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1910 MLB season | |
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League | American League (AL) National League (NL) |
Sport | Baseball |
Duration | Regular season:
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Number of games | 154 |
Number of teams | 16 (8 per league) |
Pennant Winners | |
AL champions | Philadelphia Athletics |
AL runners-up | New York Highlanders |
NL champions | Chicago Cubs |
NL runners-up | New York Giants |
World Series | |
Champions | Philadelphia Athletics |
Runners-up | Chicago Cubs |
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.
Teams
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.[1]
Standings
American League
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National League
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Postseason
Bracket
World Series | ||||
AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 4 | ||
NL | Chicago Cubs | 1 |
Managerial changes
Off-season
In-season
Team | Former Manager | New Manager |
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New York Highlanders | George Stallings | Hal Chase |