The New York Clipper states that “an attempt will be made to change the rules so as to compel outfielders to discard gloves.”

It is announced that Frank Bancroft is spending the remainder of the off-season serving as the manager of Linda Gardner’s Mastodon Minstrels. Bancroft is credited with introducing baseball to Cuba in 1879 when he took a touring team to the Caribbean.

1893 – The Cuban Giants, perhaps the nation’s best black baseball team, announce their desire to join the proposed Middle States League. Their application is rejected.

1893 – National League owners, led by Pittsburgh Pirates manager Al Buckenberger, form the National Cycling Association, hope to build bicycle tracks in at least eight of the twelve NL parks.