Connie Mack, taking over for the fired skipper Ned Hanlon, leads the Pirates to a 22-1 rout of his former team, the Washington Senators. The triumph will be the Tall Tactician’s first of the major league record-setting 3,731 victories he will collect as a manager with Pittsburgh and the Philadelphia A’s during his 53 years in the dugout.

1894 – Taking over for fired manager Al Buckenberger, Connie Mack leads the Pirates to a 22 – 1 rout of his former team, the Washington Senators.