1910 Major League Baseball season

The 1910 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 14 to October 23, 1910. The Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Athletics were the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The Athletics then defeated the Cubs in the World Series, four games to one.

Awards and honors

	American League		National League
Type	Name	Stat	Name	Stat
AVG	Nap Lajoie CLE	.384	Sherry Magee PHI	.331
HR	Jake Stahl BSR	10	Fred Beck BSD Fred Schulte CHC	10
RBIs	Sam Crawford DET	120	Sherry Magee PHP	123
Wins	Jack Coombs PHA	31	Christy Mathewson NYG	27
ERA	Ed Walsh CHW	1.27	King Cole CHC	1.80
SO	Walter Johnson WSH	313	Earl Moore PHP	185
SV	Ed Walsh CHW	5	Mordecai Brown CHC Harry Gaspar CIN	7
SB	Eddie Collins PHA	81	Bob Bescher CIN	70

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Athletics	102	48	0.680	—	57–19	45–29
New York Highlanders	88	63	0.583	14½	49–25	39–38
Detroit Tigers	86	68	0.558	18	46–31	40–37
Boston Red Sox	81	72	0.529	22½	51–28	30–44
Cleveland Naps	71	81	0.467	32	39–36	32–45
Chicago White Sox	68	85	0.444	35½	41–37	27–48
Washington Senators	66	85	0.437	36½	38–35	28–50
St. Louis Browns	47	107	0.305	57	26–51	21–56

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	104	50	0.675	—	58–19	46–31
New York Giants	91	63	0.591	13	52–26	39–37
Pittsburgh Pirates	86	67	0.562	17½	46–30	40–37
Philadelphia Phillies	78	75	0.510	25½	40–36	38–39
Cincinnati Reds	75	79	0.487	29	39–37	36–42
Brooklyn Superbas	64	90	0.416	40	39–39	25–51
St. Louis Cardinals	63	90	0.412	40½	35–41	28–49
Boston Doves	53	100	0.346	50½	29–48	24–52

Team	Manager	Comments
Boston Red Sox	Patsy Donovan
Chicago White Sox	Hugh Duffy
Cleveland Naps	Deacon McGuire
Detroit Tigers	Hughie Jennings	Finished 3rd
New York Highlanders	George Stallings and Hal Chase	Finished 2nd
Philadelphia Athletics	Connie Mack	Won World Series
St. Louis Browns	Jack O'Connor
Washington Senators	Jimmy McAleer

April 4 – William Howard Taft is the first American president to throw the ceremonial first pitch at a game.^[1]
July 19 – Cy Young of the Cleveland Indians wins his 500th career game with a 5–4 victory over the Washington Senators.^[1]

1 2 Pellowski, Michael J (2007). The Little Giant Book of Baseball Facts. United States: Sterling Publishing Co. pp. 352. ISBN 9781402742736.

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1910 MLB season by team
American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
1910 World Series