1949 MLB season | |
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League | Major League Baseball |
Sport | Baseball |
Duration | April 18 – October 15, 1949 |
Number of games | 154 |
Number of teams | 16 |
Regular season | |
Season MVP | AL: Ted Williams (BSR) NL: Jackie Robinson (BKN) |
AL champions | New York Yankees |
AL runners-up | Boston Red Sox |
NL champions | Brooklyn Dodgers |
NL runners-up | St. Louis Cardinals |
World Series | |
Champions | New York Yankees |
Runners-up | Brooklyn Dodgers |
Finals MVP | Joe Page (NYY) |
MLB seasons | |
The 1949 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 18 through October 15, 1949. Both the American League (AL) and National League (NL) had eight teams, with each team playing a 154-game schedule. The New York Yankees won the World Series over the Brooklyn Dodgers in five games. Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox and Jackie Robinson of the Dodgers won the Most Valuable Player Award in the AL and NL, respectively.
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AL | New York Yankees | 4 | ||
NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | 1 |
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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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American League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
National League | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Starting pitchers: AL: Mel Parnell NL: Warren Spahn WP: Virgil Trucks (1–0) LP: Don Newcombe (0–1) Sv: Vic Raschi (1) Home runs: AL: None NL: Ralph Kiner (1), Stan Musial (1) |
Team | Manager | Comments |
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Boston Red Sox | Joe Cronin | Finished 2nd |
Chicago White Sox | Jack Onslow | |
Cleveland Indians | Lou Boudreau | Finished 3rd |
Detroit Tigers | Red Rolfe | |
New York Yankees | Casey Stengel | Won World Series |
Philadelphia Athletics | Connie Mack | |
St. Louis Browns | Zack Taylor | |
Washington Senators | Joe Kuhel |
Team | Manager | Comments |
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Boston Braves | Billy Southworth and Johnny Cooney | |
Brooklyn Dodgers | Burt Shotton | Won Pennant |
Chicago Cubs | Charlie Grimm and Frankie Frisch | |
Cincinnati Reds | Bucky Walters and Luke Sewell | |
New York Giants | Leo Durocher | |
Philadelphia Phillies | Eddie Sawyer | Finished 3rd |
Pittsburgh Pirates | Billy Meyer | |
St. Louis Cardinals | Eddie Dyer | Finished 2nd |
Team name | Wins | %± | Home attendance | %± | Per game |
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New York Yankees[1] | 97 | 3.2% | 2,283,676 | -3.8% | 29,278 |
Cleveland Indians[2] | 89 | -8.2% | 2,233,771 | -14.8% | 29,010 |
Detroit Tigers[3] | 87 | 11.5% | 1,821,204 | 4.5% | 23,349 |
Brooklyn Dodgers[4] | 97 | 15.5% | 1,633,747 | 16.8% | 20,945 |
Boston Red Sox[5] | 96 | 0.0% | 1,596,650 | 2.4% | 20,736 |
Pittsburgh Pirates[6] | 71 | -14.5% | 1,449,435 | -4.5% | 18,824 |
St. Louis Cardinals[7] | 96 | 12.9% | 1,430,676 | 28.7% | 18,110 |
New York Giants[8] | 73 | -6.4% | 1,218,446 | -16.5% | 15,423 |
Chicago Cubs[9] | 61 | -4.7% | 1,143,139 | -7.6% | 14,846 |
Boston Braves[10] | 75 | -17.6% | 1,081,795 | -25.7% | 14,049 |
Chicago White Sox[11] | 63 | 23.5% | 937,151 | 20.5% | 12,171 |
Philadelphia Phillies[12] | 81 | 22.7% | 819,698 | 6.8% | 10,645 |
Philadelphia Athletics[13] | 81 | -3.6% | 816,514 | -13.6% | 10,604 |
Washington Senators[14] | 50 | -10.7% | 770,745 | -3.1% | 10,010 |
Cincinnati Reds[15] | 62 | -3.1% | 707,782 | -14.0% | 9,074 |
St. Louis Browns[16] | 53 | -10.2% | 270,936 | -19.3% | 3,519 |
1949 MLB season by team
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