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JANUARY
1937

Wednesday, January 6th

IN THE NEWS: The Giants buy SS Tommy Thevenow from Cincinnati.

Sunday, January 17th

IN THE NEWS: Cleveland gets Moose Solters, Ivy Andrews, and Lyn Lary from the St. Louis Browns for Joe Vosmik, Bill Knickerbocker, and Oral Hildebrand. The three departing Brownies are termed "real playboys" by manager Rogers Hornsby. Solters and Andrews were also the RBI and ERA leaders for the Brownies.

Tuesday, January 19th

IN THE NEWS: Nap Lajoie, Tris Speaker, and Cy Young are voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame by the BBWAA.

Wednesday, January 27th

IN THE NEWS: In Cincinnati, the worst flood in the city's history inundates Crosley Field, covering home plate with as much as 21 feet of water. The lower grandstand is completely covered. Reds pitchers Gene Schott and Lee Grissom row a boat out from the center field wall and the resulting photo appears across the country.