Major League Baseball

• World Series
  1935 World Series
  The 1935 World Series featured the Detroit Tigers and the Chicago Cubs, with the Tigers winning in six games for their first championship in five Series appearances. They had lost in , , , and ....
  
  : 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...
  
   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...
  
   (4-2)
• 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 8 at Municipal Stadium
  Cleveland Stadium
  Cleveland Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium, located in Cleveland, Ohio. In its final years, the stadium seated 74,438, for baseball and 81,000, for football. It was one of the early multi-purpose stadiums, built to accommodate both baseball and football...
  
  : American League, 4-1

Other champions

• 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...
  
  , August 11 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, 11-8 (11 innings)

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...
  
  
  • Hank Greenberg
    Hank Greenberg
    Henry Benjamin "Hank" Greenberg , nicknamed "Hammerin' Hank" or "The Hebrew Hammer," was an American professional baseball player in the 1930s and 1940s. A first baseman primarily for the Detroit Tigers, Greenberg was one of the premier power hitters of his generation...
    
    , 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...
    
     (AL)
  • Gabby Hartnett
    Gabby Hartnett
    Charles Leo "Gabby" Hartnett was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played almost his entire career in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the Chicago Cubs. Until the career of Johnny Bench, Hartnett was considered the greatest catcher in the history of the National League...
    
    , 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...
    
     (NL)

MLB statistical leaders

American League final standings

National League final standings

Negro National League final standings

• Pittsburgh won one half, New York won one half.
• Pittsburgh beat New York 5 games to 2 games in a play-off.

January - May

• January 19 - The St. Louis Browns trade Bump Hadley
  Bump Hadley
  Irving Darius Hadley was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. Born in Lynn, Massachusetts, he played the major leagues for the Washington Senators , Chicago White Sox , St...
  
   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 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...
  
   and cash, then sell Sewell's contract to 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...
  
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• February 26 - 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...
  
   release 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...
  
  . Later the same day, 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....
  
   sign him.

• April 1 - Dazzy Vance
  Dazzy Vance
  Charles Arthur "Dazzy" Vance was a star Major League Baseball starting pitcher during the 1920s.-Biography:...
  
   joins the Brooklyn Dodgers.

• April 15 - Johnny Mize
  Johnny Mize
  John Robert "Johnny" Mize was a baseball player who was a first baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals, New York Giants, and New York Yankees...
  
  , who originally signed with 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...
  
  , but was sold 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....
  
   on December 13, , is returned to the Cards.

• April 16 - Opening day, Lefty Gomez
  Lefty Gómez
  Vernon Louis "Lefty" Gomez was an American left-handed major league pitcher who played in the American League for the New York Yankees between 1930 and 1942. Considered one of the great pitchers of the day, Gomez was a seven-time All-Star and a five-time World Series Champion with the Yankees...
  
   holds the New York Yankees to just two hits
  Hit (baseball)
  In baseball statistics, a hit , also called a base hit, is credited to a batter when the batter safely reaches first base after hitting the ball into fair territory, without the benefit of an error or a fielder's choice....
  
   as 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"...
  
   win their season opener 1-0 at Yankee Stadium
  Yankee Stadium
  Yankee Stadium was a stadium located in The Bronx in New York City, New York. It was the home ballpark of the New York Yankees from 1923 to 1973 and from 1976 to 2008. The stadium hosted 6,581 Yankees regular season home games during its 85-year history. It was also the former home of the New York...
  
  . In 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...
  
  , both the Pittsburgh Pirates
  Pittsburgh Pirates
  The Pittsburgh Pirates are a Major League Baseball club based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They play in the Central Division of the National League, and are five-time World Series Champions...
  
   and Brooklyn Dodgers put up twelve runs in victories over the Cincinnati Reds and 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...
  
  , respectively.

• April 18 - 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...
  
   lead-off hitter Jo-Jo White
  Jo-Jo White
  Joyner Clifford "Jo-Jo" White was an American center fielder in professional baseball. He played nine seasons with the Detroit Tigers , Philadelphia Athletics , and Cincinnati Reds...
  
   draws five walks in the Tigers' 5-4 victory over 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...
  
  .

• April 21
  • 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...
    
     open their season with three consecutive extra innings games, amassing 41 total innings.
  • After ten innings, the contest between the Philadelphia Phillies 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....
    
     at the Baker Bowl
    Baker Bowl
    Baker Bowl is the best-known popular name of a baseball park that formerly stood in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Its formal name, painted on its outer wall, was National League Park. It was also initially known as Philadelphia Park or Philadelphia Base Ball Grounds.It was on a small...
    
     is called a 4-4 tie. The Phillies tie an NL record by turning six double plays, with Phillies 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...
    
     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...
    
     tying the individual mark by being part of five of the double plays.

• May 8 - 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...
  
   with the Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds catcher
  Catcher
  Catcher is a position for a baseball or softball player. When a batter takes his turn to hit, the catcher crouches behind home plate, in front of the umpire, and receives the ball from the pitcher. This is a catcher's primary duty, but he is also called upon to master many other skills in order to...
  
   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",...
  
   ties a Major League record by hitting four consecutive 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....
  
   en route to a 15-4 victory. Lombardi logs just one at-bat in the second game, and gets a single
  Single (baseball)
  In baseball, a single is the most common type of base hit, accomplished through the act of a batter safely reaching first base by hitting a fair ball and getting to first base before a fielder puts him out...
  
  .

• May 24 - At Crosley Field
  Crosley Field
  Crosley Field was a Major League Baseball park located in Cincinnati, Ohio. It was the home field of the National League's Cincinnati Reds from 1912 through June 24, 1970, and the original Cincinnati Bengals football team, members of the second and third American Football League...
  
  , the Cincinnati Reds and the visiting Philadelphia Phillies played the first night game, which Cincinnati won 2–1. President Franklin D. Roosevelt
  Franklin D. Roosevelt
  Franklin Delano Roosevelt , also known by his initials, FDR, was the 32nd President of the United States and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war...
  
   turns on the lights with a switch in the White House
  White House
  The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., the house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban, and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the Neoclassical...
  
  .

• May 25 - 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...
  
   of goes 4-for-4 with three home runs and six runs batted in. It is the last multi-homer game of Ruth's career, with the final home run, the 714th of his career, being the first ball ever hit to clear the roof at Forbes Field
  Forbes Field
  Forbes Field was a baseball park in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1909 to 1971. It was the third home of the Pittsburgh Pirates Major League Baseball team, and the first home of the Pittsburgh Steelers, the city's National Football League franchise...
  
   in Pittsburgh.

• May 30 - 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...
  
   ends his playing career with the Boston Braves. A mathematical extrapolation made in shows that had Ruth been born five years later, in , rather than in and begun his hitting career in - at the start of the Lively Ball Era - rather than in - he would have hit a career 1,115 home runs and garnered a career 4,120 hits including an 80-home run season in when the baseball was further "juiced."

June - September

• June 26 - The Pittsburgh Pirates sweep a double header with the Boston Braves. Pirates centerfielder Lloyd Waner
  Lloyd Waner
  Lloyd James Waner , nicknamed "Little Poison", was a Major League Baseball center fielder. His small stature at 5'9" and 132 lb made him one of the smallest players of his era. Along with his brother, Paul Waner, he anchored the Pittsburgh Pirates outfield throughout the 1920s and 1930s...
  
   sets a Major League record with eighteen put outs.

• July 7 - The Detroit Tigers complete a ten game winning streak that pulls them within one game of the first place Yankees.

• July 8 - At Cleveland Municipal Stadium, home of the Cleveland Indians, 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...
  
   defeats the National League, 4–1, in the All-Star Game
  1935 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
  The 1935 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 3rd playing of the mid-summer classic between the all-stars of the American League and National League , the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on July 8, 1935 at Cleveland Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio the home of the...
  
  .

• July 19 - Casey Stengel
  Casey Stengel
  Charles Dillon "Casey" Stengel , nicknamed "The Old Perfessor", was an American Major League Baseball outfielder and manager. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in ....
  
  's Brooklyn Dodgers end the St. Louis Cardinals' fourteen game winning streak behind a 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 Johnny Babich
  Johnny Babich
  John Charles Babich was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched from 1934-1941 for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Boston Bees and Philadelphia Athletics....
  
  .

• July 22 - With a 4-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds, the Boston Braves end a fifteen game losing streak.

• July 23 - With first place in the American League on the line, the Detroit Tigers and New York Yankees split a double header. Detroit wins the following day, 4-0, to leave New York
  New York
  New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
  
   a half game up on the Yankees. They remain in first for the remainder of the season.

• August 10 - The New York Yankees defeat the Philadelphia A's, 18-7. Right fielder
  Right fielder
  A right fielder, abbreviated RF, is the outfielder in baseball or softball who plays defense in right field. Right field is the area of the outfield to the right of a person standing at home plate and facing towards the pitcher's mound...
  
   George Selkirk
  George Selkirk
  George Alexander Selkirk was a Canadian outfielder and front office executive in Major League Baseball. In 1935, Selkirk succeeded the legendary Babe Ruth as the right fielder of the New York Yankees...
  
   hits two home runs and drives in eight.

• August 16 - Dizzy Dean
  Dizzy Dean
  Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He was the last National League pitcher to win 30 games in one season. Dean was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1953....
  
   and 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:...
  
   engage in a pitchers' duel 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...
  
  . Schumaker's Giants emerge with the 1-0 victory.

• August 27 - In the first game of a double header 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...
  
   with the Chicago White Sox, 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...
  
   goes three-for-five with two RBIs and two runs scored to lead the Yankees to a 13-10 victory. In the second game, Gehrig is walked five times. Chicago wins that game, 4-3.

• August 31 - Vern Kennedy
  Vern Kennedy
  Lloyd Vernon Kennedy was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball. From 1934 through 1945, he played for the Chicago White Sox , Detroit Tigers , St. Louis Browns , Washington Senators , Cleveland Indians , Philadelphia Phillies and Cincinnati Reds...
  
   pitches a no-hitter
  No-hitter
  A no-hitter is a baseball game in which one team has no hits. In Major League Baseball, the team must be without hits during the entire game, and the game must be at least nine innings. A pitcher who prevents the opposing team from achieving a hit is said to have "thrown a no-hitter"...
  
   as the Chicago White Sox defeat the Cleveland Indians, 5–0. It is the first no-hitter in the American League since , and the first ever at Chicago's 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...
  
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• September 12 - The Philadelphia Athletics sweep a double header from the Chicago White Sox to end a thirteen game losing streak.

• September 27 - The first place 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...
  
   sweep a double header with 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...
  
   that brings their winning streak to 27 games. The Cubs were in third place, 2.5 games back of the Cards, when the streak began.

October - December

• October 2 - Schoolboy Rowe
  Schoolboy Rowe
  Lynnwood Thomas "Schoolboy" Rowe was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball, primarily for the Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia Phillies...
  
   pitched effectively, however, his fielding error lead to two unearned runs in the first inning as the Chicago Cubs take game one of the 1935 World Series
  1935 World Series
  The 1935 World Series featured the Detroit Tigers and the Chicago Cubs, with the Tigers winning in six games for their first championship in five Series appearances. They had lost in , , , and ....
  
  , 3-0.

• October 3 - Hank Greenberg
  Hank Greenberg
  Henry Benjamin "Hank" Greenberg , nicknamed "Hammerin' Hank" or "The Hebrew Hammer," was an American professional baseball player in the 1930s and 1940s. A first baseman primarily for the Detroit Tigers, Greenberg was one of the premier power hitters of his generation...
  
  's two run home run caps off a four run first inning for the Tigers as Detroit takes 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...
  
  , 8-3. In the bottom of the seventh, Greenburg is hit by a pitch that ends his season.

• October 4 - As part of a double switch, 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...
  
   moves from centerfield to third base in the tenth inning of game three of the World Series. An inning later, he misplays Flea Clifton
  Flea Clifton
  Herman Earl "Flea" Clifton , was a Major League Baseball infielder who played four seasons with the Detroit Tigers from 1934 to 1937.Clifton was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on December 12, 1909...
  
  's ground ball to allow the Detroit Tigers to take the 6-5 victory.

• October 5 - Gabby Hartnett
  Gabby Hartnett
  Charles Leo "Gabby" Hartnett was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played almost his entire career in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the Chicago Cubs. Until the career of Johnny Bench, Hartnett was considered the greatest catcher in the history of the National League...
  
   hits a second inning home run to put the Cubs on the board first, but the Tigers come back with two unanswered runs, and win 2-1.

• October 7 - With the score tied at three, Stan Hack
  Stan Hack
  Stanley Camfield Hack , nicknamed "Smiling Stan," was an American third baseman and manager in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Chicago Cubs and was the National League's top third baseman in the late 1930s and early 1940s...
  
   leads off the ninth inning for the Cubs with a triple
  Triple (baseball)
  In baseball, a triple is the act of a batter safely reaching third base after hitting the ball, with neither the benefit of a fielder's misplay nor another runner being put out on a fielder's choice....
  
  . He is left stranded by Bill Jurges, Larry French
  Larry French
  Lawrence Herbert French was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates , Chicago Cubs and Brooklyn Dodgers . A knuckleball specialist, French batted right-handed and threw left-handed...
  
   and Augie Galan
  Augie Galan
  August John Galan was a left fielder in Major League Baseball. From 1934 through 1949, he played for the Chicago Cubs , Brooklyn Dodgers , Cincinnati Reds , New York Giants and Philadelphia Athletics . Galan threw right-handed and began his career as a switch hitter...
  
   fail to drive him in. In the bottom of the inning, 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...
  
   singles in 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 give the Detroit Tigers their first 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 two. This was Detroit's first Series victory after failing to win four previous times. Cubs skipper Charlie Grimm
  Charlie Grimm
  Charles John Grimm , nicknamed "Jolly Cholly", was a first baseman and manager in Major League Baseball best known for his years with the Chicago Cubs; he was also a sometime radio broadcaster, and a popular goodwill ambassador for baseball...
  
   is widely second-guessed for letting the pitcher bat in the top of the inning.

• November 9 - Bob Gibson
  Bob Gibson
  Robert "Bob" Gibson is a retired American professional baseball player. Nicknamed "Hoot" and "Gibby", he was a right-handed pitcher who played his entire 17-year Major League Baseball career with St. Louis Cardinals...
  
   is born in Omaha, Nebraska
  Omaha, Nebraska
  Omaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska, United States, and is the county seat of Douglas County. It is located in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 20 miles north of the mouth of the Platte River...
  
  . Gibson will make his major league debut in , marking the start of a 17-year pitching career with 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...
  
   and an election to the Baseball Hall of Fame in .

• November 26 - The National League assumes control of the bankrupt, Boston Braves franchise after several failed attempts to buy the last-place club. The league takes over only temporarily, until matters can be straightened out.

• December 9 - The New York Giants trade Roy Parmelee
  Roy Parmelee
  Le Roy Earl Parmelee , was a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from -. He would play for the New York Giants, Philadelphia Athletics, Chicago Cubs, and St. Louis Cardinals.-External links:...
  
  , Phil Weintraub
  Phil Weintraub
  Philip Weintraub, nicknamed Mickey was an American baseball player who had, as of February 2010, the second most runs batted in in a single game ....
  
   and cash to the St. Louis Cardinals for Burgess Whitehead
  Burgess Whitehead
  Burgess Urquhart "Whitey" Whitehead was a Major League Baseball second baseman from 1933 to 1946. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals, New York Giants, and Pittsburgh Pirates.-Biography:...
  
  .

• December 10 - The Boston Red Sox acquire 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....
  
   and Johnny Marcum
  Johnny Marcum
  John Alfred "Footsie" Marcum was a professional baseball pitcher, for seven seasons in Major League Baseball with the Philadelphia Athletics, Boston Red Sox, St...
  
   from the Philadelphia Athletics for Gordon Rhodes
  Gordon Rhodes
  John Gordon Rhodes [Dusty] was a starting pitcher in Major League who played from through for the New York Yankees , Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Athletics . Listed at 6' 0", 187 lb., Rhodes batted and threw right-handed...
  
  , minor leaguer George Savino and $150,000.

• December 12 - The Boston Braves trade Ed Brandt
  Ed Brandt
  Edward Arthur Brandt was a pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1928 to 1938. He played for the Boston Braves, Brooklyn Dodgers, and Pittsburgh Pirates....
  
   and Randy Moore
  Randy Moore
  Randolph Edward Moore born in Naples, Texas was an Outfielder for Major League Baseball's Chicago White Sox , Boston Braves , Brooklyn Dodgers and St...
  
   to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Ray Benge
  Ray Benge
  Raymond Adelphia Benge , born in Jacksonville, Texas, was a pitcher for the Cleveland Indians , Philadelphia Phillies , Brooklyn Dodgers , Boston Bees and Cincinnati Reds...
  
  , 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...
  
  , Al Lopez
  Al Lopez
  Alfonso Ramon "Al" Lopez was an American catcher and manager in Major League Baseball, and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1977....
  
   and Bobby Reis
  Bobby Reis
  Robert Joseph Thomas Reis , was a professional baseball player who played pitcher and outfield from 1931-1938 with the Brooklyn Robins/Dodgers and Boston Bees....
  
  . They also sell the contracts of Flint Rhem
  Flint Rhem
  Charles Flint Rhem born in Rhems, South Carolina, was a pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals , Philadelphia Phillies and Boston Braves ....
  
   and Johnny Vander Meer to the Cincinnati Reds.

• December 17 - The Boston Red Sox acquire 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....
  
   from the Washington Senators for Roy Johnson
  Roy Johnson
  Roy Cleveland Johnson was a left fielder/right fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Detroit Tigers , Boston Red Sox , New York Yankees and Boston Bees . A native of Pryor, Oklahoma, he batted left-handed and threw right-handed...
  
   and Carl Reynolds
  Carl Reynolds
  Carl Nettles Reynolds was an American outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago White Sox , Washington Senators , St. Louis Browns , Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs . He was born in LaRue, Texas...
  
  .

January-April

• January 7 - Dick Schofield
  Ducky Schofield
  John Richard "Ducky" Schofield was a Major League Baseball infielder.Schofield made his Major League Baseball debut with the St. Louis Cardinals on July 3, 1953, and appeared in his final game on September 30, 1971. Ducky was a member of the 1960 World Champion Pittsburgh Pirates and played a...
  
  
• January 26 - Bob Uecker
  Bob Uecker
  Robert George "Bob" Uecker is an American former Major League Baseball player, later a sportscaster, comedian, and actor. Uecker was given the title of "Mr. Baseball" by Johnny Carson...
  
  
• February 3 - Dick Tracewski
  Dick Tracewski
  Richard Joseph Tracewski was a player and coach in Major League Baseball. In his career, he was an infielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Detroit Tigers....
  
  
• February 11 - George Alusik
  George Alusik
  George Joseph Alusik is a retired American Major League Baseball player who played five seasons with the Detroit Tigers and Kansas City Athletics ....
  
  
• February 19 - Russ Nixon
  Russ Nixon
  Russell Eugene Nixon is a former catcher, coach and manager in American Major League Baseball. A veteran of 55 years in professional baseball, Nixon has managed at virtually every level of the sport, from the lowest minor league to MLB assignments with the Cincinnati Reds and Atlanta Braves...
  
  
• March 22 - Gene Oliver
  Gene Oliver
  Eugene George Oliver was an American catcher and first baseman in Major League Baseball. From through , Oliver played for the St. Louis Cardinals , Milwaukee & Atlanta Braves , Philadelphia Phillies , Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs...
  
  
• March 28 - Jeanie Descombes
  Jeanie Descombes
  Jeneane Descombes Lesko is a former pitcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 5", 135 lb., she batted and threw left-handed...
  
  
• April 13 - Bill Deegan
  Bill Deegan
  William Edward John "Bill" Deegan is a former Major League Baseball umpire who worked in the American League....
  
  
• April 14 - Katie Horstman
  Katie Horstman
  Catherine Horstman [″Horsey″] is a former female utility who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League...
  
  
• April 19 - Don Gile
  Don Gile
  Donald Loren Gile is a former utility first baseman/catcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1959 through 1962 for the Boston Red Sox. Nicknamed "Bear" — he was listed at and — Gile batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• April 21 - Dolores Lee
  Dolores Lee
  Dolores Margaret Lee is a former female pitcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 6", 130 lb., she batted and threw right handed....
  
  
• April 28 - Pedro Ramos
  Pedro Ramos
  Pedro Ramos Guerra was a Major League pitcher with a 15-year career from 1955 to 1967, and again from 1969 to 1970...
  
  

May-August

• May 5 - José Pagán
  José Pagán
  José Antonio Pagán Rodríguez was a Puerto Rican Major League Baseball player.-Baseball career:Pagán made his major league debut with the San Francisco Giants on August 8, . He played for the Giants until 1965, then was traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates. In he played his final career games with...
  
  
• May 12 - Felipe Alou
• May 22 - Ron Piché
  Ron Piche
  Ronald Jacques Piché was a professional baseball player who pitched in the major leagues from 1960–66. He played for the Milwaukee Braves, California Angels and St. Louis Cardinals. Ron had one hit in his six-year MLB career, with a career .024 batting average.Piché was also a volunteer...
  
  
• May 26 - Eddie Haas
  Eddie Haas
  George Edwin Haas is a former outfielder, coach, manager and scout in American Major League Baseball. Haas spent many years as a skipper in the farm system of the Atlanta Braves and replaced Joe Torre as Atlanta’s manager after the 1984 season...
  
  
• May 27 - Jerry Kindall
  Jerry Kindall
  Gerald Donald Kindall , is a retired professional baseball player who played second base in the major leagues from 1956-1965 for the Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Indians and Minnesota Twins. Kindall was originally signed up by the Chicago Cubs as a bonus baby...
  
  
• June 1 - Hal Kolstad
  Hal Kolstad
  Harold Everette Kolstad is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Boston Red Sox. Listed at 5' 9" Weight: 190 lb., Kolstad batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• June 1 - Jack Kralick
  Jack Kralick
  John Francis Kralick , is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1959 to 1967. He participated in 235 games in the course of an eight-year career that included stints with the Washington Senators/Minnesota Twins and Cleveland Indians...
  
  
• June 25 - Don Demeter
  Don Demeter
  Donald Lee "Don" Demeter is a former outfielder, third baseman, and first baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Los Angeles Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies, Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox, and Cleveland Indians...
  
  
• July 15 - Donn Clendenon
  Donn Clendenon
  Donn Alvin Clendenon was a Major League Baseball first baseman. He is best remembered as the World Series MVP for the Amazin' Mets.-Early life:...
  
  
• July 21 - Moe Drabowsky
  Moe Drabowsky
  Myron Walter Drabowsky was a Polish-American right-handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago Cubs , Milwaukee Braves , Cincinnati Reds , Kansas City Athletics , Baltimore Orioles , Kansas City Royals , St...
  
  
• July 25 - Larry Sherry
  Larry Sherry
  Lawrence Sherry was an American right-handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who spent most of his career with the Los Angeles Dodgers and Detroit Tigers...
  
  
• July 27 - Sarah Jane Sands
  Sarah Jane Sands
  Sarah Jane Sands [Ferguson] is a former right fielder and catcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League...
  
  
• August 12 - Ken McBride
  Ken McBride
  Kenneth Faye McBride is a former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. The 6'0", . righty was signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent before the 1954 season...
  
  
• August 13 - Mudcat Grant
  Mudcat Grant
  James Timothy "Mudcat" Grant is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Cleveland Indians , Minnesota Twins , Los Angeles Dodgers , Montreal Expos , St. Louis Cardinals , Oakland Athletics and Pittsburgh Pirates...
  
  
• August 15 - Joey Jay
  Joey Jay
  Joseph Richard Jay is a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball. From 1953 through 1966, Jay played for the Milwaukee Braves , Cincinnati Reds and Atlanta Braves...
  
  
• August 19 - Bobby Richardson
  Bobby Richardson
  Robert Clinton "Bobby" Richardson is a former second baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Yankees from through . Batting and throwing right-handed, he was a superb defensive infielder, as well as something of a clutch hitter, who played no small role in the Yankee baseball...
  
  
• August 27 - Ernie Broglio
  Ernie Broglio
  Ernest Gilbert Broglio is a former right-handed pitcher in American Major League Baseball from 1959-66. Broglio signed with the independent Oakland Oaks of the Pacific Coast League after he attended West Contra Costa Junior College. He was acquired by the New York Giants in 1956...
  
  
• August 31 - Frank Robinson
  Frank Robinson
  Frank Robinson , is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and manager. He played from 1956–1976, most notably for the Cincinnati Reds and the Baltimore Orioles. He is the only player to win league MVP honors in both the National and American Leagues...
  
  

September-December

• September 18 - Jerry Mallett
  Jerry Mallett
  Gerald Gordon Mallett is an American former center fielder in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the 1959 season. Listed at , , he batted and threw right-handed....
  
  
• September 27 - Dave Wickersham
  Dave Wickersham
  David Clifford Wickersham is a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball. From 1960 through 1969, he played for the Kansas City Athletics , Detroit Tigers , Pittsburgh Pirates and Kansas City Royals . Wickersham batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• September 29 - Earl Battey
  Earl Battey
  Earl Jesse Battey, Jr. was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the Chicago White Sox , the Washington Senators and the Minnesota Twins...
  
  
• September 29 - Howie Bedell
  Howie Bedell
  Howard William Bedell is a former Major League Baseball player. An outfielder, Bedell played for the Milwaukee Braves in 1962 and the Philadelphia Phillies in 1968. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed.In his career, Bedell played in 67 games and registered 28 hits, three runs batted in...
  
  
• October 12 - Bobo Osborne
  Bobo Osborne
  Lawrence Sidney "Bobo" Osborne was a Major League Baseball first baseman who played for six seasons. He played for the Detroit Tigers from 1957 to 1959 and from 1961 to 1962. He also played for the Washington Senators in 1963.-External links:...
  
  
• October 28 - Bob Veale
  Bob Veale
  Robert Andrew Veale is a former left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched for the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Boston Red Sox . He attended Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas.Veale was a top strikeout pitcher for the Pirates for about seven years...
  
  
• October 30 - Jim Perry
  Jim Perry (baseball)
  James Evan Perry, Jr. is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher. He pitched for 1959-1975 for four different teams. During a 17-year baseball career, Perry compiled 215 wins, 1,576 strikeouts, and a 3.45 earned run average....
  
  
• November 9 - Bob Gibson
  Bob Gibson
  Robert "Bob" Gibson is a retired American professional baseball player. Nicknamed "Hoot" and "Gibby", he was a right-handed pitcher who played his entire 17-year Major League Baseball career with St. Louis Cardinals...
  
  
• November 30 - Steve Hamilton
  Steve Hamilton
  Steven Absher Hamilton was a Major League Baseball and NBA player....
  
  
• December 7 - Don Cardwell
  Don Cardwell
  Donald Eugene Cardwell was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for five National League teams from 1957 to 1970...
  
  
• December 13 - Joe Christopher
  Joe Christopher
  Joseph O'Neal Christopher is a former outfielder who played in Major League Baseball from through . Listed at 5' 10", 175 lbs., he batted and threw right-handed....
  
  
• December 13 - Lindy McDaniel
  Lindy McDaniel
  Lyndall Dale McDaniel, known as Lindy is a right-handed former relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who had a 21-year career from 1955 to 1975. During McDaniel's career he witnessed approximately 3,500 major league games , had more than 300 teammates, and played under eight different managers...
  
  
• December 19 - Tony Taylor
  Tony Taylor
  Antonio Nemesio Taylor is a former second baseman in Major League Baseball. From 1958 through , Taylor played for the Chicago Cubs , Philadelphia Phillies and Detroit Tigers...
  
  
• December 25 - Al Jackson
  Al Jackson
  Al Jackson, Jr. was a drummer, producer, and songwriter. He is best known as a founding member of Booker T. & the M.G.s, a group of session musicians who worked for Stax Records and produced their own instrumentals...
  
  
• December 25 - Joanne Weaver
  Joanne Weaver
  Joanne Weaver [″Joltin' Jo″] was a right fielder who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League...
  
  
• December 30 - Sandy Koufax
  Sandy Koufax
  Sanford "Sandy" Koufax is a former left-handed baseball pitcher who played his entire 12-year Major League Baseball career for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers...
  
  

Deaths

• March 16 - Ed Fuller
  Ed Fuller
  Edward Ashton White Fuller was a major league baseball player for the 1886 Washington Nationals. He was both right-handed for batting and throwing. He was 6'0 and weighed 158 lbs. He played his first game on July 17, 1886 for the Nationals when he was only 18 years of age. 5 days later he...
  
  , 67, pitcher in 1886.
• April 19 - Jim Donahue
  Jim Donahue
  James Augustus "Jim" Donahue was an American Major League Baseball player from Lockport, Illinois who played his entire career in the American Association from through .-Career:...
  
  , 73, catcher for five seasons from 1886-1891.
• April 28 - Swede Carlstrom
  Swede Carlstrom
  Albin Oscar Carlstrom was a Major League Baseball shortstop. Carlstrom batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey....
  
  , 47, shortstop for the Boston Red Sox in 1911
• May 3 - Ted Breitenstein
  Ted Breitenstein
  Theodore P. "Ted" Breitenstein was an American Major League Baseball player from St. Louis, Missouri who pitched from to for the St. Louis Browns/Cardinals and the Cincinnati Reds...
  
  , 65, pitcher for the Browns and Reds whose 160 victories were the most by a 19th-century left-hander
• May 4 - Dory Dean
  Dory Dean
  Charles Wilson "Dory" Dean was an American, 19th century Major League Baseball player from Cincinnati, Ohio. He was a right-handed pitcher who played for just one Major League season, the Cincinnati Reds.-Career:...
  
  , 82, Pitcher for 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....
  
  
• June 8 - Jay Parker
  Jay Parker
  Jay Parker was a starting pitcher who played briefly for the Pittsburgh Pirates during the season. Listed at 5' 11", 185 lb., Parker batted left-handed and threw right-handed. He was born in Theresa, New York. His older brother, Doc Parker, also pitched in the majors.Little is known about...
  
  , 60, pitcher for the 1899 Pittsburgh Pirates
• June 17 - Wiman Andrus
  Wiman Andrus
  William Wiman Andrus, also spelled Wyman, , was a Canadian professional baseball player who played one game for the Providence Grays, in his only appearance in Major League Baseball. The game took place on September 15, with Andrus playing third base...
  
  , 76, played one game for the 1885 Providence Grays
  Providence Grays
  The Providence Grays were a Major League Baseball team based in Providence, Rhode Island who played in the National League from until . The Grays played at Messer Field in the Olneyville neighborhood. The team won the National League title twice, in and...
  
  .
• July 2 - Hank O'Day
  Hank O'Day
  Henry Francis O'Day was an American right-handed pitcher, umpire and manager in Major League Baseball who worked as a National League umpire for 30 years between 1895 and 1927, and was the only person in major league history to appear as a player, manager and umpire. His 3,986 total games as an...
  
  , 72, National League umpire for 30 years between 1895 and 1927 who worked in ten World Series; won 22 games as pitcher in 1890 Players' League, and also managed the Reds and Cubs
• July 10 - Paul Hines
  Paul Hines
  Paul Aloysius Hines was an American center fielder in professional baseball who played in the National Association and Major League Baseball from 1872 to 1891...
  
  , 83, center fielder who won the first Triple Crown in 1878, also led NL in doubles three times and ended career with lifetime average over .300; had more hits than any other player over NL's first five seasons, and was second player to collect 1500 hits
• October 22 - Tommy Tucker, 71, first baseman for the Baltimore Orioles, Boston Beaneaters, Washington Senators, Brooklyn Bridebrooms, St. Louis Browns, and Cleveland Spiders between 1887 and 1899, who led the American Association hitters in 1889 with a .372 average
• November 6 - Billy Sunday
  Billy Sunday
  William Ashley "Billy" Sunday was an American athlete who, after being a popular outfielder in baseball's National League during the 1880s, became the most celebrated and influential American evangelist during the first two decades of the 20th century.Born into poverty in Iowa, Sunday spent some...
  
  , 72, outfielder who ended his baseball career to become a renowned evangelist
• November 13 - Frank Navin
  Frank Navin
  Francis Joseph Navin was the principal owner of the Detroit Tigers in Major League Baseball for 27 years, from 1909 to 1935. He also served as vice president and acting president of the American League....
  
  , 64, owner of the Detroit Tigers since 1908 who assembled the pennant-winning teams of 1907-09 and 1934-35
• December 21 - Cy Rigler
  Cy Rigler
  Charles "Cy" Rigler was an American umpire in Major League Baseball who worked in the National League from 1906 to 1935. His total of 4,144 games ranked fourth in major league history when he retired, and his 2,468 games as a plate umpire still place him third behind his NL contemporaries Bill...
  
  , 53, National League umpire since 1906 who worked in ten World Series and the first All-Star game; created arm signals for balls and strikes
• December 28 - Jack Corcoran
  Jack Corcoran
  John H. "Jack" Corcoran , was an American catcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Brooklyn Atlantics during the season. This was his only season in the Majors. He did play professional baseball in various minor and independent leagues from 1882-1899.-External links:...
  
  , 77, catcher for the 1884 Brooklyn Atlantics