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Contents

Headline Event of the Year

Champions

Awards and honors

MLB Statistical Leaders

Major League Baseball final standings

American League final standings

National League final standings

Events

Births

Deaths

Headline Event of the Year

Chicago White Sox players accused of throwing World Series, resulting in the Black Sox scandal.

Champions

★ World Series: Cincinnati Reds over Chicago White Sox (5-3)

Awards and honors

★ MLB Most Valuable Player Award

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MLB Statistical Leaders

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| Type || Name || Stat || Name || Stat
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| AVG || Ty Cobb DET || .384 || Edd Roush CIN || .321
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| HR || Babe Ruth BOS || 29 || Gavvy Cravath PHI || 12
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| RBI || Babe Ruth BOS || 114 || Hy Myers BRO || 73
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| Wins || Eddie Cicotte CHW || 29 || Jesse Barnes NYG || 25
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| ERA || Walter Johnson WSH || 1.49 || Pete Alexander CHC || 1.72
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Major League Baseball final standings

American League final standings

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| 'Club' || 'Wins' || 'Losses' || 'Win %' ||   'GB'
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| Chicago White Sox
| 88
| 52
| .629
| --
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| Cleveland Indians
| 84
| 55
| .604
| 3.5
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| New York Yankees
| 80
| 59
| .576
| 7.5
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| Detroit Tigers
| 80
| 60
| .571
| 8
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| St. Louis Browns
| 67
| 72
| .482
| 20.5
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| Boston Red Sox
| 66
| 71
| .482
| 20.5
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| Washington Senators
| 56
| 84
| .400
| 32
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| Philadelphia Athletics
| 36
| 104
| .257
| 52
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National League final standings

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| 'Club' || 'Wins' || 'Losses' || 'Win %' ||   'GB'
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| Cincinnati Reds
| 96
| 44
| .686
| --
|-
| New York Giants
| 87
| 53
| .621
| 9
|-
| Chicago Cubs
| 75
| 65
| .536
| 21
|-
| Pittsburgh Pirates
| 71
| 68
| .511
| 24.5
|-
| Brooklyn Robins
| 69
| 71
| .493
| 27
|-
| Boston Braves
| 57
| 82
| .410
| 38.5
|-
| St. Louis Cardinals
| 54
| 83
| .394
| 40.5
|-
| Philadelphia Phillies
| 47
| 90
| .343
| 47.5
|}

Events

Births

★ January 31 - Jackie Robinson

★ February 25 - Monte Irvin

★ March 16 - Tom Gorman

★ March 17 - Pete Reiser

★ March 28 - Vic Raschi

★ July 31 - Curt Gowdy

★ August 6 - Bobby Sturgeon

★ August 9 - Ralph Houk

★ August 12 - Fred Hutchinson

★ August 29 - Billy Cox

★ September 4 - Eddie Waitkus

★ September 27 - Johnny Pesky

★ October 16 - Ed Bahr

★ November 9 - Jerry Priddy

★ December 11 - Merl Combs

Deaths

★ January 8 - Jim O'Rourke, 68, left fielder for Boston, Buffalo and New York who batted .314 lifetime and ended his career ranked second all-time in games, hits, runs, doubles and total bases; made first hit in major league history after four seasons in National Association, and later became oldest player ever to get a hit at age 54; led NL in hits, runs, home runs, triples and walks once each; later a minor league manager and executive

★ May 16 - Germany Schaefer, 42, second baseman who forced a rule change after stealing first base in reverse direction during a 1908 game while with the Tigers

★ August 16 - Ed McKean, 55, shortstop for the Cleveland Spiders who batted .302 lifetime and had four seasons of 100 runs and 100 RBI; among first ten players to reach 2000 hits

★ September 20 - Cy Seymour, 46, center fielder for the Giants and Reds who batted .303 lifetime; led NL in batting, doubles, triples and RBI in 1905, also won 61 games as pitcher from 1896-1900