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- 1930
| Feb 12 | After leading his A's to a world championship, Connie Mack becomes the first Philadelphian sports figure to receive the prestigious Edward W. Bok Prize. | Ref: 1 |
| Mar 04 | ‘The Redhead’, Red Barber, began his radio career this day. Barber broadcast on WRUF at the University of Florida in Gainsville. He soon became one of the best known sports voices in America. | Ref: 4 |
| Mar 08 | Babe Ruth signs 2-year contract for $160,000 with New York Yankee GM Ed Barrow, wrongly predicts "No one will ever be paid more than Ruth". | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 11 | Babe Ruth signed a two-year contract with the New York Yankees for the sum of $80,000. | Ref: 4 |
| Apr 01 | Leo Hartnett of the Chicago Cubs broke the altitude record for a catch by catching a baseball dropped from the Goodyear blimp 800 feet over Los Angeles, CA.. The force broke his jawbone. | Ref: 4 |
| Apr 14 | Continuing the tradition, President Herbert Hoover throws out the first pitch before the Red Sox edge the hometown Senators, 4-3. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 28 | The first organized night baseball game is played in Independence, KS. | Ref: 2 |
| Apr 29 | In seven major league games an average of over 17 runs a game are scored. After the dust settles 123 players cross the plate. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 30 | Joe Sewell of the Cleveland Indians plays in the last of his 1103 consecutive games. ("The 1999 ESPN Sports Almanac") | |
| May 02 | Des Moines (Western League) defeats Wichita 13-6 to open first ballpark with permanently installed lights. | Ref: 5 |
| May 05 | The Red Sox trade Red Ruffing to the Yankees for Cedric Durst. The deal enables Boston to sell Tom Zachary to the Braves for the waiver price. | Ref: 1 |
| May 21 | Thirty-five year-old Babe Ruth enjoys his first three HR performance in a regular season game, but the Yankees lose 15-7 to the A's at Shibe Park. | Ref: 1 |
| May 21 | Max Bishop draws 8 walks in a doubleheader. | Ref: 5 |
| May 22 | Yankee "Bronx Bombers" hit 14 homeruns in a game. | Ref: 5 |
| May 24 | Babe Ruth homers in both games of a doubleheader, giving him 9 in one week. | Ref: 5 |
| May 24 | Gordon Slade of the Brooklyn Dodgers hits a home run in his first major league at bat. | Ref: 12 |
| May 26 | Joe Sewell, hardest to strike out, is struck out twice by Pat Caraway. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 10 | After seven consecutive victories from the start of the season, Lefty Grove loses in eleven innings to the White Sox | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 17 | Chuck Klein sets Phillies hitting streak at 26 straight games. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 21 | Ruth hits 3 HRs as Yanks blow 6-0 lead in 7th & lose 15-7. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 22 | Babe Ruth ties a major league record by hitting five homers in two games and six homers in three games. The Yankee outfielder hit three homers in the nightcap of a doubleheader yesterday, two homers in today's opener and one more in the today's second game. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 23 | Chicago Cubs beat Philadelphia Phillies 21-8. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 23 | In a 19-6 win over the Pirates, the Dodgers get twelve consecutive hits, including Babe Herman's two home runs. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 21 | Cardinals George Puccinelli and Jim Bottomley and Dodgers Hal Lee and Harvey Henrick all homer appearing as pinch-hitters in one game. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 23 | Pirate Pie Traynor hits game-winning homers in both ends of a doubleheader. His ninth inning HR wins the opener and he ends the nightcap when he connects in 13th. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 25 | Phila Athletics triple steal in the first & 4th innings vs Cleveland. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 30 | The Reds lose a night exhibition game in Indpls, fifteen years later the Reds will be the first major league team to play a night game. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 30 | Lou Gehrig grand slams as Yanks beat Red Sox 14-13. | Ref: 2 |
| Jul 31 | Lou Gehrig grand slams as Yanks beat Red Sox 14-13. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 03 | 2nd time in 1930, Chuck Klein of Phillies hits in 26 straight games. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 08 | St Louis Cards are 12 games back in NL, & go on to win the pennant. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 06 | Brooklyn Dodgers beat Phillies 22-8. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 12 | The last bounced HR is hit by Dodger catcher Al Lopez at Ebbets Field. The American League had changed the rule in 1929. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 16 | Phillies trailing 10-5, score 5 in 9th, then Pirates score 4 in top of 10th, so Phillies score 5 in bottom of 10th to win 15-14. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 17 | With three consecutive home runs, Earl Averill drives in eight runs in a 13-7 Indians victory over the Senators in the doubleheader opener and then adds another homer in the second game to set an American League record with 11 RBIs in the twin bill. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 18 | The Yankees edge the Browns 7-6 in 10 innings as pitcher Red Ruffing hits two HRs in the winning effort. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 27 | White Sox first baseman Bud Clancy didn't handle the ball at all in a 9 inning game vs St Louis Browns. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 28 | In the last game of the season, 19-year-old Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean made his big league debut, pitching a complete game three-hitter in a St. Louis Cardinals win. | Ref: 86 |
| Sep 28 | As a Yankee, Babe Ruth returns to the mound at Fenway park and pitches a complete game defeating the Red Sox, 9-3. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 28 | Chicago Cub Hack Wilson records RBIs Nos. 190 and 191-a major-league mark that still stands-in the Cubs' 13-11 win vs. Reds. | Ref: 86 |
| Sep 28 | Lou Gehrig's errorless streak ends at 885 consecutive games. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 25 | Giant first baseman Bill Terry (.401, 14, 117) is selected by the Sporting News as the NL Most Valuable Player and Senator shortstop Joe Cronin (.346, 13, 126) receives the honor for the AL. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 12 | Baseball Rules Committee greatly revises the rule book, when a ball bounces into stands now a double, not a homerun. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 13 | George Sisler's career ends when Boston Braves release him. | Ref: 5 |
- 1931
| Jan 05 | First woman to purchase a baseball team Lucille Thomas purchases Topeka franchise in the Western League. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 19 | Under the terms of a new agreement, Brooklyn purchases the contract of Ernie Lombardo from the Pacific Coast League's Oakland club. | Ref: 1 |
| Jan 20 | After being released by the Indians, Joe Sewell signs with the Yankees. | Ref: 1 |
| Feb 04 | National League adopts a deader baseball. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 05 | Cub Hack Wilson, who set National League marks for home runs and RBIs the previous season, signs for $35,000. Wilson's RBI record is still standing today. | Ref: 1 |
| Feb 15 | Yankees rename their spring training site in St Petersburg Miller Huggins Field in honor of their late manager. | Ref: 1 |
| Feb 21 | The Dodgers arrive in Cuba to start a series of five inter-squad games. | Ref: 1 |
| Feb 21 | The White Sox and Giants become the first major league teams to play a night game; the Buffs Stadium (Houston, Texas) exhibition game lasts ten innings with the teams collecting a total of 23 hits. | Ref: 1 |
| Mar 27 | John McGraw says night baseball will not catch on. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 01 | Nineteen year old pitcher Jackie Mitchell is signed by the Chattanooga Baseball Club, becoming the first woman in organized baseball. | Ref: 4 |
| Apr 02 | Chattanooga Lookouts pitcher Jackie Mitchell, a seventeen-year old girl, strikes out a good-natured Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig on six pitches in an exhibition game. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 07 | Seals Stadium opens in San Francisco. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 12 | Joe McCarthy makes debut as Yankee manager. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 26 | Lou Gehrig hits a HR but is called out for passing a runner, the mistake costs him AL home run crown; he & Babe Ruth tie for season. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 29 | Indian hurler Wes Ferrell no-hits St. Louis Browns, including his brother Rick, 7-0. The pitching star also provided offense knocking in four runs with a double and a home run. | Ref: 1 |
| May 04 | Due to an injury, Babe Ruth plays first with Lou Gehrig moving to right field. The Yankee captain commits an error in the outfield helping the Red Sox beat the Yankees. | Ref: 1 |
| May 18 | Dodger Babe Herman hits for the cycle for the first of three times which will become a major league record. | Ref: 1 |
| May 30 | Phillies Chuck Klein homers off Ben Cantwell (Braves) in both ends DH. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 06 | Yanks turn triple-play but lose 7-5 to the Indians. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 01 | Phillies Chuck Klein hits for the cycle vs Chicago Cubs. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 11 | NY Giants beat Phillies 23-8. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 12 | A major-league baseball record for doubles was set as the St. Louis Cardinals and the Chicago Cubs combined for a total of 23 twin-sackers in St. Louis. | Ref: 4 |
| Jul 28 | White Sox score 11 in 8th to beat Yankees 14-12. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 05 | On a bloop single by pinch-hitter Dave Harris, the 27th batter he faces, Tommy Bridges loses his bid for a perfect game as Tigers crush the Senators, 13-0. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 08 | Wash Senator Bob Burke no-hits Boston Red Sox, 5-0. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 21 | Babe Ruth becomes the first major leaguer to hit 600 career HRs as the Yankees defeat the Browns, 11-7. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 23 | A misplayed ball by A's outfielder Jim Moore leads to a 1-0 loss to the Browns. The defeat ends Lefty Grove's winning streak at 16. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 31 | In his attempt to break Walter Johnson's consecutive game winning streak of 17 games, Lefty Grove loses as Browns' hurler Dick Coffman throws a three-hit shutout against the A's. Reserve Jimmy Moore, playing in place of the absent Al Simmons, misjudges a fly ball which leads to the decisive run and subsequently to Lefty's meltdown in the locker room. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 11 | Gus Suhr of the Pittsburgh Pirates, plays the first of 822 consecutive games. ("The 1999 ESPN Sports Almanac") | |
| Sep 19 | Lefty Grove becomes the first pitcher since 1920 to win 30 games when he beats the White Sox, 2-1. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 27 | Lou Gehrig completes his 6th straight season, playing in every game. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 10 | St Louis Cards beat Phila A's, 4 games to 3 in 28th World Series. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 31 | The Cardinals release the last legal spitballer and future Hall of Famer, Burleigh Grimes. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 13 | Yankee owner Jacob Ruppert buys the International League's Newark franchise. The Bears will be very successful and will send many players to the Bronx. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 09 | Baseball cuts squad from 25 to 23 players & National League continues to prohibit uniform numbers. | Ref: 5 |
- 1932
| Jan 04 | Casey Stengel returns from the minor leagues to become a coach for the Dodgers. | Ref: 1 |
| Mar 16 | Babe Ruth signs a deal for $75,000 and a percentage of the exhibition gate; legend has it the Bambino signed a blank contract with the amount filled in later by Yankee owner Jacob Ruppert. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 27 | Cardinal manager Gabby Street is fined for violating the NL policy which prohibits talking to spectators. | Ref: 1 |
| May 11 | Eighth-grader Joe Schultz, Jr. singles, swipes two bases and scores as a pinch-hitter in a Texas League game; the fourteen-year old is the son of the manager and will become a second string catcher in the major leagues. | Ref: 1 |
| May 16 | Yankees 4th straight shutout to equal record set by Cleveland & Boston. | Ref: 5 |
| May 30 | Yankees dedicate a plaque to Miller Huggins. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 03 | Citing poor health, the Giants announce the resignation of long time skipper, John McGraw; in his thirty-two year tenure, the fiery manager won three World Series and nine National League flags including a record four consecutive pennants. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 03 | Lou Gehrig becomes the first player to hit four home runs in a single game in the Yankees' 20-13 win at Philadelphia. He remains the only Yankee to hit four home runs in one game. | Ref: 86 |
| Jun 30 | The Chicago Cubs become the last team to add numbers to their uniforms. | Ref: 86 |
| Jul 03 | First Sunday game at Fenway Park, Yanks beat Red Sox 13-2. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 04 | NY Yankee catcher Bill Dickey objects to the way Carl Reynolds of the Washington Senators slid into him at home plate. He breaks Reynolds' jaw with one punch. | Ref: 24 |
| Jul 10 | Indian Johnny Burnett collects a record nine hits in a seventeen inning game in which the Philadelphia A's defeat the Tribe, 18-17. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 10 | After replacing A's starter Lew Krause in the second inning, Eddie Rommel pitches 17 innings giving up 29 hits and 14 runs, but still gets the win beating the Indians, 18-17. The slugfest featured Philadephia's first baseman Jimmy Foxx hitting 3 home runs and scoring 8 runs. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 12 | After setting a major league record in the first game with nine doubles, the Cubs and Cardinals combined to hit another twenty-three two-baggers in the second game for an incredible total of thirty-two doubles in their doubleheader. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 30 | Cleveland Municipal Stadium opens-Phila A's beat Indians 1-0. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 31 | Cleveland Municipal Stadium opens-Phila A's beat Indians 1-0. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 02 | Charlie Grimm replaces Roger Hornsby as manager of Chic Cubs. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 13 | Yankee pitcher Red Ruffing homers & wins game 1-0 in 10 tying. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 14 | Dodger John Quinn,49, becomes the oldest pitcher to win a major league game earning the victory in relief against the Giants. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 28 | Due to the anticipation of an eclipse, the Red Sox complete a game several days earlier than scheduled with the Indians and beat the Tribe in 11 innings, 4-3. Three days later, Fenway goes dark for twenty minutes during the solar event. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 09 | Frank Crosetti ties record, strikes out twice in 1 inning. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 12 | In the bottom of the ninth, Johnny Frederick hits his major league record-setting sixth pinch-homer of the season giving the Dodgers a 4-3 victory over the Cubs. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 13 | Joe McCarthy became the first manager to win both the American and National league pennants. McCarthy, then managing the NY Yankees, clinched the American League pennant on this day. | Ref: 4 |
| Oct 01 | In the fifth inning of Game 3, Babe Ruth homers off Cub hurler Charlie Root after pointing, as the story goes, to the centerfield fence; the Babino's so call shot is still a matter of debate. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 02 | NY Yankees sweep Cubs in 29th World Series. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 22 | Charley Gelbert shatters his leg in a hunting accident. The Cardinals' shortstop will return as a part-time infielder in 1935 playing until 1940. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 17 | Cardinals trade Jim Bottomley to Reds for Estel Crabtree & Ownie Carroll. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 21 | Giants sign former outfielder Billy Southworth as a coach. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 29 | The Boston Braves purchase Giant catcher Shanty Hogan for $25,000. | Ref: 1 |
- 1933
| Jan 07 | Baseball commissioner Judge Landis voluntarily cuts his pay by forty percent; the action is seen as a signal all salaries will be reduced during the depression years. | Ref: 1 |
| Jan 27 | Senator veteran first baseman Joe Judge is released and will later sign with Dodgers. | Ref: 1 |
| Feb 25 | Multi-millionaire Tom Yawkey purchases the Boston Red Sox from Robert Quinn. | Ref: 1 |
| Mar 11 | During an exhibition game in Los Angeles, a significant earthquake sends the Cubs and Giants scurrying to second base until the tremors stop. | Ref: 1 |
| Mar 11 | After a six year absence, Rogers Hornsby returns to the Cardinals as a player. The 'Rajah' was fired as the Cubs' manager last August. | Ref: 1 |
| Mar 24 | Babe Ruth takes a $23,000 pay cut which is indicative of the depression era. | Ref: 1 |
| Mar 29 | Kiki Cuyler breaks his leg and will miss nearly three months of the season. The Cub outfielder missed half of last season when he broke his other leg. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 24 | First major league to get 4 consecutive doubles in 9 inn (Dick Bartell). | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 25 | Yankees rookie hurler Russ Van Atta goes 4-for-4 and shutouts the Senators, 16-0 in his major league debut. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 29 | Senator catcher Luke Sewell tags out two Yankees runners trying to score on the same play. Lou Gehrig and Dixie Walker are the victims at home plate. | Ref: 1 |
| May 16 | In a 12-inning game against the White Sox, Senator rookie Cecil Travis gets five hits in his major league debut . | Ref: 1 |
| May 18 | First major league All-Star Game announced for July 6 at Comiskey Park. It will be played as part of the Chicago World's Fair. | Ref: 5 |
| May 19 | For the first time in major league history, brothers on opposite teams homer in the same game. Red Sox catcher Rick Ferrell takes his brother Wes deep, but the Indian righty returns the favor as he homers in the third on a pitch called by his sibling. | Ref: 1 |
| May 26 | Phillies Chuck Klein hits for the cycle vs St Louis Cardinals. | Ref: 5 |
| May 27 | Trailing 11-3, Yankees score 12 runs in 8th & beat White Sox 15-11. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 03 | Scoring ten runs in the fifth inning, the Yankees overcome the A's 11 run second inning en route to an eventual 17-11 victory over the Philadelphia. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 14 | Joe McCarthy and Lou Gehrig are both thrown out of the game with the Yankee manager being suspended for three games; fortunately the first baseman isn't and his consecutive game streak stays intact at 1,249 games. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 16 | Last year's National League batting champ, Lefty O'Doul, and pitcher Watty Clark, a 20-game winner last season, are traded by the Dodgers to the Giants for first baseman Sam Leslie. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 30 | Card's Dizzy Dean strikesout 17 Cubs to win 8-2. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 02 | Baseball great Carl Hubbell of the NY Giants hurled 18 innings of shutout ball to lead the Giants to a 1-0 win over St. Louis in the first half of a doubleheader at the Polo Grounds in NY. The Giants took the nightcap, as well, by an identical 1-0 score. | Ref: 4 |
| Jul 06 | Baseball’s best gathered together at Comiskey Park in Chicago, IL for the first All-Star Game as part of the World Fair. The American League won by a 4-2 score as Babe Ruth connected for the first home run in All-Star history. Comiskey Park was filled with 47,595 fans who saw the game. | Ref: 4 |
| Jul 19 | Red Sox catcher Rick Ferrell hits a HR off his brother, but Wes also hits a HR marking the first time brothers on opposing teams homer in the same game. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 26 | Joe Dimaggio ends 61 game hitting streak in Pacific Coast League. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 30 | Cardinal pitcher Dizzy Dean sets a modern major league record striking out 17 Cubs; teammate catcher Jimmie Wilson also sets a new mark recording 18 putouts. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 01 | Giant hurler Carl Hubbell sets a NL record for consecutive scoreless innings with 45 1/3 breaking the 1908 mark of Ed Ruelbach. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 03 | The Yankees are shut out for the first time in 309 games, dating back to August 2, 1931, as the Philadelphia Athletic's Lefty Grove blanks the Bronx Bombers, 7-0. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 14 | Jimmie Foxx hits for the cycle and drives in nine runs breaking an American League record as the A's beat the Indians, 11-5. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 17 | Everett Scott's consecutive game record of 1,307 games is broken by Yankee first baseman Lou Gehrig. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 21 | Ruth's homer leads AL to a 4-2 win in first All Star Game. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 23 | Yanks commit 7 errors in 1 game but beat Boston 16-12. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 01 | Wash Senator coach Nick Altrock plays in a game at age 57. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 06 | After pulling on umpire Charlie Moran's bow tie and letting it snap back, Senator outfielder Heinie Manush is ejected from Game 4 of the Fall Classic. | Ref: 1 |
| Oct 07 | NY Giants beat Washington Senators, 4 games to 1 in 30th World Series. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 22 | Millionaire owner of the Browns, Phill Ball dies. Manager Rogers Hornsby takes over the reins of the franchise. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 12 | First Sunday football game in Philadelphia (previously illegal). | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 15 | Phillies trade hard hitting Virgil Davis to the Cardinals for Jimmy Wilson. The Phillies make the trade because they want the St. Louis catcher to become the team's manager. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 03 | Connie Mack sells Mickey Cochrane to Detroit Tigers for $100,000. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 12 | The A's swap Lefty Grove, Rube Wallberg and Max Bishop to the Red Sox for Bob Kline, Rabbit Warstler and $125,000. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 13 | The A's swap Lefty Grove, Rube Wallberg and Max Bishop to the Red Sox for Bob Kline, Rabbit Warstler and $125,000. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 15 | Baseball owners agree to ban Sunday doubleheaders until after June 15. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 29 | Babe Ruth loses an opportunity to manage the Reds when Yankee owner Jacob Ruppert refuses to release him. | Ref: 1 |
- 1934
| Jan 05 | The new center field bleachers under construction at Fenway Park are destroyed by fire for the second time (May 8th 1926 also). | Ref: 1 |
| Jan 05 | Both the National and American Leagues in baseball decided to use a uniform-size baseball. It was the first time in 33 years that both leagues used the same size ball. | Ref: 4 |
| Jan 10 | William Walker is elected president of the Cubs replacing Bill Veeck, who died during the World Series. | Ref: 1 |
| Jan 15 | Babe Ruth signs a 1934 contract for $35,000 ($17,000 cut). | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 17 | New York Giants reward NL MVP pitcher Carl Hubbell with $18,000 contract. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 25 | Giant manager Bill Terry wakes a sleeping giant when he jests, "Is Brooklyn still in the league?", during an interview with the New York press. The Dodgers will knock the Giants out of the pennant race in September. | Ref: 1 |
| Feb 04 | Sidney Weil sells the Cincinnati Reds the club to broadcasting magnate Powel Crosley. | Ref: 86 |
| Feb 06 | Ford Frick, a New York news reporter and broadcaster, is named the NL's public relations director. | Ref: 1 |
| Feb 06 | Reds purchase 43-year-old Dazzy Vance from the Cards for $7,500. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 14 | After playing 19 years with the Senators, Sam Rice ends his career playing one season with the Indians. He will amass 2,987 career hits in his two decades as a player. | Ref: 1 |
| Feb 15 | Radio broadcast rights are granted to Boston, Chicago, Detroit and Cincinnati. | Ref: 1 |
| Feb 23 | Replacing skipper Max Carey, Brooklyn coach Casey Stengel signs a two-year deal to manage the Dodgers. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 05 | WSAL hires Red Barber to broadcast Cincinnati Reds games. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 05 | Babe Ruth, sponsored by Quaker Oats, agrees to do weekly NBC broadcasts. His thirteen week radio salary will be $4000 more than his Yankee contract. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 08 | At Shibe Park, 15,000 fans witness the first legal baseball game between major league teams played on a Sunday in the city of Philadelphia. In a hometown exhibition game, the Phillies beat the A's, 8-1. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 16 | New Cincinnati Reds owner Powel Crosley renames "Redland Field" to "Crosley Field". | Ref: 86 |
| Apr 17 | The new Fenway Park opens, Washington Senators beat Red Sox 6-5. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 21 | Moe Berg, Senators catcher, plays American League record 117th cons errorless game. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 28 | Tigers' Goose Goslin grounds into 4 straight double plays. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 29 | Pittsburgh becomes the last major league city to play a home game on a Sunday. | Ref: 1 |
| May 06 | At Fenway, the Red Sox hit four consecutive triples (Carl Reynolds, Moose Solters, Rick Ferrell and Bucky Walters) enroute to a 14-4 win over the Tigers. | Ref: 1 |
| May 10 | Ben Chapman, who will lead the protest against Jackie Robinson in 1947, shouts a racial slur at a Jewish fan in during a Yankee game. | Ref: 1 |
| May 10 | After hitting two homers, two doubles and driving in seven runs in a 13-3 rout of the White Sox, Yankees' first baseman Lou Gehrig removes himself from the game after five innings because of illness. | Ref: 1 |
| May 18 | Jimmie Foxx hits first homerun in Comiskey Park center field bleachers. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 06 | Myril Hoag hits a major league record six singles as the Yankees defeat Red Sox, 15-3. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 25 | In an 11-2 victory over White Sox, Lou Gehrig hits for the cycle. Although pitcher John Broaca ties a major league record by striking out five consecutive times he gets the 'W' for the Yankees . | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 01 | Bill Terry leads all vote-getters in All-Star balloting with Babe Ruth getting the most votes for AL outfielders. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 02 | Veteran ump Bill Klem's delayed call of the infield fly rule leads the Cardinals to protest their game with the Cubs. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 10 | At the Polo Grounds, the AL all-stars come back to beat the NL 9-7 in game which features Carl Hubbell striking out Foxx, Ruth, Simmons, and Cronin in succession. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 13 | In 4-2 Yankee victory, Babe Ruth hits his 700th home run against Tommy Bridges and the Tigers. Lou Gehrig leaves in the first inning of the game with a severe case of lumbago almost ending his consecutive game streak. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 14 | At Navin Field in Detroit, in an effort to keep the consecutive game streak intact, the Yankees have lumbago-stricken Lou Gehrig's bat lead off and list him as the shortstop in the line up. After singling in the first inning, the 'Iron Horse' leaves the game without fielding as the Tigers pound out 11 doubles to edge the Yankees, 12-11. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 14 | Babe Ruth hits the 700th home run of his career off Tommy Bridges in the second inning of a 4-2 Yankees' win at Detroit's Navin Field. | Ref: 86 |
| Jul 14 | NY Times erronously declares Ruth 700 HR record to stand for all time. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 14 | Phillies score 11 runs in an inning, beats Cincinnati 18-0. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 30 | St Louis Cards defeat Cin Reds 8-6 in 18 innings, pitchers Dizzy Dean & Tony Freitos go the distance. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 31 | St Louis Cards defeat Cin Reds 8-6 in 18 innings, pitchers Dizzy Dean & Tony Freitos go the distant | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 04 | Mel Ott became the first major-league baseball player to score six runs in a single game. | Ref: 4 |
| Aug 22 | Red Sox pitcher Wes Ferrell hits 2 HRs to beat White Sox 3-2 in 12. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 25 | Tigers' righty Schoolboy Rowe wins his 16th consecutive game defeating the Senators, 4-2, to tie the American League record. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 26 | Tiger Schoolboy Rowe wins his 16th consecutive game. The Waco, Texas native singles home the winning run in the ninth in a 4-2 victory over the Senators. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 29 | Tiger Schoolboy Rowe, after sixteen consecutive victories, finally loses. The A's chase him after seven innings in a 13-5 final. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 18 | St Louis Brown Bobo Newsom loses no-hitter to Boston in 10, 2-1. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 21 | St Louis Card Paul Dean no-hits Bkln Dodgers, 3-0. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 24 | Babe Ruth bid farewell to the New York Yankees. It was his last game in Yankee Stadium and for the team. The Yankees lost to the Boston Red Sox, 5-0. | Ref: 4 |
| Sep 25 | Lou Gehrig plays in his 1500th consecutive game. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 30 | In Babe Ruth's final game as a Yankee, he goes 0 for 3. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 09 | Commissioner Landis makes Cardinal Joe Medwick leave Game 7 of the World Series for 'his own safety'. Tiger fans are upset with his aggressive slide into third and the angry mob begins hurling fruit at the St. Louis outfielder during the Cards 11-0 series-clinching win, 4 games to 3. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 02 | Babe Ruth tours Tokyo Japan. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 13 | Bucky Harris is hired again in Washington replacing manager Joe Cronin, who has been sold to Boston. The 'Boy Wonder' previously managed the Senators to American League championships in 1924 and 1925 | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 21 | The Yankees purchase Joe DiMaggio from the San Francisco Seals of the Pacific Coast League for $50,000. | Ref: 86 |
| Nov 22 | The Cubs trade Guy Bush, Jim Weaver, and Babe Herman to the Pirates for Larry French and Fred Linstrom. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 11 | Ford C Frick becomes president of baseball's National League. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 11 | National League votes to permit night baseball (up to 7 games per home team). | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 11 | 1935 All-Star Game is assigned to Cleveland. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 26 | Yomiuri Giants, Japan's first professional baseball team forms. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 26 | Commissioner Judge Landis denies the Dodgers' claim to the services of teenager hurler Johnny Vander Meer. | Ref: 1 |
- 1935
| Feb 05 | The Yankees release 39 year old Babe Ruth. | Ref: 1 |
| Feb 06 | Demanding a yearly salary of $25,000, Dizzy Dean becomes a holdout. The Cardinal ace will sign for $19,500 the following day. | Ref: 1 |
| Feb 12 | Signing a contact written in French, Senator outfielder Gus Dugas, a French-Canadian, is obtained by Montreal of the International League. | Ref: 1 |
| Feb 13 | Signing a contact written in French, Senator outfielder Gus Dugas, a French-Canadian, is obtained by Montreal of the International League. | Ref: 1 |
| Feb 19 | Lou Gehrig signs a contract with the Yankees for $30,000. | Ref: 1 |
| Feb 26 | Babe Ruth is released by the Yankees to sign with the Boston Braves for $20,000 and a profit-sharing plan. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 25 | The Cardinals sell Pat Malone to the Yankees. | Ref: 1 |
| Mar 29 | The Cardinals release Dazzy Vance. He will spend his last season with the Dodgers in Brooklyn. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 14 | Babe Ruth played his first game for the National League in Fenway Park in Boston, MA. This time, he was playing for the Boston Braves, not his old Red Sox. Ruth was in his last year of pro ball in the major leagues. In this, his last season, Ruth played only 28 games, getting 13 hits and six home runs, before hanging up his spikes for good. | Ref: 4 |
| Apr 16 | On snowy day and near freezing day as the band plays Jingle Bells at Boston's Braves Field,Babe Ruth makes his National league debut as he homers and singles off Giants' legend Carl Hubbell. Although the Braves beat New York,4-2, the team will go on to win only 37 more games this season. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 27 | Yankees pull a first inning triple-play & beat Philadelphia A's 9-8. | Ref: 5 |
| May 08 | Reds' catcher Ernie Lombardi hits four consecutive doubles in the sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth innings off four different Phillie pitchers. | Ref: 1 |
| May 15 | Pirates beat Phillies 20-5. | Ref: 5 |
| May 23 | The first-ever scheduled major league night game is rained out in Cincinnati. | Ref: 1 |
| May 24 | At Crosley Field, the era of night time baseball begins as 20,000 fans watch the Reds beat the Phillies 2-1 in the first major league game ever played under the lights. During the pre-game ceremonies, President Franklin D. Roosevelt pushes a button at the White House to illuminate the field. | Ref: 1 |
| May 25 | At Forbes Field, Babe Ruth as a member of the Boston Braves hits three homers and a single. The 'Sultan of Swat's' seventh inning solo shot of Gary Bush, which travels over 600 feet and clears the roof, will be the Bambino's 714th and final home run. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 01 | Yanks set solo HR record with 6 beat Boston 7-2. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 02 | Babe Ruth announces his retirement from baseball | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 26 | Pirate center fielder Lloyd Waner sets major league mark recording 18 putouts in a doubleheader sweep of the Boston Braves. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 29 | Despite Joe 'Ducky' Medwick hitting for the cycle, the Reds beat the Cardinals and Daffy Dean, 8-6. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 04 | Due to his 'wandering' ball, Iola hurler Harold 'Lefty' Liell, a 5' 6 1/2", 155-pounder with pigeon-toed feet, is called up for a try out with the Kansas City Blues. The K.C. manager Dutch Zwilling is impressed with the youngster's performance, but advises the Greeley, Kansas lad to get more experience and suggests he play in the Ban Johnson League. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 05 | Brothers Tony and Al Cuccinello each hit a HR in the same game making it the first time in major league history that brothers on opposing teams hit round trippers. Tony's Dodgers beat Al's Giants, 14-4. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 05 | Chicago Cubs are 10½ games back in NL, & go on to win the pennant. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 08 | The American League's winning streak reaches three as the Junior Circuit beats the NL in All Star action at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland, 4-1. The rule that no pitcher can throw more than three innings unless the game goes extra innings will be instituted after Yankee Lefty Gomez pitches six outstanding innings in the Mid-Summer Classic. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 26 | An unusual double play occurs when a line drive (hit by Yank Jesse Hill) bounces off the pitcher's head (Senator Ed Linke) in the air to the catcher (Jack Redmond) who throws to second to double off the runner (Ben Chapman). | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 31 | In the first no hitter in Comiskey Park history, Vern Kennedy holds the Indians hitless and triples home three runs in a 5-0 White Sox win. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 06 | Cardinal Terry Moore has a perfect day going 6-for-6 against the Braves. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 08 | Trailing 5-1 in the ninth against the Indians, the Red Sox rally for two runs with no outs and have the bases loaded when Joe Cronin hits a line drive to third baseman Odell Hall. The ball deflects off Hall's head to shortstop Bill Knickerbocker who catches it in the air for the first out and throws to second, doubling up Billy Werber with second baseman Roy Hughes relaying to first base tripling up Mel Almada to complete the 5-6-4-3 triple play ending the rally and the game. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 19 | The Cubs win their 16th consecutive game as they beat Carl Hubbell completing a four-game sweep of the Giants. The mark is the most since the 1924 Dodgers won 15 straight games. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 27 | The Chicago Cubs sweep doubleheader from St. Louis to win their 21st consecutive game. | Ref: 86 |
| Oct 07 | In Game 6, the Tigers win their first World Series as Goose Goslin singles home Mickey Cochrane in the bottom of the ninth inning beating the Cubs, 4-3. | Ref: 1 |
| Oct 21 | Hank Greenberg is elected the American League's Most Valuable Player unanimously. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 04 | Former Green Bay Packers pro football tackle Cal Hubbard becomes an American League umpire. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 10 | White Sox sell Al Simmons to the Tigers for $75,000. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 10 | The Philadelphia A's trade Jimmie Foxx and Johnny Marcum to the Red Sox for Gordon Rhodes, prospect George Savino and $150,000. | Ref: 1 |
- 1936
| Jan 04 | Red Sox get Doc Cramer and Eric McNair from the A's for Henry Johnson, Al Niemiec and $75,000; this deal completed the December10th trade for Jimmie Foxx. | Ref: 1 |
| Jan 15 | Succeeding his dad, Horace Stoneham, 32, is elected president of the New York Giants, a position he will hold for the next 40 years before selling the team in 1976. | Ref: 1 |
| Jan 29 | Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus (John P.) Wagner, Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson were the first players to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. | Ref: 4 |
| Jan 30 | The Boston Braves ask their fans to come up with a new name for the ball club. As a result, the Boston Braves become the Boston Bees for five seasons. (XDG, p 4A, 3/2/2001) | Ref: 83 |
| Feb 02 | Honus Wagner joins Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson in being elected by the baseball writers as the first players to enter the new Baseball Hall of Fame. The actual induction ceremony doesn't take place until June 12, 1939. | Ref: 86 |
| Mar 05 | The Cardinals, without the holdout Dean brothers, lose to the Cuban All-Stars in Cuba. Luis Tiant Sr., the dad of a future major league pitcher, is the starting pitcher for the home team. | Ref: 1 |
| Mar 09 | Babe Ruth turns down Reds to make a comeback as a player. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 17 | Joe DiMaggio makes his Yankee debut in a big way getting four hits, including a triple in an 8-7 exhibition loss to the Cardinals. | Ref: 1 |
| Mar 21 | The Reds trade first baseman Jim Bottomley for the Browns' utility player Johnny Burnett | Ref: 1 |
| Mar 24 | Paul Dean signs for $10,000 with the Cardinals. | Ref: 1 |
| Mar 26 | Tigers sign Hank Greenberg for $20,000 and Red Ruffing comes to terms with the Yankees for $12,000. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 14 | Eddie Morgan of the St. Louis Cardinals hits a home run in his first major league at bat on the first pitch. | Ref: 12 |
| Apr 22 | Bob Feller made his pitching debut with the Cleveland Indians. Feller struck out 15 St. Louis Browns in his first outing. Three weeks later, he tied the American League record by striking out 17 Philadelphia Athletics. | Ref: 4 |
| Apr 23 | Carl Hubbell's first start of season is his 17th straight win. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 29 | Nagoya defeats Daitokyo, 8-5 in the first pro baseball game ever played in Japan. | Ref: 1 |
| May 03 | The Yankees beat Browns 14-5, as Joe DiMaggio makes his major league debut with three hits. | Ref: 1 |
| May 24 | Tony Lazerri 2 grand slams in one game (11 RBIs, a record); Ben Chapman sets record by reaching first 7 times safely, Yankees beat A's 25-2. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 07 | Yanks beat Indians 5-4 in 16; longest game without a strikeout. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 24 | Yankee rookie Joe DiMaggio hits two home runs in the fifth inning in an 18-4 rout of the St. Louis Browns. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 07 | The Senior Circuit wins its first All-Star game edging the AL at Braves Field in Boston, 4-3. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 08 | The Senior Circuit wins its first All-Star game edging the AL at Braves Field in Boston, 4-3. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 10 | At Forbes Field, Chuck Klien hits 4 HRs in one game, including the tie breaker in the tenth, helping the Pirates defeat the Phillies, 9-6; he barely misses hitting an additional homer in the second when RFer Paul Waner catches his drive against the wall. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 16 | NY Giants are 10 games back in NL, & go on to win the pennant. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 17 | Carl Hubbell's 24-game winning streak (spanning 2 seasons) begins with a 6-0 victory over the Pirates. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 19 | Seventeen year-old Iowa farmboy, Bob Feller, makes his major league debut pitching one inning of relief against the Senators in Washington, D.C. The hard throwing 'kid' allows no hits and no runs, striking out none and and walks two batters. (Feller claims the box score is wrong he claims to have struck out Buddy Lewis in his autobiography) | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 22 | Phillies John Moore hits 3 consecutive HRs. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 03 | The White Sox overcome deficits of 9-1 in the fifth and 11-3 in the seventh inning to defeat the Red Sox in twelve innings, 12-11. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 23 | The Indians' seventeen-year-old rookie pitcher, Bob Feller makes his first major league start striking out the first eight batters he faces. 'Rapid Robert' will finish the game with 15 strikeouts as Cleveland beats the Browns, 4-1. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 25 | 3 Braves hit twice in an inning getting 2 hits each. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 03 | Red Sox hurler Wes Ferrell ends Luke Appling's White Sox club-record 27-game hitting streak. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 05 | Red Sox turn a triple-play on the Yankees. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 09 | With a doubleheader sweep over the Indians, the Yankees clinch their eighth pennant. The Bronx Bombers will finish the season 19.5 games ahead of the Tigers. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 11 | A's pitcher Horace Lisenbee gives up 26 hits in a game. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 12 | Kid Elberfeld, at age of 61, grounds out to third as he pinch-hits for the Fulton team in the Kitty League. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 13 | Indians' teenage pitching phenom Bob Feller sets a new major league record by striking out 17 batters as he two-hits the A's, 5-2. After the season, 'Bullet Bob' will return to his Van Meter, IA home to graduate from high school. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 22 | With victories of 12-0 and 14-0 over the Browns, the Tigers record the most one-sided doubleheader shutouts in the history of the game. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 27 | Replacing Johnny Mize, who is tossed by an ump for arguing, Cardinal rookie first baseman Walter Alston makes an error in handling two chances and strikes out in his only major league at-bat. 'Smokey' will, however, win seven pennants and four World Series in his 23-year Hall of Fame career as Dodger manager from 1954 to 1976. | Ref: 1 |
| Oct 02 | Tony Lazzeri becomes the first Yank to hit a world series (World Series #33) grand slam. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 06 | NY Yankees beat Giants 4 games to 2 in 33rd World Series. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 09 | American League OKs night baseball for St Louis. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 19 | The Braves purchase Eddie Mayo from the Giants. | Ref: 1 |
- 1937
| Jan 06 | Shortstop Tommy Thevenow is bought from Reds by the Giants. | Ref: 1 |
| Jan 19 | Cy Young, Nap Lajoie and Tris Speaker are elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame. | Ref: 1 |
| Jan 26 | Crosley Field's playing surface is under 21 feet of water due to local creek flooding. As a stunt, Cincinnati Reds pitchers Gene Schott and Lee Grissom, row a boat down Western Avenue and over the wall. | Ref: 86 |
| Feb 17 | Babe Dahlgren is bought by the Yankees from the Red Sox. The California native will become the player who replaces Lou Gehrig. | Ref: 1 |
| Mar 13 | Lou Gehrig signs with the Yankees for $38,000 and $750 signing bonus. | Ref: 1 |
| Mar 16 | Former world champion hurdler, Percy Beard, was hired by the Brooklyn Dodgers to teach the faltering baseball team how to run. | Ref: 4 |
| Mar 20 | In one of the biggest trades in Negro League history, Josh Gibson and Judy Johnson are traded to the Homestead Grays for $25,000 and two journeymen. | Ref: 1 |
| Mar 25 | Babe Ruth was reported to have received $25,000 a year for the Quaker Oats Company to use his name in ads for Quaker Oatmeal. | Ref: 4 |
| Mar 26 | Joe DiMaggio says he would take Ty Cobb’s advice and use a 36 or 37-ounce baseball bat instead of a 40-ounce stick during that season. The result? ‘Joltin’ Joe’ hit .346 during the season with 46 home runs -- the most he ever hit in a single year. | Ref: 4 |
| Apr 01 | Reds' Babe Herman is sold to the Tigers. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 20 | The Yankees' 15th season at Yankee Stadium opens with the right-field stands enlarged to three decks. The wooden bleachers are replaced by a concrete structure with the distance to center field dropping from 490 to 461 feet. | Ref: 86 |
| Apr 30 | Ace Parker of the Philadelphia Athletics hits a home run in his first major league at bat. | Ref: 12 |
| May 09 | The Reds' backstop Ernie Lombardi goes 6-for-6 as Cincinnati routs the Phillies, 21-10. | Ref: 1 |
| May 12 | Cardinal outfielder Ducky Medwick hits two home runs and two doubles in a 15-3 Cardinals rout over the Phillies. | Ref: 1 |
| May 25 | Future Hall of Famer Mickey Cochrane's career ends after being beaned with an 3-1 inside fastball thrown by Yankee hurler Bump Hadley. Near death at first, the Tiger catcher/manager will spend six weeks in the hospital and will return to the team only as its skipper. | Ref: 1 |
| May 30 | 61,756, 2nd-largest crowd in Polo Grounds history, sees Dodgers end Carl Hubbell's consecutive-game winning streak at 24 over 2 seasons. | Ref: 5 |
| May 31 | Brooklyn Dodgers snap NY Giant Carl Hubbell's 24-game winning streak. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 01 | White Sox hurler Bill Dietrich no-hits the St. Louis Browns, 8-0. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 04 | Gus Suhr of the Pittsburgh Pirates, plays the last of 822 consecutive games. ("The 1999 ESPN Sports Almanac") | |
| Jun 06 | Phillies trailing 8-2 to St Louis, forfeit game. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 13 | Joe DiMaggio hits 3 consecutive HRs against St Louis Browns. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 25 | Switch-hitter Augie Galan becomes the first National Leaguer to hit a homer from each side of the plate helping the Cubs beat the Dodgers, 11-2. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 28 | In a poll conducted by a NY City newspaper, players for the Giants, Yankees and Dodgers said they opposed the proposed baseball players’ union. | Ref: 4 |
| Jul 05 | In the first game of a doubleheader, Frank Demaree goes 6-for-7 (three doubles and three singles) helping the Cubs edge the Cardinals, 13-12, in 14 innings. He adds two more singles in the second game a 9-7 chicago victory. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 05 | Hal Trosky hits three HRs helping the Indians beat the Browns, 14-4. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 05 | Joe DiMaggio hits his first grand slammer. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 07 | AL beats NL 8-3 in 5th All Star Game (Griffith Stad, Washington). | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 07 | With President Franklin D. Roosevelt in attendance at Griffith Stadium in Washington, Yankee first baseman Lou Gehrig drives in four runs with a home run and a double to lead the AL to an 8-3 victory over the NL in All-Star action. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 08 | With President Franklin D. Roosevelt in attendance at Griffith Stadium in Washington, Yankee first baseman Lou Gehrig drives in four runs with a home run and a double to lead the AL to an 8-3 victory over the NL in All-Star action. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 09 | Joe DiMaggio hits for the cycle as he delivers two home runs, a triple, double and single helping the Yankees maul the Senators, 16-2. The ' Yankee Clipper ' will accomplish this feat only once again in 1948. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 09 | Construction begins on Wrigley Field bleachers and centerfield scoreboard. | Ref: 86 |
| Jul 30 | Phillies Dolph Camilli, plays first base & registers no put outs. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 06 | Indians overturn Yankees' 7-6 win by a protest. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 14 | In a doubleheader against the Browns, the Tigers set a major league record scoring 36 in the twin bill. Pete Fox tallies eight times in the double dip. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 17 | In Cincinnati, the Cardinals beat the Reds with the final out being recorded at 12:02 am. making it the first major league game ever completed after midnight. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 27 | Dodger Fred Frankhouse tosses a rained shorten (8 2/3 innings) no-hitter beating the Reds, 5-0. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 29 | Phila A's Bob Johnson is 2nd to get 6 RBIs in an inning (1st). | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 31 | Tiger Rudy York belts his 17th and 18th homers of the month to set a major league record. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 08 | Yankees trail 6-1, come up with 8 in the 9th, beat Boston 9-6. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 09 | Gene Hasson of the Philadelphia Athletics hits a home run in his first major league at bat (first game). | Ref: 12 |
| Sep 19 | Tigers' first baseman Hank Greenberg's becomes the first player to hit a homer into the center field bleachers at Yankee Stadium. | Ref: 1 |
| Oct 03 | In the season finale, Hank Greenberg gets the only ribbie as Detroit defeats the Indians, 1-0. The twenty-six year old Tiger first baseman finishes the season with 183 RBIs, just one shy of Lou Gehrig's 1931American League record. | Ref: 1 |
| Oct 10 | NY Yankees beat Giants 4 games to 1 in 34th World Series. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 07 | Red Sox acquire the contract of 19-year-old Ted Williams. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 29 | Babe Ruth returned to baseball (he had retired in 1935). He was announced as the new manager of the Class D, De Land Reds of the Florida State League; quite a long way from the big leagues. | Ref: 4 |
- 1938
| Jan 18 | Grover Cleveland Alexander is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. | Ref: 1 |
| Jan 19 | The innovative Larry MacPhail was hired as the team's Executive Vice President to rebuild the Dodgers. | Ref: 86 |
| Feb 22 | The Cardinals sign All-American and NFL Washington Redskins' quarterback Sammy Baugh as an infielder. | Ref: 1 |
| Mar 23 | Commissioner Landis frees seventy-four Cardinal minor leaguers to halt the cover up he perceives taking place in the St. Louis farm system. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 01 | Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, NY. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 16 | The Cardinals deal a declining Dizzy Dean to the Cubs for pitchers Curt Davis and Clyde Shoun and $200,000. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 19 | During the first inning, both Dodgers' Ernie Koy and Phillies' Emmett Mueller homer in their first major league at-bats. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 27 | This was the first day that a colored baseball was used in a game. The yellow baseball was used in a match-up between Columbia and Fordham Universities in New York City. | Ref: 4 |
| May 03 | Lefty Grove defeats Tigers 4-3 for first of record 20 consecutive wins at his home field Fenway Park; he doesn't lose there until May 12 1941. | Ref: 5 |
| May 05 | Phillies Harold Kelleher faces 16 batters in 6th, as Cubs score 12 runs, both marks are National League records off one hurler in a single inning. | Ref: 5 |
| May 22 | Dodgers announce contracts to install lights at Ebbets Field. | Ref: 5 |
| May 22 | White Sox pitcher Ted Lyons records his 200th career win beating the Senators, 9-2. | Ref: 1 |
| May 30 | A new Yankee Stadium attendance record is set as the Yankees sweep Red Sox 10-0 & 5-4 in front of 83,533. | Ref: 5 |
| May 31 | First baseman Lou Gehrig plays in his 2000th counsecutive game and collects a RBI single helping the Yankees defeat the Red Sox, 12-5. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 01 | Protective baseball helmets were worn by batters for the very first time. The helmets were pressed into use in a game between the Springfield Greys and the House of David in NY City. | Ref: 4 |
| Jun 07 | In a game against the Red Sox, Indian pitcher Johnny Allen storms off the mound and doesn't return when he is ordered by ump Bill McGowan to cut off his distracting dangling sweatshirt sleeve; the shirt ends up in the Hall of Fame but he doesn't. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 10 | Bill Lefebvre of the Boston Red Sox hits a home run in his first major league at bat on the first pitch. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 11 | The Reds' Johnny Vander Meer no-hits the Braves. It is the first of two consecutive no-hitters he will hurl. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 15 | In the first night game played in Brooklyn, Reds Johnny Vander Meer pitches his second consecutive no-hitter beating the Dodgers, 6-0. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 16 | Red Sox Jimmie Foxx is walked six straight times by the Browns in a 12-8 Boston victory. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 18 | Babe Ruth wears a Dodger uniform for the first time as a coach; the 'Bambino' also takes batting practice with the team. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 21 | Baseball's Pinky Higgins gets 12th straight hit. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 26 | Carl Hubbell notches his 200th victory as the Giants defeat the Cubs. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 30 | Final game at Phila's Baker Bowl, Giants beat Phils 14-1. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 04 | First game at Shribe Park, Phila; Braves beat Phillies 10-5. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 06 | At Crosley Field, Yankee Lefty Gomez is defeated for the first time in four All-Star starts as the NL wins the All-Star game 4-1. National League shortstop Leo Durocher becomes the first Dodger to start in an All-Star Game and gets a 'bunt' home run. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 27 | For the second consecutive day, Hank Greenberg hits two homers in one day. The Tiger first baseman will hit two HRs in the same game a record setting eleven times during the season. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 30 | NY Yanks suspend Jake Powell, after he said on Chicago radio he'd"hit every colored person in Chicago over the head with a club". | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 31 | NY Yanks suspend Jake Powell, after he said on Chicago radio he'd "hit every colored person in Chicago over the head with a club". | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 02 | The yellow baseball was first used in a test by the Brooklyn Dodgers and the St. Louis Cardinals in New York City. Ball players said that they had no preference for the yellow ball over the traditional white ball. | Ref: 4 |
| Aug 27 | In the first game of a twin bill at Yankee Stadium, Joe DiMaggio hits three consecutive triples. His offensive outburst helps the Bronx Bombers edge the Indians, 8-7. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 27 | Monte Pearson becomes the first pitcher to throw a no hitter in Yankee Stadium. Facing only 27 batters, thanks to two double plays, he beats his former team, the Indians, 13-0 for his 10th consecutive victory. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 05 | For the third time this season, Dodger catcher Babe Phelps breaks a bone in his throwing hand. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 07 | Red Sox Joe Cronin hits into a game-ending triple play as his line drive caroms off Indian third baseman Odell Hale's head to shortstop Bill Knickerbocker who starts the triple killing. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 11 | Free admission, bats and peanuts highlight Lefty O'Doul Day for Kids at Seals' Stadium. Between games of the Seals and Oaks doubleheader, the kids have a chance to scramble for autographed balls thrown by the players. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 15 | Only time brothers hit back-to-back HRs (Lloyd & Paul Waner, Pitts). | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 18 | Despite losing a double header, Yanks clinch pennant #10. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 27 | Tiger first baseman Hank Greenberg hits two HRs to extend his league-leading total to 58. Although five games remain, Hammerin' Hank does not break Babe Ruth's mark of 60. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 28 | Gabby Hartnett's "Homer in the Gloamin'" gives the Chicago Cubs 6-5 win vs. Pittsburgh en route to the pennant. | Ref: 86 |
| Oct 02 | Cleveland Indians' Bob Feller strikes out 18 Detroit Tigers, including Chester Laabs who struck out 5 times. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 09 | Sweeping the Cubs in four games, the Yankees become the first team in major league history to win three consecutive World Series. Red Ruffing goes the distance beating Chicago, 8-3, at Yankee Stadium | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 02 | Babe Ruth applies for the job of St Louis Browns' manager. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 24 | For a national tournament to be played in Wichita, KS in 1939, the National Semipro Baseball Congress decided to use a yellow baseball. This was a first. | Ref: 4 |
| Nov 28 | White Sox hurler Monty Stratton has his right leg amputated as a result of a hunting accident in Greenville, TX. The Texan's attempted comeback is chronicled in the 1949 movie The Stratton Story | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 14 | Major leagues agree on standard ball. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 14 | American League permits Cleveland & Philadelphia to play night games. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 14 | Major leagues disagree on increasing rosters from 23 to 25. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 14 | Will Harridge is elected to a 10-year-term as American League president. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 16 | The Braves trade catcher Ray Mueller to the Pirates for Al Todt and Johnny Dickshot. | Ref: 1 |
- 1939
| Jan 13 | Monty Stratton was listed along with 31 other players on the roster of the Chicago White Sox. Stratton stated that his determination to play ball allowed him to continue pitching even though he used an artificial leg (the result of a hunting mishap). | Ref: 4 |
| Jan 17 | Ed Barrow is elected Yankee president succeeding deceased J Ruppert. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 24 | "Wee" Willie Keeler, George Sisler and Eddie Collins are elected into the Baseball Hall Of Fame. | Ref: 1 |
| Mar 22 | In his second exhibition game, Dodger Pete Reiser homers in his first at-bat against the Cardinals to begin a streak of 10 consecutive hits. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 17 | On the morning of Opening Day in Washington, D.C, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Yankees visit Abner Doubleday's grave at Arlington National Cemetery. FDR is also scheduled to throw out the first pitch at Griffith Stadium, but the game is rained out and Veep Garner will do the honors four days later. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 18 | Announcer Red Barber calls the action in the Dodgers' 7-3 loss to the Giants marking the first time a regular season Brooklyn game is broadcast on the radio. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 20 | In his first major league at-bat, Ted Williams strikes out against Red Ruffing of the Yankees. He later hits a double. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 23 | Boston Red Sox Ted Williams hits his first homerun. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 30 | Baseball’s ‘Iron Horse’, Lou Gehrig, played the last of his 2,130 consecutive baseball games. ("The 1999 ESPN Sports Almanac") | Ref: 4 |
| May 01 | At Comiskey Park, the White Sox defeat the Cubs and Dizzy Dean, 4-1,in an exhibition game to benefit Monty Stratton. The former pitcher, who lost his leg in an off-season hunting accident, tries to pitch in the game and receives a new car and nearly $30,000 as a result outfielder the contest. | Ref: 1 |
| May 02 | Lou Gehrig's playing streak of 2,130 consecutive games ends when he does not make an appearance in a 22-2 Yankees' win at Detroit. Babe Dahlgren plays first base for the Yankees and contributes a double and a home run. | Ref: 86 |
| May 04 | In his first-ever at-bat in Detroit rookie Ted Williams becomes the first player to hit a homer which totally clears the right field seats at Briggs Stadium. | Ref: 1 |
| May 10 | Phillie Dave Coble catches a ball thrown from the top of Philadelphia's City Hall. The rookie catcher handles the 521-foot dropped ball cleanly. | Ref: 1 |
| May 16 | With half the expected crowd on-hand due to the cold weather, only 15,109 fans at Shibe Park see the Indians defeat the A's 8-3 in 10 innings, in the first night game ever played in the American League. | Ref: 1 |
| May 17 | In the first-ever televised baseball game, Princeton beats Columbia 2-1 at Columbia's Baker Field. The contest is aired on W2XBS, an experimental station in NY City. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 01 | First night game at Phil's Shribe Park (Pirates 5, Phillies 2). | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 06 | Bert and George Bebble and Carl Stotz form the Little League organization in Williamsport, PA. The three youth teams in the league have uniforms thanks to a $35 donation. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 06 | With two outs, the NY Giants hit five home runs in the fourth inning in a 17-3 win over the Reds at the Polo Grounds. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 07 | Cleve Indians sets AL record of 16 inning game without striking out, however lose the game 5-4 to NY Yankees. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 12 | In front of a record crowd of 23,864 fans at Ruppert Stadium, Lou Gehrig plays his last game as a Yankee during an exhibition game against the Kansas City Blues, their AA farm team. Playing only three innings and batting eighth, the' Iron Horse' grounds out weakly to second base in his only at-bat. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 12 | The Baseball Hall of Fame was formally dedicated at Cooperstown, NY. The shrine to major league baseball still stands in honor of baseball greats of the past. | Ref: 4 |
| Jun 21 | Baseball legend Lou Gehrig is forced to quit baseball because of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis--a disease which wastes muscles. | Ref: 2 |
| Jun 26 | In Philadelphia, the Yankees play their first night game in franchise history losing to Connie Mack's A's, 3-2. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 27 | First night game at Cleveland Municipal Stadium (Indians 5, Tigers 0). | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 27 | Brooklyn Dodgers tie Boston Braves, 2-2, in 23 innings. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 28 | The Yankees set the major league record for homers in a game and in a doubleheader hitting 8 in the opener and another 5 in the night cap on their way to routing the A's 23-2 and 10-0 in a twin bill sweep at Shibe Park. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 29 | 1st Hall of Fame inductions take place. | |
| Jul 03 | Johnny Mize leads the Cardinals to a 5-3 win over the Cubs hitting two HRs, a triple and a double. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 04 | "Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day" is held at Yankee Stadium. His uniform number (4) is the first to be retired in Major League Baseball and Gehrig makes his famous "Today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth" speech. | Ref: 86 |
| Jul 04 | Red Sox Jim Tabor hits two grand slams as well as a third home run in an 18-12 slugfest victory over the A's. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 08 | Prior to the first game of a doubleheader with the Red Sox at Yankee Stadium, a wall of Japanese beetles form in front of the home dugout. Although over 5000 insects will be captured, the problem will return later in the month. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 11 | Yanks host 7th All Star Game, McCarthy starts 6 Yanks, AL wins 3-1. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 15 | NL president Ford Frick orders two-foot screens affixed inside all foul poles after Billy Jurges of the Giants and umpire George Magerkurth spit at each other after a foul ball call down the left field line is disputed at the Polo Grounds. The AL will soon follows the Senior Circuit lead and will also install foul ball screens. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 18 | Desperate to escape last place, the Browns offer their players a $10,000 collective bonus if the team can finish in sixth place. The incentive doesn't work as St. Louis loses its next nine games and will the season in the cellar with .279 winning percentage. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 25 | NY Yankee Atley Donald sets AL rookie record with 12 consecutive wins. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 26 | Yankee catcher Bill Dickey hits 3 consecutive HRs. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 31 | Using yellow dyed balls, Cardinals beat the Dodgers 5-2 at Sportsman's Park. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 09 | Yankee third baseman Red Rolfe begins an eighteen-game scoring streak; the Penacook, New Hampshire native will score thirty runs during this period of time. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 13 | Yankees set AL shutout margin with 21-0 victory over A's. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 14 | The first night game took place at Comiskey Park before a crowd of 30,000 fans. The White Sox defeated the Browns by a score of 5-2. | Ref: 86 |
| Aug 22 | At Comiskey Park, the Yankees win their first night game in franchise history as the Bronx Bombers defeat the White Sox, 14-5. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 26 | Red Barber announces the first televised baseball games -- on New York’s experimental station W2XBS. The Brooklyn Dodgers and the Cincinnati Reds play a doubleheader at Ebbets Field. The Reds win the first 5-2, and the Dodgers win the second, 6-1. (XDG, p 4A, 8/26/2002) | Ref: 83 |
| Aug 30 | NY Yankee Atley Donald pitches a baseball a record 94.7 mph (152 kph). | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 03 | Yanks beat Red Sox on a forfeit, their 4th forfeit win. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 08 | Yanks beat Red Sox 4-1 in 7, game called because of lightning. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 08 | With his 12-1 victory over the Browns in St. Louis, Bob Feller becomes the youngest modern-era player to win 20 games. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 10 | In the first game of a doubleheader, Indian Ray Caldwell no-hits the Yankees, 3-0. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 16 | Yanks clinch pennant #11. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 23 | Cookie Lavagetto goes 6 for 6-Dodgers get 27 hits & beat Phillies 22-4. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 08 | Yankee Joe DiMaggio scores all the way from first as Reds' catcher Ernie Lombardi lays in a daze at homeplate as a result of being run over by 'King Kong' Charlie Keller. The Bronx Bombers go on to win the game and complete the World Series sweep. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 15 | The NY Giants, formerly opposed to night baseball, made plans for a lighting system at the Polo Grounds for the 1940 season. | Ref: 4 |
| Dec 07 | At the urging of Senator owner Clark Griffith, the other American League owners enact a rule prohibiting the league's pennant winner from buying, selling or trading players during the following season. The winter meeting decision appears to have the desired effect as the Yankees finish in third place. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 07 | Lou Gehrig is elected to the Hall of Fame; the five-year waiting rule is waived after the 'Iron Horse' is diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 14 | Will Harridge is elected to a 10-year-term as American League president. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 14 | Major leagues disagree on increasing rosters from 23 to 25. | Ref: 5 |
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Baseball from 1930 to 1939 Chronology