1899 in baseball

The following are the baseball events of the year 1899 throughout the world.

Champions

 * National League: Brooklyn Superbas

Events

 * Buck Freeman scored 25 home runs during the 1899 season; the second highest total was Bobby Wallace with 12. Although Freeman failed to equal Ned Williamson's record of 27 home runs in a season, recorded in 1884, Freeman's total is generally regarded as the greater achievement owing to the dimensions of Williamson's home ballpark of Lakeshore Park (of Williamson's 27 homers, only 2 were scored away from home). Freeman's tally was not surpassed until 1919, when Babe Ruth scored 29 home runs with the Boston Red Sox.

Births

 * January 3 - Buzz Arlett
 * January 11 - Alvin Crowder
 * January 12 - Joe Hauser
 * January 21 - Lew Fonseca
 * January 27 - Bibb Falk
 * February 7 - Earl Whitehill
 * February 9 - Specs Toporcer
 * March 17 - Charlie Root
 * May 14 - Earle Combs
 * September 5 - Max Bishop
 * September 9 - Waite Hoyt
 * October 11 - Eddie Dyer
 * October 26 - Judy Johnson
 * November 11 - Pie Traynor
 * December 6 - Jocko Conlan
 * December 20 - George Pipgras

Deaths

 * March 9 - Bill McGunnigle, 44, manager who led Brooklyn to the American Association title in 1889, and the NL pennant the following year after the team switched leagues; as collegiate catcher, was possibly the first at that position to wear a glove