1923 in baseball

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

Contents 1 Champions 2 Awards and honors 3 Statistical Leaders 4 Major League Baseball final standings 4.1 American League final standings 4.2 National League final standings 5 Negro League Baseball final standings 5.1 Negro National League final standings 5.2 Eastern Colored League final standings 6 Events 7 Births 7.1 January-April 7.2 May-August 7.3 September-December 8 Deaths

[edit] Champions

• World Series: New York Yankees over New York Giants (4-2)

[edit] Awards and honors

• League Award
  • Babe Ruth, New York Yankees, OF

[edit] Statistical Leaders

	American League		National League
AVG	Harry Heilmann DET	.403	Rogers Hornsby STL	.384
HR	Babe Ruth NYY	41	Cy Williams PHI	41
RBI	Babe Ruth NYY	141	Irish Meusel NYG	125
Wins	George Uhle CLE	26	Dolf Luque CIN	27
ERA	Stan Coveleski CLE	2.76	Dolf Luque CIN	1.93
Ks	Walter Johnson WSH	130	Dazzy Vance BRO	197

[edit] Major League Baseball final standings

[edit] American League final standings

American League
Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
New York Yankees	98	54	.645	--
Detroit Tigers	83	71	.539	16
Cleveland Indians	82	71	.536	16.5
Washington Senators	75	78	.490	23.5
St. Louis Browns	74	78	.487	24
Philadelphia Athletics	69	83	.454	29
Chicago White Sox	69	85	.448	30
Boston Red Sox	61	91	.401	37

[edit] National League final standings

National League
Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
New York Giants	95	58	.621	--
Cincinnati Reds	91	63	.591	4.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	87	67	.565	8.5
Chicago Cubs	83	71	.539	12.5
St. Louis Cardinals	79	74	.516	16
Brooklyn Robins	76	78	.494	19.5
Boston Braves	54	100	.351	41.5
Philadelphia Phillies	50	104	.325	45.5

[edit] Negro League Baseball final standings

[edit] Negro National League final standings

Negro National League (West)
Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
Kansas City Monarchs	57	33	.633
Detroit Stars	40	27	.597
Chicago American Giants	41	29	.586
Indianapolis ABCs	45	34	.570
Cuban Stars	27	31	.466
St. Louis Stars	29	33	.468
Toledo Tigers / Cleveland Tate Stars	21	30	.423
Milwaukee Bears	14	32	.304
Memphis Red Sox†	17	8	.680

†Memphis was not in the league but their games counted in the standings.

[edit] Eastern Colored League final standings

Eastern Colored League (East)
Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
Hilldale	32	17	.673	--
Cuban Stars	23	17	.575	4.5
Brooklyn Royal Giants	18	18	.500	7.5
Atlantic City Bacharach Giants	19	23	.452	9.5
New York Lincoln Giants	16	22	.421	10.5
Baltimore Black Sox	19	30	.388	13

[edit] Events

• February 2 - Red Schoendienst is born in Germantown, Illinois. Primarily a second baseman, Schoendienst will hit .289 during a 19-year career with the St. Louis Cardinals, New York Giants and Milwaukee Braves. He will win election to the Hall of Fame in 1989.

• April 18- The New York Yankees defeat the Boston Red Sox 4-1 in the very first game at Yankee Stadium. In the third inning, Babe Ruth hits the stadium's first-ever home run, a shot off Howard Ehmke with Whitey Witt and Joe Dugan on base.

• July 22 - Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators founds the 3000 strikeout club.

• September 4 - Sad Sam Jones pitches a no-hitter for the New York Yankees in a 2-0 win over the Philadelphia Athletics.

• September 7 - Boston Red Sox pitcher Howard Ehmke tosses a no-hitter in a 4-0 win over the Philadelphia Athletics. It's the second time in four days Philadelphia is no-hit.

• September 14 - Boston Red Sox 1B George Burns turns the third unassisted triple play in Major League history during the second inning of Boston's game against the Cleveland Indians. Boston wins, 2-0.

• September 17 - The New York Giants' George Kelly sets a major-league record by hitting home runs in three consecutive innings (3rd, 4th and 5th) against the Chicago Cubs' Vic Aldridge as New York rolls to a 13–6 win. Kelly adds a single and double to run his total bases to 15 for the game. Kelly has now hit a record six homers off cousin Aldridge this year, a mark off one pitcher that will be tied by Ted Williams in the 1941 season, off Johnny Rigney, and Ted Kluszewski in 1954, off Max Surkont.

• October 6 - In the fourth inning of the second game of a double-header, Boston Braves SS Ernie Padgett turns the fourth unassisted triple play in Major League history in a 4-1 Braves win over the Philadelphia Phillies.

• 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.

[edit] Births

[edit] January-April

• January 3 - John André
• January 14 - Ken Johnson
• January 23 - Cot Deal
• January 30 - Walt Dropo
• February 2 - Red Schoendienst
• March 7 - Bobo Holloman
• March 17 - Pat Seerey
• March 21 - Jim Hughes
• March 22 - George Crowe
• March 23 - Barney Koch
• April 17 - Solly Hemus
• April 22 - Preston Gomez

[edit] May-August

• May 5 - Jim Kirby
• May 5 - Ed Lyons
• May 6 - Earl Turner
• May 18 - Don Lund
• May 20 - José Zardón
• May 28 - Bob Kuzava
• June 16 - Allie Clark
• June 24 - Mel Hoderlein
• June 25 - Barney White
• June 27 - Gus Zernial
• July 7 - Ed Sanicki
• July 15 - Bruce Edwards
• July 15 - Marion Fricano
• July 16 - Len Okrie
• July 23 - Luis Aloma
• July 27 - Ray Boone
• July 30 - Paul Minner
• August 1 - George Bamberger
• August 9 - George Vico
• August 10 - Bob Porterfield
• August 27 - Don Grate

[edit] September-December

• September 17 - Bob Porterfield
• September 18 - Joe Tepsic
• September 22 - Tom Wright
• October 10 - Saul Rogovin
• October 25 - Russ Meyer
• October 25 - Bobby Thomson
• October 26 - Tommy Glaviano
• November 10 - Cal Ermer
• November 17 - Mike Garcia
• November 25 - Archie Wilson
• December 13 - Larry Doby
• December 15 - Bill Bonness
• December 22 - Bob Hall
• December 28 - Don Thompson

[edit] Deaths

• January 1 - Willie Keeler, 50, right fielder and prolific bunter who "hit 'em where they ain't" in compiling .341 lifetime batting average; two-time NL batting champion batted over .370 from 1894-99, including .424 mark and record 44-game hitting streak for 1897 Orioles; led league in singles seven times, hits three times and runs once, ranked second all-time in hits and runs upon retirement
• April 10 - Jay Faatz, 62, First baseman for 3 seasons, and was a player-manager for a short time, 1884-1890.
• April 21 - Joe Ellick, 69, right fielder for four seasons; 1875, 1878, 1880, 1884.
• May 23 - Willard Mains, 54, pitcher for three seasons from 1888-1896, and had a Win/Loss record of 16-17.
• June 12 - Cliff Carroll, 63, outfielder for 11 seasons from 1882-1893.
• October 26 - Jimmy Ryan, 60, center fielder for Chicago who batted .306 lifetime, led NL in hits, home runs, doubles and slugging in 1888; recovered from serious injury in 1893 train wreck to hit .361 the next year; ranked third all-time in hits, fourth in runs and home runs upon retirement
• December 9 - "Wild Bill" Donovan, 47, pitcher who had 25-win seasons with 1901 Brooklyn and 1907 Detroit teams; later managed Highlanders and Phillies

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