1907 Major League Baseball season

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1907 MLB season
League American League (AL)
National League (NL)
Sport Baseball
DurationRegular season:
  • April 11 – October 6, 1907
World Series:
  • October 8–12, 1907
Number of games154
Number of teams16 (8 per league)
Pennant winners
AL champions Detroit Tigers
  AL runners-up Philadelphia Athletics
NL champions Chicago Cubs
  NL runners-up Pittsburgh Pirates
World Series
Champions Chicago Cubs
  Runners-up Detroit Tigers
MLB seasons
Locations of teams for the 1904–1907 American League seasons
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Locations of teams for the 1907–1908 National League seasons
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The 1907 major league baseball season began on April 11, 1907. The regular season ended on October 6, with the Chicago Cubs and Detroit Tigers as regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the fourth modern World Series on October 8 and ended with Game 5 on October 12. The Cubs defeated the Tigers, four games to none (with one tie).

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The Philadelphia Phillies set a Major League record for the fewest at bats by a team in a season—4,725. [1] to October 8, 1907. The Boston Beaneaters renamed as the Boston Doves.

Schedule

The 1907 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.

Opening Day took place on April 11 with all but the Brooklyn Superbas and Boston Doves playing. The final day of the regular season was on October 6. The World Series took place between October 8 and October 12.

Teams

LeagueTeamCityStadiumCapacityManager
American League Boston Americans Boston, Massachusetts Huntington Avenue Grounds 11,500 Cy Young, George Huff, Bob Unglaub, Deacon McGuire
Chicago White Sox Chicago, Illinois South Side Park 15,000 Fielder Jones
Cleveland Naps Cleveland, Ohio League Park 9,000 Nap Lajoie
Detroit Tigers Detroit, Michigan Bennett Park 8,500 Hughie Jennings
New York Highlanders New York, New York Hilltop Park 16,000 Clark Griffith
Philadelphia Athletics Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Columbia Park 13,600 Connie Mack
St. Louis Browns St. Louis, Missouri Sportsman's Park 8,000 Jimmy McAleer
Washington Senators Washington, D.C. National Park 9,000 Joe Cantillon
National League Boston Doves Boston, Massachusetts South End Grounds 2,300 Fred Tenney
Brooklyn Superbas New York, New York Washington Park 18,800 Patsy Donovan
Chicago Cubs Chicago, Illinois West Side Park 16,000 Frank Chance
Cincinnati Reds Cincinnati, Ohio Palace of the Fans 6,000 Ned Hanlon
New York Giants New York, New York Polo Grounds 16,000 John McGraw
Philadelphia Phillies Philadelphia, Pennsylvania National League Park 18,000 Billy Murray
Pittsburgh Pirates Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Exposition Park 16,000 Fred Clarke
St. Louis Cardinals St. Louis, Missouri Robison Field 15,200 John McCloskey

Standings

American League

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 9258.613—50‍–‍2742‍–‍31
Philadelphia Athletics 8857.6071½50‍–‍2038‍–‍37
Chicago White Sox 8764.5765½48‍–‍2939‍–‍35
Cleveland Naps 8567.559846‍–‍3139‍–‍36
New York Highlanders 7078.4732132‍–‍4138‍–‍37
St. Louis Browns 6983.4542436‍–‍4033‍–‍43
Boston Americans 5990.39632½34‍–‍4125‍–‍49
Washington Senators 49102.32543½26‍–‍4823‍–‍54

National League

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 10745.704—54‍–‍1953‍–‍26
Pittsburgh Pirates 9163.5911747‍–‍2944‍–‍34
Philadelphia Phillies 8364.56521½45‍–‍3038‍–‍34
New York Giants 8271.53625½45‍–‍3037‍–‍41
Brooklyn Superbas 6583.4394037‍–‍3828‍–‍45
Cincinnati Reds 6687.43141½43‍–‍3623‍–‍51
Boston Doves 5890.3924731‍–‍4227‍–‍48
St. Louis Cardinals 52101.34055½31‍–‍4721‍–‍54

Postseason

Bracket

World Series
   
AL Detroit Tigers 0
NL Chicago Cubs 4

Note: Game 1 ended in a tie.

Managerial changes

Off-season

TeamFormer ManagerNew Manager
Boston Americans Chick Stahl Cy Young
Detroit Tigers Bill Armour Hughie Jennings
Philadelphia Phillies Hugh Duffy Billy Murray
Washington Senators Jake Stahl Joe Cantillon

In-season

TeamFormer ManagerNew Manager
Boston Americans Cy Young George Huff
Boston Americans George Huff Bob Unglaub
Boston Americans Bob Unglaub Deacon McGuire

League leaders

American League

National League

Home field attendance

Team nameWins%±Home attendance%±Per game
Chicago White Sox [2] 87-6.5%666,30713.9%8,434
Philadelphia Athletics [3] 8812.8%625,58127.9%8,570
New York Giants [4] 82-14.6%538,35033.6%6,992
Boston Americans [5] 5920.4%436,7776.5%5,600
Chicago Cubs [6] 107-7.8%422,550-35.4%5,560
St. Louis Browns [7] 69-9.2%419,0257.7%5,513
Cleveland Naps [8] 85-4.5%382,04617.3%4,659
New York Highlanders [9] 70-22.2%350,020-19.5%4,667
Philadelphia Phillies [10] 8316.9%341,21615.8%4,550
Pittsburgh Pirates [11] 91-2.2%319,506-19.1%4,149
Cincinnati Reds [12] 663.1%317,500-3.8%3,920
Brooklyn Superbas [13] 65-1.5%312,50012.7%4,058
Detroit Tigers [14] 9229.6%297,07970.7%3,760
Washington Senators [15] 49-10.9%221,92970.8%2,959
Boston Doves [16] 5818.4%203,22141.8%2,746
St. Louis Cardinals [17] 520.0%185,377-34.7%2,347

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