The Boy Scouts of America was introduced inviting boys eleven to seventeen years old an opportunity to join an organization dedicated to improving mental, moral, and physical development while stressing outdoor skills and training in citizenship and lifesaving. Originally, the movement was intended to be nonmilitary and without racial, religious, political, or class distinctions, but the Supreme Court affirmed the organization's right to limit membership to those who believe in God in 1993.
The "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People" was founded in New York, in November. The N.A.A.C.P. originally published an underground journal called "The Crisis," and was at the forefront of all the attempts by Blacks to achieve equality. For more than ninety-three years, the NAACP has continued include people of all races, nationalities and religious denominations, while remaining united on one premise, that all men and women are created equal.
Cleveland Indians ace Cy Young won his five-hundredth game on July 19th after beating the Washington Senators 5-4 at American League Park II.
Washington Senators second baseman Red Killefer set a Major League mark on August 27th after sacrificing four times in the first game of a Detroit Tigers doubleheader.
Eddie Collins of the Philadelphia Athletics set an American League record after stealing his eighty-first base of the season, on October 4, 1910, during an 8-1 victory over the visiting Boston Red Sox.
The Braves and Phillies combined on April 22nd for a Major League record fewest at bats by two teams in nine innings: forty-eight (twenty-five for Boston, twenty-three for Philadelphia). The record was tied the following season, but remained unbeaten until 1964.
On August 13th, the Pittsburgh Pirates and Brooklyn Dodgers played in perhaps, the most evenly matched game ever. Both teams finished the 8-8 tie (called on darkness) with exactly eight runs, thirteen hits, thirty-eight at bats, five strikeouts, three walks, one hit batter, one passed ball, thirteen assists, twenty-seven putouts and two errors with two pitchers used. [Box Score]
William Howard Taft became the first U.S. president to throw out the ceremonial "first pitch" after he opened the 1910 season at Washington's League Park. The Senators' Walter Johnson christened the tradition by pitching a one-hitter, beating the Philadelphia Athletics and Eddie Plank 3-0.
Both leagues agreed to adopt a resolution that would ban syndicate baseball, which had previously allowed owners to have financial interests vested in more than one team. They also mandated that all umpires were to announce any team changes to the spectators; batting orders were to be delivered to the head umpire at home plate before the game and a base runner was to be called out if he passed another runner ahead of him on the base path.
"I like it (baseball) for two reasons. First, because I enjoy it myself and second, because if by the presence of the temporary first magistrate such a healthy amusement can be encouraged, I want to encourage it." - President Taft
1910 National League Player Review |
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Statistic | Name(s) | Team(s) | # | Top 25 |
Base on Balls | Miller Huggins | St. Louis | 116 | Top 25 |
Batting Average | Sherry Magee | Philadelphia | .331 | Top 25 |
Doubles | Bobby Byrne | Pittsburgh | 43 | Top 25 |
Hits | Bobby Byrne | Pittsburgh | 178 | Top 25 |
Honus Wagner | Pittsburgh | |||
Home Runs | Fred Beck | Boston | 10 | Top 25 |
Frank Schulte | Chicago | |||
On Base Percentage | Sherry Magee | Philadelphia | .445 | Top 25 |
RBI | Sherry Magee | Philadelphia | 123 | Top 25 |
Runs | Sherry Magee | Philadelphia | 110 | Top 25 |
Slugging Average | Sherry Magee | Philadelphia | .507 | Top 25 |
Stolen Bases | Bob Bescher | Cincinnati | 70 | Top 25 |
Total Bases | Sherry Magee | Philadelphia | 263 | Top 25 |
Triples | Mike Mitchell | Cincinnati | 18 | Top 25 |
Statistic | Name(s) | Team(s) | # | Top 25 |
1910 A.L. | N.L. Retirements | N.L. Rookies | Year-by-Year |
1910 National League Pitcher Review |
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Statistic | Name(s) | Team(s) | # | Top 25 |
Complete Games | Mordecai Brown | Chicago | 27 | Top 25 |
Christy Mathewson | New York | |||
Nap Rucker | Brooklyn | |||
ERA | King Cole | Chicago | 1.80 | Top 25 |
Games | Al Mattern | Boston | 51 | Top 25 |
Saves | Mordecai Brown | Chicago | 7 | Top 25 |
Harry Gaspar | Cincinnati | |||
Shutouts | Mordecai Brown | Chicago | 6 | Top 25 |
Al Mattern | Boston | |||
Earl Moore | Philadelphia | |||
Nap Rucker | Brooklyn | |||
Strikeouts | Earl Moore | Philadelphia | 185 | Top 25 |
Winning Percentage | King Cole | Chicago | .833 | Top 25 |
Wins | Christy Mathewson | New York | 27 | Top 25 |
Statistic | Name(s) | Team(s) | # | Top 25 |
1910 A.L. | N.L. Retirements | N.L. Rookies | Year-by-Year |
1910 National League StandingsTeam Standings | 1910 World Series |
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Team | Roster | W | L | WP | GB |
Chicago Cubs | 104 | 50 | .675 | 0 |
New York Giants | 91 | 63 | .591 | 13 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 86 | 67 | .562 | 17½ |
Philadelphia Phillies | 78 | 75 | .510 | 25½ |
Cincinnati Reds | 75 | 79 | .487 | 29 |
Brooklyn Superbas | 64 | 90 | .416 | 40 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 63 | 90 | .412 | 40½ |
Boston Doves | 53 | 100 | .346 | 50½ |
Team | Roster | W | L | WP | GB |
1910 National League Team Standings |
1910 National League Team ReviewHitting Statistics League Leaderboard |
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Statistic | Team | # |
Base on Balls | St. Louis | 655 |
Batting Average | New York | .275 |
Doubles | Philadelphia | 223 |
Hits | New York | 1,391 |
Home Runs | Chicago | 34 |
On Base Percentage | New York | .354 |
Runs | New York | 715 |
Slugging Average | Chicago | .366 |
New York | ||
Stolen Bases | Cincinnati | 310 |
Triples | Chicago | 84 |
Statistic | Team | # |
1910 National League Team ReviewPitching Statistics League Leaderboard |
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Statistic | Team | # |
Complete Games | Brooklyn | 103 |
ERA | Chicago | 2.51 |
Fewest Hits Allowed | Chicago | 1,171 |
Fewest Home Runs Allowed | Brooklyn | 17 |
Fewest Walks Allowed | Pittsburgh | 392 |
Saves | St. Louis | 14 |
Shutouts | Chicago | 25 |
Strikeouts | New York | 717 |
Statistic | Team | # |
Jack Dalton, a .227 hitter in 1910, had five consecutive hits against Christy Mathewson (one of the greatest pitchers in baseball history) during the same game, on June 21, 1910.
On June 28, 1910, Joe Tinker stole home twice in the same game — a first in major league history — during a 11-1 Wrigley Field victory over the visiting Cincinnati Reds. Mordecai Brown was the winning Cubs pitcher.
Did you know that on October 20, 1910, Frank Chance of the Chicago Cubs became the first National League manager ejected from a World Series game.