1910 Baseball Season Highlights

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Another dead-ball year in the batting department, the 1910 baseball season is known for the great pitching of Hall-of-Famers like Christy Mathewson, Cy Young, and Three Finger Brown. Below, you will find highlights from the 1910 baseball season:

Cubs return to the top in the National League.

Joe Tinker stole bases in
the double digits all 13
seasons that he was a
full-time player.
On June 28, Cub Joe Tinker is the first player to steal home twice in the same game.
Philadelphia breaks Tigers' three-year reign in the American League.
A's win the 1910 World Series in five games.
Jack Coombs of the A's wins three 1910 World Series games.
A's set the American League mark with a 1.79 staff ERA.
Sherry Magee tops the National League in BA (.331), SA (.507), RBI (123), and total bases (263).
Christy Mathewson leads the National League in wins (27) for last time.
Cub King Cole goes 20-4, leads the National League in win pet. (.833), and sets the National League rookie record for win pet.
Ed Walsh tops the American League in ERA at 1.26.
Walsh nonetheless loses 20 games, as Sox hit record-low .211 as a team.
Coombs leads the American League with 31 wins.
Walter Johnson becomes first Washington American League pitcher to win 20 in a season, as he cops 25.
William Taft starts custom of president throwing out first ball at Washington home opener.
Comiskey Park, one of the longest-lasting ballparks, opens.
Johnson leads the American League in Ks (313) for the first of 12 times.
Ty Cobb and Nap Lajoie vie for the American League batting title that is still cloaked in controversy as to who won.
In an effort to produce more scoring, both leagues introduce a new "jack-rabbit" ball during the season.
Two amateur teams play the first-ever night game at Comiskey Park.
Player salaries range from $900 to around $12,000
Earle Mack of the A's is the first son to play in the major league for his father (Connie Mack).
Cleveland hosts its first game at new League Park on April 21.
Portland of the Pacific Coast League holds opponents scoreless for an OB record 88 consecutive innings.
Coombs throws an American League record 13 shutouts.
The White Sox compile a major league record-low .261 SA.
Sox SA leader Patsy Dougherty's .300 slugging average is 84 points below Lajoie's BA.
Tom Hughes of New York no-hits Cleveland for nine innings on August 30, loses 5-0 in 11 innings.
Coombs and Walsh lock up in a 16-inning scoreless tie on August 4.
Cy Young wins No. 500 on July 19.
Addie Joss no-hits the White Sox 1-0 on April 20 for the second time in 18 months.
Lajoie leads the American League with 227 hits, 33 more than Cobb.
Detroit's Sam Crawford tops the American League in triples (19), RBI (120), and runs produced (198).
New York's Russ Ford goes 26-6, setting an American League rookie record for highest inning pot, (.813).
Ford's 26 wins and eight shutouts are also rookie records.
Lajoie collects eight hits on the last day of the season against the Browns, and seven are bunt singles.
Browns third basemen ordered to play Lajoie deep so he can bunt and beat Cobb out of the batting title.
Steve Evans of the Cards is hit by 31 pitches.
A record 46 minor leagues begin the 1910 season.
On Sept. 17, Detroit pitcher Ed Summers hits two homers in one game.
On Sept. 30, the Browns' Ray Jansen plays in his only major league game and goes 4-for-5.

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