1939 MLB season | |
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League | Major League Baseball |
Sport | Baseball |
Duration | April 17 – October 8, 1939 |
Number of games | 154 |
Number of teams | 16 |
Regular season | |
Season MVP | AL: Joe DiMaggio (NYY) NL: Bucky Walters (CIN) |
AL champions | New York Yankees |
AL runners-up | Boston Red Sox |
NL champions | Cincinnati Reds |
NL runners-up | St. Louis Cardinals |
World Series | |
Champions | New York Yankees |
Runners-up | Cincinnati Reds |
The 1939 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 17 to October 8, 1939. The Cincinnati Reds and New York Yankees were the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The Yankees then defeated the Reds in the World Series, four games to none. The Yankees became the first team to win the World Series four years in a row.
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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 | Cincinnati Reds | 0 |
Team | Manager | Comments |
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Boston Red Sox | Joe Cronin | Finished 2nd |
Chicago White Sox | Jimmy Dykes | |
Cleveland Indians | Ossie Vitt | Finished 3rd |
Detroit Tigers | Del Baker | |
New York Yankees | Joe McCarthy | Won 4th straight World Series |
Philadelphia Athletics | Connie Mack | |
St. Louis Browns | Fred Haney | |
Washington Senators | Bucky Harris |
Team | Manager | Comments |
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Boston Braves | Casey Stengel | |
Brooklyn Dodgers | Leo Durocher | Finished 3rd |
Chicago Cubs | Gabby Hartnett | |
Cincinnati Reds | Bill McKechnie | Won NL pennant |
New York Giants | Bill Terry | |
Philadelphia Phillies | Doc Prothro | |
Pittsburgh Pirates | Pie Traynor | |
St. Louis Cardinals | Ray Blades | Finished 2nd |
Team name | Wins | %± | Home attendance | %± | Per game |
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Cincinnati Reds[1] | 97 | 18.3% | 981,443 | 38.9% | 12,117 |
Brooklyn Dodgers[2] | 84 | 21.7% | 955,668 | 44.1% | 12,252 |
New York Yankees[3] | 106 | 7.1% | 859,785 | -11.4% | 11,166 |
Detroit Tigers[4] | 81 | -3.6% | 836,279 | 4.6% | 10,722 |
Chicago Cubs[5] | 84 | -5.6% | 726,663 | -23.6% | 9,083 |
New York Giants[6] | 77 | -7.2% | 702,457 | -12.2% | 9,493 |
Chicago White Sox[7] | 85 | 30.8% | 594,104 | 75.6% | 7,716 |
Boston Red Sox[8] | 89 | 1.1% | 573,070 | -11.4% | 7,641 |
Cleveland Indians[9] | 87 | 1.2% | 563,926 | -13.5% | 7,324 |
St. Louis Cardinals[10] | 92 | 29.6% | 400,245 | 37.3% | 5,066 |
Philadelphia Athletics[11] | 55 | 3.8% | 395,022 | 2.5% | 5,198 |
Pittsburgh Pirates[12] | 68 | -20.9% | 376,734 | -41.2% | 4,893 |
Washington Senators[13] | 65 | -13.3% | 339,257 | -35.1% | 4,406 |
Boston Bees[14] | 63 | -18.2% | 285,994 | -16.2% | 3,918 |
Philadelphia Phillies[15] | 45 | 0.0% | 277,973 | 67.3% | 3,756 |
St. Louis Browns[16] | 43 | -21.8% | 109,159 | -16.3% | 1,399 |