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.
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.