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5 unusual facts about 1895 in baseball


1896 Cleveland Spiders season

The same two teams had met the previous season, with the second-place Spiders beating the first-place Orioles 4 games to 1, but this year the results were reversed, as the Spiders were swept in four straight.

Carlton Molesworth

Molesworth played for the Washington Senators in the 1895 season.

Fred Buckingham

Buckingham played for the Washington Senators in the 1895 season.

Lew Phelan

Louis A. "Lew" Phelan (March, 1864 – November 2, 1933) was a manager in Major League Baseball in the 1895 season, with the St. Louis Browns.

Pussy Tebeau

Charles Alston "Pussy" Tebeau (February 22, 1870 – March 25, 1950) was a right fielder in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Cleveland Spiders during the 1895 season.



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