1895 Major League Baseball Season Information
The following are the baseball events of the year 1895 throughout the world.
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Champions
- Temple Cup: Cleveland Spiders defeated Baltimore Orioles, 4 games to 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
| Rank | Club | Wins | Losses | Win % | GB |
| 1st | Baltimore Orioles | 87 | 43 | .669 | -- |
| 2nd | Cleveland Spiders | 84 | 46 | .646 | 3.0 |
| 3rd | Philadelphia Phillies | 78 | 53 | .595 | 9.5 |
| 4th | Chicago Colts | 72 | 58 | .554 | 15.0 |
| 5th | Brooklyn Grooms | 71 | 60 | .542 | 16.5 |
| 5th | Boston Beaneaters | 71 | 60 | .542 | 16.5 |
| 7th | Pittsburgh Pirates | 71 | 61 | .538 | 17.0 |
| 8th | Cincinnati Reds | 66 | 64 | .508 | 21.0 |
| 9th | New York Giants | 66 | 65 | .504 | 21.5 |
| 10th | Washington Senators | 43 | 85 | ..336 | 21.5 |
| 11th | St. Louis Browns | 39 | 92 | .298 | 48.5 |
| 12th | Louisville Colonels | 35 | 96 | .267 | 52.5 |
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 - Jimmy Zinn
- January 21 - Ed Sperber
- January 24 - Joe Cobb
February
- February 2 - George Halas
- February 2 - George Lees
- 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 14 - 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
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
August
- August 1 - Clem Llewellyn
- August 7 - Ed Gill
- 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 - 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 - Bill Summers
- November 10 - Slicker Parks
- 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 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.
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