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This day in baseball: Burkett hits .400 … again

Posted: September 26, 2019 | Author: | Filed under: 19th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: , , , , , , , , |Leave a comment

September 26, 1896 marked the season finale for the Cleveland Spiders, which they played against the Louisville Colonels at Eclipse Park.  Cleveland outfielder Jesse Burkett collected three hits as the Spiders won, 4-3.  Burkett thus finished the season with a .410 batting average, making him the first player to hit .400 in consecutive years, having batted .405 the previous season.

Jesse_Burkett 1903

Jesse Burkett in 1903 (Wikipedia)

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