1898 in baseball

Year in baseball
this year = 1898

Champions

*National League: Boston Beaneaters

National League final standings

Events

*April 21 - Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Bill Duggleby hits a grand slam in his first major league at-bat. No one else will accomplish that feat until Jeremy Hermida in by|2005.
*April 22 - This day in baseball would see two no-hitters. First, Ted Breitenstein would throw the second no-hitter of his career as the Cincinnati Reds would defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 11-0. Meanwhile, Jay Hughes would toss a no-hitter for the Baltimore Orioles in a 5-0 win over the Boston Beaneaters. This is the first time in baseball history that two no-hitters would be thrown on the same day. It would not happen again until Dave Stewart and Fernando Valenzuela turn the trick on June 29, by|1990.
*July 8 - Red Donahue tosses a no-hitter in a 5-0 Philadelphia Phillies win over the Baltimore Orioles.
*August 21 - In the second game of a double-header, Walter Thornton pitches a no-hitter for the Chicago Orphans in a 2-0 win over the Brooklyn Bridegrooms.

Births

*January 5 - Riggs Stephenson
*January 10 - Fats Jenkins
*January 18 - John Woods
*January 24 - Cliff Heathcote
*February 4 - John Perrin
*April 10 - Tom Jenkins
*April 24 - Andy Cooper
*April 25 - Fred Haney
*July 10 - Dick Lundy
*July 14 - Happy Chandler
*August 14 - Bill Clowers
*August 17 - Bill Pertica
*August 28 - Charlie Grimm
*August 30 - Kiki Cuyler
*September 9 - Frankie Frisch
*September 13 - Curt Fullerton
*September 18 - George Uhle
*September 20 - Chuck Dressen
*September 23 - George Murray
*October 9 - Joe Sewell
*October 30 - Bill Terry
*November 3 - Homer Summa
*November 11 - Pie Traynor
*November 30 - Firpo Marberry

Deaths

*April 17 - Bobby Mathews, 46, pitcher who won 297 games, 131 of them in the National Association, in a career that ran from 1871 to 1887; won the first professional league game in 1871, and had 30-win seasons for the 1883-85 Philadelphia Athletics