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

Contents 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 4.1 January-April 4.2 May-August 4.3 September-December 5 Deaths

[edit] Champions

[edit] Major League Baseball

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

[edit] Major league baseball final standings

[edit] 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

[edit] National League final standings

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] Events

• September 18 - Chick Fraser pitches a no-hitter for the Philadelphia Phillies in the second game of a doubleheader 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.

[edit] Births

[edit] January-April

• January 3 - Herb Bradley
• January 14 - Russ Scarritt
• January 15 - Tom Oliver
• February 10 - Johnny Lucas
• February 12 - Chick Hafey
• February 21 - Tom Yawkey
• March 5 - Chick Autry
• April 6 - Mickey Cochrane
• April 8 - Frank Mulroney
• April 16 - Paul Waner
• April 24 - Jimmy Moore
• April 25 - John Wilson

[edit] May-August

• May 11 - Charlie Gehringer
• May 17 - Cool Papa Bell
• June 9 - Mike Ryba
• June 17 - Ben Shields
• June 19 - Lou Gehrig
• June 22 - Carl Hubbell
• August 6 - Hal Wiltse
• August 13 - Steve Swetonic

[edit] September-December

• September 1 - Freddie Moncewicz
• September 7 - Al Van Camp
• September 28 - Jim Brillheart
• October 9 - Walter O'Malley
• November 2 - Travis Jackson
• November 4 - Guy Morton
• November 13 - Si Rosenthal
• December 6 - Tony Lazzeri
• December 12 - Bill Moore
• December 14 - Jim Moore

[edit] 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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