1st

Following a 3-game sweep at the hands of the Detroits, Boston removes King Kelly as captain and gives the job back to manager-1B John Morrill.

3rd

The Browns win a doubleheader on Staten Island to run their latest winning streak to 12 games and extend their lead in the AA race to 191Ž2 games.

5th

Chicago wins the opening game of their final series against league-leading Detroit 11-7. John Clarkson picks up his 9th victory over the Wolverines, the most ever by a pitcher over a pennant-winning team.

7th

Detroit gets sweet revenge against Clarkson and the White Stockings, beating them twice, 8-2 and 8-4, while amassing 34 hits. The defeat pushes the 2nd-place Chicagos 7 games behind.

11th

The Mets successfully stage a Sunday "home" game in Weehawken, NJ, losing to the Colonels 10-6.

The St. Louis Browns players refuse to play an exhibition game versus the all-black Cuban Giants team, stating in a letter to the owner that "we will cheerfully play against white people at any time and think that by refusing to play [blacks] we are only doing what is right." Arlie Latham is singled out as the leader of the recalcitrant players and is fined.

12th

Jimmy Ryan goes 6-for-6 for Chicago with a single, double, HR, and 3 walks. He also pitches the final 3 innngs to get the win as the White Stockings rally to beat the Phillies 16-13.

14th

Adrian "Cap" Anson is 3-for-5, giving him 17 hits in the last 5 games. His hot streak will win him the NL batting title with an official .421 average (without walks, which are counted as hits, Sam Thompson would have won the title with a .372 mark).

22nd

Elmer Smith of Cincinnati shuts out St. Louis 6-0. The Browns will be blanked in only 2 regular season games, both times by Smith.

28th

Abner Dalrymple hits 2 dramatic HRs in front of his old fans in Chicago, one to tie the game for Pittsburgh in the 8th inning and one to win it 3-2 in the 10th. These are Dalrymple's only HRs of the season.

30th

Connie Mack singles, steals 2B, and scores on John Irwin's first NL hit to give Washington a 1-0 victory over New York.