1895 in baseball

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

Champions

Temple Cup: Cleveland Spiders over Baltimore Orioles (4–1)
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

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Baltimore Orioles	87	43	0.669	—	54–12	33–31
Cleveland Spiders	84	46	0.646	3	49–13	35–33
Philadelphia Phillies	78	53	0.595	9½	51–21	27–32
Chicago Colts	72	58	0.554	15	43–24	29–34
Brooklyn Grooms	71	60	0.542	16½	43–22	28–38
Boston Beaneaters	71	60	0.542	16½	48–19	23–41
Pittsburgh Pirates	71	61	0.538	17	44–21	27–40
Cincinnati Reds	66	64	0.508	21	42–22	24–42
New York Giants	66	65	0.504	21½	40–27	26–38
Washington Senators	43	85	0.336	43	31–34	12–51
St. Louis Browns	39	92	0.298	48½	25–41	14–51
Louisville Colonels	35	96	0.267	52½	19–38	16–58

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 – Ed Sperber
January 21 – Jimmy Zinn
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 17 – 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
May 30 – Harry Salmon

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
July 29 – Dutch Stryker

August

August 1 – Clem Llewellyn
August 4 – Hooks Foreman
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 – Felton Stratton
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 – Slicker Parks
November 10 – Bill Summers
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 26 – Herman Pillette
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.