1893 in baseball

Champions

• National League: Boston Beaneaters

  National League final standings

Events

• June 19 – Baltimore Orioles outfielder Piggy Ward reached base a record 17 times in 17 consecutive plate appearances, a streak he started on June 16. The record would be matched 69 years later, when catcher Earl Averill, Jr. tied that mark in.
• August 16 – Bill Hawke of the Baltimore Orioles pitches a no-hitter against the Washington Senators in a 5–0 win. It is the first no-hitter thrown from the modern-day pitching distance of 60'6".
• August 18 – The Boston Beaneaters set a Major League record which still stands for the most batters hit by a pitch in an inning. Four batters are hit in the 2nd inning in the game with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
• November 21 – Ban Johnson is named president, secretary, and treasurer of the recently reorganized Western League. Under Johnson's leadership the WL will prosper.

  Births

January

• January 1 – Frank Fuller
• January 2 – Jesse Altenburg
• January 3 – George Shively
• January 10 – Joe Gingras
• January 10 – Marty Herrmann
• January 12 – Lefty Lorenzen
• January 12 – Charlie Young
• January 14 – Billy Meyer
• January 17 – Luke Glavenich
• January 20 – Al Gould
• January 20 – Red Hill
• January 25 – Abe Bowman
• January 28 – Guy Cooper
• January 30 – Red Smyth
• January 31 – George Burns

  February

• February 2 – Cy Warmoth
• February 7 – Charlie Jamieson
• February 10 – Bill Evans
• February 12 – Earl Sheely
• February 13 – Ben Dyer
• February 17 – Eddie Onslow
• February 17 – Wally Pipp
• February 21 – Norman Plitt
• February 21 – Marsh Williams
• February 23 – Jim O'Neill
• February 25 – Phil Slattery
• February 28 – Sam Mayer

  March

• March 8 – Ray Francis
• March 9 – Billy Southworth
• March 9 – Lefty Williams
• March 12 – Joe Engel
• March 12 – Alex Gaston
• March 18 – Russ Wrightstone
• March 20 – Johnny Butler
• March 23 – Ray Kremer
• March 24 – George Sisler
• March 26 – Frank Brower
• March 27 – Charlie Boardman

  April

• April 4 – Pete Kilduff
• April 7 – Desmond Beatty
• April 7 – Fletcher Low
• April 9 – Bill Morrell
• April 9 – Tiny Osborne
• April 10 – Walter Ancker
• April 11 – Hal Deviney
• April 11 – Spencer Pumpelly
• April 13 – Roy Walker
• April 14 – Ben Tincup
• April 15 – Vern Hughes
• April 15 – Jack Sheehan
• April 24 – Walt Smallwood
• April 27 – Allen Sothoron
• April 29 – Shag Thompson

  May

• May 6 – Pat Griffin
• May 7 – Bill Hobbs
• May 8 – Ed Hemingway
• May 8 – Edd Roush
• May 8 – Roy Wilkinson
• May 9 – Bill Bolden
• May 12 – Hob Hiller
• May 12 – George Kaiserling
• May 15 – Sam Fishburn
• May 20 – Walter Bernhardt
• May 20 – Fritz Von Kolnitz
• May 21 – Herold Juul
• May 22 – Pat Parker
• May 23 – Elmer Leifer
• May 25 – Bill Bankston

  June

• June 1 – Guy Morton
• June 1 – Eddie Palmer
• June 5 – Herb Hall
• June 9 – Irish Meusel
• June 9 – Mack Wheat
• June 18 – Ben Shaw
• June 22 – Larry Pezold
• June 26 – Elmer Ponder
• June 27 – Charlie Wheatley

  July

• July 1 – Howie Camp
• July 3 – Dickey Kerr
• July 6 – Shovel Hodge
• July 7 – Dutch Wetzel
• July 8 – Bill Brown
• July 8 – Dan Woodman
• July 9 – Turner Barber
• July 9 – Harry Eccles
• July 9 – Tony Faeth
• July 11 – Clarence Blethen
• July 11 – Milt Stock
• July 13 – Luther Farrell
• July 14 – John Peters
• July 15 – Red Oldham
• July 16 – Doc Prothro
• July 21 – Ray Keating
• July 22 – Jesse Haines
• July 24 – Joe Schultz
• July 31 – Allen Russell

  August

• August 5 – Jack Harper
• August 8 – Jack Smith
• August 11 – Red Causey
• August 12 – John Michaelson
• August 16 – Cy Wright
• August 18 – Bernie Duffy
• August 18 – Burleigh Grimes
• August 18 – William Marriott
• August 19 – Jim Shaw
• August 22 – Lyle Bigbee
• August 22 – Oscar Fuhr
• August 23 – Sam White
• August 24 – Paul Des Jardien
• August 24 – Bartolo Portuondo
• August 25 – Bob Gandy
• August 27 – Howie Haworth
• August 27 – Dizzy Nutter
• August 30 – Ralph Head
• August 31 – Murphy Currie

  September

• September 5 – Don Rader
• September 6 – Bill Murray
• September 9 – Walt Kinney
• September 11 – Ray Grimes
• September 11 – Roy Grimes
• September 13 – John Kelleher
• September 13 – Mike McNally
• September 13 – Dutch Ruether
• September 15 – Speed Martin
• September 17 – Whitey Glazner
• September 20 – Jack Bradley
• September 20 – Doc Wallace
• September 22 – Ira Flagstead
• September 22 – Pat French
• September 25 – Ed Chaplin
• September 28 – Mike Massey
• September 28 – Cy Rheam
• September 30 – Duke Kelleher

  October

• October 5 – Paul Speraw
• October 6 – Pat Duncan
• October 6 – Johnny Tillman
• October 12 – Hank Ritter
• October 13 – Pickles Dillhoefer
• October 13 – Dick Spalding
• October 15 – John Karst
• October 15 – Gil Whitehouse
• October 19 – Lloyd Christenbury
• October 25 – Vic Aldridge
• October 31 – Bill Herring

  November

• November 1 – Tom Burr
• November 1 – Otis Lawry
• November 4 – Bill Leinhauser
• November 5 – Spencer Heath
• November 6 – Dana Fillingim
• November 15 – Joe Leonard
• November 16 – Cristóbal Torriente
• November 21 – Ziggy Hasbrook
• November 25 – Gene Bailey
• November 28 – Benn Karr
• November 28 – Frank O'Rourke
• November 29 – Carter Elliott
• November 29 – Charlie Snell
• November 30 – Tex Hoffman

  December

• December 2 – Tommy Vereker
• December 4 – Luke Nelson
• December 5 – Joe Gedeon
• December 6 – Hack Eibel
• December 12 – Les Hennessy
• December 17 – Bert Yeabsley
• December 18 – Dominic Mulrenan
• December 18 – Rinaldo Williams
• December 19 – Paul Strand
• December 22 – Marty Becker
• December 22 – Jesse Winters
• December 29 – Joe Smith

  Deaths

• January 4 – Jim Halpin, 29, shortstop in 1882, and 1884–1885.
• March – Joseph Quinn, ??, catcher for two teams in 1881.
• April 18 – Fred Siefke, 23, third baseman for the 1890 Brooklyn Gladiators.
• October 10 – Lip Pike, 48, outfielder for several teams from 1871 to 1881 who batted.300 four times in the National Association and twice in the NL, winning four home run titles; the sport's first Jewish star.
• December 2 – Bill Gleason, 25, pitcher for the 1890 Cleveland Infants.