The following are the baseball events of the year 1900 throughout the world.
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Champions[]
Statistical Leaders[]
| National League | ||
| AVG | Honus Wagner PIT | .381 |
| HR | Herman Long BOS | 12 |
| RBI | Elmer Flick PHI | 110 |
| Wins | Joe McGinnity BRO | 28 |
| ERA | Rube Waddell PIT | 2.37 |
| Ks | Noodles Hahn CIN | 132 |
National League final standings[]
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Events[]
- April 19 - The National League season opened with Philadelphia winning 19-17 at Boston in front of 10,000 fans.
- May 6 - The Detroit Tigers skirted restrictions against Sunday games by playing in a park a few miles outside the city limits.
- May 20 - Arson was suspected as the Pittsburgh ballpark had its second fire in two weeks.
- May 31 - Nap Lajoie broke his hand trying to punch a teammate and was suspended without pay for five weeks.
- June 19 - Clark Griffith of the Chicago Cubs and Rube Waddell of the Pittsburgh Pirates pitched 13 scoreless innings before Griffith's double in the bottom of the 14th won the game 1-0.
- June 21 - Brooklyn Dodgers took over first place for good with an 8-6 win over the Philadelphia Phillies.
- July 5 - Cincinnati Reds were stopped on one hit for the second consecutive game.
- July 7 - Boston's Kid Nichols got his 300th career win.
- July 12 - Noodles Hahn of Cincinnati pitched a 4-0 no hitter against Philadelphia.
- July 17 - Christy Mathewson made his major league debut, allowing six runs with two walks and three hit batsmen against Brooklyn. He was 21 years old.
- July 29 - Players demanded a share of the purchase price from the sale of their contracts.
- September 11 - Nixey Callahan of the Cubs gave up 23 hits in a 14-3 loss to the Giants.
- September 12 - The Reds made 17 errors in a doubleheader at Brooklyn.
- November 14 - The National League refused to accept the American League as an equal.
- December 12 - The National League considered adding four teams to prevent losing cities to the American League.
- December 14 - The National League decided to adopt a 16-man roster limit after May 1 each season.
- December 15 - Pitcher Amos Rusie was traded to the Reds for Christy Mathewson.
Births[]
- January 7 - John Beckwith (1956)
- February 2 - Willie Kamm (d. 1988)
- March 6 - Lefty Grove (d. 1975)
- March 14 - Marty McManus (d. 1966)
- March 31 - Mule Suttles (d. 1966)
- April 23 - Jim Bottomley (d. 1959)
- April 26 - Hack Wilson (d. 1948)
- May 20 - George Grantham (d. 1954)
- July 23 - Jimmie Wilson (d. 1947)
- August 16 - George Scales (d. 1976)
- September 17 - Hughie Critz (d. 1980)
- October 16 - Goose Goslin (d. 1971)
- October 24 - Ossie Bluege (d. 1985)
- October 31 - Cal Hubbard (d. 1977)
- December 20 - Gabby Hartnett (d. 1972)
- December 28 - Ted Lyons (d. 1986)
Deaths[]
- January 19 - Martin Bergen, 28, catcher for the Boston Beaneaters since 1896 who batted .280 for the 1898 championship team (suicide)
- February 7 - Jack Taylor, 26, pitcher for Cincinnati, previously with the Phillies, who had three 20-win seasons from 1894–96, led NL in games and innings in 1898
- July 15 - Billy Barnie, 47, manager of the Orioles from 1883 to 1891, and later of three other teams; pilot of Hartford team in Eastern League since 1899
- October 7 - Bill Phillips, 43, first baseman for Cleveland and Brooklyn who was the first Canadian in the major leagues; batted .302 in 1885