1st

The Spalding Sporting Goods store opens in New York.

3rd

The Metropolitans release Tim Keefe and Dude Esterbrook; both players later sign with the NY Giants.

17th

The 4 NL players (including Hugh Daily, Orator Shaffer, and Fred Dunlap) who violated the reserve rule in 1884 by signing with the UA before the season started are reinstated with fines of $500 each.

18th

The AA season opens with all 8 teams playing.

At an NL meeting, the 5 men who jumped the NL to sign with the UA in 1884 (including John Day, Charlie Sweeney, Dupee Shaw, and Jim McCormick) are reinstated with fines of $1,000.

21st

Fred Mann hits the longest HR ever seen at Eclipse Park, over the RF fence in the bottom of the 13th inning to help Alleghenies defeat Louisville 4-3. Since a runner scores ahead of him, he does not get credit for the HR, which would have been his first and only one of the season.

24th

Pittsburgh and Cincinnati play 16 innings with the Alleghenies winning 7-6. This is the longest ML game of the year.

29th

After the 2nd straight shutout by St. Louis over Cincinnati, Reds manager O. P. Caylor fines his players $25 each for failing to make a run.