1923 AL

The 1923 season of the American League was the twenty-third season of the league.

[edit] Season summary

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	New York Yankees	152	98	54	0	.645	-.-	823 (5.41)	622 (4.09)	0.291	0.354	0.422	3.62	0.977
2	Detroit Tigers	155	83	71	1	.535	16.0	831 (5.36)	741 (4.78)	0.300	0.371	0.401	4.09	0.968
3	Cleveland Indians	153	82	71	0	.536	16.5	888 (5.80)	746 (4.88)	0.301	0.376	0.420	3.91	0.964
4	Washington Senators	155	75	78	2	.484	23.5	720 (4.65)	747 (4.82)	0.274	0.341	0.367	3.98	0.967
5	St. Louis Browns	154	74	78	2	.481	24.0	688 (4.47)	720 (4.68)	0.281	0.336	0.398	3.93	0.971
6	Philadelphia Athletics	153	69	83	1	.451	29.0	661 (4.32)	761 (4.97)	0.271	0.328	0.370	4.08	0.964
7	Chicago White Sox	156	69	85	2	.442	30.0	692 (4.44)	741 (4.75)	0.279	0.345	0.373	4.05	0.971
8	Boston Red Sox	154	61	91	2	.396	37.0	584 (3.79)	809 (5.25)	0.261	0.313	0.351	4.20	0.963

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Earl Sheely	Chicago White Sox	156
At Bats	Joe Dugan Charlie Jamieson	New York Yankees Cleveland Indians	644
Runs Scored	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	152
Hits	Charlie Jamieson	Cleveland Indians	222
Doubles	Tris Speaker	Cleveland Indians	59
Triples	Goose Goslin Sam Rice	Washington Senators Washington Senators	18
Home Runs	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	41
Total Bases	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	399
Runs Batted In	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	131
Stolen Bases	Eddie Collins	Chicago White Sox	48
Caught Stealing	Eddie Collins	Chicago White Sox	29
Walks	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	170
Hit by Pitch	Heinie Manush	Detroit Tigers	17
Strikeouts	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	93
Sacrifice Hits	Roger Peckinpaugh	Washington Senators	40
Batting Average	Harry Heilmann	Detroit Tigers	0.403
On-Base Percentage	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	0.545
Slugging Percentage	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	0.764
On-Base plus Slugging	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	1.309
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	239

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	George Uhle	Cleveland Indians	26
Losses	Herman Pillette Eddie Rommel	Detroit Tigers Philadelphia Athletics	19
Win-Loss Percentage	Herb Pennock	New York Yankees	0.760
Appearances	Eddie Rommel	Philadelphia Athletics	56
Games Started	George Uhle	Cleveland Indians	44
Complete Games	George Uhle	Cleveland Indians	29
Shutouts	Stan Coveleski	Cleveland Indians	5
Games Finished	Sloppy Thurston	St. Louis Browns/Chicago White Sox	30
Saves	Allan Russell	Washington Senators	9
Innings Pitched	George Uhle	Cleveland Indians	357.2
Batters Faced	George Uhle	Cleveland Indians	1548
Hits Allowed	George Uhle	Cleveland Indians	378
Home Runs Allowed	Bob Shawkey	New York Yankees	17
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Elam Vangilder	St. Louis Browns	120
Hit Batsmen	Howard Ehmke Walter Johnson	Boston Red Sox Washington Senators	20
Strikeouts	Walter Johnson	Washington Senators	130
Wild Pitches	Joe Bush	New York Yankees	12
Balks	Dave Danforth Dixie Leverett	St. Louis Browns Chicago White Sox	3
Runs Allowed	George Uhle	Cleveland Indians	167
Earned Runs Allowed	George Uhle	Cleveland Indians	150
Earned Run Average	Stan Coveleski	Cleveland Indians	2.76
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Waite Hoyt	New York Yankees	1.228

In the World Series, the American League champion New York Yankees defeated the National League's New York Giants, 4 games to 2.

The winner of the league's League Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was Babe Ruth, an outfielder with the New York Yankees. In the award's voting, he had 64 out of a possible 64 points and 8 first place votes.