Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Yankees over New York Giants (4-1) All-Star Game, July 7 at Griffith Stadium: American League, 8-3 Other champions Negro League Baseball All-Star Game: East, 7-2 Awards and honors Baseball Hall of Fame Morgan Bulkeley Ban Johnson Nap Lajoie Connie Mack John McGraw Tris Speaker George Wright Cy Young MLB Most Valuable Player Award American League: Charlie Gehringer, Detroit Tigers, 2B National League: Joe Medwick, St. Louis Cardinals, OF The Sporting News Player of the Year Award Johnny Allen Cleveland Indians The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award Bill McKechnie Boston Braves Statistical leaders 1American League Triple Crown Pitching Winner Major league baseball final standings American League final standings National League final standings Negro league baseball final standings Negro American League final standings Kansas City awarded first-half championship, but Chicago American Giants had better record and disputed it. No second half of the season was recorded and Kansas City was awarded the Pennant. Detroit and St. Louis both serve as charter members of the League but also disband their teams after the season ends Negro National League final standings Events January–June January 5 - The New York Giants release shortstop Travis Jackson, who had played fifteen seasons with the team. January 6- The New York Giants acquire infielder Tommy Thevenow from the Cincinnati Reds. Thevenow never plays a game for the Giants due to a trade months later to the Boston Bees for shortstop Billy Urbanski, who opts to retire instead (incidentally, his last plate appearance as a player was against the Giants). January 17 – The St. Louis Browns trade Ivy Andrews, Lyn Lary and Moose Solters to the Cleveland Indians for Oral Hildebrand, Bill Knickerbocker and Joe Vosmik. January 19 - Cy Young, Tris Speaker, and Nap Lajoie are elected to the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, set to open in the next two years. January 27 - A flood strikes the city of Cincinnati that causes Mill Creek to overflow its banks. The flood affects Crosley Field by submerging parts of it under twenty feet of water. February 4 - The Philadelphia Athletics sign free agent Ace Parker, a future member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. February 17 - The New York Yankees purchase the contract of first baseman Babe Dahlgren from the Boston Red Sox. Dahlgren would later be best remembered for replacing Lou Gehrig at