1899 By the Numbers
New Records
Ed Delahanty (Washington) .442 BA
Accomplishments
Jessie Burkett (Columbus) 6 hits in one game
Jim Murray (St Louis) hits for the cycle
Jim Handiboe (Boston), Will Sawyer (NY), and Ice Box Chamberlain (Boston) each had their 300th win
Charlie Ferguson (St Louis) 350th win
Bill Sweeney (Chicago) 400th win
Jimmy Ryan (Boston) 2500th hit
Fred Clarke (Cleveland) 33 game hitting streak
The Slam File
There were only 14 hit this season.
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May 15th 1899 John Anderson (St Louis Browns)
May 17th 1899 Freddy Parent (Louisville Colonels)
June 6th 1899 Mike Tiernan (Washington Senators)
June 6th 1899 Chick Stahl (St Louis Perfectos) Walk Off
June 16th 1899 Erve Beck (St Louis Perfectos)
June 21st 1899 Jack O'Brien (Pittsburgh Pirates)
July 4th 1899 Jimmy Ryan (Boston Beaneaters)
July 12th 1899 John Corcoran (Chicago Orphans)
July 19th 1899 Freddy Parent (Louisville Colonels)
July 23rd 1899 Oyster Burns (Pittsburgh Pirates)
August 2nd 1899 Bill Dahlen (Brooklyn Superbas)
October 12th 1899 John Grimm (Milwaukee Brewers)
October 13th 1899 Lou Nordyke (Baltimore Orioles)
October 13th 1899 Honus Wagner (Cleveland Spiders)