1881 in baseball

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See also

Major League Baseball Minor league baseball Negro league baseball Japanese baseball

Sources

Baseball Hall of Fame Baseball Almanac Baseball Library Baseball Reference National Pastime Wikipedia The Deadball Era

The following are the baseball events of the year 1881 throughout the world.  

Champions

• National League: Chicago White Stockings

National League final standings

National League
Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
Chicago White Stockings	56	28	.667	--
Providence Grays	47	37	.560	9
Buffalo Bisons	45	38	.542	10.5
Detroit Wolverines	41	43	.488	15
Troy Trojans	39	45	.464	17
Boston Red Caps	38	45	.458	17.5
Cleveland Blues	36	48	.429	20
Worcester Worcesters	32	50	.390	23

Events

• September 10 - With the Troy Trojans trailing 7-4, the bases loaded and two out in the bottom of the 9th, Roger Connor hits the first grand slam in major league history for an 8-7 victory

Births

• February 2 - Orval Overall
• February 28 - Terry Turner
• March 23 - Gavvy Cravath
• May 14 - Ed Walsh
• July 6 - Roy Hartzell
• July 21 - Johnny Evers
• August 22 - Howie Camnitz
• August 28 - Dode Paskert
• October 18 - Hans Lobert
• December 20 - Branch Rickey

Deaths

• April 11 - John McMullin, 32?, outfielder in the National Association who batted .346 for the 1874 Athletics