1933 Major League Baseball season

Sports season

1933 MLB season
League	Major League Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Duration	April 12 – October 7, 1933
Number of games	154
Number of teams	16
Regular season
Season MVP	AL: Jimmie Foxx (PHA) NL: Carl Hubbell (NYG)
AL champions	Washington Senators
AL runners-up	New York Yankees
NL champions	New York Giants
NL runners-up	Pittsburgh Pirates
World Series
Champions	New York Giants
Runners-up	Washington Senators
MLB seasons
← 1932 1934 →

The 1933 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 12 to October 7, 1933. The New York Giants and Washington Senators were the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The Giants then defeated the Senators in the World Series, four games to one.

The season featured eight players hitting for the cycle, tied for the most of any single major league season. It was also the last season before the Senators and Philadelphia Athletics became perennial American League cellar-dwellers. The Senators would have only four more winning seasons in Washington, D.C., and would not return to the World Series until 1965 as the Minnesota Twins,^[1] while the Athletics would have only four winning seasons until moving to Oakland in 1968, winning only 40.2 percent of their games over 34 seasons.^[2]

Awards and honors

Most Valuable Player
- Jimmie Foxx, Philadelphia Athletics (AL)
- Carl Hubbell, New York Giants (NL)

Statistical leaders

	American League		National League
Type	Name	Stat	Name	Stat
AVG	Jimmie Foxx¹ PHA	.356	Chuck Klein² PHP	.368
HR	Jimmie Foxx¹ PHA	48	Chuck Klein² PHP	28
RBI	Jimmie Foxx¹ PHA	163	Chuck Klein² PHP	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 SLC	199
SV	Jack Russell WSH	13	Phil Collins PHP	6
SB	Ben Chapman NYY	27	Pepper Martin SLC	26

¹ American League Triple Crown Award Winner

² National League Triple Crown Award Winner

Standings

American League

v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Washington Senators	99	53	0.651	—	46–30	53–23
New York Yankees	91	59	0.607	7	51–23	40–36
Philadelphia Athletics	79	72	0.523	19½	46–29	33–43
Cleveland Indians	75	76	0.497	23½	45–32	30–44
Detroit Tigers	75	79	0.487	25	43–35	32–44
Chicago White Sox	67	83	0.447	31	35–41	32–42
Boston Red Sox	63	86	0.423	34½	32–40	31–46
St. Louis Browns	55	96	0.364	43½	30–46	25–50

National League

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Giants	91	61	0.599	—	48–27	43–34
Pittsburgh Pirates	87	67	0.565	5	50–27	37–40
Chicago Cubs	86	68	0.558	6	56–23	30–45
Boston Braves	83	71	0.539	9	45–31	38–40
St. Louis Cardinals	82	71	0.536	9½	47–30	35–41
Brooklyn Dodgers	65	88	0.425	26½	36–41	29–47
Philadelphia Phillies	60	92	0.395	31	32–40	28–52
Cincinnati Reds	58	94	0.382	33	37–42	21–52

Postseason

Bracket

World Series

AL	Washington Senators	1

NL	New York Giants	4

Managers

American League

Team	Manager	Comments
Boston Red Sox	Marty McManus
Chicago White Sox	Lew Fonseca
Cleveland Indians	Roger Peckinpaugh and Walter Johnson
Detroit Tigers	Bucky Harris and Del Baker
New York Yankees	Joe McCarthy	Finished 2nd
Philadelphia Athletics	Connie Mack	Finished 3rd
St. Louis Browns	Bill Killefer, Allen Sothoron and Rogers Hornsby
Washington Senators	Joe Cronin	Won AL pennant

National League

Team	Manager	Comments
Boston Braves	Bill McKechnie
Brooklyn Dodgers	Max Carey
Chicago Cubs	Charlie Grimm	Finished 3rd
Cincinnati Reds	Donie Bush
New York Giants	Bill Terry	Won World Series
Philadelphia Phillies	Burt Shotton
Pittsburgh Pirates	George Gibson	Finished 2nd
St. Louis Cardinals	Gabby Street and Frankie Frisch

Home field attendance

Team name	Wins	%±	Home attendance	%±	Per game
New York Yankees^[3]	91	-15.0%	728,014	-24.3%	9,707
New York Giants^[4]	91	26.4%	604,471	24.7%	7,850
Chicago Cubs^[5]	86	-4.4%	594,112	-39.0%	7,520
Brooklyn Dodgers^[6]	65	-19.8%	526,815	-22.7%	6,585
Boston Braves^[7]	83	7.8%	517,803	2.0%	6,725
Washington Senators^[8]	99	6.5%	437,533	17.8%	5,757
Chicago White Sox^[9]	67	36.7%	397,789	70.6%	5,166
Cleveland Indians^[10]	75	-13.8%	387,936	-17.3%	5,038
Detroit Tigers^[11]	75	-1.3%	320,972	-19.2%	4,115
Philadelphia Athletics^[12]	79	-16.0%	297,138	-26.7%	3,910
Pittsburgh Pirates^[13]	87	1.2%	288,747	0.5%	3,750
Boston Red Sox^[14]	63	46.5%	268,715	47.5%	3,732
St. Louis Cardinals^[15]	82	13.9%	256,171	-8.3%	3,327
Cincinnati Reds^[16]	58	-3.3%	218,281	-38.8%	2,763
Philadelphia Phillies^[17]	60	-23.1%	156,421	-41.8%	2,173
St. Louis Browns^[18]	55	-12.7%	88,113	-21.7%	1,144

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.^[19]

References

^ "Minnesota Twins Team History & Encyclopedia". Baseball Reference.
^ "Oakland Athletics Team History & Encyclopedia". Baseball Reference.
^ "New York Yankees Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "San Francisco Giants Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Chicago Cubs Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Los Angeles Dodgers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Atlanta Braves Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Minnesota Twins Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Chicago White Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Cleveland Indians Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Detroit Tigers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Oakland Athletics Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Pittsburgh Pirates Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Boston Red Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "St. Louis Cardinals Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Cincinnati Reds Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Oakland Athletics Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Baltimore Orioles Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Strange and Unusual Plays". www.retrosheet.org. Retrieved June 13, 2012.

External links

1933 Major League Baseball season schedule at Baseball Reference

1933 MLB season by team

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