1907 Major League Baseball season

1907 MLB season
1907 MLB season
League	Major League Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Duration	April 11 – October 8, 1907
Number of games	154
Number of teams	16
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 →

The 1907 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 11 to October 8, 1907. The Chicago Cubs and Detroit Tigers were the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The Cubs then defeated the Tigers in the World Series, 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]

Standings[]

American League[]

v t 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 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

Managers[]

American League[]

Team	Manager	Comments
Boston Americans	Cy Young, George Huff, Bob Unglaub, and Deacon McGuire
Chicago White Sox	Fielder Jones
Cleveland Naps	Nap Lajoie
Detroit Tigers	Hughie Jennings
New York Highlanders	Clark Griffith
Philadelphia Athletics	Connie Mack
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
Cincinnati Reds	Ned Hanlon
New York Giants	John McGraw
Philadelphia Phillies	Billy Murray
Pittsburgh Pirates	Fred Clarke
St. Louis Cardinals	John McCloskey

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 .^[2]

References[]

^ "At-Bats Records for Teams Single Season Records". Baseball-Alamanac.com. Retrieved May 14, 2012.
^ {{|title=This Day In All Teams History – September 25|url=http://www.nationalpastime.com/site/index.php?action=baseball_team_search&baseball_team=All+Teams&fact_Month=09&fact_Day=25%7Cwebsite=nationalpastime.com%7Caccessdate=26 September 2015}}

External links[]

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

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[1] "At-Bats Records for Teams Single Season Records". Baseball-Alamanac.com. Retrieved May 14, 2012.

[2] {{|title=This Day In All Teams History – September 25|url=http://www.nationalpastime.com/site/index.php?action=baseball_team_search&baseball_team=All+Teams&fact_Month=09&fact_Day=25%7Cwebsite=nationalpastime.com%7Caccessdate=26 September 2015}}

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v t 1907 MLB season by team
American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
1907 World Series