1910 in baseball

The following are the baseball events of the year 1910 throughout the world.  

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

Major League Baseball final standings

American League final standings

National League final standings

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, 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.
• November 10 - Clark Griffith becomes a club owner and president when he joins Philadelphia grain broker William Richardson in buying controlling interest in the Washington Senators for $175,000. Griffith, unable to get financial help from the American League, mortgages his Montana ranch to raise funds.

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 4 - Candy Nelson, 61, infielder who played 13 seasons, 1872-1875, 1878-1879, 1881, 1883-1887, and 1890.
• 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