September 13, 1935

Friday the 13th. The Cardinals, trailing the Giants by four runs, tied the game in the bottom of the ninth. But Dizzy Dean, coming on in relief, is touched for three runs in the tenth and the Cards lose, 13-10. With the Cubs downing the Dodgers, 4-1, at Wrigley, the NL race is tied.

The Senators beat the Indians, 5-3, at Griffith Stadium. It was their fourth consecutive win. Bump Hadley was on the hill for the Nats.

Hadley later pitched for the Yankees and on May 25, 1937 savagely beaned Mickey Cochrane. Cochrane's skull was fractured in three places and the pitch ended Cochrane's playing career. Cochrane had been a beloved figure in baseball. As one source states:

Cochrane wasn't just a great baseball player, though. He was a hero and role model to millions of people during the Great Depression of the 1930s when as player-manager of the Detroit Tigers he led the downtrodden Tigers to their first pennant in 25 years. The combination of Cochrane's fierce competitiveness on the field and his likable personality off the field, mixed with his successful rise from humble beginnings, helped Americans take their minds off the widespread unemployment during the Great Depression and encouraged them that they too could weather the economic times. Many parents named their children after Cochrane, including one Oklahoma family named Mantle.