1923 Major League Baseball season

Sports season

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

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

^ "New York Yankees Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Detroit Tigers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "San Francisco Giants Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Chicago Cubs Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Pittsburgh Pirates Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Cincinnati Reds Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Chicago White Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Los Angeles Dodgers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Cleveland Indians Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Oakland Athletics Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Baltimore Orioles Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Minnesota Twins Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "St. Louis Cardinals Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Boston Red Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Oakland Athletics Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "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

1923 MLB season by team

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