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** Harry Niles
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{{Year in baseball, this year=1880
Champions
*National League
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: Chicago White Stockings
* National Association: Washington Nationals
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Inter-league playoff: Washington (NA) def. Chicago (NL), 4 games to 3 (1 tie game)
Statistical leaders
National League final standings
Events
January–March
*February 5 – TheWorcester Worcesters
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are admitted to the National League
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.
*March 31 – The Worcester Worcesters
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offer the Providence Grays
The Providence Grays were a Major League Baseball team based in Providence, Rhode Island who played in the National League from until . The Grays played at the Messer Street Grounds in the Olneyville neighborhood. The team won the National ...
$1,000 for negotiating rights with Providence player-manager George Wright. The Grays refuse the offer and Wright remains the reserved property of Providence.
April–June
*April 21 – George Wright turns down theProvidence Grays
The Providence Grays were a Major League Baseball team based in Providence, Rhode Island who played in the National League from until . The Grays played at the Messer Street Grounds in the Olneyville neighborhood. The team won the National ...
final contract offer. As a reserved player obligated to Providence, Wright has no other option but to sit out the season (although he does mysteriously appear in 1 game on May 29 for the Boston Red Caps
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).
*April 28 – Lew Brown
Lew Brown (born Louis Brownstein; December 10, 1893 – February 5, 1958) was a lyricist for popular songs in the United States. During World War I and the Roaring Twenties, he wrote lyrics for several of the top Tin Pan Alley composers, espec ...
, catcher for the Boston Red Caps
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, arrives drunk for an exhibition game and is suspended for the entire season by the Red Caps.
*May 1
**The Cincinnati Stars
The Cincinnati Stars were a Major League Baseball team that played in the National League for the 1880 season and were managed by John Clapp. The club finished their only season in 8th place with a record of 21–59.
Following the 1880 campa ...
make their major league debut with a 4–3 loss to the Chicago White Stockings at Bank Street Grounds
The Bank Street Grounds was a baseball park located in Cincinnati. The park was home to three major league baseball teams. The National League Cincinnati Stars club in 1880 in baseball, 1880, the current Cincinnati Reds franchise from 1882 in baseb ...
.
**Roger Connor
Roger Connor (July 1, 1857 – January 4, 1931) was an American 19th-century Major League Baseball (MLB) player. He played for several teams, but his longest tenure was in New York, where he was responsible for the New York Gothams becoming kno ...
and Mickey Welch
Michael Francis Welch (July 4, 1859 – July 30, 1941), nicknamed "Smiling Mickey", was an American professional baseball pitcher. He stood tall and weighed . He was the third pitcher to accumulate 300 career victories. Welch was born in Brook ...
make their debuts for the Troy Trojans
The Troy Trojans are the sports teams of Troy University. They began playing in the National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA's Division I (NCAA), Division I-A in 2001 in sports, 2001, became a American football, football only member of the ...
. Troy loses 13–1 to the Worcester Worcesters
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, who win their first National League
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game.
** Ned Hanlon makes his debut for the Cleveland Blues in a losing effort. Hanlon will be elected to the Hall-of-Fame in .
*May 5 – Charley "Old Hoss" Radbourn debuts for the Providence Grays
The Providence Grays were a Major League Baseball team based in Providence, Rhode Island who played in the National League from until . The Grays played at the Messer Street Grounds in the Olneyville neighborhood. The team won the National ...
.
*May 20 – Chicago White Stockings manager Cap Anson
Adrian Constantine Anson (April 17, 1852 – April 14, 1922), nicknamed "Cap" (for "Captain"), "Pop", and "Baby" (early in his career) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) first baseman. Including his time in the National Association ...
begins alternating Larry Corcoran
Lawrence J. Corcoran (August 10, 1859 – October 14, 1891) was an American professional baseball player. He pitched for four different major-league teams from 1880 to 1887.
Biography
Corcoran was born in Brooklyn, New York. He made his major- ...
and Fred Goldsmith to form the first pitching rotation in major league history.
*May 29 – The Chicago White Stockings set a National League
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record by winning their 13th consecutive game, a record they will shatter in 4 weeks.
** George Wright is acquired by the Boston Red Stockings from the Providence Grays
The Providence Grays were a Major League Baseball team based in Providence, Rhode Island who played in the National League from until . The Grays played at the Messer Street Grounds in the Olneyville neighborhood. The team won the National ...
.
*June 10 – home run champ Charley Jones
Charles Wesley Jones (born Benjamin Wesley Rippay on April 30, 1852 – June 6, 1911) was an American left fielder in the National Association and Major League Baseball who hit 56 home runs and batted .298 during his twelve-year career. He w ...
of the Boston Red Caps
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becomes the first player to hit 2 homers in one inning in a Boston victory over the Buffalo Bisons
The Buffalo Bisons (known colloquially as the Herd) are a Minor League Baseball team of the International League and the Triple-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays. Located in Buffalo, New York, the team plays their home games at Sahlen Fiel ...
.
*June 12 – Lee Richmond
J. Lee Richmond (May 5, 1857 – October 1, 1929) was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Boston Red Stockings, Worcester Worcesters, Providence Grays, and Cincinnati Red Stockings, and is best known for pitching the ...
of the Worcester Worcesters
The Worcester Worcesters were a 19th-century Major League Baseball team from 1880 to 1882 in the National League. The team is referred to, at times, as the Brown Stockings or the Ruby Legs; however, no contemporary sources from the time exist t ...
pitches the first perfect game in professional history in a 1–0 victory over the Cleveland Blues.
*June 17 – John Montgomery Ward
John Montgomery Ward (March 3, 1860 – March 4, 1925), also known as Monte Ward, was an American Major League Baseball pitcher, shortstop, second baseman, third baseman, manager, executive, union organizer, owner and author. Ward, of English des ...
of the Providence Grays
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pitches the 2nd perfect game in 6 days as the Grays defeat Pud Galvin
James Francis "Pud" Galvin (December 25, 1856 – March 7, 1902) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher in the 19th century. He was MLB's first 300-game winner and was posthumously inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1965.
Basebal ...
and the Buffalo Bisons
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5–0. The National League
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would not see another perfect game until .
July–September
*July 8 – The Chicago White Stockings win their 21st consecutive game. This record will stand until when it is broken by theNew York Giants
The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The Giants compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC East, East division. The ...
. It still stands as the 2nd longest winning streak in major league history.
*July 11 – The ''Chicago Tribune
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'' publishes runs batted in for the first time.
*July 17 – Harry Stovey
Harry Duffield Stovey (''né'' Stowe; December 20, 1856 – September 20, 1937) was an American 19th-century Major League Baseball player and the first player in major league history to hit 100 home runs. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Stove ...
of the Worcester Worcesters
The Worcester Worcesters were a 19th-century Major League Baseball team from 1880 to 1882 in the National League. The team is referred to, at times, as the Brown Stockings or the Ruby Legs; however, no contemporary sources from the time exist t ...
hits his first big league home run. Stovey will become the first player in history to reach 100 career home runs.
*August 6 – Tim Keefe
Timothy John Keefe (January 1, 1857 – April 23, 1933), nicknamed "Smiling Tim" and "Sir Timothy", was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He stood tall and weighed . He was one of the most dominating pitchers of the 19th century and po ...
makes his major league debut with the Troy Trojans
The Troy Trojans are the sports teams of Troy University. They began playing in the National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA's Division I (NCAA), Division I-A in 2001 in sports, 2001, became a American football, football only member of the ...
, pitching a 4-hitter in defeating the Cincinnati Stars
The Cincinnati Stars were a Major League Baseball team that played in the National League for the 1880 season and were managed by John Clapp. The club finished their only season in 8th place with a record of 21–59.
Following the 1880 campa ...
. Keefe will end up with 342 career wins and be elected to the Hall-of-Fame in .
*August 19 – Larry Corcoran
Lawrence J. Corcoran (August 10, 1859 – October 14, 1891) was an American professional baseball player. He pitched for four different major-league teams from 1880 to 1887.
Biography
Corcoran was born in Brooklyn, New York. He made his major- ...
of the Chicago White Stockings pitches a no-hitter against the Boston Red Caps
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.
*August 20 – Pud Galvin
James Francis "Pud" Galvin (December 25, 1856 – March 7, 1902) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher in the 19th century. He was MLB's first 300-game winner and was posthumously inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1965.
Basebal ...
pitches a no-hitter for the Buffalo Bisons
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against the Worcester Worcesters
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. It is the 2nd day in a row that the National League
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has seen a no-hitter.
*August 27 – Bill Crowley of the Buffalo Bisons
The Buffalo Bisons (known colloquially as the Herd) are a Minor League Baseball team of the International League and the Triple-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays. Located in Buffalo, New York, the team plays their home games at Sahlen Fiel ...
records 4 assists from the outfield for the second time this season, having done it previously on May 24. Crowley remains the only outfielder to ever have 4 assists in one game on two separate occasions.
*September 1 – Charley Jones
Charles Wesley Jones (born Benjamin Wesley Rippay on April 30, 1852 – June 6, 1911) was an American left fielder in the National Association and Major League Baseball who hit 56 home runs and batted .298 during his twelve-year career. He w ...
of the Boston Red Caps
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refuses to play after the club fails to pay him $378 in back pay. The team responds by suspending, fining and black-listing him. Jones will never again play in the National League
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, although he will appear again beginning in in the American Association.
*September 2 – The first night game is played in Nantasket Beach
Nantasket Beach is a beach in the town of Hull, Massachusetts. It is part of the Nantasket Beach Reservation, administered by the state Department of Conservation and Recreation. The shore has fine, light gray sand and is one of the most highl ...
, Massachusetts
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. The Jordan Marsh and R. H. White department stores from Boston
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play to a 16–16 tie.
*September 8 – The Polo Grounds
The Polo Grounds was the name of three stadiums in Upper Manhattan, New York City, used mainly for professional baseball and American football from 1880 to 1963. The original Polo Grounds, opened in 1876 and demolished in 1889, was built for the ...
in New York City are leased by a new Metropolitan team being led by Jim Mutrie
James J. Mutrie (June 13, 1851 – January 24, 1938) was an American baseball pioneer who was the co-founder and first manager of both the original New York Metropolitans and the New York Giants. He had a winning percentage of .611, the highest fo ...
.
*September 9 – Buck Ewing
William "Buck" Ewing (October 17, 1859 – October 20, 1906) was an American Major League Baseball player and manager. He was renowned for both his offensive and defensive skills during his playing career. In 1939, Ewing was elected to the Baseb ...
makes his debut for the Troy Trojans
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.
*September 15
** John O'Rourke, older brother of Jim O'Rourke, becomes the first player to hit 4 doubles in one game.
**The Chicago White Stockings clinch the pennant with a 5–2 win over the Cincinnati Stars
The Cincinnati Stars were a Major League Baseball team that played in the National League for the 1880 season and were managed by John Clapp. The club finished their only season in 8th place with a record of 21–59.
Following the 1880 campa ...
.
*September 29 – The Polo Grounds
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hosts its first baseball game as the newly formed New York Metropolitans defeat the National Association champion Washington Nationals 4–2. Approximately 2,500 people attend the game, the largest crowd to see a game in New York City in several years.
*September 30 – The last place Cincinnati Stars
The Cincinnati Stars were a Major League Baseball team that played in the National League for the 1880 season and were managed by John Clapp. The club finished their only season in 8th place with a record of 21–59.
Following the 1880 campa ...
win their final game 2–0 in front of 183 fans. This will be the last game for this troubled franchise, although the city will see the current version of the Reds
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* Reds (January Uprising), a faction of the Polish insurrectionists duri ...
begin play in .
October–December
*October 4 – TheNational League
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prohibits the sale of alcoholic beverages in member parks and also prohibits member parks from being rented out on Sundays. These rulings are directly aimed at the Cincinnati Stars
The Cincinnati Stars were a Major League Baseball team that played in the National League for the 1880 season and were managed by John Clapp. The club finished their only season in 8th place with a record of 21–59.
Following the 1880 campa ...
club who routinely did both in order to raise additional money for their continual struggling finances.
*October 6 – The Cincinnati Stars
The Cincinnati Stars were a Major League Baseball team that played in the National League for the 1880 season and were managed by John Clapp. The club finished their only season in 8th place with a record of 21–59.
Following the 1880 campa ...
refuse to abide by the new rules set down and are immediately kicked out of the National League
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*National League (division), the fifth division of the English football (soccer) system ...
.
*December 8 – The National League
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rejects the Washington Nationals bid for membership and accepts the Detroit Wolverines
The Detroit Wolverines were a 19th-century Major League Baseball team that played in the National League from 1881 to 1888 in the city of Detroit, Michigan. In total, they won 426 games and lost 437, taking their lone pennant (and winning the ...
as its newest member.
*December 9 – The National League
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re-elects William Hulbert
William Ambrose Hulbert (October 23, 1832 – April 10, 1882) was an American professional baseball executive who was one of the founders of the National League, considered by many to be baseball's first major league, and was also the president ...
as president and adopts several new rules for . Among the new rules are reducing called balls for a walk down to 7 and moving the pitching box back 5 feet to the new distance of 50 feet.
Births
January–April
*January 5 – Dutch Jordan *January 13 – Goat Anderson *January 21 –Emil Batch
Emil Batch (January 21, 1880 – August 23, 1926) was an American professional baseball player who played third base and outfielder from 1904 to 1907 for the Brooklyn Superbas
The Brooklyn Dodgers were a Major League Baseball team found ...
*January 22 – Bill O'Neill
*January 23 – Julián Castillo
Julián Castillo Calderón de la Barça (January 23, 1880 – December, 1948) was a Cuban professional baseball first baseman in the Cuban League and Negro leagues.
Castillo played from 1899 to 1914 with several Cuban League ballclubs, including ...
*January 27 – Bill Burns
*February 6 – Frank LaPorte
Frank Breyfogle Laporte (February 6, 1880 – September 25, 1939) was an American baseball player.
Biography
Born in Uhrichsville, Ohio, he began his major league career with the New York Highlanders (present day New York Yankees) in 190 ...
*February 7 – Dave Williams
*February 14 – Claude Berry
*February 16 – Carl Lundgren
*March 2 – Danny Hoffman
Daniel John Hoffman (March 2, 1880 – March 22, 1922) was an American professional baseball player who played center field in the Major Leagues from 1903 to 1911. During his career Hoffman played for the Philadelphia Athletics, New York Hi ...
*March 10 – Judge Nagle
*March 22 – Ernie Quigley
*April 12 – Addie Joss
Adrian "Addie" Joss (April 12, 1880 – April 14, 1911), nicknamed "the Human Hairpin", was an American professional baseball pitcher. He pitched for the Cleveland Bronchos of Major League Baseball, later known as the Naps, between 1902 and 19 ...
*April 18 – Sam Crawford
Samuel Earl Crawford (April 18, 1880 – June 15, 1968), nicknamed "Wahoo Sam", was an American outfielder in Major League Baseball (MLB).
Crawford batted and threw left-handed, stood tall and weighed . Born in Wahoo, Nebraska, he had a sh ...
*April 20 – Charlie Smith
May–August
*May 7 –Mickey Doolan
Michael Joseph "Mickey" Doolin (May 7, 1880 in Ashland, Pennsylvania – November 1, 1951 in Orlando, Florida), was a professional baseball player who played shortstop in the Major Leagues from 1905 to 1918. During his career, he played for the P ...
*June 12 – Matty McIntyre
Matthew Martin "Matty" McIntyre (June 12, 1880 – April 2, 1920) was an American baseball outfielder and manager. He played professionally from 1901 to 1917, including ten seasons in Major League Baseball with the Philadelphia Athletics (1901), ...
*June 30 – Davy Jones
*July 4 – George Mullin
*July 14 – Ed Hug
*July 22 – George Gibson
*July 27
** Jack Doscher
**Irish McIlveen
Henry Cooke "Irish" McIlveen (July 27, 1880 – October 18, 1960), commonly nicknamed "Irish" because he was born in Belfast, was a Major League Baseball outfielder. He played for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1906 and the New York Highlanders in ...
**Joe Tinker
Joseph Bert Tinker (July 27, 1880 – July 27, 1948) was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played from 1902 through 1916 for the Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Chicago Whales of th ...
*July 29 – Chief Meyers
John Tortes "Chief" Meyers (July 29, 1880July 25, 1971) was an American Major League Baseball catcher for the New York Giants (NL), New York Giants, Boston Braves (baseball), Boston Braves, and Brooklyn Robins from 1909 to 1917. He played on the ...
*August 12 – Christy Mathewson
Christopher Mathewson (August 12, 1880 – October 7, 1925), nicknamed "Big Six," "the Christian Gentleman," "Matty," and "the Gentleman's Hurler," was an American professional baseball pitcher who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball for ...
*August 30 – Charlie Armbruster
Charles A. Armbruster (August 30, 1880 – October 7, 1964) was a backup catcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1905 through 1907 for the Boston Americans and the Chicago White Sox.
Biography
A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, Ambruster sha ...
September–December
*September 10
** Harry Niles
**Barney Pelty
Barney Pelty (September 10, 1880 – May 24, 1939), was an American Major League Baseball pitcher known as "the Yiddish Curver" because he was one of the first Jewish baseball players in the American League. he is in the top-ten for his career ...
*September 12 – Boss Schmidt
Charles "Boss" Schmidt (September 12, 1880 – November 14, 1932) was an American baseball catcher for the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball (MLB)
A native of Arkansas, Schmidt played professional baseball from 1901 to 1926, including si ...
*September 23 – Heinie Wagner
*September 29 – Harry Lumley
*October 3 – Henry Thielman
*October 12 – Pete Hill
John Preston "Pete" Hill (October 12, 1882 – November 19, 1951) was an American outfielder and manager (baseball), manager in baseball's Negro league baseball, Negro leagues from 1899 to 1925. He played for the Philadelphia Giants, Leland Giants ...
*October 21 – Jack Hayden
*October 25
** Weldon Henley
** Bill Brennan
*November 20 – George McBride
*November 21 – Simmy Murch
*November 25 – Frank Corridon
*December 2 – Tom Doran
*December 17 – Cy Falkenberg
Frederick Peter "Cy" Falkenberg (December 17, 1879 – April 15, 1961) was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1903 to 1917 for the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League, the Washington Se ...
*December 23 – Doc Gessler
Henry Homer "Doc" Gessler (December 23, 1880 – December 27, 1924) was a Major League Baseball player born in Indiana, Pennsylvania, who began his eight-season career, at the age of 22, with the Detroit Tigers in . He played mainly as a right fi ...
Deaths
*November 23 – Jack McDonald, 36?, right fielder who hit .258 with theBrooklyn Atlantics
The Atlantic Base Ball Club of Brooklyn ("Atlantic" or the "Brooklyn Atlantics") was baseball's first champion and its first dynasty. The team was also the first baseball club to visit the White House in 1865 at the invitation of President An ...
.
External links
1880 season at Baseball-Reference.com
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