Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Yankees over New York Giants (4–2) All-Star Game, July 7 at Braves Field: National League, 4–3 Other champions Negro League Baseball All-Star Game: East, 10–2 Awards and honors Baseball Hall of Fame Ty Cobb Babe Ruth Honus Wagner Christy Mathewson Walter Johnson Most Valuable Player American League: Lou Gehrig, New York Yankees, 1B National League: Carl Hubbell, New York Giants, P The Sporting News Player of the Year Award Carl Hubbell, New York Giants, P The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award Joe McCarthy, New York Yankees 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 Events January – April January 4 – The Philadelphia Athletics trade Doc Cramer and Eric McNair to the Boston Red Sox for Hank Johnson, Al Niemiec and $75,000. January 6 – New York Giants President Charles A. Stoneham dies of Bright's disease. He was the last surviving member of the trio that purchased the team in 1919. His son, Horace Stoneham, is elected the team's new president. Stoneham‚ 32‚ will remain president for the next 40 years before selling the team in 1976. January 15 – The Chunichi Dragons of Nagoya‚ Japan‚ are officially formed. Eight days later the Hankyu Braves of Nishinomiya joined them. January 16 - Days after being released by the Chicago Cubs, Freddie Lindstrom is signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers, the last stop n a career that would eventually lead to the hall of fame. February 2 – The baseball writers vote for the first players to be named to the new Baseball Hall of Fame. Ty Cobb‚ Babe Ruth‚ Honus Wagner‚ Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson each receive the requisite 75 percent of ballots cast. Active players also are eligible in this first election‚ with Rogers Hornsby finishing 9th‚ Mickey Cochrane 10th‚ Lou Gehrig 15th‚ and Jimmie Foxx 19th. Hal Chase receives 11 votes for 25th place‚ and Shoeless Joe Jackson has two votes to tie for 36th place. February 5 – Japanese Baseball League, the first professional baseball league in Asia, is founded (as predecessor of Nippon Professional Baseball). March 17 – Rookie Joe DiMaggio makes his spring debut with the New York Yankees, collecting four hits‚ including a triple, in an 8–7 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. March 21 – The