1919 Major League Baseball season


The 1919 Major League Baseball season, is best remembered for the Black Sox Scandal, in which the Chicago White Sox threw the World Series to the Cincinnati Reds, 5–3, in order to illegally gain money from gambling. This scandal resulted in commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis banning eight players from baseball for life. The season began on April 19, 1919, when the Brooklyn Robins defeated the Boston Braves 5–2 at Braves Field in the first game of a double header. The regular season ended on September 29 with the New York Yankees defeating the Philadelphia Athletics 4–2 at Shibe Park, with the infamous 1919 World Series opening two days later in Cincinnati.

Regular Season standings

World Series

League Leaders

American League

Batting leaders

Pitching leaders

National League

Batting leaders

Pitching leaders

Significant Events

Field managers

Off-season changes

Only one team announced a new manager in the offseason:
DateTeamNew managerReplacedFormer job
January 30Cincinnati RedsPat MoranChristy MathewsonWon the 1915 World Series as manager of the Philadelphia Phillies.

Regular Season changes

One team replaced their manager during the season:
DateTeamNew ManagerReplacedPrevious Job
July 8Philadelphia PhilliesGavvy CravathJack CoombsPlayed right field for the Philadelphia Phillies