1919 American League

The 1919 season of the American League was the nineteenth season of the league.

Season summary[edit]

The season was shortened by fourteen games, two against each club, to 140 games from the normal 154 games.

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	Chicago White Sox	140	88	52	0	.629	-.-	667 (4.76)	534 (3.81)	0.287	0.347	0.380	3.04	0.969
2	Cleveland Indians	139	84	55	0	.604	3.5	636 (4.58)	537 (3.86)	0.278	0.349	0.381	2.94	0.965
3	New York Yankees	141	80	59	2	.567	7.5	578 (4.10)	506 (3.59)	0.267	0.322	0.356	2.82	0.968
4	Detroit Tigers	140	80	60	0	.571	8.0	618 (4.41)	578 (4.13)	0.283	0.343	0.381	3.30	0.964
5	St. Louis Browns	140	67	72	1	.479	20.5	533 (3.81)	567 (4.05)	0.264	0.321	0.355	3.13	0.963
6	Boston Red Sox	138	66	71	1	.478	20.5	564 (4.09)	552 (4.00)	0.261	0.331	0.344	3.31	0.975
7	Washington Senators	142	56	84	2	.394	32.0	533 (3.75)	570 (4.01)	0.260	0.320	0.339	3.01	0.960
8	Philadelphia Athletics	140	36	104	0	.257	52.0	457 (3.26)	742 (5.30)	0.244	0.296	0.334	4.26	0.956

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Frank Baker Duffy Lewis Sam Rice	New York Yankees New York Yankees Washington Senators	141
At Bats	Buck Weaver	Chicago White Sox	571
Runs Scored	Babe Ruth	Boston Red Sox	103
Hits	Ty Cobb Bobby Veach	Detroit Tigers Detroit Tigers	191
Doubles	Bobby Veach	Detroit Tigers	45
Triples	Bobby Veach	Detroit Tigers	17
Home Runs	Babe Ruth	Boston Red Sox	29
Total Bases	Babe Ruth	Boston Red Sox	284
Runs Batted In	Babe Ruth	Boston Red Sox	114
Stolen Bases	Eddie Collins	Chicago White Sox	33
Walks	Jack Graney	Cleveland Indians	105
Hit by Pitch	George Burns	Philadelphia Athletics	12
Strikeouts	Red Shannon	Philadelphia Athletics/Boston Red Sox	70
Sacrifice Hits	Ray Chapman	Cleveland Indians	50
Batting Average	Ty Cobb	Detroit Tigers	0.384
On-Base Percentage	Babe Ruth	Boston Red Sox	0.456
Slugging Percentage	Babe Ruth	Boston Red Sox	0.657
On-Base plus Slugging	Babe Ruth	Boston Red Sox	1.113
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Babe Ruth	Boston Red Sox	219

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Eddie Cicotte	Chicago White Sox	29
Losses	Harry Harper	Washington Senators	21
Win-Loss Percentage	Eddie Cicotte	Chicago White Sox	0.806
Appearances	Jim Shaw	Washington Senators	45
Games Started	Lefty Williams	Chicago White Sox	40
Complete Games	Eddie Cicotte	Chicago White Sox	30
Shutouts	Walter Johnson	Washington Senators	7
Games Finished	Walt Kinney	Philadelphia Athletics	21
Saves	Allan Russell Jim Shaw Bob Shawkey	New York Yankees/Boston Red Sox Washington Senators New York Yankees	5
Innings Pitched	Eddie Cicotte Jim Shaw	Chicago White Sox Washington Senators	306.2
Batters Faced	Jim Shaw	Washington Senators	1229
Hits Allowed	Stan Coveleski	Cleveland Indians	286
Home Runs Allowed	Bert Gallia Hank Thormahlen	St. Louis Browns New York Yankees	10
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Howard Ehmke	Detroit Tigers	107
Hit Batsmen	Lefty Williams	Chicago White Sox	11
Strikeouts	Walter Johnson	Washington Senators	147
Wild Pitches	Jim Shaw	Washington Senators	10
Balks	Harry Harper Walt Kinney Allen Sothoron	Washington Senators Philadelphia Athletics St. Louis Browns	2
Runs Allowed	Hooks Dauss	Detroit Tigers	125
Earned Runs Allowed	Sam Jones	Boston Red Sox	102
Earned Run Average	Walter Johnson	Washington Senators	1.49
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Walter Johnson	Washington Senators	0.985

In the World Series, the American League champion Chicago White Sox were defeated by the National League's Cincinnati Reds, 5 games to 3.

* Denotes a fill-in umpire