appearances. The 30 year-old Red Sox outfielder’s long-ball drought sets a modern record, but nineteenth-century catcher Bill Holbert, who also never went deep over the course of his entire career, made 2,396 trips to the plate without hitting a home run.

September 23, 1933

Despite the 5th-place Tigers’ 5 – 3 win over the Browns, manager Bucky Harris submits his resignation. Babe Ruth’s name will be prominent in the newspapers as a possible replacement.

September 23, 1933

The Cubs beat the Reds, 7 – 1, with Paul Derringer losing his 27th game for the last-place Reds, the most losses since George Bell in 1910. Gabby Hartnett hits a grand slam for the Cubs.

September 23, 1933

The Phils and Braves, split a twinbill, each winning 5 – 4. Chuck Klein has three hits in each game, including his National League-high 28th homer in the opener. Boston’s Wally Berger, second in homers with 26, is out of action and doesn’t play today.

September 23, 1933

The Yankees make seven errors, three by Frank Crosetti, but have enough firepower to outslug the Red Sox, 16 – 12. Including in New York’s 23 hits are homers by Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, number 31 for each; Lou adds two doubles and a single. Sammy Byrd, Ben Chapman and Crosetti have three hits apiece, and reliever Wilcy Moore drives in the last run with his first hit of the year. The Red Sox chase winning pitcher Herb Pennock in the 6th and make the score 13 – 9, but fall short at the end.

September 24, 1933

The Athletics “contrived” to give Lefty Grove the sure win, his 24th

September 24, 1933

Detroit’s Tommy Bridges reaches the 9th inning with a no-hitter for the third time this season and the fourth time in two years. He yields a pair of hits, as Detroit beats the Browns, 7 – 0. Despite the win, Bucky Harris resigns as manager of the Tigers.

September 25, 1933

In a closed practice, the Series-bound Senators test the less-lively National League ball. Joe Cronin finds it “rides plenty,” hitting three of the first four pitches into the stands. “I’m in the wrong league,” he says.

September 25, 1933

The Giants travel to Ossining for a 9 – 3 win over the Sing Sing prison team. Alabama Pitts, the prison’s football star, has two doubles in the 7-inning game. Pitts will be offered a baseball contract in May 1935, but later the offer will be rescinded after a public uproar.

September 30, 1933

At Sportsman’s Park in a 12-2 Cubs rout of the Cardinals, Babe Herman hits for the cycle, becoming the first player in baseball history to do it three times

September 30, 1933

In the season finale, the last-place White Sox lose to Cleveland, 5-3, finishing the campaign with a 53-99 record, 47 games out of first place. Chicago did not throw a single left-handed hurler during the entire season.

September 30, 1933

With the visiting Phillies leading 1 – 0 in the 4th, Boston’s Wally Berger clouts a grand slam and the Braves hold on to win, clinching 4th place. It is Boston’s highest finish in 14 years.

October 1, 1933

38 year old Babe Ruth makes his final appearance as a pitcher

October 4, 1933

1933 – Scoring six runs in the 6th inning, the New York Giants make it two in a row over the Washington Senators in Game 2 of the World Series. The Senators are again held to five hits.

October 6, 1933

Umpire Charlie Moran ejects Heinie Manush from Game 4 of the World Series

October 7, 1933

World Series comes to a close when Mel Ott hits a home run in the 10th inning for a 4 – 3 New York Giants victory over the Washington Senators.

October 22, 1933

Phil Ball, the millionaire owner of the Browns, dies of septicemia. Manager Rogers Hornsby will take over the reins of the franchise, staying on as skipper until he is fired in 1937 by Donald Barnes, who purchased the team from the Ball estate last year.

November 6, 1933

Sidney Weil quits as Cincinnati Reds president

November 11, 1933

“Age is a question of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” – SATCHEL PAIGE, commenting on his longevity.

November 15, 1933

The Phillies and Cardinals swap catchers

November 17, 1933

Pittsburgh Pirates send Adam Comorosky and Tony Piet to the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Red Lucas and Wally Roettger, Lucas will feast on the Reds over the rest of his career, going 14-0 against them

November 21, 1933

Philadelphia Phillies trade Triple Crown winner Chuck Klein to the Chicago Cubs

December 3, 1933

For the second time, Connie Mack begins to dismantle a dynasty he has built selling Mickey Cochrane to the Tigers

December 12, 1933

Lefty Grove and Mickey Cochrane head up 9 players swapping teams

December 12, 1933

the owners vote Judge Landis another seven-year contract as commissioner

December 14, 1933

In an extended trade, the St. Louis Browns acquire Smead Jolley, Ivy Andrews, and $40,000 from the Boston Red Sox for Carl Reynolds. St. Louis then sends Jolley, plus Jim Levey and Wally Hebert to Hollywood (Pacific Coast League) for Alan Strange. Strange will go to the Senators for Lyn Lary before the end of the season. Levey, meanwhile, will return east in the fall to join the Pittsburgh Steelers, where he will play halfback for three seasons.

December 14, 1933

Goose Goslin of the Washington Senators is sent to the Detroit Tigers in exchange for John Stone.

December 15, 1933

1933 – The major leagues agree on a uniform ball to be livelier than the National League ball of recent seasons, to match the American League balls. Owners also agree to ban Sunday doubleheaders until after June 15th.

December 29, 1933

New York Yankees owner Jacob Ruppert refuses to release Babe Ruth