Champions

* Temple Cup: Baltimore Orioles over Cleveland Spiders (4–0) * National League: Baltimore Orioles

National League final standings

National League statistical leaders

*Batting average: Jesse Burkett – .410 *Home runs: Ed Delahanty and Bill Joyce – 13 *Runs batted in: Ed Delahanty – 126 *Wins:

Frank Killen Frank Bissell "Lefty" Killen (November 30, 1870 – December 3, 1939) was a professional baseball player. He was a left-handed pitcher over parts of ten seasons (1891–1900) with the Milwaukee Brewers, Washington Senators (NL), Pittsburgh Pi ...

and Kid Nichols – 30 *Earned run average:

Billy Rhines William Pearl Rhines (March 14, 1869 – January 30, 1922) was a professional baseball player. He was a pitcher over parts of nine seasons (1890–1899) with the Cincinnati Reds, Louisville Colonels and Pittsburgh Pirates. He led the National ...

– 2.45 *Strikeouts: Cy Young – 140

Notable seasons

*Philadelphia Phillies left fielder Ed Delahanty led the NL in home runs (13), slugging percentage (.631), adjusted OPS+ (190), and runs batted in (126). He was second in the NL in total bases (315). He was third in the NL in batting average (.397) and on-base percentage (.472). *Cleveland Spiders pitcher Cy Young had a win–loss record of 28–15 and led the NL in strikeouts (140) and shutouts (5). He was second in the NL in innings pitched (414.1). He was third in the NL in wins (28). He was fifth in the NL in earned run average (3.24) and adjusted ERA+ (140)."1896 National League Pitching Leaders"
baseball-reference.com. Retrieved May 17, 2021.

Events

*April 7 – A broken wrist that refuses to heal compels Louisville first baseman

Pete Cassidy Peter Francis Cassidy (April 8, 1873 – July 9, 1929) was a Major League Baseball first baseman who played for the Louisville Colonels in 1896 and the Brooklyn Superbas The Brooklyn Dodgers were a Major League Baseball team founded in 1884 ...

to be the first MLB player to try a newfangled medical breakthrough called the "x-ray". *May 9 – **Shortstop Herman Long hits for the cycle to give the

Boston Beaneaters Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- most po ...

a 17–5 victory over the Louisville Colonels. **The Washington Senators defeat the

Pittsburgh Pirates The Pittsburgh Pirates are an American professional baseball team based in Pittsburgh. The Pirates compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central division. Founded as part of the American Associati ...

, 14–9, in a beanball battle. Senators pitcher Win Mercer hits three Pittsburgh batters while Pirate Pink Hawley plunks three Washington batters in a disastrous 11-run seventh inning, tying a mark he set on July 4, . Hawley retires in 1900 after nine seasons of play with a still-standing National League record of 195 hit batters. All told, eight batters are plunked in the contest, a National League-record five by Hawley. The five Washington batters hit by pitches ties the NL mark and won't be matched until July 2, . ** Hughie Jennings of the Baltimore Orioles knocks down

Cincinnati Reds The Cincinnati Reds are an American professional baseball team based in Cincinnati. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) National League Central, Central division and were a charter member of ...

third baseman Charlie Irwin before he can catch Bid McPhee's throw. Jennings scores afterward to give the Orioles a controversial 6–5, 10-inning win over Cincinnati. Umpire Bob Emslie is escorted out of the ballpark by Cincinnati police. *May 30 – Washington Senators third baseman Bill Joyce hits for the cycle in an 8–1 victory over the

. *July 13 –

Philadelphia Phillies The Philadelphia Phillies are an American professional baseball team based in Philadelphia. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the National League (NL) National League East, East division. Since 2004, the team's home sta ...

left fielder Ed Delahanty becomes the second Major Leaguer to hit four home runs in a game, two of them being inside-the-park home runs. It wasn't enough, as the Phillies lose to the

Chicago Colts The following is a North American professional sports league organization, franchise history of the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball, a charter member of the National League who started play in the National Association of Base Ball Players, ...

, 9–8. He is the only member of the "four home runs in a game" club to have an inside-the-park home run as part of his feat, and he is the first player to do so in a losing effort.

Births

January

*January 17 – Harry Hanson *January 18 – Bill McGowan *January 18 – Babe Twombly *January 19 –

Ollie Hanson Earl Sylvester "Ollie" Hanson (January 19, 1896 – August 19, 1951) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Chicago Cubs The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The Cubs compete i ...

*January 22 – Frank Fahey *January 23 –

Billy Mullen William John Mullen (January 23, 1896 in St. Louis, Missouri – May 4, 1971) was a professional baseball player who played third base from 1920 to 1928. Surviving family Bill Mullen is survived by his daughter, June Mitchell, and her three sons ...

*January 24 –

Jim Lindsey James Edgar Lindsey (born November 24, 1944) is a former American football running back for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League, having played from 1966 to 1972. Today he is a real estate agent and golf developer. Sports Arkan ...

*January 25 –

Ray Schmandt Raymond Henry Schmandt (January 25, 1896 – February 2, 1969) was a first baseman in Major League Baseball for the St. Louis Browns (1915) and Brooklyn Robins The Brooklyn Dodgers were a Major League Baseball team founded in 1884 as a member ...

*January 27 –

Milt Gaston Nathaniel Milton Gaston (January 27, 1896 – April 26, 1996) was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1924 to 1934. Born in Ridgefield Park, New Jersey, he played for the St. Louis Browns, New York Yankees, Boston Red S ...

*January 31 –

Pinky Hargrave William McKinley "Pinky" Hargrave (January 31, 1896 – October 3, 1942) was an American baseball catcher. He played professional baseball for 19 years from 1919 to 1937, including 10 years in Major League Baseball with the Washington Senators (1 ...

*January 31 –

Charlie Robertson Charles Culbertson Robertson (January 31, 1896 – August 23, 1984) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a pitcher, and is best remembered for throwing a perfect game in 1922. He was the last sur ...

February

*February 3 –

Chicken Hawks Nelson Louis "Chicken" Hawks (February 3, 1896 – May 26, 1973) was a professional baseball player whose career spanned 14 seasons, two of which were spent with the Major League Baseball (MLB) New York Yankees (1921) and Philadelphia Phillies (1 ...

*February 4 – Andy Woehr *February 10 –

Bill Whaley William Carl Whaley (February 10, 1896 – March 3, 1943) was a Major League Baseball player. He played in the outfield and was 5 foot 11 and 178 pounds. Career Whaley's Major League debut was on April 16, 1923. He played just one season in t ...

*February 11 – Charles Johnston *February 17 –

Frank Emmer Frank William Emmer (February 17, 1896 – October 18, 1963), born in Crestline, Ohio, was a shortstop for the Cincinnati Reds The Cincinnati Reds are an American professional baseball team based in Cincinnati. They compete in Major League ...

*February 20 – Muddy Ruel *February 21 –

Turkey Gross Ewell "Turkey" Gross (February 21, 1896 – January 11, 1936) was a shortstop in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the 1925 season. Listed at , 165 lb., Gross batted and threw right-handed. Ewell "Tur ...

*February 21 – Dick McCabe *February 22 –

Ferdie Moore Ferdinand De Paige Moore (February 22, 1896 – May 6, 1947) was an American Major League Baseball infielder. He played first base for the Philadelphia Athletics The Philadelphia Athletics were a Major League Baseball team that played in Phi ...

*February 26 – Rip Collins *February 27 –

Will Koenigsmark Willis Thomas Koenigsmark (February 27, 1896 – July 1, 1972) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played one game in with the St. Louis Cardinals. Koenigsmark, who batted and threw right-handed, came in as a reliever in the top of the eigh ...

*February 27 –

Cy Perkins Ralph Foster "Cy" Perkins (February 27, 1896 – October 2, 1963) was an American professional baseball player, coach and manager. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball most notably for the Philadelphia Athletics. Perkins batted and ...

*February 28 – Homer Ezzell *February 29 – Ralph Miller *February 29 – Roy Parker

March

*March 3 –

Bert Griffith Bartholomew Joseph "Buck" Griffith (March 3, 1896 – May 5, 1973) was a Major League Baseball player who played outfield for the Brooklyn Robins and Washington Senators. Griffith started his professional baseball career in 1919. In 1921, he h ...

*March 5 – Bernie Hungling *March 8 –

Lefty Clarke Alan "Lefty" Thomas Clarke (March 8, 1896 – March 11, 1975) was an American professional baseball player who played one game for the Cincinnati Reds in . He recorded one strike out while surrendering 7 runs (3 earned) on seven hits and tw ...

*March 9 –

Rube Yarrison Byron Wardsworth Yarrison (March 9, 1896 in Montgomery, Pennsylvania – April 22, 1977 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania) was a professional baseball pitcher. He pitched parts of two seasons in Major League Baseball, for the Philadelphia Athletics i ...

*March 16 –

Arlas Taylor Arlas Walter "Foxy" Taylor (March 16, 1896 – September 10, 1958) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played in with the Philadelphia Athletics The Philadelphia Athletics were a Major League Baseball team that played in Philadelphia from ...

*March 22 –

Chick Holmes Elwood Marter Holmes (1896–1954) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics The Philadelphia Athletics were a Major League Baseball team that played in Philadelphia from 1901 to 1954, when they m ...

April

*April 15 – Dutch Distel *April 18 –

Rip Conway Richard Daniel "Rip" Conway (April 18, 1896 – December 2, 1972) was an American baseball second baseman who played in Major League Baseball for the Boston Braves in . Born in White Bear Lake, Minnesota, Conway played in the Eastern League ...

*April 20 –

Harland Rowe Harland Stimson "Hypie" Rowe (April 20, 1896 – May 26, 1969), was an American professional baseball third baseman who played in with the Philadelphia Athletics of Major League Baseball. He batted left and threw right-handed. Rowe had a .139 bat ...

*April 23 – Elam Vangilder *April 24 –

Pug Griffin Francis Arthur "Pug" Griffin (April 24, 1896 – October 12, 1951) was a Major League Baseball player. He debuted in for the Philadelphia Athletics, playing mostly as a pinch hitter but also appearing in three games as a first baseman. After spen ...

*April 24 –

Ken Penner Kenneth William Penner (April 24, 1896 – May 28, 1959) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for two seasons. He pitched for the Cleveland Indians in 1916 and the NL-Pennant winning Chicago Cubs in 1929; he did not appear in the World S ...

*April 25 – Fred Haney *April 25 –

Marty Shay Arthur Joseph "Marty" Shay (April 25, 1896 – February 20, 1951) was a professional baseball player. He played parts of two seasons in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs (1916) and Boston Braves (1924), primarily as a second baseman. Li ...

*April 27 – Rogers Hornsby *April 29 – Johnnie Heving

May

*May 1 –

Heine Meine Henry William "Heine" Meine (May 1, 1896 – March 18, 1968), sometimes "Heinie" Meine, was a professional baseball player. Meine was a right-handed pitcher who played for the St. Louis Browns in 1922 and for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1929 to ...

*May 2 – Bill Piercy *May 3 –

Bob Hasty Robert Keller Hasty (May 3, 1896 – May 28, 1972) was a professional baseball pitcher in the Major Leagues from to . Hasty played for the Philadelphia Athletics The Philadelphia Athletics were a Major League Baseball team that played in Phil ...

*May 7 – Tom Zachary *May 16 –

Red Ostergard Roy Lund "Red" Ostergard (May 16, 1896 – January 13, 1977) was a pinch hitter in Major League Baseball. He was born in Denmark, Wisconsin, and attended college at Southwestern University.

*May 18 – George Edmondson *May 19 – Merito Acosta *May 19 –

Bud Culloton Bernard Aloysius "Bud" Culloton (May 19, 1896 – November 9, 1976) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Pittsburgh Pirates.

*May 24 –

Leo Mangum Leo Allan Mangum (May 24, 1896 – July 9, 1974) was a professional baseball pitcher. He played all or part of seven seasons in Major League Baseball between 1924 and 1935 with the Chicago White Sox, New York Giants, and Boston Braves. He had a ...

*May 28 – Warren Giles *May 31 – Socks Seibold

June

*June 1 – Johnny Mostil *June 1 – Joel Newkirk *June 5 –

Wade Lefler Wade Hampton Lefler was a Major League Baseball player. He played in six games for two different major league teams in , mostly as a pinch hitter. He also played in one game as a right fielder. He was the first player to make the major leagues af ...

*June 5 –

Ray Richmond Ray Richmond (born October 19, 1957, in Whittier, California) is a globally syndicated critic and entertainment/media columnist. Richmond has also worked variously as a feature and entertainment writer, beat reporter and TV critic for a variety ...

*June 7 –

Toussaint Allen Toussaint L'Ouverture Allen (June 7, 1896 – March 3, 1960) was an American baseball first baseman in the Negro leagues. He played from 1914 to 1928 with several teams. He played the majority of his career with the Hilldale Club. References ...

*June 11 – Charlie Hollocher *June 18 – Newt Halliday *June 25 –

Earl Howard Earl Howard (born 1951) is an American avant-garde composer, arranger, saxophonist, synthesizer player and multi-instrumentalist. Howard is one of the pioneers of what is called “new” music. He has been in the industry for over thirty y ...

July

*July 1 – Bert Cole *July 3 – Curt Walker *July 4 – Charles Wesley *July 5 – Buck Freeman *July 5 – Hank Thormahlen *July 7 – John Jenkins *July 8 –

Roy Crumpler Roy Maxton Crumpler (July 8, 1896 – October 6, 1969) was an American baseball pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia Phillies The Philadelphia Phillies are an American professional baseball te ...

*July 9 –

Carl Holling Carl Theodore Holling (July 9, 1896 – July 18, 1962) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Detroit Tigers from -. Listed at 6'1", 172 lb., Holling batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Dixon, California. ...

*July 10 – Bill Schindler *July 19 – Joe Boley *July 19 – Bob Meusel *July 20 –

Ollie Fuhrman Alfred George Fuhrman (July 20, 1896 – January 11, 1969) was an American Major League Baseball catcher Catcher is a position in baseball and softball. When a batter takes their turn to hit, the catcher crouches behind home plate, in fron ...

*July 20 –

Mutt Wilson William Clarence Wilson (July 20, 1896 – August 31, 1962), sometimes known by the nicknames "Mutt" and "Lank", was an American baseball player. He played professional baseball as a right-handed pitcher for 15 years from 1916 to 1930, including ...

*July 27 – Rube Walberg *July 29 – Eugene Keeton *July 31 –

Chick Sorrells Raymond Edwin "Chick" Sorrells (July 31, 1896 – July 20, 1983) was a Major League Baseball shortstop who played for one season. He played for the Cleveland Indians for two games during the 1922 Cleveland Indians season. Sorrells was one of a ...

August

*August 4 – Chick Galloway *August 4 – Cliff Lee *August 6 –

Ray Blades Francis Raymond Blades (August 6, 1896 – May 18, 1979) was an American left fielder, manager, coach and scout in Major League Baseball (MLB). Scouted on the sandlots by Rickey A native of McLeansboro, Illinois, Blades was first scouted as a bas ...

*August 15 – Ben Rochefort *August 15 – Bill Sherdel *August 17 –

Doug McWeeny Douglas Lawrence McWeeny (August 17, 1896 – January 1, 1953) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched from 1921–1930. He pitched right-handed. McWeeny made his big-league debut on April 24, 1921, and won three games for the Chicag ...

*August 23 – Cedric Durst *August 24 – Bevo LeBourveau *August 28 – Aaron Ward *August 29 – Arthur Henderson

September

*September 2 – Paul Johnson *September 2 – Harry Shriver *September 5 –

Gil Gallagher Lawrence Kirby "Gil" Gallagher (September 5, 1896 – January 6, 1957) was a shortstop in Major League Baseball. He played for the Boston Braves The Atlanta Braves, a current Major League Baseball franchise, originated in Boston, Massachuse ...

*September 6 –

Mack Eggleston Macajah Marchand "Mack" Eggleston Jr. (September 16, 1896 – September, 1980) was an American baseball catcher and outfielder in the Negro leagues The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams of African Am ...

*September 6 –

Frank McCrea Francis William McCrea (September 6, 1896 – February 25, 1981) was a Major League Baseball catcher from Jersey City, New Jersey who played for one season. He played in one game for the Cleveland Indians on September 26 during the 1925 Clev ...

*September 6 –

Paul Zahniser Paul Vernon Zahniser (September 6, 1896 – September 26, 1964) was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played for three different teams over his five-season Major League Baseball career, which spanned from 1923 to 1929. Career Born in ...

*September 8 – Val Picinich *September 8 – Johnny Schulte *September 10 – Sammy Hale *September 13 – Pat Collins *September 13 –

Art Stokes Arthur Milton Stokes (September 13, 1896 – June 2, 1962) was an American professional baseball player who pitched in twelve games for the Philadelphia Athletics during the season. He was born in Emmitsburg, Maryland and died in Titusvill ...

*September 13 –

Roy Wilson Roy Wilson may refer to: * Roy Wilson (British politician) (1876–1942), British Member of Parliament *Roy Wilson (baseball) (1896–1969), Major League Baseball player *Roy Wilson (Canadian politician) (born 1932), Canadian provincial politician ...

*September 21 – Herschel Bennett *September 24 – Kewpie Pennington

October

*October 2 – Sid Womack *October 5 –

Charlie Pechous Charles Edward Pechous (October 5, 1896 in Chicago, Illinois – September 13, 1980 in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Kenosha, Wisconsin) was a third baseman in Major League Baseball. External links

1896 births 1980 deaths Baseball players from Chica ...

*October 5 – Danny Silva *October 6 – Harry Heitmann *October 8 –

Tim Murchison Thomas Malcolm Murchison (October 8, 1896 – October 20, 1962) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for two seasons. He pitched for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1917 and the Cleveland Indians The Cleveland Guardians are an American p ...

*October 13 –

Claude Davidson Claude Boucher Davidson (October 13, 1896 – April 18, 1956) was an American Major League Baseball second baseman. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics The Philadelphia Athletics were a Major League Baseball team that played in Philadelp ...

*October 13 – Charlie See *October 14 – Oscar Charleston *October 15 – Mule Watson *October 16 – John Brock *October 19 – Bob O'Farrell *October 20 –

Wid Matthews Wid Curry Matthews (October 20, 1896 – October 5, 1965) was an American outfielder, scout and front office executive in Major League Baseball. Matthews served as general manager of the Chicago Cubs for seven full seasons and became one of the ...

*October 22 – Sam Bohne *October 27 –

Frank Okrie Frank Anthony Okrie (October 27, 1896 – October 16, 1959), nicknamed "Lefty", was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher. Okrie appeared in 21 games for the 1920 Detroit Tigers, recording a 1-2 win–loss record with a 5.27 earne ...

*October 28 –

Roxy Snipes Wyatt Eure "Roxy" Snipes (October 28, 1896 – May 1, 1941) was a professional baseball outfielder. He appeared in one game for the 1923 Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). Listed at and , he batted left-handed and threw right- ...

*October 30 – Clyde Manion *October 31 – Leo Dickerman

November

*November 2 –

Chick Maynard Leroy Evans "Chick" Maynard (November 2, 1896 – January 31, 1957) was a shortstop in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the season. Listed at 5' 9", 150 lb., Maynard batted left-handed and threw ...

*November 8 – Bucky Harris *November 10 – Jimmy Dykes *November 14 –

Red Sheridan Eugene Anthony "Red" Sheridan (November 14, 1896 – November 25, 1975) was an American professional baseball player who played in five games at second base and shortstop for the Brooklyn Robins in 1918 and 1920. External links

1896 births ...

*November 15 –

Bert Ellison Herbert Spencer "Bert" Ellison (November 15, 1896 – August 11, 1955) was an American baseball player. He played professional baseball for 14 years from 1915 to 1928, including five seasons in Major League Baseball with the Detroit Tigers from 19 ...

*November 16 –

Ivy Griffin Ivy Moore Griffin (November 16, 1896 – August 25, 1957) was a first baseman in Major League Baseball. He played from 1919 to 1921 for the Philadelphia Athletics. Griffin was a manager in the minor leagues from 1935 to 1955, winning four league ...

*November 17 –

Sam Post Samuel Gilbert Post (November 17, 1896 in Richmond, Virginia – March 31, 1971 in Portsmouth, Virginia), is a former professional baseball player who played first base in nine games for the 1922 Brooklyn Robins. He was later the manager of t ...

*November 18 – Bill Hughes *November 20 –

Cecil Duff Cecil Elba Duff (November 20, 1896 – November 10, 1969) was an American baseball pitcher for the Chicago White Sox, who made three appearances for the team in 1922 at the age of 25. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed. Duff was , 175 po ...

*November 22 –

Bill Hollahan William James Hollahan (November 22, 1896 – November 27, 1965) was a third baseman in Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. M ...

*November 23 –

Dick Reichle Richard Wendell Reichle (November 23, 1896 – June 13, 1967) was a professional baseball player who appeared in 128 games for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB) during the 1922 and 1923 seasons. Listed at and , he batted left-hand ...

*November 27 – John Singleton *November 29 – Joe DeBerry

December

*December 2 –

Gene Bedford William Eugene Bedford (December 2, 1896 in Dallas, Texas – October 6, 1977 in San Antonio, Texas) was a second baseman for the Cleveland Indians The Cleveland Guardians are an American professional baseball team based in Cleveland. The Gu ...

*December 2 – Mike Wilson *December 4 –

Allen Conkwright Allen Howard "Red" Conkwright (December 4, 1896 – July 30, 1991) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Detroit Tigers in . External links

1896 births 1991 deaths Detroit Tigers players Major League Baseball pitchers Ba ...

*December 6 – Bob Larmore *December 6 –

Frank Luce Frank Edward Luce (December 6, 1896 – February 3, 1942) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is co ...

*December 10 –

Spoke Emery Herrick Smith "Spoke" Emery (December 10, 1898 – June 2, 1975) was a Major League Baseball outfielder. Born in Bay City, Michigan, Spoke played one season in Major League Baseball, in with the Philadelphia Phillies. He played five games in the ...

*December 11 – Johnny Walker *December 13 – Denny Williams *December 14 –

Charlie Hargreaves Charles Russell Hargreaves (December 14, 1896 in Trenton, New Jersey – May 9, 1979 in Neptune, New Jersey) was a professional baseball player who played catcher from 1923 to 1930. In 423 games over eight seasons, Hargreaves posted a .270 batti ...

*December 17 – Jim Mattox *December 26 –

Herman Pillette Herman Polycarp Pillette (December 26, 1895 – April 30, 1960), nicknamed "Old Folks" in the later part of his career, was an American right-handed professional baseball pitcher, who played in 29 seasons (1917–1945). During his playing days, ...

Deaths

*January 4 – Tom Foley, 49, outfielder. *January 22 –

George Heubel George A. Heubel (June 20, 1849–January 22, 1896) was a German American professional baseball player. He was the first player born in Germany to play in the National Association and the National League. Career Heubel started his amateur caree ...

, 47, outfielder for two seasons in the National Association, 1871–1872, and one in the National League, 1876. *March 16 –

Kid Madden Michael Joseph "Kid" Madden (October 22, 1866 – March 16, 1896) was an American Major League Baseball player who pitched for three different teams from to . He played for the Boston Braves, Boston Reds, and Baltimore Orioles. Madden died ...

, 28, pitcher for the Boston Beaneaters, Boston Reds, and Baltimore Orioles from 1887 to 1891. *May 3 –

George McVey George William McVey (September 16, 1865 – May 3, 1896) was an American professional baseball player. He played one season with the Brooklyn Grays, appearing in three games each at first base, and catcher in 1885. External linksBaseball-Referen ...

, 30, first baseman/catcher. *June 4 – John Hauck, 66, owner of the Cincinnati Red Stockings in the mid-1880s. *July 23 –

Jack Beach Stonewall Jackson "Jack" Beach (1862 – July 23, 1896) was a Major League Baseball outfielder who played two seasons in professional baseball, one at the Major League level. Professional career Washington Nationals Beach began his career wi ...

, 34, outfielder. *August 5 – Ben Stephens, 28, pitcher. *August 29 – Curt Welch, 34, center fielder in the American Association who led league in doubles with 1889 Athletics and scored 100 runs five times. *September 20 –

Ed Crane Edward Crane may refer to: * Ed Crane (baseball) (1862–1896), American right-handed pitcher and outfielder in Major League Baseball * Ed Crane (journalist), reporter for CBS News * Ed Crane (politician) (born 1944), founder of the Cato Institute * ...

, 34, pitcher/outfielder for nine seasons, most prominently for the New York Giants. *September 23 –

John Crowley John Crowley may refer to: *John Crowley (Irish revolutionary) (1891-1942), Irish revolutionary and hunger striker *John Crowley (author) (born 1942), American author *John Crowley (baseball) (1862–1896), American Major League catcher *John Crowl ...

, 34, catcher for the 1884 Philadelphia Quakers. *September 26 – John Curran, 44, appeared in three games for the 1876 Philadelphia Athletics. *November 10 –

Jim Ritz James L. Ritz (1874–1896) was a third baseman in Major League Baseball. He played in one game for the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League on July 20, 1894. After his brief stint with the Pirates, he played for the Toledo White Stockings ...

, 22, third baseman. *December 30 –

Dave Birdsall David Solomon Birdsall (July 16, 1838 – December 30, 1896) was an American professional baseball player. He played for the Boston Red Stockings from 1871 to 1873 as an outfielder and catcher. Baseball career Birdsall first played in the ...

, 58, outfielder.

References

External links

1896 National League season team stats at Baseball Reference
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