1896 Temple Cup

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1896 Temple Cup
Team (Wins) Manager(s) Season
Baltimore Orioles (4) Ned Hanlon 90–39 (.698), GA: 9½
Cleveland Spiders (0) Patsy Tebeau 80–48 (.625), GA: —
DatesOctober 2–8
Venue(s) Union Park (Baltimore)
League Park (Cleveland)
Umpires Bob Emslie, Jack Sheridan
Hall of FamersOrioles:
Ned Hanlon (manager)
Hughie Jennings
Willie Keeler
Joe Kelley
John McGraw
Wilbert Robinson
Spiders:
Jesse Burkett
Bobby Wallace
Cy Young
† elected as a manager.
  1895 Temple Cup 1897  

The 1896 Temple Cup was an end-of-the-year best-of-seven playoff between the National League champion Baltimore Orioles and runner-up Cleveland Spiders. The rematch of the previous year's Temple Cup began on October 2 and ended on October 8 with the Orioles sweeping in four games.

Contents

In this third iteration of the Temple Cup, the Baltimore Orioles, who were also in their third Temple Cup, became the only team in the four-season Temple Cup to both win the National League pennant and win the Cup. Each winning player received $200, [1] equal to $7,325 in 2023 dollars [2] .

Summary

Baltimore won the series, 4–0.

GameDateScoreLocation
1October 2Cleveland Spiders – 1, Baltimore Orioles – 7 Union Park [3]
2October 3Cleveland Spiders – 2, Baltimore Orioles – 7Union Park [4]
3October 5Cleveland Spiders – 2, Baltimore Orioles – 7Union Park [5]
4October 8Baltimore Orioles – 5, Cleveland Spiders – 0 League Park [6]

Game summaries

Game 1

Friday, October 2, 1896 at Union Park in Baltimore, Maryland [3]
Team123456789 R H E
Cleveland000001000154
Baltimore0020013107131
Starting pitchers:
CLE: Cy Young
BAL: Bill Hoffer
WP: Bill Hoffer (1–0)   LP: Cy Young (0–1)
Attendance: 3,995
Notes: Game duration 1:40
The game was initially scheduled for October 1. [7]

Game 2

Saturday, October 3, 1896 at Union Park in Baltimore, Maryland [4]
Team123456789 R H E
Cleveland00100100X273
Baltimore40201000X7103
Starting pitchers:
CLE: Bobby Wallace
BAL: Joe Corbett
WP: Joe Corbett (1–0)   LP: Bobby Wallace (0–1)
Attendance: 3,100
Notes: Game duration 2:00
Game called on account of darkness. Two runs scored by Cleveland in 9th inning not counted.

Game 3

Monday, October 5, 1896 at Union Park in Baltimore, Maryland [5]
Team123456789 R H E
Cleveland0010100002102
Baltimore011001030682
Starting pitchers:
CLE: George Cuppy
BAL: Bill Hoffer
WP: Bill Hoffer (2–0)   LP: George Cuppy (0–1)

Game 4

Thursday, October 8, 1896 at League Park in Cleveland, Ohio [6]
Team123456789 R H E
Baltimore00000023X5111
Cleveland000000000041
Starting pitchers:
BAL: Joe Corbett
CLE: George Cuppy
WP: Joe Corbett (2–0)   LP: George Cuppy (0–2)

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