1895 Temple Cup

Pre-modern baseball championship January 2025 March 2026 Temple 1895 Cup Cleveland Spiders (4) Patsy Tebeau 84 46 y, GA: — Baltimore Orioles (1) Ned Hanlon 87 43 y, GA: 3 October 2–8 Union Park (Baltimore)League Park (Cleveland) Tim Hurst, Tim Keefe, Jim McDonald Spiders:Jesse BurkettCy YoungOrioles:Ned Hanlon (manager)Hughie JenningsWillie KeelerJoe KelleyJohn McGraw†Wilbert Robinson†† elected as a manager. 1894 1896 The 1895 Temple Cup was an end-of-the-year best-of-seven playoff between the National League champion Baltimore Orioles and runner-up Cleveland Spiders. The series began on October 2 and ended on October 8 with the Spiders winning in five games. In this second iteration of the Temple Cup, the NL pennant winning Baltimore Orioles, who were also in their second Temple Cup, once again lost to the NL runner-up team. Summary Cleveland won the series, 4–1. GameDateScoreLocation 1 October 2 Cleveland Spiders – 5, Baltimore Orioles – 4 League ParkOctober 3, 1895 FOR THE TEMPLE CUP; Cleveland Wins the First of the Series with Baltimore https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1895/10/03/102475131.html?pageNumber=6 subscription 2025-01-24 The New York Times en 0362-4331 https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1895/10/03/102475131.pdf 2 October 3 Baltimore Orioles – 2, Cleveland Spiders – 7 League ParkOctober 4, 1895 CLEVELAND WINS AGAIN; Outplayed Baltimore in the Second Contest for Temple Cup https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1895/10/04/102475527.html?pageNumber=13 subscription 2025-01-24 The New York Times en 0362-4331 https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1895/10/04/102475527.pdf 3 October 5 Baltimore Orioles – 1, Cleveland Spiders – 7 League ParkOctober 6, 1895 BALTIMORE TAKES THE THIRD; One More Game Will Win the Temple Cup https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=WSR18951006.1.8&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- 2025-01-24 Wheeling Sunday Register en 2640-5164 4 October 7 Cleveland Spiders – 0, Baltimore Orioles – 5 Union ParkOctober 8, 1895 Baltimore Wins the Fourth Game in the Temple Cup Series https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=sun18951008-01.1.4&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN---------- 2025-01-24 The Sun en 1940-7831 5 October 8 Cleveland Spiders – 5, Baltimore Orioles – 2 Union ParkOctober 9, 1895 CLEVELAND'S TEMPLE CUP; The Western Team Wins Four Out of Five Games; BALTIMORE BEATEN IN CLOSE CONTESTS; The Game Yesterday Fall of Excitement — Police Had to Escort the Visitors to Their Hotel https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1895/10/09/106081330.html?pageNumber=6 subscription 2025-01-24 The New York Times en 0362-4331 https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1895/10/09/106081330.pdf Game summaries Game 1 Wednesday, October 2, 1895 League Park in Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland CLE 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 5 13 2 Baltimore BAL 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 4 11 1 Cy Young Sadie McMahon Cy Young (1–0) Sadie McMahon (0–1) 8,000 Game 2 Thursday, October 3, 1895 League Park in Cleveland, Ohio Baltimore BAL 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 5 4 Cleveland CLE 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 X 7 10 5 Bill Hoffer George Cuppy George Cuppy (1–0) Bill Hoffer (0–1) Between 8,000 and 10,000 Game 3 Saturday, October 5, 1895 League Park in Cleveland, Ohio Baltimore BAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 2 Cleveland CLE 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 X 7 11 2 Sadie McMahon Cy Young Cy Young (2–0) Sadie McMahon (0–2) Game 4 Monday, October 7, 1895 Union Park in Baltimore, Maryland Cleveland CLE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 Baltimore BAL 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 X 5 9 0 George Cuppy Duke Esper Duke Esper (1–0) George Cuppy (1–1) 9,100 Game duration: 1:55 Game 5 Tuesday, October 8, 1895 Union Park in Baltimore, Maryland Cleveland CLE 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 5 11 3 Baltimore BAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 8 5 Cy Young Bill Hoffer Cy Young (3–0) Bill Hoffer (0–2) Less than 5,000 See also 1895 in baseball List of pre-World Series baseball champions References Temple Cup Category:World Series Temple Cup Temple Cup Category:Baseball competitions in Baltimore Category:Baseball competitions in Cleveland Category:Baltimore Orioles (1882–1899) Category:Cleveland Spiders Category:1895 in baseball Category:October 1895 in the United States Category:1890s in Baltimore Category:1890s in Cleveland