1899 in baseball

Champions

• National League: Brooklyn Superbas

  National League final standings

Events

• May 15 – Willie Keeler, known as one of the smallest players and best bunters in baseball, drives the ball past startled left fielder Ed Delahanty of the Philadelphia Phillies for an inside-the-park grand slam and an 8–5 victory for the Brooklyn Superbas.
• May 25 – Deacon Phillippe of the Louisville Colonels pitches a 7–0 no-hitter against the New York Giants.
• July 1 - The Pittsburgh Pirates purchase the contract of pitcher Jack Chesbro from the Richmond Giants of the Atlantic League.
• August 7 – Vic Willis leads the Boston Beaneaters to a 7–1 victory by pitching a no-hitter against the Washington Senators.

  Births

January

• January 3 – Buzz Arlett
• January 5 – Bill Hunnefield
• January 5 – Bob Kinsella
• January 6 – Charles Beverly
• January 9 – Bill Conroy
• January 11 – General Crowder
• January 12 – Joe Hauser
• January 13 – Cactus Keck
• January 14 – Ralph Miller
• January 16 – Showboat Fisher
• January 17 – Tripp Sigman
• January 18 – Eddie Moore
• January 21 – Lew Fonseca
• January 23 – Haddie Gill
• January 23 – Bill Regan
• January 24 – Bob Berman
• January 27 – Bob Barrett
• January 27 – Bibb Falk
• January 29 – Scrip Lee
• January 29 – Ollie Voigt
• January 31 – Don Songer

  February

• February 6 – Walt Huntzinger
• February 7 – Earl Whitehill
• February 9 – Specs Toporcer
• February 10 – Bill Whaley
• February 13 – George Stutz
• February 17 – Peahead Walker
• February 24 – Pinky Pittenger
• February 25 – Stan Rees
• February 27 – Pat McNulty
• February 28 – Lil Stoner

  March

• March 1 – Ernie Padgett
• March 2 – George Stueland
• March 4 – Dutch Kemner
• March 13 – Otis Brannan
• March 16 – Vic Keen
• March 17 – Charlie Root
• March 27 – Ed Hock
• March 27 – Marty Walker
• March 28 – Al Hermann
• March 29 – Herb McQuaid
• March 30 – Hal Rhyne
• March 31 – Ed Johnson

  April

• April 5 – Tony Welzer
• April 8 – Ted Kleinhans
• April 8 – Lerton Pinto
• April 10 – Rudy Kneisch
• April 12 – Bernie Henderson
• April 12 – Trader Horne
• April 18 – Bill Bayne
• April 18 – Harry Hulihan
• April 29 – Frank McGee

  May

• May 2 – Skinny O'Neal
• May 2 – Gale Staley
• May 7 – Eddie Pick
• May 8 – Fritz Henrich
• May 10 – Freddie Maguire
• May 12 – Tod Dennehey
• May 14 – Earle Combs
• May 23 – Frank Kelliher
• May 23 – Charlie Niebergall
• May 25 – Jimmie Keenan
• May 28 – Bob Rice
• May 29 – Hal Elliott
• May 29 – Art Reinhart

  June

• June 1 – Al Niehaus
• June 2 – Sloppy Thurston
• June 3 – Urbane Pickering
• June 7 – Lafayette Henion
• June 11 – Horace Allen
• June 14 – William Pierson
• June 22 – Leo Moon
• June 25 – June Greene

  July

• July 6 – Lenny Metz
• July 9 – Fred Johnston
• July 10 – Wally Kopf
• July 11 – Binky Jones
• July 12 – Walt French
• July 16 – Nellie Pott
• July 17 – Red Smith
• July 19 – Joe Kiefer
• July 20 – Happy Foreman
• July 23 – Ed Holley
• July 23 – Chuck Rowland
• July 27 – Jim Faulkner
• July 29 – Walter Beall

  August

• August 1 – Joe Shaute
• August 2 – Tink Riviere
• August 4 – Ski Melillo
• August 5 – Sam Gibson
• August 5 – Slim McGrew
• August 7 – Oscar Levis
• August 7 – Guy Sturdy
• August 7 – Ted Wingfield
• August 11 – Frank Brazill
• August 12 – Bill Black
• August 14 – Skinny Graham
• August 18 – Bernie Friberg
• August 22 – Dud Lee
• August 25 – Pea Ridge Day

  September

• September 5 – Max Bishop
• September 6 – Del Bissonette
• September 7 – Clarence Winters
• September 8 – George Gilham
• September 9 – Waite Hoyt
• September 10 – Augie Johns
• September 15 – Harry McCurdy
• September 16 – Heinie Mueller
• September 17 – Sheriff Blake
• September 20 – Nelson Greene
• September 20 – Karl Schnell
• September 21 – Del Lundgren
• September 25 – Hoge Workman

  October

• October 11 – Eddie Dyer
• October 11 – Ernie Smith
• October 12 – Bub Kuhn
• October 15 – John Chapman
• October 22 – Ike Kahdot
• October 22 – Geechie Meredith
• October 24 – Cuckoo Christensen
• October 26 – Judy Johnson
• October 26 – Otto Vogel
• October 28 – Percy Jones

  November

• November 5 – Jack Wisner
• November 6 – Joe Munson
• November 9 – George Abrams
• November 11 – Bill Vargus
• November 18 – Ren Kelly
• November 18 – Dutch Ulrich
• November 21 – Charlie Gibson
• November 21 – Augie Swentor
• November 27 – Lena Styles
• November 30 – Reuben Ewing

  December

• December 2 – Ray Morehart
• December 6 – Jocko Conlan
• December 7 – Ed Morris
• December 10 – Verdo Elmore
• December 10 – Jake Hehl
• December 11 – Willie Gisentaner
• December 12 – Allie Watt
• December 13 – Buckshot May
• December 14 – Bob Lawrence
• December 18 – Sam Barnes
• December 19 – Sam Dodge
• December 20 – George Pipgras
• December 23 – Waddy MacPhee
• December 23 – Tommy Thomas
• December 25 – Tom Gulley
• December 25 – Gene Robertson
• December 26 – Logan Drake
• December 26 – Art Gardiner

  Deaths

• January 6 – John Smith, 40, first baseman for the Troy Trojans and Worcester Ruby Legs of the National League in the 1882 season.
• January 13 – Fred Carl, 40, outfielder.
• January 17 – Billy Arnold, 47, outfielder.
• March 6 – Edward Santry, 38, shortstop.
• March 9 – Bill McGunnigle, 44, manager who led Brooklyn to the American Association title in 1889, and the National League pennant the following year after the team switched leagues; as collegiate catcher, was possibly the first at that position to wear a glove.
• March 16 – Egyptian Healy, 32, pitcher.
• April 9 – Mike Moynahan, 43, shortstop.
• April 24 – Pat Luby, 30, pitcher.
• July 14 – Frank Kreeger, , outfielder and pitcher.
• July 24 – Jim Korwan, 25, pitcher.
• August 10 – Henry Buker, 40, shortstop.
• September 17 – John Haldeman, 43, journalist and business manager for the Louisville Courier-Journal, who played second base in one game for the 1877 Louisville Grays.
• November 2 – Tim McGinley, 45, catcher.
• December 1 – Ed Gastfield, 34, catcher.
• December 14 – Harry Dooms, 32, outfielder.
• December 16 – Fred Waterman, 54, third baseman, member of the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings team that went undefeated.
• December 18 – Fred Truax, 31, outfielder.