» April 16, 1929: Both the Yankees and Indians, the two major league teams with the innovative numbers on the backs of the players' uniforms are scheduled to open today, but rain cancels the New York opener. Cleveland opens at home and hands new Tiger's manager Bucky Harris his first loss, 5–4 in 10 innings. Cleveland rookie Earl Averill, #5, cracks an 0-2 pitch for a homer in his first at bat, off Earl Whitehill (Earl's #3 will later be retired). The numberless Charlie Gehringer matches the rookie in the 3rd inning, hitting his off Cleveland's Joe Shaute. The Indians will wear numbers only on their home uniforms. Averill is just the 2nd player to connect in his first at-bat: Luke Stuart was the 1st, in 1921.

» April 21, 1929: Detroit P Earl Whitehill hits his first ML home run, off Browns reliever Herb Ty Cobb, to help himself to a 16–9 win. Whitehill will hit two more homers this year, then just one more in his career.

» August 10, 1930: At Fenway, Detroit's Earl Whitehill wins his 9th straight, beating the Red Sox, 4–2. The Sox score their two runs in the 9th. Detroit collects nine hits, but John Stone goes hitless ending his 23-game hitting streak.

» September 13, 1931: Yankee Tony Lazzeri steals 2B, reaches 3B, then steal home in the 12th to give Lefty Gomez a 2–1 win over Detroit in the lidlifter. New York edges the Tigers, 4–3, in nitecap although Earl Whitehill holds them to six hits. One of the hits is a 2-run home run by Gehrig in the 6th.

» December 14, 1932: The Senators swap Sam West, Carl Reynolds, and Lloyd Brown, along with $20,000, for former Senator Goose Goslin, lefthander Walter Stewart, and OF Fred Schulte. They also get Earl Whitehill from Detroit for Firpo Marberry and Carl Fischer.

» April 23, 1933: Lou Gehrig's consecutive-game streak is threatened when he is knocked unconscious by an Earl Whitehill pitch in the New York-Washington game. He recovers and finishes the game.

» May 6, 1933: Senators 2B Buddy Myer is carried off the field unconscious after being hit by a Whit Wyatt pitch, as Washington tops Detroit 6–2. Earl Whitehill wins despite giving up Hank Greenberg's first ML homer.

» June 21, 1933: Behind Earl Whitehill, the Senators beat the Browns, 9–0. Joe Cronin has his 2nd of five consecutive multi-hit games.

» June 25, 1933: The Senators win twice over the Indians, 9–0 and 10–1, to widen their lead in the American League to one 1/2 games over New York. Washington has now won 14 of 15. Earl Whitehill pitches the shutout and Bob Burke, making his first start of the season, almost matches him in game 2. Ossie Bluege has five of the Nats 29 hit total. For the host Indians, Milt Galatzer, recently of the Toledo Mud Hens, debuts with four walks in the opener and no official at bats. He's 2-for-5 in the nitecap.

» October 5, 1933: The WS moves to Washington, and Earl Whitehill blanks the Giants 4-0. President Roosevelt throws out the first ball and stays the whole game despite a steady rainfall.

» May 30, 1934: Washington's Earl Whitehill pitches a one-hitter, allowing a 9th-inning single by Ben Chapman, to defeat Lefty Gomez of the Yankees 1–0. In the nitecap, Yankee reliever Burleigh Grimes pitches the last four innings to pick up his 269th win, 5–4, in 11 innings.

» July 28, 1936: Earl Averill raps his 18th and 19th homers of the year, off Earl Whitehill, as Cleveland beats the Senators, 6–4. Lloyd Brown is the winner, allowing 11 hits. Hal Trosky extends his hitting streak to 22 games, while Cleveland's Roy Weatherly sets an American League rookie record by hitting in his 20th consecutive game.

» December 8, 1936: In a 3-way deal, the Indians send Thornton Lee to the White Sox, who ship Jack Salveson to the Senators, who transfer Earl Whitehill to Cleveland.