place. Each pitcher allows five hits and strikes out five. Bobby Wallace makes his umpiring debut. Wallace had been discarded by the St. Louis Browns and refused an offer from the St. Louis Cardinals‚ but he will tire of umpiring after the season ends and return to play with the Browns. June 17 – Zip Zabel comes out of the Chicago Cubs bullpen with two outs in the first inning to face the Brooklyn Robins. Zabel wins the game in the 19th inning, 4–3, in the longest relief effort in major league history. Brooklyn starter Jeff Pfeffer goes the distance, scattering 15 hits as he labors 18⅔ innings, only to lose on a throwing error by second baseman George Cutshaw. June 23 - In his major league debut, Bruno Haas of the Philadelphia A's pitches a complete game. Haas walks 16 batters in nine innings as the A's fall to the Yankees 15–7. July 5 – Cincinnati Reds third baseman Heinie Groh hits for the cycle against the Chicago Cubs, becoming the only player to do so between 1913 and 1917, and the last Reds player to do so until 1940. August 18 – Wilbur Good became the only Chicago Cubs player ever to steal second base, third, and home — all in the same inning. His teammates followed his good example and went on to beat the Brooklyn Robins 9–0. August 31 – In the first game of a doubleheader, Jimmy Lavender pitches a no-hitter, leading the Chicago Cubs to a 2–0 victory over the New York Giants. September 11 – Eddie Plank of the Federal League St. Louis Terriers records his 300th career win. September 29 - Phillies pitcher Grover Alexander pitches a complete game, giving up only one hit in a 5–0 victory over the Boston Braves in Boston to clinch their very first National League pennant. October 13 – The Boston Red Sox defeat the Philadelphia Phillies, 5–4, in Game 5 of the World Series to win their third World Championship title, four games to one. The Phillies would not appear in the Series again until 1950. Births January January 3 – Sid Hudson January 6 – Tom Ferrick January 6 – Chuck Workman January 7 – Red Steiner January 8 – Walker Cooper January 11 – Dutch Mele January 12 – Roy Easterwood January 13 – Mike Dejan January 13 – Mike Milosevich January 14