Welcome to this day in baseball Daily rewind my name is Tom Hannon and I am your host. Thank you so much for joining me today as we back step our way through July 29 – August 4. Our format has been changing a bit and just to give you a quick recap, we are…
1936 STANDINGS National League New York Giants 92 62 .597 — St. Louis Cardinals 87 67 .565 5 Chicago Cubs 87 67 .565 5 Pittsburgh Pirates 84 70 .545 8 Cincinnati Reds 74 80 .481 18 Boston Bees 71 83 .461 21 Brooklyn Dodgers 67 87 .435 25 Philadelphia Phillies 54 100 .351 38 American…
1936 – The Bees purchase Eddie Mayo from the Giants.
1936 – The Giants purchase the Albany International League franchise and move it to Jersey City where the team will play in the new Roosevelt Stadium. Recently-retired Travis Jackson will manage the team.
1936 – Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis announces his ruling on the Bob Feller case. Feller joined Cleveland in July and Des Moines (Western League) protested, claiming the pitcher for themselves. Landis let Feller stay with Cleveland, pending his final ruling, which is announced today in favor of the Indians.
The Red Sox trade Bill Werber to Philadelphia for Pinky Higgins.
The American League okays seven night baseball games for St. Louis. The National League adopts a new design for home plate. It will have beveled edges, the first change in 50 years. The AL adopts a rule stating that no batter can be batting champion unless he has 400 or more at bats.
In a three-way deal, the Indians send Thornton Lee to the White Sox, who ship Jack Salveson to the Senators, who transfer Earl Whitehill to Cleveland.
Babe Ruth turns down an offer to manage the Albany farm team.
1936 – The Dodgers trade Lonny Frey to the Cubs for Woody English and Roy Henshaw. The Boston Bees buy Vince DiMaggio from San Diego (Pacific Coast League). The Dodgers get Cookie Lavagetto and Ralph Birkofer from Pittsburgh in exchange for Ed Brandt.