Champions Major League Baseball World Series: St. Louis Cardinals over Detroit Tigers (4-3) All-Star Game, July 10 at Polo Grounds: American League, 9-7 Other champions Negro League Baseball All-Star Game: East, 1-0 Awards and honors Most Valuable Player: American League: Mickey Cochrane, Detroit Tigers, C National League: Dizzy Dean, St. Louis Cardinals, P MLB statistical leaders Major league baseball final standings American League final standings National League final standings Negro leagues final standings Negro National League final standings *Source refers to the league as the "East-West League", but the league was more generally known as the "Negro National League." Several games were included in the standings against non-League teams. Source: Post-season: Chicago won the first half, Philadelphia won the second half. Philadelphia beat Chicago 4 games to 3 games (1 tie) in a play-off. Events January–June January 19 – Baseball commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis denies Shoeless Joe Jackson's appeal for reinstatement. Jackson was one of eight Chicago White Sox players banned for their part in throwing the 1919 World Series against the Cincinnati Reds. February 5 – Hank Aaron is born in Mobile, Alabama. Aaron will later set a major league record 755 home runs. April 5 - New Reds owner Powel Crosley, for whom the Cincinnati park was renamed Crosley Field, hires Red Barber to broadcast the Reds' games on WSAI, a radio station owned by Crosley. April 8 - In front of 15,000 fans, the Philadelphia Phillies defeat the Philadelphia A's 8-1. What made this inter-city exhibition game significant is that it is the first major league game of any kind to take place on a Sunday. April 17 – Opening day, Casey Stengel makes his Major League managerial debut, as his Brooklyn Dodgers lose to the Boston Braves, 8–7 at Ebbets Field. April 17 – Opening day, Lon Warneke of the Chicago Cubs throws first of two consecutive complete game one-hit victories, defeating the Cincinnati Reds, 6–0. Warneke will throw his second consecutive one-hit victory on April 22, defeating Dizzy Dean and the St. Louis Cardinals, 15–2. April 18 – Paul Dean, younger brother of Dizzy Dean, makes his major league debut on the mound for the St. Louis Cardinals, while allowing four earned runs in just two innings. April 22 – Moe Berg's American League record of 117 consecutive errorless games for a catcher, dating back to , comes to an end. Nevertheless, Berg bats three-for-four