THE APRIL RECORD.
The League championship season of 1894 began on April 19th and ended on September 30th, the April campaign opening at Boston, Baltimore, Washington and St. Louis on the 19th, at Cincinnati and Louisville on the 20th, and at Philadelphia and Brooklyn on the 21st, while the opening games at New York, Pittsburgh and Chicago were not played until the 24th, 25th and 28th of April respectively, and not at Cleveland until May 3d. Fifty games were played in April, the twelve clubs of the two divisions of the League being engaged in playing their respective home-and-home series. Here is the complete record of the April campaign, showing the pitchers of each side and the total score of each contest of the month:
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Date Contesting Clubs. City. Pitchers. Score.
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April
19 Boston vs. Brooklyn Boston Stivetts Kennedy 13-2
19 Baltimore vs. New York Baltimore McMahon Rusie 8-3
19 Washington vs. Philadelphi Washington Esper Weyhing 4-2
19 St. Louis vs. Pittsburgh St. Louis Breitenstein Killen 11-3
20 Baltimore vs. New York Baltimore Mullane Clark 12-6
20 Philadelphia vs. Washi'g'n Washington Taylor Stephens 9-8
20 Cincinnati vs. Chicago Cincinnati Parrott Hutchinson 10-6
20 Louisville vs. Cleveland Louisville Menafee Young 10-3
21 Boston vs. Brooklyn Brooklyn Nichols Stein 3-0
21 Baltimore vs. New York Baltimore Inks Westervelt 4-3
21 Philadelphia vs. Washi'g'n Philadelphia Carsey Esper 10-2
21 Cincinnati vs. Chicago Cincinnati Chamberlain Abbey 8-0
21 Cleveland vs. Louisville Louisville Cuppy Hemming 5-1
21 Pittsburgh vs. St. Louis St. Louis Gumbert Gleason 7-2
22 Cincinnati vs. Chicago Cincinnati Dwyer McGill 5-4
22 Cleveland vs. Louisville Louisville Clarkson Kilroy 3-2
23 Boston vs. Brooklyn Brooklyn Lovett Daub 7-4
23 Philadelphia vs. Washi'g'n Washington Weyhing Stockdale 8-4
23 St. Louis vs. Pittsburgh St. Louis Breitenstein Ehret 4-3
24 Baltimore vs. Boston Baltimore McMahon Stivetts 15-3
24 Washington vs. New York Washington Petty Rusie 6-3
24 Philadelphia vs. Brooklyn Brooklyn Carsey Korwan 22-5
24 Cleveland vs. Cincinnati Cincinnati Young Parrott 1-0
24 Louisville vs. Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Menafee Nicol 7-3
24 St. Louis vs. Chicago Chicago A. Clarkson McGill 9-5
25 New York vs. Washington Washington German Maul 14-5
25 Brooklyn vs. Philadelphia Brooklyn Stein Taylor 8-2
25 Boston vs. Baltimore Baltimore Nichols Mullane 6-3
25 Cleveland vs. Cincinnati Cincinnati Cuppy Chamberlain 12-6
25 Pittsburgh vs. Louisville Louisville Gumbert Hemming 2-1
25 St. Louis vs. Chicago Chicago Hawley Hutchinson 13-3
26 New York vs. Washington Washington Meekin Stockdale 7-5
26 Philadelphia vs. Brooklyn Brooklyn Weyhing Sharrott 13-3
26 Boston vs. Baltimore Baltimore Staley Brown 13-7
26 Cleveland vs. Cincinnati Cincinnati Clarkson Cross 12-4
26 Pittsburgh vs. Louisville Louisville Killen Kilroy 3-1
26 St. Louis vs. Chicago Chicago Gleason Abbey 10-4
27 No games scheduled —————- ——
28 New York vs. Baltimore New York Rusie McMahon 9-6
28 Brooklyn vs. Washington Washington Stein Petty 10-9
28 Philadelphia vs. Boston Philadelphia Carsey Stivetts 14-3
28 St. Louis vs. Cleveland St. Louis Breitenstein Young 7-1
28 Cincinnati vs. Pittsburgh Cincinnati Parrott Terry 10-5
28 Chicago vs. Louisville Louisville McGill Menafee 2-1
29 Cleveland vs. St Louis St. Louis Cuppy A. Clarkson 5-2
29 Louisville vs. Chicago Louisville Hemming McGill 8-3
30 Baltimore vs. New York New York Mullane German 10-6
30 Brooklyn vs. Washington Washington Gastright Mercer 15-10
30 Boston vs. Philadelphia Philadelphia Nichols Weyhing[1] 6-5
30 Pittsburgh vs. Cincinnati Cincinnati Nicol Chamberlain 15-6
30 Louisville vs. Chicago Louisville Stratton McGill 8-2
[Footnote 1: Ten innings.] —————————————————————————————————————-
The record showing the total victories and defeats scored by each of the twelve clubs during the April campaign is as follows. The names are given in the order of the percentage of victories scored in the pennant race:
APRIL PENNANT RACE RECORD. ———————————————————————————- V V i P i P c D e c D e t e P r t e P r o f l o f l r e a c r e a c i a y e i a y e e t e n e t e n CLUBS s s d t CLUBS s s d t ——————————————————————————— Boston 6 2 8 .750 Cincinnati 4 4 8 .500 Cleveland 6 2 8 .750 Louisville 4 5 9 .444 St. Louis 6 2 8 .750 New York 3 5 8 .375 Philadelphia 6 3 9 .667 Brooklyn 3 5 8 .375 Baltimore 5 3 8 .625 Washington 2 7 9 .222 Pittsburgh 4 4 8 .500 Chicago 1 8 9 .111
Fifty games were played from April 19th to April 30th, inclusive. None were drawn or forfeited. ———————————————————————————
The first month of the championship campaign, short as it was, was marked by the largest attendance for the month of April known in the history of the League, an aggregate of 188,509 people patronizing the twenty-five games played in the East and 82,719 for the twenty-five played in the West. The largest aggregate attendance on a single day was 45,332 on April 21st, on which date 40,324 people patronized the three games played at Brooklyn, Philadelphia and Baltimore, and 5,008 the three games played at Cincinnati, St. Louis and Louisville. Though three Western clubs occupied positions in the first division—Cleveland and St. Louis tieing Boston for first place—the attendance in the West, as will be seen above, did not compare with that at the three games in the East, the terribly hard times out West greatly affecting everything in the amusement line in the Western League club cities.
Boston, Cleveland and St. Louis started off well in the pennant race in April, these three clubs ending the April campaign tied for first place; with the "Phillies" a good fourth, Baltimore fifth, and Pittsburgh and Cincinnati tied for sixth position, Louisville being eighth, with New York and Brooklyn tied for ninth place, and Washington on the edge of the last ditch, the Chicago "Colts" being last on the list, they having won but one game out of nine played during the opening month of the season. During April the clubs of the two sections took part in their first home-and-home series, this series of games lasting into May.