» May 28, 1928: The A's buy P George Earnshaw from Baltimore for $50,000 and two players.
» September 3, 1928: The A's are set back as the Senators stop them twice, 6–1 and 5–4. Bump Hadley wins the opener, scattering six hits and striking out 8. Ty Cobb makes the last of his 4,191 hits, the 724th double of his career, as an A's pinch hitter in the 9th inning against Hadley. In the nitecap, Garland Braxton is the winner over George Earnshaw.
» August 7, 1929: For the 2nd game in a row, Babe Ruth hits a grand slam home run as the Yanks roll to a 13–1 win over the A's in the lidlifter. Cochrane homers in his one at bat for the A's only run as the Yankees score 10 runs in the first two innings. George Pipgras is the winner. The A's take the nitecap, 4–2, as George Earnshaw goes eight innings for the win.
» October 9, 1929: In game two of the World Series, a 3-run home run by Foxx and a 2-run blast by Al Simmons are enough for a 9–3 A's win over Pat Malone (22-10). George Earnshaw (24-8) is kayoed in a 3-run Cubs 3rd; Lefty Grove comes in and shuts down the Cubs.
» May 12, 1930: A bad err day for Umpire Brick Owens as he calls five balks against Cleveland's Milt Shoffner -- 3 in the 3rd -- and three against Philadelphia's George Earnshaw. Philadelphia wins 13–7.
» August 23, 1930:
George Earnshaw give the A's a 2–0 win over Detroit.
» October 2, 1930:
Flint Rhem is a surprise starter for the Cardinals
but he fails to astonish the Athletics batters. He
gives up 6 earned runs in less than 4 innings, all
the Athletics need to win 6-1 behind George Earnshaw's
6-hit pitching.
» October 6, 1930:
The A's take the lead in the Series, 3 games to
2, when George Earnshaw and Lefty Grove combine to
shut out the Cardinals, 2-0, on 3 hits. Philadelphia's
runs come in the top of the 9th when Burleigh Grimes
is tagged for a long 2-run HR by Jimmie Foxx.
» October 8, 1930:
George Earnshaw finishes off the Cardinals
7-1, pitching shutout ball until the 9th inning.
He is clearly the pitching star of the WS with 2 wins
and 7 shutout innings of a game in which reliever
Lefty Grove got the decision. Despite the "lively"
1930 ball and the many outstanding hitters on both
sides, it is a pitching-dominated Series. The Cards
bat only .200 as a team and the A's .197. The A's
staff has a combined ERA of 1.73.
» May 5, 1931: At Philadelphia, George Earnshaw strikes out 10 as he pitches the A's to a 4–1 win over the Red Sox. The A's (9-9) tied for 4th, will reel off a 17-game win streak to vault into first place.
» June 21, 1931:
George Earnshaw notches the 12th consecutive victory for the A's 6-5 at Chicago.
» September 5, 1931:
At Boston, George Earnshaw loses a no-hitter in the 8th inning when Marty McManus's roller gets away from SS Williams. Earnshaw ends with a 8–0 one-hitter. The A's lose the nitecap, 6–3, to Wilcey Moore.
» September 22, 1931:
At Philadelphia, the A's set a new franchise record as they win their 105th, beating the Tigers, 8–6. Jimmie Foxx belts a three run homer in the first to pave the way for George Earnshaw's 21st win. Tiger infielder Mark Koenig makes his 5th mound appearance of the season, walks six while pitching two runless innings. The A's complete their season series with Detroit at 18–4.
» October 6, 1931:
The A's George Earnshaw evens the WS with a 3-0
shutout, giving up 2 hits to the red-hot Pepper Martin.
Jimmie Foxx hits a ball over the LF stands, judged
one of the longest drives ever at Shibe Park.
» October 10, 1931:
Connie Mack sends George Earnshaw out to win the
final game as he had in 1930. However, Burleigh
Grimes carries a 4-0 lead into the 9th before
he weakens. The A's score twice and have 2 runners
on base with 2 outs when Bill Hallahan rescues Grimes.
Max Bishop flies to Pepper Martin for the final
out as the Cardinals take the Series 4 games to 3.
As in the 1929 and 1930 WS, the A's finish the
1931 WS with no stolen bases.
» May 31, 1932: Tony Freitas, the pint sized portsider, makes his major league debut for the A's against Washington. He gives up a tying homer to Joe Cronin in the 9th but pitches impressively until leaving in the 11th. George Earnshaw comes on and allows a run in the 12th to lose, 5–4.
» June 3, 1933:
Connie Mack suspends overweight P George Earnshaw and fines him $500 for failure to get into shape.
» December 12, 1933:
Connie Mack is still selling. First he sells Lefty Grove, the A's top winner in each of the past five seasons, along with Max Bishop, and George Walberg to the Boston Red Sox for $125,000 and two players, pitcher Bob Kline and infielder Rabbit Wartsler. Then George Earnshaw and recently acquired backstop Johnny Pasek go to the White Sox for $20,000 and catcher Charlie Berry. Berry once led the NFL in scoring and will become a ML umpire in the 1940's.
» May 15, 1935:
The Giants make Dolf Luque a coach, the Browns buy Russ Van Atta from the Yankees, and the Dodgers obtain George Earnshaw on waivers from the White Sox.
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