1899 in baseball

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The following are the baseball events of the year 1899 throughout the world.

Champions


Statistical leaders

National League
Type Name Stat
AVG Ed Delahanty PHI .410
HR Buck Freeman WSH 25
RBI Ed Delahanty PHI 137
Wins Jay Hughes BKN
Joe McGinnity BAL
28
ERA Vic Willis BOS 2.50
Strikeouts Noodles Hahn CIN 145

National League final standings

Events

Buck Freeman of the Washington Senators leads all batters with 25 home runs during the regular season, more than double hit by Bobby Wallace of the St. Louis Perfectos, who finished with 12 homers. Although Freeman failed to equal the record of 27 home runs set by Ned Williamson in the 1884 season, his total is generally regarded as the greater achievement owing to the dimensions of Williamson's home ballpark of Lakeshore Park – Only two of the 27 homers batted by Williamson for the Chicago White Stockings were scored away from home. Freeman's tally was not surpassed until 1919, when Babe Ruth belted 29 home runs for the Boston Red Sox.

Following the season, the Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Spiders, Louisville Colonels and Washington Senators were all dropped by the National League, as a cost-cutting measure, reducing the number of teams to eight for the 1900 season; while Louisville would never sport another major-league level team, the other three cities received charter franchises in the rival American League in 1901 – after being abandoned by the AL in 1971, the National League would return to the nation's capital 106 years later. The National League would remain at eight teams until 1962.

Births

January

February

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April

May

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July

August

September

October

November

December

Deaths

References

  1. ^ "Change The Name: Old Western Is Now the New American League". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2022-04-17.