1907 Major League Baseball season

Sports season

1907 MLB season
League	American League, National League
Sport	Baseball
Duration	April 11 – October 12, 1907
Number of games	154
Number of teams	8 (AL), 8 (NL)
Pennant Winners
AL champions	Detroit Tigers
AL runners-up	Philadelphia Athletics
NL champions	Chicago Cubs
NL runners-up	Pittsburgh Pirates
World Series
Champions	Chicago Cubs
Runners-up	Detroit Tigers
MLB seasons
← 1906 1908 →

Americans

White Sox

Naps

Tigers

Athletics

Browns

Highlanders

Senators

Locations of teams for the 1904–1907 American League seasons

American League

Doves

Superbas

Cubs

Reds

Giants

Phillies

Pirates

Cardinals

Locations of teams for the 1907–1908 National League seasons

National League

The 1907 major league baseball season began on April 11, 1907. The regular season ended on October 6, with the Chicago Cubs and Detroit Tigers as regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the fourth modern World Series on October 8 and ended with Game 5 on October 12. The Cubs defeated the Tigers, four games to none (with one tie).

The Philadelphia Phillies set a Major League record for the fewest at bats by a team in a season—4,725.^[1] to October 8, 1907.

Teams

League	Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
American League	Boston Americans	Boston, Massachusetts	Huntington Avenue Grounds	11,500
	Chicago White Sox	Chicago, Illinois	South Side Park	15,000
	Cleveland Naps	Cleveland, Ohio	League Park	9,000
	Detroit Tigers	Detroit, Michigan	Bennett Park	8,500
	New York Highlanders	New York, New York	Hilltop Park	16,000
	Philadelphia Athletics	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Columbia Park	13,600
	St. Louis Browns	St. Louis, Missouri	Sportsman's Park	8,000
	Washington Senators	Washington, D.C.	National Park	Unknown
National League	Boston Doves	Boston, Massachusetts	South End Grounds	2,300
	Brooklyn Superbas	New York, New York	Washington Park	18,800
	Chicago Cubs	Chicago, Illinois	West Side Park	16,000
	Cincinnati Reds	Cincinnati, Ohio	Palace of the Fans	6,000
	New York Giants	New York, New York	Polo Grounds	16,000
	Philadelphia Phillies	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	National League Park	18,000
	Pittsburgh Pirates	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Exposition Park	16,000
	St. Louis Cardinals	St. Louis, Missouri	Robison Field	Unknown

Schedule

The 1907 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams of their respective league. This continued the format put in place for the 1904 season. This format would last until 1919.

Opening Day took place on April 11 with all but the Brooklyn Superbas and Boston Doves playing. The final day of the regular season was on October 6. The World Series took place between October 8 and October 12.

Standings

American League

v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Detroit Tigers	92	58	0.613	—	50–27	42–31
Philadelphia Athletics	88	57	0.607	1½	50–20	38–37
Chicago White Sox	87	64	0.576	5½	48–29	39–35
Cleveland Naps	85	67	0.559	8	46–31	39–36
New York Highlanders	70	78	0.473	21	32–41	38–37
St. Louis Browns	69	83	0.454	24	36–40	33–43
Boston Americans	59	90	0.396	32½	34–41	25–49
Washington Senators	49	102	0.325	43½	26–48	23–54

National League

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	107	45	0.704	—	54–19	53–26
Pittsburgh Pirates	91	63	0.591	17	47–29	44–34
Philadelphia Phillies	83	64	0.565	21½	45–30	38–34
New York Giants	82	71	0.536	25½	45–30	37–41
Brooklyn Superbas	65	83	0.439	40	37–38	28–45
Cincinnati Reds	66	87	0.431	41½	43–36	23–51
Boston Doves	58	90	0.392	47	31–42	27–48
St. Louis Cardinals	52	101	0.340	55½	31–47	21–54

Postseason

Bracket

World Series

AL	Detroit Tigers	0

NL	Chicago Cubs	4

Note: Game 1 ended in a tie.

Managers

American League

Team	Manager	Comments
Boston Americans	Cy Young, George Huff, Bob Unglaub, and Deacon McGuire
Chicago White Sox	Fielder Jones	Finished 3rd
Cleveland Naps	Nap Lajoie
Detroit Tigers	Hughie Jennings	Won AL pennant
New York Highlanders	Clark Griffith
Philadelphia Athletics	Connie Mack	Finished 2nd
St. Louis Browns	Jimmy McAleer
Washington Senators	Joe Cantillon

National League

Team	Manager	Comments
Boston Beaneaters	Fred Tenney
Brooklyn Superbas	Patsy Donovan
Chicago Cubs	Frank Chance	Won second NL pennant in row and World Series
Cincinnati Reds	Ned Hanlon
New York Giants	John McGraw
Philadelphia Phillies	Billy Murray	Finished 3rd
Pittsburgh Pirates	Fred Clarke	Finished 2nd
St. Louis Cardinals	John McCloskey

League leaders

American League

Hitting leaders
Stat	Player	Total
AVG	Ty Cobb (DET)	.350
HR	Harry Davis (PHA)	8
RBI	Ty Cobb (DET)	119
R	Sam Crawford (DET)	102
H	Ty Cobb (DET)	212
SB	Ty Cobb (DET)	53

Pitching leaders
Stat	Player	Total
W	Addie Joss (CLE) Doc White (CWS)	27
L	Al Orth (NYH) Barney Pelty (SLB)	21
ERA	Ed Walsh (CWS)	1.60
K	Rube Waddell (PHA)	232
IP	Ed Walsh (CWS)	422.1
SV	Bill Dinneen (BSA/SLB) Tom Hughes (WSH) Ed Walsh (CWS)	4

National League

Hitting leaders
Stat	Player	Total
AVG	Honus Wagner (PIT)	.350
HR	Dave Brain (BSD)	10
RBI	Sherry Magee (PHI)	85
R	Spike Shannon (NYG)	104
H	Ginger Beaumont (BSD)	187
SB	Honus Wagner (PIT)	61

Pitching leaders
Stat	Player	Total
W	Christy Mathewson (NYG)	24
L	Stoney McGlynn (STL)	25
ERA	Jack Pfiester (CHC)	1.15
K	Christy Mathewson (NYG)	178
IP	Stoney McGlynn (STL)	352.1
SV	Stoney McGlynn (STL)	4

Home field attendance

Team name	Wins	%±	Home attendance	%±	Per game
Chicago White Sox^[2]	87	-6.5%	666,307	13.9%	8,434
Philadelphia Athletics^[3]	88	12.8%	625,581	27.9%	8,570
New York Giants^[4]	82	-14.6%	538,350	33.6%	6,992
Boston Americans^[5]	59	20.4%	436,777	6.5%	5,600
Chicago Cubs^[6]	107	-7.8%	422,550	-35.4%	5,560
St. Louis Browns^[7]	69	-9.2%	419,025	7.7%	5,513
Cleveland Naps^[8]	85	-4.5%	382,046	17.3%	4,659
New York Highlanders^[9]	70	-22.2%	350,020	-19.5%	4,667
Philadelphia Phillies^[10]	83	16.9%	341,216	15.8%	4,550
Pittsburgh Pirates^[11]	91	-2.2%	319,506	-19.1%	4,149
Cincinnati Reds^[12]	66	3.1%	317,500	-3.8%	3,920
Brooklyn Superbas^[13]	65	-1.5%	312,500	12.7%	4,058
Detroit Tigers^[14]	92	29.6%	297,079	70.7%	3,760
Washington Senators^[15]	49	-10.9%	221,929	70.8%	2,959
Boston Doves^[16]	58	18.4%	203,221	41.8%	2,746
St. Louis Cardinals^[17]	52	0.0%	185,377	-34.7%	2,347

Events

September 25 – Honus Wagner and Fred Clarke of the Pittsburgh Pirates each steal four bases in a 14-1 victory over the New York Giants .^[18]

References

^ "At-Bats Records for Teams Single Season Records". Baseball-Alamanac.com. Retrieved May 14, 2012.
^ "Chicago White Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Oakland Athletics Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "San Francisco Giants Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Boston Red Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Chicago Cubs Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Baltimore Orioles Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Cleveland Guardians Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "New York Yankees Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Philadelphia Phillies Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Pittsburgh Pirates Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Cincinnati Reds Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Los Angeles Dodgers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Detroit Tigers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Minnesota Twins Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Atlanta Braves Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "St. Louis Cardinals Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "This Day In All Teams History – September 25". nationalpastime.com. Retrieved September 26, 2015.

External links

1907 Major League Baseball season schedule at Baseball Reference
1907 in baseball history from ThisGreatGame.com

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