Games on September 4, 1899

11 games

The games of September 4, 1899

Retrosheet's records show 11 games on September 4, 1899. The most lopsided result was the Philadelphia Phillies' 17-0 win over the Washington Senators. One-run games: the Brooklyn Superbas 3-2 over the New York Giants, the Brooklyn Superbas 5-4 over the New York Giants, the Philadelphia Phillies 3-2 over the Washington Senators, and the St. Louis Perfectos 2-1 over the Louisville Colonels. The rest of the slate: the Baltimore Orioles fell to the Boston Beaneaters, 4-1, the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Chicago Orphans 7-2, the Pittsburgh Pirates fell to the Chicago Orphans, 4-4, the Cleveland Spiders fell to the Cincinnati Reds, 6-3, the Cincinnati Reds topped the Cleveland Spiders 8-1, and the St. Louis Perfectos fell to the Louisville Colonels, 14-2. The Pittsburgh Pirates and the Chicago Orphans played to a 4-4 tie. The New York Giants and the Brooklyn Superbas, the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Chicago Orphans, and the Cleveland Spiders and the Cincinnati Reds each met twice, as doubleheaders. The list shows final scores; no game on this date has a full box score here. Neighboring dates are one click away: the previous game day, Sep 3, 1899 and the next, Sep 5, 1899. For the wider picture, see the 1899 season.

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