1898 in baseball

The following are the baseball events of the year 1898 throughout the world.  

Champions

• National League: Boston Beaneaters

National League final standings

Events

• April 21 - Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Bill Duggleby hits a grand slam in his first major league at-bat. No one else will accomplish that feat until Jeremy Hermida in 2005.
• April 22 - This day in baseball would see two no-hitters. First, Ted Breitenstein would throw the second no-hitter of his career as the Cincinnati Reds would defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 11-0. Meanwhile, Jay Hughes would toss a no-hitter for the Baltimore Orioles in a 5-0 win over the Boston Beaneaters. This is the first time in baseball history that two no-hitters would be thrown on the same day. It would not happen again until Dave Stewart and Fernando Valenzuela turn the trick on June 29, 1990.
• July 8 - Red Donahue tosses a no-hitter in a 5-0 Philadelphia Phillies win over the Baltimore Orioles.
• August 21 - In the second game of a doubleheader, Walter Thornton pitches a no-hitter for the Chicago Orphans in a 2-0 win over the Brooklyn Bridegrooms.
• December 1 - New York Giants president Andrew Freedman renews his team lease on the Polo Grounds for the next 10 years.

Births

• January 5 - Riggs Stephenson
• January 10 - Fats Jenkins
• January 18 - John Woods
• January 24 - Cliff Heathcote
• February 4 - John Perrin
• April 10 - Tom Jenkins
• April 24 - Andy Cooper
• April 25 - Fred Haney
• July 10 - Dick Lundy
• July 11 - Joe Batchelder
• July 14 - Happy Chandler
• August 14 - Bill Clowers
• August 17 - Bill Pertica
• August 28 - Charlie Grimm
• August 30 - Kiki Cuyler
• September 9 - Frankie Frisch
• September 13 - Curt Fullerton
• September 18 - George Uhle
• September 20 - Chuck Dressen
• September 23 - George Murray
• October 9 - Joe Sewell
• October 30 - Bill Terry
• November 3 - Homer Summa
• November 11 - Pie Traynor
• November 30 - Lou Bauer
• November 30 - Firpo Marberry

Deaths

• April 17 - Bobby Mathews, 46, pitcher who won 297 games, 131 of them in the National Association, in a career that ran from 1871 to 1887; won the first professional league game in 1871, and had 30-win seasons for the 1883-85 Philadelphia Athletics
• October 5 - John Richmond, 43, shortstop and center fielder for seven teams during his eight seasons from 1875 to 1885.
• November 21 - Bill Hague, 46?, third baseman from 1875 tp 1879.
• December 30 - Bill Stearns, 45, pitcher for several National Association teams from 1871 to 1875

USS Maine baseball team, 1898, shortly after winning the Navy baseball championship. The entire team was killed save one in February, 1898.