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==Births== |
==Births== |
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− | *[[April 29]] - [[Ed Charles]] |
+ | *[[April 29]] - [[Ed Charles]] (living) |
*[[May 13]] - [[Johnny Roseboro]] (d. 2002) |
*[[May 13]] - [[Johnny Roseboro]] (d. 2002) |
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*[[June 7]] - [[Herb Score]] (d. 2008) |
*[[June 7]] - [[Herb Score]] (d. 2008) |
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− | *[[July 26]] - [[Norm Siebern]] |
+ | *[[July 26]] - [[Norm Siebern]] (living) |
− | *[[August 10]] - [[Rocky Colavito]] |
+ | *[[August 10]] - [[Rocky Colavito]] (living) |
*[[September 2]] - [[Marv Throneberry]] (d. 1994) |
*[[September 2]] - [[Marv Throneberry]] (d. 1994) |
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− | *[[November 4]] - [[Tito Francona]] |
+ | *[[November 4]] - [[Tito Francona]] (living) |
==Deaths== |
==Deaths== |
Revision as of 22:20, 28 September 2009
The following are the baseball events of the year 1933 throughout the world.
Headline Event of the Year
- First Negro League Baseball All-Star Game.
Champions
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. Babe Ruth hit the first All-Star Game home run.
Other champions
- First Negro League Baseball All-Star Game, September 10 at Comiskey Park: West, 11-7
Awards and honors
MLB Statistical Leaders
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Major League Baseball final standings
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 |
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 |
Events
- First All-Star game.
Movies
- Elmer, the Great
Births
- April 29 - Ed Charles (living)
- May 13 - Johnny Roseboro (d. 2002)
- June 7 - Herb Score (d. 2008)
- July 26 - Norm Siebern (living)
- August 10 - Rocky Colavito (living)
- September 2 - Marv Throneberry (d. 1994)
- November 4 - Tito Francona (living)
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. Gleason was one of the relatively few major leagers to appear in a major league game in 4 different decades.
- 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
- 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