1893 in baseball

none 1893 Major League Baseball season 1893 1893 baseball sports Champions National League: Boston Beaneaters Statistical leaders National League Stat Player Total AVG Billy Hamilton (PHI) .380 HR Ed Delahanty (PHI) 19 RBI Ed Delahanty (PHI) 146 W Frank Killen (PIT) 36 ERA Theodore Breitenstein (STL) 3.18 K Amos Rusie (NYG) 208 National League final standings Boston Beaneaters Notable seasons thumb|250px|Amos Rusie Philadelphia Phillies left fielder Ed Delahanty led the NL in home runs (19), runs batted in (146), total bases (347), and slugging percentage (.583). He was second in the NL in hits (219) and adjusted OPS+ (164). He was third in the NL in batting average (.368) and runs scored (145)."Ed Delahanty Stats". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved May 17, 2021."1893 National League Batting Leaders". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved May 17, 2021. New York Giants pitcher Amos Rusie had a win–loss record of 33–21 and led the NL in innings pitched (482), strikeouts (208), and shutouts (4). He was second in the NL in earned run average (3.23). He was third in the NL in wins (33) and adjusted ERA+ (143)."Amos Rusie Stats". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved May 17, 2021."1893 National League Pitching Leaders". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved May 17, 2021. Events June 19 – Baltimore Orioles outfielder Piggy Ward reached base a record 17 times in 17 consecutive plate appearances, a streak he started on June 16. The record would be matched 69 years later, when catcher Earl Averill, Jr. tied that mark in 1962.Ranking the Most Unbreakable MLB Player Streaks and All-Time Consecutive Records BleacherReport.com. Retrieved on May 16, 2015. August 16 – Bill Hawke of the Baltimore Orioles pitches a no-hitter against the Washington Senators in a 5–0 win. It is the first no-hitter thrown from the modern-day pitching distance of 60 ft 6 in on. August 19 – The Pittsburgh Pirates set a Major League record which still stands for the most batters hit by a pitch in an inning. Pitchers Red Ehret and Adonis Terry hit four batters in the 2nd inning against the Boston Beaneaters, hitting Charlie Ganzel, Herman Long, Bobby Lowe, and Tommy Tucker.Terrick Andy August 19, 1893: Unsafe passage for Beaneaters on long road trip – Society for American Baseball Research https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/august-19-1893-unsafe-passage-for-beaneaters-on-long-road-trip/ 2026-02-02 en-USHit By A Pitch Team Records https://www.baseball-almanac.com/rb_hbp3.shtml Baseball-Almanac.com 14 May 2012 November 21 – Ban Johnson is named president, secretary, and treasurer of the recently reorganized Western League. Under Johnson's leadership the WL will prosper. 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March – Joseph Quinn, 36, catcher for two teams in 1881. April 18 – Fred Siefke, 23, third baseman for the 1890 Brooklyn Gladiators. October 10 – Lip Pike, 48, outfielder for several teams from 1871 to 1881 who batted .300 four times in the National Association and twice in the NL, winning four home run titles; the sport's first Jewish star. December 2 – Bill Gleason, 25, pitcher for the 1890 Cleveland Infants. References External links 1893 National League season team stats at Baseball Reference 1893