- 1880 in baseball
Year in baseball
this year = 1880Champions
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National League : Chicago White StockingsNational League final standings
tatistical leaders
Notable seasons
Events
January-March
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February 5 - TheWorcester Ruby Legs are admitted to theNational League .
*March 31 - TheWorcester Ruby Legs offer theProvidence Grays $1,000 for negotiating rights with Providence player-manager George Wright. The Grays refuse the offer and Wright remains the reserved property of Providence.April-June
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April 21 - George Wright turns down theProvidence Grays final contract offer. As a reserved player obligated to Providence, Wright has no other option but to sit out the season (although he does mysteriously appear in 1 game on May 29th for the Boston Red Caps).
*April 28 - Lew Brown, catcher for the Boston Red Caps, arrives drunk for an exhibition game and is suspended for the entire season by the Red Caps.
*May 1 -Roger Connor andMickey Welch make their debuts for the Troy Trojans. Troy loses 13-1 to theWorcester Ruby Legs , who win their firstNational League game.
*May 1 - Ned Hanlon makes his debut for the Cleveland Blues in a losing effort. Hanlon will be elected to the Hall-of-Fame in 1996.
*May 5 - Charley "Old Hoss" Radbourn debuts for theProvidence Grays .
*May 20 - Chicago White Stockings managerCap Anson begins alternatingLarry Corcoran andFred Goldsmith to form the first pitching rotation in major league history.
*May 29 - The Chicago White Stockings set aNational League record by winning their 13th consecutive game, a record they will shatter in 4 weeks.
*June 10 - 1879 home run champCharley Jones of the Boston Red Caps becomes the first player to hit 2 homers in one inning in a Boston victory over the Buffalo Bisons.
*June 12 -Lee Richmond of theWorcester Ruby Legs pitches the first perfect game in professional history in a 1-0 victory over the Cleveland Blues.
*June 17 -John Montgomery Ward of theProvidence Grays pitches the 2nd perfect game in 6 days as the Grays defeatPud Galvin and the Buffalo Bisons 5-0. TheNational League will now not see another perfect game until 1964.July-September
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July 8 - The Chicago White Stockings win their 21st consecutive game. This record will stand until 1916 when it is broken by the New York Giants. It still stands as the 2nd longest winning streak in major league history.
*July 11 - TheChicago Tribune publishes runs batted in for the first time.
*July 17 -Harry Stovey of theWorcester Ruby Legs hits his first big league home run. Stovey will become the first player in history to reach 100 career home runs.
*August 6 -Tim Keefe makes his major league debut with the Troy Trojans, pitching a 4-hitter in defeating the Cincinnati Reds. Keefe will end up with 342 career wins and be elected to the Hall-of-Fame in 1964.
*August 19 -Larry Corcoran of the Chicago White Stockings pitches a no-hitter against the Boston Red Caps.
*August 20 -Pud Galvin pitches a no-hitter for the Buffalo Bisons against theWorcester Ruby Legs . It is the 2nd day in a row that theNational League has seen a no-hitter.
*August 27 - Bill Crowley of the Buffalo Bisons records 4 assists from the outfield for the second time this season, having done it previously on May 24th. Crowley remains the only outfielder to ever have 4 assists in one game on two separate occasions.
*September 1 -Charley Jones of the Boston Red Caps refuses to play after the club fails to pay him $378 in back pay. The team responds by suspending, fining and black-listing him. Jones will never again play in theNational League , although he will appear again beginning in 1883 in the American Association.
*September 2 - The first night game is played inNantasket Beach ,Massachusetts . The Jordan Marsh and R. H. White department stores fromBoston play to a 16-16 tie.
*September 8 - ThePolo Grounds inNew York City are leased by a new Metropolitan team being led byJim Mutrie .
*September 9 -Buck Ewing makes his debut for the Troy Trojans.
*September 15 -John O'Rourke , older brother of Jim O'Rourke, becomes the first player to hit 4 doubles in one game.
*September 15 - The Chicago White Stockings clinch the pennant with a 5-2 win over the Cincinnati Reds.
*September 29 - ThePolo Grounds hosts its first baseball game as the newly formed New York Metropolitans defeat the National Association champion Washington Nationals 4-2. Approximately 2,500 people attend the game, the largest crowd to see a game inNew York City in several years.
*September 30 - The last place Cincinnati Reds win their final game 2-0 in front of 183 fans. This will be the last game for this troubled franchise, although the city will see the current version of the Reds begin play in 1882.October-December
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October 4 - TheNational League prohibits the sale of alcoholic beverages in member parks and also prohibits member parks from being rented out on Sundays. These rulings are directly aimed at the Cincinnati Reds club who routinely did both in order to raise additional money for their continual struggling finances.
*October 6 - The Cincinnati Reds refuse to abide by the new rules set down and are immediately kicked out of theNational League .
*December 8 - TheNational League rejects the Washington Nationals bid for membership and accepts theDetroit Wolverines as its newest member.
*December 9 - TheNational League re-electsWilliam Hulbert as president and adopts several new rules for 1881. Among the new rules are reducing called balls for a walk down to 7 and moving the pitching box back 5 feet to the new distance of 50 feet.Births
January-April
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January 5 -Dutch Jordan
*January 13 -Goat Anderson
*January 21 -Emil Batch
*January 22 -Bill O'Neill
*January 27 - Bill Burns
*February 6 -Frank LaPorte
*February 14 -Claude Berry
*February 16 -Carl Lundgren
*March 2 -Danny Hoffman
*March 10 -Judge Nagle
*March 22 -Ernie Quigley
*April 12 -Addie Joss
*April 18 -Sam Crawford
*April 20 - Charlie SmithMay-August
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May 7 -Mickey Doolan
*June 12 -Matty McIntyre
*June 30 - Davy Jones
*July 4 - George Mullin
*July 14 -Ed Hug
*July 22 - George Gibson
*July 27 -Jack Doscher
*July 27 -Irish McIlveen
*July 27 -Joe Tinker
*July 29 -Chief Meyers
*August 12 -Christy Mathewson
*August 30 -Charlie Armbruster eptember-December
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September 2 -Fred Payne
*September 10 -Harry Niles
*September 10 -Barney Pelty
*September 12 -Boss Schmidt
*September 23 -Heinie Wagner
*September 29 - Harry Lumley
*October 3 -Henry Thielman
*October 12 -Pete Hill
*October 21 -Jack Hayden
*October 25 -Weldon Henley
*November 15 -Hi Jasper
*November 20 -George McBride
*November 21 -Simmy Murch
*November 25 -Frank Corridon
*December 2 -Tom Doran
*December 17 -Cy Falkenberg
*December 23 -Doc Gessler Deaths
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November 23 - Jack McDonald, 36?, right fielder who hit .258 with the 1872Brooklyn Atlantics .External links
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL_1880.shtml/ 1880 season at baseball-reference.com]
* [http://www.baseballlibrary.com/chronology/ Charlton's Baseball Chronology at BaseballLibrary.com]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/yearmenu.shtml/ Year by Year History at Baseball-Almanac.com]
* [http://retrosheet.org/ Retrosheet.org]
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