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32 teams in AL, ECL, IND, NL, NNL · 1233 regular-season games · 1923-04-17 to 1923-10-07 · attendance 8,672,406

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World Series champion

New York Yankees

MVP

Babe Ruth

Postseason

Round	Result	Games
World Series	New York Yankees 4–2 New York Giants	6

Standings

AL

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	New York Yankees	98	54	.645	—	622	1,007,066	Miller Huggins	World Series
2	Detroit Tigers	83	71	.539	16	741	911,377	Ty Cobb
3	Cleveland Indians	82	71	.536	16.5	746	558,856	Tris Speaker
4	Washington Senators	75	78	.490	23.5	747	357,406	Donie Bush
5	St. Louis Browns	74	78	.487	24	720	430,296	Lee Fohl, Jimmy Austin
6	Philadelphia Athletics	69	83	.454	29	761	534,122	Connie Mack
7	Chicago White Sox	69	85	.448	30	741	573,778	Kid Gleason
8	Boston Red Sox	61	91	.401	37	809	229,688	Frank Chance

NL

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	New York Giants	95	58	.621	—	679	820,780	John McGraw	Pennant
2	Cincinnati Reds	91	63	.591	4.5	629	575,063	Pat Moran
3	Pittsburgh Pirates	87	67	.565	8.5	696	611,082	Bill McKechnie
4	Chicago Cubs	83	71	.539	12.5	704	703,705	Bill Killefer
5	St. Louis Cardinals	79	74	.516	16	732	338,551	Branch Rickey
6	Brooklyn Robins	76	78	.494	19.5	741	564,666	Wilbert Robinson
7	Boston Braves	54	100	.351	41.5	798	227,802	Fred Mitchell
8	Philadelphia Phillies	50	104	.325	45.5	1008	228,168	Art Fletcher

Eastern Colored League

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Manager
1	Hilldale Club	34	20	.630	—	265	John Henry Lloyd	Pennant
2	Cuban Stars East	24	17	.585	3.5	173	Pelayo Chacón
3	Brooklyn Royal Giants	17	18	.486	7.5	170	Eddie Douglass
4	Atlantic City Bacharach Giants	21	24	.467	8.5	269	Dick Lundy
5	New York Lincoln Giants	16	21	.432	9.5	162	Joe Williams
6	Baltimore Black Sox	19	31	.380	13	409	Louis Miller, Anthony Mahoney, Blainey Hall

IND

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Memphis Red Sox	15	7	.682	—	66		Greenie Walls
5	Birmingham Black Barons	16	25	.390	8.5	212		Poindexter Williams

Negro National League (I)

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Manager
1	Kansas City Monarchs	59	36	.621	—	450	Sam Crawford, Jose Mendez	Pennant
2	Chicago American Giants	42	29	.592	5	363	Rube Foster
3	Indianapolis ABCs	46	32	.590	4.5	438	Dizzy Dismukes
4	Detroit Stars	39	28	.582	6	420	Bruce Petway
5	Cuban Stars West	24	33	.421	16	329	Tinti Molina
6	St. Louis Stars	29	43	.403	18.5	574	Joe Hewitt, Candy Jim Taylor
7	Toledo Tigers	10	17	.370	15	195	Dicta Johnson, Candy Jim Taylor
8	Milwaukee Bears	11	42	.208	27	418	Pete Hill

Leaders

AL

RBI

AVG

ERA

NL

RBI

AVG

ERA

No-hitters

Sad Sam Jones, New York Yankees vs. Philadelphia Athletics, 1923-09-04
Howard Ehmke, Boston Red Sox vs. Philadelphia Athletics, 1923-09-07

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