3rd

CF Lip Pike makes 3 errors in the 9th inning to give Boston 2 runs and a 3-2 victory over Worcester. The losing club immediately accuses Pike of throwing the game and suspends him.

10th

In a game in Albany, Troy's Roger Connor hits the first grand slam in NL history. The blow comes off Worcester's Lee Richmond with 2 out in the bottom of the 9th inning and wins the game 8-7.

15th

Buffalo 2B Dave Force makes 2 unassisted DPs, participates in 2 other DPs, and starts a triple play in a 12-inning 7-6 loss at Worcester.

16th

Chicago clinches the pennant with a 4-0 victory in Boston.

17th

Boston informs its players that it will release them on October 1st and not pay them the last month of their salaries.

23rd

Boston LF Joe Hornung makes 10 putouts and one assist as the Reds beat Buffalo 4-3. This one-game record of 11 chances accepted by a LF still stands.

25th

Although the league has offered membership to the Mets and the Athletics and been turned down, it is announced that all 8 teams from this year will be back in the NL next season, a first for the league.

29th

At an NL meeting in Saratoga Springs, NY, the league adopts a blacklist of players who are barred from playing for or against any NL teams until they are removed by unanimous vote of the league clubs. These men are: Sadie Houck, Lip Pike, Lou Dickerson, Mike Dorgan, Bill Crowley, John Fox, Lew Brown, Emil Gross, and Ed Caskins.

30th

The NL meeting adopts an "ironclad" contract that gives the club the right to fine a player for any conduct the club deems detrimental to its interest. Furthermore, the player assumes the responsibility for all risks of injury or illness and must pay for his own medical treatment.