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This article is about the 1903 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1903 in baseball.

The 1903 Major League Baseball season saw the relocation of the Baltimore Orioles to New York, and become the Highlanders, the last relocation in MLB until 1953, when the Boston Braves moved to Milwaukee, along with the playing of the first modern World Series with the Boston Americans defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates.^[1]

1903 Boston vs Chicago at Huntington Avenue Grounds

[edit] Major league baseball final standings

American League
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	3 0.5
8th	Washington Senators	43	94	.314	47.5

National League
Rank	Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB

1st	Pittsburgh Pirates	91	49	.650	--
2nd	New York Giants	84	55	.604	6.5
3rd	Chicago Cubs	82	56	.594	8.0
4th	Cincinnati Reds	74	65	.532	16.5
5th	Brooklyn Superbas	70	66	.515	19.0
6th	Boston Beaneaters	58	80	.420	32.0
7th	Philadelphia Phillies	49	86	.363	39.5
8th	St. Louis Cardinals	43	94	.314	46.5

[edit] Post-season

Main article: 1903 World Series

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Pittsburgh Pirates - 7, Boston Americans - 3	October 1	Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds	16,242
2	Pittsburgh Pirates - 0, Boston Americans - 3	October 2	Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds	9,415
3	Pittsburgh Pirates - 4, Boston Americans - 2	October 3	Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds	18,801
4	Boston Americans - 4, Pittsburgh Pirates - 5	October 6	Exposition Park III	7,600
5	Boston Americans - 11, Pittsburgh Pirates - 2	October 7	Exposition Park III	12,322
6	Boston Americans - 6, Pittsburgh Pirates - 3	October 8	Exposition Park III	11,556
7	Boston Americans - 7, Pittsburgh Pirates - 3	October 10	Exposition Park III	17,038
8	Pittsburgh Pirates - 0, Boston Americans - 3	October 13	Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds	7,455

[edit] League Leaders^[2]

Note: AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Walks; SO = Strike outs; SB = Stolen bases; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; CG = Complete games; SH = Shutouts; IP = Innings pitched; K = Strike outs

[edit] Batting

Stat	Player	Team
AB - 579	Patsy Dougherty	Americans
R - 101	Patsy Dougherty	Americans
H - 184	Patsy Dougherty	Americans
2B - 45	Socks Seybold	Athletics
3B - 25	Sam Crawford	Tigers
HR - 12	Buck Freeman	Americans
RBI - 97	Buck Freeman	Americans
BB - 70	Jimmy Barrett	Tigers
SO - 0	Buck Freeman	Americans
SB - 40	Harry Bay	Naps

[edit] Pitching

Stat	Player	Team
W - 23	Cy Young	Americans
L - 22	Patsy Flaherty	White Sox
ERA - 1.74	Earl Moore	Naps
CG - 34	Bill Donovan, Cy Young, Rube Waddell	Tigers, Americans, Athletics
SH - 7	Cy Young	Americans
IP - 336	Cy Young	Americans
K - 187	Rube Waddell	Athletics

[edit] Notes

^ "History of the World Series - 1903". SportingNews.com. http://www.sportingnews.com/archives/worldseries/1903.html. Retrieved 2006-09-03.
^ http://thebaseballcube.com/leagues/1903/MLB-AL.shtml

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[0] "History of the World Series - 1903". SportingNews.com. http://www.sportingnews.com/archives/worldseries/1903.html. Retrieved 2006-09-03.

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