1933 Major League Baseball season

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

• 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 Foxx^1 PHA .356 Chuck Klein^2 PHI .368 HR Jimmie Foxx^1 PHA 48 Chuck Klein^2 PHI 28 RBI Jimmie Foxx^1 PHA 163 Chuck Klein^2 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

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

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.

External links

• 1933 season at Baseball-Reference.com