1893 Yale Bulldogs baseball team

1893 Yale Bulldogs baseball
Conference	Independent
1893 record	18–12–1
Captain	Laurence T. Bliss

The 1893 Yale Bulldogs baseball team represented Yale University in the 1893 college baseball season. The Bulldogs competed as an Independent, with a student manager.

The Bulldogs advanced to the first national championship event for college baseball, held at the Chicago World's Fair and pitting top teams from the East, South, and West. Yale won the tournament, defeating Amherst in the final game 9–0.^[1][2][3]

Roster

1947 Yale Bulldogs roster[4]
	Pitchers Catchers		Infielders		Outfielders		Position Unknown Thomas S. Arbuthnot Morris H. Beall Laurence T. Bliss Walter F. Carter George B. Case Benjamin Davis John C. Greenway Gilbert L. Hedges John H. Kezie William H. Murphy F. Rustin John B. Speer Frank B. Stephenson Noah H. Swayne

Schedule

1893 Yale Bulldogs Baseball Game Log[5]
Regular Season
March Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record March 30 at Penn Philadelphia, PA L 6-11 0–1 March 31 at Washington YMCA Washington, DC W 13-8 1–1
April Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record April 1 vs. Virginia Richmond, VA W 14–8 2–1 April 3 at Virginia Charlottesville, VA W 11–4 3–1 April 4 at Johns Hopkins T 7–7 3–1–1 April 5 at Penn Philadelphia, PA W 8–7 4–1–1 April 10 Boston University New Haven, CT L 5–8^8 4–2–1 April 14 Dartmouth New Haven, CT W 7–0^7 5–2–1 April 17 at New York League New York, NY L 4–10 5–3–1 April 19 at New York A.C. New York, NY L 4–6 5–4–1 April 22 at Brooklyn Brooklyn, NY L 6–13 5–5–1 April 26 at NYU New York, NY L 0–9 5–6–1 April 29 at Williams Williamstown, MA W 10–0 6–6–1
May Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record May 2 Brown New Haven, CT W 7–0 7–6–1 May 6 Penn New Haven, CT W 5–4 8–6–1 May 8 at Wesleyan Middletown, CT L 2–4 8–7–1 May 10 at Brown Providence, RI L 0–2^11 8–8–1 May 13 at Orange (N.J.) A.C. Orange, NJ W 13–6 9–8–1 May 15 Amherst New Haven, CT W 6–3 10–8–1 May 20 Princeton New Haven, CT W 5–1 11–8–1 May 24 Wesleyan New Haven, CT W 3–2 12–8–1 May 30 Orange (N.J.) A.C. New Haven, CT W 16–9 13–8–1 May 31 at Phillips Academy Andover, MA W 2–0 14–8–1
June/July Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record June 3 at Amherst Amherst, MA L 1–5 14–9–1 June 7 Phillips Academy New Haven, CT W 6–2 15–9–1 June 10 at Princeton Princeton, NJ W 2–0 16–9–1 June 13 Vermont New Haven, CT L 3–4 16–10–1 June 17 vs. Princeton New York, NY W 14–7 17–10–1 June 24 at Harvard Cambridge, MA L 2–3^10 17–11–1 June 27 Harvard New Haven, CT W 3–0 18–11–1 July 1 vs. Harvard New York, NY L 4–6 18–12–1
Post-Season
Chicago World's Fair Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record Tournament Record July 4 Vermont Chicago, IL L 12–14 18–13–1 0–1 July 11 Vermont Chicago, IL W 2–1 19–13–1 1–1 July 14 Amherst Chicago, IL W 1–0 20–13–1 2–1 July 15 Amherst Chicago, IL W 9–0 21–13–1 3–1

References

1. "Monthly Record". Outing, an Illustrated Monthly Magazine of Sport, Travel and Recreation. XXII. September 1893. pp. 115–116. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
2. "Will See The Opening Game". Chicago Tribune. June 24, 1893. p. 6. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
3. "Baseball Notes". New York Times. February 13, 1893. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
4. "All-Time Letter Winners" (PDF). Yale Bulldogs. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
5. "Game by Game Results" (PDF). Yale Bulldogs. p. 5. Retrieved October 19, 2015.