1900 in baseball
The following are the baseball events of the year 1900 throughout the world.
Contents |
Champions
Statistical Leaders
National League | ||
AVG | Honus Wagner PIT | .341 |
HR | Herman Long BOS | 12 |
RBI | Elmer Flick PHI | 110 |
Wins | Joe McGinnity BRO | 28 |
ERA | Rube Waddell PIT | 2.37 |
Ks | Noodles Hahn CIN | 132 |
National League final standings
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Events
- September 7 - Kid Nichols of the Boston Beaneaters records his 300th career win.
Births
- January 7 - John Beckwith
- February 2 - Willie Kamm
- March 6 - Lefty Grove
- March 14 - Marty McManus
- March 31 - Mule Suttles
- April 23 - Jim Bottomley
- April 26 - Hack Wilson
- May 20 - George Grantham
- May 28 - Bill Barrett
- July 17 - Red Smith
- July 23 - Jimmie Wilson
- August 16 - George Scales
- September 2 - Joe Heving
- September 17 - Hughie Critz
- October 16 - Nick Cullop
- October 16 - Goose Goslin
- October 24 - Ossie Bluege
- October 31 - Cal Hubbard
- December 10 - Roy Carlyle
- December 20 - Gabby Hartnett
- December 28 - Ted Lyons
Deaths
- January 19 - Martin Bergen, 28, catcher for the Boston Beaneaters since 1896 who batted .280 for the 1898 championship team
- February 7 - "Brewery Jack" Taylor, 26, pitcher for Cincinnati, previously with the Phillies (and others), who had three 20-win seasons from 1894-96, led NL in games and innings in 1898
- July 15 - Billy Barnie, 47, manager of the Orioles from 1883 to 1891, and later of three other teams; pilot of Hartford team in Eastern League since 1899
- October 7 - Bill Phillips, 43, first baseman for Cleveland and Brooklyn who was the first Canadian in the major leagues; batted .302 in 1885