1st

Ed "Cannonball" Crane walks 14 and adds 5 wild pitches and an error in a 15-2 loss to Chicago. Formerly an OF, Crane has been pressed into service as a pitcher for the last-place Statesmen.

10th

Dan Brouthers hits 3 HRs, a double, and a single to set an NL mark with 15 total bases, but his Detroit team loses to Chicago 14-8.

11th

Connie Mack makes his ML debut with Washington, catching flawlessly and contributing a single as the Senators beat the Phillies 4-3.

23rd

Pittsburgh's Pud Galvin walks the first 3 batters and then picks them all off.

25th

Browns owner Von der Ahe begins negotiations for a World Championship Series by issuing a challenge to White Stockings owner Spalding.

30th

Spalding accepts Von der Ahe's challenge for a "World Series" and proposes a best-of-9 series with the winning club getting the total gross gate receipts. St. Louis will accept the winner-take-all provision, but the series will be best-of-7.