1923 Major League Baseball season

{{See also|Major League Baseball schedule}}

The 1923 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams of their respective league. This continued the format put in place since the {{mlby|1904}} season (except for {{mlby|1919}}) and would be used until {{mlby|1961}} in the American League and {{mlby|1962}} in the National League.

National League Opening Day took place on April 17 with all teams playing, while American League Opening Day took place the following day with all teams playing. The final day of the regular season was on October 7. The World Series took place between October 10 and October 15.

The 1923 season saw the following rule changes:

• A rule was passed preventing the transfer of players from one club to another after June 15 except through the waiver process.{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Chris |title=1922 Winter Meetings: To Meet or Not to Meet – Society for American Baseball Research |url=https://sabr.org/journal/article/1922-to-meet-or-not-to-meet/ |access-date=2025-04-01 |language=en-US}}
• The leagues decided that the major-league draft would begin on the first day of the World Series, in the city where the first World Series game was held.
• Waiver rules were amended to provide that a team asking for and then withdrawing a waiver request on a player must do so within 48 hours or forfeit their rights to the player.
• The barnstorming rule, which had resulted in the suspension of Babe Ruth at the beginning of the season, was amended to prohibit players from participating in exhibition games after October 31 (the American League had already established this rule the previous season).
• During World Series games, Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis and the president or another official of the home team were given the authority to determine when ground conditions were suitable for play, although once a game began, the decision on whether to suspend or postpone games would rest with the umpires.
• Teams would be permitted to carry 40 players on their roster until June 15, instead of the prior May 15 deadline.

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{{1923 American League standings|highlight=New York Yankees}}

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{{1923 National League standings|highlight=New York Giants}}

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The postseason began on October 10 and ended on October 15 with the New York Yankees defeating the New York Giants in the 1923 World Series in six games.

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• League Award: Babe Ruth (NYY)

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• [https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/1923-schedule.shtml 1923 Major League Baseball season schedule at Baseball Reference]

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