1910 Major League Baseball season
# 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

* Chalmers Award
   * Ty Cobb, Detroit Tigers, OF
   * Nap Lajoie, Cleveland Naps

## Statistical leaders

| | American League | 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 |

## Postseason

### Bracket

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

## Managers

### American League

| 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 | |

### National League

| Team | Manager | Comments |
| - | - | - |
| Boston Doves | Fred Lake | |
| Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers | Bill Dahlen | |
| Chicago Cubs | Frank Chance | Won 4th NL pennant in 5 seasons |
| Cincinnati Reds | Clark Griffith | |
| New York Giants | John McGraw | Finished 2nd |
| Philadelphia Phillies | Red Dooin | |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | Fred Clarke | Finished 3rd |
| St. Louis Cardinals | Roger Bresnahan | |

## 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.
