List of Events at Yankee Stadium (1923) - 1930s

1930s

• May 30, 1932: The Yankees dedicate a monument in center field to Miller Huggins, their former manager who had died in 1929. It is the beginning of the Stadium's Monument Park.
• June 19, 1936: German ex-heavyweight champion boxer Max Schmeling defeats American and not-yet-champion Joe Louis, in an upset that was used as propaganda by the Nazi regime.
• August 27, 1938: Yankees pitcher Monte Pearson throws a no-hitter against the Cleveland Indians.
• June 22, 1938: Now-heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis defeats Max Schmeling, in a rematch of their 1936 bout, again played up by both countries for propaganda purposes.
• October 9, 1938: the Yankees defeat the Chicago Cubs 8–3 to win the 1938 World Series, four games to none.
• July 4, 1939: the Yankees celebrate "Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day". Gehrig, up until months prior had put together a career-spanning streak of 2,130 consecutive games played, but was now forced out of action permanently by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and was unbeknownst to the public to be dying. Gehrig delivered his famous "Luckiest Man on the Face of the Earth" speech in pregame ceremonies dedicated to him.