# 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 1909 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 1904 season. This format would last until 1919.
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 first addressing of the 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.

## Teams

An asterisk (*) denotes the ballpark a team played the minority of their home games at
| League | Team | City | Stadium | Capacity | Manager |
| American League | Boston Red Sox | Boston, Massachusetts | Huntington Avenue Grounds | 11,500 | Patsy Donovan |
| American League | Chicago White Sox | Chicago, Illinois | South Side Park* | 15,000* | Hugh Duffy |
| American League | Chicago White Sox | Chicago, Illinois | White Sox Park | 28,000 | Hugh Duffy |
| American League | Cleveland Naps | Cleveland, Ohio | League Park (Cleveland) | 21,414 | Deacon McGuire |
| American League | Detroit Tigers | Detroit, Michigan | Bennett Park | 14,000 | Hughie Jennings |
| American League | New York Highlanders | New York, New York | Hilltop Park | 16,000 | George Stallings |
| American League | New York Highlanders | New York, New York | Hilltop Park | 16,000 | Hal Chase |
| American League | Philadelphia Athletics | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Shibe Park | 23,000 | Connie Mack |
| American League | St. Louis Browns | St. Louis, Missouri | Sportsman's Park | 18,000 | Jack O'Connor |
| American League | Washington Senators | Washington, D.C. | National Park | 9,000 | Jimmy McAleer |
| National League | Boston Doves | Boston, Massachusetts | South End Grounds | 9,800 | Fred Lake |
| National League | Brooklyn Superbas | New York, New York | Washington Park | 14,000 | Bill Dahlen |
| National League | Chicago Cubs | Chicago, Illinois | West Side Park | 16,000 | Frank Chance |
| National League | Cincinnati Reds | Cincinnati, Ohio | Palace of the Fans | 12,000 | Clark Griffith |
| National League | New York Giants | New York, New York | Polo Grounds | 16,000 | John McGraw |
| National League | Philadelphia Phillies | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | National League Park | 18,000 | Red Dooin |
| National League | Pittsburgh Pirates | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Forbes Field | 23,000 | Fred Clarke |
| National League | St. Louis Cardinals | St. Louis, Missouri | League Park (St. Louis) | 21,000 | Roger Bresnahan |

## Standings
### American League

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 102 | 48 | .680 | — | 57‍–‍19 | 45‍–‍29 |
| New York Highlanders | 88 | 63 | .583 | 14½ | 49‍–‍25 | 39‍–‍38 |
| Detroit Tigers | 86 | 68 | .558 | 18 | 46‍–‍31 | 40‍–‍37 |
| Boston Red Sox | 81 | 72 | .529 | 22½ | 51‍–‍28 | 30‍–‍44 |
| Cleveland Naps | 71 | 81 | .467 | 32 | 39‍–‍36 | 32‍–‍45 |
| Chicago White Sox | 68 | 85 | .444 | 35½ | 41‍–‍37 | 27‍–‍48 |
| Washington Senators | 66 | 85 | .437 | 36½ | 38‍–‍35 | 28‍–‍50 |
| St. Louis Browns | 47 | 107 | .305 | 57 | 26‍–‍51 | 21‍–‍56 |

### National League

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Chicago Cubs | 104 | 50 | .675 | — | 58‍–‍19 | 46‍–‍31 |
| New York Giants | 91 | 63 | .591 | 13 | 52‍–‍26 | 39‍–‍37 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 86 | 67 | .562 | 17½ | 46‍–‍30 | 40‍–‍37 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 78 | 75 | .510 | 25½ | 40‍–‍36 | 38‍–‍39 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 75 | 79 | .487 | 29 | 39‍–‍37 | 36‍–‍42 |
| Brooklyn Superbas | 64 | 90 | .416 | 40 | 39‍–‍39 | 25‍–‍51 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 63 | 90 | .412 | 40½ | 35‍–‍41 | 28‍–‍49 |
| Boston Doves | 53 | 100 | .346 | 50½ | 29‍–‍48 | 24‍–‍52 |

## Postseason
### Bracket

| World Series | World Series | World Series |
| AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 4 |
| NL | Chicago Cubs | 1 |

## Managerial changes
### Off-season

| Team | Former Manager | New Manager |
| Boston Doves | Frank Bowerman | Fred Lake |
| Boston Red Sox | Fred Lake | Patsy Donovan |
| Brooklyn Superbas | Harry Lumley | Bill Dahlen |
| Chicago White Sox | Billy Sullivan | Hugh Duffy |
| Philadelphia Phillies | Billy Murray | Red Dooin |
| St. Louis Browns | Jimmy McAleer | Jack O'Connor |
| Washington Senators | Joe Cantillon | Jimmy McAleer |

### In-season

| Team | Former Manager | New Manager |
| New York Highlanders | George Stallings | Hal Chase |

## League leaders
### American League

Hitting leaders :
| Stat | Player | Total |
| AVG | Nap Lajoie (CLE) | .383 |
| OPS | Ty Cobb (DET) | 1.004 |
| HR | Jake Stahl (BRS) | 10 |
| RBI | Sam Crawford (DET) | 120 |
| R | Ty Cobb (DET) | 106 |
| H | Nap Lajoie (CLE) | 227 |
| SB | Eddie Collins (PHA) | 81 |
Pitching leaders :
| Stat | Player | Total |
| W | Jack Coombs (PHA) | 31 |
| L | Ed Walsh (CWS) | 20 |
| ERA | Ed Walsh (CWS) | 1.27 |
| K | Walter Johnson (WSH) | 313 |
| IP | Walter Johnson (WSH) | 370.0 |
| SV | Ed Walsh (CWS) | 5 |
| WHIP | Ed Walsh (CWS) | 0.820 |

### National League

Hitting leaders :
| Stat | Player | Total |
| AVG | Sherry Magee (PHP) | .331 |
| OPS | Sherry Magee (PHP) | .952 |
| HR | Fred Beck (BSD) Frank Schulte (CHC) | 10 |
| RBI | Sherry Magee (PHP) | 123 |
| R | Sherry Magee (PHP) | 110 |
| H | Bobby Byrne (PIT) Honus Wagner (PIT) | 178 |
| SB | Bob Bescher (CIN) | 70 |
Pitching leaders :
| Stat | Player | Total |
| W | Christy Mathewson (NYG) | 27 |
| L | George Bell (BKN) | 27 |
| ERA | King Cole (CHC) | 1.80 |
| K | Earl Moore (PHP) | 185 |
| IP | Nap Rucker (BKN) | 320.1 |
| SV | Mordecai Brown (CHC) Harry Gaspar (CIN) | 7 |
| WHIP | Mordecai Brown (CHC) | 1.084 |

## Awards and honors

* Chalmers Award: Ty Cobb (DET); Nap Lajoie (CLE)

## Home field attendance

| Team name | Wins | %± | Home attendance | %± | Per game |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 102 | 7.4% | 588,905 | -12.7% | 7,550 |
| Boston Red Sox | 81 | -8.0% | 584,619 | -12.6% | 7,308 |
| Chicago White Sox | 68 | -12.8% | 552,084 | 15.4% | 6,988 |
| Chicago Cubs | 104 | 0.0% | 526,152 | -16.9% | 6,833 |
| New York Giants | 91 | -1.1% | 511,785 | -34.7% | 6,478 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 86 | -21.8% | 436,586 | -18.4% | 5,745 |
| Detroit Tigers | 86 | -12.2% | 391,288 | -20.2% | 5,017 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 75 | -2.6% | 380,622 | -10.4% | 4,943 |
| New York Highlanders | 88 | 18.9% | 355,857 | -29.0% | 4,622 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 63 | 16.7% | 355,668 | 18.6% | 4,680 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 78 | 5.4% | 296,597 | -2.2% | 3,803 |
| Cleveland Naps | 71 | 0.0% | 293,456 | -17.2% | 3,668 |
| Brooklyn Superbas | 64 | 16.4% | 279,321 | -13.1% | 3,492 |
| Washington Senators | 66 | 57.1% | 254,591 | 24.1% | 3,306 |
| St. Louis Browns | 47 | -23.0% | 249,889 | -31.8% | 3,163 |
| Boston Doves | 53 | 17.8% | 149,027 | -23.6% | 1,911 |

## Events

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