1893 in baseball
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The following are the baseball events of the year 1893 throughout the world.
Contents
Champions
National League final standings
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Boston Beaneaters | 86 | 43 | 0.667 | — | 49–15 | 37–28 |
Pittsburg Pirates | 81 | 48 | 0.628 | 5 | 54–19 | 27–29 |
Cleveland Spiders | 73 | 55 | 0.570 | 12½ | 47–22 | 26–33 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 72 | 57 | 0.558 | 14 | 43–22 | 29–35 |
New York Giants | 68 | 64 | 0.515 | 19½ | 49–20 | 19–44 |
Cincinnati Reds | 65 | 63 | 0.508 | 20½ | 37–27 | 28–36 |
Brooklyn Grooms | 65 | 63 | 0.508 | 20½ | 43–24 | 22–39 |
Baltimore Orioles | 60 | 70 | 0.462 | 26½ | 36–24 | 24–46 |
Chicago Colts | 56 | 71 | 0.441 | 29 | 38–34 | 18–37 |
St. Louis Browns | 57 | 75 | 0.432 | 30½ | 40–30 | 17–45 |
Louisville Colonels | 50 | 75 | 0.400 | 34 | 24–28 | 26–47 |
Washington Senators | 40 | 89 | 0.310 | 46 | 21–27 | 19–62 |
Events
- June 19 – Baltimore Orioles outfielder Piggy Ward reached base a record 17 times in 17 consecutive plate appearances, a streak he started on June 16. The record would be matched 69 years later, when catcher Earl Averill, Jr. tied that mark in 1962.[1]
- August 16 – Bill Hawke of the Baltimore Orioles pitches a no-hitter against the Washington Senators in a 5–0 win. It is the first no-hitter thrown from the modern-day pitching distance of 60'6".
- August 18 – The Boston Beaneaters set a Major League record which still stands for the most batters hit by a pitch in an inning. Four batters are hit in the 2nd inning in the game with the Pittsburgh Pirates.[2]
- November 21 – Ban Johnson is named president, secretary, and treasurer of the recently reorganized Western League. Under Johnson's leadership the WL will prosper.
Births
January–April
- January 1 – Frank Fuller
- January 3 – George Shively
- January 28 – Guy Cooper
- January 31 – George Burns
- February 7 – Charlie Jamieson
- February 10 – Bill Evans
- February 12 – Earl Sheely
- February 17 – Wally Pipp
- February 21 – Norman Plitt
- March 8 – Ray Francis
- March 9 – Billy Southworth
- March 9 – Lefty Williams
- March 12 – Alex Gaston
- March 23 – Ray Kremer
- March 24 – George Sisler
- April 11 – Hal Deviney
May–August
- May 8 – Edd Roush
- May 12 – Hob Hiller
- June 9 – Irish Meusel
- July 3 – Dickie Kerr
- July 11 – Clarence Blethen
- July 11 – Milt Stock
- July 13 – Luther Farrell
- July 14 – John Peters
- July 15 – Red Oldham
- July 22 – Jesse Haines
- August 18 – Burleigh Grimes
- August 22 – Oscar Fuhr
- August 24 – Bartolo Portuondo
September–December
- September 13 – John Kelleher
- September 13 – Mike McNally
- September 13 – Dutch Ruether
- September 22 – Ira Flagstead
- September 25 – Ed Chaplin
- November 5 – Spencer Heath
- November 16 – Cristóbal Torriente
- November 18 – Les Mann
- November 28 – Benn Karr
- November 28 – Frank O'Rourke
- December 6 – Hack Eibel
Deaths
- January 4 – Jim Halpin, 29, shortstop in 1882, and 1884–1885.
- March – Joseph Quinn, ??, catcher for two teams in 1881.
- April 18 – Fred Siefke, 23, third baseman for the 1890 Brooklyn Gladiators.
- October 10 – Lip Pike, 48, outfielder for several teams from 1871 to 1881 who batted .300 four times in the National Association and twice in the NL, winning four home run titles; the sport's first Jewish star
- December 2 – Bill Gleason, 25, pitcher for the 1890 Cleveland Infants.
References
- ↑ Ranking the Most Unbreakable MLB Player Streaks and All-Time Consecutive Records BleacherReport.com. Retrieved on May 16, 2015.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.