1923 American League
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The 1923 season of the American League was the twenty-third season of the league.
Season summary[edit]
Standings[edit]
- 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 |
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1 | New York Yankees | 152 | 98 | 54 | 0 | .645 | -.- | 823 (5.41) | 622 (4.09) | 0.291 | 0.354 | 0.422 | 3.62 | 0.977 |
2 | Detroit Tigers | 155 | 83 | 71 | 1 | .535 | 16.0 | 831 (5.36) | 741 (4.78) | 0.300 | 0.371 | 0.401 | 4.09 | 0.968 |
3 | Cleveland Indians | 153 | 82 | 71 | 0 | .536 | 16.5 | 888 (5.80) | 746 (4.88) | 0.301 | 0.376 | 0.420 | 3.91 | 0.964 |
4 | Washington Senators | 155 | 75 | 78 | 2 | .484 | 23.5 | 720 (4.65) | 747 (4.82) | 0.274 | 0.341 | 0.367 | 3.98 | 0.967 |
5 | St. Louis Browns | 154 | 74 | 78 | 2 | .481 | 24.0 | 688 (4.47) | 720 (4.68) | 0.281 | 0.336 | 0.398 | 3.93 | 0.971 |
6 | Philadelphia Athletics | 153 | 69 | 83 | 1 | .451 | 29.0 | 661 (4.32) | 761 (4.97) | 0.271 | 0.328 | 0.370 | 4.08 | 0.964 |
7 | Chicago White Sox | 156 | 69 | 85 | 2 | .442 | 30.0 | 692 (4.44) | 741 (4.75) | 0.279 | 0.345 | 0.373 | 4.05 | 0.971 |
8 | Boston Red Sox | 154 | 61 | 91 | 2 | .396 | 37.0 | 584 (3.79) | 809 (5.25) | 0.261 | 0.313 | 0.351 | 4.20 | 0.963 |
League leaders[edit]
- Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record
Batting[edit]
Pitching[edit]
Postseason[edit]
In the World Series, the American League champion New York Yankees defeated the National League's New York Giants, 4 games to 2.
Award winners[edit]
The winner of the league's League Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was Babe Ruth, an outfielder with the New York Yankees. In the award's voting, he had 64 out of a possible 64 points and 8 first place votes.
Notable events[edit]
Umpires[edit]
- Tom Connolly
- Bill Dinneen
- Billy Evans
- George Hildebrand
- Ducky Holmes
- George Moriarty
- Dick Nallin
- Red Ormsby
- Brick Owens
- Frank Roth*
- Pants Rowland
* Denotes a fill-in umpire
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