1910 Major League Baseball season

Sports season

1910 MLB season
League	American League, National League
Sport	Baseball
Duration	April 14 – October 23, 1910
Number of games	154
Number of teams	8 (AL), 8 (NL)
Pennant Winners
AL champions	Philadelphia Athletics
AL runners-up	New York Highlanders
NL champions	Chicago Cubs
NL runners-up	New York Giants
World Series
Champions	Philadelphia Athletics
Runners-up	Chicago Cubs
MLB seasons
← 1909 1911 →

Red Sox

White Sox

Naps

Tigers

Athletics

Browns

Highlanders

Senators

Locations of teams for the 1910 American League season

American League

Doves

Superbas

Cubs

Reds

Giants

Phillies

Pirates

Cardinals

Locations of teams for the 1909–1910 National League seasons

National League

The 1910 major league baseball season began on April 14, 1910. The regular season ended on October 15, with the Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Athletics as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the seventh modern World Series on October 17 and ended with Game 5 on October 23. The Athletics defeated the Cubs, four games to one.

Teams

League	Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
American League	Boston Red Sox	Boston, Massachusetts	Huntington Avenue Grounds	11,500
	Chicago White Sox	Chicago, Illinois	White Sox Park	28,000
	Cleveland Naps	Cleveland, Ohio	League Park	21,414
	Detroit Tigers	Detroit, Michigan	Bennett Park	14,000
	New York Highlanders	New York, New York	Hilltop Park	16,000
	Philadelphia Athletics	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Shibe Park	23,000
	St. Louis Browns	St. Louis, Missouri	Sportsman's Park	18,000
	Washington Senators	Washington, D.C.	National Park	Unknown
National League	Boston Doves	Boston, Massachusetts	South End Grounds	11,000
	Brooklyn Superbas	New York, New York	Washington Park	18,800
	Chicago Cubs	Chicago, Illinois	West Side Park	16,000
	Cincinnati Reds	Cincinnati, Ohio	Palace of the Fans	6,000
	New York Giants	New York, New York	Polo Grounds	16,000
	Philadelphia Phillies	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	National League Park	18,000
	Pittsburgh Pirates	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Forbes Field	23,000
	St. Louis Cardinals	St. Louis, Missouri	Robison Field	21,000

Schedule

The 1910 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams of their respective league. This continued the format put in place for the 1904 season. This format would last until 1919.

For the first time, Opening Day, which took place on April 14, featured all sixteen teams. The American League would see its final day of the regular season on October 9, while the National League would see its final day of the regular season was on October 15. The World Series took place between October 17 and October 23.

Rule changes

The 1910 season saw the first addressing of the double and triple steal attempts. Under the new rule, when any runner is thrown out, and the other(s) are successful, the successful runners will not be credited with a stolen base.^[1]

Standings

American League

v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Athletics	102	48	0.680	—	57–19	45–29
New York Highlanders	88	63	0.583	14½	49–25	39–38
Detroit Tigers	86	68	0.558	18	46–31	40–37
Boston Red Sox	81	72	0.529	22½	51–28	30–44
Cleveland Naps	71	81	0.467	32	39–36	32–45
Chicago White Sox	68	85	0.444	35½	41–37	27–48
Washington Senators	66	85	0.437	36½	38–35	28–50
St. Louis Browns	47	107	0.305	57	26–51	21–56

National League

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	104	50	0.675	—	58–19	46–31
New York Giants	91	63	0.591	13	52–26	39–37
Pittsburgh Pirates	86	67	0.562	17½	46–30	40–37
Philadelphia Phillies	78	75	0.510	25½	40–36	38–39
Cincinnati Reds	75	79	0.487	29	39–37	36–42
Brooklyn Superbas	64	90	0.416	40	39–39	25–51
St. Louis Cardinals	63	90	0.412	40½	35–41	28–49
Boston Doves	53	100	0.346	50½	29–48	24–52

Postseason

Bracket

World Series

AL	Philadelphia Athletics	4

NL	Chicago Cubs	1

Managers

American League

Team	Manager	Comments
Boston Red Sox	Patsy Donovan
Chicago White Sox	Hugh Duffy
Cleveland Naps	Deacon McGuire
Detroit Tigers	Hughie Jennings	Finished 3rd
New York Highlanders	George Stallings Hal Chase	Finished 2nd
Philadelphia Athletics	Connie Mack	Won World Series
St. Louis Browns	Jack O'Connor
Washington Senators	Jimmy McAleer

National League

Team	Manager	Comments
Boston Doves	Fred Lake
Brooklyn Superbas	Bill Dahlen
Chicago Cubs	Frank Chance	Won 4th NL pennant in 5 seasons
Cincinnati Reds	Clark Griffith
New York Giants	John McGraw	Finished 2nd
Philadelphia Phillies	Red Dooin
Pittsburgh Pirates	Fred Clarke	Finished 3rd
St. Louis Cardinals	Roger Bresnahan

League leaders

American League

Hitting leaders
Stat	Player	Total
AVG	Nap Lajoie (CLE)	.383
HR	Jake Stahl (BRS)	10
RBI	Sam Crawford (DET)	120
R	Ty Cobb (DET)	106
H	Nap Lajoie (CLE)	227
SB	Eddie Collins (PHA)	81

Pitching leaders
Stat	Player	Total
W	Jack Coombs (PHA)	31
L	Ed Walsh (CWS)	20
ERA	Ed Walsh (CWS)	1.27
K	Walter Johnson (WSH)	313
IP	Walter Johnson (WSH)	370.0
SV	Ed Walsh (CWS)	5

National League

Hitting leaders
Stat	Player	Total
AVG	Sherry Magee (PHP)	.331
HR	Fred Beck (BSD) Frank Schulte (CHC)	10
RBI	Sherry Magee (PHP)	123
R	Sherry Magee (PHP)	110
H	Bobby Byrne (PIT) Honus Wagner (PIT)	178
SB	Bob Bescher (CIN)	70

Pitching leaders
Stat	Player	Total
W	Christy Mathewson (NYG)	27
L	George Bell (BKN)	27
ERA	King Cole (CHC)	1.80
K	Earl Moore (PHP)	185
IP	Nap Rucker (BKN)	320.1
SV	Mordecai Brown (CHC) Harry Gaspar (CIN)	7

Awards and honors

Chalmers Award
- Ty Cobb, Detroit Tigers, OF
- Nap Lajoie, Cleveland Naps

Home field attendance

Team name	Wins	%±	Home attendance	%±	Per game
Philadelphia Athletics^[2]	102	7.4%	588,905	-12.7%	7,550
Boston Red Sox^[3]	81	-8.0%	584,619	-12.6%	7,308
Chicago White Sox^[4]	68	-12.8%	552,084	15.4%	6,988
Chicago Cubs^[5]	104	0.0%	526,152	-16.9%	6,833
New York Giants^[6]	91	-1.1%	511,785	-34.7%	6,478
Pittsburgh Pirates^[7]	86	-21.8%	436,586	-18.4%	5,745
Detroit Tigers^[8]	86	-12.2%	391,288	-20.2%	5,017
Cincinnati Reds^[9]	75	-2.6%	380,622	-10.4%	4,943
New York Highlanders^[10]	88	18.9%	355,857	-29.0%	4,622
St. Louis Cardinals^[11]	63	16.7%	355,668	18.6%	4,680
Philadelphia Phillies^[12]	78	5.4%	296,597	-2.2%	3,803
Cleveland Naps^[13]	71	0.0%	293,456	-17.2%	3,668
Brooklyn Superbas^[14]	64	16.4%	279,321	-13.1%	3,492
Washington Senators^[15]	66	57.1%	254,591	24.1%	3,306
St. Louis Browns^[16]	47	-23.0%	249,889	-31.8%	3,163
Boston Doves^[17]	53	17.8%	149,027	-23.6%	1,911

Events

April 4 – William Howard Taft is the first American president to throw the ceremonial first pitch at a game.^[18]
July 19 – Cy Young of the Cleveland Indians wins his 500th career game with a 5–4 victory over the Washington Senators.^[18]

References

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^ "Boston Red Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
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^ "San Francisco Giants Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
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^ "Cincinnati Reds Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "New York Yankees Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "St. Louis Cardinals Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
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^ "Cleveland Guardians Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Los Angeles Dodgers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Minnesota Twins Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Baltimore Orioles Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
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^ ^a ^b Pellowski, Michael J (2007). The Little Giant Book of Baseball Facts. United States: Sterling Publishing Co. pp. 352. ISBN 9781402742736.

External links

1910 Major League Baseball season schedule at Baseball Reference Fetched July 1, 2012
1910 in baseball history from ThisGreatGame.com

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