2nd

Rube Waddell, back up with Louisville, fans 13 in a 3-hit 6-1 victory at Chicago. It is called after 8 innings because of darkness.

6th

Frank "Noodles" Hahn of Cincinnati faces only 28 Louisville batters in a one-hit 8-1 victory. Tommy Leach's single drives in manager Fred Clarke, who had reached base on an error.

7th

The Brooklyn Superbas clinch the NL pennant with a 13-2 win over the Giants. Jim Hughes is the winning pitcher.

8th

The Chicago Orphans win an unusual doubleheader. Behind Jack Taylor's first season shutout, they beat Cleveland 11-0 in a morning game at West Side Grounds. In an afternoon game called after 5 innings because of darkness, Chicago beats Louisville and Rube Waddell 7-3.

11th

The Western League holds its annual meeting in Chicago and changes its name to the American Baseball League. The AL considers putting clubs in Cleveland and Chicago. President Ban Johnson and St. Paul owner-manager Charles Comiskey give little credibility to the proposed "on paper only" American Association.

12th

Buck Freeman hits his 25th HR, a 9th-inning grand slam, but the Senators still lose to New York 9-7.

15th

Cincinnati closes out the season with 16-1 and 19-3 victories over the hapless Cleveland Spiders. Bid McPhee, considered the best 2B of the 19th century, plays in both games, which ends his long career. Cleveland finishes deep in the cellar with 20 wins and 134 losses, 84 games out.

17th

Brooklyn begins a post-season series with Philadelphia for "gate money and satisfaction." The Phillies get most of the satisfaction, batting the Superbas' Jim Hughes for a 7-4 victory. Lajoie collects 4 hits in 4 trips.

22nd

The 6th and last game of the post-season series is played at Hoboken, before 700 shivering spectators. The Phillies win 6-4 to even the series at 3 apiece.