1910 in baseball

Year in baseball
this year = 1910

Champions

*World Series: Philadelphia Athletics over Chicago Cubs (4-1)

Awards and honors

*Chalmers Award
**Ty Cobb, Detroit Tigers, OF
**Nap Lajoie, Cleveland Naps

MLB Statistical Leaders

Events

*April 20 - Addie Joss of the Cleveland Naps pitches the second no-hitter of his career defeating the Chicago White Sox, 1-0. Joss was the last major leaguer the throw a no-hitter, when he tossed a perfect game on October 2, by|1908. That games was also a 1-0 win over the White Sox.
*May 12 - Chief Bender throws a no-hitter for the Philadelphia Athletics. Philadelphia beats the Cleveland Naps, 4-0.
*September 17 - Detroit Tigers pitcher Ed Summers, a notoriously poor hitter, bounces two home runs into the stands in a 10–3 victory over the Philadelphia Athletics. The two homers, both off Harry Krause, will comprise his career total.
*October 23 - The Philadelphia Athletics defeat the Chicago Cubs, 7-2, in Game 5 of the World Series to win their first World Championship four games to one.

Births

January-March

*January 3 - Frenchy Bordagaray
*January 4 - Gabe Paul
*January 7 - Johnny McCarthy
*January 10 - Johnny Peacock
*January 11 - Schoolboy Rowe
*January 16 - Dizzy Dean
*January 19 - Dib Williams
*January 24 - Johnny Dickshot
*February 10 - Bob Logan
*February 24 - Fred Sington
*March 27 - Vince Sherlock
*March 27 - Steve Sundra
*March 29 - Bill Dietrich
*March 3 - Bill Brenzel

April-June

*April 4 - Joe Vosmik
*April 15 - Eddie Mayo
*April 22 - Lew Riggs
*April 25 - Jimmy Brown
*May 13 - Boze Berger
*May 17 - Lou Chiozza
*May 21 - Larry Rosenthal
*May 28 - Willard Hershberger
*May 29 - George McQuinn
*June 6 - Chet Morgan
*June 10 - Frank Demaree
*July 16 - Bill Norman
*June 17 - Joe Bowman
*June 18 - Russ Hodges
*June 26 - Jim Henry
*June 29 - Burgess Whitehead

July-September

*July 7 - Red Nonnenkamp
*July 9 - Ray Thomas
*July 18 - Wes Livengood
*July 23 - Paul Chervinko
*July 31 - Gordon McNaughton
*August 13 - Lou Finney
*August 14 - Billy Myers
*August 19 - Atley Donald
*August 20 - Bill Crouch
*August 23 - Lonny Frey
*August 31 - Ira Hutchinson
*September 21 - Elden Auker
*September 21 - Max Butcher
*September 24 - Tom Seats
*September 24 - Dixie Walker
*September 26 - Joe Sullivan
*September 30 - Jennings Poindexter
*September 30 - Frank Skaff

October-December

*October 3 - Bob Bowman
*October 4 - Frankie Crosetti
*October 8 - Wally Moses
*October 12 - Walter Signer
*October 18 - Skeeter Newsome
*October 20 - Sammy T. Hughes
*October 23 - Billy Sullivan
*November 4 - Joe Beggs
*November 6 - Chet Covington
*November 7 - Bill Brubaker
*November 16 - Morrie Arnovich
*November 18 - Joe Cicero
*November 18 - Dykes Potter
*November 23 - Hal Schumacher
*November 28 - Ed Gallagher
*November 28 - Bill McWilliams
*December 11 - Slick Coffman
*December 15 - George Stumpf

Deaths

*January 12 - Harry Staley, 43, pitcher who had four 20-win seasons from 1889-92 for Pittsburgh and Boston teams
*January 22 - Sam Wise, 52, infielder, mainly for Boston, who was shortstop on 1883 champions and batted .334 in 1887
*February 15 - Bug Holliday, outfieder who hit .311 over parts of 10 seasons with the Cincinnati Red Stockings/Reds, who twice led the league in home runs; AA in 1889; NL in 1892, and was an umpire for one season.
*March 14 - Mike Hines, 47, catcher who played from 1883 to 1888 for the Boston Beaneaters, Brooklyn Grays and Providence Grays
*April 2 - Jim Nealon, 25, first baseman from 1906 to 1907 for the Pittsburgh Pirates, who tied with Harry Steinfeldt the National League RBI title during his rookie season
*April 9 - Bob Addy, 65, second baseman/outfielder for six different teams (1871-1877), who also managed the Philadelphia White Stockings (1875) and Cincinnati Reds (1877)
*April 16 - Tom Loftus, 53, manager of teams in Milwaukee, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and Washington; later chairman of rules committee
*May 25 - Bill Hassamaer, 45, outfielder who played from 1894 to 1896 for the Louisville Colonels and Washington Senators
*June 22 - Tom Doran, 29, catcher for the Boston Americans and Detroit Tigers between 1904 and 1906
*August 19 - Bill Lennon, 62, National Association catcher who, on the very first major league game ever played, scored the first run and became the first catcher to throw out a baserunner attempting to steal a base (May 4, 1871)
*September 20 - Lou Schiappacasse, 29, right fielder for the 1902 Detroit Tigers
*October 2 - Sandy McDougal, 36, pitcher for the Brooklyn Grooms (1895) and St. Louis Cardinals (1905)
*November 1 - Bob Pettit, 49, pitcher/outfielder from 1887 to 1891 for the Chicago White Stockings and Milwaukee Brewers
*November 20 - Jack O'Brien, 50, catcher/first baseman for the Philadelphia Athletics, Brooklyn Grays/Bridegrooms and Baltimore Orioles between 1882 and 1888
*December 13 - Dan McGann, 39, first baseman on the Giants' pennant winners of 1904-05; batted .300 three times, stole five bases in a 1904 game