1896 Temple Cup

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.

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: —
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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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 $7,559 in 2024 dollars^[2].

Summary

Baltimore won the series, 4–0.

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

Game summaries

Game 1

Friday, October 2, 1896 at Union Park in Baltimore, Maryland^[3]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
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]

Game 2

Saturday, October 3, 1896 at Union Park in Baltimore, Maryland^[4]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Baltimore	4	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	X	7	10	3
Cleveland	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	X	2	7	3
Starting pitchers: BAL: Joe Corbett CLE: Bobby Wallace 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 Baltimore in 9th inning not counted.

Game 3

Monday, October 5, 1896 at Union Park in Baltimore, Maryland^[5]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Baltimore	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	6	8	2
Cleveland	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	10	2
Starting pitchers: BAL: Bill Hoffer CLE: George Cuppy WP: Bill Hoffer (2–0)   LP: George Cuppy (0–1)

Game 4

Thursday, October 8, 1896 at League Park in Cleveland, Ohio^[6]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cleveland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
Baltimore	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	X	5	11	1
Starting pitchers: CLE: George Cuppy BAL: Joe Corbett WP: Joe Corbett (2–0)   LP: George Cuppy (0–2)

See also

• 1896 in baseball
• List of pre-World Series baseball champions