1st

Philadelphia's sensational rookie, southpaw Wiley Piatt, blanks Cleveland 1-0 with a 4-hitter for the 2nd time. He will tally 24 wins and a league-leading 6 shutouts.

10th

Second-place Boston wins a doubleheader 7-4 and 6-5 from the league-leading Reds.

15th

Only 200 fans watch the 11th-place Senators defeat the 12th-place St. Louis Browns in Washington 10-2.

16th

Boston moves into first place, as Kid Nichols downs Chicago and the Giants' Rusie shuts out Cincinnati. The Reds held the lead for 98 days.

21st

Walter Thornton of Chicago, a part-time OF, pitches a 2-0 no-hitter over Brooklyn and collects 2 hits.

26th

Cleveland plays its final home game of the season and only their 4th in Cleveland since July 9th. With 83 of their final 87 games on the road, the team has earned nicknames such as the Nomads, Exiles, Misfits, and Wanderers.

27th

Hughie Jennings, the Orioles SS, has 10 assists in a 6-2 victory at St. Louis. The most for the season will be 561 by the Reds' Tommy Corcoran.

28th

Umpire Bob Emslie is too ill to continue after the first game between Baltimore and St. Louis. Orioles Manager Ned Hanlon recommends that Browns' manager Tim Hurst, a former NL umpire, officiate in the 2nd game. The Orioles win 6-2, but "Tiny Tim" is cheered by the crowd.

30th

The New York Press, concerned about scuffles among players, umpires, and managers and the deterioration of baseball, calls for the return of A. G. Spalding. Before his retirement, "he worked so long and well to place it upon a high plane."

Chicago's Clark Griffith, who will top NL hurlers with an 1.88 ERA, throws a three-hit 1-0 shutout at the Giants.