4th

Boston P Jim Whitney shuts out Providence 4-0. The hardworking righthander will wind up leading the NL in both wins and losses (with a 31-33 record), a feat not repeated in the ML until Phil Niekro does it in 1979.

5th

Charley Radbourn makes his NL pitching debut leading Providence to a 4-2 victory over Boston.

14th

Having won a judgment for his back salary in an Ohio court, Charley Jones has the local sheriff attach Boston's share of the gate receipts in Cleveland.

18th

When Detroit base runner Sadie Houck collides with Bob Ferguson of Troy at 2B, Ferguson becomes indignant and slaps Houck in the face. The Detroit club prefers charges against Ferguson with the league office, but nothing will be done.

19th

With the Troy franchise experiencing financial difficulties, various rumors have the club moving to New York, Cincinnati, or Pittsburgh.

20th

Chicago resorts to trickery to beat Boston 5-4. Mike Kelly scores the go-ahead run from 2B on a groundout by cutting 3B by some 30 feet.

28th

James S. Woodruff is apprehended on charges that he tried to bribe Cleveland's John Clapp to throw a game earlier in the season. By going to the police after the incident, Clapp has earned the nickname "Honest John."