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1899 Major League Baseball season
| 1899 MLB season | |
|---|---|
| League | National League (NL) |
| Sport | Baseball |
| Duration | April 14 – October 15, 1899 |
| Number of games | 154 |
| Number of teams | 12 |
| Pennant winner | |
| NL champions | Brooklyn Superbas |
| NL runners-up | Boston Beaneaters |
The 1899 Major League baseball season began on April 14, 1899. The regular season ended on October 15, with the Brooklyn Superbas as the pennant winner of the National League. There was no postseason.
The 1899 was the final season of a stable 12-team, eight-season run which saw no expansion or contraction of teams. Following the end of the season, the National League contracted from 12 to 8 teams, eliminating the Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Spiders, Louisville Colonels, and Washington Senators. The elimination of major-league baseball from these cities prompted the minor league Western League to position themselves as a major league in 1901, by beginning a transition from a Midwest-focused league to the nation-wide focused American League.
The 1899 season is famous for the Cleveland Spiders finishing with the worst single-season record of all time (minimum 120 games), finishing at a dismal 20–134 (.130), largely due to the fact that the Spiders-owning Robison family bought the St. Louis Perfectos prior to the 1899 season, then proceeded to move all Cleveland talent to St. Louis, leaving the Spiders a talent-depleted team. The only other major-league team of the 19th century with a worse record was the 1884 Wilmington Quicksteps, who entered the unstable single-season Union Association as a late-season replacement for the Philadelphia Keystones and played only 18 games, with a record of 2–16 (.111).
The Brooklyn Bridegrooms and St. Louis Browns renamed as the Brooklyn Superbas and St. Louis Perfectos, respectively.
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