3rd

Jack Clements of St. Louis becomes the first lefty to catch 1,000 games. He drives in the winning run in a 5-4 victory over Baltimore.

6th

Bill Dahlen, Chicago SS, hits 3 triples in a 15-2 triumph at Brooklyn.

9th

Ed Doheny of the Giants fans 12, but 7 walks, 5 wild pitches, and 6 New York errors give Chicago a 10-8 victory.

P-OF Jack Stivetts breaks a 9th-inning 5-5 tie with Cincinnati as he delivers a game-winning pinch HR, the 3rd such wallop of his career.

10th

A hard week for managers: Tom Brown is replaced at Washington by "Dirty Jack" Doyle, Billy Barnie is fired by 9th-place Brooklyn. Barnie's successor, CF Mike Griffin, resigns after 4 games; President Charlie Ebbets fills in. "Scrappy" Bill Joyce is dropped by the New York Giants in favor of Cap Anson, who takes over on the 11th.

13th

Former pitcher Charles Sweeney, recently released from San Quentin penitentiary where he served time for manslaughter, officiates in the San Francisco-San Jose game as a California League umpire.

18th

Philadelphia deposes manager George Stallings. Club secretary Bill Shettsline, a nonprofessional, will be 15 games above .500 managing for the remaining 103 games.

20th

Elmer Flick, who swings a 54-ounce bat, hits 3 triples for the Phillies at St. Louis in a 14-2 victory.

22nd

Having lost to Cincinnati 2-1 in 14 innings on June 14th, Chicago P Walter Woods loses to Boston 6-5 in 14 innings. Boston's Ted Lewis relieves Vic Willis with 3 runs in, 2 on, and one out in the first inning, and induces the Orphan batter to hit into a double play. Lewis finally triumphs over Chicago in the longest and one of the best relief efforts of the 19th century.

29th

The Western Association disbands due to lack of attendance.

30th

The Phillies run up the season's record total of 27 hits, whipping Cincinnati 17-3.