1903 Major League Baseball season

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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 held the first modern World Series with the Boston Americans defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates.^[1]

[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] Notes

^ History of the World Series - 1903 (html). SportingNews.com. Retrieved on 2006-09-03.

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