1923 Major League Baseball season
# 1923 Major League Baseball season

The 1923 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 17 to October 15, 1923. The New York Giants and New York Yankees were the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The Yankees then defeated the Giants in the World Series, four games to two.

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.

## Awards and honors

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

## Postseason

### Bracket

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

## Statistical leaders

| | American League | American League | National League | National League |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| AVG | Harry Heilmann DET | .403 | Rogers Hornsby SLC | .384 |
| HR | Babe Ruth NYY | 41 | Cy Williams PHP | 41 |
| RBIs | 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 BKN | 197 |

## Managers

### American League

| Team | Manager | Comments |
| - | - | - |
| Boston Red Sox | Frank Chance | |
| Chicago White Sox | Kid Gleason | |
| Cleveland Indians | Tris Speaker | Finished 3rd |
| Detroit Tigers | Ty Cobb | Finished 2nd |
| New York Yankees | Miller Huggins | Won 3rd straight AL pennant and 1st World Series |
| Philadelphia Athletics | Connie Mack | |
| St. Louis Browns | Lee Fohl and Jimmy Austin | |
| Washington Senators | Donie Bush | |

### National League

| Team | Manager | Comments |
| - | - | - |
| Boston Braves | Fred Mitchell | |
| Brooklyn Robins | Wilbert Robinson | |
| Chicago Cubs | Bill Killefer | |
| Cincinnati Reds | Pat Moran | Finished 2nd |
| New York Giants | John McGraw | Won 3rd straight NL pennant |
| Philadelphia Phillies | Art Fletcher | |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | Bill McKechnie | Finished 3rd |
| St. Louis Cardinals | Branch Rickey | |

## Home field attendance

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