1896 in baseball

The following are the baseball events of the year 1896 throughout the world.

List of years in baseball

Champions

Statistical leaders

National League final standings
National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 9039 0.698 — 49–16 41–23
Cleveland Spiders 8048 0.625 9½ 43–19 37–29
Cincinnati Reds 7750 0.606 12 51–15 26–35
Boston Beaneaters 7457 0.565 17 42–24 32–33
Chicago Colts 7157 0.555 18½ 42–24 29–33
Pittsburgh Pirates 6663 0.512 24 35–31 31–32
New York Giants 6467 0.489 27 39–26 25–41
Philadelphia Phillies 6268 0.477 28½ 42–27 20–41
Washington Senators 5873 0.443 33 38–29 20–44
Brooklyn Bridegrooms 5873 0.443 33 35–28 23–45
St. Louis Browns 4090 0.308 50½ 27–34 13–56
Louisville Colonels 3893 0.290 53 25–37 13–56

Events
  • April 7 - A broken wrist that refuses to heal Impels Louisville first baseman Pete Cassidy to be the first MLB player to try a newfangled medical breakthrough called the "x-ray".
  • May 9
  • May 30 – Washington Senators third baseman Bill Joyce hits for the cycle in an 8–1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
  • July 13 – Philadelphia Phillies 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, 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

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Deaths
  • January 4 – Tom Foley, 49, outfielder.
  • January 22 – George Heubel, 47, outfielder for two seasons in the National Association, 1871–1872, and one in the National League, 1876.
  • March 16 – Kid Madden, 28, pitcher for the Boston Beaneaters, Boston Reds, and Baltimore Orioles from 1887 to 1891.
  • May 3 – George McVey, 30, first baseman/catcher.
  • June 4 – John Hauck, 66, owner of the Cincinnati Red Stockings in the mid-1880s.
  • July 23 – Jack Beach, 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, 34, pitcher/outfielder for nine seasons, most prominently for the New York Giants.
  • September 23 – John Crowley, 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, 22, third baseman.
  • December 30 – Dave Birdsall, 58, outfielder.
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