1903 in baseball

1903 in baseball
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The following are the baseball events of the year 1903 throughout the world.

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See also
Baseball Major League Baseball Minor league baseball Negro league baseball Nippon Professional Baseball 1903 in sports
Sources
Baseball Hall of Fame Baseball Almanac Baseball Library Baseball Reference National Pastime The Deadball Era

1 Champions
- 1.1 Major League Baseball
2 Major League Baseball final standings
- 2.1 American League final standings
- 2.2 National League final standings
3 Events
4 Births
5 Deaths

Champions

Major League Baseball

World Series: Boston Americans over Pittsburgh Pirates (5-3), in the first modern World Series

Major League Baseball final standings

American League final standings


Rank	Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
1st	Boston Americans	91	47	.659	--
2nd	Philadelphia Athletics	75	60	.556	14.5
3rd	Cleveland Naps	77	63	.550	15.0
4th	New York Highlanders	72	62	.537	17.0
5th	Detroit Tigers	65	71	.478	25.0
6th	St. Louis Browns	65	74	.468	26.5
7th	Chicago White Sox	60	77	.438	30.5
8th	Washington Senators	43	94	.314	47.5

National League final standings

National League
Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
Pittsburgh Pirates	91	49	.650	--
New York Giants	84	55	.604	6.5
Chicago Cubs	82	56	.594	8
Cincinnati Reds	74	65	.532	16.5
Brooklyn Superbas	70	66	.515	19
Boston Beaneaters	58	80	.420	32
Philadelphia Phillies	49	86	.363	39.5
St. Louis Cardinals	43	94	.314	46.5

Events

September 18 - Chick Fraser pitches a no-hitter for the Philadelphia Phillies in the second game of a double-header against the Chicago Cubs. The Phillies win, 10-0.
October 13 - The Boston Americans defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 3-0, in Game 8 of the first World Series. Boston wins the series, five games to three.

Births

January-April

May-August

September-December

Deaths

February 15 - Phil Reccius, 40, played third base for eight seasons, most notably for the Louisville Eclipse/Colonels.
May 16 - Jimmy Wolf, 41, right fielder for 11 years, 10 with the Louisville Colonels.
July 1 - Jimmy Cooney, 37, shortstop for the Chicago Colts and Washington Senators National League teams from 1890 to 1892
July 2 - Ed Delahanty, 35, slugging left fielder since 1888, a 3-time .400 hitter who ranked second only to Cap Anson in career hits; died after falling from a railroad trestle crossing the Niagara River
October 10 - John Valentine, 47, umpire from 1884 to 1888 who previously pitched for the 1883 Columbus Buckeyes

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Contents

Champions

Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball final standings

American League final standings

National League final standings

Events

Births

January-April

May-August

September-December

Deaths