The following are the baseball events of the year 1898 throughout the world. Baseball is a Bat-and-ball Sport played between two teams of nine players each Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common  

Champions

• National League: Boston Beaneaters

National League final standings

Events

• April 21 - Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Bill Duggleby hits a grand slam in his first major league at-bat. Events 753 BC - Romulus and Remus found Rome ( traditional date) William James Duggleby ( March 16, 1874 - August 30, 1944) nicknamed "Frosty Bill" was a pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies In the Sport of Baseball, a grand slam (or just slam for short is a Home run hit with all the bases occupied by baserunners, thereby No one else will accomplish that feat until Jeremy Hermida in 2005. Jeremy Ryan Hermida (born January 30, 1984 in Atlanta Georgia) is an Outfielder in Major League Baseball who plays for the 2005 Major League Baseball season Headline events of the year Chicago White Sox swept the Houston Astros to win the World Series

Births

• January 5 - Riggs Stephenson
• January 10 - Fats Jenkins
• January 18 - John Woods
• January 24 - Cliff Heathcote
• February 4 - John Perrin
• April 10 - Tom Jenkins
• April 24 - Andy Cooper
• April 25 - Fred Haney
• July 10 - Dick Lundy
• July 14 - Happy Chandler
• August 14 - Bill Clowers
• August 17 - Bill Pertica
• August 28 - Charlie Grimm
• August 30 - Kiki Cuyler
• September 9 - Frankie Frisch
• September 13 - Curt Fullerton
• September 18 - George Uhle
• September 20 - Chuck Dressen
• September 23 - George Murray
• October 9 - Joe Sewell
• October 30 - Bill Terry
• November 3 - Homer Summa
• November 11 - Pie Traynor
• November 30 - Firpo Marberry

Deaths

• April 17 - Bobby Mathews, 46, pitcher who won 297 games, 131 of them in the National Association, in a career that ran from 1871 to 1887; won the first professional league game in 1871, and had 30-win seasons for the 1883-85 Philadelphia Athletics

USS Maine baseball team, 1898, shortly after winning the Navy baseball championship. Events 1477 - Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is killed and Burgundy becomes part of France. Jackson Riggs Stephenson ( January 5, 1898 - November 15, 1985) was an American Left fielder in Major League Baseball Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war. Clarence Reginald "Fats" Jenkins ( January 10 1898 - December 6 1968) was an African American Left fielder in Events 350 - Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor Events 41 - Gaius Caesar (Caligula, known for his eccentricity and cruel Despotism, is Assassinated by his disgruntled Clifton Earl (Cliff Heathcote ( January 24, 1898 - January 19, 1939) was a Center fielder in Major League Baseball who Events 211 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons John Stephenson Perrin ("Jack"] ( February 4, 1898 - June 24, 1969) was an Utility player in Major League Baseball Events 879 - Louis III becomes King of the Western Franks. 1407 - the lama Thomas Griffith Jenkins ( April 10, 1898 - May 3, 1979) was a reserve Outfielder in Major League Baseball Events 1479 BC - Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to Andrew Lewis Cooper (April 24 1898 - June 3 1941 nicknamed "Lefty" he was an American left-handed Pitcher, who hit right-handed in Baseball 's Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar. Fred Girard Haney ( April 25, 1898 – November 9, 1977) was an American Third baseman, manager, coach Events 48 BC - Battle of Dyrrhachium, Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia. Richard Benjamin Lundy ( July 10 1898 - January 5 1965) was an African American Shortstop in the Negro Leagues Events 1223 - Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father Philip II of France. Albert Benjamin "Happy" Chandler Sr (July 14 1898 June 15 1991 was twice Governor of Kentucky, a U Events 1183 - Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures William Perry Clowers ( August 14, 1898 &ndash January 13, 1978) was a Relief pitcher who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox Events 986 - A Byzantine army was destroyed in the pass of Trajan's Gate by the Bulgarians under the Comitopuli William Andrew Pertica ( August 17, 1898 - December 28, 1967) was a Pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from through Events 475 - The Roman General Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his Capital Charles John Grimm ( August 28 1898 - November 15 1983) nicknamed "Jolly Cholly" was an American First baseman Events 1363 - Beginning date of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders— Chen Youliang and Hazen Shirley "Kiki" Cuyler ( August 30 1898 – February 11 1950) was a Major League Baseball right fielder from 1921 until Events 1000 - Battle of Svolder, Viking Age. 1379 - Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian Francis "Frankie" Frisch ( September 9, 1898 — March 12, 1973) nicknamed the Fordham Flash, or The Old Flash Events 509 BC - The Temple of Jupiter on Rome 's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September Curtis Hooper Fullerton ( September 13, 1898 - January 9, 1975) was a Pitcher in Major League Baseball who played his entire Events 96 - Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated George Ernest Uhle ( September 18, 1898 – February 26, 1985) was a Major League Baseball Pitcher. Events 451 - The Battle of Chalons takes place in North Eastern France. Charles Walter Dressen ( September 20, 1898 – August 10, 1966) known as both "Chuck" and "Charlie" was an American Events 1122 - Concordat of Worms. 1459 - Battle of Blore Heath, the first major battle of the English George King "Smiler" Murray ( September 23, 1898 &ndash October 18, 1955) was a Baseball pitcher for the Events 768 - Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned Kings of The Franks. For other people and things named "Sewell", see Sewell (disambiguation Events 637 - Antioch surrenders to the Muslim forces under Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of Iron bridge. William Harold Terry ( October 30, 1898 - January 9, 1989) was a Major League Baseball First baseman and manager Events 644 - Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Muslim Caliph, is killed by a Persian slave in Medina. Homer Summa ( November 3, 1898 - January 29, 1966) was a right fielder in major league baseball from 1920 to 1930 Events 308 - The Congress of Carnuntum: Attempting to keep peace within the Roman Empire, the leaders of the Tetrarchy declare Harold Joseph "Pie" Traynor ( November 11, 1898 - March 16, 1972) was a Professional baseball Third baseman who Events 1700 - Battle of Narva — A Swedish army of 8500 men under Charles XII defeats Frederick "Firpo" Marberry ( November 30 1898 – June 30 1976) was an American right-handed starting and Events 69 - After the First Battle of Bedriacum, Vitellius becomes Roman Emperor. Robert T Mathews ( November 21, 1851 – April 17, 1898) was a Right-handed professional Baseball Pitcher for The entire team was killed save one in February, 1898.