1st

Al Atkinson pitches his 2nd no-hitter for the Athletics, beating the Mets 3-2. His first no-hitter (May 24, 1884) was also not a shutout.

2nd

The Athletics and Brooklyn play to a 19-19 tie at Brooklyn's new Sunday park in Ridgewood.

3rd

C Patrick Dealy of Boston has 10 passed balls (still the NL record), and P Ed Stemmeyer adds 5 wild pitches as the Red Caps lose to Washington 12-11. Stemmeyer will finish the season with another ML record of 64 wild pitches.

14th

Charles Comiskey of the Browns prevents a double play by running full tilt into Reds 2B Bid McPhee, enabling the Browns to win 2-1. The Cincinnati fans are irate, but the umpire allows the play. The Browns are gradually making "breaking up the double play" an accepted part of the game.

23rd

St. Louis SS Bill Gleason makes 6 errors to give Brooklyn a 13-12 game in 10 innings.

29th

The Athletics try to slow the Browns down by loading the base paths with sand. St. Louis captain Comiskey refuses to play and helps the grounds crew remove the sand. The Browns win the 2 games with a total of 14 stolen bases.

31st

The first ML crowd of over 20,000 pays to see the afternoon game in New York versus Detroit. The Giants had snapped the Wolverines' 15-game winning streak in the a.m. game, but Detroit wins in the p.m. before 20,632.