The short April campaign of 1894 began on April 19th, on which date eight of the twelve clubs opened the season; New York losing at Baltimore, Brooklyn at Boston, Philadelphia at Washington, and Pittsburgh at St. Louis, rain preventing the games scheduled for Louisville and Cincinnati. On the 20th Chicago opened at Cincinnati with a defeat, as did Cleveland at Louisville. By the end of the month's campaign, on April 30th, the games played left the Boston, Cleveland and St. Louis clubs tied for first place in the month's record, with Philadelphia fourth, Baltimore fifth, and Pittsburgh sixth the second division clubs being headed by Cincinnati—tied with Pittsburgh for sixth place—and followed by Louisville, New York and Brooklyn tied for ninth position, Washington and Chicago, the latter club being a bad tail-ender with a record of eight defeats out of nine games played.
Here is the complete record of the thirteen days' campaign of the opening month of the season, fifty victories and as many defeats having been recorded:
THE APRIL RECORD. ————————————————————————— P P P e P e l r l r L a c L a c W o y e W o y e o s e n o s e n Clubs. n t d t Clubs. n t d t ————————————————————————— Boston 6 2 8 .750 Cincinnati 4 4 8 .500 Cleveland 6 2 8 .750 Louisville 4 5 9 .444 St. Louis 6 2 8 .750 New York 3 5 8 .375 Philadelphia 6 3 9 .667 Brooklyn 3 5 8 .375 Baltimore 5 3 8 .625 Washington 2 7 9 .174 Pittsburgh 4 4 8 .500 Chicago 1 8 9 .111 —————————————————————————
It had been confidently expected that Boston would be in the lead and Cleveland not far off; but that St. Louis should be tied with both for the lead was a surprise. Philadelphia was in its anticipated place, but Baltimore was lower than the club officials had looked for, as also New York, while the fact that the tail-ender of 1893 led the Chicago "Colts" of 1894 was a disagreeable ending of the month's play for the Chicago cranks.
The May campaign changed the relative positions of the twelve clubs materially. By May 31st, Pittsburgh had pulled up to the leading position, having won 18 out of 23 games; and while Cleveland had held its position fairly well, Baltimore had done better than Boston, and New York had won more games than Brooklyn. Chicago, too, had rallied, while St. Louis had fallen off badly, as also Cincinnati and Louisville; the Washingtons winning but 4 games out of 23, that club ending the second month's campaign a bad tail-ender in the figures of May. Here is the record for May:
THE MAY RECORD. ———————————————————————————— P P P e P e l r l r L a c L a c W o y e W o y e o s e n o s e n Clubs. n t d t Clubs. n t d t ———————————————————————————— Pittsburgh 18 5 28 .783 Brooklyn 12 11 23 .522 Cleveland 13 7 20 .684 Chicago 9 12 21 .429 Baltimore 12 6 18 .667 St. Louis 9 16 25 .360 Boston 14 8 22 .636 Cincinnati 7 13 20 .350 Philadelphia 12 7 19 .632 Louisville 6 14 20 .300 New York 13 11 24 .542 Washington 4 19 23 .174 ————————————————————————————
The monthly record differs in its percentage figures from the pennant race record, as the latter gives the totals of the games played from April 19th, while the former gives the totals of each month's games only. A hundred and twenty-nine games, resulting in victories, were played in May, with, of course, the same number of defeats. Seven of the twelve clubs won more games than they lost.
The June campaign opened with Cleveland in the van in pennant race percentages, the other clubs in the first division being the Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Boston and Brooklyn clubs in order; New York leading the second division, followed by St. Louis, Cincinnati, Louisville, Chicago and Washington; the leader in the race having a percentage of .690, and the tail-ender .212, a difference in percentage figures of 478 points, showing a poorly contested race thus far. Only two Western clubs by this time remained in the first division, viz., Cleveland and Pittsburgh; New York and Washington being the two Eastern clubs in the second division. Baltimore overtook and passed Cleveland in the first week of the June campaign, and closed the month in the lead. Boston, too, rallied and pulled up in the race from fifth place on June 4th to second position by June 11th, and remained there to the end of the month. Brooklyn also took a jump from sixth place on June 18th to third position on June 29th; New York not getting out of the second division until the last of the month. In the meantime the two Western teams of Cleveland and Pittsburgh began to lose ground, and by the 21st of June they occupied fifth and sixth positions in the race, Cleveland leading their rivals of Pittsburgh by 13 points. On the same date Philadelphia was in third place, but the "Phillies" fell off to fifth position by the end of the month. In victories won during June Brooklyn led with 18 games won out of 23 played, Baltimore being second with 20 victories and 6 defeats, and Boston third with 18 games won to 8 lost. On June 8th Washington had pushed Louisville into the last ditch, and also led Chicago; but the "Colts" got ahead of the "Senators" by the end of the month. On June 30th Baltimore held the lead in the pennant race with the percentage figures of .712 to Louisville's .255, a difference of 457 points, only one Western club being in the first division at the end of the month.
Here is the record of the June campaign, showing which club led in won games during the month.
THE JUNE RECORD. ———————————————————————————— P P P e P e l r l r L a c L a c W o y e W o y e o s e n o s e n Clubs. n t d t Clubs. n t d t ———————————————————————————— Brooklyn 18 5 28 .789 Philadelphia 11 12 23 .478 Baltimore 20 6 26 .769 Cleveland 9 13 22 .409 Boston 18 8 26 .692 St. Louis 10 15 25 .406 New York 15 8 23 .686 Washington 9 15 24 .375 Pittsburgh 13 13 26 .500 Chicago 8 17 25 .320 Cincinnati 12 13 25 .480 Louisville 4 22 26 .154 ————————————————————————————
It will be seen that out of the twelve clubs but four won more games than they lost, the Louisvilles ending the month's play with a record of but 4 games won out of 26 played, the poorest record of any single month of the season.
The July campaign opened with the Baltimore and Boston clubs as apparent fixtures for the two leading positions, the "Orioles" leading the champions on July 5th by seven points only, viz., .679 to .672. On the 2d of July New York was sixth and Brooklyn third in the race. By July 5th, however, the "Giants" had jumped into third place, and Brooklyn had fallen back to sixth position. On the same date Baltimore, Boston and New York occupied the three leading positions, and though three more months of the season still remained, the other nine clubs were even then virtually out of the race, the only other point of interest left in the championship contest being that of the fight for the last three places in the first division, Pittsburgh being at that time the only Western club out of the second division. Of course, such a one-sided condition of things in the pennant race led to a falling off in the interest in the championship contests, especially out West, where the clubs of that section lost patronage greatly, four of the six Western clubs being virtually out of the race as early as May, as far as winning the pennant was concerned. During July there were only two points of interest in the race outside of the fight for first place between the three leaders, viz., the struggle between the Brooklyn and Philadelphia clubs for fourth place in the race, and that between the Cleveland and Pittsburgh clubs to retain a place in the first division. Cleveland lost its position in the first division the first week in July, Pittsburgh on July 2d being in fourth place. By the 6th of that month the "Phillies" had overtaken them, and by the 9th the Pittsburghs were down to sixth place, the Clevelands then heading the second division. The "Pirates" then rallied and got ahead of Brooklyn, the latter being driven into the second division by July 17th, Cleveland rallying and getting among the six leaders again by the 18th of July, after which date they remained in that division to the close of the season, A feature of the July campaign among the six tail-end clubs was the close fight between Washington and Louisville on the edge of the last ditch. First one club would cross the goal line and make a touch-down—as the foot ball men have it—and then the other, Louisville being in eleventh place at the end of the month, while the "Senators" rolled about in the last ditch. When the July campaign ended Boston was in the van with the percentage figures of .659, Baltimore being second with .618, and New York third with .613. It looked at that time pretty sure for Boston.
Here is the record of the month's play, showing which club won the most games during July:
THE JULY RECORD. ———————————————————————————— P P P e P e l r l r L a c L a c W o y e W o y e o s e n o s e n Clubs. n t d t Clubs. n t d t ———————————————————————————— New York 18 7 25 .720 Philadelphia 12 14 26 .462 Boston 16 9 25 .640 Baltimore 10 14 24 .417 Cleveland 18 11 29 .621 Pittsburgh 10 16 26 .385 Chicago 16 10 26 .615 St. Louis 10 17 27 .370 Cincinnati 16 11 27 .593 Brooklyn 9 16 25 .360 Louisville 13 15 28 .464 Washington 8 16 24 .331 ————————————————————————————
But five clubs out of the twelve won more games than they lost during the July campaign, but there was a little improvement shown in the difference of percentage points between the leader and tail-ender, the figures being .363. The Baltimores made the poorest record in July for a month's campaign of any they made during the season; while New York made the best show of any one of their four months' campaigns up to the close of July. Chicago also made their best monthly record in July, likewise Cincinnati and Louisville.
Baltimore rallied in fine style in August, that club winning 22 out of 29 games that month, while New York won 20 out of 28; but Boston won only 15 out of 25, Philadelphia pulling up with 19 out of 29. Chicago also won a majority of their August games, these being the only clubs of the twelve which won more games during the month than they lost. When the August campaign opened the first division clubs included Boston, Baltimore, New York, Cleveland, Pittsburgh and Brooklyn, the "Phillies" being in the second division; but the latter soon took Brooklyn's place and sent them to seventh place in the race. But before the first week of the month had ended, Brooklyn replaced Pittsburgh in the first division. The "Pirates," however rallied and drove their Eastern opponents back again; Brooklyn ending the month in sixth place, and after that the "Pirates" remained at the head of the second division to the finish. The 31st of August saw the first division clubs fixed for the season, as far as first and sixth places in the race were concerned, the interesting point in the month's campaign being the struggle between the New York and Boston clubs for second place and that between Brooklyn and Philadelphia for fourth position. There was but one Western club in the first division at the end of August, the other five staying in the second division to the finish, a result that was ruinous to the financial interests of the Western clubs, and to a large extent to the clubs of the East, all of which clubs played to "small houses" out West, especially at Louisville, the cranks of "Breckinridgeville" being disgusted with their local club team during the last three months of the season.
Here is the record of the August campaign, showing each club's victories and defeats for August;
THE AUGUST RECORD. —————————————————————————————- P P P e P e l r l r L a c L a c W o y e W o y e o s e n o s e n Clubs. n t d t Clubs. n t d t —————————————————————————————- Baltimore 22 7 29 .759 Washington 13 14 27 .481 New York 20 8 28 .714 St. Louis 9 13 22 .409 Philadelphia 19 10 29 .655 Cleveland 9 15 24 .375 Boston 15 10 25 .600 Pittsburgh 8 16 24 .333 Chicago 15 12 27 .556 Cincinnati 7 19 26 .269 Brooklyn 14 14 28 .500 Louisville 5 18 23 .217 —————————————————————————————-
It will be seen that August was a bad month for the Boston champions, while it was the very reverse for the Chicago "Colts," the latter making their best monthly record in August. The difference in percentage points between the leader and the tail-ender at the close of the August campaign was 355 points, the best of the season to that date. Still the figures showed a comparatively poor race, several of the minor league races being more evenly contested. Cleveland and Pittsburgh were behind Washington in percentage of victories during the August campaign, the latter making their best monthly record in August, thereby escaping their old place in the last ditch.
Baltimore virtually had the pennant in their hands the first week of the September campaign, the only point of interest in the race left at that time being the struggle for second place between New York and Boston; all of the other clubs had long been practically out of the race, a result which involved considerable loss for the majority of the twelve League clubs. This state of things in the major league pennant race is the result of the selfish policy of a minority in trying to monopolize the cream of the playing element in the League ranks without regard to the saving clause of the League organization, the principle of "One for all and all for one," the very essence of the plan of running the League on true business principles.
During September the Brooklyn club tried their best to oust the "Phillies" out of fourth place, while the Clevelands worked hard to take Brooklyn's position in fifth place, but both clubs failed in their projects. Up to September 6th the "Giants" tried in vain to send the Bostons down to third place, but it was not until the 7th of September that they were able to oust the champions out of second place in the race, and when they did so they kept them out to the finish, the champions failing to rally after they had lost the position. It was a close fight, however, as on September 10th New York led Boston in percentage of victories by only 3 points, viz., .655 to .652, Baltimore leading at that date with .684. By September 19th, however, the Bostons had got down to .631, and New York's figures were .667, with "the country safe." Boston's lowest score in percentage figures for the month was reached on September 25th, when they touched .623. By that time the places in the first division were all settled, and all of those in the second division also, except Cincinnati and St. Louis. On September 29th Cincinnati led St. Louis by the percentage figures of .424 to .415, but two victories by St. Louis over Washington, against a drawn game by Cincinnati with Cleveland on the 30th, gave St. Louis the lead by .424 to .419, and Comiskey's "Reds" had to finish in tenth position, beaten in the race by Von der Abe's "Browns," a galling fact for the Cincinnati cranks.
Here is the month's record of victories and defeats in September:
THE SEPTEMBER RECORD. ———————————————————————————— P P P e P e l r l r L a c L a c W o y e W o y e o s e n o s e n Clubs. n t d t Clubs. n t d t ———————————————————————————— Baltimore 20 3 23 .870 Philadelphia 13 12 25 .520 New York 20 6 26 .769 St. Louis 11 13 24 .458 Boston 14 11 25 .560 Cincinnati 10 16 26 .385 Cleveland 13 11 24 .542 Chicago 9 17 26 .346 Brooklyn 14 12 26 .538 Washington 8 16 24 .333 Pittsburgh 12 11 23 .522 Louisville 5 21 26 .192 ————————————————————————————
The appended summary shows the progress of each club from the opening to the close of the season, as also in what month each club made its best and worst record during the championship campaign:
SUMMARY OF VICTORIES AND DEFEATS. ——————————————————————————————————— T S h e e p A t F A u e i p J J g m n r M u u u b i i a n l s e s l y e y t r h Clubs. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. ——————————————————————————————————— Baltimore 5 3 12 6 20 6 10 14 22 7 20 3 89 39 New York 3 5 13 11 15 8 18 7 20 8 20 6 88 44 Boston 6 2 14 8 18 8 16 9 15 10 14 11 83 49 Philadelphia 6 3 12 7 11 12 12 14 19 10 13 12 71 56 Brooklyn 3 5 12 11 18 5 9 16 14 14 14 12 70 61 Cleveland 6 2 13 7 9 13 18 11 9 15 13 11 68 61 Pittsburgh 4 4 18 5 13 13 10 16 8 16 12 11 65 65 Chicago 1 8 9 12 8 17 16 10 15 12 9 17 57 75 St. Louis 6 2 9 16 10 15 10 17 9 13 11 13 56 76 Cincinnati 4 4 7 13 12 13 16 11 7 19 10 16 54 75 Washington 2 7 4 19 9 15 8 16 13 14 8 16 45 87 Louisville 4 5 6 14 4 22 13 15 5 18 5 21 36 94 Totals 50 50 129 129 147 147 156 156 156 156 149 149 782 782 ———————————————————————————————————
The following table shows the monthly record of percentage of victories in the campaign from April to September.
——————————————————————— 1894. S e p A t A u e p J J g m r M u u u b i a n l s e Clubs. l y e y t r ——————————————————————- Baltimore .625 .654 .712 .618 .657 .695 New York .375 .500 .564 .613 .639 .667 Boston .750 .645 .667 .659 .645 .629 Philadelphia .667 .643 .569 .526 .562 .559 Brooklyn .375 .500 .623 .545 .533 .534 Cleveland .750 .679 .549 .575 .529 .527 Pittsburgh .500 .710 .614 .531 .491 .500 Chicago .111 .333 .327 .430 .458 .432 St. Louis .750 .455 .431 .412 .411 .421 Cincinnati .500 .393 .434 .488 .434 .419 Washington .222 .188 .281 .296 .343 .341 Louisville .444 .345 .255 .325 .302 .277 ——————————————————————-
It will be seen that in percentage figures of each month's play, Boston, Cleveland and St. Louis were tied in April. In May, Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Baltimore led. In June, Baltimore, Boston and Brooklyn were in the van. In July, the three leaders were Boston, Baltimore and New York. In August, also, the same three were nearest the goal, and September saw Baltimore carrying off the pennant, followed by New York and Boston.
We introduce in the GUIDE for 1895 a new and important record, which shows, at a glance almost, the total score of each championship gamewon,lostanddrawnfrom April 19th to September 30th, inclusive, and also gives the names of the pitchers who were credited with pitching in a victory, or charged with pitching in a defeat. The record of each month's campaign, too, is given, with the position in the pennant race each of the twelve clubs occupied at the close of each month's campaign of the six comprising the championship season. This record in full will be found to be the most complete table of the statistics of the League season yet published in the GUIDE series, and especially valuable as a reference record.
The League championship season of 1894 began on April 19th and ended on September 30th, the April campaign opening at Boston, Baltimore, Washington and St. Louis on the 19th, at Cincinnati and Louisville on the 20th, and at Philadelphia and Brooklyn on the 21st, while the opening games at New York, Pittsburgh and Chicago were not played until the 24th, 25th and 28th of April respectively, and not at Cleveland until May 3d. Fifty games were played in April, the twelve clubs of the two divisions of the League being engaged in playing their respective home-and-home series. Here is the complete record of the April campaign, showing the pitchers of each side and the total score of each contest of the month:
—————————————————————————————————————-Date Contesting Clubs. City. Pitchers. Score.—————————————————————————————————————-April19 Boston vs. Brooklyn Boston Stivetts Kennedy 13-219 Baltimore vs. New York Baltimore McMahon Rusie 8-319 Washington vs. Philadelphi Washington Esper Weyhing 4-219 St. Louis vs. Pittsburgh St. Louis Breitenstein Killen 11-320 Baltimore vs. New York Baltimore Mullane Clark 12-620 Philadelphia vs. Washi'g'n Washington Taylor Stephens 9-820 Cincinnati vs. Chicago Cincinnati Parrott Hutchinson 10-620 Louisville vs. Cleveland Louisville Menafee Young 10-321 Boston vs. Brooklyn Brooklyn Nichols Stein 3-021 Baltimore vs. New York Baltimore Inks Westervelt 4-321 Philadelphia vs. Washi'g'n Philadelphia Carsey Esper 10-221 Cincinnati vs. Chicago Cincinnati Chamberlain Abbey 8-021 Cleveland vs. Louisville Louisville Cuppy Hemming 5-121 Pittsburgh vs. St. Louis St. Louis Gumbert Gleason 7-222 Cincinnati vs. Chicago Cincinnati Dwyer McGill 5-422 Cleveland vs. Louisville Louisville Clarkson Kilroy 3-223 Boston vs. Brooklyn Brooklyn Lovett Daub 7-423 Philadelphia vs. Washi'g'n Washington Weyhing Stockdale 8-423 St. Louis vs. Pittsburgh St. Louis Breitenstein Ehret 4-324 Baltimore vs. Boston Baltimore McMahon Stivetts 15-324 Washington vs. New York Washington Petty Rusie 6-324 Philadelphia vs. Brooklyn Brooklyn Carsey Korwan 22-524 Cleveland vs. Cincinnati Cincinnati Young Parrott 1-024 Louisville vs. Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Menafee Nicol 7-324 St. Louis vs. Chicago Chicago A. Clarkson McGill 9-525 New York vs. Washington Washington German Maul 14-525 Brooklyn vs. Philadelphia Brooklyn Stein Taylor 8-225 Boston vs. Baltimore Baltimore Nichols Mullane 6-325 Cleveland vs. Cincinnati Cincinnati Cuppy Chamberlain 12-625 Pittsburgh vs. Louisville Louisville Gumbert Hemming 2-125 St. Louis vs. Chicago Chicago Hawley Hutchinson 13-326 New York vs. Washington Washington Meekin Stockdale 7-526 Philadelphia vs. Brooklyn Brooklyn Weyhing Sharrott 13-326 Boston vs. Baltimore Baltimore Staley Brown 13-726 Cleveland vs. Cincinnati Cincinnati Clarkson Cross 12-426 Pittsburgh vs. Louisville Louisville Killen Kilroy 3-126 St. Louis vs. Chicago Chicago Gleason Abbey 10-427 No games scheduled —————- ——28 New York vs. Baltimore New York Rusie McMahon 9-628 Brooklyn vs. Washington Washington Stein Petty 10-928 Philadelphia vs. Boston Philadelphia Carsey Stivetts 14-328 St. Louis vs. Cleveland St. Louis Breitenstein Young 7-128 Cincinnati vs. Pittsburgh Cincinnati Parrott Terry 10-528 Chicago vs. Louisville Louisville McGill Menafee 2-129 Cleveland vs. St Louis St. Louis Cuppy A. Clarkson 5-229 Louisville vs. Chicago Louisville Hemming McGill 8-330 Baltimore vs. New York New York Mullane German 10-630 Brooklyn vs. Washington Washington Gastright Mercer 15-1030 Boston vs. Philadelphia Philadelphia Nichols Weyhing[1] 6-530 Pittsburgh vs. Cincinnati Cincinnati Nicol Chamberlain 15-630 Louisville vs. Chicago Louisville Stratton McGill 8-2
[Footnote 1: Ten innings.] —————————————————————————————————————-
The record showing the total victories and defeats scored by each of the twelve clubs during the April campaign is as follows. The names are given in the order of the percentage of victories scored in the pennant race:
APRIL PENNANT RACE RECORD. ———————————————————————————- V V i P i P c D e c D e t e P r t e P r o f l o f l r e a c r e a c i a y e i a y e e t e n e t e n CLUBS s s d t CLUBS s s d t ——————————————————————————— Boston 6 2 8 .750 Cincinnati 4 4 8 .500 Cleveland 6 2 8 .750 Louisville 4 5 9 .444 St. Louis 6 2 8 .750 New York 3 5 8 .375 Philadelphia 6 3 9 .667 Brooklyn 3 5 8 .375 Baltimore 5 3 8 .625 Washington 2 7 9 .222 Pittsburgh 4 4 8 .500 Chicago 1 8 9 .111
Fifty games were played from April 19th to April 30th, inclusive. None were drawn or forfeited. ———————————————————————————
The first month of the championship campaign, short as it was, was marked by the largest attendance for the month of April known in the history of the League, an aggregate of 188,509 people patronizing the twenty-five games played in the East and 82,719 for the twenty-five played in the West. The largest aggregate attendance on a single day was 45,332 on April 21st, on which date 40,324 people patronized the three games played at Brooklyn, Philadelphia and Baltimore, and 5,008 the three games played at Cincinnati, St. Louis and Louisville. Though three Western clubs occupied positions in the first division—Cleveland and St. Louis tieing Boston for first place—the attendance in the West, as will be seen above, did not compare with that at the three games in the East, the terribly hard times out West greatly affecting everything in the amusement line in the Western League club cities.
Boston, Cleveland and St. Louis started off well in the pennant race in April, these three clubs ending the April campaign tied for first place; with the "Phillies" a good fourth, Baltimore fifth, and Pittsburgh and Cincinnati tied for sixth position, Louisville being eighth, with New York and Brooklyn tied for ninth place, and Washington on the edge of the last ditch, the Chicago "Colts" being last on the list, they having won but one game out of nine played during the opening month of the season. During April the clubs of the two sections took part in their first home-and-home series, this series of games lasting into May.
The following is the complete record of the campaign of May, which proved to be a very interesting one:
THE MAY RECORD. —————————————————————————————————————- Date. Contesting Clubs. City. Pitchers. Score. —————————————————————————————————————- May 1 New York vs. Baltimore New York Meekin McMahon 7-4 " 1 Brooklyn vs. Washington Washington Sharrott Stephens[3] 2-1 " 1 Boston vs. Philadelphia Philadelphia Lovett Carsey 7-3 " 1 Pittsburgh vs. Cincinnati Cincinnati Killen Parrott 7-6 " 1 Cleveland vs. St. Louis St. Louis Clarkson Gleason 7-0 " 2 Washington vs. Boston Washington Maul Stivetts 6-4 " 2 Baltimore vs. Brooklyn Baltimore Brown Stein 8-2 " 2 Philadelphia vs. New York New York Taylor Rusie 7-5 " 3 Boston vs. Washington Washington Nichols Esper 10-8 " 3 Philadelphia vs. New York New York Weyh'g Westervelt 7-4 " 3 Baltimore vs. Brookyln Baltimore Mullane Gastright 8-3 " 3 Pittsburgh vs. St. Louis Pittsburgh Gumbert Breit'nst'n 6-2 " 3 Cleveland vs. Louisville Cleveland Young Menafee 7-2 " 4 Boston vs. Washington Washington Stivetts Stephens 15-5 " 4 New York vs. Philadelphia New York Rusie Haddock 6-4 " 4 Baltimore vs. Brooklyn Baltimore McMahon Sharrott 12-8 " 4 Cleveland vs. Louisville Cleveland Cuppy Hemming 8-4 " 4 Pittsburgh vs. St. Louis Pittsburgh Nicol A. Clarkson 10-9 " 4 Chicago vs. Cincinnati Chicago McGill Dwyer 6-3 " 5 New York vs. Boston New York Westervelt Lovett 5-2 " 5 Brooklyn vs. Philadelphia Philadelphia Daub Carsey 4-3 " 5 Baltimore vs. Washington Washington Brown Mercer 9-2 " 5 Pittsburgh vs. St. Louis St. Louis Killen Hawley 6-5 " 6 Cincinnati vs. Chicago Chicago Chamberlain Camp 6-6 " 7 Boston vs. New York New York Nichols Rusie 1-0 " 7 Philadelphia vs. Brooklyn Philadelphia Weyhing Gastright 7-5 " 7 Baltimore vs. Washington Washington Mullane Maul 17-0 " 7 Cincinnati vs. Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Parrott Gumbert 17-6 " 7 St. Louis vs. Louisville Louisville Breitenst'n Stratton 8-6 " 7 Cleveland vs. Chicago Cleveland Young McGill 7-1 " 8 New York vs. Boston New York Meekin Stivetts 16-7 " 8 Philadelphia vs. Brooklyn Philadelphia Haddock Daub 18-5 " 8 Baltimore vs. Washington Baltimore Inks Petty 11-5 " 8 Cleveland vs. Chicago Cleveland Cuppy Camp 18-3 " 8 St. Louis vs. Louisville Louisville Hawley Menafee 5-4 " 8 Pittsburgh vs. Cincinnati Pittsburgh Ehret Dwyer 6-5 " 9 Brooklyn vs. Boston Brooklyn Kennedy Lovett 7-3 " 9 Baltimore vs. Washington Washington McMahon Stockdale 12-6 " 9 Pittsburgh vs. Cincinnati Pittsburgh Gumbert Chambl'n 11-3 " 9 Cleveland vs. Chicago Cleveland Clarkson McGill 4-1 " 9 Louisville vs. St. Louis Louisville Hemming Gleason 6-3 " 10 New York vs. Washington New York Rusie Mercer 6-2 " 10 Boston vs. Brooklyn Boston Nichols Stein 7-1 " 10 Philadelphia vs. Baltimore Baltimore Taylor Mullane 9-3 " 10 Cleveland vs. Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Young Killen 2-1 " 10 Cincinnati vs. St. Louis Cincinnati Parrott Hawley 18-9 " 11 New York vs. Washington Washington Westervelt Petty 5-4 " 11 Philadelphia vs. Baltimore Baltimore Carsey Horner 12-7 " 11 Pittsburgh vs. Cleveland Pittsburgh Ehret Cuppy 7-6 " 11 Chicago vs. Louisville Chicago Griffith Stratton 4-2 " 12 New York vs. Washington New York Meekin Stockdale 5-2 " 12 Brooklyn vs. Boston Boston Kennedy Stivetts 8-2 " 12 Baltimore vs. Philadelphia Baltimore Brown Callahan 8-3 " 12 Pittsburgh vs. Cleveland Pittsburgh Killen Clarkson 8-5 " 12 Cincinnati vs. St. Louis Cincinnati Parrott Breitenstein 5-0 " 12 Chicago vs. Louisville Chicago Hutchinson Hemming 6-5 " 13 Chicago vs. Louisville Chicago McGill Kilroy 14-12 " 13 Cincinnati vs. St. Louis Cincinnati Dwyer Gleason 7-3 " 14 Philadelphia vs. New York Philadelphia Carsey Rusie[2] 5-4 " 14 Brooklyn vs. Washington Brooklyn Gastright Mercer 14-7 " 14 Baltimore vs. Boston Boston McMahon Nichols 16-5 " 14 Pittsburgh vs. Chicago Pittsburgh Gumbert Abbey 6-3 " 14 Cincinnati vs. Louisville Cincinnati Parrott Whitrock 12-7 " 14 Cleveland vs. St. Louis Cleveland Young Breitenstein 7-3 " 15 Baltimore vs. Boston Boston Stopped by fire(3in) 3-3 " 15 Philadelphia vs. New York Philadelphia Taylor Westervelt 10-4 " 15 Brooklyn vs. Washington Brooklyn Stein Petty 16-7 " 15 Cleveland vs. St. Louis Cleveland Cuppy A. Clarkson 7-0 " 15 Chicago vs. Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Griffith Ehret 6-2 " 16 Boston vs. Baltimore Boston Lovett Mullane 10-8 " 16 Philadelphia vs. New York Philadelphia Haddock Meekin 10-1 " 16 Brooklyn vs. Washington Brooklyn Daub Mercer[1] 3-2 " 16 Pittsburgh vs. Chicago Pittsburgh Killen McGill 2-0 " 16 Cleveland vs. St. Louis Cleveland Clarkson Gleason 5-0 " 16 Louisville vs. Cincinnati Cincinnati Hemming Dwyer 9-7 " 17 New York vs. Brooklyn Brooklyn Rusie Kennedy 6-4 " 17 Boston vs. Philadelphia Philadelphia Nichols Carsey 4-3 " 17 Baltimore vs. Washington Baltimore Hawke Petty 10-2 " 18 Brooklyn vs. New York New York Stein German 16-7 " 18 Philadelphia vs. Boston Philadelphia Taylor Stivetts[1] 5-4 " 19 New York vs. Brooklyn Brooklyn Meekin Daub[1] 3-3 " 19 Philadelphia vs. Boston Philadelphia Haddock Staley 8-7 " 19 Baltimore vs. Washington Baltimore McMahon Mercer 7-5 " 19 St. Louis vs. Cincinnati St. Louis Breitenstein Parrott 5-2 " 19 Cleveland vs. Chicago Chicago Young Griffith 9-5 " 20 St. Louis vs. Cincinnati St. Louis Hawley Chamberlain[1] 4-3 " 20 Cincinnati vs. St. Louis St. Louis Dwyer A. Clarkson 7-1 " 21 Boston vs. New York Boston Nichols Westervelt 3-0 " 21 Pittsburgh vs. Chicago Chicago Killen McGill 11-10 " 21 Cincinnati vs. Cleveland Cleveland Parrott Young 2-1 " 22 Boston vs. New York Boston Lovett Rusie 3-2 " 22 Chicago vs. Pittsburgh Chicago Griffith Ehret 7-6 " 22 St. Louis vs. Louisville St. Louis Gleason Kilroy 6-4 " 23 New York vs. Boston Boston Meekin Staley 12-4 " 23 Brooklyn vs. Baltimore Baltimore Kennedy Mullane 5-1 " 23 Pittsburgh vs. Chicago Chicago Gumbert Hutchinson[3] 10-9 " 23 Louisville vs. St. Louis St. Louis Hemming Hawley 4-3 " 24 Pittsburgh vs. Cleveland Cleveland Ehret Young 6-5 " 24 Louisville vs. Cincinnati Louisville Menafee Parrott 6-0 " 24 Chicago vs. St. Louis Chicago Hutchinson Breit'st'n 3-1 " 25 New York vs. Brooklyn Brooklyn Rusie Kennedy 12-6 " 25 Boston vs. Washington Boston Nichols Maul 10-2 " 25 Cleveland vs. Pittsburgh Cleveland Clarkson Killen 5-2 " 26 New York vs. Brooklyn New York Meekin Stein 8-7 " 26 Boston vs. Washington Boston Lovett Mercer 10-8 " 26 Baltimore vs. Philadelphia Philadelphia Inks Taylor 5-5 " 26 Pittsburgh vs. Cleveland Cleveland Ehret Cuppy[3] 12-3 " 26 St. Louis vs. Chicago Chicago Breitenstein Griffith 9-8 " 26 Louisville vs. Cincinnati Louisville Knell Parrott 5-2 " 27 St. Louis vs. Chicago St. Louis Hawley McGill 3-2 " 27 Louisville vs. Cincinnati Cincinnati Hemming Dwyer 6-5 " 28 Boston vs. Washington Boston Staley Petty 18-12 " 28 Pittsburgh vs. Louisville Pittsburgh Gumbert Menafee 4-2 " 28 Pittsburgh vs. Louisville Pittsburgh Killen Stratton 11-6 " 29 New York vs. Cleveland New York Meekin Young 2-0 " 29 Philadelphia vs. Chicago Philadelphia Taylor Hutchinson 14-7 " 29 Washington vs. Louisville Washington Mercer Hemming 12-2 " 29 St. Louis vs. Brooklyn Brooklyn Breit'stein Kennedy 9-8 " 29 Pittsburgh vs. Baltimore Pittsburgh Ehret McMahon 3-2 " 30 New York vs. Cleveland New York Rusie Cuppy 2-1 " 30 Brooklyn vs. St. Louis Brooklyn Stein A. Clarkson 6-2 " 30 Washington vs. Louisville Washington Petty Knell 7-3 " 30 Boston vs. Cincinnati Boston Lovett Parrott 13-10 " 30 Chicago vs. Philadelphia Philadelphia McGill Haddock 12-4 " 30 Boston vs. Cincinnati Boston Nichols Chamberlain 20-11 " 30 Washington vs. Louisville Washington Maul Kilroy 14-9 " 30 Brooklyn vs. St. Louis Brooklyn Daub Hawley 5-2 " 30 Chicago vs. Philadelphia Philadelphia Griffith Weyhing 12-6 " 30 Cleveland vs. New York New York Clarkson German[2] 3-2 " 31 Baltimore vs. Cincinnati Baltimore Mullane Dwyer 7-1 " 31 Brooklyn vs. Chicago Brooklyn Kennedy Terry 5-3 " 31 Pittsburgh vs. Washington Washington Killen Esper 15-4 " 31 St. Louis vs. New York New York Breit'stein West'velt 6-2
[Footnote 1: Ten innings.][Footnote 2: Eleven innings.][Footnote 3: Forfeited.]—————————————————————————————————————-
During the May campaign the first home-and-home series was completed, and the first West vs. East series commenced.
The record showing the relative positions of the twelve clubs up to the close of the May campaign, as also the number of games won and lost by each club during May, is as follows:
THE MAY PENNANT RACE RECORD.———————————————————————————————-P PP e P el r l rL a c L a cW o y e W o y eo s e n o s e nClubs. n t d t Clubs. n t d t———————————————————————————————Pittsburgh 22 9 31 .710 Brooklyn 15 15 30 .500Cleveland 19 9 28 .679 St. Louis 15 18 33 .455Baltimore 17 9 26 .651 Cincinnati 11 17 28 .393Boston 20 11 31 .645 Louisville 10 19 29 .345Philadelphia 18 10 28 .643 Chicago 10 20 30 .333New York 16 16 32 .500 Washington 6 26 32 .188
Three games were drawn during May; one was forfeited; one protested; and one stopped by fire. ———————————————————————————————
During May the Pittsburghs pulled up to the head of the first division, with the percentage figures of .710, Cleveland being second with .679, and Baltimore third with .654; Boston, Philadelphia and New York following in order—Brooklyn being tied with New York for sixth place. Baltimore had pulled up ahead of Boston, while Philadelphia fell off, as did St. Louis and Cincinnati, both of the latter clubs retiring to the second division, while Washington allowed the April tail-enders to push them into the last ditch, and it was not until August 23d that they got out of it.
The month's record of the June campaign shows that several important changes were made in the relative positions of the majority of the twelve clubs in the race, the record being as follows:
THE JUNE RECORD. —————————————————————————————————————- Date. Contesting Clubs. City. Pitchers. Score. —————————————————————————————————————- June 1 Washington vs. Pittsburgh Washington Mercer Gumbert 10-5 " 1 Baltimore vs. Cincinnati Baltimore Hawke Chambl'n 9-8 " 1 Brooklyn vs. Chicago Brooklyn Gastright Griffith 5-0 " 1 Philadelphia vs. Louisville Philadelphia Taylor Menafee[3] 10-3 " 1 Cleveland vs. Boston Boston Young Stivetts 22-8 " 1 St. Louis vs. New York New York A. Clarkson Rusie 5-1 " 2 St. Louis vs. New York New York Hawley Meekin 2-2 " 2 Boston vs. Cleveland Boston Nichols Clarkson 11-10 " 2 Philadelphia vs. Louisville Philadelphia Weyhing Hemming 11-0 " 2 Baltimore vs. Cincinnati Baltimore McMahon Parrott 13-6 " 2 Washington vs. Pittsburgh Washington Maul Ehret 11-6 " 2 Brooklyn vs. Chicago Brooklyn Stein Abbey 1-0 " 3 No games scheduled " 4 Cincinnati vs. New York New York Dwyer German 8-4 " 4 Pittsburgh vs. Boston Boston Killen Staley 7-4 " 4 St. Louis vs. Philadelphia Philadelphia Breitenstein Taylor 3-2 " 4 Washington vs. Cleveland Washington Petty Cuppy 8-5 " 4 Baltimore vs. Chicago Baltimore Hawke McGill 12-4 " 4 Brooklyn vs. Louisville Brooklyn Daub Knell 18-4 " 5 New York vs. Cincinnati New York Meekin Chamberl'n 10-6 " 5 Brooklyn vs. Louisville Brooklyn Kennedy Menafee 5-4 " 5 Boston vs. Pittsburgh Boston Nichols Gumbert 7-3 " 5 Baltimore vs. Chicago Baltimore McMahon Hutchinson[1] 8-5 " 5 Cleveland vs. Washington Washington Young Mercer 9-6 " 5 St. Louis vs. Philadelphia Philadelphia Hawley Weyhing 7-3 " 6 Pittsburgh vs. Boston Boston Colcolough Lampe 27-11 " 7 Pittsburgh vs. Brooklyn Brooklyn Gumbert Gastright 13-13 " 7 New York vs. Chicago New York Westervelt Terry 8-7 " 7 Philadelphia vs. Cleveland Philadelphia Taylor Clarkson 6-0 " 7 Boston vs. St. Louis Boston Nichols Breitenstein 18-7 " 7 Washington vs. Cincinnati Washington Maul Parrott 8-8 " 7 Baltimore vs. Louisville Baltimore Inks Hemming 7-4 " 8 New York vs. Chicago New York Rusie McGill 3-0 " 8 Brooklyn vs. Pittsburgh Brooklyn Kennedy Ehret 2-1 " 8 Boston vs. St. Louis Boston Stivetts A.Clarkson 12-6 " 8 Baltimore vs. Louisville Baltimore Hawke Stratton 14-2 " 8 Washington vs. Cincinnati Washington Esper Dwyer 9-6 " 8 Cleveland vs. Philadelphia Philadelphia Young Weyhing 4-1 " 9 Boston vs. St. Louis Boston Nichols Breitenstein 12-8 " 9 Philadelphia vs. Cleveland Philadelphia Taylor Fischer 9-1 " 9 Baltimore vs. Louisville Baltimore McMahon Menafee 7-5 " 9 Brooklyn vs. Pittsburgh Brooklyn Daub Killen 14-5 " 9 Cincinnati vs. Washington Washington Chamberlain Petty 8-3 " 9 Chicago vs. New York New York Hutchinson Meekin 10-9 " 10 No games scheduled. " 11 New York vs. Louisville New York Rusie Hemming 8-3 " 11 Boston vs. Chicago Boston Stivetts Terry 15-14 " 11 Philadelphia vs. Pittsburgh Philadelphia Weyhing Killen 7-4 " 11 Brooklyn vs. Cincinnati Brooklyn Stein Dwyer 12-11 " 11 St. Louis vs. Washington Washington A. Clarkson Maul[2] 3-2 " 11 Cleveland vs. Baltimore Baltimore Young Brown 9-7 " 12 New York vs. Louisville New York Meekin Knell 4-1 " 12 Philadelphia vs. Pittsburgh Philadelphia Taylor Ehret 17-1 " 12 Boston vs. Chicago Boston Nichols McGill 12-9 " 12 Washington vs. St. Louis Washington Mercer Breitenstein 4-3 " 12 Cincinnati vs. Brooklyn Brooklyn Chamberlain Gastright 5-3 " 13 New York vs. Louisville New York Rusie Hemming 7-5 " 13 Brooklyn vs. Cincinnati Brooklyn Daub Parrott 11-5 " 13 Baltimore vs. Cleveland Baltimore McMahon Clarkson 9-2 " 13 Washington vs. St. Louis Washington Esper Gleason 12-3 " 13 Chicago vs. Boston Chicago Griffith Lovett 6-2 " 13 Pittsburgh vs. Philadelphia Pittsburgh Nicol Carsey 8-6 " 14 Philadelphia vs. Cincinnati Philadelphia Weyhing Dwyer 5-2 " 14 Boston vs. Louisville Boston Staley Knell 9-6 " 14 Baltimore vs. St. Louis Baltimore Mullane Br'tenst'n[2] 7-6 " 14 Cleveland vs. Brooklyn Brooklyn Young Kennedy 5-4 " 14 Pittsburgh vs. New York New York Killen Clark 10-4 " 14 Chicago vs. Washington Washington McGill Sullivan[2] 12-11 " 15 New York vs. Pittsburgh New York Meekin Gumbert 9-2 " 15 Brooklyn vs. Cleveland Brooklyn Stein Lyster 9-8 " 15 Philadelphia vs. Cincinnati Philadelphia Callahan Chamberlain 21-8 " 15 Baltimore vs. St. Louis Baltimore Hawke A. Clarkson 17-3 " 15 Washington vs. Chicago Washington Maul Abbey 6-4 " 15 Boston vs. Louisville Boston Stivetts Hemming 15-10 " 16 New York vs. Pittsburgh New York Rusie Ehret 8-5 " 16 Brooklyn vs. Cleveland Brooklyn Kennedy Fischer 11-7 " 16 Philadelphia vs. Cincinnati Philadelphia Carsey Pfann 19-9 " 16 Baltimore vs. St. Louis Baltimore McMahon Breitenstein 12-5 " 16 Boston vs. Louisville Boston Lovett Stratton 16-10 " 16 Chicago vs. Washington Chicago Griffith Esper 11-5 " 17 St. Louis vs. Cincinnati Cincinnati A.Clarkson Tannehill 9-6 " 18 Philadelphia vs. New York New York Weyhing Meekin 4-1 " 18 Brooklyn vs. Washington Washington Stein Mercer 10-6 " 18 Boston vs. Baltimore Boston Stivetts Mullane 24-7 " 18 Baltimore vs. Boston Boston McMahon Nichols 9-7 " 18 Pittsburgh vs. Louisville Pittsburgh Colcolough Knell 9-8 " 18 Pittsburgh vs. Louisville Pittsburgh Killen Menafee 11-1 " 18 Cleveland vs. Chicago Cleveland Young McGill 11-3 " 18 Cincinnati vs. St. Louis St. Louis Dwyer Breitenstein 8-4 " 19 Brooklyn vs. Washington Washington Kennedy Maul 11-9 " 19 Baltimore vs. Boston Boston Hawke Staley 13-8 " 19 Chicago vs. Cleveland Cleveland Terry Knaus 5-2 " 19 Louisville vs. Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Hemming Easton 9-4 " 19 Cincinnati vs. St. Louis St. Louis Chamb'lain Hawley 3-2 " 20 New York vs. Philadelphia New York Clark Carsey 6-4 " 20 New York vs. Philadelphia New York Rusie Callahan 14-6 " 20 Boston vs. Baltimore Boston Stivetts McMahon 13-12 " 20 Washington vs. Brooklyn Brooklyn Esper Daub 16-12 " 20 Pittsburgh vs. Louisville Pittsburgh Gumbert Menafee 7-6 " 20 Cleveland vs. Chicago Cleveland Clarkson Griffith 7-3 " 20 St. Louis vs. Cincinnati St. Louis Breitenstein Blank 4-2 " 21 Brooklyn vs. New York Brooklyn Kennedy Germar 16-1 " 21 Boston vs. Washington Boston Nichols Mau 10-7 " 21 Baltimore vs. Philadelphia Baltimore Mullane Weyhing 9-5 " 21 Chicago vs. Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Terry Ehrel 10-7 " 21 Louisville vs. Cincinnati Cincinnati Knell Dwyer 5-4 " 22 Brooklyn vs. New York New York Stein Rusie 7-0 " 22 Baltimore vs. Philadelphia Baltimore Inks Burris 18-14 " 22 Washington vs. Boston Washington Mercer Staley 26-12 " 22 Pittsburgh vs. Chicago Pittsburgh Killen Griffith 11-4 " 22 Cleveland vs. St. Louis St. Louis Young A. Clarkson 6-3 " 23 New York vs. Brooklyn Brooklyn Meekin Kennedy 10-8 " 23 Boston vs. Washington Washington Stivetts Esper 12-5 " 23 Baltimore vs. Philadelphia Baltimore McMahon Lukens 18-11 " 23 St. Louis vs. Cleveland St. Louis Breitenst'n Griffith 14-8 " 23 Pittsburgh vs. Chicago Pittsburgh Colcol'gh Hutchinson 9-4 " 23 Cincinnati vs. Louisville Cincinnati Chamberlain Stratt'n 5-1 " 23 Cincinnati vs. Louisville Cincinnati Tannehill Menafee 8-8 " 24 Cincinnati vs. Louisville Louisville Dwyer Hemming 7-5 " 24 St. Louis vs. Cleveland St. Louis Hawley Clarkson 14-10 " 24 Baltimore vs. Chicago Chicago Hawke Terry 11-10 " 25 St. Louis vs. New York St. Louis A.Clarkson Rusie 3-2 " 25 Pittsburgh vs. Washington Pittsburgh Killen Esper 6-1 " 25 Chicago vs. Baltimore Chicago Hutchinson Mullane 15-8 " 25 Boston vs. Louisville Louisville Nichols Knell 9-1 " 26 New York vs. St. Louis St. Louis Meekin Breitenstein 4-3 " 26 Baltimore vs. Chicago Chicago McMahon McGill 14-6 " 26 Pittsburgh vs. Washington Pittsburgh Ehret Sullivan 6-5 " 27 New York vs. St. Louis St. Louis Westervelt Hawley 11-0 " 27 Brooklyn vs. Cleveland Cleveland Stein Young 10-7 " 27 Brooklyn vs. Cleveland Cleveland Daub Clarkson 5-2 " 27 Boston vs. Louisville Louisville Stivetts Menafee 13-3 " 27 Chicago vs. Baltimore Chicago Griffith Hawke 13-4 " 27 Pittsburgh vs. Washington Pittsburgh Gumbert Mercer 11-4 " 27 Cincinnati vs.Philadelphia Cincinnati Parrott Weyhing 7-3 " 28 New York vs. Chicago Chicago Rusie Terry 6-5 " 28 Brooklyn vs. Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Kennedy Killen 11-7 " 28 Boston vs. St. Louis St. Louis Nichols A.Clarkson[1] 12-11 " 28 Cleveland vs. Baltimore Cleveland Cuppy Mullane 18-11 " 28 Louisville vs. Philadelphia Louisville Hemming Carsey[1] 11-9 " 28 Cincinnati vs. Washington Cincinnati Chamberlain Maul 6-4 " 29 New York vs. Chicago Chicago Meekin Hutchinson 14-8 " 29 Brooklyn vs. Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Stein Ehret 7-5 " 29 Boston vs. St. Louis St. Louis Staley Breitenstein 13-4 " 29 Baltimore vs. Cleveland Cleveland McMahon Griffith 9-6 " 29 Louisville vs. Philadelphia Louisville Knell Lukens 12-5 " 29 Cincinnati vs. Washington Cincinnati Dwyer Sullivan 6-4 " 30 Baltimore vs. Cleveland Cleveland Inks Young 5-3 " 30 Philadelphia vs. Louisville Louisville Weyhing Menafee 13-6 " 30 Pittsburgh vs. Brooklyn Pittsburgh Gumbert Kennedy 10-6 " 30 Cincinnati vs. Washington Cincinnati Parrott Mercer 12-0 " 30 St. Louis vs. Boston St. Louis A. Clarkson Lovett 10-9
[Footnote 1: Ten innings.][Footnote 2: Eleven innings.][Footnote 3: Forfeited.]—————————————————————————————————————-
THE JUNE PENNANT RACE RECORD.———————————————————————————-P PP e P el r l rL a c L a cW o y e W o y eo s e n o s e nClubs. n t d t Clubs. n t d t———————————————————————————-Baltimore 37 15 52 .712 Cleveland 28 23 51 .549Boston 38 19 57 .667 Cincinnati 23 30 53 .434Brooklyn 33 20 53 .623 St. Louis 25 33 58 .431Pittsburgh 35 22 57 .614 Chicago 18 37 55 .327Philadelphia 29 22 51 .569 Washington 16 41 57 .281New York 31 24 55 .564 Louisville 14 41 55 .255
No games were drawn, forfeited or protested. ———————————————————————————-
The Baltimore club retained the leading position in the race at the close of the June campaign with the percentage figures of .712, the tail-end club's percentage figures being .255, a difference in percentage points of .457, thereby showing a poorly contested race even at that early period of the season. Boston was in second position, with Brooklyn third, this month's figures being the culmination of the Brooklyn team's success. Pittsburgh was fourth, that being the only Western club in the first division, although so early in the race, the "Phillies" and the "Giants" being respectively fifth and sixth. Cleveland headed the second division at the close of the month, followed by Cincinnati, St. Louis, Chicago and Washington, Louisville being still occupants of the last ditch.
THE JULY CAMPAIGN RECORD. —————————————————————————————————————- Date. Contesting Clubs. City. Pitchers. Score. —————————————————————————————————————- July 1 Cincinnati vs. Brooklyn Cincinnati Chamberlain Daub 9-7 " 1 Louisville vs. Baltimore Louisville Hemming Hawke 6-0 " 1 Washington vs. St. Louis St. Louis Esper Breitenstein 4-2 " 1 Cleveland vs. Chicago Chicago Cuppy Griffith 10-9 " 2 New York vs. Cleveland Cleveland Rusie Griffith 6-4 " 2 Boston vs. Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Nichols Ehret 7-2 " 2 Philadelphia vs. Chicago Chicago Carsey Stratton 17-15 " 3 No games scheduled. " 4 New York vs. Cleveland Cleveland Meekin Cuppy 4-3 " 4 New York vs. Cleveland. Chicago. Weyhing McGill 12-11 " 4 Baltimore vs. Louisville. Louisville McMahon Knell 3-2 " 4 Louisville vs. Baltimore. Louisville Hemming Inks 11-1 " 4 Washington vs. St. Louis. St. Louis. Sullivan Hawley 10-5 " 4 St. Louis vs. Washington. St. Louis. A.Clarkson Mercer 15-8 " 5 New York vs. Louisville. Louisville. Westervelt Menafee 4-3 " 5 Boston vs. Cleveland. Cleveland. Staley Clarkson 22-7 " 5 Philadelphia vs. Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh. Carsey Colcolough 4-3 " 5 St. Louis vs. Brooklyn. St. Louis. Hawley Daub 13-12 " 5 Cincinnati vs. Baltimore. Cincinnati. Dwyer Hawke 20-6 " 5 Chicago vs. Washington. Chicago. Stratton Maul 13-10 " 6 New York vs. Louisville. Louisville. Rusie Hemming 10-6 " 6 Boston vs. Cleveland. Boston. Stivetts Cuppy 19-6 " 6 Philadelphia vs. Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh. Haddock Killen 13-7 " 7 New York vs. Louisville. Louisville. Meekin Knell 14-6 " 7 Brooklyn vs. St. Louis. St. Louis. Kennedy Breitenst'n 10-5 " 7 Boston vs. Cleveland. Cleveland. Nichols Young 16-10 " 7 Philadelphia vs. Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh. Weyhing Ehret 12-0 " 7 Baltimore vs. Cincinnati. Cincinnati. Inks Parrott 11-2 " 7 Chicago vs. Washington Chicago Abbey Sullivan 9-7 " 8 Brooklyn vs. St. Louis. St. Louis. Stein A.Clarkson 12-5 " 8 Washington vs. Chicago. Chicago. Esper Griffith 9-8 " 8 Baltimore vs. Cincinnati. Cincinnati. McMahon Chamberlain 14-4 " 9 New York vs. Cincinnati. Cincinnati. Rusie Parrott 13-8 " 9 Philadelphia vs. St. Louis. St. Louis. Callahan Hawley 11-10 " 9 Baltimore vs. Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh. Brown Killen 14-10 " 9 Louisville vs. Brooklyn. Louisville. Wadsw'th Kennedy 20-8 " 9 Chicago vs. Boston. Chicago. Stratton Staley 18-11 " 9 Cleveland vs. Washington. Cleveland. Cuppy Esper 16-15 " 10 Cincinnati vs. New York. Cincinnati. Dwyer Meekin 7-3 " 10 Louisville vs. Brooklyn. Louisville. Menafee Daub 13-7 " 10 Pittsburgh vs. Baltimore. Pittsburgh. Ehret McMahon 19-9 " 10 Cleveland vs. Washington. Cleveland. Young Esper 23-4 " 10 St. Louis vs. Philadelphia. St. Louis. Breitenst'n Haddock 17-8 " 10 Boston vs. Chicago. Chicago. Stivetts McGill 12-3 " 11 Cincinnati vs. New York. Cincinnati. Parrott Westervelt 6-5 " 11 Louisville vs. Brooklyn. Louisville. Hemming Stein 7-3 " 11 Pittsburgh vs. Baltimore. Pittsburgh. Gumbert Inks 8-6 " 11 Chicago vs. Boston. Chicago. Griffith Nichols 13-1 " 11 Cleveland vs. Washington. Cleveland. Griffith Mercer[1] 15-10 " 11 St. Louis vs. Philadelphia. St. Louis. A.Clarkson Weyhing 13-12 " 12 New York vs. Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh. Rusie Killen 9-6 " 12 Boston vs. Cincinnati. Cincinnati. Stivetts Dwyer 6-4 " 12 Chicago vs. Brooklyn. Chicago. Stratton Kennedy 11-6 " 12 Louisville vs. Washington. Louisville. Knell Sullivan 7-5 " 12 Cleveland vs. Philadelphia. Cleveland. Cuppy Carsey 20-10 " 13 Pittsburgh vs. New York. Pittsburgh. Ehret Westervelt 10-4 " 13 St. Louis vs. Baltimore. St. Louis. Breitenstein Hawke 11-10 " 13 Cincinnati vs. Philadelphia Cleveland Young Callahan 16-8 " 13 Boston vs. Cincinnati Cincinnati Staley Parrott 22-7 " 14 New York vs. Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Meekin Gumbert 9-5 " 14 Baltimore vs. St. Louis St. Louis Inks Hawley 7-3 " 14 Brooklyn vs. Chicago Chicago Stein Abbey[1] 8-8 " 14 Cincinnati vs. Boston Cincinnati Cross Nichols 14-12 " 14 Cleveland vs. Philadelphia Cleveland Griffith Weyhing 14-7 " 14 Louisville vs. Washington Louisville Wadsworth Esper 5-3 " 15 Chicago vs. Brooklyn Chicago Terry Gastright 10-7 " 15 Baltimore vs. St. Louis St. Louis McMahon A.Cl'kson[2] 9-8 " 15 Louisville vs. Washington Louisville Menafee Mercer 11-8 " 15 Cincinnati vs. Cleveland Cincinnati Dwyer Cuppy 17-8 " 16 Philadelphia vs. Boston Philadelphia Harper Stivitts 9-2 " 16 St. Louis vs. Pittsburgh St. Louis Br't'nst'n Colcol'gh 11-7 " 16 Louisville vs. Chicago Chicago Hemming Griffith 11-10 " 16 Cleveland vs. Cincinnati Cincinnati Young Parrott 9-1 " 17 New York vs. Washington New York Rusie Maul 7-2 " 17 Philadelphia vs. Boston Philadelphia Taylor Staley[4] 12-2 " 17 Baltimore vs. Brooklyn Baltimore Gleason Kennedy 13-4 " 17 Cleveland vs. Cincinnati Cincinnati Griffin Flynn 16-7 " 17 Pittsburgh vs. St. Louis St. Louis Ehret Mason 5-4 " 17 Chicago vs. Louisville Chicago Stratton Knell 8-5 " 18 New York vs. Washington New York Meekin Mercer 5-4 " 18 Boston vs. Philadelphia Philadelphia Nichols Weyhing 6-5 " 18 Baltimore vs. Brooklyn Baltimore Hawke Underwood 6-2 " 18 Cleveland vs. Cincinnati Cincinnati Young Chamberlain 9-4 " 18 St. Louis vs. Pittsburgh St. Louis Hawley Gumbert 3-2 " 18 Chicago vs. Louisville Chicago Terry Wadsworth 8-4 " 19 New York vs. Washington New York German Sullivan 13-12 " 19 Brooklyn vs. Baltimore Baltimore Stein Inks 10-8 " 19 Cincinnati vs. Pittsburgh Cincinnati Dwyer Colcolough 8-6 " 19 St. Louis vs. Chicago St. Louis Breitenstein Abbey 7-1 " 20 Boston vs. New York Boston Stivetts Rusie 12-1 " 20 Brooklyn vs. Philadelphia Brooklyn Kennedy Taylor 8-2 " 20 Baltimore vs. Washington Washington Hawke Petty 12-8 " 20 Cincinnati vs. Pittsburgh Cincinnati Chamberlain Ehret 7-6 " 20 Louisville vs. Cleveland Louisville Menafee Mullane 7-4 " 21 Boston vs. New York Boston Nichols Meekin 14-3 " 21 Brooklyn vs. Philadelphia Brooklyn Underwood Herper 8-7 " 21 Washington vs. Baltimore Baltimore Maul Gleason 14-3 " 21 Chicago vs. St. Louis St. Louis Stratton Hawley[1]16-11 " 21 Cleveland vs. Louisville Louisville Cuppy Hemming 2-0 " 21 Cleveland vs. Louisvile Louisville Young Knell 9-1 " 21 Cincinnati vs. Pittsburgh Cincinnati Cross Gumbert 12-4 " 22 Cincinnati vs. Louisville Louisville Dwyer Wadsworth 4-0 " 22 Chicago vs. St. Louis St. Louis Griffith A.Clarkson 11-9 " 23 Boston vs. New York Boston Staley German 9-5 " 23 Brooklyn vs. Philadelphia Brooklyn Stein Taylor 7-3 " 23 Philadelphia vs. Brooklyn Brooklyn Weyhing Daub 12-4 " 23 Cincinnati vs. Louisville Louisville Chamberlain Menafee 9-8 " 23 Pittsburgh vs. Chicago Chicago Killen Stratton 14-6 " 24 New York vs. Baltimore New York Rusie McMahon 1-0 " 24 Cleveland vs. St. Louis Cleveland Mullane Breitenst'n 12-9 " 24 Cleveland vs. St. Louis Cleveland Cuppy Hawley 4-2 " 24 Cincinnati vs. Louisville Louisville Parrott Hemming 4-3 " 24 Chicago vs. Pittsburgh Chicago Hutchinson Ehret 18-11 " 25 New York vs. Baltimore New York Meekin Gleason 7-2 " 25 Brooklyn vs. Boston Boston Kennedy Stivetts 8-7 " 25 Boston vs. Brooklyn Boston Nichols Underwood 12-6 " 25 Washington vs. Philadelphia Washington Mercer Fanning 16-6 " 25 Philadelphia vs. Washington Washington Carsey Sullivan 9-6 " 25 Cleveland vs. St. Louis Cleveland Young Breitenstein 12-3 " 25 Chicago vs. Pittsburgh Chicago Griffith Colcolough 24-6 " 26 New York vs. Baltimore New York German Hawke 16-4 " 26 Brooklyn vs. Boston Boston Stein Staley 15-9 " 26 Washington vs. Philadelphia Washington Maul Taylor 5-4 " 26 Pittsburgh vs. Cleveland Cleveland Ehret Mullane 9-3 " 27 Philadelphia vs. New York Philadelphia Harper Rusle 13-5 " 27 Washington vs. Brooklyn Brooklyn Mercer Kennedy 8-2 " 27 Boston vs. Baltimore Baltimore Stivetts McMahon 7-4 " 27 Cleveland vs. Pittsburgh Cleveland Cuppy Nicol 9-6 " 27 Cincinnati vs. Chicago Cincinnati Dwyer Stratton 14-12 " 27 St. Louis vs. Louisville St. Louis Hawley Wadsworth 6-4 " 28 New York vs. Philadelphia Philadelphia Meekin Carsey[3] 12-11 " 28 Brooklyn vs. Washington Brooklyn Underwood Sullivan 9-5 " 28 Boston vs. Baltimore Baltimore Staley Gleason 8-4 " 28 Pittsburgh vs. Cleveland Cleveland Ehret Young 8-0 " 28 Cincinnati vs. Chicago Cincinnati Cross Griffith 19-13 " 28 Louisville vs. St. Louis St. Louis Hemming Mason 8-4 " 29 St. Louis vs. Louisville St. Louis Breitenst'n Menafee 13-2 " 29 Louisville vs. St. Louis St. Louis Knell Hawley 9-2 " 29 Chicago vs. Cincinnati Cincinnati Griffith Parrott 16-9 " 30 New York vs. Philadelphia Philadelphia German Taylor 13-7 " 30 Washington vs. Brooklyn Brooklyn Maul Daub 10-6 " 30 Boston vs. Baltimore Baltimore Stivetts Hawke 5-2 " 30 Pittsburgh vs. Cincinnati Pittsburgh Gumbert Cross 8-6 " 30 Cleveland vs. Louisville Cleveland Cuppy Wadsworth 14-5 " 30 Chicago vs. St. Louis Chicago Stratton Hawley 8-4 " 31 New York vs. Boston New York Rusie Nichols 4-3 " 31 Philadelphia vs. Brooklyn Philadelphia Harper Kennedy 13-6 " 31 Baltimore vs. Washington Baltimore McMahon Mercer 11-3 " 31 Chicago vs. St. Louis Chicago Hutchinson Breitenst'n 8-1 " 31 Cleveland vs. Louisville Cleveland Mullane Hemming[2] 12-10 " 31 Louisville vs. Cleveland Cleveland Menafee Young 12-4 " 31 Pittsburgh vs. Cincinnati Pittsburgh Nicol Dwyer[2] 11-10
[Footnote 1: Ten Innings][Footnote 2: Eleven innings.][Footnote 3: Thirteen innings.][Footnote 4: Forfeited.]—————————————————————————————————————-
Only one game was drawn in July.
THE JULY PENNANT RACE RECORD. ———————————————————————————- P P P e P e l r l r L a c L a c W o y e W o y e o s e n o s e n Clubs. n t d t Clubs. n t d t ———————————————————————————- Boston 54 28 82 .659 Philadelphia 40 36 76 .526 Baltimore 47 29 76 .618 Cincinnati 39 41 80 .488 New York 49 31 80 .613 Chicago 34 45 79 .430 Cleveland 46 34 80 .575 St. Louis 35 60 85 .412 Brooklyn 42 35 77 .545 Louisville 27 56 83 .325 Pittsburgh 43 38 81 .531 Washington 24 57 81 .296 ———————————————————————————-
By the end of July the Boston club had ousted Baltimore out of first place, and the calculation now was that Boston would ultimately win. New York had pulled up to third place this month, and from this time out these three clubs monopolized the three leading positions in the race, no other club from now on being regarded as in the race, as far as the winning of the pennant was concerned. On the 31st of July two Western clubs occupied positions in the first division—Cleveland being fourth and Pittsburgh sixth—the Brooklyn club leading the "Pirates" by a few points only. The "Phillies" had been forced back into the second division, and Louisville had pushed the Washingtons into the last ditch, the difference in percentage points between the Boston and Washington clubs—the leader and tail-ender—being 355 points.
Now came the trying month of August, and with it came the customary falling off in patronage, largely due to the one-sided character of the pennant race, the chief interest in the contest for the championship now lying in the struggle for the lead between Baltimore, New York, and Boston, the "Bean Eaters" still leading at the end of July, followed by Baltimore and New York.
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