16th

Opening Day in the A.A. Two rookies, Mike Griffin of the Baltimore Orioles and George "White Wings" Tebeau of Cincinnati, hit HRs in their first ML at bats. They are the first of many to accomplish this.

17th

St. Louis Browns owner Chris Von der Ahe purchases 19-year-old St. Louisan Charley "Silver" King from the NL. King, with Kansas City at the end of the last season, had not been picked up by any NL clubs this spring. He would post a 34-11 record in 1887.

19th

Chicago mascot Willie Hahn, aged 11, is signed to a regular league contract. "You should have seen the little fellow open his eyes," when a club official read him the abstinence clause.

21st

Pop Snyder, the only catcher from the National Association still behind the plate, allows Louisville to steal 10 bases in just 3 innings before being replaced by Jim Toy. The Colonels beat the Cleveland "Babies" 14-7.

22nd

Tony Mullane pitches a regular-season game in Missouri for the first time since 1883. The Missouri injunction obtained against him by the St. Louis Unions in 1884 having finally been resolved, Tony leads the Reds to a 5-2 victory over the Browns.

26th

Denny Lyons of the Athletics goes 6-for-6, all on clean hits. The A's need every one of them to nip the Mets 18-17.

28th

Opening Day in the NL. Of the new clubs, Indianapolis loses a thriller to Detroit in its home opener 4-3, while Pittsburgh is rained out.

30th

The Browns set a St. Louis scoring record that still stands by trouncing Cleveland 28-11. Bill Gleason goes 7-for-7, but 4 of his "hits" are walks.

The Phillies open their new $80,000 ballpark on Huntington Avenue and Broad Street. They would remain on this site until 1938.