3rd

The Columbus Buckeyes release Jack O'Connor for habitual drunkenness. He will resurface with Cleveland next year and remain an active player through 1907.

7th

Baltimore sets a ML record by leaving 18 men on base in an 8-2 loss to the Cincinnati Kellys. This record would not be broken until September 21, 1956.

16th

After Louisville falls into last place in the AA, a Louisville Courier-Journal headline asks that someone "Give Them a Commercial Name to Advertise Something Outside the City." This headline reflects the relationship between baseball and business in the 19th-century city.

18th

After the AA grants Boston the right to lower its admission price from 50 cents to 25 cents, 4,723 pay to see the Reds beat the Colonels 9-0. Only 986 had attended yesterday's game.

23rd

The Boston Reds win their llth game in a row, beating the Washington Statesmen 6-1 in a 5-inning affair featuring two HRs by captain Hugh Duffy. This constitutes the longest winning streak in the AA.

24th

The Browns score in all 8 innings in which they bat, as they trounce Cincinnati 20-12. Frank Dwyer pitches the entire game for the losing Kellys.

25th

An over-the-fence drive by Cliff Carroll caps a 4-run rally in the bottom of the 9th to give the Chicago Colts a 15-14 victory in Cleveland. Although the ground rules at this park call for a HR on balls hit over all OF fences, the winning run scores from 2B, so Carroll gets credit for only a double.

27th

Future Hall of Famer Joe Kelley makes his ML debut with the Boston Beaneaters, singling off of Mickey Welch in his first at bat.

30th

Two ML clubs change managers. Bill McGunnigle takes the reins in Pittsburgh, Ned Hanlon being demoted from manager-captain to just captain. And Dan Shannon replaces Charley Snyder in both capacities with Washington.

31st

New York Giants P Amos Rusie hurls a no-hitter against Brooklyn, winning 6-0. He walks 8, hits one, and fans 4.