3rd

The Robison brothers, owners of the Cleveland franchise, gain control of the St. Louis franchise as well, and redistribute players. St. Louis, which finished 12th in 1898, is enhanced with Cy Young, Jesse Burkett, Bobby Wallace, and manager-1B Patsy Tebeau. Cleveland is greatly weakened by the transfers. The new St. Louis owners change the name of Sportsman's Park to League Park. They also change the color of the team socks from brown to red. The team nickname becomes the Perfectos.

14th

On Opening Day, Chicago gives P Clark Griffith plenty of batting support and the Orphans defeat Louisville 15-1. At Washington, lefthanded SS Billy Hulen plays his first game with the Senators, but he goes 0-for-5 and makes an error as they lose to the Phillies.

15th

A crowd of 21,000 watches Kid Nichols of Boston outlast Brickyard Kennedy 1-0 in 11 innings when Fred Tenney triples in the crucial run.

18th

John McGraw makes his managerial debut with Baltimore by leading the Orioles to a 5-3 win over New York. He would later manage the Giants for 3 decades.

25th

Louisville 3B Honus Wagner hits 2 HRs, the 2nd winning it in the 9th over Pittsburgh 2-1. The Colonels sell Nick Altrock to Grand Rapids and Rube Waddell to Columbus.

30th

A new ML attendance record is set at Chicago as 27,000 fans watch Nixey Callahan shut out St. Louis 4-0. The crowd spills into the field causing any hit into the crowd to count for only one base.