Champions

• World Series
  1932 World Series
  The 1932 World Series was played between the New York Yankees and the Chicago Cubs , with the Yankees holding home field advantage. The Yankees swept the Cubs, four games to none...
  
  : New York Yankees
  New York Yankees
  The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the The Bronx, New York. They compete in Major League Baseball in the American League's East Division...
  
   over Chicago Cubs
  Chicago Cubs
  The Chicago Cubs are a professional baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's National League. They are one of two Major League clubs based in Chicago . The Cubs are also one of the two remaining charter members of the National...
  
   (4-0)
• Negro League World Series
  Negro League World Series
  The Negro League World Series was a post-season baseball tournament which was held from 1924-1927 and from 1942-1948 between the champions of the Negro leagues, matching the mid-western winners against their east coast counterparts....
  
  : Pittsburgh Crawfords
  Pittsburgh Crawfords
  The Pittsburgh Crawfords, popularly known as the Craws, were a professional Negro league baseball team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Named after the Crawford Grill, a club in the Hill District of Pittsburgh owned by Gus Greenlee, the Crawfords were originally a youth semipro team sponsored by...
  
   over Monroe Monarchs
  Monroe Monarchs
  The Monroe Monarchs were a professional baseball team based in Monroe, Louisiana, which played in the Negro Leagues from the late 1920s to 1935. The team was created by Fred Stovall, a Texan oil drilling millionaire, who later financed the Negro Southern League. In the 1930s, a time of acute...
  
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Awards and honors

• MLB Most Valuable Player Award
  MLB Most Valuable Player Award
  The Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award is an annual Major League Baseball award, given to one outstanding player in the American League and one in the National League. Since 1931, it has been awarded by the Baseball Writers Association of America...
  
  
  • Jimmie Foxx
    Jimmie Foxx
    James Emory "Jimmie" Foxx , nicknamed "Double X" and "The Beast", was a right-handed American Major League Baseball first baseman and noted power hitter....
    
    , Philadelphia Athletics
    Oakland Athletics
    The Oakland Athletics are a Major League Baseball team based in Oakland, California. The Athletics are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Athletics have played in the O.co Coliseum....
    
    , 1B
  • Chuck Klein
    Chuck Klein
    Charles Herbert "Chuck" Klein was a Major League Baseball outfielder who played for the Philadelphia Phillies , Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates ....
    
    , Philadelphia Phillies
    Philadelphia Phillies
    The Philadelphia Phillies are a Major League Baseball team. They are the oldest continuous, one-name, one-city franchise in all of professional American sports, dating to 1883. The Phillies are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League...
    
    , OF

Statistical leaders

American League final standings

National League final standings

January - May

• January 23 - The St. Louis Cardinals
  St. Louis Cardinals
  The St. Louis Cardinals are a professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are members of the Central Division in the National League of Major League Baseball. The Cardinals have won eleven World Series championships, the most of any National League team, and second overall only to...
  
   trade Hack Wilson
  Hack Wilson
  Lewis Robert "Hack" Wilson was an American professional baseball player who played 12 seasons with the New York Giants, Chicago Cubs, Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies...
  
   to the Brooklyn Dodgers for a minor leaguer and $45,000.

• February 27 - Waite Hoyt
  Waite Hoyt
  Waite Charles Hoyt was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball, one of the dominant pitchers of the 1920s, and the winningest pitcher for the New York Yankees during that decade...
  
   joins the Brooklyn Dodgers.

• March 14 - The Brooklyn Dodgers trade Wally Gilbert, Babe Herman
  Babe Herman
  Floyd Caves "Babe" Herman was an American right fielder in Major League Baseball who was best known for his several seasons with the Brooklyn Robins ....
  
   and Ernie Lombardi
  Ernie Lombardi
  Ernesto Natali "Ernie" Lombardi , was a Major League Baseball catcher for the Brooklyn Robins, the Cincinnati Reds, the Boston Braves and the New York Giants during a Hall of Fame career that spanned 17 years, from 1931 to 1947. He had several nicknames, including "Schnozz", "Lumbago", "Bocci",...
  
   to the Cincinnati Reds
  Cincinnati Reds
  The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the National League Central Division. The club was established in 1882 as a charter member of the American Association and joined the National League in 1890....
  
   for Tony Cuccinello
  Tony Cuccinello
  Anthony Francis 'Tony' Cuccinello was a second baseman in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Cincinnati Reds , Brooklyn Dodgers , Boston Bees/Braves , New York Giants and Chicago White Sox . Cuccinelo batted and threw right-handed...
  
  , Joe Stripp
  Joe Stripp
  Joseph Valentine Stripp , is a former professional baseball player who played third base in the Major Leagues from 1928-1938. He would play for the Cincinnati Reds, Boston Braves, Brooklyn Dodgers, and St...
  
   and Clyde Sukeforth
  Clyde Sukeforth
  Clyde Leroy Sukeforth , nicknamed "Sukey," was a former Major League Baseball catcher, coach, scout and manager who was best known for scouting and signing the Major Leagues' first black player in the modern era, Jackie Robinson.Sukeforth was born in Washington, Maine...
  
  .

• April 11 - The first game of the season goes extra innings
  Extra innings
  Extra innings is the extension of a baseball or softball game in order to break a tie.Ordinarily, a baseball game consists of nine innings , each of which is divided into halves: the visiting team bats first, after which the home team takes its turn at bat...
  
  . Heinie Manush
  Heinie Manush
  Henry Emmett Manush , nicknamed "Heinie" due to his German heritage, was an American left fielder in Major League Baseball, and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1964....
  
  's tenth inning double
  Double (baseball)
  In baseball, a double is the act of a batter striking the pitched ball and safely reaching second base without being called out by the umpire, without the benefit of a fielder's misplay or another runner being put out on a fielder's choice....
  
   carries the Washington Senators
  Minnesota Twins
  The Minnesota Twins are a professional baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They play in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. The team is named after the Twin Cities area of Minneapolis and St. Paul. They played in Metropolitan Stadium from 1961 to 1981 and the...
  
   to a 1-0 victory over the Boston Red Sox
  Boston Red Sox
  The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, and a member of Major League Baseball’s American League Eastern Division. Founded in as one of the American League's eight charter franchises, the Red Sox's home ballpark has been Fenway Park since . The "Red Sox"...
  
  .

• April 17 - New York Giants
  San Francisco Giants
  The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the National League West Division....
  
   First baseman
  First baseman
  First base, or 1B, is the first of four stations on a baseball diamond which must be touched in succession by a baserunner in order to score a run for that player's team...
  
   Bill Terry
  Bill Terry
  William Harold Terry was a Major League Baseball first baseman and manager. Considered one of the greatest players of all time, Terry was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1954. In 1999, he ranked number 59 on The Sporting News list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players, and was a nominee...
  
   ties a National League
  National League
  The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League , is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball, and the world's oldest extant professional team sports league. Founded on February 2, 1876, to replace the National Association of Professional...
  
   record with 21 putouts in the New York Giants' 6-0 victory over the Boston Braves
  Atlanta Braves
  The Atlanta Braves are a professional baseball club based in Atlanta, Georgia. The Braves are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League. The Braves have played in Turner Field since 1997....
  
  .

• May 12 - Carey Selph
  Carey Selph
  Carey Isom Selph was a professional baseball infielder. He played two seasons in Major League Baseball....
  
   of the Chicago White Sox
  Chicago White Sox
  The Chicago White Sox are a Major League Baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois.The White Sox play in the American League's Central Division. Since , the White Sox have played in U.S. Cellular Field, which was originally called New Comiskey Park and nicknamed The Cell by local fans...
  
   collects his ninth strikeout
  Strikeout
  In baseball or softball, a strikeout or strike-out occurs when a batter receives three strikes during his time at bat. A strikeout is a statistic recorded for both pitchers and batters....
  
   of the season. But it won't happen again. Selph will go another 89 games without striking out, to set a major league record, hitting a .283 average in 396 at-bats in his second and last season. Selph's record will last until when another White Sox, Nellie Fox
  Nellie Fox
  Jacob Nelson Fox was a Major League Baseball second baseman for the Chicago White Sox. Fox was born in St. Thomas Township, Pennsylvania. He was selected as the MVP of the American League in...
  
  , sets a new mark with 98 consecutive games whitout striking out.

• May 16 - The New York Yankees
  New York Yankees
  The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the The Bronx, New York. They compete in Major League Baseball in the American League's East Division...
  
   defeat the Cleveland Indians
  Cleveland Indians
  The Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. Since , they have played in Progressive Field. The team's spring training facility is in Goodyear, Arizona...
  
  , 8-0, for their fourth shut out in a row.

• May 19 - With first place in the American League
  American League
  The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the American League , is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada. It developed from the Western League, a minor league based in the Great Lakes states, which eventually aspired to major...
  
   on the line, the Washington Senators sweep both games from the New York Yankees to advance to first place by half a game. The Yankees, however, win the following day's game, and both games of the May 21 double header to end the series up 2.5 games. They maintain first place for the rest of the season.

• May 20 - The Pirates' Paul Waner
  Paul Waner
  Paul Glee Waner , nicknamed "Big Poison", was a German-American Major League Baseball right fielder.-Pittsburgh Pirates:...
  
   hits four doubles, tying a major league record held by many players.

• May 30 - The New York Yankees unveil a plaque dedicated to former manager Miller Huggins
  Miller Huggins
  Miller James Huggins , nicknamed "Mighty Mite", was a baseball player and manager. He managed the powerhouse New York Yankee teams of the 1920s and won six American League pennants and three World Series championships....
  
  . It is the first of what will eventually be a large number of plaques and other monuments to Yankee personnel.

June - July

• June 3
  • In the New York Yankees' 20-13 victory over the Philadelphia Athletics
    Oakland Athletics
    The Oakland Athletics are a Major League Baseball team based in Oakland, California. The Athletics are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Athletics have played in the O.co Coliseum....
    
    , Lou Gehrig
    Lou Gehrig
    Henry Louis "Lou" Gehrig , nicknamed "The Iron Horse" for his durability, was an American Major League Baseball first baseman. He played his entire 17-year baseball career for the New York Yankees . Gehrig set several major league records. He holds the record for most career grand slams...
    
     becomes the third player to hit four home runs
    MLB hitters with four home runs in one game
    Writers of Sporting News described hitting four home runs in a single Major League Baseball game as "baseball's greatest single-game accomplishment". Fifteen players have accomplished the feat to date. No player has done this more than once in his career and no player has ever hit more than four...
    
     in a game, and third baseman
    Third baseman
    A third baseman, abbreviated 3B, is the player in baseball whose responsibility is to defend the area nearest to third base — the third of four bases a baserunner must touch in succession to score a run...
    
     Tony Lazzeri
    Tony Lazzeri
    Anthony Michael "Tony" Lazzeri was an American Major League Baseball player during the 1920s and 1930s, predominantly with the New York Yankees. He was part of the famed "Murderers' Row" Yankee batting lineup of the late 1920s , along with Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Bob Meusel...
    
     hits for the cycle. Gehrig is the first player to accomplish the feat in the American League and the first to do so in 36 years
    1896 in baseball
    -Champions:*Temple Cup: Baltimore Orioles defeated Cleveland Spiders, 4 games to 0*National League: Baltimore Orioles-Statistical leaders:*Batting: Jesse Burkett .410*Home Runs: Ed Delahanty & Bill Joyce 13*Wins: Kid Nichols 30*ERA: Billy Rhines 2.46...
    
    .
  • New York Giants manager John McGraw
    John McGraw
    John McGraw may refer to:* John McGraw , , New York lumber tycoon, and one of the founding trustees of Cornell University* John McGraw , , Governor of Washington state from 1893–1897...
    
     resigns. He had been the team's manager since the season.

• June 9 - The St. Louis Browns trade Dick Coffman
  Dick Coffman
  Samuel Richard Coffman was a middle relief pitcher in Major League Baseball. From 1927 through 1945, he played for the Washington Senators , St. Louis Browns , New York Giants , Boston Braves and Philadelphia Phillies . Coffman batted and threw right-handed...
  
   to the Washington Senators for Carl Fischer
  Carl Fischer (baseball)
  Charles William "Carl" Fischer , was a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from -. He would play for the Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators, Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers and St. Louis Browns.-External links:...
  
  . They trade the two ball players back for each other on December 13.

• June 22 - National League
  National League
  The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League , is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball, and the world's oldest extant professional team sports league. Founded on February 2, 1876, to replace the National Association of Professional...
  
   club presidents approve the addition of numbers on player uniforms. The New York Yankees had initiated the concept in in the American League
  American League
  The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the American League , is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada. It developed from the Western League, a minor league based in the Great Lakes states, which eventually aspired to major...
  
  .

• June 23 - Waite Hoyt
  Waite Hoyt
  Waite Charles Hoyt was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball, one of the dominant pitchers of the 1920s, and the winningest pitcher for the New York Yankees during that decade...
  
   joins the New York Giants.

• July 10 - Philadelphia Athletics manager Connie Mack
  Connie Mack (baseball)
  Cornelius McGillicuddy, Sr. , better known as Connie Mack, was an American professional baseball player, manager, and team owner. The longest-serving manager in Major League Baseball history, he holds records for wins , losses , and games managed , with his victory total being almost 1,000 more...
  
   brings only two pitchers to face the Cleveland Indians. As luck would have it, Athletics' starter Lew Krausse is lifted after giving up four hits in the first inning, and is replaced by Eddie Rommel
  Eddie Rommel
  Edwin Americus Rommel was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who spent his entire career with the Philadelphia Athletics from 1920 to 1932. He is considered to be the "father" of the modern knuckleball...
  
  . A slugfest emerges, with the A's taking a 15-14 lead in the ninth inning only to have the Indians tie it in the bottom of the inning. The A's score two more in the sixteenth only to have Cleveland score two as well in the bottom of the inning. The A's eventually win it in eighteen, 18-17. While Rommel gives up 29 hits, he is still the winning pitcher. Johnny Burnett
  Johnny Burnett (baseball)
  John Henderson "Johnny" Burnett was an American professional baseball player who was a utility infielder in Major League Baseball for nine seasons during the 1920s and 1930s. Burnett played second base, third base, shortstop, and outfielder for the Cleveland Indians and St...
  
   goes 9-for-11 for the Indians, setting a Major League record for most hits in a single game.

• July 31 - The Cleveland Indians lose the inaugural game in Cleveland Municipal Stadium, 1-0, to the Philadelphia Athletics.

August - September

• August 2 - Rogers Hornsby
  Rogers Hornsby
  Rogers Hornsby, Sr. , nicknamed "The Rajah", was an American baseball infielder, manager, and coach who played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball . He played for the St. Louis Cardinals , New York Giants , Boston Braves , Chicago Cubs , and St. Louis Browns...
  
   is fired as manager of the Chicago Cubs.

• August 14 - Despite a woeful 27-85 record, the Boston Red Sox defeat the Philadelphia Athletics 2-0 behind the pitching of Johnny Welch
  Johnny Welch
  Johnny Welch was a professional batter playing in Major League Baseball. He played in the majors for nine years. Welch is buried in St. Louis, Missouri.-Career:From 1926-1931, Johnny played for the Chicago Cubs...
  
  . It is one of only two shut out
  Shut Out
  "Shut Out" is a single from the Paul Jabara album of the same name and features special guest vocals by Donna Summer. On the album, it is used as the first half of a medley another with another song called "Heaven is a Disco."...
  
  s the A's endure all season (July 9 against the Chicago White Sox).

• August 17 - The New York Yankees defeat the Detroit Tigers, 8-3, for their tenth victory in a row.

• September 11 - The St. Louis Browns defeat the Boston Red Sox 7-1 in the first game of a double header
  Doubleheader (baseball)
  A doubleheader is a set of two baseball games played between the same two teams on the same day in front of the same crowd. In addition, the term is often used unofficially to refer to a pair of games played by a team in a single day, but in front of different crowds and not in immediate...
  
   to give Boston their 100th loss of the season. The BoSox come back to win the second game, but go on to lose 111 games by the end of the season.

• September 13 - The New York Yankees defeat the Cleveland Indians 9-3 for their 100th win of the season.

• September 18 - The St. Louis Browns defeat the New York Yankees 2-1. It is the eleventh time all season the Yankees are held to just one run. The Yankees are never shut out all season.

• September 19 - The Chicago White Sox lose their 100th game of the season, 9-6 to the Philadelphia Athletics.

• September 28
  • The Chicago Cubs jump out to a 2-0 lead in game one of the 1932 World Series
    1932 World Series
    The 1932 World Series was played between the New York Yankees and the Chicago Cubs , with the Yankees holding home field advantage. The Yankees swept the Cubs, four games to none...
    
    , however, a three run fourth inning capped off by a two run home run by Lou Gehrig gives the Yankees the lead, as they take game one, 12-6.
  • The Philadelphia A's sell Mule Haas
    Mule Haas
    George William Haas was a center fielder in Major League Baseball. From 1925 through 1938, Haas played for the Pittsburgh Pirates , Philadelphia Athletics and Chicago White Sox...
    
    , Al Simmons
    Al Simmons
    Aloysius Harry Simmons , born Aloisius Szymanski in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was an American baseball player. He played for two decades in the major leagues as an outfielder, and had his best years as a member of Connie Mack's Philadelphia Athletics during the 1930's...
    
     & Jimmy Dykes
    Jimmy Dykes
    James Joseph Dykes was an American third and second baseman, manager and coach in Major League Baseball who played for the Philadelphia Athletics and Chicago White Sox from 1918 to 1939...
    
     to the Chicago White Sox for $100,000.

• September 29 - The Cubs again score in the first, however, their lead is short lived, as the Yankees score two in the bottom of the inning, and go on to win 5-2.

October - December

• October 1 - Lou Gehrig
  Lou Gehrig
  Henry Louis "Lou" Gehrig , nicknamed "The Iron Horse" for his durability, was an American Major League Baseball first baseman. He played his entire 17-year baseball career for the New York Yankees . Gehrig set several major league records. He holds the record for most career grand slams...
  
   hits two home runs, as does teammate Babe Ruth
  Babe Ruth
  George Herman Ruth, Jr. , best known as "Babe" Ruth and nicknamed "the Bambino" and "the Sultan of Swat", was an American Major League baseball player from 1914–1935...
  
  , as the New York Yankees
  New York Yankees
  The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the The Bronx, New York. They compete in Major League Baseball in the American League's East Division...
  
   defeat the Chicago Cubs
  Chicago Cubs
  The Chicago Cubs are a professional baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's National League. They are one of two Major League clubs based in Chicago . The Cubs are also one of the two remaining charter members of the National...
  
  , 7–5 in Game 3 of the World Series
  World Series
  The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball, played between the American League and National League champions since 1903. The winner of the World Series championship is determined through a best-of-seven playoff and awarded the Commissioner's Trophy...
  
  . It is Ruth's second home run that is historic. Batting against Charlie Root
  Charlie Root
  Charles Henry Root was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs for sixteen seasons from 1926 through 1941. He holds the club record for games, innings pitched, and career wins with 201....
  
   in the fifth inning, with two strikes, Ruth is seen to gesture, according to some toward the outfield fence, before hitting the home run. While it is not universally accepted that Ruth was predicting a home run, it is referred to as "Babe Ruth's called shot
  Babe Ruth's Called Shot
  Babe Ruth's called shot was the home run hit by Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees in the fifth inning of Game 3 of the 1932 World Series, held on October 1, 1932 at Wrigley Field in Chicago. During the at-bat, Ruth made a pointing gesture, which existing film confirms, but the exact nature of his...
  
  ".

• October 2 - The New York Yankees defeat the Chicago Cubs, 13-6, in Game four of the World Series
  1932 World Series
  The 1932 World Series was played between the New York Yankees and the Chicago Cubs , with the Yankees holding home field advantage. The Yankees swept the Cubs, four games to none...
  
   to win their fourth World Championship
  World championship
  A world championship is the top achievement for any sport or contest. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the best nation, team, individual in the world in a particular field. Certain sports do not have a world championship, instead...
  
  , four games to none. This would be Ruth's tenth, and final, World Series appearance.

• October 19 - The Baseball Writers Association of America MVP awards are announced, with Athletics' Jimmie Foxx
  Jimmie Foxx
  James Emory "Jimmie" Foxx , nicknamed "Double X" and "The Beast", was a right-handed American Major League Baseball first baseman and noted power hitter....
  
   winning in the American League and Phillies' Chuck Klein
  Chuck Klein
  Charles Herbert "Chuck" Klein was a Major League Baseball outfielder who played for the Philadelphia Phillies , Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates ....
  
   in the National League.

• October 25 - Rogers Hornsby
  Rogers Hornsby
  Rogers Hornsby, Sr. , nicknamed "The Rajah", was an American baseball infielder, manager, and coach who played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball . He played for the St. Louis Cardinals , New York Giants , Boston Braves , Chicago Cubs , and St. Louis Browns...
  
   rejoins the St. Louis Cardinals.

• November 10 - Donie Bush
  Donie Bush
  Owen Joseph "Donie" Bush , was a Major League Baseball shortstop in the American League for the Detroit Tigers and the Washington Senators...
  
  , who managed the Minneapolis Millers
  Minneapolis Millers
  The Minneapolis Millers were an American professional minor league baseball team that played in Minneapolis, Minnesota, until 1960. In the 19th century a different Minneapolis Millers were part of the Western League.The team played first in Athletic Park and later Nicollet Park.The name Minneapolis...
  
   to the American Association
  American Association (20th century)
  The American Association was a minor league baseball league at the Triple-A level of baseball in the United States from to and to . Together with the International League, it contested the Junior World Series which determined the championship team in minor league baseball, at least for the...
  
   this past season, is named to manage the Cincinnati Reds
  Cincinnati Reds
  The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the National League Central Division. The club was established in 1882 as a charter member of the American Association and joined the National League in 1890....
  
   the next year.

• November 22 - St. Louis Cardinals
  St. Louis Cardinals
  The St. Louis Cardinals are a professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are members of the Central Division in the National League of Major League Baseball. The Cardinals have won eleven World Series championships, the most of any National League team, and second overall only to...
  
   shortstop Charlie Gelbert
  Charlie Gelbert
  Charles Magnus Gelbert was a professional baseball player. He played all or part of ten seasons in Major League Baseball for the St...
  
   shatters his leg in a hunting accident. He will return as a part-time infielder in 1935, playing until 1940.

• November 29 - The New York Giants
  San Francisco Giants
  The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the National League West Division....
  
   release pitcher Waite Hoyt
  Waite Hoyt
  Waite Charles Hoyt was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball, one of the dominant pitchers of the 1920s, and the winningest pitcher for the New York Yankees during that decade...
  
  .

• December 12 - In a rarity for 1932, a three team trade is struck between the New York Giants, Philadelphia Phillies and Pittsburgh Pirates. The Phillies send Kiddo Davis
  Kiddo Davis
  George Willis "Kiddo" Davis , was a Major League Baseball outfielder. He played all or part of eight seasons in the majors, and -. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, New York Giants, New York Yankees, and Philadelphia Phillies.-External links:...
  
   to the Giants, and receive Chick Fullis
  Chick Fullis
  Charles Philip "Chick" Fullis was a professional baseball player]]. He played all or part of eight seasons in Major League Baseball for the New York Giants , Philadelphia Phillies and St. Louis Cardinals , primarily as a center fielder...
  
   from the Giants. The Giants sent Freddie Lindstrom
  Freddie Lindstrom
  Frederick Charles Lindstrom was a National League Baseball player with the New York Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs and Brooklyn Dodgers from 1924 until 1936...
  
   to the Pirates, and the Pirates sent Glenn Spencer
  Glenn Spencer (baseball)
  Glenn Spencer was a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played five seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates and the New York Giants of the National League from 1928 - 1933. His best season came in 1931 when he went 11-12 with a 3.42 earned run average in 38 games.- External links :*...
  
   to the New York Giants and Gus Dugas
  Gus Dugas
  Augustin Joseph "Gus" Dugas was a Major League Baseball player. He batted left-handed and threw left-handed. He was born in St. Jean de Matha, Quebec, Canada. He died in Colchester, Connecticut. He played with the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1931 to 1933 then played one year with the Washington...
  
   to the Phillies.

• December 15 - Farm systems, originally known as "Chain store baseball" is approved by a joint meeting of American and National League owners despite objections by Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis
  Kenesaw Mountain Landis
  Kenesaw Mountain Landis was an American jurist who served as a federal judge from 1905 to 1922 and as the first Commissioner of Baseball from 1920 until his death...
  
  .

• December 17 - The St. Louis Cardinals trade Jim Bottomley
  Jim Bottomley
  James Leroy Bottomley was born in Oglesby, Illinois and grew up in Nokomis, Illinois. Nicknamed "Sunny Jim" because of his cheerful disposition, he was a left-handed Major League Baseball player. He also served as player-manager for the St. Louis Browns in 1937.-Career:As a first baseman for the...
  
   to the Chicago Cubs for Ownie Carroll
  Ownie Carroll
  Owen Thomas "Ownie" Carroll, was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played nine seasons in the major leagues with the Detroit Tigers , New York Yankees , Cincinnati Reds , and Brooklyn Dodgers .-High school and college career:Born in Kearny, New Jersey, Ownie was a right-handed thrower who played...
  
   and Estel Crabtree
  Estel Crabtree
  Estel Crayton Crabtree was a Major League Baseball outfielder for the Cincinnati Reds and the St. Louis Cardinals . His playing career was unusual in that he went eight years between major league appearances...
  
  .

January-April

• January 18 - Mike Fornieles
  Mike Fornieles
  Jose Miguel "Mike" Fornieles was a professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of twelve seasons with the Washington Senators/Minnesota Twins, Chicago White Sox, Baltimore Orioles and Boston Red Sox...
  
  
• February 10 - Billy O'Dell
  Billy O'Dell
  William Oliver O'Dell , is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1954 and 1956-1967...
  
  
• March 2 - Chico Fernández
  Chico Fernandez
  Humberto "Chico" Fernández Pérez is a former Major League Baseball shortstop who played eight seasons with the Brooklyn Dodgers , Philadelphia Phillies , Detroit Tigers , and New York Mets . Fernández played in 856 Major League games, 810 at shortstop...
  
  
• March 9 - Ron Kline
  Ron Kline
  Ronald Lee Kline was a former professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of seventeen seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals, Los Angeles Angels, Detroit Tigers, Washington Senators, Minnesota Twins, San Francisco Giants, Boston Red Sox and Atlanta...
  
  
• March 16 - Don Blasingame
  Don Blasingame
  Don Lee Blasingame was a second baseman in Major League Baseball who played with the St. Louis Cardinals , San Francisco Giants , Cincinnati Reds , Washington Senators and Kansas City Athletics . Blasingame batted left-handed and threw right-handed...
  
  
• March 22 - Al Schroll
  Al Schroll
  Albert Bringhurst "Bull" Schroll was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball. Schroll played from through for the Boston Red Sox , Philadelphia Phillies , Chicago Cubs and Minnesota Twins . Listed at , , he batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• March 25 - Woodie Held
  Woodie Held
  Woodson George "Woodie" Held was a shortstop/outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Yankees, Kansas City Athletics, Cleveland Indians, Washington Senators, Baltimore Orioles, California Angels and Chicago White Sox. He batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• March 27 - Wes Covington
  Wes Covington
  John Wesley Covington , was a left fielder in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Milwaukee Braves, Chicago White Sox, Kansas City Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers...
  
  

May-August

• May 2 - Eddie Bressoud
  Eddie Bressoud
  Edward Francis Bressoud is a former shortstop in Major League Baseball who played from through for the New York & San Francisco Giants , Boston Red Sox , New York Mets and St. Louis Cardinals...
  
  
• May 17 - Billy Hoeft
  Billy Hoeft
  William Frederick Hoeft was a pitcher in Major League Baseball whose career spanned 15 seasons with the Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox, Baltimore Orioles, Milwaukee Braves, Chicago Cubs and San Francisco Giants. He was born in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.-Detroit Tigers :Hoeft was signed by the Detroit...
  
  
• May 17 - Ozzie Virgil, Sr.
  Ozzie Virgil, Sr.
  Osvaldo José Virgil broke the color barrier for Detroit in 1958. He served in the U.S. Marines from 1950 to 1952...
  
  
• May 26 - Joe Altobelli
  Joe Altobelli
  Joseph Salvatore Altobelli is an American former player, manager and coach in Major League Baseball. In , he succeeded Hall of Famer Earl Weaver as manager of the Baltimore Orioles and led the team to their sixth American League pennant and their third World Series championship.- Personal life...
  
  
• June 4 - John McNamara
  John McNamara (baseball)
  John Francis McNamara is a former manager and coach in Major League Baseball. He managed six major league teams, directing the 1986 Boston Red Sox to the American League pennant, only to experience an excruciating defeat in that season's World Series at the hands of the New York Mets.-Playing,...
  
  
• June 27 - Eddie Kasko
  Eddie Kasko
  Edward Michael Kasko is a former infielder, manager, scout and front office executive in American Major League Baseball....
  
  
• July 9 - Tex Clevenger
  Tex Clevenger
  Truman Eugene "Tex" Clevenger is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher/spot starter who played for the Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators, Los Angeles Angels and New York Yankees from 1954-1962. He was 6'1" tall and 180 pounds, and threw and batted right-handed. He attended Fresno State...
  
  
• July 9 - Coot Veal
  Coot Veal
  Orville Inman "Coot" Veal is a former Major League Baseball shortstop. He was signed by the Detroit Tigers before the season, and later drafted by the Washington Senators from the Tigers in the 1960 American League expansion draft...
  
  
• July 26 - Dick Brodowski
  Dick Brodowski
  Richard Stanley Brodowski is a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1952 through 1955 for the Boston Red Sox , Washington Senators and Cleveland Indians . He batted and threw right-handed.Brodowski was 19 years old when he reached the majors in 1952 with the Boston Red...
  
  
• August 4 - Jim Coates
  Jim Coates
  James Alton Coates is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. A right-hander, Coates pitched for the New York Yankees , Washington Senators , Cincinnati Reds and California Angels ....
  
  
• August 24 - Hal Woodeshick
  Hal Woodeshick
  Harold Joseph Woodeshick was an American left-handed pitcher who spent eleven seasons in Major League Baseball with the Detroit Tigers , Cleveland Indians , both Washington Senators , Houston Colt .45s/Astros and St. Louis Cardinals...
  
  

September-December

• September 6 - Marguerite Pearson
  Marguerite Pearson
  Marguerite Pearson [Tesseine] was an utility who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League between the and seasons. Listed at 5' 5", 125 lb., Pearson batted and thew right handed...
  
  
• September 30 - Johnny Podres
  Johnny Podres
  John Joseph Podres was an American left-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who spent most of his career with the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers...
  
  
• October 2 - Jim Heise
  Jim Heise
  James Edward Heise was a Major League Baseball pitcher.Heise attended West Virginia University. He was signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent in 1956, and played briefly for the Senators in 1957....
  
  
• October 2 - Maury Wills
  Maury Wills
  Maurice Morning "Maury" Wills is a former Major League Baseball shortstop and switch-hitting batter who played most prominently with the Los Angeles Dodgers , and also with the Pittsburgh Pirates and Montreal Expos...
  
  
• October 7 - Bud Daley
  Bud Daley
  Leavitt Leo "Bud" Daley , is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1955-1964....
  
  
• October 27 - Dolores Moore
  Dolores Moore
  Dolores Moore [″Dee″] was an infielder who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 7", 153 lb., she batted and threw right handed....
  
  
• November 7 - Dick Stuart
  Dick Stuart
  Richard Lee Stuart was a Major League Baseball first baseman from 1958 to 1966 and 1969. In 1967 and 1968, he played in Japan for the Taiyo Whales. Throughout his baseball career, Stuart was known as a fine hitter, but a subpar fielder, garnering the unique nickname of "Dr. Strangeglove" for his...
  
  
• November 16 - Harry Chiti
  Harry Chiti
  Harry Chiti was an American catcher in Major League Baseball. From 1950 through 1962, he played for the Chicago Cubs , Kansas City Athletics , Detroit Tigers and New York Mets . A native of Kincaid, Illinois, Chiti batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• November 18 - Danny McDevitt
  Danny McDevitt
  Daniel Eugene "Danny" McDevitt was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1957 through 1962 for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Minnesota Twins and Kansas City Athletics. He was born in New York City.McDevitt was born in 1932 in Manhattan...
  
  
• December 22 - Norma Berger
  Norma Berger
  Norma A. Berger [Taylor] is a former pitcher who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League during the season. Berger was nicknamed ״Bergie״...
  
  

Deaths

• February 5 - Barney Dreyfuss
  Barney Dreyfuss
  Bernhard "Barney" Dreyfuss was an executive in Major League Baseball who owned the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise from 1900 to 1932....
  
  , 66, owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates since 1900 who was principal force in creation of the World Series; Pirates won six NL pennants and two World Series (1909, 1925) under his leadership; built Forbes Field, first modern steel and concrete stadium, in 1909
• February 21 - John Peters, 48, catcher for the Detroit Tigers, Cleveland Indians and Philadelphia Phillies between 1915 and 1922
• March 3 - Ed Morris, 32, pitcher for the Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox between 1922 and 1931, who won 19 games for the last place Red Sox in 1928
• March 23 - Charles F. Daniels
  Charles F. Daniels
  Charles F. Daniels , was an American umpire in Major League Baseball for 25 seasons, 12 seasons at the "major league" level from to , if you count the National Association as a major league...
  
  , 83, one of the NL's original 1876 umpires; career of 25 years included ten major league seasons
• April 2 - Honest John Morrill
  John Morrill
  John Francis Morrill , nicknamed "Honest John," was an American first baseman and manager in Major League Baseball who played from 1876-1890. Over the years he played all positions. Although he pitched a couple of games each season, he was primarily an infielder, and had a career batting average of...
  
  , 79, first baseman and manager of Boston's 1883 NL champions who batted .300 twice and was among first ten players to reach 1000 hits
• April 10 - Fred Pfeffer
  Fred Pfeffer
  Nathaniel Frederick "Dandelion" Pfeffer was an American baseball player. He played second baseman in Major League Baseball. He was born in Louisville, Kentucky. His debut game took place on May 1, 1882. His final game took place on June 14, 1897...
  
  , 72, second baseman for Chicago and Louisville who in 1884 was one of first players to hit 20 home runs; led league in putouts nine times and double plays seven times
• April 16 - Johnny Lucas, 29, outfielder for the Boston Red Sox from 1931-32
• April 18 - Ike Benners
  Ike Benners
  Isaac B. "Ike" Benners was an American Major League Baseball player who played mainly left field for two teams during his lone Major League season, the Brooklyn Atlantics of the American Association and Wilmington Quicksteps of the Union Association...
  
  , 75, left fielder for the 1884 Brooklyn Atlantics and the Wilmington Quicksteps.
• April 23 - Lon Knight
  Lon Knight
  Alonzo P. "Lon" Knight, born Alonzo P. Letti , was an American right fielder, right-handed pitcher and manager in Major League Baseball...
  
  , 78, right fielder and manager of Philadelphia's 1883 American Association champions
• July 21 - Bill Gleason
  Bill Gleason
  For the Cleveland Infants pitcher, see Bill Gleason.----William G. Gleason [Will] was a shortstop in Major League Baseball who played from through for three different teams of the American Association . Listed at 5' 8", 170 lb., Gleason batted and threw right-handed. He was born in St....
  
  , 73, shortstop for three different teams of the Amertican Association from 1882-89, and a member of three St. Louis Browns champion teams from 1885-87
• August 2 - Dan Brouthers
  Dan Brouthers
  Dennis Joseph "Dan" Brouthers was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball whose career spanned the period from to , with a brief return in...
  
  , 74, first baseman who was 19th century's greatest slugger, winning five batting titles and retiring with a .342 lifetime average; .519 career slugging percentage was record until 1920s, led NL in HRs twice and doubles three times; third player to hit 100 home runs and fourth to reach 2000 hits; batted .338 with league-leading 153 runs for 1887 Detroit champions
• August 16 - Candy LaChance
  Candy LaChance
  George Joseph LaChance was a first baseman who played in Major League Baseball between 1893 and . LaChance was a switch-hitter and threw right-handed...
  
  , 63, first baseman of the 1903 World's championship team Boston Americans
• September 19 - Otto Neu
  Otto Neu
  Otto Adam Neu was a shortstop who played briefly in Major League Baseball during the 1917 season. Listed at 5' 11", 170 lb., Neu batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Springfield, Ohio....
  
  , 38, shortstop for the 1917 St. Louis Browns