1st

Cap Anson and George Decker each go 5-for-7 with a HR, and Jimmy Ryan scores 5 runs, as Chicago massacres St. Louis 26-8.

5th

With Anson at bat in the 6th, a fire breaks out in the grandstand of the West Side Grounds. Hundreds are injured as the 10,000 fans stampede, tearing down barbed wire fencing that had been put up to prevent the 25-cent bleacher fans from mobbing the umpire. The game is called with Chicago winning 8-1.

7th

Boston's Jimmy "Foxy Grandpa" Bannon becomes the first player to hit grand slams in consecutive games. Bannon's feat will not be matched until September 24, 1901.

Chicago SS Bill Dahlen goes 0-for-6 to break his 42-game hitting streak. However, his teammates cover for him by defeating Cincinnati 13-11. Leading the way is Walt Wilmot, who steals 4 bases for the 2nd straight game and adds 5 hits.

14th

Taking advantage of the unusually small University of Pennsylvania field, visiting Louisville tags 6 HRs, including 2 by Tom Brown, to beat Philadelphia 13-7.

17th

Philadelphia, still smarting from Louisville's 6-HR assault 3 days ago, mauls the Colonels 29-4. Sam Thompson leads the stampede by getting 6 hits and hitting for the cycle. Three teammates get 5 hits each as Philadelphia chalks up 36 hits, a ML record.

18th

Baltimore retakes the NL lead from Boston with a 17-2 rout over Pittsburgh, while Boston is flattened 19-6 by Cincinnati.

19th

The Orioles fall back into 2nd place by 4 percentage points with a 7-5 loss to the Pirates.

20th

Washington's Bill Joyce smacks 3 HRs in an 8-7 win over Louisville. Joyce finishes the season with 17 HRs to place 2nd in the NL.

22nd

With the Giants up by 6 runs in the 8th, Chicago's Bill Lange comes to the plate wielding a 5 foot 10 inch bat that had been given to Jimmy Ryan by a New York theater manager. Neither the umpire, John McQuaid, nor the Giants object, and Lange, who had struck out twice against Jouett Meekin, hits a soft grounder to 1B Jack Doyle, who mishandles it. New York wins 8-5.

24th

Chicago C William "Pop" Schriver catches a ball dropped from the top of the Washington Monument. Later in the day the Colts top Washington 10-5.

25th

Amos Rusie throws a one-hitter, as New York hands Louisville its 10th straight loss 5-1.

30th

Baltimore edges Louisville 9-8 and moves into first place as Boston falls to St. Louis. The Orioles will hold on to the lead for the rest of the season.

31st

Billy Hamilton ties George Gore's ML record by stealing 7 bases in a game against Washington. Hamilton's heroics help Philadelphia to win 11-5 and, therefore, to sweep the doubleheader.