1933 World Series

1933 World Series
Team (Wins) Manager Season
New York Giants (4) Bill Terry (player/manager) 91–61, .599, GA: 5
Washington Senators (1) Joe Cronin (player/manager) 99–53, .651, GA: 7
Dates: October 3–7
Radio: NBC, CBS
Radio announcers: NBC: Hal Totten, Tom Manning, Graham McNamee
CBS: Fred Hoey, France Laux, Roger Baker, Ted Husing
Umpires: Charley Moran (NL), George Moriarty (AL), Cy Pfirman (NL), Red Ormsby (AL)
Hall of Famers: Giants: Carl Hubbell, Travis Jackson, Mel Ott, Bill Terry.
Senators: Joe Cronin, Goose Goslin, Heinie Manush, Sam Rice.

The 1933 World Series featured the New York Giants and the Washington Senators. The Giants won in five games for their first championship since 1922 and their fourth overall. The Giants easily defeated the Senators behind pitching aces "King" Carl Hubbell and "Prince" Hal Schumacher.

Majority owner John McGraw retired as manager in 1932 after 30 years at the helm, naming his protégé, young star first baseman Bill Terry, recently the last .400 hitter in the National League, as his player-manager successor. Somewhat similarly, former superstar hurler Walter Johnson also retired in 1932 as Senator manager in favor of young star shortstop Joe Cronin as their new player-manager. (McGraw watched the Series from the stands, and died four months later.)

The Senators were the surprise team of 1933, breaking a seven-year monopoly on the AL title jointly held by the New York Yankees and Philadelphia Athletics from 1926 to 1932. But this could also be called a joint 13-year monopoly by all three, since the Senators had also won in 1924 and 1925 and the Yankees won from 1921 to 1923.

Summary

NL New York Giants (4) vs. AL Washington Senators (1)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 3Washington Senators – 2, New York Giants – 4Polo Grounds (IV)2:0746,672[1] 
2October 4Washington Senators – 1, New York Giants – 6Polo Grounds (IV)2:0935,461[2] 
3October 5New York Giants – 0, Washington Senators – 4Griffith Stadium1:5525,727[3] 
4October 6New York Giants – 2, Washington Senators – 1 (11 innings)Griffith Stadium2:5926,762[4] 
5October 7New York Giants – 4, Washington Senators – 3 (10 innings)Griffith Stadium2:3828,454[5]

Matchups

Game 1

Tuesday, October 3, 1933 at the Polo Grounds (IV) in upper Manhattan, New York

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Washington 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 3
New York 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 X 4 10 2
WP: Carl Hubbell (1–0)   LP: Lefty Stewart (0–1)
Home runs:
WAS: None
NYG: Mel Ott (1)

Game 2

Wednesday, October 4, 1933 at the Polo Grounds (IV) in upper Manhattan, New York

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Washington 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0
New York 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 X 6 10 0
WP: Hal Schumacher (1–0)   LP: General Crowder (0–1)
Home runs:
WAS: Goose Goslin (1)
NYG: None

Game 3

Thursday, October 5, 1933 at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C.

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Washington 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 4 9 1
WP: Earl Whitehill (1–0)   LP: Freddie Fitzsimmons (0–1)

Game 4

Friday, October 6, 1933 at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C.

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
New York 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11 1
Washington 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 8 0
WP: Carl Hubbell (2–0)   LP: Monte Weaver (0–1)
Home runs:
NYG: Bill Terry (1)
WAS: None

Game 5

Saturday, October 7, 1933 at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C.

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
New York 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 11 1
Washington 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 10 0
WP: Dolf Luque (1–0)   LP: Jack Russell (0–1)
Home runs:
NYG: Mel Ott (2)
WAS: Fred Schulte (1)

Composite line score

1933 World Series (4–1): New York Giants (N.L.) over Washington Senators (A.L.)

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
New York Giants 2 2 2 1 0 7 0 0 0 1 1 16 47 4
Washington Senators 2 1 1 1 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 11 37 4
Total attendance: 163,076   Average attendance: 32,615
Winning player's share: $4,257   Losing player's share: $3,020[6]

Aftermath

Washington, D.C. has not hosted another World Series since 1933. In 2012, the Washington Nationals, formerly the Montreal Expos, brought back postseason play to D.C. for the first time in 79 years but blew the NLDS one strike away from eliminating the St. Louis Cardinals after their early 6–0 lead had evaporated. This first Washington Senators franchise became the Minnesota Twins during the 1960–61 offseason, and would not reach the World Series again until 1965 as the Twins. The second Washington Senators, inaugurated in 1961 to replace the first edition on its way to Minnesota, became the Texas Rangers in 1972, who were also defeated four games to one in their first World Series ever by the now San Francisco Giants in 2010, with both Series 77 years apart starting in the Giants' home park and the Giants losing only Game 3 on the road in each. The Rangers were then defeated again in the 2011 World Series by the St. Louis Cardinals. They had two chances to win in Game 6 when they came within one strike of winning.

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