1st

Detroit C Charlie Bennett hits a grand slam in the first inning, leading Detroit to an 8-3 victory over the NY Gothams.

4th

Player-manager Cap Anson hits HRs in consecutive innings (6th and 7th), to help Chicago down Buffalo 12-4.

7th

NY P Mickey Welch loses to the Phillies 3-1, snapping his personal 17-game winning streak. His last loss was on July 16th, versus Boston.

9th

The Grays beat the Phillies 3-1, snapping their 13-game losing streak. This is the last ML game ever played in Providence.

11th

Providence suspends ace P Hoss Radbourn and 3B Jerry Denny; Radbourn, the NL's highest-paid player ($6,000), is suspended due to NY beating him 9-1.

19th

Buffalo's "Big Four" (Dan Brouthers, Hardy Richardson, Jack Rowe, and Deacon White) are to play for Detroit today, but Nick Young orders umpire Bob Ferguson to forfeit the game to New York. Detroit withdraws the players, and they are forced to play out the season with Buffalo.

28th

Harry Stovey hits his AA-leading 13th HR off Pittsburgh's John Hofford. This is also Stovey's 51st career HR, which is the current ML record.

29th

More than 10,000 fans crowd West Side Park (seating capacity of 6,000); seats are placed in right and left field, and it is declared that if a ball is hit into the crowd, a triple shall be credited. Chicago hits 5 triples in this manner, and beats NY 7-4.

30th

Athletics P Bobby Mathews strikes out 4 Alleghenies in the 7th inning.

Canadian Fred Wood catches his only game for Boston, with brother Pete Wood pitching. This is one of the few brother batteries ever in ML history, preceded only by the White brothers, Deacon and Will, of the 1878 Cincinnati team.