1900 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 1900 throughout the world.  

Champions

• National League: Brooklyn Superbas

National League final standings

National League Club Wins Losses Win %   GB Brooklyn Superbas 82 54 .603 -- Pittsburgh Pirates 79 60 .568 4.5 Philadelphia Phillies 75 63 .543 8 Boston Beaneaters 66 72 .478 17 Chicago Cubs 65 75 .464 19 St. Louis Cardinals 65 75 .464 19 Cincinnati Reds 62 77 .446 21.5 New York Giants 60 78 .435 23

Births

• January 7 - John Beckwith
• February 2 - Willie Kamm
• March 6 - Lefty Grove
• March 14 - Marty McManus
• March 31 - Mule Suttles
• April 23 - Jim Bottomley
• April 26 - Hack Wilson
• May 20 - George Grantham
• July 23 - Jimmie Wilson
• August 16 - George Scales
• September 17 - Hughie Critz
• October 16 - Goose Goslin
• October 24 - Ossie Bluege
• October 31 - Cal Hubbard
• December 20 - Gabby Hartnett
• December 28 - Ted Lyons

Deaths

• January 19 - Marty Bergen, 28, catcher for the Boston Beaneaters since 1896 who batted .280 for the 1898 championship team
• February 7 - Jack Taylor, 26, pitcher for Cincinnati, previously with the Phillies, who had three 20-win seasons from 1894-96, led NL in games and innings in 1898
• July 15 - Billy Barnie, 47, manager of the Orioles from 1883 to 1891, and later of three other teams; pilot of Hartford team in Eastern League since 1899
• October 7 - Bill Phillips, 43, first baseman for Cleveland and Brooklyn who was the first Canadian in the major leagues; batted .302 in 1885