1941 MLB season | |
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League | Major League Baseball |
Sport | Baseball |
Duration | April 14 – October 6, 1941 |
Number of games | 154 |
Number of teams | 16 |
Regular season | |
Season MVP | AL: Joe DiMaggio (NYY) NL: Dolph Camilli (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 |
The 1941 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 14 to October 6, 1941. The Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Yankees were the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The Yankees then defeated the Dodgers in the World Series, four games to one.
In addition to a five-game World Series between New York City teams, highlights of the season included Ted Williams batting .406, and Joe DiMaggio having a 56-game hitting streak; it has been called the "best baseball season ever".[1]
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American League[edit]
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National League[edit]
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World Series | ||||
AL | New York Yankees | 4 | ||
NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | 1 |
Team name | Wins | %± | Home attendance | %± | Per game |
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Brooklyn Dodgers[2] | 100 | 13.6% | 1,214,910 | 24.5% | 15,379 |
New York Yankees[3] | 101 | 14.8% | 964,722 | -2.5% | 12,368 |
New York Giants[4] | 74 | 2.8% | 763,098 | 2.0% | 9,783 |
Cleveland Indians[5] | 75 | -15.7% | 745,948 | -17.4% | 9,688 |
Boston Red Sox[6] | 84 | 2.4% | 718,497 | 0.3% | 9,331 |
Detroit Tigers[7] | 75 | -16.7% | 684,915 | -38.4% | 8,895 |
Chicago White Sox[8] | 77 | -6.1% | 677,077 | 2.5% | 8,571 |
Cincinnati Reds[9] | 88 | -12.0% | 643,513 | -24.3% | 8,146 |
St. Louis Cardinals[10] | 97 | 15.5% | 633,645 | 95.5% | 8,021 |
Chicago Cubs[11] | 70 | -6.7% | 545,159 | 1.9% | 7,080 |
Philadelphia Athletics[12] | 64 | 18.5% | 528,894 | 22.4% | 6,869 |
Pittsburgh Pirates[13] | 81 | 3.8% | 482,241 | -5.1% | 6,183 |
Washington Senators[14] | 70 | 9.4% | 415,663 | 9.0% | 5,329 |
Boston Braves[15] | 62 | -4.6% | 263,680 | 9.1% | 3,469 |
Philadelphia Phillies[16] | 43 | -14.0% | 231,401 | 11.7% | 3,045 |
St. Louis Browns[17] | 70 | 4.5% | 176,240 | -26.4% | 2,231 |