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1923 in baseball

See also: 1923 Major League Baseball season

The following are the baseball events of the year 1923 throughout the world.

baseball events of the year 1923 throughout the world
New York Yankees opening day

Champions

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Awards and honors

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Statistical leaders

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American League National League Negro National League Eastern Colored League
Stat Player Total Player Total Player Total Player Total
AVG Harry Heilmann (DET) .403 Rogers Hornsby (SLC) .384 Heavy Johnson1 (KC) .406 Biz Mackey (HIL) .423
HR Babe Ruth (NYY) 41 Cy Williams (PHP) 41 Heavy Johnson1 (KC)
Candy Jim Taylor (SLS/TOL) 		20 George Johnson (HIL) 8
RBI Babe Ruth (NYY)
Tris Speaker (CLE) 		130 Irish Meusel (NYG) 125 Heavy Johnson1 (KC) 120 George Johnson (HIL) 46
Wins George Uhle (CLE) 26 Dolf Luque (CIN) 27 Bullet Rogan (KC) 16 Rats Henderson (AC)
Nip Winters (HIL) 		10
ERA Stan Coveleski (CLE) 2.76 Dolf Luque (CIN) 1.93 Ed Rile (CAG) 2.53 Nip Winters (HIL) 2.36
K Walter Johnson (WSH) 130 Dazzy Vance (BKN) 197 Bullet Rogan (KC) 151 Rats Henderson (AC) 100

1 Negro National National League Triple Crown batting winner

Major league baseball final standings

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American League final standings

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National League final standings

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Negro leagues final standings

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All Negro leagues standings below are per Seamheads.[1]

Negro National League final standings

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Eastern Colored League final standings

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Independent teams final standings

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A loose confederation of teams existed that were not part of either established leagues.

vs. All Teams
Independent Clubs W L T Pct. GB
Memphis Red Sox 15 7 0 .682 —
Cleveland Tate Stars 15 16 1 .484 4½
Harrisburg Giants 6 7 0 .462 4½
Washington Potomacs 14 20 0 .412 7
Birmingham Black Barons 16 25 4 .400 8½

Events

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January

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February

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March

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  • March 6 – The St. Louis Cardinals announce that their players will wear numerals on their uniforms and number them according to the batting order, but it does not happen this season.
  • March 8 – Pitcher Rube Benton is reinstated by Commissioner Landis even though Benton admitted to having prior knowledge regarding the 1919 world Series fix.

April

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May

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June

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July

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August

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September

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October

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  • October 6 – In the fourth inning of the second game of a doubleheader, Boston Braves shortstop Ernie Padgett turns the fourth unassisted triple play in Major League history in a 4–1 Braves win over the Philadelphia Phillies.
  • October 10 – Game One of the 1923 World Series is won by the New York Giants on a ninth inning inside-the-park home run by Casey Stengel.
  • October 11 – The New York Yankees win their first World Series game against the New York Giants in nine tries on two home runs by Babe Ruth. Going back to the 1921 World Series, they were 0–8–1, with a tie game in the 1922 World Series.
  • October 12 – A solo home run by Casey Stengel in the seventh inning is the only run of the third game of the World Series.
  • October 13 – The Yankees get off to an 8–0 lead in game four of the World Series, and win it, 8–3.
  • October 14 – Joe Dugan hits the second inside-the-park home run of the World Series, as the Yankees defeat the Giants, 8–1.
  • October 15 – The New York Yankees defeat the New York Giants, 4–2, in Game 6 of the World Series to win their first World Championship, four games to two. The Yankees opened their new Yankee Stadium in April making it the third time that a team had inaugurated a new stadium with a World Series win. The three consecutive matchups between the Yankees and Giants (1921–1923) marked the only time, to date, that three straight World Series featured the same two clubs.

November

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December

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Births

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January

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February

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March

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April

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May

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June

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July

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August

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September

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October

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November

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December

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Deaths

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January–February

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  • January 1 – Willie Keeler, 50, Hall of Fame right fielder and prolific bunter who compiled a .341 lifetime batting average, two National League batting champion titles, batted over .370 from 1894 to 1899, including a .424 mark and record 44-game hitting streak for 1897 Orioles, while leading the league in singles seven times, hits three times and runs once, ranking second all-time in hits and runs upon retirement.
  • January 22 – Fred Cooke, 49, outfielder for the 1897 Cleveland Spiders of the National League.
  • January 25 – Nick Wise, 56, catcher/outfielder for the 1888 Boston Beaneaters of the National League.
  • January 28 – John Meister, 59, infield/outfield utility for the New York Metropolitans of the American Association during the 1886–1887 seasons.
  • February 4 – George Tebeau, 61, outfielder nicknamed ″White Wings″ for his blazing speed, who hit .269 and stole 228 bases in 627 games for four teams, and later became the owner of the Kansas City Blues American Association franchise.
  • February 17 – George Meakim, 57, pitcher who played between 1890 and 1895 with the Louisville Colonels, Chicago Colts, Philadelphia Athletics and Cincinnati Reds.
  • February 28 – Jim Britt, 67, pitcher who played from 1872 to 1873 for the Brooklyn Atlantics of the National Association.

March–April

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May–June

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  • May 23 – Willard Mains, 54, pitcher who posted a 16–17 record and a 3.53 ERA in parts of four seasons for the Chicago White Stockings, Cincinnati Kelly's Killers, Milwaukee Brewers and Boston Beaneaters.
  • June 3 – Harry Billiard, 39, pitcher who played with the New York Highlanders (1908), Indianapolis Hoosiers/Newark Peppers (1914/1915).
  • June 10 – Bill Annis, 66, outfielder for the 1884 Boston Beaneaters of the National League.
  • June 11 – George Hall, 74, British-born outfielder who played from 1866 through 1877 for nine different teams, while hitting a .322 average in 365 career games and leading the National League in home runs in 1876.
  • June 12 – Cliff Carroll, 63, outfielder who hit a .251 average in 991 games for six different teams between 1882 and 1893.
  • June 19 – Tom Jones, 46, first baseman who hit .251 with 964 hits and 135 stolen bases for three American League teams between 1902 and 1910.
  • June 21 – Claude Elliott, 46, pitcher who played from 1904 to 1905 for the Cincinnati Reds and New York Giants.
  • June 21 – Bill Grevell, 25, pitcher for the 1919 Philadelphia Athletics of the American League.

July–August

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  • July 10 – Joe Stabell, [?], outfielder for the 1885 Buffalo Bisons of the National League.
  • July 19 – Nate Kellogg, 64, shortstop who played briefly for the 1885 Detroit Wolverines of the National League.
  • August 15 – Marty Hogan, 53, British-born outfielder who played from 1894 through 1895 for the Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Browns of the National League.
  • August 16 – Bill Day, 56, pitcher for the Philadelphia Quakers/Phillies and the Pittsburgh Alleghenys of the National League from 1889 to 1890.
  • August 16 – Jim Scoggins, 32, pitcher for the 1913 Chicago White Sox of the American League.
  • August 22 – Jay Budd, 57, left fielder who played one game in 1890 for the Cleveland Infants of the short-lived Players' League.
  • August 29 – Jocko Milligan, 62, catcher/first baseman who played from 1884 to 1893 for six National League teams, most prominently with the Philadelphia Athletics.

September–October

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  • September 1 – Frank McManus, 48, catcher who played between 1899 and 1904 with the Washington Senators and Brooklyn Superbas of the National League and the Detroit Tigers and New York Highlanders of the American League.
  • September 3 – Jack Barnett, 43, backup outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1907 season.
  • September 5 – Dots Miller, 36, infielder who spent twelve seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies, and a member of the Pittsburgh team that won the National League pennant and defeated the Detroit Tigers in the 1909 World Series.
  • September 9 – George Keerl, 76, second baseman for the 1875 Chicago White Stockings of the National League.
  • September 18 – General Stafford, 55, versatile fielder who played over 100 games at three different positions for five teams, and a member of the 1898 National League Champion Boston Beaneaters.
  • October 21 – Biff Sheehan, 55, outfielder/first baseman for the St. Louis Browns of the National League during the 1895 and 1896 seasons.
  • October 22 – Warren McLaughlin, 47, pitcher who played for the Philadelphia Phillies and Pittsburgh Pirates between 1900 and 1903.
  • October 29 – Jack Nabors, 35, pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics of the American League from 1915 to 1917, who lost 19 consecutive decisions in 1916 to set a major league record that has never been matched.
  • October 29 – Jimmy Ryan, 60, center fielder for five teams between 1895 and 1903; a .306 career hitter who led the National League in hits, home runs, doubles and slugging in 1888; recovered from a serious injury in 1893 train wreck to hit .361 the next year, and finished third all-time in hits, fourth in runs and home runs upon retirement.

November–December

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References

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  1. ^ "1923 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database". www.seamheads.com. Retrieved October 2, 2024.
  2. ^ "Strange and Unusual Plays". www.retrosheet.org. Retrieved June 13, 2012.


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