1st

Regular-season WL champion Minneapolis defeats Indianapolis 4-games-to-2 to win the WL title and the Detroit Free Press Cup.

2nd

Following a rainout, Baltimore and Bill Hoffer defeat 2nd-place Cleveland and Cy Young 7-1 in the first game of the Temple Cup.

3rd

Baltimore takes the 2nd game 7-2. The losing pitcher is Bobby Wallace, who will be moved to 3B next season, and later to SS where he builds a Hall of Fame career.

4th

The Cuban Giants defeat the Chicago Unions 11-9 and claim the title of black champions of America.

5th

Baltimore goes ahead 3-0 with a 6­2 win over the Spiders.

8th

Following another rainout, the Orioles defeat Cleveland 5-0 to win the Temple Cup in a 4-game sweep. The Cup games are poorly attended, while the rowdy behavior of both teams does nothing to enhance the stature of the troubled series.

11th

The annual NL meeting gets underway in Chicago. Brooklyn owner Ferdinand H. Abell proposes to make all players free agents between January 1st and March 1st and allow all teams to bid on them, subject to a salary limit. The plan is studiously ignored.

12th

Volatile New York Giants owner Andrew Freedman is found guilty of an April 22nd assault on baseball writer Edward Hurst. He receives a suspended sentence.

13th

The NL votes to award Henry Chadwick $50 per month for life in recognition of his past services to the game.