Yankees vs Tigers, Navin Field, 9/20/1934 - full radio broadcast (Tyson), second oldest to exist
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- This is the oldest full radio broadcast of a regular season baseball game known to exist (the 1934 All-Star Game is the only surviving full game broadcast that is older than this). Thursday, September 20, 1934, Yankees vs Tigers at Navin Field (Briggs/Tiger Stadium) in Detroit, Ty Tyson is the broadcaster, and also the PA announcer! Great old time radio. Lou Gehrig, Tony Lazzeri, Frank Crosetti in the lineup for the Bombers, and Hank Greenberg, Charlie Gehringer, Mickey Cochrane for the Bengals. Babe Ruth was in the ballpark, but unfortunately did not play due to injury (so the 1934 All-Star Game is the only surviving full game audio of Ruth, as he retired in early 1935). This was during the Tigers' '30's heyday, on their way to the AL pennant.
Tyson includes many colorful ad spots along the way, telegraph machines can be heard through much of the broadcast (sending game info to outposts around the country; Art, one of the telegraphers, catches a foul ball at 2:11:14!), and Tyson even doubles as the PA announcer, but only for pitching changes and pinch hitters, which was likely the norm in those days (quick trivia: Tyson was also the PA announcer on May 2, 1939, informing the crowd when Lou Gehrig strode out to home plate at Briggs Stadium to present the lineup card without him in it). Just hearing the game as it slowly unfolded over 80 years ago is a treasure. Enjoy.
** Spoilers - Game results below! **
7:57 - Comments on the Babe taking BP and sitting out
10:29 - Gehrig's 1st AB (1st inning)(popout) - Lazzeri bats after Gehrig all game
18:30 - Gehringer 1st AB (1st inning)(flyout)
19:27 - Greenberg 1st AB (1st inning)(K)(bats after Gehringer all game)
30:23 - More comments on Ruth being out
36:06 - Gehrig's 2nd AB (3rd inning)(bases-loaded 2-run single, knocks Marberry out of the box - then Tyson uses the PA to announce the relief pitcher Hamlin into the game)
51:00 - Greenberg's 2nd AB (3rd inning)(groundout)
1:01:27 - Gehrig's 3rd and final at bat (5th inning)(groundout)
1:11:50 - Greenberg's 3rd AB (5th inning)(single)
1:44:09 - Greenberg's 4th and final at bat (7th inning)(fielder's choice, wild play, NYY CF Chapman thrown out of game, Tyson over PA announces his replacement)
Final score, Yankees 11, Tigers 7
NYY 2 0 6 0 0 0 1 2 0 - 11 17 4
DET 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 - 7 14 4
Retrosheet Box Score and Play-By-Play: www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/19...
Also be sure to check out my other two full radio broadcasts on CZcams:
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1957 Cubs at Dodgers, Ebbets Field (with Vin Scully!) • Brooklyn Dodgers vs Ch...
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MLB baseball has a history like no other sport. The Greatest game that ever came to be! May it remain in the American sports experience forever.
feels like they are all still alive somewhere when listening to this.
They are... they’re in Iowa every summer
Ty is my grandfather- so cool to hear this and the amazing internet for the ability to replay this!! Went back to a Tiger game last year and there is a nice tribute to me. thanks to those who remember!!
Not to me to Ty...sorry about that!
Jen and Scotty Tyson what a great voice your grandfather had!!! So cool to have this as part of your family history
Your grandfather would have been a great announcer in any era. It's great that this gem exists and is available for all baseball fans to enjoy.
Another comment writer wondered whether this broadcast was a recreation. You have answered that!
What a treat listening to this broadcast! Most teams back then had one front line broadcaster and maybe a backup when needed. Having grown up in NY, the only baseball broadcasters I knew were Allen, Rizzuto and Barber for the Yankees and then Nelson, Murphy and Kiner for the Mets. One man in the booth at a time...no "color analyst" and no sidekick. Can you hear the clickety-clack of the typewriters being used in the press box? Mr. Tyson was also the PA announcer for the games. He was a respected journalist and broadcaster. The shame is that there wasn't any way for games to be heard in other parts of the country. Later on, TV and the internet allowed that bridge to be crossed. I played this link while doing some household chores, and it was just like I used to do back in the day.
Finding this also led to my "Googleing" your grandfather. So many articles lauding his leadership in the young days of radio broadcasting and live sports reporting.
In my opinion, he truly deserves his enshrinement in the BHOF.
What a treasure! I'm listening to the 88 year old broadcast as if was taking place today. The announcer is doing play by play and color commentary by himself, and doing a great job.
How could 12 people not like this? This is a gem to treasure, 80 years ago incredible, when baseball was king.
+mstrunn Trolls...internet is lousy with them....
i didn't dislike but now its illegal to dislike
mstrunn - Baseball is STILL ‘King’ my friend.
You can't satisfy everyone.If you could,there would be only one religion,one political party,one brand of this and that...............
Thank you for saying that. I completely agree with you. This is a gem.
This is why Baseball is truly America's past time and the least changed sport in terms of strategy and rules out of all the other major sports. Game wise - especially radio, I could listen to this and it's like a day game today.
All the new rules are changing baseball for the worse. From instant replay to challenging plays, baseball is losing its uniqueness. Might as well be watching an NFL game today.
@@kennethcurtis1856 no major sport can escape instant replay nowadays. I dont love it but It's needed and calls are helped by it. Accept or don't watch.
I scored the game as I listened, sitting out on the driveway in the sun, stuck at home due to Covid 19. What a wild game! Eight errors, two plays with two errors each. 18 runs. You can hear the other sportswriters talking and the telegraph clicking. A woman was hit in the head by a foul ball in the 9th. Ruth was out due to a “charley horse,” and Gehrig seems to have been injured in the fifth. He didn’t run out a grounder and was replaced.
One person mentions Ty’s sense of humor. In the sixth Hamlin walked Broaca, the Yankee pitcher, by throwing outside ad Broaca attempted to bunt. Ty said, “Well, he kept him from bunting.”
I like that they let him recap each half inning, rather than going straight to commercials, as they do now.
I notice he always says “runners on 3rd and 2nd” rather than “2nd and 3rd.”
There was a double run down play in the 7th, and the manager Mickey Cochran batted. (Mickey Mantle was named after him.)
May 26, 1947 was Ty Tyson day in Detroit.
A baseball game was meant to be on the radio. I love these broadcasts. I remember listening to the Cincinnati Reds back in the early 1960's.
Love listening to baseball on the radio. It is definitely like it was meant to be.
Yep, i always felt along with baseball being Americas yestryr pasttime...such Greats...Gehrig, Gehringer, Foxx, Ruth...
But the sounds in the background....that crowd...be it Detroit in 1934, 49...56....77...or Baltimore, Boston, Cleveland, St. LOUIS or Cincinnatuh as Dad used to say...those mumbled shouts, cheers, lulls....that Was AMERICAS SOUND of Summer Happiness... and disappointment too, whatever each games outcome delivered.
America used to love each other....mostly.
Hopefully we will again after 2024
Like having a time machine and going back to listen live .Insane .
Love listening to this old radio broadcasts to fall asleep to. Just so comforting, I’m not sure why.
Hell, I'm only 15. That's really interesting, and I agree 100%. Radio isn't as great as it once was, long before I was born. But I could picture sitting down in the Summer and listening to this on one of those big old radios. Woulda been great.
you still can
Sports is still broadcast live on the radio. I don’t know what the hell you mean by ‘radio isn’t as great as it once was’. It’s barely changed other than it now having much better audio quality. Idiot.
Play by play baseball games are more or less the same now as they were back then so yeah you can totally still do this
What do you agree 100% with? I’m confused.
No exit velocity, launch angle, or other distractions. And he does double duty as PA announcer. Love it.
I can't even describe how precious this is. These guys are all time Hall of Famers, for crying out loud. Are you kidding me? I'm listening to it like they're playing tonight. "Paul Waner was the first person to break 200 hits in a season...he got it yesterday". Wow! "Hank Greenburg up, after missing yesterday's game for Yom kipper...strike one to Henry..." Incredible stuff.
John C Hi John. Your message is exactly how I feel! Are you kidding, listening to Ty Tyson broadcast and hearing him talk about (besides the incredible play by play) the 1934 batting race that included; Gerhinger, Gehrig and Manusch! Babe Ruth hitting two homers during the pregame! Simply amazing! Oh, how I wish to be able to snap my fingers and watch the game in person!
He would be excited to hear that!!
Totally agree! Precious and incredible...
Hank showed up at Game 2 in the 1942 World Series as a lieutenant to ask mechanics and radio men to enlist. That Mel Allen / Red Barber broadcast is on CZcams.
My late uncle grew up in Detroit and all he ever talked about was Going to Tigers games and Hank Greenberg. When I was a kid he took me to Dodgers games (this was the 60s) and complained how "modern players are soft", lol!
My grandfather attended this game with his father and brothers. I loves the Detroit Tiger stadium and I saw many games there in the 1970s and 80s. It was one of the last original baseball stadiums.
Yankees all the way
The last game I saw there was in 1976.Mark "The Bird" Fydrich pitching a gem vs THE NEW YORK YANKEES. Even then Tiger Stadium had that old stadium feeling. Well worn where you could see patches where the old paint fell off only to be painted over.Then the overhang of the right field upper deck.The smell of the beautiful green grass.From the outside it looked like a factory building. What a time capsule of a stadium.
I listened to the entire game. What a treat ! The sound of the typewriters' noise in the background was real 'old-time'.
igabm32yt I was thinking those were typewriters... thanks for the confirmation!
i thought it was a teletype, but either way it creates great ambiance
We had a teletype when I worked at a radio station in the 1970's. The rhythm sounds like teletype instead of typewriters, but it's been a day or two so memory could be faulty.
@@HeartoftheDragonColo I'm guessing it was teletype.
@@kennethcurtis1856 It's actually telegraph! See my comment from 1 year ago and the reply from someone who had information about Western Union sending telegraph info around the country.
Listening on Dec 9, 2023 in Brooklyn.
Listening to this game on a rainy Saturday. Ty Tyson's voice was gold. My grandpa was a huge Tigers fan and may have even been at this game. If not, he probably listened to this broadcast. Thanks for sharing!
Same ! except it's Sunday and only cloudy but it's 745am and here I am listening to this in the quiet house. it's classic!
Anytime I can listen to a game that the ‘Iron Horse’ was playing in, is a fantastic day for me. So to the uploader of this gem, thank you kindly, Sir. Cheers!!!
Yes, Lou....my favorite too. What a legend
Str8 up magic!! I love these old recordings. And it's not about who is on the field, it's all about who is calling the game. 2024 Niagara falls USA. Sal maglie country.
The Minnesota Twins have always been my team. This is a gem. I love baseball. Any game will do; no matter the year. Baseball is the most beautiful game ever invented. It and radio are the perfect marriage.
Love the 1930s adds "smoking it's good for you good for everyone"
There's no such ad in this particular broadcast, so I have no idea of what you're referring to.
what is the time stamp of that?
C Molles: Back in those days where adds like that everywhere, but in this broadcast I didn't hear that.
Thank you for sharing! This is amazing stuff. Shame the Babe wasn't in the lineup but this is just great. Thank you so much.
Terrific! Like going back in time. All those all-time greats.
it's hysterical the broadcaster is also the public address announcer.
Why? It's the depth of the depression. Jobs were scarce. Besides, he was able to handle both jobs with ease.
Amazing almost 100 years ago and you can still follow the game perfectly. Baseball is a timeless masterpiece.
The matter of fact, concise delivery is a real treat to listen to. A total contrast to the self-flagellating content we get as baseball fans these days. Tyson sets himself up for colorful comments in idle moments of the game. Lots of information and style available, Tyson is 46 years old here, my Dad would have been a nine-year old, maybe tuning in the family's standup radio in Saginaw after running home from school that Thursday afternoon.
This is the only way to listen to baseball, people today should try it.
Agreed. As a man in my late 40s., I still like to listen to radio broadcasts.
I get the MLB radio app every season. I almost prefer baseball on radio to TV.
I looked it up and still playing from likely the greatest team ever 1927 Yankees were Tony Lazzeri, Babe Ruth out with a charley horse ,Earle Combs, and Lou Gehriig who had a big year in 1934. This was the last Yankees season for Babe Ruth at age 39 batting a mere mortal .288 with 22 homers. This was a good Tigers team that lost a game 7 to the Cardinals but won the WS in 1935. This is a treasue. I play the baseball strat-o-matic game with some of its old teams offered by the game. This brings that game to life.
Charlie Gehringer was my grandpa's first cousin. It's crazy to hear him play. Watching videos on CZcams of him, it's awesome to have an opportunity to get to know Chaz a bit more. Thank you for this.
Benevolent Lionheart Your grandpa’s cousin was a heck of a ball player. Also beloved by Tigers fans, as shown by the gifts he was showered with before this game (a floral horseshoe around 2:00 and a pen and pencil set at 3:30)! I’m glad you enjoyed this video and that it had special meaning for you.
My grandpa (who was 39yrs old when this game occurred) always said The Mechanical Man (Gehringer) was his all-time favorite Tiger. He shared with me his love of baseball back in the mid-60s, I spent many an evening with Grandpa listening to Ernie Harwell and Ray Lane. But Gramps also spoke of listening to Ty Tyson and later to Harry Heilmann and Van Patrick.
Chances are Grandpa listened to this broadcast live, so it's a HUGE thrill to listen to it now, 86 years later! Thanks so much!
aka Public Enemy amazing player
I learned that all my life I've been pronouncing Charlie's name wrong, with a hard G. Now I know that, and how to really pronounce Manush.
dang-I forgot how to pronounce Manush.
I just listened to an entire game played 86-years ago. How cool is that? For anyone who likes history, it doesn't get much better than this!
Somewhere towards the middle..."foul ball, hits a girder, better hitting a girder than a girl..". I almost fell on the floor laughing.
+James Moche And then at 2:17:50 and change a woman is hit with a foul ball and removed from the stadium. "hit right in the head with that one...she is straightening up alright now..." As the back of the ticket says: "The holder assumes all risk and danger incidental to theEvent, whether occurring prior to, during or subsequent to the Event, including specifically [but not exclusively], the danger of being injured by thrown bats, thrown or batted balls and objects thrown into the stands for entertainment purposes..."
"We're in the third inning and its almost 4 o'clock, we'll probably be here all night". The game only lasted 2 1/2 hours. Now, thats funny.
The average length of a game back then was 1 hour and 45 minutes. Why? Because the pace of play was faster. Notice how quick he delivers each pitch less than 10 seconds. Baseball is losing popularity because of how slow paced it is today. If they continue to do nothing and allow players to play at a leisurely pace baseball will die
This is a true time capsule. Amazing!
This is incredible piece of history indeed.
Thank you for sharing this. Tyson is an excellent announcer and proves, as Vin Scully continues to, that one professional broadcaster is all that's needed.
Even when Ernie Harwell and Paul Carey were doing Tigers radio in the '70s and '80s, each man would work his innings more or less alone, save for the (very) occasional comment from the other. I don't think radio baseball is particularly well-served by the "conversational" format with nonstop analysis so often used on TV, though nowadays most teams evidently think otherwise.
Thanks so much for sharing with us this rare gem.
This is just wonderful!
What a great piece of history.
Like taking a time machine back to 1934.
it's amazing that this is near the height of the depression and there is 29k people there.
That was an absolute treat. I'm a 23 year old Tiger fan, and it was so cool to hear all these names my grandpa used to brag about. Thank you.
Wow! This is a true treasure.
I loved this, listened to the entire game.
Mr. Tyson did a fine job. I am mildly surprised at how little different his delivery was compared to later years. He was surprisingly laid back and casual for 1934. Great stuff.
Amazing that a few pictures and the voice of a guy who's been dead for years could make me sit at my computer for 2 and a half hours. Great video. Thanks for posting.
The Tigers won the American League championship that year. Great matchup between two great teams!
I was listening tp baseball on the radio all the time when I was 46 now I'm 15
Modern Announcers could learn a lot...nice pace
Ah Detroit! My hometown, much maligned and viewed with contempt, it is a tremendous sports town and a great American city. Grew up with Ernie Harwell, but always knew of the great Ty Tyson! Go Tigers!
Baseball history is American history. Fantastic
lifelong yankee fan here and this is amazing, ty
This is amazing. Very little has changed in the game since 1934. Now up, Gehrig?
Thanks for posting!!!
i once played this recording on a replica of a 1950's radio and it felt like i time traveled
Really great! Wonderful. Thanks, Frank.
Wow so glad I found this, thanks for sharing this video. What a great call of the game. Tigers have had some amazing broadcasters over the years
Thank you! I love listening to Ty Tyson. My father and mother would always talk about listening to him as kids, and how you could walk down the street in the summer in Detroit and hear his voice coming out of the open windows of almost every house. I remember seeing my grandmother cry when Tyson died.
In my era we had the wonderful Ernie Harwell, so the Tigers have been blessed with some great announcers.
Ah...This brings back so many memories of the crackling AM 5-tube radio receivers I heard games on when I was young. Thanks.
What a treasure! Thanks for posting...so cool.
Love listening to an old game. Thanks for the upload! Classic!
Ty Tyson was one of the best announcers of all time. He should definitely be in the Professional Baseball Hall of Fame.
Agreed. I believe eventually he will get in.
Dad had his pic taken with Babe @ navin field im thinking 1929 or 30. Babe switch hats. Hes wearing my dads little cracker jack sailor cap...my dad, babes floppy yankee cap. My dad hardly recalled it as he was like 5 or 6.
But he was proud ever after and shared the pic whenever he could.
My favorite you tube upload love to have seen one game from the 30s live
I wish radio was like this again
Awesome stuff. Thanks for posting.
Good stuff here! Love old time baseball. Doing an old time project right now with a couple strategy games. I gleaned much from this in my research. Thak you for posting! This is priceless stuff.
Since we’re sharing old memories; my great grandfather would make great grandma go to the StL Cardinals games at our old Sportsman Park and she had to chart each pitch!!!! B(ball), S (strike), F (foul) etc, then he’d “recreate” the game in his mind!!!! Dad was a pitcher in both these team’s minor league systems after WW2! Thanks for the memories; they will always endure !!!
Very exciting play at 1:45:15 or so involving 2 rundowns, resolved mostly in the Tigers' favor thanks to Hank Greenberg's boldness on the basepaths!
Sitting down and scoring this game just like I would if I was sitting in the stands. Feel like I am stepping back in time.
Thanks for sharing valuable history. This means so much. Time will make it even more valuable. Wow I can't believe i'm hearing this. Please bring us more of this kind of thing if possible.
Oh this is priceless. Thank you.
1934 The St Louis Cardinals beat Detroit the Tigers in the World Series. The Gashouse Gang were a great team. Dizzy Dean, Paul Dean, Joe Medwick, Ripper Collins, Pepper Martin, Frankie Frisch... What a team!
THANK YOU for this Amazing Upload!
Wow and Wow! This is awesome! All of it. Commercials and all. Get a great feel for the time and the names in this game! Oh and great addition putting in some highlight spots with the times of each. Very cool.
Great broadcast, really love listening
Thanks for posting this.
O.M.G. Whoever you are, THANK YOU!
The sound of the crowd in the background ... still sounds like that today. Listen closely in between the short pauses that Ty Tyson makes. I'm a big Tiger fan so this was an even greater treat. Love the game!
Kinda sad that the one regular season broadcast of a Babe Ruth era Yankee game that survived, and he’s not even playing. Still this is very precious and amazing.
Indeed!!!
I'm only 51, but my Dad was a sports announcer. I spent many an hour in various Press Boxes or Studios. One of the great things about Radio is (or, at least, was) that the announcer had to essentially provide the video with just the audio. For me, it's akin to sitting down with a well-written book.
Thanks you also, alpineinc1 for this! Brought several tears to my eyes. Still miss the guy...
Wow, the Tigers really played like crap in the field in this game. If you can't field or throw the ball well it will lead to a disaster. It's true now as it was when this game was played over 80 years ago. That's the great thing about baseball. You can listen to a game from 1934 in the present and you can picture the game in your head, and have no problem following the flow of the action as Ty Tyson announced it way back when. It's pretty much the same game now as it was then.
most fields in those days were in horrific shape by todays standards it was not uncommon for a shortstop to make 20 plus errors a season
Also, gloves were significantly worse in construction.
Each team had four errors.
Wow! That was terrific!
Ty Tyson sitting in the 3rd deck/press box level between home plate and 3rd base.
Fantastic!! World Series bound Tigers who unfortunately lost to the Cards in 7 games.
Darn. And we lost this one 11-7.
This is amazing!
This is awesome!
Great game! Grew up reading about Gehrig and Ruth.Part of America history!
Reminds me of listening to the old Indy 500 broadcast from the 30's and 40' here in Indy on the night before the 500. Always been a Yankee and Cardinal fan but remember those 70's Tiger teams and Sparky's teams in the 80's.
What a crazy game, the play at the top of the 8th with Greenberg, White, and Chapman seemed a little unfair!
awesome find.
Back before it was less of a business and more of a sport.
Innocence lost...
I'm not old enough to remember before there was TV, when all you had was to sit by the radio. I used to frequently watch games on the tube, with the TV muted and the radio on for play-by-play/color. With Johnny Most (legendary Boston Celtics announcer) you'd often get two different games :P
Getting to hear radio baseball as my father heard it as a child is quite an experience. He was a Tiger fan as a kid.
I intend to introduce this audio (it isn't much of a video) to some people that I know.
Wow, this is history...seven years after the Tigers and Tyson became the first to broadcast a full season. Tyson then broadcast the 1935 and 1936 World Series for Major League Baseball (he would have in 1934, but his Tigers were in the Series and Commissioner Landis didn't want any slant to the broadcast). Its striking to hear the quick pace of the game...I almost thought it was a re-creation broadcast at first.
Raymond Hayworth was my Uncle . He held the record for most chances without an error ....until broken by Yogi Bera
Amazing!
This is truly amazing. Interesting how the announcer pronounces only the last names when giving the starting lineups.
Very funny announcer, quite a bit of snark. Love this!
Amazing how SHOCKINGLY modern this sounds.
Love the ticker in the background :) Yep. How they got the scores of other games. Also a mention of Babe Ruth early on
Great broadcast !⚾Yes Sir Ree. ⚾
I agree absolutely! I remember when I was a kid that Ernie would occasionally invite Ty Tyson to the booth and he'd do a half inning---he must have been in his 80s---this was in the early 1960s....
Thank you thank you Son
Love the typewriters in the background
A real classic. The announcer was excellent and had to double as public address announcer. Thanks.
Dillinger shot dead at the Biograph 3 months earlier
@@daniellinehan63 - And my mom was born five months earlier. Everything's connected, one way or another...
@@williamanthony9090 I believe everything is divine intervention, orchestrated by a higher power.
I had thought the tapping sound heard in part of the broadcast was typewriter or possibly teletype. But at 2:11:20 Art, the "senior telegrapher who has charge of the Western Union wires," catches a ball in the booth. This was how the game was sent to remote locations in the days before national broadcasts! In New York City people may have been crowded around a downtown business listening to an announcer, who would be reading the account of the game as if he was watching himself. I had thought it might have been after that era, but perhaps not.
Nice catch! I think you are correct, that we are hearing telegraph machines transmitting data to outposts around the country. Apparently Western Union had exclusive telegraph rights for all MLB clubs from 1909 or so onward, but the practice would subside when teams began sending their announcers on the road starting in the 1940’s.
@@alpineinc1 Thanks for the kudo, and the additional info! I almost missed Tyson's comment, and had to find it again to be sure. Just think, if that foul ball hadn't landed in the booth and Art made his nice catch, his contribution to the broadcast would be lost to posterity.