Champions
Major League Baseball
★
World Series:
Detroit Tigers over
Chicago Cubs (4-2)
★
All-Star Game,
July 8 at
Municipal Stadium: American League, 4-1
Other champions
★
Negro League Baseball All-Star Game,
August 11 at
Comiskey Park: West, 11-8 (11 innings)
Awards and honors
★ '
Most Valuable Player'
★
★
Hank Greenberg,
Detroit Tigers (AL)
★
★
Gabby Hartnett,
Chicago Cubs (NL)
MLB Statistical Leaders
Major League Baseball final standings
American League final standings
National League final standings
Negro League Baseball final standings
East-West League final standings
'Post-season:'
★ Pittsburgh won one half, New York won one half.
★ Pittsburgh beat New York 5 games to 2 games in a play-off.
Events
★
May 24 - At
Crosley Field in
Cincinnati, the
Reds and the visiting
Philadelphia Phillies played the first night game, which Cincinnati won 2-1.
★
May 25 -
Babe Ruth of the
Boston Braves goes 4-4 with 3 home runs and 6 runs batted in. It is the last home runs of Ruth's career, with the final home run being the first ball ever hit to clear the roof at
Forbes Field in
Pittsburgh.
★
May 30 -
Babe Ruth ends his playing career with the
Boston Braves of the
National League.
Movies
★ ''
Alibi Ike''
Births
January-April
★
January 7 -
Dick Schofield
★
January 26 -
Bob Uecker
★
February 3 -
Dick Tracewski
★
February 19 -
Russ Nixon
★
March 22 -
Gene Oliver
★
April 28 -
Pedro Ramos
May-August
★
May 12 -
Felipe Alou
★
May 26 -
Eddie Haas
★
June 1 -
Jack Kralick
★
June 25 -
Don Demeter
★
July 15 -
Donn Clendenon
★
July 21 -
Moe Drabowsky
★
July 25 -
Larry Sherry
★
August 12 -
Ken McBride
★
August 13 -
Mudcat Grant
★
August 15 -
Joey Jay
★
August 19 -
Bobby Richardson
★
August 27 -
Ernie Broglio
★
August 31 -
Frank Robinson
September-December
★
September 27 -
Dave Wickersham
★
September 29 -
Earl Battey
★
October 28 -
Bob Veale
★
October 30 -
Jim Perry
★
November 9 -
Bob Gibson
★
December 7 -
Don Cardwell
★
December 13 -
Joe Christopher
★
December 13 -
Lindy McDaniel
★
December 19 -
Tony Taylor
★
December 25 -
Al Jackson
★
December 30 -
Sandy Koufax
Deaths
★
April 28 -
Swede Carlstrom, 47, shortstop for the Boston Red Sox in 1911
★
May 3 -
Ted Breitenstein, 65, pitcher for the Browns and Reds whose 160 victories were the most by a 19th-century lefthander
★
July 2 -
Hank O'Day, 72, National League umpire for 30 years between 1895 and 1927 who worked in ten World Series; won 22 games as pitcher in 1890 Players' League, and also managed the Reds and Cubs
★
July 10 -
Paul Hines, 83, center fielder who won the first Triple Crown in 1878, also led NL in doubles three times and ended career with lifetime average over .300; had more hits than any other player over NL's first five seasons, and was second player to collect 1500 hits
★
October 22 -
Tommy Tucker, 71, first baseman for the Baltimore Orioles, Boston Beaneaters, Washington Senators, Brooklyn Bridebrooms, St. Louis Browns, and Cleveland Spiders between 1887 and 1899, who led the American Association hitters in 1889 with a .372 average
★
November 6 -
Billy Sunday, 72, outfielder who ended his baseball career to become a renowned evangelist
★
November 13 -
Frank Navin, 64, owner of the Detroit Tigers since 1908 who assembled the pennant-winning teams of 1907-09 and 1934-35
★
December 21 -
Cy Rigler, 53, National League umpire since 1906 who worked in ten World Series and the first All-Star game; created arm signals for balls and strikes
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