1910 Major League Baseball season

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1910 MLB season
League American League (AL)
National League (NL)
Sport Baseball
DurationRegular season:
  • April 14 – October 9, 1910 (AL)
  • April 14 – October 15, 1910 (NL)
World Series:
  • October 17–23, 1910
Number of games154
Number of teams16 (8 per league)
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
Locations of teams for the 1910 American League season
ButtonRed.svg American League
Locations of teams for the 1909–1910 National League seasons
ButtonBlue.svg 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, capturing their first championship in franchise history. Going into the season, the defending World Series champions were the Pittsburgh Pirates from the 1909 season.

Contents

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 following rule changes:

Teams

An asterisk (*) denotes the ballpark a team played the minority of their home games at

LeagueTeamCityStadiumCapacityManager [3]
American League Boston Red Sox Boston, Massachusetts Huntington Avenue Grounds 11,500 Patsy Donovan
Chicago White Sox Chicago, Illinois South Side Park*15,000* Hugh Duffy
White Sox Park 28,000
Cleveland Naps Cleveland, Ohio League Park (Cleveland) 21,414 Deacon McGuire
Detroit Tigers Detroit, Michigan Bennett Park 14,000 Hughie Jennings
New York Highlanders New York, New York Hilltop Park 16,000 George Stallings
Hal Chase
Philadelphia Athletics Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Shibe Park 23,000 Connie Mack
St. Louis Browns St. Louis, Missouri Sportsman's Park 18,000 Jack O'Connor
Washington Senators Washington, D.C. National Park 9,000 Jimmy McAleer
National League Boston Doves Boston, Massachusetts South End Grounds 9,800 Fred Lake
Brooklyn Superbas New York, New York Washington Park 14,000 Bill Dahlen
Chicago Cubs Chicago, Illinois West Side Park 16,000 Frank Chance
Cincinnati Reds Cincinnati, Ohio Palace of the Fans 12,000 Clark Griffith
New York Giants New York, New York Polo Grounds 16,000 John McGraw
Philadelphia Phillies Philadelphia, Pennsylvania National League Park 18,000 Red Dooin
Pittsburgh Pirates Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Forbes Field 23,000 Fred Clarke
St. Louis Cardinals St. Louis, Missouri League Park (St. Louis) 21,000 Roger Bresnahan

Standings

American League

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Athletics 10248.680—57‍–‍1945‍–‍29
New York Highlanders 8863.58314½49‍–‍2539‍–‍38
Detroit Tigers 8668.5581846‍–‍3140‍–‍37
Boston Red Sox 8172.52922½51‍–‍2830‍–‍44
Cleveland Naps 7181.4673239‍–‍3632‍–‍45
Chicago White Sox 6885.44435½41‍–‍3727‍–‍48
Washington Senators 6685.43736½38‍–‍3528‍–‍50
St. Louis Browns 47107.3055726‍–‍5121‍–‍56

National League

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 10450.675—58‍–‍1946‍–‍31
New York Giants 9163.5911352‍–‍2639‍–‍37
Pittsburgh Pirates 8667.56217½46‍–‍3040‍–‍37
Philadelphia Phillies 7875.51025½40‍–‍3638‍–‍39
Cincinnati Reds 7579.4872939‍–‍3736‍–‍42
Brooklyn Superbas 6490.4164039‍–‍3925‍–‍51
St. Louis Cardinals 6390.41240½35‍–‍4128‍–‍49
Boston Doves 53100.34650½29‍–‍4824‍–‍52

Postseason

The postseason began on October 17 and ended on October 23 with the Philadelphia Athletics defeating the Chicago Cubs in the 1910 World Series in five games.

Bracket

World Series
   
AL Philadelphia Athletics 4
NL Chicago Cubs 1

Managerial changes

Off-season

TeamFormer ManagerNew Manager
Boston Doves Frank Bowerman Fred Lake
Boston Red Sox Fred Lake Patsy Donovan
Brooklyn Superbas Harry Lumley Bill Dahlen
Chicago White Sox Billy Sullivan Hugh Duffy
Philadelphia Phillies Billy Murray Red Dooin
St. Louis Browns Jimmy McAleer Jack O'Connor
Washington Senators Joe Cantillon Jimmy McAleer

In-season

TeamFormer ManagerNew Manager
New York Highlanders George Stallings Hal Chase

League leaders

American League

Hitting leaders [4]
StatPlayerTotal
AVG Nap Lajoie (CLE).383
OPS Ty Cobb (DET)1.004
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 [5]
StatPlayerTotal
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
WHIP Ed Walsh (CWS)0.820

National League

Awards and honors

Home field attendance

Team nameWins%±Home attendance%±Per game
Philadelphia Athletics [8] 1027.4%588,905-12.7%7,550
Boston Red Sox [9] 81-8.0%584,619-12.6%7,308
Chicago White Sox [10] 68-12.8%552,08415.4%6,988
Chicago Cubs [11] 1040.0%526,152-16.9%6,833
New York Giants [12] 91-1.1%511,785-34.7%6,478
Pittsburgh Pirates [13] 86-21.8%436,586-18.4%5,745
Detroit Tigers [14] 86-12.2%391,288-20.2%5,017
Cincinnati Reds [15] 75-2.6%380,622-10.4%4,943
New York Highlanders [16] 8818.9%355,857-29.0%4,622
St. Louis Cardinals [17] 6316.7%355,66818.6%4,680
Philadelphia Phillies [18] 785.4%296,597-2.2%3,803
Cleveland Naps [19] 710.0%293,456-17.2%3,668
Brooklyn Superbas [20] 6416.4%279,321-13.1%3,492
Washington Senators [21] 6657.1%254,59124.1%3,306
St. Louis Browns [22] 47-23.0%249,889-31.8%3,163
Boston Doves [23] 5317.8%149,027-23.6%1,911

Events

References

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  12. ↑ "San Francisco Giants Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  13. ↑ "Pittsburgh Pirates Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  14. ↑ "Detroit Tigers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  15. ↑ "Cincinnati Reds Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  16. ↑ "New York Yankees Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  17. ↑ "St. Louis Cardinals Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  18. ↑ "Philadelphia Phillies Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  19. ↑ "Cleveland Guardians Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved March 28, 2024.
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  23. ↑ "Atlanta Braves Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved March 28, 2024.
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