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 Rh made a special record in their April campaign, as the Clevelands did not lose a game that month and the Pittsburghs did not win one. The former's percentage of victories on April 30th being .1,000 and the latter's .000, Cleveland leading at the end of the brief opening month's campaign, with St. Louis second, Washington third, respectively, with percentages of .666, with Boston, Philadelphia, New York, Brooklyn, Cincinnati and Chicago standing a tie for fourth place with the percentage figures of .500 each, while Baltimore and Louisville stood next with .333 each and Pittsburgh the tail ender without a victory to its credit. The Cleveland club opened the May campaign with the lead in the race, and it maintained that position up to May 11th, when the St. Louis team temporarily jumped to the front, and held the place from that date until May 16th, when the Clevelands got back in that position again, and retained the lead up to May 27th, when Pittsburgh took its turn in leading the race, the Clevelands taking a tumble during the last week of the May campaign, as their percentage figures on May 31st stood at .571, Pittsburgh, Brooklyn and Boston then preceding them. In June the Clevelands tried hard to recover their lost ground, but failed; in fact on June 16th they were temporarily drawn into the ranks of the second division and remained there a week. By the 20th of June, however, they got back to fifth place in the race, and they ended the June campaign in fourth position and ahead of Pittsburgh, the Boston, Philadelphia and Brooklyn clubs being at that date tied for first place.

During July the Clevelands got back to third place for a week, but they had to close that month's campaign in fourth position, with a percentage of .575, preceded by Boston, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, the three leaders at that date, the latter having rallied well.

It was not until the middle of the August campaign that the Clevelands could improve their position; indeed they had to fight hard to maintain fourth place in the race; but on August 17th they got back to third place, and held it for a week, only, however, to close the month's campaign in fourth position. By hard fighting they managed to replace Philadelphia by September 27th and finally ended the season occupants of third position, with Boston and Pittsburgh in advance of them, respectively, with the percentage figures of .662 and .628, Cleveland's figures being .578, Philadelphia, New York and Cincinnati following in order, Brooklyn being tied with the latter for sixth place. Here is the Cleveland club's record in full: