- Mar 3 Ned Williamson, American baseball player (Chicago White Stockings), dies at 36
- Mar 11 John Selby, England Test cricket batsman (6 Tests), dies of paralytic stroke at 44
- Nov 8 Michael "King" Kelly, American Baseball HOF utility (NL batting champion 1884, 86; NL runs scored 1884–86, Chicago White Sox) and manager (Boston Beaneaters, Reds; Cincinnati KK's), dies from pneumonia at 36