The New York Yankees buy another Babe from the Red Sox, picking up Babe Dahlgren
1937 – The New York Yankees buy another Babe from the Red Sox, picking up Babe Dahlgren. The California native will become the player who replaces Lou Gehrig.
1937 – The New York Yankees buy another Babe from the Red Sox, picking up Babe Dahlgren. The California native will become the player who replaces Lou Gehrig.
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…
Baseball is the only game you can watch on the radio. Join the community today and listen to hundreds of broadcasts from baseball’s golden age.” Sign Up or learn more [mepr-login-form use_redirect=”true”] October 16, 1936, 33 Year Old Lou Gehrig, who hit .354 with 49 home runs, 167 runs, and 152 RBI, is voted…
On October 6, 1936 The Giants loaded the bases in the first off Lefty Gomez on a single and two walks before Mel Ott drove in two with a double, but Jake Powell’s home-run after a two-out triple off Freddie Fitzsimmons tied the game in the second. Next inning, Lou Gehrig’s sacrifice fly after two…
October 3, 1936 at Yankee Stadium game 3 of the World Series, Hard luck-loser Freddie Fitzsimmons allowed only two hits over seven innings, one of them a tremendous home run by Lou Gehrig in the second inning, but after the Giants tied the game in the fifth inning on Jimmy Ripple’s home run off Bump…
In Game 2, the Yankees even the World Series at a game apiece by routing the Giants at the Polo Grounds, 18-4. The lopsided win is the largest margin of victory in the history of the Fall Classic.
Led by Lou Gehrig, who clouts his 33rd homer, the Yankees down the Indians, 11 – 7, at League Park. The loss snaps the Tribe’s five-game win streak, and leaves the Yankees 8 1/2 games ahead of Cleveland. Gehrig and Red Rolfe clout homers in the 5th to chase Mel Harder, but the Indians answer with three doubles by Earl Averill and a homer by Hal Trosky. Bump Hadley, with relief from Johnny Murphy, hangs on for his 9th win.
The temperature is 106 degrees in Central Park, the hottest July 9th on record in New York, as the Indians take on the Yankees at Yankee Stadium. The Yanks score four in the 1st inning, but Cleveland comes back to score 11 runs on 15 hits, including five homers, to win 11 – 4. Hal Trosky, Roy Weatherly and Joe Vosmik all homer in the 2nd frame to tie the major league record. Trosky hits another homer to tie for the American League lead with 23. Lou Gehrig and Earl Averill also homer.
On July 7 1936 – The National League, having lost the first three All-Star Games, wins the 1936 All-Star Game, 4 – 3 at Braves Field, Boston’s National League Park with four different Cub players (Augie Galan, Billy Herman, Gabby Hartnett and Frank Demaree) scoring runs. After Dizzy Dean and Carl Hubbell each pitch scoreless…
Tony Lazzeri sets an AL record with 11 RBIS On May 24, 1936, At Shibe Park, New York Yankee second baseman Tony Lazzeri batting eight becomes the first major league player to hit two grand slams in the same game when the Yankees annihilate the A’s, 25-2. Lazzeri adds a third homerun and a triple…
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