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.
THE MAY CAMPAIGN RECORD.
The following is the complete record of the campaign of May, which proved to be a very interesting one:
THE MAY RECORD. —————————————————————————————————————- Date. Contesting Clubs. City. Pitchers. Score. —————————————————————————————————————- May 1 New York vs. Baltimore New York Meekin McMahon 7-4 " 1 Brooklyn vs. Washington Washington Sharrott Stephens[3] 2-1 " 1 Boston vs. Philadelphia Philadelphia Lovett Carsey 7-3 " 1 Pittsburgh vs. Cincinnati Cincinnati Killen Parrott 7-6 " 1 Cleveland vs. St. Louis St. Louis Clarkson Gleason 7-0 " 2 Washington vs. Boston Washington Maul Stivetts 6-4 " 2 Baltimore vs. Brooklyn Baltimore Brown Stein 8-2 " 2 Philadelphia vs. New York New York Taylor Rusie 7-5 " 3 Boston vs. Washington Washington Nichols Esper 10-8 " 3 Philadelphia vs. New York New York Weyh'g Westervelt 7-4 " 3 Baltimore vs. Brookyln Baltimore Mullane Gastright 8-3 " 3 Pittsburgh vs. St. Louis Pittsburgh Gumbert Breit'nst'n 6-2 " 3 Cleveland vs. Louisville Cleveland Young Menafee 7-2 " 4 Boston vs. Washington Washington Stivetts Stephens 15-5 " 4 New York vs. Philadelphia New York Rusie Haddock 6-4 " 4 Baltimore vs. Brooklyn Baltimore McMahon Sharrott 12-8 " 4 Cleveland vs. Louisville Cleveland Cuppy Hemming 8-4 " 4 Pittsburgh vs. St. Louis Pittsburgh Nicol A. Clarkson 10-9 " 4 Chicago vs. Cincinnati Chicago McGill Dwyer 6-3 " 5 New York vs. Boston New York Westervelt Lovett 5-2 " 5 Brooklyn vs. Philadelphia Philadelphia Daub Carsey 4-3 " 5 Baltimore vs. Washington Washington Brown Mercer 9-2 " 5 Pittsburgh vs. St. Louis St. Louis Killen Hawley 6-5 " 6 Cincinnati vs. Chicago Chicago Chamberlain Camp 6-6 " 7 Boston vs. New York New York Nichols Rusie 1-0 " 7 Philadelphia vs. Brooklyn Philadelphia Weyhing Gastright 7-5 " 7 Baltimore vs. Washington Washington Mullane Maul 17-0 " 7 Cincinnati vs. Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Parrott Gumbert 17-6 " 7 St. Louis vs. Louisville Louisville Breitenst'n Stratton 8-6 " 7 Cleveland vs. Chicago Cleveland Young McGill 7-1 " 8 New York vs. Boston New York Meekin Stivetts 16-7 " 8 Philadelphia vs. Brooklyn Philadelphia Haddock Daub 18-5 " 8 Baltimore vs. Washington Baltimore Inks Petty 11-5 " 8 Cleveland vs. Chicago Cleveland Cuppy Camp 18-3 " 8 St. Louis vs. Louisville Louisville Hawley Menafee 5-4 " 8 Pittsburgh vs. Cincinnati Pittsburgh Ehret Dwyer 6-5 " 9 Brooklyn vs. Boston Brooklyn Kennedy Lovett 7-3 " 9 Baltimore vs. Washington Washington McMahon Stockdale 12-6 " 9 Pittsburgh vs. Cincinnati Pittsburgh Gumbert Chambl'n 11-3 " 9 Cleveland vs. Chicago Cleveland Clarkson McGill 4-1 " 9 Louisville vs. St. Louis Louisville Hemming Gleason 6-3 " 10 New York vs. Washington New York Rusie Mercer 6-2 " 10 Boston vs. Brooklyn Boston Nichols Stein 7-1 " 10 Philadelphia vs. Baltimore Baltimore Taylor Mullane 9-3 " 10 Cleveland vs. Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Young Killen 2-1 " 10 Cincinnati vs. St. Louis Cincinnati Parrott Hawley 18-9 " 11 New York vs. Washington Washington Westervelt Petty 5-4 " 11 Philadelphia vs. Baltimore Baltimore Carsey Horner 12-7 " 11 Pittsburgh vs. Cleveland Pittsburgh Ehret Cuppy 7-6 " 11 Chicago vs. Louisville Chicago Griffith Stratton 4-2 " 12 New York vs. Washington New York Meekin Stockdale 5-2 " 12 Brooklyn vs. Boston Boston Kennedy Stivetts 8-2 " 12 Baltimore vs. Philadelphia Baltimore Brown Callahan 8-3 " 12 Pittsburgh vs. Cleveland Pittsburgh Killen Clarkson 8-5 " 12 Cincinnati vs. St. Louis Cincinnati Parrott Breitenstein 5-0 " 12 Chicago vs. Louisville Chicago Hutchinson Hemming 6-5 " 13 Chicago vs. Louisville Chicago McGill Kilroy 14-12 " 13 Cincinnati vs. St. Louis Cincinnati Dwyer Gleason 7-3 " 14 Philadelphia vs. New York Philadelphia Carsey Rusie[2] 5-4 " 14 Brooklyn vs. Washington Brooklyn Gastright Mercer 14-7 " 14 Baltimore vs. Boston Boston McMahon Nichols 16-5 " 14 Pittsburgh vs. Chicago Pittsburgh Gumbert Abbey 6-3 " 14 Cincinnati vs. Louisville Cincinnati Parrott Whitrock 12-7 " 14 Cleveland vs. St. Louis Cleveland Young Breitenstein 7-3 " 15 Baltimore vs. Boston Boston Stopped by fire(3in) 3-3 " 15 Philadelphia vs. New York Philadelphia Taylor Westervelt 10-4 " 15 Brooklyn vs. Washington Brooklyn Stein Petty 16-7 " 15 Cleveland vs. St. Louis Cleveland Cuppy A. Clarkson 7-0 " 15 Chicago vs. Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Griffith Ehret 6-2 " 16 Boston vs. Baltimore Boston Lovett Mullane 10-8 " 16 Philadelphia vs. New York Philadelphia Haddock Meekin 10-1 " 16 Brooklyn vs. Washington Brooklyn Daub Mercer[1] 3-2 " 16 Pittsburgh vs. Chicago Pittsburgh Killen McGill 2-0 " 16 Cleveland vs. St. Louis Cleveland Clarkson Gleason 5-0 " 16 Louisville vs. Cincinnati Cincinnati Hemming Dwyer 9-7 " 17 New York vs. Brooklyn Brooklyn Rusie Kennedy 6-4 " 17 Boston vs. Philadelphia Philadelphia Nichols Carsey 4-3 " 17 Baltimore vs. Washington Baltimore Hawke Petty 10-2 " 18 Brooklyn vs. New York New York Stein German 16-7 " 18 Philadelphia vs. Boston Philadelphia Taylor Stivetts[1] 5-4 " 19 New York vs. Brooklyn Brooklyn Meekin Daub[1] 3-3 " 19 Philadelphia vs. Boston Philadelphia Haddock Staley 8-7 " 19 Baltimore vs. Washington Baltimore McMahon Mercer 7-5 " 19 St. Louis vs. Cincinnati St. Louis Breitenstein Parrott 5-2 " 19 Cleveland vs. Chicago Chicago Young Griffith 9-5 " 20 St. Louis vs. Cincinnati St. Louis Hawley Chamberlain[1] 4-3 " 20 Cincinnati vs. St. Louis St. Louis Dwyer A. Clarkson 7-1 " 21 Boston vs. New York Boston Nichols Westervelt 3-0 " 21 Pittsburgh vs. Chicago Chicago Killen McGill 11-10 " 21 Cincinnati vs. Cleveland Cleveland Parrott Young 2-1 " 22 Boston vs. New York Boston Lovett Rusie 3-2 " 22 Chicago vs. Pittsburgh Chicago Griffith Ehret 7-6 " 22 St. Louis vs. Louisville St. Louis Gleason Kilroy 6-4 " 23 New York vs. Boston Boston Meekin Staley 12-4 " 23 Brooklyn vs. Baltimore Baltimore Kennedy Mullane 5-1 " 23 Pittsburgh vs. Chicago Chicago Gumbert Hutchinson[3] 10-9 " 23 Louisville vs. St. Louis St. Louis Hemming Hawley 4-3 " 24 Pittsburgh vs. Cleveland Cleveland Ehret Young 6-5 " 24 Louisville vs. Cincinnati Louisville Menafee Parrott 6-0 " 24 Chicago vs. St. Louis Chicago Hutchinson Breit'st'n 3-1 " 25 New York vs. Brooklyn Brooklyn Rusie Kennedy 12-6 " 25 Boston vs. Washington Boston Nichols Maul 10-2 " 25 Cleveland vs. Pittsburgh Cleveland Clarkson Killen 5-2 " 26 New York vs. Brooklyn New York Meekin Stein 8-7 " 26 Boston vs. Washington Boston Lovett Mercer 10-8 " 26 Baltimore vs. Philadelphia Philadelphia Inks Taylor 5-5 " 26 Pittsburgh vs. Cleveland Cleveland Ehret Cuppy[3] 12-3 " 26 St. Louis vs. Chicago Chicago Breitenstein Griffith 9-8 " 26 Louisville vs. Cincinnati Louisville Knell Parrott 5-2 " 27 St. Louis vs. Chicago St. Louis Hawley McGill 3-2 " 27 Louisville vs. Cincinnati Cincinnati Hemming Dwyer 6-5 " 28 Boston vs. Washington Boston Staley Petty 18-12 " 28 Pittsburgh vs. Louisville Pittsburgh Gumbert Menafee 4-2 " 28 Pittsburgh vs. Louisville Pittsburgh Killen Stratton 11-6 " 29 New York vs. Cleveland New York Meekin Young 2-0 " 29 Philadelphia vs. Chicago Philadelphia Taylor Hutchinson 14-7 " 29 Washington vs. Louisville Washington Mercer Hemming 12-2 " 29 St. Louis vs. Brooklyn Brooklyn Breit'stein Kennedy 9-8 " 29 Pittsburgh vs. Baltimore Pittsburgh Ehret McMahon 3-2 " 30 New York vs. Cleveland New York Rusie Cuppy 2-1 " 30 Brooklyn vs. St. Louis Brooklyn Stein A. Clarkson 6-2 " 30 Washington vs. Louisville Washington Petty Knell 7-3 " 30 Boston vs. Cincinnati Boston Lovett Parrott 13-10 " 30 Chicago vs. Philadelphia Philadelphia McGill Haddock 12-4 " 30 Boston vs. Cincinnati Boston Nichols Chamberlain 20-11 " 30 Washington vs. Louisville Washington Maul Kilroy 14-9 " 30 Brooklyn vs. St. Louis Brooklyn Daub Hawley 5-2 " 30 Chicago vs. Philadelphia Philadelphia Griffith Weyhing 12-6 " 30 Cleveland vs. New York New York Clarkson German[2] 3-2 " 31 Baltimore vs. Cincinnati Baltimore Mullane Dwyer 7-1 " 31 Brooklyn vs. Chicago Brooklyn Kennedy Terry 5-3 " 31 Pittsburgh vs. Washington Washington Killen Esper 15-4 " 31 St. Louis vs. New York New York Breit'stein West'velt 6-2
[Footnote 1: Ten innings.]
[Footnote 2: Eleven innings.]
[Footnote 3: Forfeited.]
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During the May campaign the first home-and-home series was completed, and the first West vs. East series commenced.