1896 Temple Cup

Pre-modern baseball championship January 2025 March 2026 Temple 1896 Cup Baltimore Orioles (4) Ned Hanlon 90 39 y, GA: 9½ Cleveland Spiders (0) Patsy Tebeau 80 48 y, GA: — October 2–8 Union Park (Baltimore)League Park (Cleveland) Bob Emslie, Jack Sheridan Orioles:Ned Hanlon (manager)Hughie JenningsWillie KeelerJoe KelleyJohn McGraw†Wilbert Robinson†Spiders:Jesse BurkettBobby WallaceCy Young† elected as a manager. The 1896 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 rematch of the previous year's Temple Cup began on October 2 and ended on October 8 with the Orioles sweeping in four games. In this third iteration of the Temple Cup, the Baltimore Orioles, who were also in their third Temple Cup, became the only team in the four-season Temple Cup to both win the National League pennant and win the Cup. Each winning player received $200,Sabin Benjamin October 5, 1896: Baltimore’s Birds building to sweep the Temple Cup from Cleveland – Society for American Baseball Research https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/october-5-1896-baltimores-birds-building-to-sweep-the-temple-cup-from-cleveland/ 2025-01-24 en-US equal to $ in US dollarsUS. Summary Baltimore won the series, 4–0. GameDateScoreLocation 1 October 2 Cleveland Spiders – 1, Baltimore Orioles – 7 Union ParkOctober 3, 1896 ORIOLES WIN THE FIRST; Temple Cup Series Begins at Baltimore. Young, Cleveland's Pitcher, Hit Freely New York Journal https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84024350/1896-10-03/ed-1/?sp=8&st=image&r=0.428,-0.021,0.722,0.441,0 2025-01-24 en 2 October 3 Baltimore Orioles – 7, Cleveland Spiders – 2 Union ParkOctober 4, 1896 BALTIMORE STILL A WINNER; Second Game of the Temple Cup Series Much Like the First. CLEVELAND UNABLE TO BAT SAFELY; Joe Corbett's Pitching Beautifully Backed Up by the Whole Team, While Wallace Was Hit Hard and Poorly Supported Omaha Daily Bee https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/sn99021999/1896-10-04/ed-1/seq-6/ 2025-01-24 en 2169-7264 3 October 5 Baltimore Orioles – 6, Cleveland Spiders – 2 Union ParkOctober 6, 1896 BALTIMORE TAKES THE THIRD; One More Game Will Win the Temple Cup. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1896/10/06/108252838.html?pageNumber=3 subscription 2025-01-24 The New York Times en 0362-4331 https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1896/10/06/108252838.pdf 4 October 8 Cleveland Spiders – 0, Baltimore Orioles – 5 League ParkOctober 9, 1896 THE TEMPLE CUP WON; Baltimore Takes the Fourth Game and the Prize https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1896/10/09/108253776.html?pageNumber=6 subscription 2025-01-24 The New York Times en 0362-4331 https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1896/10/09/108253776.pdf Game summaries Game 1 Friday, October 2, 1896 Union Park in Baltimore, Maryland Cleveland CLE 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 4 Baltimore BAL 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 1 0 7 13 1 Cy Young Bill Hoffer Bill Hoffer (1–0) Cy Young (0–1) 3,995 Game duration 1:40The game was initially scheduled for October 1.October 2, 1896 Postponed the Game The Rocky Mountain News (Daily) — Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=RMD18961002-01.2.84&e=-------en-20--1--img-txIN%7CtxCO%7CtxTA--------0------ 2025-01-24 Game 2 Saturday, October 3, 1896 Union Park in Baltimore, Maryland Baltimore BAL 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 X 7 10 3 Cleveland CLE 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X 2 7 3 Joe Corbett Bobby Wallace Joe Corbett (1–0) Bobby Wallace (0–1) 3,100 Game duration 2:00Game called on account of darkness. Two runs scored by Baltimore in 9th inning not counted. Game 3 Monday, October 5, 1896 Union Park in Baltimore, Maryland Baltimore BAL 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 6 8 2 Cleveland CLE 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 10 2 Bill Hoffer George Cuppy Bill Hoffer (2–0) George Cuppy (0–1) Game 4 Thursday, October 8, 1896 League Park in Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland CLE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 Baltimore BAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 X 5 11 1 George Cuppy Joe Corbett Joe Corbett (2–0) George Cuppy (0–2) See also 1896 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:1896 in baseball Category:October 1896 in the United States Category:1890s in Baltimore Category:1890s in Cleveland