1893 in baseball

The following are the baseball events of the year 1893 throughout the world.

Champions

• National League: Boston Beaneaters

National League final standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Beaneaters	86	43	0.667	—	49–15	37–28
Pittsburg Pirates	81	48	0.628	5	54–19	27–29
Cleveland Spiders	73	55	0.570	12½	47–22	26–33
Philadelphia Phillies	72	57	0.558	14	43–22	29–35
New York Giants	68	64	0.515	19½	49–20	19–44
Cincinnati Reds	65	63	0.508	20½	37–27	28–36
Brooklyn Grooms	65	63	0.508	20½	43–24	22–39
Baltimore Orioles	60	70	0.462	26½	36–24	24–46
Chicago Colts	56	71	0.441	29	38–34	18–37
St. Louis Browns	57	75	0.432	30½	40–30	17–45
Louisville Colonels	50	75	0.400	34	24–28	26–47
Washington Senators	40	89	0.310	46	21–27	19–62

Events

• June 19 – Baltimore Orioles outfielder Piggy Ward reached base a record 17 times in 17 consecutive plate appearances, a streak he started on June 16. The record would be matched 69 years later, when catcher Earl Averill, Jr. tied that mark in 1962.^[1]
• August 16 – Bill Hawke of the Baltimore Orioles pitches a no-hitter against the Washington Senators in a 5–0 win. It is the first no-hitter thrown from the modern-day pitching distance of 60'6".
• August 18 – The Boston Beaneaters set a Major League record which still stands for the most batters hit by a pitch in an inning. Four batters are hit in the 2nd inning in the game with the Pittsburgh Pirates.^[2]
• November 21 – Ban Johnson is named president, secretary, and treasurer of the recently reorganized Western League. Under Johnson's leadership the WL will prosper.

Births

January–April

• January 1 – Frank Fuller
• January 3 – George Shively
• January 28 – Guy Cooper
• January 31 – George Burns
• February 7 – Charlie Jamieson
• February 10 – Bill Evans
• February 12 – Earl Sheely
• February 17 – Wally Pipp
• February 21 – Norman Plitt
• March 8 – Ray Francis
• March 9 – Billy Southworth
• March 9 – Lefty Williams
• March 12 – Alex Gaston
• March 23 – Ray Kremer
• March 24 – George Sisler
• April 11 – Hal Deviney

May–August

• May 8 – Edd Roush
• May 12 – Hob Hiller
• June 9 – Irish Meusel
• July 3 – Dickie Kerr
• July 11 – Clarence Blethen
• July 11 – Milt Stock
• July 13 – Luther Farrell
• July 14 – John Peters
• July 15 – Red Oldham
• July 22 – Jesse Haines
• August 18 – Burleigh Grimes
• August 22 – Oscar Fuhr
• August 24 – Bartolo Portuondo

September–December

• September 13 – John Kelleher
• September 13 – Mike McNally
• September 13 – Dutch Ruether
• September 22 – Ira Flagstead
• September 25 – Ed Chaplin
• November 5 – Spencer Heath
• November 16 – Cristóbal Torriente
• November 18 – Les Mann
• November 28 – Benn Karr
• November 28 – Frank O'Rourke
• December 6 – Hack Eibel

Deaths

Lip Pike

• January 4 – Jim Halpin, 29, shortstop in 1882, and 1884–1885.
• March – Joseph Quinn, ??, catcher for two teams in 1881.
• April 18 – Fred Siefke, 23, third baseman for the 1890 Brooklyn Gladiators.
• October 10 – Lip Pike, 48, outfielder for several teams from 1871 to 1881 who batted .300 four times in the National Association and twice in the NL, winning four home run titles; the sport's first Jewish star
• December 2 – Bill Gleason, 25, pitcher for the 1890 Cleveland Infants.

References

1. Ranking the Most Unbreakable MLB Player Streaks and All-Time Consecutive Records BleacherReport.com. Retrieved on May 16, 2015.
2. "Hit By A Pitch Team Records". Baseball-Almanac.com. Retrieved 14 May 2012.