Hilites

April 24 - Yanks beat Bosox, 23-33-2/1-7-2.  Mark Koenig 4-7; Babe Ruth 6-7, 3 runs, 4 RBI; Lou Gehrig 4-7, HR, 3 RBI; Leo Durocher 4-7.  Waite Hoyt (1-1-,4.20) pitches the complete game win.  For Boston, Red Ruffing (0-2,12.27) takes the loss.  

April 26 - Browns' Jack Ogden (1-2,2.67) pitches a no-hitter against the Chisox, winning 13-16-0/0-0-3.  Ogden relinquishes 4 walks.  Red Sox and Washington are scoreless through 10 innings until Red Sox score the game's only run in the bottom of the 11th to win 1-7-0/0-6-3.  Ad Liska (0-1,2.63) and Jack Russell (1-0,5.40) both go the distance. 

 April 28 - Earl Clark (Braves) goes 6-6 against Brooklyn in an 8-0 win.

April 29 - Cleveland beats Chisox, 20-26-4/6-10-2.  Bibb Falk (.750) goes 7-7, 4 RBI, 4 runs, 2B,3B, 10 TB. 

April 30 - A's beat Boston, 9-3, as every A's starter, including pitcher George Earnshaw, had at least 1 hit.  

May 5 - Yanks beat Chisox 22-22-2/5-14-1.  Mark Koenig (.368) 5-6, 4 runs, 2 RBI, 3B.  Cards beat Giants, 15-27-1/5-10-0 as every Cardinal player, including pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander (1-1, 5.20), had at least 1 hit.  Frankie Frisch (.448) 5-6, 4 runs, 4 RBI, 2B, 3B; Chick Hafey (.443) 5-5, 2 RBI, 2 runs, 2 2B; Tony Douthit 4-6, Andy High 4-6.  

May 6 - Washington beats Tribe, 21-25-2/8-14-3.  Sam West (.283) 5-7; Goose Goslin (.308) 5-6, 4 runs, 4 RBI, grand slam.

May 7 Giant's OF Tony Kaufman goes 2-3 with 2 walks.   In the actual '29 season, he went 1-32.  Giants beat Pittsburgh 13-12-2/1-6-2.  

May 8 - A's beat Chisox, 17-19-1/3-12-0 as every A's player, including pitcher Jack Quinn (3-0,2.10) had at least 1 hit.  Tigers beat Nats, 20-24-0/3-9-3.   Every Detroit starter, including pitcher George Uhle (3-2,3.69), had at least 1 hit.  Harry Heilman (.353) 4-6, 4 runs, 5 RBI,2B, HR.   

May 9 - Grover Cleveland Alexander (2-1,3.93) shuts out the Braves, winning 18-20-1/0-7-1.  Every St. Louis starter, except Alexander, had at least 1 hit.  

May 10 - Yanks beat Tigers, 26-27-1/3-6-2.  Mark Koenig (.432) 5-7, 4 runs, 3 RBI; Lou Gehrig (.379) 4-5, 5 RBI, 2 Walks.  Cubs beat Giants, 9-1, for their 10th straight win.   They are now 16-4 and lead the NL by 5 games.  

May 11 - Giants score 10 runs in bottom of 8th to beat Cubs, 12-15-0/6-9-0.  Every NY starter, except pitcher Larry Benton, had at least 1 hit.   Bill Terry (.453) 4-5, 2B, 3 runs.

May 16 - Cards beat Pittsburgh, 11-15-1/4-10-3 as every Cardinal player, including pitcher Jesse Haines (3-1, 4.50), had at least 1 hit. 

May 17 - Phillies beat Robins, 25-28-1/10-21-1.  Donn Hurst(.318) and Chuck Klein (.430) 5-6.   Klein had 3 homers (including a grand slam) and 10 RBI.  Bennie Friberg (.302) 4-6.  For the Robins, Babe Herman (.385) and Dave Bancroft (.269) 4-5.  

May 18 - Robins split with Phills, taking nightcap 15-22-2/8-13-1 as every brooklyn starter, including putcher Alex Ferguson (0-4, 13.50) had at least 1 hit.  Wally Gilbert (.381) 5-6; Babe Herman (.387) 4-6.  

May 20 - Cubs beat Bucs 13-4 as Rogers Hornsby (.455, 10, 43 .835SA) goes 2-3 with a homer.   Hornsby has now hit in every Cub game this season (all 29 games) and he leads the majors in BA, HR, RBI and SA. 

May 24 - Yanks beat Boston, 18-23-2/12-23-3.  Every Yank starter, including pitcher Herb Pennock (3-1, 1.85), had at least 1 hit.  For the Sox, Bill Regan (.380) went 5-6, 2B. 

May 25 - White Sox and Detroit split with Tigers taking nightcap, 16-20-2/6-10-1 as Tigers' pitcher George Smith (2-0, 4.97) goes 4-5 witha 2B and 3 runs.   Smith is now 5-6 this season (in the actual 1929, he batted .417, 5-14).

May 26 - Phils beat Robins, 14-16-1/13-16-1 as every Phil and Brooklyn starter, except for the pitchers (Luther Roy 3-0, 7.42 and Doug McWeeny 3-5, 10.49), had at least 1 hit.  Lefty O'Doul (.402) 4-6, 2B, HR; Babe Herman (.411) 5-6, 5 runs, 3 RBI, 2B, HR.  

May 29 - Sixth place Washington's Firpo Marberry (2-3, 4.53) snaps Yanks' 12 game win streak as he pitches a complete game 5-1 victory.  Yanks remain 2 behind A's.  Tribe beats Chisox 16-25-3/5-11-1 as Lou Fonseca (.429) goes 5-6 with 5 runs,  RBI and a 2B and Earl Averill (.327) also goes 5-6, 4 runs, 6 RBI, 2B, 2 HR, 12 TB. 

May 30 - Yanks split with Nationals, winning nightcap, 16-14-1/11-15-2 as Babe Ruth (.421,10,44) goes 3-6 with 7 RBI and 2 homers.  Earl Combs (.369) 4-5.  NY is 2 1/12 behind A's.   First place Cubs beat Pirates in opener, 15-21-1/13-18-3.   Every Pirate starter, except pitcher Ray Kremer, had at least 1 hit.  The Waners and George Grantham each had 3 hits.  For Chicago, every starter except Cliff Heathcote, had at least 2 hits, except for the starter Art Nehf (1-3, 3-run homer).  Kiki Cuyler (.367) 4-6, 2 RBI,3b: Charlie Grimm (.366) 3-4, HR; Earl Grace (.308) 3-4, 4 RBI, HR.    Tigers beat Browns in opener, 20-20-1/8-15-3.  Every Detroit starter had at least 1 hit, including pitcher Vic Sorrell (2-4, 6.02), except for Charlie Gehringer (.314) 0-6.  Roy Johnson (.307) and Harry Rice (.401) both 4-6.  

June 1 - Giants beat 1st place Cubs 10-5 for their 7th in a row.  NY is now 1/2 game behind Cubs but 6 points as they move into 1st.  Tribe comes back from 4-0 deficit to beat Boston 11-4 as Sox drop their 17th in a row. 

June 2 - Cubs beat Giants in 10, 5-4, and move back into sole possession of 1st place.  Tribe comes back from 9-6 deficit in 8th inning to beat Red Sox 10-9 as Boston drops its 18th straight. 

 June 4 - Pirates beat Phillies, 19-22-1/13-18-2 as every Philly starter, except pitcher Phil Collins, had at least 1 hit.  Chuck Klein (.394( 3-6, HR, 2B, 6 RBI.  Every Pirate starter, except for LF Adam Comorosky (.307) but including pitcher Steve Swetonic (4-6, 9.26) also had at least 1 hit.  George Grantham (.349) 4-5, 5 runs, 4 RBI, HR; Paul Waner (.367) 4-5, 2B. 

 June 6 - 1st place A's beat Browns, 19-19-2/1-6-2 as every A's starter, including pitcher George Earnshaw (6-4, 2.99) had at least  2 hits.   Tigers beat Nats, 19-14-0/12-17-4.  Bob Fothergill (.432) 4-5, 6 RBI, 2 3B. 

 June 13 - Ray Kolp (2-2-, 3.44) pitches a no-hitter for 7 innings against the Robins until Billy Rhiel singles to lead off the top of the 8th.   Rhiel comes around the score as Brooklyn wins, 1-2-0/0-7-1 behind Dazzy Vance (6-1, 2.77).  

 June 16 - 1st place Cubs come back from 13-3 deficit with 10 runs in bottom of 7th as they beat Phillies, 17-22-1/15-17-0.  Chuck Klein (.384) goes 4-6 for Phills as Charlie Grimm (.345) goes 4-6 for Cubs with a HR and a double. 

 June 18 - Yanks' Fred Heimach (5-0, 3.25) 1-hits the Bosox in opener, winning 1-6-0/0-1-1.   The only Boston hit is a 1-out 1st inning single by Russ Scarritt (.294).  Heimach walks 5.  

 June 19 - Giants take opener against Phillies, 15-21-1/2-7-2 as Mel Ott (.362, 15, 44) hits 3 homers (4 RBI).  Bill Terry (.426) goes 4-5 as every starting player has at least 1 hit, including pitcher Freddie Fitzsimmons (9-3, 4.25).  Brooklyn's Babe Herman (.412, 11, 59) hits for the cycle (4-6) against the Braves in the opener.  Robins win, 15-17-1/2-10-3. 

 June 21 - 1st place A's sweep 3rd place Yanks, taking opener 15-18-1/1-2-0 behind Lefty Grove (13-2, 2.28).  Every A's player, including Grove, had at least 1 hit.  Al Simmons (.432) 4-6.  A's win nightcap 8-4. 

 June 22 - After Babe Ruth returns from injury (on the 18th), Yanks sweep 1st place A's, winning opener, 9-2, behind a complete game from Fred Heimach (6-0, 2.92).   NY takes nightcap, 2-0, behind a 4-hitter from George Pipgras (8-4, 4.40).   NY is still in 3rd, 5 1/2 out.   Giants sweep Phillies and they are now in 1st place, 1 1/2 games ahead of Cubs.  Giants have won 4 straight as Cubs have dropped 3 in a row.  Terry is now batting .438 and Leach is at .429.  Cards beat Reds, 17-24-1/8-15-1.  Andy High (.304) 5-6, 2B, 3B; Jim Bottomley (.369) 4-6. 

 June 23 - Yanks beat 1st place A's, 4-3, scoring the winning run in the bottom of the 9th.  Ruth goes 1-3, his 12th homer, and is not hitting .401.  Cleveland beats Tigers and Yanks move into 2nd by percentage points over Detroit. 

 June 25 - Cleveland's Jake Miller (7-3, 1.45) pitches a 13 inning complete game win, beating the Browns, 3-9-1/1-7-2.   Miller is a 9ZG and has a 1.45 ERA after 105/1 IP. 

 June 27 - Yanks visit 1st place A's.   A's lead 8-0 after 4, but NY scores 10 runs in top of 5th.  A's then tie it in bottom of 5th, but Babe Ruth hits 3-run homers in top of 7th to put NY back on top, 14-11, and Yanks hold on for a 14-13 win.  NY is now 4 1/2 games back. 

 June 29 - Yanks again beat A's, this time 7-5, as George Pipgras (9-4, 4.37) beats Lefty Grove (14-3, 2.56).  NY is now 3 1/2 back.   Giants sweep Phils as Cubs lose in 10 to Cards.   NY takes over 1st place bu 1 game over Cubs. 

June 30 - Giants' Carl Hubbell (9-6, 3.63) no-hits the Phils in the opener through 7 1/3 innings until Lefty O'Doul singles.  Giants win 4-4-2/1-4-3.  Robins beat Braves in opener, 19-19-0/0-6-2.   Del Bissonnette (.354) 5-6, 5 RBI.   Dazzy Vance (9-2, 3.72) ejected after 7 1/3 innings of shutout ball.  Tigers come back from 9-4 deficit to score 6 in bottom of 8th and 2 more in bottom of 9th to beat Cleveland, 12-18-2/11-14-0.