1895 in Sports - Baseball

Baseball

National championship

  • Baltimore Orioles win the second of three successive National League championships

Events

  • Temple Cup – Cleveland Spiders 4–1 Baltimore Orioles
  • Veteran player Bud Fowler and the Page Woven Wire Fence Company organise the Page Fence Giants, a black professional team touring out of Adrian, Michigan. Economic depression in the 1890s has eliminated all but the Cuban Giants in New York City and neighboring states.

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