1887 – Following a 3-game sweep at the hands of the Detroits‚ Boston removes King Kelly as captain and gives the job back to 1B John Morrill.
1886 – Ed “Cannonball” Crane walks 14 and adds 5 wild pitches and an error in a 15 – 2 loss to Chicago. Formerly an OF‚ Crane has just been pressed into service as a pitcher for the last-place Nationals. He’ll emerge as a regular starter for the New York Giants next year.
1885 – Detroit C Charlie Bennett hits a grand slam in the 1st inning‚ leading Detroit to an 8 – 3 victory over the New York Giants. Only two other grand slams are hit this year‚ one by Dave Orr (New York) and one by Tom Brown (Pittsburgh).
1883 – Chicago scores 11 runs in the 3rd inning en route to a 21 – 7 thrashing of Cleveland. Chicago collects 9 doubles with Abner Dalrymple and Fred Pfeffer each getting 4 hits.
1880 – Boston OF Charley Jones is suspended by the Boston club for demanding his $378 in back pay and then refusing to play when it is not forthcoming. In reaction to Jones’s actions‚ the club suspends‚ fines‚ and blacklists him without paying him anything.
1879 – Chicago beats Buffalo, 4 – 1, to briefly regain 2nd place over Boston.
1874 – In Hartford‚ Bobby Mathews allows three hits as the visiting Mutuals win‚ 14 – 0.
1872 – Albert Thake‚ 22-year-old LF of the Brooklyn Atlantics‚ drowns off Fort Hamilton‚ in New York Harbor‚ while fishing. A benefit game is arranged by Bob Ferguson between the old Brooklyn Atlantics and members of the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings.
1869 – The champion Brooklyn Eckfords Club begins a new Championship series with the ex-champion New York Mutuals‚ a most unusual event to occur so soon after the title changed hands. Despite a high wind‚ the Mutuals defeat the Eckfords with 5 runs in the bottom of the 9th to win‚ 28 – 25.
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