1895 in baseball

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

Champions

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

Statistical leaders

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

National League final standings

Events

• February 27 - Responding to the complaints of senior citizens like Cap Anson, the National League restricts the size of gloves for all fielders, save catchers and first basemen's, to 10 ounces, with a maximum circumference of 14 inches around the palm (less than 4½ inches across). The league also rescinds the rule forbidding intentional discoloring of the ball, thus allowing players to dirty the baseball to their satisfaction.

• August 16 - Tommy Dowd of the St. Louis Browns hits for the cycle in an 8–5 win over the Louisville Colonels.

• September 30 - Washington Senators first baseman Ed Cartwright hits for the cycle against the Boston Beaneaters.

Births

January

• January   6 - Charlie Blackburn
• January   9 - Ray French
• January 11 - Paddy Driscoll
• January 12 - Henry Bostick
• January 12 - Jack Knight
• January 16 - Lou Guisto
• January 18 - George Hesselbacher
• January 19 - Dan Boone
• January 21 - Jimmy Zinn
• January 21 - Ed Sperber
• January 24 - Joe Cobb

February

• February   2 - George Halas
• February   2 - George Lees
• February   2 - Burlin White
• February   6 - Babe Ruth
• February   9 - Wally Hood
• February 12 - Sweetbread Bailey
• February 15 - Larry Goetz
• February 15 - Jimmy Ring
• February 16 - Red Cox
• February 17 - Leon Carlson
• February 22 - Tony DeFate
• February 22 - Roy Graham
• February 22 - Ed Monroe
• February 23 - Gus Sandberg
• February 24 - Bill Bagwell

March

• March   3 - Joe Jaeger
• March   4 - Jesse Baker
• March   8 - Jack Bentley
• March   9 - Frank Kane
• March 10 - Jake Propst
• March 13 - Eric Erickson
• March 13 - Alejandro Oms
• March 14 - Lyman Lamb
• March 23 - Frank Parkinson
• March 26 - Joe Klugmann
• March 27 - Bill Burwell
• March 31 - Carson Bigbee

April

• April   2 - Earl Pruess
• April   8 - Eddie Bacon
• April 10 - Bob McGraw
• April 11 - Ralph Sharman
• April 12 - Sammy Vick
• April 18 - Hans Rasmussen
• April 22 - Bob Smith
• April 23 - Tom Knowlson
• April 24 - Harry Harper
• April 24 - Dixie Parker
• April 25 - George Lowe
• April 26 - Buzz Murphy

May

• May   3 - Bob Pepper
• May   3 - Chick Tolson
• May   4 - Charlie Babington
• May   8 - Ed Murray
• May 10 - Pat Hardgrove
• May 12 - Jim Poole
• May 13 - Red Lanning
• May 13 - Frank Mills
• May 15 - Joe Evans
• May 15 - Jimmy Smith
• May 16 - Colonel Snover
• May 19 - Ray Kennedy
• May 24 - Gus Felix
• May 25 - Jim Riley

June

• June   2 - Al Baird
• June   3 - Johnny Bassler
• June   5 - Ray Rohwer
• June   8 - Sam McConnell
• June 13 - Emilio Palmero
• June 14 - Ike Davis
• June 21 - Oliver Marcelle
• June 23 - Jack Smith
• June 23 - George Weiss
• June 25 - Bill Webb
• June 30 - Johnny Miljus

July

• July   2 - Frank Thompson
• July   5 - George Kopshaw
• July   9 - Joe Gleason
• July 12 - Artie Dede
• July 19 - Snake Henry
• July 23 - Art Rico

August

• August   1 - Clem Llewellyn
• August   7 - Ed Gill
• August   9 - Willis Flournoy
• August 10 - Joe Schepner
• August 16 - Fred Bailey
• August 20 - Pete Schneider
• August 24 - Les Howe
• August 25 - Ray Roberts
• August 26 - Axel Lindstrom
• August 29 - Guy Morrison

September

• September   5 - Ted Jourdan
• September   6 - Shags Horan
• September 10 - George Kelly
• September 15 - Hugh McQuillan
• September 21 - Ad Swigler
• September 22 - Austin McHenry
• September 23 - Johnny Mokan
• September 26 - Bernie Neis
• September 28 - Hal Bubser
• September 28 - Whitey Witt
• September 30 - Dick Cox

October

• October   1 - Carmen Hill
• October   1 - Roy Johnson
• October   3 - Bert Lewis
• October   4 - Ralph Shinners
• October   5 - Norm McMillan
• October   7 - Fred Fussell
• October   8 - Ed Wingo
• October 13 - Mike Gazella
• October 13 - Ben Paschal
• October 13 - Jim Roberts
• October 16 - Bill Skiff
• October 18 - Babe Pinelli
• October 18 - Tom Sullivan
• October 20 - John Russell
• October 22 - Johnny Morrison
• October 24 - Al Pierotti
• October 27 - Clarence Huber
• October 30 - Thomas Healy

November

• November   3 - Jim Walkup
• November   3 - Kid Willson
• November   4 - Bill McCarren
• November   5 - Tom McNamara
• November   5 - Rasty Wright
• November   8 - Mike Knode
• November 10 - Chick Fewster
• November 10 - Bill Summers
• November 10 - Slicker Parks
• November 11 - Cy Morgan
• November 13 - George Dumont
• November 17 - George Scott
• November 19 - Billy Zitzmann
• November 23 - Dallas Bradshaw
• November 25 - Jakie May
• November 26 - George Tomer
• November 28 - Bill Anderson
• November 28 - Molly Craft
• November 29 - Jack Enright

December

• December   1 - Jake Miller
• December   2 - Art Jahn
• December   7 - Bud Davis
• December 25 - Frank Ellerbe
• December 25 - Herb Hunter
• December 26 - Bonnie Hollingsworth
• December 29 - Clyde Barnhart

Deaths

• January 10 - Steve Ladew, 32, outfielder/pitcher for the Kansas City Cowboys of the American Association.

• January 15 - Ed Silch, 29, pitcher for the 1888 Brooklyn Bridegrooms of the National League.

• January 21 - Frank Bowes, 30, backup catcher/outfielder/infielder for the 1890 Brooklyn Gladiators of the American Association.

• January 29 - Tony Suck, 36, catcher who played with the Buffalo Bisons of the National League (1883) and for the Baltimore Monumentals and Chicago Browns of the Union Association (1884).

• February 8 - Roger Carey, 30, second baseman for the 1889 New York Giants of the National League.

• March   2 - Kid Camp, 25, National League pitcher who played for the 1892 Pittsburgh Pirates and the 1894 Chicago Colts.

• March 30 - Henry Easterday, 30, shortstop who played for five teams of two different leagues between the 1884 and 1890 seasons.

• April 16- Jack McQuaid, 36, American Association and National League umpire from 1886 to 1894.

• April 18 - Henry Myers, 36, shortstop and manager for the 1882 Baltimore Orioles, who also played part of two seasons with the Providence Grays and the Wilmington Quicksteps.

• April 21 - Jim Tipper, 45, National Association outfielder who played for the Middletown Mansfields, Hartford Dark Blues and New Haven Elm Citys teams between the 1869 and 1875 seasons.

• April 23 - Long John Ewing, 31, pitcher/outfielder for six teams in four different leagues between 1883 and 1891, who led all National League pitchers with a 2.27 earned run average in his last major league season.

• June 21 - Rex Smith, 31, pitcher for the 1886 Philadelphia Athletics of the American Association.

• July 8 - Steve King, 53, outfielder who played from 1871 to 1872 for the Troy Haymakers of the National Association.

• August 8 - Ed Colgan, (?), catcher/outfielder for the 1884 Pittsburgh Alleghenys of the American Association.

• October 3 - Harry Wright, 60, Hall of Fame player/manager and organizer of baseball's first professional team, the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings, who is recognized as the first major league manager to collect 1000 career victories.

• October 16 - Kid Summers, 27, Canadian catcher and outfielder who played for the 1893 St. Louis Browns of the National League.

• November   9 - George Joyce, 48, center fielder for the 1886 Washington Nationals of the National League.

• November 16 - Jim McLaughlin, 34, pitcher/outfielder for the 1884 Baltimore Orioles of the American Association.

• November 20 - Dick Hunt, 48, right fielder/second baseman for the 1872 Brooklyn Eckfords of the National Association.

• December 12 - Harry Fuller, 33, third baseman for the 1891 St. Louis Browns of the American Association.