- Aug 4 Jake Beckley, American Baseball HOF first baseman (23,767 putouts MLB record; career .308 hitter; Pittsburgh Alleghenys/Pirates; NY Giants; Cincinnati Reds; St. Louis Cardinals), born in Hannibal, Missouri (d. 1918)
- Aug 5 Jacob Ruppert Jr., American Baseball HOF executive (owner New York Yankees 1915-39; signed Babe Ruth; built Yankee Stadium), born in New York City (d. 1939)
- Aug 14 Cupid Childs, American baseball player, born in Calvert County, Maryland (d. 1912)
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