1927

January 1

• Brooklyn Dodgers announce release of future Hall of Fame Zack Wheat. [1]

January 5

• Judge Landis begins 3-day public hearing on charges that four games played between Chicago and Detroit in 1917 had been thrown to Chicago White Sox. [1]

January 7

• Harlem Globetrotters play first game (Hinckley Illinois). [1]

January 14

• Toronto Maple Leafs first hat trick (Hap Day) versus New York Rangers. [1]

January 27

• Harlem Globetrotters play their first game. [1]

January 31

• National League President John Heydler rules Roger Hornsby can't hold stock in the Saint Louis Cardinals and play for the New York Giants. [1]

February 11

• US female Figure Skating championship won by Beatrix Loughran. [1]
• US male Figure Skating championship won by Nathaniel Niles. [1]

February 20

• Golfers in South Carolina arrested for violating Sabbath. [1]

February 22

• ARC soccer team forms in Alphen on the Rhine. [1]

February 27

• For second Sunday in a row golfers in South Carolina arrested for violating Sabbath. [1]

March 2

• Babe Ruth becomes highest paid baseball player ($70,000 per year). [1]

March 11

• First golden gloves tournament. [1]

April 5

• Johnny Weissmuller set records in the 100 and 200 metre freestyle. [1]

April 10

• Ivo Bligh cricketer (8th Earl of Darnley, four Tests 1882-83), dies. [1]

April 13

• Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators beat Boston Bruins, in two games and two ties. [1]

April 15

• Babe Ruth hits first of 60 homeruns of season (off Athletics Howard Ehmke). [1]

April 19

• 31st Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Massachusetts in 2:40:22.2. [1]

May 1

• Netherlands beats Belgium 3-2 in soccer match in Amsterdam. [1]
• Panningen soccer team forms in Panningen. [1]

May 9

• 53rd Preakness: Whitey Abel aboard Bostonian wins in 2:01.6. [1]
• Tommy Routledge cricketer (4 Tests for South Africa 1892-96), dies. [1]

May 11

• Belgium beats England 9-1 in soccer. [1]

May 13

• VVOG soccer team forms in Harderwijk. [1]

May 14

• 53rd Kentucky Derby: Linus McAtee aboard Whiskery wins in 2:06. [1]

May 16

• New York Yankees player Bob Meusel steals second, third and home. [1]

May 17

• Chicago Cubs beat Boston Braves, 4-3, in 22 innings. [1]

May 22

• Brooklyn Dodgers beat Philadelphia Phillies, 20-4. [1]

May 28

• Hammond scores his 1,000th cricket run of the season after 22 days. [1]

May 30

• Walter Johnson records 113th and last shutout of his career. [1]

May 31

• Detroit Tiger first baseman Johnny Neun makes an unassisted triple play. [1]

June 4

• First Ryders Cup (Golf), US beats England 9.5-2.5. [1]

June 8

• Tony Lazzeri hits three home runs New York Yankees beat Chicago White Sox 12-11. [1]

June 11

• Babe Ruth hits 19th and 20th of 60 home runs. [1]

June 16

• Tommy Armour wins golf's US open. [1]

June 23

• Lou Gehrig hits three home runs in 11-4 victory over Boston Red Sox. [1]

July 2

• First American to win Wimbeldon in 20 years (Helen Wills Moody). [1]

July 12

• Babe Ruth hits 30th of 60 home runs. [1]

August 5

• Philadelphia Phillies Cy Williams hits for the cycle in just four at bats. [1]

September 5

• Boston Red Sox beat New York Yankees 12-11 in 18 innings. [1]

September 9

• Tony Lazzeri Day at Yankee Stadium. [1]

September 10

• France wins its first Davis Cup. [1]

September 13

• Waite Hoyt became the only 20 game winner of the 1927 New York Yankees. [1]

September 16

• Rene Lacoste beats Bill Tilden for US Lawn Tennis Association title. [1]

September 22

• Famous "Long count" fight (Dempsey loses boxing title to Tunney). [1]
• New York Yankees Earle Coombs hits three triples. [1]

September 24

• NHL's Toronto Saint Patricks become the Toronto Maple Leafs. [1]
• New York Yankees set record of 106 victories. [1]

September 29

• Ruth ties record by hitting grand slams in consecutive games. [1]

September 30

• Babe Ruth hits record setting 60th home run in a single season (off Tom Zachary). [1] [5]

October 7

• Yank Herb Pennock retires first 22 Pittsburgh Pirates in world series game (World Series #24). [1]

October 8

• New York Yankees sweep Pittsburgh Pirates in 24th World Series. [1]

October 11

• Lou Gehrig elected Most Valuable Player. [1]

November 5

• Walter Hagen wins his fourth straight PGA championship. [1]

December 4

• Pittsburgh Pirates' Paul Waner wins National League Most Valuable Player. [1]

December 16

• Cricket first-class debut of Don Bradman, New South Wales versus South Australia. [1]

December 17

• Bradman scores 118 on first-class cricket debut, 188 minutes 8 fours. [1]

December 21

• Jack Saunders cricketer (79 wickets-14 Tests for Australia 1902-08), dies. [1]

December 24

• Test Cricket debut of Walter Hammond, who scored 51 and took 5-36 versus South Africa. [1]

December 31

• Ponsford scores 336 against South Africa, giving him 1146 for month. [1]

1928

January 6

• Alvin C Kraenzlein track star (Olympics-4 gold-1900), dies at age 51. [1]

January 30

• Bradman scores 134 not out (225 minutes, 13 fours) New South Wales versus Victoria. [1]

February 11

• (to February 19) The II Olympic Winter Games are held in St. Moritz, Switzerland. [7]

February 19

• II Olympic Winter Games close at Saint Moritz, Switzerland. [1]
• Canadian hockey team wins third consecutive gold medal. [1]

March 11

• Netherlands and Belgium tie 1-1 (soccer match in Amsterdam). [1]

March 27

• US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Maribel Vinson. [1]
• US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Roger Turner. [1]

April 5

• Roy Kilner cricketer (9 Tests for England 1924-26), dies at age 38. [1]

April 7

• 44-year old New York Ranger General Manager Lester Patrick replaces his injured goaltender in a Stanley Cup game, and beats Montréal Maroons 2-1. [1]

April 9

• Top-Oss soccer team forms in Oss. [1]

April 14

• Stanley Cup: New York Rangers beat Montréal Maroons, three games to 2. [1]

April 19

• 32nd Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Massachusetts in 2:37:07.8. [1]
• New York Yankees are out of first place for first time since May 1926. [1]

May 1

• Rotterdam soccer team Black White '28 forms. [1]

May 11

• 56th Preakness: Raymond Sonny Workman aboard Victorian wins in 2:00.2. [1]
• 63rd British Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 292 at Royal Saint George's. [1]

May 17

• (to August 12) The Games of the IX Olympiad are held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [7]

May 19

• 54th Kentucky Derby: Chick Lang aboard Reigh Count wins in 2:10.4. [1]

May 24

• Record 12 future Hall of Famers take the field, as New York Yankees beat Athletics 9-7. [1]

May 26

• Oakland Athletics commit 7 errors and lose to New York Yankees 7-4. [1]

May 31

• Charlie Hallows scores his 1,000th run of Cricket season. [1]

June 25

• New York Giants Fred Lindstrom ties record of 9 hits in a doubleheader. [1]

July 7

• Edward Hamm of the US, sets then long jump record at 25' 11". [1]

July 8

• Philadelphia Phillies set record of errorless 25 inning doubleheader. [1]

July 12

• First televised tennis match. [1]

July 26

• New York Yankees score 11 runs in 12th beating Detroit Tigers 12-1. [1]

August 3

• Ray Barbuti saves US team from defeat in Amsterdam Olympics track events by winning 400 m (47.8 sec). [1]

August 12

• Games of the IX Olympiad close in Amsterdam. [1]

August 13

• Soviet Union Spartacan Games begins. [1]

September 9

• Silvio Cator of Haiti, sets then long jump record at 26' 0.25". [1]

September 15

• Saint Louis Cardinals set National League record of 18 men left on base beating Philadelphia Phillies 8-6. [1]

September 17

• Pitcher Ray Boggs hits three batters in one inning. [1]

September 18

• Saint Louis Cardinals beat Philadelphia Phillies for 20th of 22 games in 1928. [1]

September 28

• New York Yankees clinch pennant #6. [1]

September 29

• New York Yankees (17) Detroit Tigers (28) set 9 inning hit record (45)-Detroit Tigers win 19-10. [1]

September 30

• Leon Vanderstuyft of Belgium cycles record 76 mi 604 yards in one hour. [1]

October 4

• 25th World Series begins, New York Yankees versus Saint Louis Cardinals. [1]

October 8

• Eastern Soccer League forms in US. [1]

October 9

• New York Yankees sweep Saint Louis Cardinals in 25th World Series, Ruth hits three home run in game - New York Yankees become first to sweep consecutive World Series. [1]

December 1

• Canadian Football League Grey Cup: Hamilton Tigers beats Regina, 30-0 at Hamilton. [1]

December 2

• Saint Louis Cardinals 1B Jim Bottomley is voted National League Most Valuable Player. [1]

December 5

• England defeats Australia by record 675 runs at Brisbane. [1]

December 11

• National League President John Heydler proposes designated hitter for pitchers. [1]

December 14

• Second Test Cricket Australia versus England starts with Bradman 12th man. [1]

December 17

• John McGraw backs National League president John Heydler's designated hitter idea. [1]

December 21

• Harry Butt cricketer (England wicket-keeper versus South Africa 1895-96), dies. [1]

December 25

• Christmas Day attendance at cricket Melbourne Cricket Ground (Victoria versus New South Wales) 14,887. [1]

December 26

• Johnny Weissmuller announces his retirement from amateur swimming. [1]
• World record 10th wicket stand 307 (Kippax / Hooker) New South Wales versus Victoria. [1]

1929

January 1

• Roy Riegels runs 60 yards the wrong way with Rose Bowl fumble recovery. [1]

January 3

• Bradman scores 112 versus England at Melbourne Cricket Ground - his first Test century. [1]

January 19

• Clas Thunberg skates world record 500m in 42.8 seconds. [1]

January 25

• Bradman scores 340* for New South Wales versus Victoria, 488 minutes, 38 fours. [1]

February 4

• Archie Jackson scores 164 on Test Cricket debut versus England at Adelaide. [1]

February 17

• John Read cricketer (batted in 17 Tests for England for 463 runs), dies. [1]

February 20

• Boston Red Sox announce they will play Sunday games at Braves Field. [1]

February 28

• Chicago Black Hawks lose record NHL 15th straight game at home. [1]

March 2

• Chicago Black Hawks shut-out for NHL record 8th straight game. [1]

March 13

• Bradman scores 123 Australia versus England at Melbourne Cricket Ground, his second Test Cricket ton. [1]

March 29

• Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins sweep New York Rangers in two games. [1]

April 4

• First AAU Greco-Roman wrestling championships held. [1]

April 16

• Cleveland Indian Earl Averill, becomes first in American League to hit a homerun on first at bat. [1]
• New York Yankees become first team to use numbers on uniforms. [1]

April 19

• 33rd Boston Marathon won by Johnny Miles of Canada in 2:33:08.6. [1]

May 4

• Lou Gehrig hits three consecutive homeruns, New York Yankees 11, Detroit Tigers 9. [1]

May 6

• American League announces it will discontinue Most Valuable Player award. [1]

May 8

• New York Giants Carl Hubbell no-hits Pittsburgh Pirates, 11-0. [1]

May 9

• New York Giants Carl Hubbell no-hits Pittsburgh Pirates. [1]

May 10

• 55th Preakness: Louis Schaefer aboard Dr Freeland wins in 2:01.6. [1]
• 64th British Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 292 at Muirfield Gullane. [1]

May 18

• 55th Kentucky Derby: Linus McAtee on Clyde Van Dusen wins in 2:10.8. [1]
• Brooklyn Dodgers beat Philadelphia Phillies 20-16 and lost 8-6 in second game (record 50 runs). [1]

May 19

• Cloudburst causes stampede in Yankee Stadium; two people crushed to death. [1]

May 21

• V P F A Royle cricketer (one Test England versus Australia 1879), dies. [1]

May 24

• Detroit Tigers beats Chicago White Sox, 6-5, in 21 innings. [1]

May 27

• Second Ryder Cup: Britain-Ireland, 7-5 at Moortown, England. [1]

July 6

• Saint Louis has 2, 10 run innings and beats Philadelphia Phillies 28-6. [1]

July 10

• In game between Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Phillies 9 home runs hit one in each inning. [1]

July 28

• Chicago Cardinals become first NFL team to train out of state (Michigan). [1]

August 2

• Philadelphia Phillies Don Hurst sets National League record of six consecutive games with a home run. [1]

August 7

• Ruth ties record by hitting grand slams in consecutive games. [1]

August 21

• Chicago Cardinals become first pro football team to train out of town. [1]

September 21

• First legal forward pass in Canadian senior football thrown (Calgary). [1]

September 25

• Miller Huggins New York Yankees manager, dies at age 50. [1]

October 12

• Chicago Cubs blow 8-0 world series lead, Athletics score 10 in one inning (World Series #26). [1]

October 14

• Philadelphia Athletics beat Chicago Cubs, four games to one in 26th World Series. [1]
• Philadelphia Athletics set world series record of ten runs in an inning (World Series #26). [1]

November 14

• Joseph McGinnity baseball pitcher (New York Giants), dies at age 58. [1]

November 28

• Ernie Nevers scores all 40 points for Chicago Cardinals versus Chicago Bears (NFL record). [1]

December 3

• Boston Bruins begins then NHL record 14 game winning streak. [1]

December 7

• Bradman scores 124 for Woodfull's XI against Ryder's XI 166 minutes. [1]
• Leo Diegel wins PGA golf tournament. [1]

December 9

• Willis Cuttell cricketer (two Tests England versus South Africa 1899), dies. [1]

December 10

• Bradman scores 225 in second inning of Test Cricket trial after 124 in first. [1]

December 16

• First NHL game at Chicago Stadium; Chicago Blackhawks beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 3-1. [1]

December 20

• Heinie Wagner replaces Bill Carrigan as Boston Red Sox manager. [1]

December 25

• Grimmett takes 6-146 for South Africa, Queensland all out 380 Crowd 5,390. [1]