1923 National League

The 1923 season of the National League was the forty-eighth season of the league.

Season summary[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
1	New York Giants	153	95	58	0	.621	-.-	854 (5.58)	679 (4.44)	0.295	0.353	0.415	3.90	0.972
2	Cincinnati Reds	154	91	63	0	.591	4.5	708 (4.60)	629 (4.08)	0.285	0.340	0.392	3.21	0.969
3	Pittsburgh Pirates	154	87	67	0	.565	8.5	786 (5.10)	696 (4.52)	0.295	0.344	0.404	3.87	0.971
4	Chicago Cubs	154	83	71	0	.539	12.5	756 (4.91)	704 (4.57)	0.288	0.345	0.406	3.82	0.967
5	St. Louis Cardinals	154	79	74	1	.513	16.0	746 (4.84)	732 (4.75)	0.286	0.339	0.398	3.87	0.964
6	Brooklyn Robins	155	76	78	1	.490	19.5	753 (4.86)	741 (4.78)	0.285	0.336	0.387	3.74	0.955
7	Boston Braves	155	54	100	1	.348	41.5	636 (4.10)	798 (5.15)	0.273	0.327	0.353	4.21	0.964
8	Philadelphia Phillies	155	50	104	1	.323	45.5	748 (4.83)	1008 (6.50)	0.278	0.329	0.401	5.34	0.966

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	George Burns Stuffy McInnis Jigger Statz	Cincinnati Reds Boston Braves Chicago Cubs	154
At Bats	Jigger Statz	Chicago Cubs	655
Runs Scored	Ross Youngs	New York Giants	121
Hits	Frankie Frisch	New York Giants	223
Doubles	Edd Roush	Cincinnati Reds	41
Triples	Max Carey Pie Traynor	Pittsburgh Pirates Pittsburgh Pirates	19
Home Runs	Cy Williams	Philadelphia Phillies	41
Total Bases	Frankie Frisch	New York Giants	311
Runs Batted In	Irish Meusel	New York Giants	125
Stolen Bases	Max Carey	Pittsburgh Pirates	51
Caught Stealing	George Grantham	Chicago Cubs	28
Walks	George Burns	Cincinnati Reds	101
Hit by Pitch	Bubbles Hargrave	Cincinnati Reds	12
Strikeouts	George Grantham	Chicago Cubs	92
Sacrifice Hits	Stuffy McInnis	Boston Braves	37
Batting Average	Rogers Hornsby	St. Louis Cardinals	0.384
On-Base Percentage	Rogers Hornsby	St. Louis Cardinals	0.459
Slugging Percentage	Rogers Hornsby	St. Louis Cardinals	0.627
On-Base plus Slugging	Rogers Hornsby	St. Louis Cardinals	1.086
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Rogers Hornsby	St. Louis Cardinals	186

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Dolf Luque	Cincinnati Reds	27
Losses	Wilbur Cooper	Pittsburgh Pirates	19
Win-Loss Percentage	Dolf Luque	Cincinnati Reds	0.771
Appearances	Claude Jonnard Rosy Ryan	New York Giants New York Giants	45
Games Started	Wilbur Cooper Burleigh Grimes	Pittsburgh Pirates Brooklyn Robins	38
Complete Games	Burleigh Grimes	Brooklyn Robins	33
Shutouts	Dolf Luque	Cincinnati Reds	6
Games Finished	Claude Jonnard	New York Giants	25
Saves	Claude Jonnard	New York Giants	5
Innings Pitched	Burleigh Grimes	Brooklyn Robins	327.0
Batters Faced	Burleigh Grimes	Brooklyn Robins	1418
Hits Allowed	Burleigh Grimes	Brooklyn Robins	356
Home Runs Allowed	Vic Aldridge Pete Alexander	Chicago Cubs Chicago Cubs	17
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Jimmy Ring	Philadelphia Phillies	115
Hit Batsmen	Wilbur Cooper Burleigh Grimes Tony Kaufmann Dazzy Vance	Pittsburgh Pirates Brooklyn Robins Chicago Cubs Brooklyn Robins	11
Strikeouts	Dazzy Vance	Brooklyn Robins	197
Wild Pitches	Jimmy Ring	Philadelphia Phillies	14
Balks	Johnny Couch Tony Kaufmann Jimmy Ring	Cincinnati Reds/Philadelphia Phillies Chicago Cubs Philadelphia Phillies	2
Runs Allowed	Burleigh Grimes	Brooklyn Robins	165
Earned Runs Allowed	Jimmy Ring	Philadelphia Phillies	131
Earned Run Average	Dolf Luque	Cincinnati Reds	1.93
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Pete Alexander	Chicago Cubs	1.108

In the World Series, the National League champion New York Giants were defeated by the American League's New York Yankees, 4 games to 2.

There was no League Award, for Most Valuable Player, given out in the National League in this year.

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