Champions

• National League
  National League
  The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League , is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball, and the world's oldest extant professional team sports league. Founded on February 2, 1876, to replace the National Association of Professional...
  
  : Boston Beaneaters
  Atlanta Braves
  The Atlanta Braves are a professional baseball club based in Atlanta, Georgia. The Braves are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League. The Braves have played in Turner Field since 1997....
  
   defeated Cleveland Spiders
  Cleveland Spiders
  The Cleveland Spiders were a Major League Baseball team which played between 1887 and 1899 in Cleveland, Ohio. The team played at National League Park from 1889 to 1890 and at League Park from 1891 to 1899.- 1887-1891 :...
  
  , 5 games to 0 (1 tie)

First half of season

Second half of season

Overall record

Events

• March 4 - Following the collapse of the American Association
  American Association (19th century)
  The American Association was a Major League Baseball league that existed for 10 seasons from to . During that time, it challenged the National League for dominance of professional baseball...
  
  , the National League
  National League
  The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League , is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball, and the world's oldest extant professional team sports league. Founded on February 2, 1876, to replace the National Association of Professional...
  
   holds its first meeting. They decide to split 1892 into two halves, with the winners to meet in a championship series following the regular season.

• June 2 - Benjamin Harrison
  Benjamin Harrison
  Benjamin Harrison was the 23rd President of the United States . Harrison, a grandson of President William Henry Harrison, was born in North Bend, Ohio, and moved to Indianapolis, Indiana at age 21, eventually becoming a prominent politician there...
  
   becomes the first president to attend a game while in office when he watched the Cincinnati Reds
  Cincinnati Reds
  The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the National League Central Division. The club was established in 1882 as a charter member of the American Association and joined the National League in 1890....
  
   defeat the Washington Senators
  Washington Senators (1891-1899)
  The Washington Senators were a 19th century baseball team. The team was also known as the Washington Statesmen and the Washington Nationals. The team played at Boundary Field....
  
   7-4 in 11 innings.

• July 13 - The final games of the first half are played.http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1892/07131892.htm

• July 15 - Play resumes for the second half of the season after a one-day break.http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1892/07141892.htmhttp://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1892/07151892.htm

• July/August - After Boston cuts some players, it begins the second half slowly and Cleveland takes the lead. Some fans accuse the Boston club of purposely playing poorly "in order to force a playoff at the end of the season", i.e. to generate extra revenue.[Glory Fades Away, by Jerry Lansche, Taylor Publishing, 1991, p. 207]

• August 6 - Jack Stivetts
  Jack Stivetts
  John Elmer Stivetts was a pitcher with an 11-year career from 1889 to 1899. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals of the American Association and the Boston Beaneaters and Cleveland Spiders, both of the National League...
  
   throws a no-hitter
  No-hitter
  A no-hitter is a baseball game in which one team has no hits. In Major League Baseball, the team must be without hits during the entire game, and the game must be at least nine innings. A pitcher who prevents the opposing team from achieving a hit is said to have "thrown a no-hitter"...
  
   for the Boston Beaneaters in an 11-0 victory over the Brooklyn Grooms.

• August 22 - Louisville Colonels
  Louisville Colonels
  The Louisville Colonels were a Major League Baseball team that played in the American Association throughout that league's ten-year existence from 1882 until 1891, first as the Louisville Eclipse and later as the Louisville Colonels , the latter name derived from the historic Kentucky colonels...
  
   pitcher Ben Sanders
  Ben Sanders
  Alexander Bennett "Ben" Sanders was an American Major League Baseball player, who pitched a total of five seasons, for three different teams.-Career:...
  
   hurls a no-hitter
  No-hitter
  A no-hitter is a baseball game in which one team has no hits. In Major League Baseball, the team must be without hits during the entire game, and the game must be at least nine innings. A pitcher who prevents the opposing team from achieving a hit is said to have "thrown a no-hitter"...
  
   in a 6-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles
  Baltimore Orioles (19th century)
  The Baltimore Orioles were a 19th-century American Association and National League team from 1882 to 1899. The club, which featured numerous future Hall of Famers, finished in first place three consecutive years and won the Temple Cup championship in 1896 and 1897...
  
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• September 21 - John Clarkson
  John Clarkson
  John Gibson Clarkson was a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He played from 1882 to 1894. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Clarkson played for the Worcester Ruby Legs , Chicago White Stockings , Boston Beaneaters , and Cleveland Spiders .He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in...
  
   of the Cleveland Spiders
  Cleveland Spiders
  The Cleveland Spiders were a Major League Baseball team which played between 1887 and 1899 in Cleveland, Ohio. The team played at National League Park from 1889 to 1890 and at League Park from 1891 to 1899.- 1887-1891 :...
  
   records his 300th career win.

• October 15 - On the last day of the season, Bumpus Jones
  Bumpus Jones
  Charles Leander Jones was a right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Cincinnati Reds and New York Giants...
  
   of the Cincinnati Reds
  Cincinnati Reds
  The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the National League Central Division. The club was established in 1882 as a charter member of the American Association and joined the National League in 1890....
  
   makes his major league debut with a 7-1 no-hitter
  No-hitter
  A no-hitter is a baseball game in which one team has no hits. In Major League Baseball, the team must be without hits during the entire game, and the game must be at least nine innings. A pitcher who prevents the opposing team from achieving a hit is said to have "thrown a no-hitter"...
  
   against Pittsburgh, becoming the second pitcher to hurl a no-hitter
  No-hitter
  A no-hitter is a baseball game in which one team has no hits. In Major League Baseball, the team must be without hits during the entire game, and the game must be at least nine innings. A pitcher who prevents the opposing team from achieving a hit is said to have "thrown a no-hitter"...
  
   in his first start.

• October 17 - The first-half champion Boston Beaneaters
  Atlanta Braves
  The Atlanta Braves are a professional baseball club based in Atlanta, Georgia. The Braves are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League. The Braves have played in Turner Field since 1997....
  
   and second-half champion Cleveland Spiders
  Cleveland Spiders
  The Cleveland Spiders were a Major League Baseball team which played between 1887 and 1899 in Cleveland, Ohio. The team played at National League Park from 1889 to 1890 and at League Park from 1891 to 1899.- 1887-1891 :...
  
   begin a five-game series to determine the overall championship. The first game, pitched by Jack Stivetts
  Jack Stivetts
  John Elmer Stivetts was a pitcher with an 11-year career from 1889 to 1899. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals of the American Association and the Boston Beaneaters and Cleveland Spiders, both of the National League...
  
   for the Beaneaters and Cy Young
  Cy Young
  Denton True "Cy" Young was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. During his 22-year baseball career , he pitched for five different teams. Young was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1937...
  
   for the Spiders, ends in a 0-0 tie after 11 innings.

• October 24 - The Boston Beaneaters
  Atlanta Braves
  The Atlanta Braves are a professional baseball club based in Atlanta, Georgia. The Braves are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League. The Braves have played in Turner Field since 1997....
  
   complete a 5-0 sweep of the Cleveland Spiders
  Cleveland Spiders
  The Cleveland Spiders were a Major League Baseball team which played between 1887 and 1899 in Cleveland, Ohio. The team played at National League Park from 1889 to 1890 and at League Park from 1891 to 1899.- 1887-1891 :...
  
   to win the championship.

• November 1 - Statistics for the first 154-game season show that Dan Brouthers
  Dan Brouthers
  Dennis Joseph "Dan" Brouthers was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball whose career spanned the period from to , with a brief return in...
  
   of the Brooklyn Grooms
  Los Angeles Dodgers
  The Los Angeles Dodgers are a professional baseball team based in Los Angeles, California. The Dodgers are members of Major League Baseball's National League West Division. Established in 1883, the team originated in Brooklyn, New York, where it was known by a number of nicknames before becoming...
  
   was the top hitter with a .335 batting average
  Batting average
  Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball that measures the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters. The two statistics are related in that baseball averages are directly descended from the concept of cricket averages.- Cricket :...
  
  , and Cy Young
  Cy Young
  Denton True "Cy" Young was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. During his 22-year baseball career , he pitched for five different teams. Young was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1937...
  
   of the Cleveland Spiders
  Cleveland Spiders
  The Cleveland Spiders were a Major League Baseball team which played between 1887 and 1899 in Cleveland, Ohio. The team played at National League Park from 1889 to 1890 and at League Park from 1891 to 1899.- 1887-1891 :...
  
   the best pitcher with a 36-11 record and a .766 winning percentage
  Winning percentage
  In sports, a winning percentage is the fraction of games or matches a team or individual has won. It is defined as wins divided by wins plus losses . Ties count as a ½ loss and a ½ win...
  
  .

• November 17 - National League magnates conclude a four-day meeting in Chicago where they agree to shorten the 1893 schedule to 132 games and drop the double championship concept. They also pledge to continue to reduce player salaries and other team expenses.

January–February

• January 2 - George Boehler
  George Boehler
  George Henry Boehler was a 6'2" Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher who played 9 seasons with the Detroit Tigers , St...
  
  
• January 2 - Jack Kibble
  Jack Kibble
  John Westly Kibble was a Major League Baseball player for the Cleveland Naps in . He played five games , going 0-for-8 at the plate. His only time on base was a hit by pitch.-Sources:...
  
  
• January 2 - Merlin Kopp
  Merlin Kopp
  Merlin Henry Kopp was a Major League Baseball outfielder. He played the end of for the Washington Senators, then all of and for the Philadelphia Athletics....
  
  
• January 3 - Roland Howell
  Roland Howell
  Roland Boatner Howell was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1912.-External links:...
  
  
• January 4 - Charlie Miller
  Charlie Miller (shortstop)
  Charles Elmer "Charlie" Miller was an American Major League Baseball shortstop who played for the St. Louis Browns in .-External links:**...
  
  
• January 5 - Chuck Wortman
  Chuck Wortman
  William Lewis "Chuck" Wortman , was a professional baseball player who played short stop in the Major Leagues from 1916-1918. He would play for the Chicago Cubs.-External links:...
  
  
• January 16 - Fred Bratschi
  Fred Bratschi
  Frederick Oscar Bratschi was a left fielder in Major League Baseball between and . Bratschi batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Alliance, Ohio....
  
  
• January 17 - Roy Grover
  Roy Grover
  Roy Arthur Grover was a Major League Baseball second baseman. He played all or part of three seasons in the majors, between and , for the Philadelphia Athletics and Washington Senators....
  
  
• January 21 - Bernie Boland
  Bernie Boland
  Bernard Anthony Boland was a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers and St. Louis Browns . Boland was a reliable pitcher for five years before suffering a broken arm...
  
  
• January 31 - Steamboat Williams
  Steamboat Williams
  Rees Gephardt "Steamboat" Williams was a baseball player for the 1914-1916 St. Louis Cardinals.Williams was born in Cascade, Montana. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed. He was 5'11" in height and weighed 170 lbs . He died in Deer River, Minnesota.-External links:...
  
  
• February 1 - Dixie McArthur
• February 1 - Tom McGuire
  Tom McGuire
  Thomas Patrick McGuire was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for four different professional teams in Chicago from 1912 to 1919....
  
  
• February 4 - Eddie Ainsmith
  Eddie Ainsmith
  Edward Wilbur Ainsmith , nicknamed "Dorf," was a catcher in Major League Baseball. He played fifteen seasons with the Washington Senators , Detroit Tigers , St. Louis Cardinals , Brooklyn Robins , and New York Giants . Born in Concord, MA, he batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• February 4 - Rollie Naylor
  Rollie Naylor
  Roleine Cecil "Rollie" Naylor , was a professional baseball player who pitched in the major leagues from -. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics.-External links:...
  
  
• February 6 - Goldie Rapp
  Goldie Rapp
  Joseph Aloysius "Goldie" Rapp was a professional baseball player for the New York Giants and the Philadelphia Phillies from 1921–1923. He was 5 ft 10 in tall and weighed 165 lb. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and died in La Mesa, California....
  
  
• February 8 - Manuel Cueto
  Manuel Cueto
  Manuel Cueto Melo was a Cuban Major League Baseball player. His professional career lasted from at least 1911, when he played for the Jacksonville Tarpons of the South Atlantic League until 1939, when he played professionally in the Canal Zone League in Panama.From 1912 to 1933, Cueto played 20...
  
  
• February 12 - Tom Rogers
  Tom Rogers
  Thomas Andrew Rogers was a Major League Baseball pitcher from 1917 to 1921 for the St. Louis Browns, Philadelphia Athletics, and New York Yankees. Nicknamed "Shotgun", Rogers was involved in an incident in 1916 in which he accidentally killed an opposing batter...
  
  
• February 15 - Al Braithwood
  Al Braithwood
  Alfred Braithwood was a professional baseball pitcher. Braithwood played in two games for the Pittsburgh Rebels of the Federal League in .-External links:...
  
  
• February 16 - Ed Schorr
• February 17 - Fred Brainard
  Fred Brainard
  Frederick F. Brainard was an infielder in Major League Baseball. He played for the New York Giants.-External links:...
  
  
• February 17 - Nemo Leibold
  Nemo Leibold
  Harry Loran "Nemo" Leibold was an outfielder in Major League Baseball from 1913-1925. He played for the Cleveland Naps, Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox, and Washington Senators...
  
  
• February 18 - John Gallagher
  John Gallagher (baseball)
  John Carroll Gallagher was a Major League Baseball second baseman who played for the Baltimore Terrapins of the Federal League in .-External links:...
  
  
• February 19 - Weldon Wyckoff
  Weldon Wyckoff
  John Weldon Wyckoff was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Red Sox . Wyckoff batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania...
  
  
• February 20 - John Donaldson
• February 22 - Doc Waldbauer
  Doc Waldbauer
  Albert Charles "Doc" Waldbauer was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for one season. He played for the Washington Senators for two games during the 1917 Washington Senators season.-External links:...
  
  
• February 24 - Wilbur Cooper
  Wilbur Cooper
  Arley Wilbur Cooper was an American left-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played most of his career for the Pittsburgh Pirates. A four-time winner of 20 games in the early 1920s, he was the first National League left-hander to win 200 games...
  
  
• February 26 - Harry Weaver
  Harry Weaver
  Harry Abraham Weaver , was a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1915 to 1919. He played for the Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Athletics. In 1918 Weaver's career was interrupted while he served in World War I.-External links:...
  
  
• February 29 - Ed Appleton
  Ed Appleton
  Edward Samuel Appleton was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched for the Brooklyn Robins in the 1915 & 1916 seasons.-External links:...
  
  

March–April

• March 6 - Chick Davies
  Chick Davies
  Lloyd Garrison "Chick" Davies was a professional baseball player who played for the Philadelphia Athletics and the New York Giants as a pitcher and outfielder....
  
  
• March 6 - George Mohart
  George Mohart
  George Benjamin Mohart was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched in fifteen games for the Brooklyn Robins during the 1920-1921 baseball seasons.-External links:...
  
  
• March 10 - Emil Huhn
  Emil Huhn
  Emil Hugo "Hap" Huhn was a right-handed Major League Baseball first baseman and catcher who played for the Federal League's Newark Pepper in 1915 and for the Cincinnati Reds in 1916 and 1917...
  
  
• March 12 - Bill James
  Seattle Bill James
  William Lawrence James was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He was given a nickname to differentiate him from his contemporary, "Big" Bill James....
  
  
• March 12 - George Maisel
  George Maisel
  George John Maisel was a Major League Baseball player who played for the St. Louis Browns, Detroit Tigers, and the Chicago Cubs. He made debut April 1, 1913 and his final game was September 30, 1922.George batted right and threw right...
  
  
• March 13 - Chippy Gaw
  Chippy Gaw
  George Joseph "Chippy" Gaw was an American baseball pitcher, who appeared in six games for the Chicago Cubs in 1920. Gaw was born in West Newton, Massachusetts, and died in Boston. He attended Tufts University.-External links:...
  
  
• March 13 - Patsy Gharrity
  Patsy Gharrity
  Edward Patrick Gharrity was an American professional baseball player and coach. The native of Parnell, Iowa, threw and batted right-handed, stood tall and weighed ....
  
  
• March 21 - Bill Stumpf
  Bill Stumpf (baseball)
  William Frederick Stumpf was an infielder in Major League Baseball. He played two seasons for the New York Yankees and subsequently spent several years in the minor leagues. Stumpf was 6 feet tall and weighed 175 pounds....
  
  
• March 22 - Lew Wendell
  Lew Wendell
  Lewis Charles Wendell was an American baseball player and team manager. Wendell was born March 22, 1892, in New York City. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball, with his first game in 1915....
  
  
• March 29 - Harry McCluskey
• April 1 - Claude Cooper
  Claude Cooper
  Claude William Cooper was an outfielder in Major League Baseball from 1913 to 1917.-Sources:...
  
  
• April 3 - Harry Kingman
  Harry Kingman
  Henry Lees "Harry" Kingman was a first baseman in Major League Baseball. He played for the New York Yankees in 1914 and is the only major league player to have been born in China. Kingman stood at 6' 1" and weighed 165 lbs....
  
  
• April 11 - Ray Gordinier
  Ray Gordinier
  Raymond Cornelius Gordinier was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched in eight games for the Brooklyn Robins during the 1921-1922 baseball seasons.-External links:...
  
  
• April 11 - Red Smith
• April 13 - Pat Martin
  Pat Martin (baseball)
  Patrick Francis Martin was a Major League Baseball pitcher from 1919-1920. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics. Martin started seven major league games and went 1-6....
  
  
• April 16 - Dutch Leonard
  Dutch Leonard (left-handed pitcher)
  Hubert Benjamin "Dutch" Leonard, was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who had an 11-year career from 1913–1921, 1924-1925. He played for the Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers, and holds the major league modern-era record for the lowest single-season ERA of all time — 0.96...
  
  
• April 17 - Morrie Schick
• April 18 - Jack Scott
  Jack Scott (baseball)
  John William Scott , is a former professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1916-1929. He would play for the New York Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies, and Boston Braves.-External links:...
  
  
• April 19 - Dave Black
• April 19 - Bugs Morris
• April 19 - Chick Shorten
  Chick Shorten
  Charles Henry "Chick" Shorten , born and died in Scranton, Pennsylvania.-Playing career:Shorten played eight seasons of Major League Baseball with the Boston Red Sox , Detroit Tigers , St. Louis Browns , and Cincinnati Reds . He played in 527 games, including 352 as an outfielder and the rest as a...
  
  
• April 22 - Ferd Eunick
  Ferd Eunick
  Fernandas Bowen Eunick was a Major League Baseball third baseman who played for the Cleveland Indians. He played in one game on August 29, 1917 during the 1917 Cleveland Indians season.-External links:...
  
  

May–June

• May 3 - Del Baker
  Del Baker
  Delmer David Baker was an American catcher, coach and manager in Major League Baseball. As a manager, he led the 1940 Detroit Tigers to the American League pennant...
  
  
• May 4 - Zip Collins
  Zip Collins
  John Edgar Collins was an American Major League Baseball outfielder. He played for the Pittsburgh Pirates during the and seasons, the Boston Braves from to , and the Philadelphia Athletics during the season.-References:...
  
  
• May 4 - Jack Tobin
  Jack Tobin
  John Thomas Tobin was a right fielder in Major League Baseball who played in the Federal League with the St. Louis Terriers , and for the St. Louis Browns , Washington Senators and Boston Red Sox of the American League. Tobin batted and threw left-handed...
  
  
• May 4 - Ted Turner
  Ted Turner (baseball)
  Theodore Holhot Tuner , was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played in with the Chicago Cubs. He batted and threw right-handed. Turner had a 0-0 record, with a 13.50 ERA in one game, in his one year career....
  
  
• May 7 - Allan Travers
  Allan Travers
  Aloysius Joseph "Allan" Travers, aka Rev. Aloysius Stanislaus Travers was a Major League Baseball pitcher who made a one-game appearance during the 1912 strike of the Detroit Tigers....
  
  
• May 9 - Mickey Devine
• May 14 - Bruce Hartford
  Bruce Hartford
  Bruce Daniel Hartford was a Major League Baseball shortstop who played for one season. He played in eight games for the Cleveland Naps during the 1914 Cleveland Naps season.-External links:...
  
  
• May 17 - Hal Carlson
  Hal Carlson
  Harold Gust Carlson , was a former professional baseball pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1917–1930, for the Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, and Pittsburgh Pirates.-External links:...
  
  
• May 18 - Bill Batsch
  Bill Batsch
  William McKinley Batsch was an American Major League Baseball player who pinch hit in one game for the Pittsburgh Pirates on September 9, . He walked in his only plate appearance.-External links:*...
  
  
• May 19 - Jim Hickman
  Jim Hickman (1910s outfielder)
  David James Hickman , is a former professional baseball player who played outfield from 1915-1919.-External links:...
  
  
• May 23 - Pop-Boy Smith
  Pop-Boy Smith
  Charles Ossie "Pop-Boy" Smith was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for three seasons. He played for the Chicago White Sox in 1913 and the Cleveland Indians from 1916 to 1917.-External links:...
  
  
• May 23 - Luke Stuart
  Luke Stuart (baseball)
  Luther Lane Stuart , was a Major League Baseball player who appeared in three games as a second baseman in for the St. Louis Browns....
  
  
• May 24 - Oscar Harstad
  Oscar Harstad
  Oscar Theander Harstad was a Major League Baseball pitcher who appeared in 32 games for the Cleveland Indians during the 1915 Cleveland Indians season...
  
  
• May 24 - Joe Oeschger
  Joe Oeschger
  Joseph Carl Oeschger was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball who played 12 seasons from 1914 to 1925. After starting his career with the Philadelphia Phillies, Oeschger was traded to the New York Giants...
  
  
• May 25 - Doug Smith
  Doug Smith (baseball)
  Douglass Weldon Smith was a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the season. Listed at 5' 10", 168 lb., Smith batted and threw left-handed...
  
  
• May 31 - George Smith
  George Smith (National League pitcher)
  George Allen Smith born in Byram, Connecticut was a pitcher for the New York Giants , Cincinnati Reds , Brooklyn Robins and Philadelphia Phillies ....
  
  
• June 1 - Ty Tyson
  Ty Tyson
  Edwin L. "Ty" Tyson was an American sports broadcaster and radio play-by-play announcer.-Early life:Tyson was born in Phillipsburg, Pennsylvania and he attended Penn State University. As a young man, he played ball and acted in nearby Tyrone, Pennsylvania. While acting in a play, he met another...
  
  
• June 3 - Howard Lohr
  Howard Lohr
  Howard Sylvester Lohr was a Major League Baseball outfielder who played for two seasons. He played for the Cincinnati Reds in 1914 and the Cleveland Indians in 1916.-External links:...
  
  
• June 4 - Herb Kelly
• June 4 - Paul Maloy
  Paul Maloy
  Paul Augustus Maloy was a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the season. Listed at 5' 11", 185 lb., Maloy batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Bascom, Ohio...
  
  
• June 4 - George Twombly
  George Twombly
  George Frederick "Silent George" Twombly was a Major League Baseball player. He played five seasons with the Cincinnati Reds , Boston Braves , and Washington Senators .-External links:...
  
  
• June 6 - Joe Pate
  Joe Pate
  Joseph William Pate was a professional baseball player. He was a left-handed pitcher over parts of two seasons with the Philadelphia Athletics...
  
  
• June 10 - Frank Gilhooley
  Frank Gilhooley
  Frank Patrick Gilhooley [Flash] was an outfielder in Major League Baseball, playing mostly as a right fielder from through for the St. Louis Cardinals , New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox . Listed at 5' 8", 155 lb., Gilhooley batted left-handed and threw right-handed...
  
  
• June 11 - Clarence Woods
  Clarence Woods (baseball)
  Clarence Cofield Woods was a professional baseball pitcher who played for the Indianapolis Hoosiers of the Federal League in .-External links:...
  
  
• June 11 - Archie Yelle
  Archie Yelle
  Archie Joseph Yelle was a right-handed baseball catcher who played three seasons in the American League for the Detroit Tigers and seven years in the Pacific Coast League for the San Francisco Seals...
  
  
• June 16 - Jack Farrell
• June 19 - Harry Daubert
  Harry Daubert
  Harry J. Daubert was a professional baseball player from 1912 to 1919. He was a shortstop in the minor leagues and appeared in one game in Major League Baseball as a pinch hitter. Daubert was 6 feet tall and weighed 160 pounds....
  
  
• June 22 - John Mercer
• June 24 - Howard Fahey
  Howard Fahey
  Howard Simpson Fahey was an American Major League Baseball infielder. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the season.-References:...
  
  
• June 24 - George Harper
  George Harper (outfielder)
  George Washington Harper , is a former professional baseball player who played outfield in the Major Leagues from 1916-1929. He played for the Detroit Tigers , Cincinnati Reds , Philadelphia Phillies , New York Giants , St. Louis Cardinals , and Boston Braves...
  
  
• June 27 - George Ross
  George Ross (baseball)
  George Sidney Ross was a Major League Baseball pitcher. Ross played for the New York Giants in the season. In one game, Ross pitched in 2.1 innings, and gave up two hits, with two strikeouts. He batted and threw left-handed....
  
  

July–August

• July 3 - Bunny Brief
  Bunny Brief
  Anthony Vincent "Bunny" Brief, born Anthony John Grzeszkowski was a Major League Baseball first baseman who spent four seasons with the St. Louis Browns , Chicago White Sox , and Pittsburgh Pirates...
  
  
• July 13 - Eusebio González
  Eusebio González
  Eusebio Miguel López González [Papo] was an infielder who played briefly in Major League Baseball during the 1918 season. Listed at 5' 10", 165 lb., González batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• July 14 - Jack Farmer
  Jack Farmer
  Floyd Haskell "Jack" Farmer was a Major League Baseball second baseman who played for two seasons. He played for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1916 and the Cleveland Indians in 1918.-External links:...
  
  
• July 15 - Bubbles Hargrave
  Bubbles Hargrave
  Eugene Franklin "Bubbles" Hargrave was an American catcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, and New York Yankees. He won the National League batting title in 1926 while playing for Cincinnati...
  
  
• July 26 - Sad Sam Jones
  Sad Sam Jones
  Samuel Pond "Sad Sam" Jones was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played in the American League with the Cleveland Indians , Boston Red Sox , New York Yankees , St. Louis Browns , Washington Senators and Chicago White Sox . A native of Woodsfield, Ohio, Jones batted and threw...
  
  
• July 31 - Erv Kantlehner
  Erv Kantlehner
  Erving Leslie Kantlehner , is a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1914-1916. He played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Phillies.-External links:...
  
  
• July 31 - Art Nehf
  Art Nehf
  Arthur Neukom Nehf was an American baseball pitcher. He played 15 seasons in Major League Baseball for the Boston Braves , New York Giants , Cincinnati Reds , and the Chicago Cubs...
  
  
• July 31 - Mutt Williams
  Mutt Williams (baseball)
  David Carter "Mutt" Williams was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played with the Washington Senators and . He batted and threw right-handed.-External links:...
  
  
• August 1 - Roy Sanders
  Roy Sanders (National League pitcher)
  Roy Garvin Sanders was a Major League Baseball pitcher. In 1917, Sanders was purchased from the Kansas City Blues of the American Association by the Cincinnati Reds and would play with the team that season. Later that year, Sanders returned to Kansas City when the Blues purchased him from the Reds...
  
  
• August 5 - Fred Ostendorf
  Fred Ostendorf
  Frederick K. Ostendorf was an American professional baseball player who played in one game for the Indianapolis Hoosiers of the Federal League during the season....
  
  
• August 10 - Elmer Jacobs
  Elmer Jacobs
  William Elmer Jacobs was a pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1914 to 1927. He played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, and Chicago White Sox. Jacobs' key pitch was the curveball...
  
  
• August 12 - Ray Schalk
  Ray Schalk
  Raymond William Schalk was a professional baseball player, coach, manager and scout. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball for the Chicago White Sox for the majority of his career. Known for his fine handling of pitchers and outstanding defensive ability, Schalk was considered the...
  
  
• August 16 - Bill Keen
  Bill Keen
  William Brown Keen was a first baseman in Major League Baseball. He played for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1911.-External links:...
  
  
• August 17 - Johnny Rawlings
  Johnny Rawlings
  John William Rawlings [Red] was a second baseman and shortstop in Major League Baseball who played for six different teams between the and seasons. Listed at 5'8", 158 lb., he batted and threw right-handed....
  
  
• August 19 - Rags Faircloth
  Rags Faircloth
  James Lamar "Rags" Faircloth was a Major League Baseball pitcher. Faircloth played for the Philadelphia Phillies in . In 2 career games, he had a 0-0 record with a 9.00 ERA. He batted and threw right-handed....
  
  
• August 25 - Tony Boeckel
  Tony Boeckel
  Norman Doxie "Tony" Boeckel was a former Major League Baseball infielder who played six seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Boston Braves of the National League. He was born in Los Angeles, California....
  
  
• August 25 - Johnny Jones
  Johnny Jones (baseball)
  John Paul "Admiral" Jones was a right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the New York Giants in 1919 and the Boston Braves in 1920.-Playing career:...
  
  
• August 26 - Jesse Barnes
• August 27 - Hal Janvrin
  Hal Janvrin
  Harold Chandler Janvrin born in Haverhill, Massachusetts was a utility infielder for the Boston Red Sox , Washington Senators , St...
  
  
• August 28 - Braggo Roth
  Braggo Roth
  Robert Frank "Bobby" Roth , nicknamed Braggo, was a professional baseball player. He was an outfielder over parts of 8 seasons with the Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia Athletics, Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators, and New York Yankees...
  
  
• August 29 - Roy Wood
  Roy Wood (baseball)
  Roy Winton Wood [Woody] was a backup outfielder/first baseman in Major League Baseball, playing mainly as a right fielder from through for the Pittsburgh Pirates , Cleveland Naps and Cleveland Indians . Listed at 6' 0", 175 lb., Wood batted and threw right-handed...
  
  

September–October

• September 5 - Cap Crowell
  Cap Crowell
  Minot Joy Crowell was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the and seasons.-References:...
  
  
• September 7 - Ginger Shinault
  Ginger Shinault
  Enoch Erskine "Ginger" Shinault was a Major League Baseball catcher who played for two seasons. He played for the Cleveland Indians from 1921 to 1922, playing in 35 career games.-External links:...
  
  
• September 9 - Tiny Graham
  Tiny Graham
  Dawson Francis "Tiny" Graham was a Major League Baseball first baseman who played for the Cincinnati Reds in .-External links:...
  
  
• September 11 - Ernie Koob
  Ernie Koob
  Ernest Gerald Koob , is a former professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1915-1919 for the St. Louis Browns. On May 5, 1917, Koob pitched a 1-0 no-hitter against the Chicago White Sox...
  
  
• September 15 - Harry Lunte
  Harry Lunte
  Harry August Lunte was a Major League Baseball shortstop. Lunte played for the Cleveland Indians in the 1919 and 1920 seasons. In 49 career games, Lunte had 29 hits, nine RBIs, two doubles, and a .196 batting average...
  
  
• September 17 - Tommy Taylor
  Tommy Taylor (baseball)
  Thomas Livingstone Carlton Taylor was a Major League Baseball player. Taylor played for the Washington Senators in , primarily as a third baseman. He played in 26 games in his one year career. He had a .260 batting average, with 19 hits in 73 at-bats...
  
  
• September 21 - Elmer Smith
  Elmer Smith (AL outfielder)
  Elmer John Smith born in Sandusky, Ohio was an Outfielder for the Cleveland Indians , Washington Senators , Boston Red Sox , New York Yankees and Cincinnati Reds ....
  
  
• October 3 - Jack Richardson
  Jack Richardson (baseball)
  John William Richardson was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played in and with the Philadelphia Athletics.-External links:...
  
  
• October 4 - Delos Brown
  Delos Brown
  Delos Hight Brown was a Major League Baseball player for the Chicago White Sox. He was born in Anna, Illinois, and attended Millikin University. In 1914, he became captain of the Millikin baseball team and led them to a conference championship. He was then signed by the White Sox.Brown appeared in...
  
  
• October 7 - Adam Debus
  Adam DeBus
  Adam Joseph DeBus, Jr. was a German American professional baseball player whose career spanned three seasons, one of which was spent with the Major League Baseball Pittsburgh Pirates...
  
  
• October 8 - Harry Baumgartner
  Harry Baumgartner
  Harry Edward Baumgartner was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Detroit Tigers in .-External links:...
  
  
• October 9 - Arnie Stone
• October 10 - Rich Durning
  Rich Durning
  Richard Knott Durning was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched in one game for the Brooklyn Robins in each of the 1917 & 1918 baseball seasons.-External links:...
  
  
• October 12 - Rupert Mills
  Rupert Mills
  Rupert Frank Mills was a professional baseball player. He played part of one season in Major League Baseball for the 1915 Newark Peppers of the defunct Federal League, primarily as a first baseman. Born in Newark, New Jersey, and died in Lake Hopatcong, he attended Notre Dame University.-External...
  
  
• October 13 - Chris Burkam
• October 17 - Frank Madden
  Frank Madden
  Francis A. "Frank" Madden was a Major League Baseball catcher who played in two games for the Pittsburgh Rebels in . He collected one hit in two at bats, with one run batted in in his game career.-External links:...
  
  
• October 17 - Ted Welch
  Ted Welch
  Floyd John "Ted" Welch was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He appeared in three games as a relief pitcher for the St. Louis Terriers of the Federal League in .-Sources:...
  
  
• October 18 - Coonie Blank
  Coonie Blank
  Frank Ignatz Blank was a catcher in Major League Baseball. He played in one game for the St. Louis Cardinals on August 15, 1909 and was hitless in two at-bats....
  
  
• October 18 - Bill Johnson
  Bill Johnson
  Bill Johnson may refer to:Arts and Entertainment*Bill Johnson , American actor known for The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2...
  
  
• October 19 - Michael Driscoll
  Michael Driscoll (baseball)
  Michael Columbus Driscoll was an American professional baseball pitcher with the Philadelphia Athletics during the season. He was born in North Abington, Massachusetts and attended the University of Maine. He died in 1953 and was buried in Easton, Massachusetts.-References:...
  
  
• October 22 - Norm McNeil
  Norm McNeil
  Norman Francis McNeil was a reserve catcher in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the season. Listed at 5' 11", 180 lb. McNeil batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• October 24 - Dick Niehaus
  Dick Niehaus
  Richard J. Niehaus was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for four seasons. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1913 to 1915 and the Cleveland Indians in 1920.-External links:...
  
  
• October 28 - Bill McCabe
• October 31 - Ray O'Brien
  Ray O'Brien (baseball)
  Raymond Joseph O'Brien was a professional baseball player. He played a total of 16 games as an outfielder for the 1916 Pittsburgh Pirates. From 1913 to 1932, O'Brien also played for various minor league teams.-References:...
  
  

November–December

• November 1 - Earl Blackburn
  Earl Blackburn
  Earl Stuart Blackburn was a right-handed catcher in Major League Baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, Boston Braves, and Chicago Cubs from 1912 to 1917....
  
  
• November 1 - Lefty York
  Lefty York
  James Edward "Lefty" York was a pitcher in Major League Baseball player. He played two seasons in the league, including 1919 with the Philadelphia Athletics and 1921 with the Chicago Cubs...
  
  
• November 5 - Flame Delhi
  Flame Delhi
  Lee William "Flame" Delhi was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played one game for the Chicago White Sox in 1912. Delhi was the first Arizona-born player to appear in the major leagues.-External links:...
  
  
• November 5 - Yam Yaryan
  Yam Yaryan
  Clarence Everett "Yam" Yaryan was a Major League Baseball catcher. Yaryan played for the Chicago White Sox in 1921 and 1922. He batted and threw right-handed....
  
  
• November 5 - Roxy Walters
  Roxy Walters
  Alfred John Walters born in San Francisco, California was a catcher in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees , Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Indians ....
  
  
• November 10 - Jim Park
  Jim Park (baseball)
  James "Jim" Park was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the St. Louis Browns from to . He also coached baseball at the University of Kentucky in .-External links:*...
  
  
• November 11 - Al Schacht
  Al Schacht
  Alexander "Al" Schacht was an American professional baseball player, coach, and, later, restaurateur. Schacht was a pitcher in the major leagues from 1919–21 for the Washington Senators.-Baseball career:...
  
  
• November 17 - Don Flinn
  Don Flinn
  Don Flinn played major league baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1917. He played just 14 games, all as an outfielder. He had a .297 batting average.-Sources:...
  
  
• November 17 - Gene Steinbrenner
  Gene Steinbrenner
  Eugene Gass "Gene" Steinbrenner was a Major League Baseball second baseman. Steinbrenner played for the Philadelphia Phillies in the season. In 3 career games, he had two hits in 9 at-bats....
  
  
• November 18 - Pedro Dibut
• November 18 - Les Mann
  Les Mann
  Leslie Mann , was a professional baseball player who played outfield in the Major Leagues from 1913-1928. He played for the Boston Braves, St...
  
  
• November 18 - Harry Trekell
  Harry Trekell
  Harry Roy Trekell was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1913.-External links:...
  
  
• November 19 - Everett Scott
  Everett Scott
  Lewis Everett Scott , nicknamed "Deacon", was an American shortstop in Major League Baseball who played for 12 seasons with the Boston Red Sox , New York Yankees , Washington Senators , Chicago White Sox and Cincinnati Reds . Scott batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• November 20 - Harry O'Neill
  Harry O'Neill (pitcher)
  Joseph Henry O'Neill was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He pitched in four games for the Philadelphia Athletics over two seasons, one in and three in ....
  
  
• November 22 - Pi Schwert
  Pius L. Schwert
  Pius Louis Schwert was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.Schwert was born in Angola, New York. He graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1914. He played baseball for the New York Yankees from 1914 until 1915. He served...
  
  
• November 24 - Harry Wolfe
• November 27 - Bullet Joe Bush
  Bullet Joe Bush
  Leslie Ambrose "Bullet Joe" Bush born in Brainerd, Minnesota was a pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics , Boston Red Sox , New York Yankees , St. Louis Browns , Washington Senators , Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Giants...
  
  
• November 30 - Josh Billings
  Josh Billings (baseball)
  John Augustus "Josh" Billings was a backup catcher in Major League Baseball who played for three different teams between the and seasons. Listed at 5' 11", 165 lb., Billings batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• December 1 - George Dickerson
  George Dickerson
  George Dickerson is an American actor, writer, and poet.-Biography:Dickerson was born July 25, 1933, in Topeka, Kansas, to George Graf Dickerson, a lawyer, and Elizabeth Dickerson , parents he did not have a good relationship with. He has one brother, five years his junior...
  
  
• December 1 - Dean Sturgis
  Dean Sturgis
  Dean Donnell Sturgis was an American Major League Baseball catcher. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the season. He was born in Beloit, Wisconsin.-References:...
  
  
• December 2 - Chick Smith
  Chick Smith
  John William "Chick" Smith was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Cincinnati Reds in 1913.-External links:...
  
  
• December 4 - Johnny Meador
  Johnny Meador
  John Davis Meador was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Pittsburgh Pirates.-External links:...
  
  
• December 8 - Ellis Johnson
  Ellis Johnson (baseball)
  Ellis Walter Johnson was a pitcher in Major League Baseball, who appeared in eight games over three seasons for the Chicago White Sox and Philadelphia Athletics.-External links:...
  
  
• December 13 - Ivan Bigler
  Ivan Bigler
  Ivan Edward "Pete" Bigler was a Major League Baseball player. Bigler appeared for the St. Louis Browns in one game on May 6, as a pinch runner. He also coached football at Worcester Polytechnic Institute....
  
  
• December 14 - Rudy Kallio
  Rudy Kallio
  Rudolph Kallio was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for two different teams between the and . Listed at 5' 10", 160 lb., Kallio batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Portland, Oregon....
  
  
• December 15 - Lou Kolls
  Lou Kolls
  Louis Charles "Lou" Kolls was a professional baseball umpire who worked in the American League from 1933 to 1940. Kolls umpired in the 1936 Major League Baseball All-Star Game and in the 1938 World Series. In his career, he umpired 1195 Major League games...
  
  
• December 16 - Scrappy Moore
  Scrappy Moore (baseball)
  William Allen "Scrappy" Moore was a college baseball player at Georgia Tech and Vanderbilt as well as a professional baseball player. He appeared in four games for the St. Louis Browns in , primarily as a third baseman....
  
  
• December 19 - Fred Thomas
  Fred Thomas (third baseman)
  Frederick Harvey "Tommy" Thomas was a reserve infielder in Major League Baseball, playing mainly as a third baseman for three different teams between the and seasons...
  
  
• December 20 - Deacon Jones
  Deacon Jones (pitcher)
  Carroll Elmer "Deacon" Jones , was a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from -. He would play for the Detroit Tigers.-External links:...
  
  
• December 25 - Walter Holke
  Walter Holke
  Walter Henry Holke was a first baseman in Major League Baseball. He played for the New York Giants, Boston Braves, Philadelphia Phillies, and Cincinnati Reds.-External links:...
  
  
• December 25 - Karl Kolseth
  Karl Kolseth
  Karl Dickey "Koley" Kolseth was a Major League Baseball first baseman who played for the Baltimore Terrapins of the Federal League in .-External links:...
  
  
• December 26 - Lee King
  Lee King (outfielder, born 1892)
  Lee King , was a Major League Baseball outfielder. He played seven seasons in the majors, from -, for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Phillies, and New York Giants.-External links:...
  
  
• December 29 - Monroe Sweeney
  Monroe Sweeney
  James Monroe Sweeney was a professional baseball umpire.Sweeney began umpiring in the Texas League in from 1922 to 1923. He then moved to the National League, where he worked from 1924 to 1926. In that time, he umpired 412 National League games...
  
  
• December 30 - Tom Connolly
  Tom Connolly
  Thomas Henry Connolly was an English-American umpire in Major League Baseball. He officiated in the National League from 1898 to 1900, followed by 31 years of service in the American League from 1901 to 1931...
  
  

Deaths

• January 14 - Silver Flint
  Silver Flint
  Frank Sylvester Flint was a Major League catcher in the 19th century. He began his career at age 19 with the St...
  
  , 36, catcher with the Chicago White Stockings for eleven seasons who batted .310 for 1881 champions
• February 10 - Ed Glenn, 31, outfielder for three major league seasons; 1884, 1886, 1888.
• March 11 - Cinders O'Brien
  Cinders O'Brien
  John F. "Cinders" O'Brien AKA: Darby O'Brien was a Major League Baseball pitcher from to . He played with the Cleveland Infants, Cleveland Spiders, and Boston Reds. He had a 3.68 ERA at the end of his career....
  
  , 24, pitcher for four seasons. Won 22 games for the 1889 Cleveland Spiders.
• March 18 - Phil Tomney
  Phil Tomney
  Philip H. Tomney , nicknamed "Buster", was an American professional baseball player for a period of nine seasons, three of which were at the major league level with the Louisville Colonels of the National League from to...
  
  , 28, shortstop for Louisville Colonels from 1888 to 1890.
• March 29 - Adam Rocap
  Adam Rocap
  Adam Rocap was a Major League Baseball player. Rocap played for the Philadelphia Athletics in .He was born in and died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.-External links:*...
  
  , 38?, outfielder for the 1875 Philadelphia Athlerics.
• April 18 - Ned Bligh
  Ned Bligh
  Edwin Forrest Bligh was an American catcher in Major League Baseball player from Brooklyn, New York, who played for four teams during his four-season career. He didn't collect his first base hit until his third season, and fourteenth at bat, when he was purchased by the Columbus Solons from the...
  
  , 27, catcher for four seasons, died of Typhoid fever
  Typhoid fever
  Typhoid fever, also known as Typhoid, is a common worldwide bacterial disease, transmitted by the ingestion of food or water contaminated with the feces of an infected person, which contain the bacterium Salmonella enterica, serovar Typhi...
  
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• May 21 - Hub Collins
  Hub Collins
  Hubert B. "Hub" Collins was a professional baseball player. He was a left fielder and second baseman over parts of seven seasons with the Louisville Colonels and Brooklyn Bridegrooms/Grooms. He was the National League leader in runs scored in 1890 with Brooklyn...
  
  , 28, second baseman for the 1889-90 champion Brooklyn teams who led league in doubles and runs once each
• July 12 - Alexander Cartwright
  Alexander Cartwright
  Alexander Joy Cartwright, Jr. is one of several people sometimes referred to as a "father of baseball". Cartwright is thought to be the first person to draw a diagram of a diamond shaped baseball field, and the rules of the modern game are based on the Knickerbocker Rules developed by Cartwright...
  
  , 72, pioneer of the sport who formulated the first rules in 1845, developing a new sport for adults out of various existing playground games; established distance between bases at 90 feet, introduced concept of foul territory, set the number of players at nine per team, and fixed the number of outs at three per side and innings at nine; founded Knickerbocker Base Ball Club, the sport's first organized club, in New York City, and spread the sport across the nation into the 1850s
• October 5 - Dickie Flowers
  Dickie Flowers
  Charles Richard "Dickie" Flowers was an American professional baseball player in the National Association. He was a shortstop for the 1871 Troy Haymakers and the 1872 Philadelphia Athletics...
  
  , 42?, shortstop for two seasons in the National Association, 1871-72.
• November 3 - Edgar Smith
  Edgar Smith (pitcher)
  Edgar Eugene Smith was an American professional baseball player who played in the outfield and was a pitcher in Major League Baseball from to and then again in . He began his career with the 1883 Providence Grays, and played in two games, then later in the season he played in one game for the...
  
  , 30, played in four seasons with four different teams from 1883 to 1885, and 1890.
• December 20 - John Fitzgerald, 26, pitcher for the 1890 Rochester Broncos
  Rochester Broncos
  The Rochester Broncos were a short-lived baseball team in the American Association, playing only one season, 1890. They finished fifth in the league with a record of 63-63...