- February 15
- Weona beats Toluca in Illinois Basketball Tournament in ten overtimes. [1]
- February 25
- George Headley completes twin tons in Test Cricket versus England (114 and 112). [1]
- February 26
- West Indies make first Test Cricket win, by 289 runs over England. [1]
- March 4
- Emma Fahning bowls a santioned perfect [300] game. [1]
- March 7
- Georgetown High of Chicago defeats Homer 1-0 in basketball. [1]
- March 8
- Babe Ruth signs two-year contract for $160,000 with New York Yankees general manager Ed Barrow; Barrow wrongly predicts "No one will ever be paid more than Ruth". [1]
- March 12
- Stella Walsh sets record for the 220-yard dash (26.1 seconds). [1]
- March 18
- Boston Bruins win record 20th NHL home game. [1]
- March 23
- US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Maribel Vinson. [1]
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- US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Roger Turner. [1]
- April 3
- NHL Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens sweep Boston Bruins in two games. [1]
- April 4
- Andrew Sandham makes Test Cricket first triple century. [1]
- Les Ames makes the first Test Cricket century by a wicketkeeper (149). [1]
- April 5
- England out for 849 in cricket versus West Indies Kingston, Andrew Sandham out for 325. [1]
- April 10
- George Headley scores 223 in cricket versus England at Kingston. [1]
- April 12
- 4th Test Cricket: West Indies versus England ends in a draw after nine days. [1]
- Wilfred Rhodes ends Test Cricket career aged 52 years 165 days. [1]
- April 19
- 34th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar (his 7th win) of Massachusetts in 2:34:48.2. [1]
- April 28
- First night organized baseball game (Independence, Kansas). [1]
- April 29
- 123 runs are scored in 7 Major League Baseball games. [1]
- May 1
- Donald Bradman scores 236 in cricket for Australia versus Worcestershire, his first f-class innings in England. [1]
- May 2
- Des Moines (Western League) defeats Wichita 13-6 in baseball to open first ballpark with permanently installed lights. [1]
- May 5
- Donald Bradman scores 185 in cricket for Australia versus Leicestershire, 317 minutes, 16 fours. [1]
- May 7
- Duleepsinhji scores 333 in cricket for Sussex versus Northants in 330 minutes. [1]
- May 9
- 56th Preakness: Earl Sande aboard Gallant Fox wins in 2:00.6. [1]
- May 10
- Clarrie Grimmett takes 10 for 37 versus Yorkshire in cricket at Sheffield. [1]
- May 17
- 56th Kentucky Derby: Earl Sande aboard Gallant Fox wins in 2:07.6. [1]
- May 21
- Max Bishop draws 8 walks in a doubleheader. [1]
- May 22
- New York Yankees "Bronx Bombers" hit 14 homeruns in a game. Babe Ruth hits three consecutive homeruns (8th-10th of 60 in 1930). [1]
- May 24
- Babe Ruth homers in both games of a doubleheader, giving him 9 in one week. [1]
- Donald Bradman scores 252 Australia versus Surrey, 290 minutes, 29 fours. [1]
- May 26
- Joe Sewell, hardest to strike out, is struck out twice by Pat Caraway. [1]
- May 30
- Bill Arnold wins Indianapolis 500 car race (average 161.6 kph). [1]
- May 31
- Donald Bradman gets his 1,000th run of the English Cricket season. [1]
- June 21
- Babe Ruth hits three home runs as New York Yankees blow 6-0 lead in 7th and lose 15-7. [1]
- June 22
- Lou Gehrig hits three home runs in a game, Babe Ruth hits three in doubleheader. [1]
- June 23
- Chicago Cubs beat Philadelphia Phillies 21-8. [1]
- July 25
- Philadelphia Athletics triple steal in the first and fourth innings versus Cleveland Indians. [1]
- July 30
- Uruguay beats Argentina 4-2 for FIFA soccer's first World Cup in Montevideo. [1] [5]
- July 31
- Lou Gehrig grand slams as New York Yankees beat Boston Red Sox 14-13. [1]
- August 3
- Second time in 1930, Chuck Klein of Philadelphia Phillies hits in 26 straight games. [1]
- September 6
- Brooklyn Dodgers beat Philadelphia Phillies 22-8. [1]
- September 14
- Portsmouth Spartans play first NFL game, win 13-6. [1]
- September 16
- Philadelphia Phillies, trailing 10-5, score 5 in 9th inning, then Pittsburgh Pirates score four in top of 10th, so Philadelphia Phillies score 5 in bottom of 10th to win 15-14. [1]
- September 18
- Enterprise (US) beats Shamrock V (England) in 15th America's Cup. [1]
- New York Yankees' pitcher Red Ruffing hits two home runs to beat Saint Louis Browns, 7-6. [1]
- September 24
- Portsmouth beats Brooklyn in first NFL game played under floodlights. [1]
- September 27
- Bobby Jones completes the Grand Slam of Golf. [1]
- Chicago White Sox' first baseman Bud Clancy doesn't handle the ball at all in a 9-inning game versus Saint Louis Browns. [1]
- September 28
- Lou Gehrig's errorless baseball streak ends at 885 consecutive games. [1]
- September 29
- First Canadian football game played under lights, Hamilton-UBC. [1]
- October 8
- Philadelphia Athletics beat Saint Louis Cardinals, four games to two in 27th World Series. [1]
- October 18
- Joseph Sylvester becomes first jockey to win 7 races in one day. [1]
- October 23
- The first miniature golf tournament is completed in Chattanooga, Tennessee. [5]
- October 25
- First football game in Atlantic City Convention Center. [1]
- October 29
- First football game in eastern Canada played under floodlights. [1]
- November 22
- First US football game broadcast to England (Harvard 13, Yale 0). [1]
- November 23
- New York Giants' Hap Moran runs 91 yards for a touchdown from a scrimmage. [1]
- December 1
- NHL drops 20 minute slashing-about-the-head penalty. [1]
- December 6
- 18th Canadian Football League Grey Cup: Toronto Balmy Beach defeat Regina Roughriders, 11-6. [1]
- December 7
- 13th PGA Championship: Tommy Armour at Fresh Meadows CC Flushing. [1]
- December 12
- Baseball Rules Committee greatly revises the rule book, when a ball bounces into stands now a double, not a homerun. [1]
- Start of the first Australia versus West Indies cricket Test (at Adelaide). [1]
- December 13
- George Sisler's baseball career ends when Boston Braves release him. [1]
- December 14
- New York Giants defeat Notre Dame 22-0 in a charity game. [1]
- December 15
- Donald Bradman takes his first Test Cricket wicket (Ivan Barrow, West Indies, lbw). [1]
- December 16
- Golfer Bobby Jones wins James E Sullivan Award. [1]
- December 18
- Donald Bradman scores 258 New South Wales versus South Australia, 289 minutes, 37 fours. [1]
- December 20
- Learie Constantine cricket 100 in 52 minutes West Indies versus Tasmania (10x4, 1x6, 1x5). [1]
- December 25
- First US bobsled run open to the public (Mount Van Hoevenberg bobsled run at Lake Placid, New York). [1]
- Slinger Nitschke scores 142 South Africa versus Queensland at Adelaide before 5,422. [1]
- Tasmania all out 280, West Indies 2-139 at Hobart Crowd 2,500. [1]
1931
- January 3
- Nels Stewart of Montréal Maroons scores two goals in 4 seconds (record). [1]
- January 8
- Philadelphia Quakers set NHL record of 15 straight loses. [1]
- January 10
- Philadelphia Quakers defeat Montreal Canadiens, ends NHL-record 15-game losing streak. [1]
- January 16
- Donald Bradman scores 223 Australia versus West Indies, 297 minutes, 26 fours. [1]
- January 28
- Donald Bradman scores 220 New South Wales versus Victoria, 308 minutes, 13 fours. [1]
- February 4
- US Major League Baseball's National League adopts a deader baseball. [1]
- February 14
- Donald Bradman scores 152 Australia versus West Indies, 154 minutes, 13 fours two fives. [1]
- February 15
- Spring training site of New York Yankees in Saint Petersburg is renamed Miller Huggins Field in honor of the team's late manager. [1]
- February 17
- First telecast of a sporting event in Japan (baseball). [1]
- Hockey's Hershey Bears (now with AHL) play first game. [1]
- February 21
- Chicago White Sox and New York Giants play first exhibition night game. [1]
- February 28
- Canadian Rugby Union adopts the forward pass. [1]
- March 4
- Donald Bradman bowled by Herman Griffith for a duck as West Indies win the cricket Test. [1]
- West Indies beat Australia in cricket for the first time, by 30 runs at Sydney Cricket Ground. [1]
- March 21
- US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Maribel Vinson. [1]
- US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Roger Turner. [1]
- March 26
- Leo Bentley bowls three consecutive perfect games in Lorain, Ohio. [1]
- March 27
- John McGraw says night baseball will not catch on. [1]
- April 2
- Teenage girl strikes out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in an exhibition game in Chattanooga, Tennessee. [1]
- April 9
- Chicago Blackhawks' Cy Wentworth beats Montreal Canadiens at 13:50 of the 6th period. [1]
- April 12
- Joe McCarthy debuts as New York Yankees' manager. [1]
- April 14
- NHL Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Chicago Blackhawks, 3 games to 2. [1]
- April 20
- 35th Boston Marathon won by Jim Henigan of Massachusetts in 2:46:45.8. [1]
- British House of Commons agrees to allow sports play on Sunday. [1]
- April 26
- Lou Gehrig hits a homerun but is called out for passing a runner, the mistake costs him American League home run crown; he and Babe Ruth tie for season. [1]
- April 28
- Program for woman athletes approved for 1932 Olympics track and field events. [1]
- April 29
- Cleveland Indians' Wes Ferrell no-hits Saint Louis Browns, 9-0. [1]
- May 9
- 57th Preakness: George Ellis aboard Mate wins in 1:59. [1]
- May 16
- 57th Kentucky Derby: Charley Kurtsinger on Twenty Grand wins in 2:01.8. [1]
- May 30
- Philadelphia Phillies' Chuck Klein homers off Ben Cantwell (Boston Braves) in both ends designated hitter. [1]
- June 6
- New York Yankees turn triple-play but lose 7-5 to the Cleveland Indians. [1]
- June 12
- Cricket player Charlie Parker equals J.T. Hearne's record for the earliest date to reach 100 wickets. [429]
- July 1
- Philadelphia Phillies' Chuck Klein hits for the cycle versus Chicago Cubs. [1]
- July 11
- New York Giants beat Philadelphia Phillies 23-8. [1]
- July 12
- Chicago Cubs and Saint Louis Cardinals hit a record 23 doubles in a game (second game of designated hitter). [1]
- July 23
- France announces they can't afford to send a team to 1932 Los Angeles Olympics. [1]
- July 28
- Chicago White Sox score 11 runs in 8th inning to beat New York Yankees 14-12. [1]
- August 8
- Washington Senators' pitcher Bob Burke no-hits Boston Red Sox, 5-0. [1]
- August 21
- Babe Ruth hits his 600th home run (New York Yankees beat Saint Louis Browns 11-7). [1]
- September 5
- John Thomson, Scottish soccer player, dies in an accident during a Celtic-Rangers match (born 1909). [429] [429]
- September 27
- Lou Gehrig completes his 6th straight Major League Baseball season, playing in every game. [1]
- October 10
- AJ Bennett hits H Garbarino for first scoring pass in Canada's Big 4. [1]
- Saint Louis Cardinals beat Philadelphia Athletics, four games to three in 28th World Series. [1]
- October 27
- Chuhei Numbu of Japan sets long jump record at 26 feet 2.25 inches. [1]
- November 12
- NHL's Maple Leaf Gardens opens in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Toronto Maple Leafs beat Chicago Black Hawks 2-1. [1]
- December 5
- Canadian Football League Grey Cup: Montréal AAA beats Regina Roughriders, 22-0 at Montréal, Quebec. [1]
- December 7
- Donald Bradman scores 219 New South Wales versus South Africa, 234 minutes, 15 fours. [1]
- December 9
- Major League Baseball cuts squad from 25 to 23 players and National League continues to prohibit numbers on uniforms. [1]
- December 19
- Donald Bradman scores 112 Australia versus South Africa at cricket Sydney Cricket Ground. [1]
- December 25
- Albert Lonergan scores 137 South Africa versus Queensland at Adelaide before 5,697. [1]
- Leslie Fleetwood-Smith takes 5-69 Victoria versus Tasmania at Hobart. [1]
- December 29
- Victoria scores 7 for 435 in second innings to beat New South Wales. [1]
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