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Sports season
The1907 major league baseball season began on April 11, 1907. The regular season ended on October 6, with theChicago Cubs andDetroit Tigers as regular season champions of theNational League andAmerican League , respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of thefourth modern World Series on October 8 and ended with Game 5 on October 12. The Cubs defeated the Tigers, four games to none (with one tie), capturing their first championship in franchise history. Going into the season, the defendingWorld Series champions were theChicago White Sox from the1906 season.
ThePhiladelphia Phillies set a Major League record for the fewestat bats by a team in a season—4,725.[ 1] to October 8, 1907. The Boston Beaneaters renamed as theBoston Doves .
The 1907 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 for the1904 season. This format would last until1919 .
Opening Day took place on April 11 with all but theBrooklyn Superbas andBoston Doves playing. The final day of the regular season was on October 6. TheWorld Series took place between October 8 and October 12.
League Team City Stadium Capacity Manager[ 2] American League Boston Americans Boston ,Massachusetts Huntington Avenue Grounds 11,500 Cy Young George Huff Bob Unglaub Deacon McGuire Chicago White Sox Chicago ,Illinois South Side Park 15,000 Fielder Jones Cleveland Naps Cleveland ,Ohio League Park (Cleveland) 9,000 Nap Lajoie Detroit Tigers Detroit ,Michigan Bennett Park 8,500 Hughie Jennings New York Highlanders New York ,New York Hilltop Park 16,000 Clark Griffith Philadelphia Athletics Philadelphia ,Pennsylvania Columbia Park 13,600 Connie Mack St. Louis Browns St. Louis ,Missouri Sportsman's Park 8,000 Jimmy McAleer Washington Senators Washington, D.C. National Park 9,000 Joe Cantillon National League Boston Doves Boston ,Massachusetts South End Grounds 6,600 Fred Tenney Brooklyn Superbas New York ,New York Washington Park 12,000 Patsy Donovan Chicago Cubs Chicago ,Illinois West Side Park 14,200 Frank Chance Cincinnati Reds Cincinnati ,Ohio Palace of the Fans 12,000 Ned Hanlon New York Giants New York ,New York Polo Grounds 16,000 John McGraw Philadelphia Phillies Philadelphia ,Pennsylvania National League Park 18,000 Billy Murray Pittsburgh Pirates Pittsburgh ,Pennsylvania Exposition Park 16,000 Fred Clarke St. Louis Cardinals St. Louis ,Missouri League Park (St. Louis) 15,200 John McCloskey
The postseason began on October 8 and ended on October 12 with theChicago Cubs defeating theDetroit Tigers in the1907 World Series in five games (one of which being a tie).
Note: Game 1 ended in a tie.
Any team shown insmall text indicates a previous team a player was on during the season.
Home field attendance [ edit ] Team name Wins %± Home attendance %± Per game Chicago White Sox [ 7] 87 -6.5% 666,307 13.9% 8,434 Philadelphia Athletics [ 8] 88 12.8% 625,581 27.9% 8,570 New York Giants [ 9] 82 -14.6% 538,350 33.6% 6,992 Boston Americans [ 10] 59 20.4% 436,777 6.5% 5,600 Chicago Cubs [ 11] 107 -7.8% 422,550 -35.4% 5,560 St. Louis Browns [ 12] 69 -9.2% 419,025 7.7% 5,513 Cleveland Naps [ 13] 85 -4.5% 382,046 17.3% 4,659 New York Highlanders [ 14] 70 -22.2% 350,020 -19.5% 4,667 Philadelphia Phillies [ 15] 83 16.9% 341,216 15.8% 4,550 Pittsburgh Pirates [ 16] 91 -2.2% 319,506 -19.1% 4,149 Cincinnati Reds [ 17] 66 3.1% 317,500 -3.8% 3,920 Brooklyn Superbas [ 18] 65 -1.5% 312,500 12.7% 4,058 Detroit Tigers [ 19] 92 29.6% 297,079 70.7% 3,760 Washington Senators [ 20] 49 -10.9% 221,929 70.8% 2,959 Boston Doves [ 21] 58 18.4% 203,221 41.8% 2,746 St. Louis Cardinals [ 22] 52 0.0% 185,377 -34.7% 2,347
September 25 –Honus Wagner andFred Clarke of the Pittsburgh Pirates each steal four bases in a 14-1 victory over the New York Giants .[ 23]
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