3rd

St. Louis teammates Arlie Latham and Doc Bushong stage a fistfight during a game in Baltimore. They are fined $100 each.

4th

Mullane pitches 7 shutout innings, then allows 12 runs in the final 2 frames to lose to Brooklyn 12-7, fueling suspicions that he is throwing games.

9th

At an AA meeting in Columbus, Browns owner Chris Von der Ahe pays Comiskey's many fines after Comiskey had steadfastly refused to pay them. The AA threatened to bar Comiskey from all games.

12th

Detroit sets a new record by hitting 7 HRs in one game. This record is broken by the Yankees on June 28, 1939. St. Louis P Charley Sweeney allows all 7 HRs.

16th

On Opening Day in the Southern League of Colored Base Ballists, the Eclipse of Memphis beats the home Unions of New Orleans 3-1. The SLCBB, the first black professional sports league, will collapse in August.

18th

The Cincinnati Enquirer publishes a letter purporting to show that Tony Mullane sold ball games in Philadelphia and Brooklyn to gamblers on the last road trip.

22nd

Detroit wins the rubber game of the 3-game series with Chicago 5-4, as an irate Captain Anson is fined $110 by umpire John Gaffney, a record for one game. Anson's Whites trail the Sluggers by 31Ž2 games.

24th

The Brooklyn Grays rout Matt Kilroy in the 3rd inning and beat Baltimore 25-1.

26th

Black lefthander George Stovey makes his pitching debut with Jersey City of the Eastern League after being purchased from the Cuban Giants, the pioneer all-black touring team.