MAY

15th

The Union Baseball Grounds at Marcy Avenue and Rutledge Street in Brooklyn is opened, the first enclosed ball field to charge an admission fee.

OCTOBER

14th

The Excelsiors defeat the Unions of Morrisania 13-9. Jim Creighton hits 4 doubles and scores 4 runs, but suffers "an internal injury occasioned by strain" hitting a HR. Considered the premier baseball player of the day, he dies of a ruptured bladder four days later at the age of 21.