1896 in baseball

The following are the baseball events of the year 1896 throughout the world.

Champions

Temple Cup: Baltimore Orioles defeated Cleveland Spiders, 4 games to 0
National League: Baltimore Orioles

Statistical leaders

Batting: Jesse Burkett .410
Home Runs: Ed Delahanty & Bill Joyce 13
Wins: Kid Nichols 30
ERA: Billy Rhines 2.46

National League final standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Baltimore Orioles	90	39	0.698	—	49–16	41–23
Cleveland Spiders	80	48	0.625	9½	43–19	37–29
Cincinnati Reds	77	50	0.606	12	51–15	26–35
Boston Beaneaters	74	57	0.565	17	42–24	32–33
Chicago Colts	71	57	0.555	18½	42–24	29–33
Pittsburg Pirates	66	63	0.512	24	35–31	31–32
New York Giants	64	67	0.489	27	39–26	25–41
Philadelphia Phillies	62	68	0.477	28½	42–27	20–41
Washington Senators	58	73	0.443	33	38–29	20–44
Brooklyn Bridegrooms	58	73	0.443	33	35–28	23–45
St. Louis Browns	40	90	0.308	50½	27–34	13–56
Louisville Colonels	38	93	0.290	53	25–37	13–56

Events

May 9
- Shortstop Herman Long hits for the cycle to give the Boston Beaneaters a 17–5 victory over the Louisville Colonels.
- The Washington Senators defeat the Pittsburg Pirates, 14–9, in a beanball battle. Senators pitcher Win Mercer hits three Pittsburgh batters while Pirate Pink Hawley plunks three Washington batters in a disastrous 11-run seventh inning, tying a mark he set on July 4, 1894. Hawley retires in 1900 after only nine seasons of play with a still-standing National League record of 195 hit batters. All told, eight batters are plunked in the contest, a National League-record five by Hawley. The five Washington batters hit by pitches ties the NL mark and won't be matched until July 2, 1969.
- Hughie Jennings of the Baltimore Orioles knocks down Cincinnati Reds third baseman Charlie Irwin before he can catch Bid McPhee's throw. Jennings scores afterward to give the Orioles a controversial 6–5, 10-inning win over Cincinnati. Umpire Bob Emslie is escorted out of the ballpark by Cincinnati police.
May 30 – Washington Senators third baseman Bill Joyce hits for the cycle in an 8–1 victory over the Pittsburg Pirates.
July 13 – Philadelphia Phillies left-fielder Ed Delahanty becomes the second Major Leaguer to hit four home runs in a game, two of them being inside-the-park home runs. It wasn't enough, as the Phillies lose to the Chicago Colts, 9–8. He is the only member of the "four home runs in a game" club to have an inside-the-park home run as part of his feat and he is the first player to do so in a losing effort.

Births

January

January 17 – Harry Hanson
January 18 – Bill McGowan
January 18 – Babe Twombly
January 19 – Ollie Hanson
January 22 – Frank Fahey
January 23 – Billy Mullen
January 24 – Jim Lindsey
January 25 – Ray Schmandt
January 27 – Milt Gaston
January 31 – Pinky Hargrave
January 31 – Charlie Robertson

February

February 3 – Chicken Hawks
February 4 – Andy Woehr
February 11 – Charles Johnston
February 17 – Frank Emmer
February 20 – Muddy Ruel
February 21 – Turkey Gross
February 21 – Dick McCabe
February 22 – Ferdie Moore
February 26 – Rip Collins
February 27 – Cy Perkins
February 27 – Will Koenigsmark
February 28 – Homer Ezzell
February 29 – Ralph Miller
February 29 – Roy Parker

March

March 3 – Bert Griffith
March 5 – Bernie Hungling
March 8 – Lefty Clarke
March 9 – Rube Yarrison
March 16 – Arlas Taylor
March 22 – Chick Holmes

April

April 15 – Dutch Distel
April 18 – Rip Conway
April 20 – Harland Rowe
April 23 – Elam Vangilder
April 24 – Pug Griffin
April 24 – Ken Penner
April 25 – Fred Haney
April 25 – Marty Shay
April 27 – Rogers Hornsby
April 29 – Johnnie Heving

May

May 1 – Heinie Meine
May 2 – Bill Piercy
May 3 – Bob Hasty
May 7 – Tom Zachary
May 16 – Red Ostergard
May 18 – George Edmondson
May 19 – Merito Acosta
May 19 – Bud Culloton
May 24 – Leo Mangum
May 28 – Warren Giles
May 31 – Socks Seibold

June

June 1 – Joel Newkirk
June 1 – Johnny Mostil
June 5 – Wade Lefler
June 5 – Ray Richmond
June 7 – Toussaint Allen
June 11 – Charlie Hollocher
June 18 – Newt Halliday
June 25 – Earl Howard

July

July 1 – Bert Cole
July 3 – Curt Walker
July 4 – Charles Wesley
July 5 – Buck Freeman
July 5 – Hank Thormahlen
July 7 – John Jenkins
July 8 – Roy Crumpler
July 9 – Carl Holling
July 10 – Bill Schindler
July 19 – Joe Boley
July 19 – Bob Meusel
July 20 – Ollie Fuhrman
July 20 – Mutt Wilson
July 27 – Rube Walberg
July 31 – Chick Sorrells

August

August 4 – Chick Galloway
August 4 – Cliff Lee
August 6 – Ray Blades
August 15 – Ben Rochefort
August 15 – Bill Sherdel
August 17 – Doug McWeeny
August 23 – Cedric Durst
August 24 – Bevo LeBourveau
August 28 – Aaron Ward

September

September 2 – Paul Johnson
September 2 – Harry Shriver
September 5 – Gil Gallagher
September 6 – Mack Eggleston
September 6 – Frank McCrea
September 6 – Paul Zahniser
September 8 – Val Picinich
September 8 – Johnny Schulte
September 10 – Sammy Hale
September 13 – Pat Collins
September 13 – Roy Wilson
September 13 – Art Stokes
September 21 – Herschel Bennett
September 24 – Kewpie Pennington

October

October 2 – Sid Womack
October 5 – Charlie Pechous
October 5 – Danny Silva
October 6 – Harry Heitmann
October 8 – Tim Murchison
October 13 – Claude Davidson
October 13 – Charlie See
October 14 – Oscar Charleston
October 15 – Mule Watson
October 16 – John Brock
October 19 – Bob O'Farrell
October 20 – Wid Matthews
October 22 – Sam Bohne
October 27 – Frank Okrie
October 28 – Roxy Snipes
October 30 – Clyde Manion
October 31 – Leo Dickerman

November

November 2 – Chick Maynard
November 8 – Bucky Harris
November 10 – Jimmy Dykes
November 14 – Red Sheridan
November 15 – Babe Ellison
November 16 – Ivy Griffin
November 17 – Sam Post
November 18 – Bill Hughes
November 20 – Larry Duff
November 22 – Bill Hollahan
November 23 – Dick Reichle
November 27 – John Singleton
November 29 – Joe DeBerry

December

December 2 – Gene Bedford
December 2 – Mike Wilson
December 4 – Allen Conkwright
December 6 – Bob Larmore
December 6 – Frank Luce
December 10 – Spoke Emery
December 11 – Johnny Walker
December 13 – Denny Williams
December 14 – Charlie Hargreaves
December 17 – Jim Mattox
December 26 – Herman Pillette

Deaths

January 4 – Tom Foley, 49, outfielder.
January 22 – George Heubel, 47, outfielder for two seasons in the National Association, 1871–1872, and one in the National League, 1876.
March 16 – Kid Madden, 28, pitcher for the Boston Beaneaters, Boston Reds, and Baltimore Orioles from 1887 to 1891.
May 3 – George McVey, 30, first baseman/catcher.
July 23 – Jack Beach, 34, outfielder.
August 5 – Ben Stephens, 28, pitcher.
August 29 – Curt Welch, 34, center fielder in the American Association who led league in doubles with 1889 Athletics and scored 100 runs five times.
September 20 – Ed Crane, 34, pitcher/outfielder for nine seasons, most prominently for the New York Giants.
September 23 – John Crowley, 34, catcher for the 1884 Philadelphia Quakers.
September 26 – John Curran, 44, appeared in three games for the 1876 Philadelphia Athletics.
November 10 – Jim Ritz, 22, third baseman.
December 30 – Dave Birdsall, 58, outfielder.

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