1895 Temple Cup


The 1895 Temple Cup was an end-of-the-year best-of-seven playoff between the National League champion [1895 1895 Baltimore Orioles season|Baltimore Orioles season|Baltimore Orioles] and runner-up [1895 1895 Cleveland Spiders season|Cleveland Spiders season|Cleveland Spiders]. The series began on October 2 and ended on October 8 with the Spiders winning in five games.
In this second iteration of the Temple Cup, the NL pennant winning Baltimore Orioles, who were also in their second Temple Cup, once again lost to the NL runner-up team.

Summary

Cleveland won the series, 4–1.
GameDateScoreLocation
1October 2Cleveland Spiders – 5, Baltimore Orioles – 4League Park
2October 3Baltimore Orioles – 2, Cleveland Spiders – 7League Park
3October 5Baltimore Orioles – 1, Cleveland Spiders – 7League Park
4October 7Cleveland Spiders – 0, Baltimore Orioles – 5Union Park
5October 8Cleveland Spiders – 5, Baltimore Orioles – 2Union Park