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1892


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1st

Cincinnati captain Charles Comiskey, interviewed in the New York Clipper, states that "the days of the twelve club league are numbered. The double season plan is a failure...as the public will decide that a team that are [sic] champions up to the Fourth of July ought to be champions all season."

4th

Amos Rusie of the Giants pitches 2 complete- game victories over Washington at the Polo Grounds 6-4 and 9-5.

5th

Cy Young of Cleveland hurls his league-leading 9th shutout, beating Cincinnati 6-0.

12th

Browns C Dick Buckley breaks his arm in a home-plate collision with Colonel OF Tom Brown.

14th

The scheduled Boston-Washington game is postponed because the Senators' field has already been reserved by the Columbia Athletic Club for a football game against Princeton.

15th

Charles "Bumpus" Jones of Cincinnati, making his ML debut, pitches a no-hit game over Pittsburgh, winning 7-1.

Rookie Willie Keeler, a lefthander, plays 3B for the Giants and collects 3 hits in 4 trips.

Boston's Jack Stivetts hurls a 5-inning no-hitter against Washington, winning by a score of 6-0.

17th

To settle the championship of baseball's first split season, Boston, the first-half winner, starts a 5-game series with Cleveland, the 2nd-half champ. Jack Stivetts and Cy Young battle to an 11-inning scoreless tie.

18th

In Cleveland, 7,000 fans see Boston nip the home team 4-3 with Harry Staley beating John Clarkson. The latter had pitched for Boston in the first half before joining Cleveland.

19th

Boston wins another one-run contest 3-2 as Stivetts bests Young.

21st

The winless Cleveland Spiders move to Boston where Kid Nichols shuts them out 4-0 before 6,547.

24th

After a Sunday rest, the Boston Beaneaters sweep the series with their 5th victory 8-3. Only 1,812 fans show up on a cold day.