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This page is about the 1923 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1923 in baseball.
1923 MLB season
LeagueAmerican League
National League
Negro National League
Eastern Colored League
SportBaseball
DurationApril 17 – October 15, 1923
Number of games154 (AL, NL)
53–86 (NNL)
33–59 (ECL)
Number of teams8 (AL, NL, NNL)
6 (ECL)
Regular Season
Season MVPAL: Babe Ruth (NYY)
AL championsNew York Yankees
NL championsNew York Giants
NNL championsKansas City Monarchs
ECL championsHilldale Club
World Series
ChampionsNew York Yankees
MLB seasons

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.

The Negro National League and Eastern Colored League seasons would be contested from April to September (exact dates are unknown due to poor record keeping) with the Kansas City Monarchs and Hilldale Club as pennant winners, respectively.

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.

Major League Baseball officially designated the Negro National League and Eastern Colored League as major leagues on December 16, 2020.[1]

Teams

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An asterisk (*) denotes the departure from a ballpark mid-season.

League Team City Stadium Capacity Manager
American League Boston Red Sox Boston, Massachusetts Fenway Park 35,000 Frank Chance
Chicago White Sox Chicago, Illinois Comiskey Park 28,000 Kid Gleason
Cleveland Indians Cleveland, Ohio Dunn Field 21,414 Tris Speaker
Detroit Tigers Detroit, Michigan Navin Field 30,000 Ty Cobb
New York Yankees New York, New York Yankee Stadium 58,000 Miller Huggins
Philadelphia Athletics Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Shibe Park 23,000 Connie Mack
St. Louis Browns St. Louis, Missouri Sportsman's Park 24,040 Lee Fohl, Jimmy Austin
Washington Senators Washington, D.C. Griffith Stadium 27,000 Donie Bush
National League Boston Braves Boston, Massachusetts Braves Field 40,000 Fred Mitchell
Brooklyn Robins New York, New York Ebbets Field 30,000 Wilbert Robinson
Chicago Cubs Chicago, Illinois Cubs Park 20,000 Bill Killefer
Cincinnati Reds Cincinnati, Ohio Redland Field 20,696 Pat Moran
New York Giants New York, New York Polo Grounds 43,000 John McGraw
Philadelphia Phillies Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Baker Bowl 18,000 Art Fletcher
Pittsburgh Pirates Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Forbes Field 25,000 Bill McKechnie
St. Louis Cardinals St. Louis, Missouri Sportsman's Park 24,040 Branch Rickey
Negro National League Chicago American Giants Chicago, Illinois Schorling's Park 15,000 Rube Foster
Cuban Stars (West) Traveling team, no home ballpark Tinti Molina
Detroit Stars Detroit, Michigan Mack Park 6,000 Bruce Petway
Indianapolis ABCs Indianapolis, Indiana Washington Park 20,000 Dizzy Dismukes
Kansas City Monarchs Kansas City, Missouri Muehlebach Field 17,476 Sam Crawford, José Méndez
Milwaukee Bears Milwaukee, Wisconsin Borchert Park 4,800 Pete Hill
St. Louis Stars St. Louis, Missouri Stars Park 10,000 Joe Hewitt, Candy Jim Taylor
Toledo Tigers Toledo, Ohio Swayne Field 11,800 Dicta Johnson, Candy Jim Taylor
Eastern Colored League Atlantic City Bacharach Giants Atlantic City, New Jersey Bacharach Park 4,400 Dick Lundy
Baltimore Black Sox Baltimore, Maryland Maryland Park Unknown Louis Miller, Anthony Mahoney, Blainey Hall
Brooklyn Royal Giants New York, New York Dexter Park Unknown Eddie Douglass
Cuban Stars (East) Traveling team, no home ballpark Pelayo Chacón
Hilldale Club Yeadon, Pennsylvania Hilldale Park 8,000 John Henry Lloyd
New York Lincoln Giants New York, New York Catholic Protectory Oval Unknown Joe Williams

Schedule

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See also: Major League Baseball schedule

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.

The Negro National League and Eastern Colored League would see an inconsistent number of games played for each team. The Negro National League teams (that did not fold mid-season) saw between 53 and 86 non-exhibition in-league games played, while the Eastern Colored League saw between 33 and 59 non-exhibition in-league games played. Both leagues saw teams play a number of games against major-league tiered independent teams, increasing their game totals to 62 and 98 for Negro National League teams, and 40 and 61 for Eastern Colored League teams.

Standings

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Postseason

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As in all but two seasons since 1903, the champions of the American League and the National League faced off in the World Series, with the New York Yankees defeating the New York Giants 4 games to 2.

The champions of the Negro National League and the Eastern Colored League did not face off in a championship series, as the Negro World Series was not played until 1924.

Bracket

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World Series
   
AL New York Yankees 4
NL New York Giants 2

League 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 (TOL/SLS)		 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


Awards and honors

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Home field attendance

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Team name Wins %± Home attendance %± Per game
New York Yankees[2] 98 4.3% 1,007,066 -1.9% 13,251
Detroit Tigers[3] 83 5.1% 911,377 5.8% 11,836
New York Giants[4] 95 2.2% 820,780 -13.2% 10,659
Chicago Cubs[5] 83 3.8% 703,705 29.8% 9,139
Pittsburgh Pirates[6] 87 2.4% 611,082 16.7% 7,936
Cincinnati Reds[7] 91 5.8% 575,063 16.5% 7,373
Chicago White Sox[8] 69 -10.4% 573,778 -4.8% 7,650
Brooklyn Robins[9] 76 0.0% 564,666 13.2% 7,239
Cleveland Indians[10] 82 5.1% 558,856 5.8% 7,165
Philadelphia Athletics[11] 69 6.2% 534,122 25.6% 7,122
St. Louis Browns[12] 74 -20.4% 430,296 -39.6% 5,517
Washington Senators[13] 75 8.7% 357,406 -22.1% 4,524
St. Louis Cardinals[14] 79 -7.1% 338,551 -37.0% 4,340
Boston Red Sox[15] 61 0.0% 229,688 -11.4% 2,945
Philadelphia Phillies[16] 50 -12.3% 228,168 -1.9% 3,042
Boston Braves[17] 54 1.9% 227,802 35.6% 2,958

Note: Attendance data for Negro National League and Eastern Colored League teams are unavailable.

References

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  1. ^ "MLB officially designates the Negro Leagues as 'Major League'". MLB.com. Retrieved October 23, 2022.
  2. ^ "New York Yankees Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  3. ^ "Detroit Tigers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  4. ^ "San Francisco Giants Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  5. ^ "Chicago Cubs Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  6. ^ "Pittsburgh Pirates Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  7. ^ "Cincinnati Reds Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  8. ^ "Chicago White Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  9. ^ "Los Angeles Dodgers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  10. ^ "Cleveland Indians Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  11. ^ "Oakland Athletics Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  12. ^ "Baltimore Orioles Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  13. ^ "Minnesota Twins Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  14. ^ "St. Louis Cardinals Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  15. ^ "Boston Red Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  16. ^ "Oakland Athletics Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  17. ^ "Atlanta Braves Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
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