The 1933 major league baseball season began on April 12, 1933. The regular season ended on October 1, with the New York Giants and Washington Senators as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the 30th World Series on October 3 and ended with Game 5 on October 7. In the second iteration of this World Series matchup, the Giants defeated the Senators, four games to one, capturing their fourth championship in franchise history, since their previous in . Going into the season, the defending World Series champions were the New York Yankees from the season.
The first Major League Baseball All-Star Game was held on July 6 at Comiskey Park in Chicago, Illinois, home of the Chicago White Sox. The American League won, 4âÂÂ2.
The season featured eight players hitting for the cycle, tied for the most of any single major league season. It was also the last season before the Senators and Philadelphia Athletics became perennial American League cellar-dwellers. The Senators would have only four more winning seasons in Washington, D.C., and would not return to the World Series until 1965 as the Minnesota Twins, while the Athletics would have only four winning seasons until moving to Oakland in 1968, winning only 40.2 percent of their games over 34 seasons.
The 1933 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams of their respective league. This continued the format put in place since the season (except for ) and would be used until in the American League and in the National League.
Opening Day took place on April 12 and saw ten teams across both leagues play. The final day of the regular season was on October 1 and featured all sixteen teams, continuing the trend which began with the season. The World Series took place between October 3 and October 7.
The 1933 season saw a rule change regarding player limits; all teams were required to reach the 23 player limit by May 15 (previously, the required date was June 15). June 15 was retained as the day of the trade deadline.
10 tie games (4 in AL, 6 in NL), which are not factored into winning percentage or games behind (and were often replayed again) occurred throughout the season.
The postseason began on October 3 and ended on October 7 with the New York Giants defeating the Washington Senators in the 1933 World Series in five games.
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Any team shown in indicates a previous team a player was on during the season.
<sup>1</sup> American League Triple Crown batting winner
<sup>2</sup> National League Triple Crown batting winner
The 1933 saw the Cleveland Indians play their first full season at Cleveland Stadium, though would not do so again for another 13 seasons. The team would return to League Park following the conclusion of the season after only playing at Cleveland Stadium since mid-, but would play an increasing part of their to seasons at the Stadium until they permanently left League Park starting with the season.