1879 in baseball

The following are the baseball events of the year 1879 throughout the world.

Champions

 * National League: Providence Grays

Births

 * March 27 - Miller Huggins
 * April 9 - Doc White
 * April 13 - Jake Stahl
 * April 29 - Noodles Hahn
 * June 11 - Roger Bresnahan
 * June 12 - Red Dooin
 * June 20 - Jim Delahanty
 * September 7 - Hooks Wiltse
 * September 17 - Rube Foster
 * October 16 - Art Devlin
 * December 8 - Jimmy Austin
 * December 12 - Mike Mitchell

Deaths

 * October 28 - Jimmy Hallinan, 30, shortstop for several teams who batted .321 in 1877 with Cincinnati and Chicago