1900 in baseball

Year in baseball
this year = 1900

Champions

*Chronicle-Telegraph Cup: Brooklyn Superbas defeated Pittsburgh Pirates, 3 games to 1
*National League: Brooklyn Superbas

tatistical Leaders

Events

*July 12 - Noodles Hahn pitches a no-hitter for the Cincinnati Reds against the Philadelphia Phillies. The Reds win, 4-0.
*September 7 - Kid Nichols of the Boston Beaneaters records his 300th career win.

Births

January-March

*January 1 - Al Stokes
*January 7 - John Beckwith
*January 26 - Lefty Jamerson
*February 2 - Willie Kamm
*February 15 - George Earnshaw
*March 6 - Lefty Grove
*March 14 - Marty McManus
*March 9 - Bill Narleski
*March 31 - Mule Suttles

April-June

*April 23 - Jim Bottomley
*April 26 - Hack Wilson
*May 20 - George Grantham
*May 28 - Bill Barrett
*June 4 - George Watkins
*June 10 - Garland Braxton
*June 23 - Bill Harris

July-September

*July 17 - Red Smith
*July 23 - Jimmie Wilson
*August 16 - George Scales
*September 2 - Joe Heving
*September 5 - Merv Shea
*September 15 - Bud Clancy
*September 17 - Hughie Critz
*September 23 - Lefty Stewart

October-December

*October 16 - Nick Cullop
*October 16 - Goose Goslin
*October 19 - Herb Welch
*October 24 - Ossie Bluege
*October 31 - Cal Hubbard
*November 5 - Pete Donohue
*December 10 - Roy Carlyle
*December 20 - Gabby Hartnett
*December 23 - Danny Taylor
*December 28 - Ted Lyons

Deaths

*January 19 - Marty Bergen, 28, catcher for the Boston Beaneaters since 1896 who batted .280 for the 1898 championship team
*January 21 - Jim Rogers, 27, played two seasons and managed one from by|1896-by|1897.
*February 7 - "Brewery Jack" Taylor, 26, pitcher for Cincinnati, previously with the Phillies (and others), who had three 20-win seasons from 1894-96, led NL in games and innings in 1898
*March 31 - Foghorn Bradley, 44, pitcher for the 1876 Boston Red Caps who went on to umpire for six major league seasons
*July 15 - Billy Barnie, 47, manager of the Orioles from 1883 to 1891, and later of three other teams; pilot of Hartford team in Eastern League since 1899
*October 7 - Bill Phillips, 43, first baseman for Cleveland and Brooklyn who was the first Canadian in the major leagues; batted. 302 in 1885.
*October 9 - Harry Wheeler, 42, Pitcher/Outfielder for eight teams from 1878 to 1884.