| 1923 MLB season | |
| League: | American League (AL) National League (NL) |
| Sport: | Baseball |
| Duration: | Regular season:World Series: |
| No Of Games: | 154 |
| No Of Teams: | 16 (8 per league) |
| Season: | Regular Season |
| Mvp: | AL |
| Mvp Link: | Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award#League Awards |
| Conf1: | AL |
| Conf1 Champ: | New York Yankees |
| Conf1 Runner-Up: | Detroit Tigers |
| Conf2: | NL |
| Conf2 Champ: | New York Giants |
| Conf2 Runner-Up: | Cincinnati Reds |
| Finals: | World Series |
| Finals Link: | 1923 World Series |
| Finals Champ: | New York Yankees |
| Finals Runner-Up: | New York Giants |
| Seasonslist: | List of Major League Baseball seasons |
| Seasonslistnames: | MLB |
| Prevseason Link: | 1922 Major League Baseball season |
| Prevseason Year: | 1922 |
| Nextseason Link: | 1924 Major League Baseball season |
| Nextseason Year: | 1924 |
The 1923 major league baseball season began on April 17, 1923. The regular season ended on October 7, with the New York Giants and New York Yankees as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the 20th World Series on October 10 and ended with Game 6 on October 15. In the third consecutive iteration of the Subway Series, the Yankees defeated the Giants, four games to two.
This was the second of eight seasons that "League Awards", a precursor to the Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award (introduced in 1931), were issued. Only an American League award was given in 1923.
See also: Major League Baseball schedule. The 1923 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 since the season (except for) and would be used until in the American League and in the National League.
National League Opening Day took place on April 17 with all teams playing, while American League Opening Day took place the following day with all teams playing. The final day of the regular season was on October 7. The World Series took place between October 10 and October 15.
| Team | Former Manager | New Manager | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh Duffy | Frank Chance | ||
| Philadelphia Phillies | Kaiser Wilhelm | Art Fletcher | |
| Washington Senators | Clyde Milan | Donie Bush |
| Stat | Player | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Heilmann (DET) | .403 | ||
| Babe Ruth (NYY) | 41 | ||
| Babe Ruth (NYY) Tris Speaker (CLE) | 130 | ||
| Babe Ruth (NYY) | 151 | ||
| Charlie Jamieson (CLE) | 222 | ||
| Eddie Collins (CWS) | 48 |
| Stat | Player | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Uhle (CLE) | 26 | ||
| Herman Pillette (DET) Eddie Rommel (PHA) | 19 | ||
| Stan Coveleski (CLE) | 2.76 | ||
| Walter Johnson (WSH) | 130 | ||
| George Uhle (CLE) | 357.2 | ||
| Allen Russell (WSH) | 9 |
| Stat | Player | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rogers Hornsby (SLC) | .384 | ||
| Cy Williams (PHP) | 41 | ||
| Irish Meusel (NYG) | 125 | ||
| Ross Youngs (NYG) | 121 | ||
| Frankie Frisch (NYG) | 223 | ||
| Max Carey (PIT) | 51 |
| Stat | Player | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dolf Luque (CIN) | 27 | ||
| Wilbur Cooper (PIT) | 19 | ||
| Dolf Luque (CIN) | 1.93 | ||
| Dazzy Vance (BKN) | 197 | ||
| Burleigh Grimes (BKN) | 327.0 | ||
| Claude Jonnard (NYG) | 7 |
| Team name | Wins | Home attendance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees[1] | 98 | 4.3% | 1,007,066 | -1.9% | 13,251 | |
| Detroit Tigers[2] | 83 | 5.1% | 911,377 | 5.8% | 11,836 | |
| New York Giants[3] | 95 | 2.2% | 820,780 | -13.2% | 10,659 | |
| Chicago Cubs[4] | 83 | 3.8% | 703,705 | 29.8% | 9,139 | |
| Pittsburgh Pirates[5] | 87 | 2.4% | 611,082 | 16.7% | 7,936 | |
| Cincinnati Reds[6] | 91 | 5.8% | 575,063 | 16.5% | 7,373 | |
| Chicago White Sox[7] | 69 | -10.4% | 573,778 | -4.8% | 7,650 | |
| Brooklyn Robins[8] | 76 | 0.0% | 564,666 | 13.2% | 7,239 | |
| Cleveland Indians[9] | 82 | 5.1% | 558,856 | 5.8% | 7,165 | |
| Philadelphia Athletics[10] | 69 | 6.2% | 534,122 | 25.6% | 7,122 | |
| St. Louis Browns[11] | 74 | -20.4% | 430,296 | -39.6% | 5,517 | |
| Washington Senators[12] | 75 | 8.7% | 357,406 | -22.1% | 4,524 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals[13] | 79 | -7.1% | 338,551 | -37.0% | 4,340 | |
| Boston Red Sox[14] | 61 | 0.0% | 229,688 | -11.4% | 2,945 | |
| Philadelphia Phillies[15] | 50 | -12.3% | 228,168 | -1.9% | 3,042 | |
| Boston Braves[16] | 54 | 1.9% | 227,802 | 35.6% | 2,958 |