1933 in baseball
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The following are the baseball events of the year 1933 throughout the world.
Contents |
[edit] Headline Event of the Year
[edit] Champions
[edit] Major League Baseball
- World Series: New York Giants over Washington Senators (4-1)
- First All-Star Game, July 6 at Comiskey Park: American League, 4-2
[edit] Other champions
- First Negro League Baseball All-Star Game, September 10 at Comiskey Park: West, 11-7
[edit] Awards and honors
- Most Valuable Player
- Jimmie Foxx, Philadelphia Athletics, 1B (AL)
- Carl Hubbell, New York Giants, P (NL)
[edit] MLB Statistical Leaders
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[edit] Major League Baseball final standings
[edit] American League final standings
Rank | Club | Wins | Losses | Win % | GB |
1st | Washington Senators | 99 | 53 | .651 | -- |
2nd | New York Yankees | 91 | 59 | .607 | 7.0 |
3rd | Philadelphia Athletics | 79 | 72 | .523 | 19.5 |
4th | Cleveland Indians | 75 | 76 | .497 | 23.5 |
5th | Detroit Tigers | 75 | 79 | .487 | 25.0 |
6th | Chicago White Sox | 67 | 83 | .447 | 31.0 |
7th | Boston Red Sox | 63 | 86 | .423 | 34.5 |
8th | St. Louis Browns | 55 | 96 | .364 | 43.5 |
[edit] National League final standings
Rank | Club | Wins | Losses | Win % | GB |
1st | New York Giants | 91 | 61 | .599 | -- |
2nd | Pittsburgh Pirates | 87 | 67 | .565 | 5.0 |
3rd | Chicago Cubs | 86 | 68 | .558 | 6.0 |
4th | Boston Braves | 83 | 71 | .539 | 9.0 |
5th | St. Louis Cardinals | 82 | 71 | .536 | 9.5 |
6th | Brooklyn Dodgers | 65 | 88 | .425 | 26.5 |
7th | Philadelphia Phillies | 60 | 92 | .395 | 31.0 |
8th | Cincinnati Reds | 58 | 94 | .382 | 33.0 |
[edit] Events
- First All-Star game.
[edit] Movies
- Elmer, the Great
[edit] Births
[edit] January-March
- January 4 - Ray Monzant
- January 6 - Lenny Green
- January 8 - Willie Tasby
- January 20 - Gene Stephens
- February 14 - Tom Borland
- February 26 - Johnny Blanchard
- March 6 - Ted Abernathy
- March 7 - Ed Bouchee
- March 20 - George Altman
[edit] April-June
- April 12 - Charlie Lau
- April 29 - Ed Charles
- May 13 - Johnny Roseboro
- May 9 - Ron Jackson
- May 18 - Carroll Hardy
- June 2 - Jerry Lumpe
- June 7 - Herb Score
- June 14 - Jim Constable
- June 19 - Ken Johnson
[edit] July-September
- July 26 - Norm Siebern
- July 1 - Frank Baumann
- July 27 - Johnny Kucks
- August 10 - Rocky Colavito
- August 18 - Jim Davenport
- September 2 - Marv Throneberry
[edit] October-December
- October 21 - Johnny Goryl
- October 27 - Pumpsie Green
- November 4 - Tito Francona
- November 17 - Orlando Peña
- November 26 - Minnie Rojas
- December 31 - Ken Rowe
[edit] Deaths
- January 2 - Kid Gleason, 66, who won 138 games as a pitcher and was second baseman for four teams from 1895-1906, twice batting .300; won AL pennant as rookie manager of White Sox in 1919, then watched as team threw World Series
- April 23 - Tim Keefe, 76, pitcher who won over 340 games, including six 30-win campaigns for the New York Metropolitans and Giants from 1883-88, with 40-win seasons in 1883 and 1886; led league in ERA three times and strikeouts twice, with career strikeout mark (2500+) being record until 1908; won 19 straight in 1888, leading Giants to first pennant, and was 4-0 with 0.51 ERA in championship series
- June 3 - Jack O'Brien, 60, outfielder for four clubs, and the first player to pinch-hit in World Series history, as a member of the 1903 Boston Americans
- September 16 - George Gore, 76, center fielder for the White Stockings and Giants who batted .301 lifetime and won 1880 batting title; led NL in walks three times and runs twice, and upon retirement was fifth all-time in runs and second in walks
- September 25 - Ring Lardner, 48, sportswriter for various newspapers, mainly in Chicago, since 1907; pioneered the satirical cynic's view of sports reporting
- October 5 - William Veeck, 55, president of the Cubs since 1919; previously a sportswriter