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1910 Major League Baseball season

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 season.

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 season. This format would last until .

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:

  • The league addressed 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.
  • The National League adopted a roster rule similar to the American League. Active rosters were set at 25 players, though this was dated May 10 through August 10, unlike the AL's May through August 20.
  • A waiver rule was reverted so that if a player were to be claimed on waivers, his team could withdraw him and not send him to the claiming club.

Teams

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

Standings

American League

National League

Tie games

26 tie games (19 in AL, 7 in NL), which are not factored into winning percentage or games behind (and were often replayed again), occurred throughout the season.

American League

  • Boston Red Sox, 5
  • Chicago White Sox, 3
  • Cleveland Naps, 9
  • Detroit Tigers, 1
  • New York Highlanders, 5
  • Philadelphia Athletics, 5
  • St. Louis Browns, 4
  • Washington Senators, 6

National League

  • Boston Doves, 4
  • Brooklyn Superbas, 2
  • Cincinnati Reds, 2
  • New York Giants, 1
  • Philadelphia Phillies, 4
  • Pittsburgh Pirates, 1

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

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Managerial changes

Off-season

In-season

League leaders

American League

National League

Milestones

Batters

Cycles

Pitchers

No-hitters

  • Addie Joss (CLE):
  • Joss threw his second career no-hitter and the third no-hitter in franchise history, by defeating the Chicago White Sox 1–0 on April 20. Joss walked two and struck out two.
  • Chief Bender (PHA):
  • Bender threw his first career no-hitter and the second no-hitter in franchise history, by defeating the Cleveland Naps 4–0 on May 12. Bender walked one and struck out four.

Other pitching accomplishments

Awards and honors

Home field attendance

Venues

The Washington Senators would play their last games at the original National Park with a doubleheader on October 6 against the Boston Red Sox. The park burned down in March 1911 and the Senators moved into a new National Park for the start of the season.

The Chicago White Sox would play their last game at South Side Park on June 27, having played ten seasons there going back to their inaugural season, and opened White Sox Park on July 1, where they would go on to play for 81 seasons through .

See also

References

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