Headline Events of the Year

• First Major League Baseball
  Major League Baseball
  Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
  
   All-Star Game
  Major League Baseball All-Star Game
  The Major League Baseball All-Star Game, also known as the "Midsummer Classic", is an annual baseball game between players from the National League and the American League, currently selected by a combination of fans, players, coaches, and managers...
  
  , July 6 at Comiskey Park
  Comiskey Park
  Comiskey Park was the ballpark in which the Chicago White Sox played from 1910 to 1990. It was built by Charles Comiskey after a design by Zachary Taylor Davis, and was the site of four World Series and more than 6,000 major league games...
  
  : American League, 4-2.

• First Negro League Baseball All-Star Game
  Negro League Baseball All-Star Game
  The East-West All-Star Game was an annual all-star game for Negro league baseball players. The game was the brainchild of Gus Greenlee, owner of the Pittsburgh Crawfords. In 1933 he decided to match the Major League Baseball All-Star Game with Negro league players...
  
  .

Major League Baseball

• World Series
  1933 World Series
  The 1933 World Series featured the New York Giants and the Washington Senators, with the Giants winning in five games for their first championship since , and their fourth overall....
  
  : 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....
  
   over 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...
  
   (4-1)
• First All-Star Game
  Major League Baseball All-Star Game
  The Major League Baseball All-Star Game, also known as the "Midsummer Classic", is an annual baseball game between players from the National League and the American League, currently selected by a combination of fans, players, coaches, and managers...
  
  , July 6 at Comiskey Park
  Comiskey Park
  Comiskey Park was the ballpark in which the Chicago White Sox played from 1910 to 1990. It was built by Charles Comiskey after a design by Zachary Taylor Davis, and was the site of four World Series and more than 6,000 major league games...
  
  : American League, 4-2

Other champions

• First Negro League Baseball All-Star Game
  Negro League Baseball All-Star Game
  The East-West All-Star Game was an annual all-star game for Negro league baseball players. The game was the brainchild of Gus Greenlee, owner of the Pittsburgh Crawfords. In 1933 he decided to match the Major League Baseball All-Star Game with Negro league players...
  
  , September 10 at Comiskey Park
  Comiskey Park
  Comiskey Park was the ballpark in which the Chicago White Sox played from 1910 to 1990. It was built by Charles Comiskey after a design by Zachary Taylor Davis, and was the site of four World Series and more than 6,000 major league games...
  
  : West, 11-7

Awards and honors

• Most Valuable Player
  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 (AL)
  • Carl Hubbell
    Carl Hubbell
    Carl Owen Hubbell was an American baseball player. He was a member of the New York Giants in the National League from 1928 to 1943, and remained on the Giants' payroll for the rest of his life, long after their move to San Francisco.Twice voted the National League's Most Valuable Player, Hubbell...
    
    , 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....
    
    , P (NL)

MLB statistical leaders

American League final standings

National League final standings

Negro National League final standings

• Homestead was expelled for raiding players.
• Several games were included in the standings against non-League teams.

• Indianapolis and Pittsburgh won the first half.
  • Indianapolis beat Pittsburgh in a one-game play-off.
• Nashville and Pittsburgh won the second half.
  • Pittsburgh beat Nashville in a 3-game play-off.
• Indianapolis and Pittsburgh tied in a one-game play-off.
  • Pittsburgh owner/League commissioner awarded the Pennant to Pittsburgh, over the objection of Indianapolis.

Events

• While playing for the San Francisco Seals of the Pacific Coast League
  Pacific Coast League
  The Pacific Coast League is a minor-league baseball league operating in the Western, Midwestern and Southeastern United States. Along with the International League and the Mexican League, it is one of three leagues playing at the Triple-A level, which is one step below Major League Baseball.The...
  
  , Joe DiMaggio
  Joe DiMaggio
  Joseph Paul "Joe" DiMaggio , nicknamed "Joltin' Joe" and "The Yankee Clipper," was an American Major League Baseball center fielder who played his entire 13-year career for the New York Yankees. He is perhaps best known for his 56-game hitting streak , a record that still stands...
  
   hit safely in 61 consecutive games.

January - June

• January 7 - 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...
  
   trade Luke Sewell
  Luke Sewell
  James Luther Sewell was an American professional baseball player, coach and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the Cleveland Indians , Washington Senators , Chicago White Sox and the St. Louis Browns . Sewell batted and threw right-handed...
  
   to 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...
  
   for Roy Spencer.

• March 11 - An earthquake
  Earthquake
  An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves. The seismicity, seismism or seismic activity of an area refers to the frequency, type and size of earthquakes experienced over a period of time...
  
   hits the Los Angeles
  Los Ángeles
  Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
  
   area, interrupting an exhibition game
  Exhibition game
  An exhibition game is a sporting event in which there is no competitive value of any significant kind to any competitor regardless of the outcome of the competition...
  
   between 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...
  
   and 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....
  
  . Players from both teams were forced to huddle around the center of the diamond until the tremors stopped.

• March 24 - 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...
  
  , another victim of the Great Depression, takes a pay cut of $23,000 from his previous salary of $75,000.

• April 12 - The Cleveland Indians defeat the Detroit Tigers
  Detroit Tigers
  The Detroit Tigers are a Major League Baseball team located in Detroit, Michigan. One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit in as part of the Western League. The Tigers have won four World Series championships and have won the American League pennant...
  
  , 4-1, in thirteen innings on opening day.

• April 25
  • During 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...
    
    ' 16-0 drubbing of the Washington Senators, speedy Yankee outfielder Ben Chapman spikes Senators' second baseman Buddy Myer
    Buddy Myer
    Charles Solomon "Buddy" Myer was an American second baseman in Major League Baseball from 1925 to 1941.An excellent hitter, he batted .300 or better in eight full seasons, and retired with a career average of .303. He walked more than twice as many times as he struck out...
    
    , leading to a wild 20-minute brawl. 300 fans join in, and all the involved players are suspended for five games and fined $100.
  • 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...
    
     shortstop
    Shortstop
    Shortstop, abbreviated SS, is the baseball fielding position between second and third base. Shortstop is often regarded as the most dynamic defensive position in baseball, because there are more right-handed hitters in baseball than left-handed hitters, and most hitters have a tendency to pull the...
    
     Dick Bartell
    Dick Bartell
    Richard William Bartell , nicknamed "Rowdy Richard," was an American shortstop in Major League Baseball. One of the most ferocious competitors of his era, he won both admirers and critics at each stop during a career which saw him traded every few seasons, often under acrimonious circumstances...
    
     is four-for-four with four doubles
    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....
    
     in the Phillies' 7-1 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 16 - The Washington Senators beat the Cleveland Indians, 11-10, in twelve innings. Cleveland uses five pitchers; Washington uses six. The combined eleven pitchers used was at the time a record.

• May 30 - John Stone
  John Stone (baseball)
  John Thomas Stone , nicknamed "Rocky," was an outfielder in Major League Baseball who played eleven seasons with the Detroit Tigers and Washington Senators...
  
   of the Detroit Tigers
  Detroit Tigers
  The Detroit Tigers are a Major League Baseball team located in Detroit, Michigan. One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit in as part of the Western League. The Tigers have won four World Series championships and have won the American League pennant...
  
   becomes the first player in major league history to collect six extra base hits in a regulation length doubleheader‚ as he hit four doubles and two home runs against the St. Louis Browns.

• June 16 - The New York Giants trade Sam Leslie
  Sam Leslie
  Samuel Andrew Leslie was a first baseman for Major League Baseball's New York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers from 1929 to 1938....
  
   to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Watty Clark
  Watty Clark
  William Watson Clark born in St. Joseph, Louisiana was a Pitcher for the Cleveland Indians , Brooklyn Robins/Dodgers and New York Giants ....
  
   and Lefty O'Doul
  Lefty O'Doul
  Francis Joseph "Lefty" O'Doul was an American Major League Baseball player who went on to become an extraordinarily successful manager in the minor leagues, and also a vital figure in the establishment of professional baseball in Japan.-Player:Born in San Francisco, California, O'Doul began his...
  
  .

• June 17 - The Philadelphia Phillies trade Hal Lee
  Hal Lee
  Harold Burnham Lee , was a professional baseball player who played outfielder in the Major Leagues from 1930-1936. He would play for the Philadelphia Phillies, Boston Braves, and Brooklyn Robins.-External links:...
  
   and Pinky Whitney
  Pinky Whitney
  Arthur Carter Whitney , born in San Antonio, Texas, was a third baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies and Boston Braves/Boston Bees .He was named to the 1936 National League All-Star Team....
  
   to 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....
  
   for Wes Schulmerich
  Wes Schulmerich
  Edward Wesley Schulmerich was an American Major League Baseball player from the state of Oregon. A native of the state, he played baseball and football at what is now Oregon State University where he participated in three sports. On the football team, he played three positions and earned the...
  
   and Fritz Knothe.

July - September

• July 6 – The first Major League Baseball All-Star Game
  1933 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
  The 1933 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the first playing of the midseason exhibition baseball game between the all-stars of the American League and National League , the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on July 6, 1933 at Comiskey Park in Chicago, the home...
  
   was held in Comiskey Park
  Comiskey Park
  Comiskey Park was the ballpark in which the Chicago White Sox played from 1910 to 1990. It was built by Charles Comiskey after a design by Zachary Taylor Davis, and was the site of four World Series and more than 6,000 major league games...
  
  , Chicago
  Chicago
  Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
  
  , home 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...
  
  . 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...
  
   defeated the 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...
  
  , 4-2, highlighted by 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...
  
  's third inning home run
  Home run
  In baseball, a home run is scored when the ball is hit in such a way that the batter is able to reach home safely in one play without any errors being committed by the defensive team in the process...
  
  , the first home run in All-Star game history. Chicago Cub pitcher Lon Warneke
  Lon Warneke
  Lonnie Warneke , nicknamed the "The Arkansas Hummingbird," was a Major League Baseball player, Major League umpire, county judge, U.S. Military serviceman, and businessman from Montgomery County, Arkansas whose career won-loss record as a pitcher for the Chicago Cubs and St...
  
   hits the first triple in All-Star game history and scores the 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...
  
  's first run in All-Star game history.

• July 19 - Rick
  Rick Ferrell
  Richard Benjamin Ferrell was an American professional baseball player, coach, scout and executive. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball from to for the St. Louis Browns, Boston Red Sox and Washington Senators. Ferrell was regarded as one of the best catchers in baseball during the...
  
   & Wes Ferrell
  Wes Ferrell
  Wesley Cheek Ferrell was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball from 1927 through 1941. Primarily a starting pitcher, Ferrell played for the Cleveland Indians , Boston Red Sox , Washington Senators , New York Yankees , Brooklyn Dodgers and Boston Braves...
  
   become the first brothers on opposing teams to hit home runs in the same game, as Wes' Indians defeat Rick's BoSox, 8-7, in thirteen innings.

• July 22 - The Washington Senators and New York Yankees are tied for first with 55-32 records. Washington beats the Detroit Tigers, 4-3, while the Yanks fall to the Cleveland Indians, 2-1. Washington maintains sole possession of first place for the remainder of the season.

• July 26 - 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...
  
   joins the St. Louis Browns.

• August 3 - For the first time in two years (August 2), the New York Yankees are 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."...
  
   by their opponent.

• August 4 - For the second game in a row, the New York Giants defeat the Philadelphia Phillies 18-1.

• August 14 - 1933 American League M.V.P. 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....
  
   hits for the cycle, and drives in nine runs
  Run (baseball)
  In baseball, a run is scored when a player advances around first, second and third base and returns safely to home plate, touching the bases in that order, before three outs are recorded and all obligations to reach base safely on batted balls are met or assured...
  
   to lead 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....
  
   to an 11-5 victory over the Cleveland Indians.

• August 22 - The Detroit Tigers
  Detroit Tigers
  The Detroit Tigers are a Major League Baseball team located in Detroit, Michigan. One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit in as part of the Western League. The Tigers have won four World Series championships and have won the American League pennant...
  
   defeat the Washington Senators, 10-8, snapping Washington's thirteen game winning streak.

• August 31 - Dutch Leonard
  Dutch Leonard (right-handed pitcher)
  Emil John "Dutch" Leonard was an American professional baseball player. He played in in Major League Baseball as a right-handed knuckleball pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers , Washington Senators , Philadelphia Phillies , and Chicago Cubs...
  
   makes his major league debut, pitching 7.1 innings and giving up three earned runs in the Brooklyn Dodgers' 10-3 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals.

October - December

• October 1
  • At Yankee Stadium, 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...
    
     attracts 25‚000 fans as he takes the mound against the Boston Red Sox. Ruth hits a fifth inning home run and takes a 6–0 lead into the sixth inning‚ then hangs on for a 6–5, complete-game victory. Boston pitcher Bob Kline
    Bob Kline
    Robert George Kline [Junior] was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for three different teams between the 1930 and 1934 seasons. Listed at 6' 3", 200 lb., Kline batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Enterprise, Ohio.- Career :A fastball thrower, Kline did almost everything a...
    
     takes the loss. The Yankees back the Babe with 18 outfield putouts. It is the final pitching appearance of his career. Ruth now has ten winning seasons in ten years as a pitcher‚ a mark that will be matched in by Andy Pettitte
    Andy Pettitte
    Andrew Eugene Pettitte is a retired American left-handed Major League Baseball starting pitcher.In his major league career, he played for the New York Yankees from 1995–2003. He then signed with the Houston Astros, and played for them from 2004 through 2006. In 2007, Pettitte rejoined the Yankees...
    
    . Ruth's record on the mound for the Yankees is a perfect 5-0.
  • At 57 years old, former Washington Senators pitcher and current coach Nick Altrock
    Nick Altrock
    Nicholas Altrock was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball.Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Altrock was one of the better pitchers in baseball for a brief period from to with the Chicago White Sox...
    
     takes a pinch hit at-bat in the Senators' eleven inning 3-0 loss to the Philadelphia A's.

• October 3 - Mel Ott
  Mel Ott
  Melvin Thomas Ott , nicknamed "Master Melvin", was a Major League Baseball right fielder. He played his entire career for the New York Giants . Ott was born in Gretna, Louisiana. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed...
  
  's two run home run in the first gives the New York Giants the early lead in game one of the 1933 World Series
  1933 World Series
  The 1933 World Series featured the New York Giants and the Washington Senators, with the Giants winning in five games for their first championship since , and their fourth overall....
  
   at the Polo Grounds
  Polo Grounds
  The Polo Grounds was the name given to four different stadiums in Upper Manhattan, New York City, used by many professional teams in both baseball and American football from 1880 until 1963...
  
  . They go on to win, 4-2.

• October 4 - A six run sixth inning and superb pitching by Hal Schumacher
  Hal Schumacher
  Harold Henry Schumacher was an American baseball player. He played in the majors from 1931-1946 for the New York Giants. Hal was still a student at St. Lawrence University when he first signed with the Giants, graduating in 1933.-External links:...
  
   carry the Giants to victory in game two 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...
  
  .

• October 5 - Earl Whitehill
  Earl Whitehill
  Earl Oliver Whitehill was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Detroit Tigers for the most significant portion of his career , and later with the Washington Senators , Cleveland Indians , and the Chicago Cubs...
  
   shuts the Giants out in game three of the World Series, as Washington takes game three, 4-0.

• October 6 - Blondy Ryan
  Blondy Ryan
  John Collins "Blondy" Ryan was an American shortstop in Major League Baseball who is remembered primarily for his fielding and his starring for the New York Giants' 1933 World Series winners. Born in Lynn, Massachusetts, he was signed by the Chicago White Sox in 1930 as an amateur free agent...
  
  's eleventh inning single gives the Giants the 2-1 victory in game four of the World Series.

• October 7 - In Game 5 of the World Series
  1933 World Series
  The 1933 World Series featured the New York Giants and the Washington Senators, with the Giants winning in five games for their first championship since , and their fourth overall....
  
  , the New York Giants defeat the Washington Senators, 4-3 in ten innings, 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 one. This would be the last 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...
  
   the Senators franchise would play in the Nation's Capital.

• November 15
  • The St. Louis Cardinals trade Jimmie Wilson
    Jimmie Wilson
    James Wilson , nicknamed "Ace," was an American professional athlete in soccer and baseball.He began his professional sports career as a soccer outside right in the National Association Football League and American Soccer League before becoming a catcher, manager and coach in Major League Baseball...
    
     to the Philadelphia Phillies for Spud Davis
    Spud Davis
    Virgil Lawrence "Spud" Davis was an American professional baseball player, coach, scout and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds, and Pittsburgh Pirates...
    
     and Eddie Delker.
  • The New York Giants trade 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 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 George Grantham
    George Grantham
    George Farley "Boots" Grantham , was Major League second baseman who played for the Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, and New York Giants between 1922 and 1934. He attended Northern Arizona University.-External links:...
    
    .

• November 21 - 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...
  
   right fielder 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 ....
  
  , who won the 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...
  
   Triple Crown
  Triple crown (baseball)
  In Major League Baseball, a player earns the Triple Crown when he leads a league in three specific statistical categories. For batters, a player must lead the league in home runs, run batted in , and batting average; pitchers must lead the league in wins, strikeouts, and earned run average...
  
   after hit .368 with 28 home runs and 120 RBI, is sold to the Cubs for $125,000 and three players. Klein, who also led the NL in hits (223), doubles (44), extra bases (79), total bases (365), slugging (.602), on-base % (.368) and OPS (1.025), and finished second in runs (102) and fourth in stolen bases (15), is the only player in major league history to be traded after a Triple Crown season.

• December 12 - The Philadelphia Athletics trade Lefty Grove
  Lefty Grove
  Robert Moses "Lefty" Grove was a professional baseball pitcher. After having success in the minor leagues during the early 1920s, Grove became a star in Major League Baseball with the American League's Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Red Sox, winning 300 games in his 17-year MLB career...
  
  , Max Bishop
  Max Bishop
  Max Frederick Bishop was a second baseman in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Red Sox . Bishop batted left-handed and threw right-handed...
  
   and Rube Walberg
  Rube Walberg
  George Elvin Walberg was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from through for the New York Giants , Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Red Sox . Walberg batted and threw left-handed...
  
   to the Boston Red Sox for Bob Kline
  Bob Kline
  Robert George Kline [Junior] was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for three different teams between the 1930 and 1934 seasons. Listed at 6' 3", 200 lb., Kline batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Enterprise, Ohio.- Career :A fastball thrower, Kline did almost everything a...
  
  , Rabbit Warstler
  Rabbit Warstler
  Harold Burton "Rabbit" Warstler was a professional baseball infielder. He played all or part of 11 seasons in Major League Baseball as a shortstop and second baseman for the Boston Red Sox , Philadelphia Athletics , Boston Bees and Chicago Cubs .In his career, Warstler played in 1,205 games and...
  
   and $125,000. They also send Mickey Cochrane
  Mickey Cochrane
  Gordon Stanley "Mickey" Cochrane was a professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the Philadelphia Athletics and Detroit Tigers...
  
   to the Detroit Tigers for Johnny Pasek
  Johnny Pasek
  John Paul "Johnny" Pasek was a Major League Baseball catcher. Pasek played for the Detroit Tigers in and the Chicago White Sox in . He batted and threw right-handed....
  
   and $100,000, then package Pasek with George Earnshaw
  George Earnshaw
  George "Moose" Earnshaw was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He played in parts of nine seasons with the Philadelphia Athletics, Chicago White Sox, Brooklyn Dodgers, and St. Louis Cardinals. He was the American League wins leader in 1929 with the A's...
  
  , and send them to the Chicago White Sox for Charlie Berry
  Charlie Berry
  Charles Francis Berry was an American athlete and sports official who enjoyed careers as a catcher and umpire in Major League Baseball and as an offensive end and official in the National Football League...
  
   and $20,000.

• December 20 - The Washington Senators trade Goose Goslin
  Goose Goslin
  Leon Allen "Goose" Goslin was a left fielder in Major League Baseball known for his powerful left-handed swing and dependable clutch hitting. He played 18 seasons with the Washington Senators, St. Louis Browns, and Detroit Tigers, from until...
  
   to the Detroit Tigers for John Stone.

January-March

• January 4 - Ray Monzant
• January 6 - Lenny Green
  Lenny Green
  Leonard Charles Green is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Baltimore Orioles , Washington Senators/Minnesota Twins , Los Angeles Angels , Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers . He batted and threw left-handed...
  
  
• January 6 - Lee Walls
  Lee Walls
  Raymond Lee Walls, Jr. , is a former professional baseball player who played outfield in the Major Leagues from 1953-1964. Walls would play for the Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies, and Los Angeles Dodgers. He also played one season in Japan in 1965 for the...
  
  
• January 8 - Willie Tasby
  Willie Tasby
  Willie Tasby Jr. was a Major League Baseball player for six seasons, all in the American League. Tasby came up with the Baltimore Orioles and spent time with the Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators, and Cleveland Indians...
  
  
• January 20 - Gene Stephens
  Gene Stephens
  Glen Eugene Stephens was an Outfielder for the Boston Red Sox , Baltimore Orioles , Kansas City Athletics and Chicago White Sox...
  
  
• February 14 - Tom Borland
  Tom Borland
  Thomas Bruce "Spike" Borland is an American former relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1960 through 1961 for the Boston Red Sox...
  
  
• February 26 - Johnny Blanchard
  Johnny Blanchard
  John Edwin Blanchard was a professional baseball player who played in the Major Leagues primarily as an outfielder and catcher from 1955 and 1959-1965. A defensive liability for the New York Yankees for most of his career, Blanchard is probably best-known for his play in the 1961 World Series...
  
  
• February 27 - Sammy Taylor
  Sammy Taylor (baseball)
  Samuel Douglas "Sammy" Taylor is a former Major League Baseball catcher who played from 1958 to 1963 for the Chicago Cubs, New York Mets, Cincinnati Reds and Cleveland Indians....
  
  
• March 6 - Ted Abernathy
  Ted Abernathy
  Ted Wade Abernathy was a Major League Baseball relief pitcher. He batted and threw right-handed.A native of Stanley, North Carolina, Abernathy changed his pitching motion after shoulder surgery left his career in doubt, switching from a three-quarter delivery and becoming an effective sidearmer...
  
  
• March 7 - Ed Bouchee
  Ed Bouchee
  Edward Francis Bouchee is a former Major League Baseball first baseman who played from to . He finished second in the Rookie of the Year voting in , hitting .293 with 17 home runs and 76 RBI. Those would all prove to be career highs.After the 1957 season was over, Bouchee was arrested for...
  
  
• March 20 - George Altman
  George Altman
  George Lee Altman is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball. From through , Altman played for the Chicago Cubs , St. Louis Cardinals and New York Mets...
  
  

April-June

• April 3 - Renae Youngberg
  Renae Youngberg
  Renae Audrey Youngberg [Ray] is a former third basewoman who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League between the and season...
  
  
• April 7 - Bobby Del Greco
  Bobby Del Greco
  Robert George Del Greco was an Outfielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates , St. Louis Cardinals , Chicago Cubs , New York Yankees , Philadelphia Phillies and Kansas City Athletics .Del Greco grew up in Pittsburgh's Hill District and was signed by the hometown Pirates...
  
  
• April 12 - Charlie Lau
  Charlie Lau
  Charles Richard Lau was an American catcher and hitting coach in Major League Baseball....
  
  
• April 22 - Bob Schmidt
  Bob Schmidt (baseball)
  Robert Benjamin Schmidt , is an American former professional baseball player who played catcher in the Major Leagues from 1958 to 1965...
  
  
• April 25 - Joyce Ricketts
  Joyce Ricketts
  Joyce Ricketts [״Rick״] was a right fielder who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. She batted left handed and threw right handed....
  
  
• April 29 - Ed Charles
  Ed Charles
  Edwin Douglas Charles is a former third baseman in Major League Baseball. A right-handed hitter, Charles played for the Kansas City Athletics and New York Mets .-Minor league career:...
  
  
• May 13 - Johnny Roseboro
  Johnny Roseboro
  John Junior Roseboro was a Major League Baseball catcher and coach, who was born in Ashland, Ohio.-Career:A left-handed-hitter, Roseboro had a lifetime .249 batting average with 104 home runs and 548 RBI in 1585 games played with the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers , Minnesota Twins and...
  
  
• May 16 - Bob Bruce
  Bob Bruce
  Robert James Bruce is a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball.Bruce was a mainstay of the expansion Houston Colt .45 starting rotation in that team's early seasons, tying Turk Farrell for the team lead in wins in the Colt .45's inaugural 1962 season, and becoming the first Houston...
  
  
• May 18 - Carroll Hardy
  Carroll Hardy
  Carroll William Hardy is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Cleveland Indians , Boston Red Sox , Houston Colt .45s and Minnesota Twins...
  
  
• June 2 - Jerry Lumpe
  Jerry Lumpe
  Jerry Dean Lumpe is a former Major League Baseball second baseman for the New York Yankees , Kansas City Athletics and Detroit Tigers ....
  
  
• June 7 - Herb Score
  Herb Score
  Herbert Jude Score was a Major League Baseball pitcher and announcer.-Athletic career:Score came up as a rookie in with the Cleveland Indians...
  
  
• June 10 - Ed Palmquist
  Ed Palmquist
  Edwin Lee Palmquist was a middle relief pitcher who played from through in Major League Baseball. Listed at 6' 3", 195 lb., Palmquist batted and threw right-handed. A native of Los Angeles, California, he attended Susan Miller Dorsey High School...
  
  
• June 14 - Jim Constable
  Jim Constable
  Jimmy Lee Constable was a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball. From 1957 through 1963, he played for the New York/San Francisco Giants, Cleveland Indians, Washington Senators and Milwaukee Braves. Constable, nicknamed "Sheriff", was a switch-hitter and threw left handed...
  
  
• June 19 - Ken Johnson
• June 23 - Dave Bristol
  Dave Bristol
  James David Bristol is a former manager in Major League Baseball in the 1960s and 1970s. He managed the Cincinnati Reds, Milwaukee Brewers, Atlanta Braves, and San Francisco Giants during this period....
  
  
• June 26 - Gene Green
  Gene Green (baseball)
  Gene Leroy Green was a Major League Baseball outfielder-catcher. Born in Los Angeles, California, he was signed by the St. Louis Cardinals before the 1952 season. He played for the Cardinals , Baltimore Orioles , Washington Senators , Cleveland Indians , and Cincinnati Reds...
  
  
• June 29 - Bob Shaw
  Bob Shaw (baseball)
  Robert John Shaw was a Major League Baseball pitcher.His career lasted a decade, and he pitched for the Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox, Kansas City Athletics, Milwaukee Braves, San Francisco Giants, New York Mets, and Chicago Cubs. He won 18 games with the American League pennant-winning White...
  
  

July-September

• July 8 - Al Spangler
  Al Spangler
  Albert Donald "Spanky" Spangler is a retired American Major League Baseball outfielder.Spangler attended Duke University. He was signed as a free agent by the Milwaukee Braves on June 14, 1954...
  
  
• July 26 - Norm Siebern
  Norm Siebern
  Norman Leroy Siebern was a Major League Baseball player for the New York Yankees, Kansas City Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, California Angels, San Francisco Giants, and Boston Red Sox from to . His best season came in with the A's, when he hit 25 home runs, had 117 runs batted in and a .308...
  
  
• July 1 - Frank Baumann
  Frank Baumann (baseball)
  Frank Matt Baumann is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox , Chicago White Sox and Chicago Cubs . He batted and threw left-handed....
  
  
• July 27 - Johnny Kucks
  Johnny Kucks
  John Charles Kucks was a pitcher for the New York Yankees and Kansas City Athletics in Major League Baseball. In 1952, he was signed as an amateur free agent...
  
  
• August 10 - Rocky Colavito
  Rocky Colavito
  Rocco Domenico "Rocky" Colavito, Jr. is a former right fielder in Major League Baseball best known for his years with the Cleveland Indians. He wore a #6, #7 or #21 jersey during his MLB career...
  
  
• August 18 - Jim Davenport
  Jim Davenport
  James Houston Davenport is a former Major League Baseball infielder who played his entire career with the San Francisco Giants . The right-handed batter and thrower attended The University of Southern Mississippi.He played in one World Series in 1962, as the Giants lost to the New York Yankees...
  
  
• September 2 - Marv Throneberry
  Marv Throneberry
  Marvin Eugene Throneberry was an American Major League Baseball player, best remembered as the starting first baseman for the 1962 New York Mets, a team which set the modern record for most losses in a season with 120....
  
  
• September 17 - Chuck Daniel
  Chuck Daniel
  Charles Edward Daniel was a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Detroit Tigers during the season. Listed at 6'2", 195., Daniel batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• September 27 - Jerry Casale
  Jerry Casale
  Jerry Joseph Casale is a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for three different teams between 1958 and 1962. Listed at 6' 2", 200 lb., he batted and threw right-handed....
  
  

October-December

• October 9 - Joan Berger
  Joan Berger
  Joan Berger [Knebl] is a former female infielder and outfielder who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 4", 132 lb., Berger batted and threw right handed...
  
  
• October 21 - Johnny Goryl
  Johnny Goryl
  John Albert Goryl is a special adviser/player development for the Cleveland Indians and a former infielder, manager and coach in American Major League Baseball....
  
  
• October 22 - Ron Jackson
  Ron Jackson (first baseman)
  Ronald Harris Jackson was a backup first baseman in Major League Baseball who played from 1954 through 1960 for the Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox . Listed at 6' 7", 225 lb., he batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• October 23 - Lois Youngen
  Lois Youngen
  Lois Joy Youngen is a former catcher and outfielder who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 4", 137 lb., she batted and threw right handed...
  
  
• October 27 - Pumpsie Green
  Pumpsie Green
  Elijah Jerry "Pumpsie" Green is a former Major League Baseball backup infielder who played with the Boston Red Sox and New York Mets . He was a switch-hitter who threw right-handed....
  
  
• October 27 - Billy Moran
  Billy Moran
  William Nelson Moran , is a retired American professional baseball player. Primarily a second baseman, he played in the Major Leagues from 1958–1959 and 1961–1965 for the Cleveland Indians and Los Angeles Angels...
  
  
• November 4 - Tito Francona
  Tito Francona
  John Patsy "Tito" Francona is a former outfielder/first baseman in professional baseball. He is the father of former Boston Red Sox manager Terry Francona.-Career:...
  
  
• November 9 - George Witt
  George Witt
  George Adrian Witt is a former professional baseball player. He was a pitcher over parts of 6 seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Los Angeles Angels and Houston Colt .45's. Witt was a member of the 1960 World Series champion Pirates...
  
  
• November 17 - Dan Osinski
  Dan Osinski
  Daniel Osinski is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher. The 6'2", 195 lb. right-hander was signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent before the 1952 season...
  
  
• November 17 - Orlando Peña
  Orlando Peña
  Orlando Gregorio Peña Quevara is a former pitcher who played in Major League Baseball between 1958 and 1975 for the Cincinnati Reds , Kansas City Athletics , Detroit Tigers , Cleveland Indians , Pittsburgh Pirates , Baltimore Orioles , St...
  
  
• November 26 - Minnie Rojas
  Minnie Rojas
  Minervino Alejandro "Minnie" Rojas Landin was a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the California Angels from through . Rojas batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Remedios, Villa Clara, Cuba....
  
  
• December 31 - Ken Rowe
  Ken Rowe
  Kenneth Darrell Rowe is a former middle-relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Baltimore Orioles...
  
  

Deaths

• January 2 - Kid Gleason
  Kid Gleason
  William J. "Kid" Gleason was an American professional athlete and Major League Baseball player and manager. Gleason is best known as the manager of the 1919 Chicago White Sox, the team made infamous by the Black Sox scandal, in which Gleason's players conspired to intentionally lose the World...
  
  , 66, who won 138 games as a pitcher and was second baseman for four teams from 1895-1906, twice batting .300; won AL pennant as rookie manager of White Sox in 1919, then watched as team threw World Series
• January 4 - Hal Deviney
  Hal Deviney
  Harold John Deviney was a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the 1920 season...
  
  , 39, pitched for the 1920 Boston Red Sox
• January 31 - Beany Jacobson
  Beany Jacobson
  Albert Leonard Jacobson [born Albin Leonard Jacobson] was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for three different teams between and . Listed at 6' 0", 170 lb., he batted and threw left-handed....
  
  , 51, pitcher for the Washington Senators, St. Louis Browns and Boston Americans in the 1900s
• March 20 - Dan Burke
  Dan Burke (baseball)
  Daniel L. Burke was a reserve catcher/outfielder in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Rochester Broncos and the Syracuse Stars in , and with the Boston Beaneaters in . Listed at 5' 10", 190 lb., Burke batted and threw right-handed...
  
  , 64, catcher/outfielder who played from 1890 to 1892 for the Rochester Broncos, Syracuse Stars and Boston Beaneaters
• April 23 - Tim Keefe
  Tim Keefe
  Timothy John "Tim" Keefe , nicknamed "Smiling Tim" and "Sir Timothy", was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He was one of the most dominating pitchers of the 19th century and posted impressive statistics in one category or another for almost every season he pitched...
  
  , 76, pitcher who won over 340 games, including six 30-win campaigns for the New York Metropolitans and Giants from 1883-88, with 40-win seasons in 1883 and 1886; led league in ERA three times and strikeouts twice, with career strikeout mark (2500+) being record until 1908; won 19 straight in 1888, leading Giants to first pennant, and was 4-0 with 0.51 ERA in championship series
• May 19 - Wes Curry
  Wes Curry
  Wesley Curry was an American pitcher and umpire in Major League Baseball who played one season for the Richmond Virginians of the American Association before officiating for six seasons between and .-Playing career:...
  
  , 73, umpire for six seasons between 1885 and 1898 who also pitched two games in 1884
• May 24 - Phonney Martin
  Phonney Martin
  Alphonse Case "Phonney" Martin was an American Major League Baseball baseball player who played two seasons in the National Association from to .-Career:...
  
  , 87, player and manager for the 1872 Brooklyn Eckfords, also played for the 1872 Troy Trojans, and 1873 New York Mutuals.
• June 3 - Jack O'Brien
  Jack O'Brien (MLB outfielder)
  John Joseph O'Brien was an outfielder in Major League Baseball. Between 1899 and , O'Brien played with the Washington Senators in the National League , and for the Washington Senators , Cleveland Blues , and Boston Americans of the American League...
  
  , 60, outfielder for four clubs, and the first player to pinch-hit in World Series history, as a member of the 1903 Boston Americans
• June 13 - Gat Stires
  Gat Stires
  Garret C. Stires was a Major League Baseball right fielder in the 19th century. He played for the Rockford Forest Citys of the National Association in 1871. He was a native of Hunterdon County, New Jersey....
  
  , 83, outfielder for the Rockford Forest Citys 1868 to 1871.
• July 23 - Rip Williams
  Rip Williams
  Alva Mitchell Williams [Buff] was a reserve infielder in Major League Baseball, playing mainly as a catcher or first baseman for three different teams between the and seasons. Listed at 5' 11.5", 187 lb., Williams batted and threw right-handed...
  
  , 51, versatile utility who appeared in 498 games for the Red Sox, Senators and Indians between 1911 and 1918
• September 13 - Bill Brennan
  Bill Brennan (umpire)
  William Thomas "Bill" Brennan was a Major League Baseball umpire.Brennan umpired in National League from 1909 through 1913. He then jumped to the upstart Federal League, and umpired there in 1914 and 1915...
  
  , 52, Umpire in the National League and Federal League
• September 16 - George Gore
  George Gore
  George F. Gore , nicknamed "Piano Legs", was an American center fielder in Major League Baseball who played for fourteen seasons, eight for the Chicago White Stockings, five for the New York Giants, one for the St. Louis Browns of the National League , and the New York Giants of the Players League...
  
  , 76, center fielder for the White Stockings and Giants who batted .301 lifetime and won 1880 batting title; led NL in walks three times and runs twice, and upon retirement was fifth all-time in runs and second in walks
• September 25 - Ring Lardner
  Ring Lardner
  Ringgold Wilmer Lardner was an American sports columnist and short story writer best known for his satirical takes on the sports world, marriage, and the theatre.-Personal life:...
  
  , 48, sportswriter for various newspapers, mainly in Chicago, since 1907; pioneered the satirical cynic's view of sports reporting
• October 5 - William Veeck, Sr.
  William Veeck, Sr.
  William Veeck, Sr. was a sports writer and baseball executive. He was president of Chicago Cubs from 1919 to his death in October, 1933. Under Veeck's leadership, the Cubs won three pennants, in 1918, 1929, and 1932....
  
  , 55, president of the Cubs since 1919; previously a sportswriter
• October 10 - Joe Kostal
  Joe Kostal
  Joseph William Kostal was an American Major League Baseball player who pitched two games for the Louisville Colonels. He pitched a total of two innings, gave up four runs, zero earned runs, and was charged one error. Kostal was born in Chicago, Illinois, and died at the age of 57 in Guelph,...
  
  , 57, pitched two games for the 1896 Louisville Colonels.
• October 13 - Al Mannassau
  Al Mannassau
  Alfred S. "Al" Mannassau was a professional baseball umpire.Mannassau umpired in three Major Leagues in his life. First, he umpired in the National League in , working 92 games. Mannassau then umpired 96 American League games in . He returned to baseball in , and umpired in 109 Federal League games...
  
  , 67, Umpire in the National League, American League, and the Federal League