1933 Major League Baseball season

This article is about the 1933 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1933 in baseball.

The 1933 Major League Baseball season featured ballplayers hitting eight cycles, tied for the most of any single major league season; all eight cycles in each of those seasons were hit by different players.

Awards and honors

Statistical leaders

  American League National League
Type Name Stat Name Stat
AVG Jimmie Foxx1 PHA .356 Chuck Klein2 PHI .368
HR Jimmie Foxx1 PHA 48 Chuck Klein2 PHI 28
RBI Jimmie Foxx1 PHA 163 Chuck Klein2 PHI 120
Wins Alvin Crowder WSH
Lefty Grove PHA
24 Carl Hubbell NYG 23
ERA Mel Harder CLE 2.95 Carl Hubbell NYG 1.66
SO Lefty Gomez NYY 163 Dizzy Dean STL 199
SV Jack Russell WSH 13 Phil Collins PHI 6
SB Ben Chapman NYY 27 Pepper Martin STL 26

1 American League Triple Crown Award Winner

2 National League Triple Crown Award Winner

Events

On August 29, the Chicago Cubs team that played the Brooklyn Dodgers featured Billy Herman playing second base, Babe Herman playing right field and Leroy Herrmann pitching.[1]

References

  1. "Strange and Unusual Plays". www.retrosheet.org. Retrieved June 13, 2012.

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