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This article is about the 1910 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1910 in baseball.
1910 MLB season
League Major League Baseball
Sport Baseball
DurationApril 14 – October 23, 1910
Number of games154
Number of teams16
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 AL teams for the 1910 MLB season
American League
Locations of NL teams for the 1910 MLB season
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 16,000
Pittsburgh Pirates Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Forbes Field 23,000
St. Louis Cardinals St. Louis, Missouri Robison Field 21,000

Schedule

See also: Major League Baseball 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

Postseason

Bracket

World Series
   
AL Philadelphia Athletics 4
NL Chicago Cubs 1

Managers

League leaders

American League

National League

Awards and honors

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

References

  1. ^ Total Baseball, 5th ed., 1997, Viking Press, Thorn, John et al. ed, Chronology of Scoring Rules 1878–1996, p. 2417
  2. ^ "Oakland Athletics Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  3. ^ "Boston Red Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  4. ^ "Chicago White Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  5. ^ "Chicago Cubs Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  6. ^ "San Francisco Giants Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  7. ^ "Pittsburgh Pirates Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  8. ^ "Detroit Tigers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  9. ^ "Cincinnati Reds Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  10. ^ "New York Yankees Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  11. ^ "St. Louis Cardinals Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  12. ^ "Philadelphia Phillies Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  13. ^ "Cleveland Guardians Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  14. ^ "Los Angeles Dodgers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  15. ^ "Minnesota Twins Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  16. ^ "Baltimore Orioles Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  17. ^ "Atlanta Braves Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  18. ^ a b Pellowski, Michael J (2007). The Little Giant Book of Baseball Facts. United States: Sterling Publishing Co. pp.  352. ISBN  9781402742736.

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