1896 Temple Cup | ||||||||||
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Dates | October 2–8 | |||||||||
Venue(s) | Union Park (Baltimore) League Park (Cleveland) | |||||||||
Umpires | Bob Emslie, Jack Sheridan | |||||||||
Hall of Famers | Orioles: Ned Hanlon (manager) Hughie Jennings Willie Keeler Joe Kelley John McGraw† Wilbert Robinson† Spiders: Jesse Burkett Bobby Wallace Cy Young † elected as a manager. | |||||||||
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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.
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] .
Baltimore won the series, 4–0.
Game | Date | Score | Location |
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1 | October 2 | Cleveland Spiders – 1, Baltimore Orioles – 7 | Union Park [3] |
2 | October 3 | Cleveland Spiders – 2, Baltimore Orioles – 7 | Union Park [4] |
3 | October 5 | Cleveland Spiders – 2, Baltimore Orioles – 7 | Union Park [5] |
4 | October 8 | Baltimore Orioles – 5, Cleveland Spiders – 0 | League Park [6] |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Cleveland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Baltimore | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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] |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Cleveland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 | 7 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Baltimore | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 7 | 10 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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. |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Cleveland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Baltimore | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Starting pitchers: CLE: George Cuppy BAL: Bill Hoffer WP: Bill Hoffer (2–0) LP: George Cuppy (0–1) |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Baltimore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | X | 5 | 11 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Cleveland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Starting pitchers: BAL: Joe Corbett CLE: George Cuppy WP: Joe Corbett (2–0) LP: George Cuppy (0–2) |
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