1896 Temple Cup


The 1896 Temple Cup was an end-of-the-year best-of-seven playoff between the National League champion [1896 1896 Baltimore Orioles season|Baltimore Orioles season|Baltimore Orioles] and runner-up [1896 1896 Cleveland Spiders season|Cleveland Spiders season|Cleveland Spiders]. The rematch of the previous year's Temple Cup began on October 2 and ended on October 8 with the Orioles sweeping in four games.
In this third iteration of the Temple Cup, the Baltimore Orioles, who were also in their third Temple Cup, became the only team in the four-season Temple Cup to both win the National League pennant and win the Cup. Each winning player received $200, equal to $ in dollars.

Summary

Baltimore won the series, 4–0.
GameDateScoreLocation
1October 2Cleveland Spiders – 1, Baltimore Orioles – 7Union Park
2October 3Baltimore Orioles – 7, Cleveland Spiders – 2Union Park
3October 5Baltimore Orioles – 6, Cleveland Spiders – 2Union Park
4October 8Cleveland Spiders – 0, Baltimore Orioles – 5League Park