» August 31, 1930: Bill Hallahan, on the way to becoming the National League strikeout leader, fans 12 as the Cards beat the Cubs 8–3. » September 16, 1930:
Brooklyn's collapse begins. The Cardinals tie for first place when Bill Hallahan outduels Dazzy Vance 1-0 in 10 innings.
» October 4, 1930:
Bill Hallahan blanks the A's 5-0, giving up
5 walks and 7 hits. Philadelphia A's hurler Jack Quinn,
at age 46, pitches 2 innings of relief against the
St. Louis Cardinals, thereby becoming the oldest player
to appear in a WS game.
» September 16, 1931: World Series tickets can now be printed as the St. Louis Cardinals repeat as NL champions. They beat the Phillies 6–3 behind Bill Hallahan's 18th win of the year, and prepare for a rematch of the 1930 World Series. Earlier in the day, The Reds clinched it for the Birds by sweeping the Giants, 7–3 and 4–3.
» October 2, 1931:
The Cards even the WS as Wild Bill Hallahan shuts
out the A's 2-0 despite 7 walks and a wild pitch.
Pepper Martin continues to steal the Series, scoring
from 2B on a base hit in the 2nd inning and sliding
in a cloud of dust on a squeeze play in the 8th. He
has 2 stolen bases, but the game almost gets away
on a bonehead play by the usually savvy Cardinal C
Jimmy Wilson. With 2 on base in the 9th, and 2 outs,
PH Johnny Moore swings at a ball in the dirt and misses.
Wilson needs only to throw the ball to 1B. Instead,
he throws it to 3B, and everyone is safe. Fortunately
for Wilson's reputation, Jim Bottomley makes a sensational
catch, leaning into the box seats to get the final
out on a pop foul by Max Bishop.
» 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 1, 1932: Bill Hallahan walks 10 Cubs, but allows just three singles as the Cards top the Cubs, 7–1. Guy Bush is the loser.
» May 11, 1932: Cardinal starter Wild Bill Hallahan lives up to his name with three wild pitches in the 12th inning to hand Brooklyn a 6–3 win at St. Louis. He ties the record set by Jake Weimer of the Cubs on May 10, 1903. Wild Bill walked 10 against the Cubs on May 1.
» March 20, 1934: All-around female athlete Babe Didrickson pitches the first inning for the Philadelphia Athletics in a spring training exhibition game against the Brooklyn Dodgers. She gives up one walk but no hits. Two days later she pitches again, this time one inning for the St. Louis Cardinals against the Red Sox. She is less successful this time, giving up four hits and three runs in the first inning. Bill Hallahan relieves her. Didrickson does not have an at bat in either game. She will also play several games for the House of David this season. Didrickson is the 2nd of only two females to play exhibitions with a ML team (1B Lizzie Murphy played for an AL all-star team on August 14, 1922).
» June 7, 1934: Big Jim Weaver pitches a 1–0 victory for the Cubs over the Cardinals, topping Bill Hallahan. Weaver, a 25-game winner at Newark in 1933, was sold to the Browns by the Yankees, but cash-poor St. Louis returned him to Newark. The Cubs picked him up in mid-May for $12,500.
» June 23, 1934: The Cards beat the Dodgers 5–4 with the win credited to Bill Hallahan, who relieves in the 6th inning and gives up a run. In the bottom half, the Cards score five runs, and Dizzy Dean comes in and shuts out Brooklyn in the last three innings. The official scorer refers the decision on the winning pitcher to NL president Heydler, who gives it to Dean, eventually making his 30-win season possible. Heydler's telegram (as noted by Bill Deane) reads in part: "Dean pitched great ball during three innings to protect one-run lead and is winner. Hallahan pitched one inning rather poorly and did not stand to lose the game even had he continued."
» September 22, 1935:
The Cards shave the lead to three games by twice beating the Reds, 14–4 and 3–1. Mike Ryba, in relief of Bill Hallahan in the 2nd, wins the opener pitching seven innings of two-hit ball in his major league debut. He also knocks in three runs on two hits. Dizzy Dean wins his 28th, allowing just three hits and striking out ten, to take the nitecap.
» September 24, 1935: The Cards rebound to whip the Pirates 11–2 behind Bill Hallahan to set up the critical 5-game series with the leading Cubs.
» July 30, 1936:
Kiki Cuyler of the Reds has eight straight hits—all singles—during a doubleheader split with the Phils. The Reds win the opener, 5–0, behind Bill Hallahan, then lose, 5–4 to veteran Ray Benge, making his first start for the Quakers since being acquired on waivers from the Bees.
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