1910 Baseball Season

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.

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