Philadelphia (64-75) at Cincinnati (70-72)
3 game series
Tuesday 9/18
Lou Schettler (15-12, 4.77) vs Eddie Stack (16-9, 4.40)
Cincinnati 8 Philadelphia 6:
Bob Farrell HR (7), Baby Doll Jacobson 2-3, 3 RBIs.
Wednesday 9/19
Lefty Williams (6-10, 4.41) vs Spec Harkness (7-7, 3.49)
Cincinnati 5 Philadelphia 3:
Charlie Jamieson 2-3, 2 RBIs.
Thursday 9/20
Walter Johnson (19-14, 4.10) vs Waite Hoyt (15-18, 3.59)
Philadelphia 10 Cincinnati 5:
George Kelly 2-5, GRAND SLAM HR (5), 5 RBIs.
Philadelphia (65-77) at Chicago (71-73)
2 game series
Saturday 9/22
Dolf Luque (4-4, 3.28) vs Burleigh Grimes (20-15, 2.40)
Chicago 3 Philadelphia 2 (10):
Wally Pip scores on a Zach Wheat RBI single in the 10th.
Sunday 9/23
Lou Schettler (15-13, 4.90) vs Harry Moran (17-17, 4.13)
Philadelphia 11 Chicago 6 (11):
Edd Roush 2-5, 3 RBIs.
Frank Brower 3 RBIs.
Philadelphia (66-78) at Pittsburgh (73-72)
3 game series
Monday 9/24
Lefty Williams (6-11, 4.23) vs Wilbur Cooper (3-6, 3.33)
Philadelphia 5 Pittsburgh 1:
Willie Kamm HR (5), 3 RBIs.
Tuesday 9/25
Walter Johnson (20-14, 3.98) vs Nap Rucker (15-17, 3.82)
Pittsburgh 13 Philadelphia 6:
Muddy Ruel 3-5, 4 RBIs. Bob Barrett 3-5, HR (4), 3 RBIs.
Wednesday 9/26
Dolf Luque (4-5, 3.13) vs Syl Johnson (11-8, 3.21)
Philadelphia 5 Pittsburgh 2:
Frank Brower 2-4, HR (18),
Grover Gilmore 2 RBIs.
Boston (71-74) at Philadelphia (68-79)
3 game series
Thursday 9/27
Henry Keupper (17-17, 3.50) vs Lou Schettler (15-13, 4.93)
Boston 8 Philadelphia 3:
Irish Meusel 3-5, GRAND SLAM HR (19), 6 RBIs.
Friday 9/28
Dixie Walker (13-15, 3.45) vs Lefty Williams (7-11, 3.98)
Boston 11 Philadelphia 7:
Harry Hooper 2-5, HR (2), 5 RBIs.
Ken Williams 3-5, 4 RBIs.
Saturday 9/29
Whitey Glazner (1-3, 3.08) vs Walter Johnson (20-15, 4.16)
Boston 6 Philadelphia 5:
Harry Hooper HR (3).
Ken Williams 2-5, HR (26), 2 RBIs.
Philadelphia (68-82) at Brooklyn (82-67)
Single game series
Sunday 9/30
Dolf Luque (5-5, 2.83) vs Hippo Vaughn (5-6, 3.83)
Brooklyn 8 Philadelphia 7 (10)
Al Wingo 4-5, 4 RBIs.
Philadelphia (68-83) at Boston (76-75)
3 game series
Thursday 10/4
Walter Johnson (20-16, 4.21) vs Whitey Glazner (2-3, 3.06)
Boston 5 Philadelphia 2:
Ollie Fuhrman 2-4, 2 RBIs.
Friday 10/5
Lefty Williams (7-11, 4.04) vs Henry Keupper (18-18, 3.61)
Philadelphia 11 Boston 4:
George Kelly 4-5, HR (7), 5 RBIs.
Saturday 10/6
Walter Johnson (20-17, 4.19) vs Roy Witherup (16-13, 3.480
Boston 8 Philadelphia 2:
Ollie Fuhrman 2-5, 3 RBIs.
AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS
| W | L | PCT | GB |
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| St. Louis Browns | 89 | 66 | .574 | - |
| Boston Red Sox | 88 | 67 | .568 | 1.0 |
| Detroit Tigers | 81 | 73 | .526 | 7.5 |
| New York Yankees | 77 | 77 | .500 | 11.5 |
| Washington Senators | 76 | 78 | .494 | 12.5 |
| Chicago White Sox | 74 | 80 | .481 | 14.5 |
| Cleveland Indians | 68 | 86 | .442 | 20.5 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 64 | 90 | .416 | 24.5 |
NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS
| W | L | PCT | GB |
|---|
| Brooklyn Robins | 85 | 69 | .552 | - |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 78 | 76 | .506 | 7.0 |
| New York Giants | 78 | 76 | .506 | 7.0 |
| Boston Braves | 78 | 76 | .506 | 7.0 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 77 | 77 | .500 | 8.0 |
| Chicago Cubs | 76 | 78 | .494 | 9.0 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 75 | 79 | .487 | 10.0 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 69 | 85 | .448 | 16.0 |
LEAGUE LEADERS AVG
| 2 | Rogers Hornsby | SLA | .381 | | 3 | Wid Matthews | BOS | .367 | | 4 | Zack Wheat | CHN | .365 | | 5 | 2 tied with | | .354 | | LEAGUE LEADERS HR
| 2 | Rogers Hornsby | SLA | 28 | | 3 | Joe Hauser | NYA | 27 | | 4 | Ken Williams | PHI | 26 | | 5 | 2 tied with | | 21 | | LEAGUE LEADERS RBI
| 2 | Riggs Stephenson | SLA | 112 | | 3 | Joe Harris | DET | 108 | | 3 | Babe Ruth | PHA | 108 | | 5 | Jack Fournier | NY1 | 106 | |
LEAGUE LEADERS W
| 1 | Wheezer Dell | BOS | 22 | | 1 | Burleigh Grimes | CHN | 22 | | 3 | George Chalmers | DET | 21 | | 3 | Dazzy Vance | NY1 | 21 | | LEAGUE LEADERS ERA
| | Burleigh Grimes - CHN | | 2.38 |
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| 2 | Wheezer Dell | BOS | 2.98 | | 3 | Zip Zabel | CLE | 3.05 | | 4 | Vean Gregg | WS1 | 3.07 | | 5 | Dutch Ruether | BOS | 3.20 | | LEAGUE LEADERS K
| 2 | Lou Schettler | PHI | 134 | | 3 | Marty O'Toole | DET | 128 | | 4 | Vean Gregg | WS1 | 126 | | 5 | George Chalmers | DET | 125 | |
Bottomley Leads NL Hitters
Tuesday, October 9th, 1923
Jim Bottomley of the St. Louis Cardinals wrapped up a very successful season by winning the National League batting crown. He outpaced all comers with his .393 average. For the season, the Cardinals first baseman played in 135 games, collected 218 hits, 21 home runs, scored 96 times, and knocked in 104 runs.
Rogers Hornsby Wins AL Batting Title
Tuesday, October 9th, 1923
Rogers Hornsby of the St. Louis Browns capped a fine season by winning the American League batting crown. He outpaced all others with his .381 average. For the season, the Browns second baseman played in 151 games, collected 238 hits, 28 home runs, scored 123 times, and knocked in 136 runs.
NABL News: Playoffs begin
Tuesday, October 9th, 1923
Playoff baseball is a special time of year. General managers who have struggled all year to steer their club to the promised land love it as they make those final, pivotal roster selections going into the North American Series. For them, this is an elusive, exciting, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to win the North American BaseBall League North American Series. The playoff docket begins with these games today:
Brooklyn Robins versus St. Louis Browns.