June 2- First place Senators beat the Bosox,
17-17-0/0-5-4. Montie Weaver (6-2,
2.610 goes the distance. There were
no homers in the game. Carl Hubbell
(7-3, 0.64) 2-hits the Phils, winning 6-12-0/0-2-1.
June 3- Yanks beat A’s, 12-16-2/10-13-3 in 10
innings. A’s lead 9-0 until bottom
of 3rd when NY scores 5.
Yanks tie game in bottom of 9th, and win on 2-run homer by
Babe Ruth (.336, 8, 32) in bottom of 10th. Lefty Grove (6-3, 2.20) blows the
save.
June 4 – Giants sweep Bums, as Freddie Fitzsimmons
(5-3, 2.53) pitches 1-hitter in nightcap, winning 11-16-0/0-1-2. Fitzsimmons does not walk anyone, and
faces only 28 batters. Only Bum
baserunner is Left O’Doul (.164!) double with 2 out in bottom of 1st.
June 6 – Yanks come back to win opener, 7-6, after
being Bosox behind 6-0 until the 8th. They score 5 in the bottom of the
8th, and 2 more in the 9th to win it. Yanks take nightcap, 11-1 as Babe Ruth
(.337, 12, 44) hits grand slam.
June 8 – A’s score 11
in the bottom of the 2nd against the Yanks as they go on to a 19-21-0/2-7-3 victory. Every Philly starter, including pitcher
Tony Freitas, had at least 1 hit.
There were no homers in the game.
Lefty Gomez (5-5, 5.33) gave up 10 ER in an inning and a third. Washington and Bosox hookup in a 10
inning scoreless duel. Senators
finally score the game’s only run in top of 11th, on an error. Senators score 10 in top of
7th in nightcap and they go on to win, 17-21-1/0-2-1.
Every Washington starter, including pitcher Jack Russell (2-1, 1.97) had
at least 1 hit. Goose Goslin (.324,
2, 29), 4-5, 5 RBI, 4 runs, HR, 2 3B, 11 TB.
June 9 – Tigers and Chisox hookup in 13 inning
scoreless contest as both stars go the distance. Firpo Marberry (8-2, 2.62) wins as
Detroit scores the game’s only run in the top of the 14th. Tigers win 1-4-1/0-7-1. Earl Durham (6-2, 2.45) takes the
loss.
June 10 – Pirates’ Bob Swift (7-4, 1.36) no-hits the
Reds until Red Lucas pinch hits a single to lead off the top of the
9th. Pirates win
3-7-1/0-2-0.
June 11 – Yanks sweep Bosox, winning opener 12-8, and
taking nightcap, 15-15-0/1-8-3.
Braves sweep Bums, as Tom Zachry (3-3, 1.60) pitches a 10 inning 1-hitter
in the nightcap. Van Lingle Mungo
((2-4, 2.89) and he hookup for a 9-inning shutout, but Boston scores in the top
of the 10th as they win 1-7-1/0-1-0. Zachry faces only 34 batters, 1 over the
11 inning minimum. The only
Bum hit is a 2nd inning single by Tony Cuccinello.
June 13- Dizzy Dean (4-7, 3.00) and Steve Swetonic
(3-4, 3.82) hookup on shutout until Cards score the game’s only run in the
bottom of the 9th. St.
Louis wins, 1-4-2/0-3-0. Cubs’ Lon
Warneke (9-4, 1.42) and Reds’ Paul Derringer (5-6, 4.43) hookup in 12 inning
shutout. Reds finally score game’s
only run in bottom of 13th, as they go on to win 1-8-1/0-4-0. Tiger’s Tommy Bridges (8-2, 1.43) 1-hits
the Tribe, winning 3-4-1/0-1-0.
Bridges walks 2, and faces 31 batters. Tribe’s only hit is 5th
inning 1 out single by Frankie Pytlak (.333).
June 15 – Yanks beat Boston, 14-18-3/3-7-2. Babe Ruth (.382, 21, 60) 5-6, 2B, HR, 3
RBI. Every Yank starter, except Ben
Chapman, including pitcher Johnny Allen, had at least 1 hit.
June 18 – Pirates’ Larry French (11-2, 1.45) no-hits
the Braves in nightcap, winning 2-8-1/0-0-0. French walks 1 man, and faces only 29
batters.
June 20 – Yanks beat Chisox, 10-15-2/1-5-1 as Dixie
Walker goes 3-6 with a homer.
Walker is now batting .464, 5. 18.
June 22- Cubs beat Braves, 17-21-0/2-9-1. Every Cub starter, except 3B Woody
English, had at least 1 hit, including pitcher Guy Bush.
June 23 – Yanks beat Browns in opener, 19-19-2/0-8-0.
Every Yank starter, except 3B Joe Sewell, had at least 1 hit, including
pitcher Herb Pennock (1-1-, 5.46).
Browns take nightcap, 9-10-0/0-2-3.
June 24 – Lefty Stewart (6-5, 4.44) 1-hits (1 walk)
the Chisox as Washington wins, 6-7-1/0-1-1. Only Chicago hit is 1st
inning 2 out single by Billy Sullivan.
Tigers beat Bosox 20/20-1/14-18-1. Every Boston starter, except
pitcher George Pipgras, had at least 1 hit. Same for Tigers, except for pitcher Vic
Frasier (they all had at least 2 hits, except for OF John Stone).
June 25 – Yanks drop 2 to Tigers as Nats sweep Tribe
and move into 1st place.
June 30 – In nightcap, A’s hit 3 consecutive
(back-to-back-to back) homers in bottom of 2nd against Browns. Homers were hit by Max Bishop, Doc
Cramer and Indian Bob Johnson. A’s
win, 15-18-3/7-12-3. A’s hit 8 homers in the game (Bishop, Cramer and Pinky
Higgins 2 each; Johnson and Foxx 1 each).
July 1- Yanks beat Tribe as Nats lose to
Detroit. Yanks move back into
1st, ½ game up over Nats.
July 2 – Browns sweep A’s, taking nightcap
16-20-0/5-9-2. Every St. Louis
starter, including pitcher George Blaeholder, had at least 1 hit. Bruce Campbell (.313, 8, 55) 5-6, 4 RBI,
HR.
July 4- 1st place Washington and Yankees
meet in twin-bill. Nats sweep and
move 2 up. A’s sweep Bosox, taking
nightcap, 22-29-4/13-25-4. Bosox score 22 without a homer. Every A’s starter, except pitcher George
Earnshaw, had at least 1 hit. Ed
Coleman (.286) and Jimmie Foxx (.381) had 5 hits each, and Johnny Holdapp (.312)
had 5 for Boston.
July 5 – Tigers beat Browns, 8-3. Rare weird
play:
July 9 – Giants’ Hal Schumacher (11-4, 2.33) 1-hits
the Cubs, winning 3-10-1/1-1-0.
Schumacher relinquishes 1 walk.
The only Cub hit is a single by opposition pitcher Guy Bush leading off
the bottom of the 6th.
Braves beat Reds in
19 innings, 3-14-2/2-9-1. Eddie Brandt (5-9, 3.52) pitches all 19
innings, and scores the winning run after leading off the top of the
19th with a single.
Brandt batted .309 in the actual ’33 season, and is hitting .278
currently. Ben Cantwell (7-5, 1.64) of the
Braves 1-hits the Reds in the opener, winning 1-8-0/0-1-1. Only Red hit is 7th inning
1-out single by Chick Hafey (.266).
July 12 – Boston’s Lloyd Brown (8-8, 4.40) no-hits
the Tigers through 8 2/3 innings, until Heinie Schuble (.267) singles. Boston wins, 5-9-3/0-1-1.
July 16 – Yanks beat Chisox 3-2 as Browns sweep
Nats. NY moves into 1st
place, 1 game up on Washington.
July 18 – Jimmie Foxx (.386, 27, 77) hits 3 homers
against the Tigers, as the A’s win 6-8-2/3-9-1. He walks in his only other plate
appearance.
July 22- A’s beat Browns in opener, 13-18-0/2-10-1 as
they hit 6 homers (Foxx 2, Johnson, Higgins, Williams and Bishop 1 each).
July 27 – Cleveland’s Monte Pearson (3-1, 3.00)
no-hits the Chisox, winning 12-15-1/0-0-1.
Pearson walks 2 batters.
Jimmie Foxx (.395, 32, 96) homers twice and drives in 5 as the A’s win
their 11th straight as they beat the Bosox 6-11-1/0-2-1. Foxx had only 6 homers and 14 RBI on
June 1. He’s had 26 homers and 82
RBI in June and July. Braves’ Huck Betts (10-6, 2.41) bests
Phills’ Ed Holley (7-10, 3.60) in 13 inning game, winning 1-4-0/0-4-0. Both pitchers go the distance. Pinky Whitney’s solo blast in the top of
the 13th is the game’s only run.
July 29 – Yanks beat Senators, 11-3, and move 2 up
over them. Gehrig (.352, 19, 91)
2B, 2 HRs, 10 TBs.
July 30 – A’s beat Bosox 9-2 as Jimmie Foxx goes 2-5
and raises his BA to .400 (.440, 32, 99).
July 31 – Yanks beat Nationals, 10-1, completing a 3
game sweep of Washington and moving 5 games up in the
AL.
3rd place A’s have now won 13 straight.
August 4 – Carl Hubbell (20-4, 1.22) blows a save
opportunity but gets his 20th win (first in 1933) as the Giants come
back to beat the Phills, 7-14-2/6-12-1.
August 6 – Giants sweep Bums, winning nightcap 4-2 in
13 iinings. 1st place
Giants have now won 13 straight.
August 14 – Bosox score 11 (10 hits) in top of
5th, as they beat Tigers, 19-23-0/1-3-4.
Every Bosox starter, including pitcher George Pipgras, had at least 1
hit, except for SS Bucky Walters (0-6).
August 16 – Browns beat Yanks, 15-17-2/11-17-3. Jack Burns (.330, 9, 73) hits 2 HR, and
a double, and has 8 RBI as he goes 4-6 with 11 TB.
August 19 – Phils sweep last place Reds as Cincy
drops their 15th in a row.
August 20 – Yanks sweep Chisox, winning nightcap
19-23-3/5-13-0. Every NY starter, including pitcher
George Uhle (2-2, 3.34), had at least 1 hit. Uhle wins both games of doubleheader
(first game in relief).
Washington wins its 10th straight, beating the Browns in the
opener, 17-24-0/6-12-1. 56 year old Nick Altrock makes his only
1933 appearance, singling home a run.
In the real 1933 season, Altrock was 0-1. Nats win the nightcap 6-5 for their
11th straight.
August 21 – Jimmie Foxx (.406, 42, 125) , Eric McNair
(.325, 5, 29) and Indian Bob Johnson (.331, 20, 81) hit consecutive homers in the top of the
9th against the Tigers, but Detroit holds on for an 8-7 win.
August 22 – Bosox beat Chisox in opener,
15-22-0/1-10-0. Every Boston
starter, including pitcher Gordon Rhodes, except 2B Johnny Holdapp, had at least
1 hit. Marty McManus (.279) 5-5;
Rick Ferrell 3-6, 2B, HR, 6 RBI.
August 24 – A’s sweep Browns as Jimmie Foxx (.407,
42, 129) walks 5 times in 5 plate appearances in nightcap, including once with
the bases loaded and once intentionally.
August 26 – Yanks beat Tigers, 13-19-1/4-10-1 as
every NY batter, including pitcher George Uhle (.3-2, 3.07, .500 BA), had at
least 1 hit.
August 27 – Yanks weep Tigers, as Red Ruffing (20-6,
2.58) wins his 20th in nightcap, beating Detroit 14-16-0/2-11-0. Ruffing (.255, 1, 9) goes 3-5, with a
homer. Ruffing went 9-14, 3.91 in
the actual ’33 season. A’s sweep
Chisox. Left Grove (18-8, 2.47) is
ejected with 1 out in top of the 5th as A’s lead 8-0. Bobby Coombs (2-0, 5.70) comes in to
pitch the remainder of the game and pickup the win.
August 28 – Reds and Braves hookup in 13 inning
scoreless tie until Cincy scores the game’s only run in the top of the 14h. Reds win 1-8-0/0-11-1 as both pitchers –
Reds’ Red Lucas (3-17, 5.55) and Braves’ Ed Brandt (9-15, 3.06) – go the
distance.
September 1 – Carl Hubbell (23-7, 1.50) pitches 20
inning complete game loss, losing to Braves 6-7-3/5-11-4.
September 2 – Bosox lead Yanks 12-4 in bottom of
9th, but NY scores 7 and has tying run on 3rd but they
finally lose 12-14-1/11-14-2.
2nd place Cards beat 1st place Bucs 6-4 as Dizzy
Dean (20-15, 2.63) wins his 20th (in relief). Cards now 1 game behind Pittsburgh.
September 6 – In his first start, Washington’s Hugh
McColl (2-0, 0.64) no-hits the Chisox through 8 innings until Charley Berry
singles in the top of the 9th with Earl Webb on 1st (he’d
walked). It is the only Chicago
hit. McColl walks 2.
September 8 – Tigers pitcher Firpo Marberry (18-8,
2.46) no hits the Red Sox in the nighcap until the top of the 8th
when Marty McManus (.303 ) doubles to lead off the inning. Tigers win 11-21-0/0-2-1.
September 10 – Cubs sweep Phills, winning nightcap,
16-23-1/1-4-1.
Cubs won first game 10-0.
September 11 – Yanks shut out Tigers 2-4-2/0-10-1 as
Red Ruffing (23-6, 2.60) wins his 23rd. In the actual ’33 season, Ruffing was
9-14, 3.91. Cisox beat A’s in
opener in 16 innings, winning 7-19-3/2-13-0. Chicago scores 5 runs in top of
16th. Ted Lyons (9-17,
5.17) goes the distance.
September 12 – Lon Warneke (20-11, 1.87) pitches no
hitter through 6 1/3 against Phillies until Don Hurst doubles in the top of the
7th. Cubs
wins 3-2 as Warnke wins his 20th.
September 16 – Carl Hubbell (24-10, 1.50) misses a
perfect game, giving up no hits to the Cubs in the opener, giving up no hits
through 8 /3 innings until Billy Jurges singles. It is the only Cub baserunner, as the
Giants win, 2-7-0/0-1-0. Hubbell
faces only 28 batters. Giants sweep
Cubs as Braves take twin-bill from Pirates. Giants now only 2 ½ behind Bucs.
September 18 – Yanks sweep Chisox and reduces their
magic number to 8. It is NY’s
7th straight win.
Ruffing wins the nightcap, pitching a complete game and winning his
24th. He is now 24-6,
2.54, versus an “actual” of 9-14, 3.91.
Braves and Reds play scoreless tie for 10 innings until Braves score 2 in
top of 11th to win, 2-6-1/0-4-2. Fred Frankhouse (11-17, 2.83) and the
Reds’ Si Johnson (8-18, 2.63) go the route.
September 19 – Giants beat Cards 9-1. NY is now 2 behind Pirates with 9 games
remaining. Braves’ Ed Brandt
(12-17, 2.77) 1-hits the Reds, winning 2-8-1/0-1-0. Brandt does not walk anyone, and faces
only 28 batters. The only Reds’ hit
is a bottom of the 2nd leadoff single by Ernie Lombardi (.276).
September 22 – Braves’ Hank Betts (13-12, 2.20)
pitches 15 inning complete game loss against the Phils. Phils win 3-12-1/2-12-0.
September 23 – Washington beats A’s for their
3rd straight as the Yanks drop their 2nd in a row to
Boston. NY’s lead drops to 3
½. Pirates beat Cards as Giants
lose to Bums. Pirates’ magic number
drops to 3.
September 24 – Chisox beat Tribe in opener,
15-17-1/6-13-5 as they score 10 runs in the top of the 7th. Cards and Pirates split, as Dizzy Dean
(23-16, 2.73) 1-hits the Bucs in the nightcap. Dean issues 1 walk, and faces 30
batters. The only Pirates’ hit is a
single by Pie Traynor with 1 out in the top of the 7th. Giants lose 2-1 to Braves and Pittsburgh
clinches a tie.
September 25 – Pirates fail to clinch as they lose to
Cards, 14-21-4/13-20-1. Every Card
starter, except pitcher Bill Walker, had at least 1 hit. Pepper Martin, Frankie Frisch and Joe
Medwick each had 4 hits.
September 27 – Giants drop nightcap 1-4-0/0-7-0
against Phils as Bucs clinch NL pennant.
September 28 – Washington beats Yanks 7-4 and moves
to 2 ½ back with 3 games remaining.
September 29 – Yanks’ Red Ruffing (25-6, 2.51) beats
the Senators 6-10-1/3-6-1 and the Yanks clinch the AL. Washington has only 2 games
remaining (they only played 152 in 1933).
September 30 – A’s come from behind to beat Bosox,
9-10-3/7-10-2 as Lefty Grove (20-12, 2.440 wins his 20th in
relief.
October 1 – Babe Ruth starts the
final Yankee game as the pitcher, but he is chased after giving up 10 earned
runs by the 5th inning. The Yanks come back from a 10-0 deficit to win in
the bottom of the 9th, 11-12-0/10-17-7. Boston makes 7 errors.
October 3 – Yanks drop World Series opener, 6-2, as
Lefty Gomez is bested by Larry French.
Red Ruffing pitches
the 2nd game as NY clobbers the Pirates, 16-17-0/0-5-1. Every Yank hitter, including Ruffing,
had at least 1 hit. Pittsburgh
takes the 3rd contest, winning 5-4 in 12 innings. NY takes game 4, 7-5, as Lefty Gomez
comes in during the 9th for the Save. Larry French wins his 2nd
game as he pitches a complete game win to beat Lefty Gomez again, this time
4-3. In the 6th
game, Bill Swift pitches a complete game win, 4-3, to give Pittsburgh the
Series, 4 games to 2.
