User:Jhn31/sandbox/1923 Major League Baseball season

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.

The Negro National League and Eastern Colored League seasons would be contested from April to September (exact dates are unknown due to poor record keeping) with the Kansas City Monarchs and Hilldale Club as pennant winners, respectively.

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.

Major League Baseball officially designated the Negro National League and Eastern Colored League as major leagues on December 16, 2020.

Teams
An asterisk (*) denotes the departure from a ballpark mid-season.

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.

The Negro National League and Eastern Colored League would see an inconsistent number of games played for each team. The Negro National League teams (that did not fold mid-season) saw between 53 and 86 non-exhibition in-league games played, while the Eastern Colored League saw between 33 and 59 non-exhibition in-league games played. Both leagues saw teams play a number of games against major-league tiered independent teams, increasing their game totals to 62 and 98 for Negro National League teams, and 40 and 61 for Eastern Colored League teams.

Postseason
As in all but two seasons since 1903, the champions of the American League and the National League faced off in the World Series, with the New York Yankees defeating the New York Giants 4 games to 2.

The champions of the Negro National League and the Eastern Colored League did not face off in a championship series, as the Negro World Series was not played until 1924.

Bracket
 

League leaders
1 Negro National National League Triple Crown batting winner

Awards and honors

 * League Award
 * Babe Ruth, New York Yankees, OF

Home field attendance
Note: Attendance data for Negro National League and Eastern Colored League teams are unavailable.