1895 in baseball

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The following are the baseball events of the year 1895 throughout the world.  

Contents 1 Champions 2 Statistical Leaders 3 National League final standings 4 Births 5 Deaths

[edit] Champions

• Temple Cup: Cleveland Spiders defeated Baltimore Orioles, 4 games to 1
• National League: Baltimore Orioles

[edit] Statistical Leaders

• Batting: Jesse Burkett .409
• Home Runs: Sam Thompson 18
• Wins: Cy Young 35
• ERA: Al Maul 2.45

[edit] National League final standings

Rank	Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
1st	Baltimore Orioles	87	43	.669	--
2nd	Cleveland Spiders	84	46	.646	3.0
3rd	Philadelphia Phillies	78	53	.595	9.5
4th	Chicago Colts	72	58	.554	15.0
5th	Brooklyn Grooms	71	60	.542	16.5
5th	Boston Beaneaters	71	60	.542	16.5
7th	Pittsburgh Pirates	71	61	.538	17.0
8th	Cincinnati Reds	66	64	.508	21.0
9th	New York Giants	66	65	.504	21.5
10th	Washington Senators	43	85	..336	21.5
11th	St. Louis Browns	39	92	.298	48.5
12th	Louisville Colonels	35	96	.267	52.5

[edit] Births

• January 9 - Dobie Moore
• January 19 - Dan Boone
• February 6 - Babe Ruth
• March 13 - Alejandro Oms
• April 12 - Sammy Vick
• April 24 - Harry Harper
• June 21 - Oliver Marcelle
• June 23 - George Weiss
• June 30 - Johnny Miljus
• August 24 - Les Howe
• September 10 - George Kelly
• October 18 - Babe Pinelli
• November 10 - Bill Summers
• November 13 - George Dumont
• December 25 - Herb Hunter

[edit] Deaths

• January 15 - Ed Silch, 29, pitcher for the 1888 Brooklyn Bridegrooms
• January 29 - Tony Suck, 36, catcher for two seasons, in both the National League and the Union Association, 1883-1884.
• April 18 - Henry Myers, 36, shortstop/manager for the 1882 Baltimore Orioles. Also played parts of two others seasons in the Majors.
• September 29 - George Tebeau, 33, an outfielder with the Cincinnati Red Stockings and Toledo Maumees in the American Association and for the Washington Senators and Cleveland Spiders of the National League, who later became the owner of the Kansas City Blues American Association franchise.
• October 3 - Harry Wright, 60, organizer of baseball's first professional team, the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings, and the first major league manager to record 1000 victories

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