1910 Baseball Season Highlights
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:
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Cubs return to the top in the National League.
Joe Tinker stole bases in
the double digits all 13
seasons that he was a
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On June 28, Cub Joe Tinker is the first player to steal home twice in the same game.
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Philadelphia breaks Tigers' three-year reign in the American League.
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A's win the 1910 World Series in five games.
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Jack Coombs of the A's wins three 1910 World Series games.
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A's set the American League mark with a 1.79 staff ERA.
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Sherry Magee tops the National League in BA (.331), SA (.507), RBI (123), and total bases (263).
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Christy Mathewson leads the National League in wins (27) for last time.
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Cub King Cole goes 20-4, leads the National League in win pet. (.833), and sets the National League rookie record for win pet.
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Ed Walsh tops the American League in ERA at 1.26.
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Walsh nonetheless loses 20 games, as Sox hit record-low .211 as a team.
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Coombs leads the American League with 31 wins.
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Walter Johnson becomes first Washington American League pitcher to win 20 in a season, as he cops 25.
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William Taft starts custom of president throwing out first ball at Washington home opener.
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Comiskey Park, one of the longest-lasting ballparks, opens.
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Johnson leads the American League in Ks (313) for the first of 12 times.
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Ty Cobb and Nap Lajoie vie for the American League batting title that is still cloaked in controversy as to who won.
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In an effort to produce more scoring, both leagues introduce a new "jack-rabbit" ball during the season.
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Two amateur teams play the first-ever night game at Comiskey Park.
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Player salaries range from $900 to around $12,000
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Earle Mack of the A's is the first son to play in the major league for his father (Connie Mack).
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Cleveland hosts its first game at new League Park on April 21.
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Portland of the Pacific Coast League holds opponents scoreless for an OB record 88 consecutive innings.
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Coombs throws an American League record 13 shutouts.
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The White Sox compile a major league record-low .261 SA.
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Sox SA leader Patsy Dougherty's .300 slugging average is 84 points below Lajoie's BA.
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Tom Hughes of New York no-hits Cleveland for nine innings on August 30, loses 5-0 in 11 innings.
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Coombs and Walsh lock up in a 16-inning scoreless tie on August 4.
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Cy Young wins No. 500 on July 19.
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Addie Joss no-hits the White Sox 1-0 on April 20 for the second time in 18 months.
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Lajoie leads the American League with 227 hits, 33 more than Cobb.
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Detroit's Sam Crawford tops the American League in triples (19), RBI (120), and runs produced (198).
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New York's Russ Ford goes 26-6, setting an American League rookie record for highest inning pot, (.813).
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Ford's 26 wins and eight shutouts are also rookie records.
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Lajoie collects eight hits on the last day of the season against the Browns, and seven are bunt singles.
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Browns third basemen ordered to play Lajoie deep so he can bunt and beat Cobb out of the batting title.
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Steve Evans of the Cards is hit by 31 pitches.
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A record 46 minor leagues begin the 1910 season.
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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.
To learn more about baseball, see:
- 1909 Baseball Season
- 1911 Baseball Season
- Baseball History
- How Baseball Works
- How the Baseball Hall of Fame Works
- How Minor League Baseball Teams Work
- Babe Ruth