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April 18, 1890: Amateur John Lyston wins Atlantic League tuneup against Gorhams

April 19, 1890: Debut of the Players League

Deacon McGuire (Trading Card Database)

April 19, 1890: Rochester registers its first win in American Association

May 1, 1890: Detroit Wolverines top Toronto in ragged season opener

Cy Young (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

May 6-8, 1890: Canton’s Cy Young wins one and loses one in Akron

May 12, 1890: The Kid, the Bolt, and Silent Mike

May 12, 1890: Mike Tiernan’s homer in 13th wins it for Giants

June 19, 1890: Billy Gumbert’s arm and bat propel Pittsburgh to win in his major-league debut

June 21, 1890: No hits — but no win for Silver King

Bill Van Dyke (Trading Card DB)

July 5, 1890: Toledo’s Bill Van Dyke hits for the cycle but Maumees lose to Syracuse Stars

Jumbo Davis (TRADING CARD DB)

July 18, 1890: Jumbo Davis hits for the cycle, but Brooklyn falls to Louisville in a walk-off

July 21, 1890: Roger Connor becomes only Players’ League batter to hit for the cycle

BurnsOyster

August 1, 1890: Oyster Burns hits for natural cycle as Bridegrooms rout Alleghenys in shortened contest

Long John Reilly (TRADING CARD DB)

August 6, 1890: John Reilly becomes first player to hit for the cycle three times in his career

August 6, 1890: Farm boy Cy Young arrives in major leagues

Farmer Weaver (Trading Card DB)

August 12, 1890: Farmer Weaver strokes 6 hits and hits for cycle as Louisville clobbers Syracuse

George Nicol (BASEBALL-REFERENCE.COM)

September 23, 1890: Browns teenager George Nicol tosses 7-inning no-hitter in debut

October 6, 1890: The first worst-to-first team

Kid Carsey (June 30, 1894, New York Clipper)

October 12, 1890: Oakland’s Kid Carsey hurls no-hitter in San Francisco

April 22, 1891: Beaneaters start championship run in first game in new Polo Grounds

April 22, 1891: The storm after the rain: Cubs get best of Pirates on Opening Day

April 27, 1891: Kid Nichols shuts out Phillies in Beaneaters’ home opener

Old Hoss Radbourn (SABR-Rucker Archive)

May 9, 1891: Old Hoss Radbourn’s 300th win, rediscovered

Bobby Lowe (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

June 11, 1891: Beaneaters’ hot bats earn series split with Colts

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