Baseball
National championship
- National League v. American Association – Louisville Colonels (AA) ties Brooklyn Dodgers (NL) three games each.
Events
- The Players League, initiated by the players' union, competes with the National League and American Association. It signs numerous leading players and is arguably the strongest league, but it survives for only one season.
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