On August 8, 1934, Hall of Fame manager Wilbert Robinson dies in Atlanta at the age of 71 after suffering a stroke. Robinson won a total of 1,399 games in 19 major league seasons. “Uncle Robbie” the jovial and bemused managed the Brooklyn franchise for 18 of those seasons, leading the team to National League…
Dizzy Dean becomes the first pitcher to reach 20 wins this season with a 2 – 0 shutout over the Reds.
While three teammates stand watching, a fly ball by Jimmie Foxx drops for a double, the only hit given up by Lefty Gomez in the 3 – 1 win by the Yankees over the A’s.
Phillies P Reggie Grabowski surrenders 11 hits in the ninth inning of the second game against the Giants for a modern National League record. Eleven runs score in the inning, as New York wins, 21 – 4.
Walter Johnson is hospitalized with pleurisy, and Willie Kamm takes over as interim Cleveland manager.
When the Cards and the Cubs resume playing the protested game of July 2nd at Wrigley Field, Chicago still wins. The final score this time is 7 – 1 instead of 7 – 4.
Flint Rhem comes within a lazily-fielded bunted ball to third base of pitching a no-hitter for Boston against the Dodgers. He wins, 1 – 0.
The veteran Waite Hoyt stops Dizzy Dean’s win streak at 10 with a 5 – 4 win in Pittsburgh.
Chuck Dressen, who will win pennants in Brooklyn and manage 16 seasons in the major leagues, begins by replacing Bob O’Farrell at the helm for the Cincinnati Reds.
1934 – Yankee CF Earle Combs crashes into the wall at Sportsman’s Park in St. Louis and suffers a fractured skull. New York calls up George Selkirk but learns he broke his arm the same day playing for Newark.
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