1898 in Sports - Baseball

Baseball

National championship

  • National League championship – Boston Beaneaters. This is Boston's fifth championship in eight years under manager Frank Selee.

Events

  • 22 April — multiple no-hitters are thrown on the same day by two players: Ted Breitenstein and Jay Hughes.

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