1923 Major League Baseball season

This article is about the 1923 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1923 in baseball.

1923 MLB season
League	Major League Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Duration	April 17 – October 15, 1923
Number of games	154
Number of teams	16
Regular Season
Season MVP	AL: Babe Ruth (NYY)
AL champions	New York Yankees
AL runners-up	Detroit Tigers
NL champions	New York Giants
NL runners-up	Cincinnati Reds
World Series
Champions	New York Yankees
Runners-up	New York Giants
MLB seasons
← 1922 1924 →

Red Sox

White Sox

Indians

Tigers

Athletics

Browns

Yankees

Senators

Locations of teams for the 1923–1931 American League seasons
American League

Braves

Robins

Cubs

Reds

Giants

Phillies

Pirates

Cardinals

Locations of teams for the 1920–1931 National League seasons
National League

The 1923 Major League Baseball season began on April 17, 1923. The regular season ended on October 7, with the New York Giants and New York Yankees as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the 20th World Series on October 10 and ended with Game 6 on October 15. In the third consecutive iteration of the Subway Series, the Yankees defeated the Giants, four games to two.

This was the second of eight seasons that "League Awards", a precursor to the Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award (introduced in 1931), were issued. Only an American League award was given in 1923.

Teams

League	Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
American League	Boston Red Sox	Boston, Massachusetts	Fenway Park	35,000
	Chicago White Sox	Chicago, Illinois	Comiskey Park	28,000
	Cleveland Indians	Cleveland, Ohio	Dunn Field	21,414
	Detroit Tigers	Detroit, Michigan	Navin Field	30,000
	New York Yankees	New York, New York	Yankee Stadium	58,000
	Philadelphia Athletics	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Shibe Park	23,000
	St. Louis Browns	St. Louis, Missouri	Sportsman's Park	24,040
	Washington Senators	Washington, D.C.	Griffith Stadium	27,000
National League	Boston Braves	Boston, Massachusetts	Braves Field	40,000
	Brooklyn Robins	New York, New York	Ebbets Field	30,000
	Chicago Cubs	Chicago, Illinois	Cubs Park	20,000
	Cincinnati Reds	Cincinnati, Ohio	Redland Field	20,696
	New York Giants	New York, New York	Polo Grounds	43,000
	Philadelphia Phillies	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Baker Bowl	18,000
	Pittsburgh Pirates	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Forbes Field	25,000
	St. Louis Cardinals	St. Louis, Missouri	Sportsman's Park	24,040

Schedule

See also: Major League Baseball schedule

The 1923 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 since the 1904 season (except for 1919) and would be used until 1961 in the American League and 1962 in the National League.

National League Opening Day took place on April 17 with all teams playing, while American League Opening Day took place the following day with all teams playing. The final day of the regular season was on October 7. The World Series took place between October 10 and October 15.

Standings

American League v t e American League W L Pct. GB Home Road New York Yankees 98 54 0.645 — 46–30 52–24 Detroit Tigers 83 71 0.539 16 45–32 38–39 Cleveland Indians 82 71 0.536 16½ 42–36 40–35 Washington Senators 75 78 0.490 23½ 43–34 32–44 St. Louis Browns 74 78 0.487 24 40–36 34–42 Philadelphia Athletics 69 83 0.454 29 34–41 35–42 Chicago White Sox 69 85 0.448 30 30–45 39–40 Boston Red Sox 61 91 0.401 37 37–40 24–51

National League v t e National League W L Pct. GB Home Road New York Giants 95 58 0.621 — 47–30 48–28 Cincinnati Reds 91 63 0.591 4½ 46–32 45–31 Pittsburgh Pirates 87 67 0.565 8½ 47–30 40–37 Chicago Cubs 83 71 0.539 12½ 46–31 37–40 St. Louis Cardinals 79 74 0.516 16 42–35 37–39 Brooklyn Robins 76 78 0.494 19½ 37–40 39–38 Boston Braves 54 100 0.351 41½ 22–55 32–45 Philadelphia Phillies 50 104 0.325 45½ 20–55 30–49

Postseason

Bracket

	World Series
	AL	New York Yankees	4
	NL	New York Giants	2

Managers

American League Team Manager Comments Boston Red Sox Frank Chance Chicago White Sox Kid Gleason Cleveland Indians Tris Speaker Finished 3rd Detroit Tigers Ty Cobb Finished 2nd New York Yankees Miller Huggins Won 3rd straight AL pennant and 1st World Series Philadelphia Athletics Connie Mack St. Louis Browns Lee Fohl Jimmy Austin Washington Senators Donie Bush

National League Team Manager Comments Boston Braves Fred Mitchell Brooklyn Robins Wilbert Robinson Chicago Cubs Bill Killefer Cincinnati Reds Pat Moran Finished 2nd New York Giants John McGraw Won 3rd straight NL pennant Philadelphia Phillies Art Fletcher Pittsburgh Pirates Bill McKechnie Finished 3rd St. Louis Cardinals Branch Rickey

League leaders

American League

Hitting leaders Stat Player Total AVG Harry Heilmann (DET) .403 HR Babe Ruth (NYY) 41 RBI Babe Ruth (NYY) Tris Speaker (CLE) 130 R Babe Ruth (NYY) 151 H Charlie Jamieson (CLE) 222 SB Eddie Collins (CWS) 48

Pitching leaders Stat Player Total W George Uhle (CLE) 26 L Herman Pillette (DET) Eddie Rommel (PHA) 19 ERA Stan Coveleski (CLE) 2.76 K Walter Johnson (WSH) 130 IP George Uhle (CLE) 357.2 SV Allen Russell (WSH) 9

National League

Hitting leaders Stat Player Total AVG Rogers Hornsby (SLC) .384 HR Cy Williams (PHP) 41 RBI Irish Meusel (NYG) 125 R Ross Youngs (NYG) 121 H Frankie Frisch (NYG) 223 SB Max Carey (PIT) 51

Pitching leaders Stat Player Total W Dolf Luque (CIN) 27 L Wilbur Cooper (PIT) 19 ERA Dolf Luque (CIN) 1.93 K Dazzy Vance (BKN) 197 IP Burleigh Grimes (BKN) 327.0 SV Claude Jonnard (NYG) 7

Awards and honors

• League Award
  • Babe Ruth, New York Yankees, OF

Home field attendance

Team name	Wins	%±	Home attendance	%±	Per game
New York Yankees [1]	98	4.3%	1,007,066	-1.9%	13,251
Detroit Tigers [2]	83	5.1%	911,377	5.8%	11,836
New York Giants [3]	95	2.2%	820,780	-13.2%	10,659
Chicago Cubs [4]	83	3.8%	703,705	29.8%	9,139
Pittsburgh Pirates [5]	87	2.4%	611,082	16.7%	7,936
Cincinnati Reds [6]	91	5.8%	575,063	16.5%	7,373
Chicago White Sox [7]	69	-10.4%	573,778	-4.8%	7,650
Brooklyn Robins [8]	76	0.0%	564,666	13.2%	7,239
Cleveland Indians [9]	82	5.1%	558,856	5.8%	7,165
Philadelphia Athletics [10]	69	6.2%	534,122	25.6%	7,122
St. Louis Browns [11]	74	-20.4%	430,296	-39.6%	5,517
Washington Senators [12]	75	8.7%	357,406	-22.1%	4,524
St. Louis Cardinals [13]	79	-7.1%	338,551	-37.0%	4,340
Boston Red Sox [14]	61	0.0%	229,688	-11.4%	2,945
Philadelphia Phillies [15]	50	-12.3%	228,168	-1.9%	3,042
Boston Braves [16]	54	1.9%	227,802	35.6%	2,958

References

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3. "San Francisco Giants Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020.
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5. "Pittsburgh Pirates Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020.
6. "Cincinnati Reds Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020.
7. "Chicago White Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020.
8. "Los Angeles Dodgers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020.
9. "Cleveland Indians Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020.
10. "Oakland Athletics Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020.
11. "Baltimore Orioles Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020.
12. "Minnesota Twins Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020.
13. "St. Louis Cardinals Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020.
14. "Boston Red Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020.
15. "Oakland Athletics Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020.
16. "Atlanta Braves Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020.

External links

• 1923 Major League Baseball season schedule at Baseball Reference