1933 Season

The 1933 season in brief

1933 belonged, by record, to the Chicago American Giants: 37-16. At the other end, the Homestead Grays went 4-12. In the 1933 standings, the Negro National League ended with the Pittsburgh Crawfords and the Chicago American Giants level at 34-21, the Pittsburgh Crawfords ranked first, the IND group ended with the Kansas City Monarchs and the Philadelphia Stars level at 4-2, the Kansas City Monarchs ranked first, the New York Giants won the National League going away, 91-61 against 87-67 for the Pittsburgh Pirates, and the Washington Senators won the American League going away, 99-53 against 91-59 for the New York Yankees. Alongside the American and National Leagues, the 1933 page carries standings for the Negro National League, whose seasons MLB now treats as major league. The New York Giants won the World Series over the Washington Senators, 4 games to 1. Jimmie Foxx led the majors with 48 home runs, ahead of Babe Ruth with 34. The qualified batting-average board starts with Chuck Klein at .368, with Jimmie Foxx next at .356. The board counts only hitters with 471 or more plate appearances, which is what 152 team games require. The batting tiles keep returning to Jimmie Foxx, first in OPS, home runs, and RBI. Among qualified pitchers, Carl Hubbell had the lowest ERA, 1.66; Lon Warneke followed at 2.00. Beyond the top five in each tile, the 1933 leaders page ranks the whole 1933 field.