1893 in baseball
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The following are the baseball events of the year 1893 throughout the world.
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[edit] Champions
[edit] National League final standings
National League | ||||
Club | Wins | Losses | Win % | GB |
Boston Beaneaters | 86 | 43 | .667 | -- |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 81 | 48 | .628 | 5 |
Cleveland Spiders | 73 | 55 | .570 | 12.5 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 72 | 57 | .558 | 14 |
New York Giants | 68 | 64 | .515 | 19.5 |
Brooklyn Grooms | 65 | 63 | .508 | 20.5 |
Cincinnati Reds | 65 | 63 | .508 | 20.5 |
Baltimore Orioles | 60 | 70 | .462 | 26.5 |
Chicago Colts | 56 | 71 | .441 | 29 |
St. Louis Browns | 57 | 75 | .432 | 30.5 |
Louisville Colonels | 50 | 75 | .400 | 34 |
Washington Senators | 40 | 89 | .310 | 46 |
[edit] Events
[edit] Births
- January 31 - George H. Burns
- February 7 - Charlie Jamieson
- February 12 - Earl Sheely
- February 17 - Wally Pipp
- March 9 - Billy Southworth
- March 9 - Lefty Williams
- March 23 - Ray Kremer
- March 24 - George Sisler
- May 8 - Edd Roush
- June 9 - Irish Meusel
- July 3 - Dickie Kerr
- July 11 - Clarence Blethen
- July 11 - Milt Stock
- July 14 - John Peters
- July 22 - Jesse Haines
- August 18 - Burleigh Grimes
- September 13 - Dutch Ruether
- September 22 - Ira Flagstead
- September 25 - Ed Chaplin
- November 16 - Cristóbal Torriente
- November 18 - Les Mann
[edit] Deaths
- October 10 - Lip Pike, 48, outfielder for several teams from 1871 to 1881 who batted .300 four times in the National Association and twice in the NL, winning four home run titles; the sport's first Jewish star