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(1933) NY Giants 4, Washington 1

The World Series is the championship series of Major League Baseball. The World Series is played between the American League and National League champions and the Series winner is determined through a best-of-seven playoff matches.

The Senators were playing in their first World Series since 1925, while the Giants were playing in their first since 1924, when they lost to the Senators in seven games. Both clubs, moreover, were guided by player-managers, shortstop Joe Cronin for Washington, first baseman Bill Terry for New York.

Carl Hubbell started Game 1 for New York, in New York, and showed the form that made him the best pitcher in the National League. Hubbell limited the Senators to five hits and two unearned runs. Giants right fielder Mel Ott provided the offense with four hits, including a two-run homer in the first inning, and New York captured a 4-2 decision.

Prince, Hal Schumacher topped Alvin Crowder in Game 2, holding the American Leaguers to five hits and 1 run. The Giants hitters did all their scoring in just one inning, posting a 6 on the scoreboard in the sixth to make the final score 6-1.

The next day in Washington, the Senators got back in the Series with a 4-0 victory, Earl Whitehill going the distance for a six-hit shutout. Game 4 matched Hubbell against Monte Weaver, and after 10 innings, Hubbell and Weaver were both still in the game, with the score tied at one apiece. The Giants finally broke through in the top of the 11th, thanks to a leadoff bunt single from Travis Jackson, Gus Mancuso's sacrifice bunt and Blondy Ryan's RBI, Runs Batted In, single. In the bottom of the 11th, Hubbell completed the Giants' 2-1 triumph.

In Game 5, the Giants owned a 3-0 lead after five-and-a-half innings, but then Senators center fielder Fred Schulte tied things up with one swing of the bat, a three-run homer into the left-field pavilion. After nine innings and two outs in the top of the 10th, Mel Ott drove a pitch into the center-field bleachers to give the Giants a 2-1 edge. In the bottom of the inning, New York reliever Dolf Luque, with two Senators on base, struck out Joe Kuhel on three pitches to clinch the Series. Carl Hubbell pitched 20 innings, picking up two wins and allowing no earned runs.

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