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28 teams in AL, NAL, NL, NN2 · 1246 regular-season games · 1941-04-14 to 1941-09-28 · attendance 9,689,603

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World Series champion

New York Yankees

MVP

Joe DiMaggio AL
Dolph Camilli NL

All-Star Games

1941-07-08 at Tiger Stadium
1941-07-27 at Comiskey Park I

Postseason

Round	Result	Games
World Series	New York Yankees 4–1 Brooklyn Dodgers	5

Standings

AL

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	New York Yankees	101	53	.656	—	631	964,722	Joe McCarthy	World Series
2	Boston Red Sox	84	70	.545	17	750	718,497	Joe Cronin
3	Chicago White Sox	77	77	.500	24	649	677,077	Jimmy Dykes
4	Cleveland Indians	75	79	.487	26	668	745,948	Roger Peckinpaugh
4	Detroit Tigers	75	79	.487	26	743	684,915	Del Baker
6	St. Louis Browns	70	84	.455	31	823	176,240	Fred Haney, Luke Sewell
6	Washington Senators	70	84	.455	31	798	415,663	Bucky Harris
8	Philadelphia Athletics	64	90	.416	37	840	528,894	Connie Mack

NL

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Brooklyn Dodgers	100	54	.649	—	581	1,214,910	Leo Durocher	Pennant
2	St. Louis Cardinals	97	56	.634	2.5	589	633,645	Billy Southworth
3	Cincinnati Reds	88	66	.571	12	564	643,513	Bill McKechnie
4	Pittsburgh Pirates	81	73	.526	19	643	482,241	Frankie Frisch
5	New York Giants	74	79	.484	25.5	706	763,098	Bill Terry
6	Chicago Cubs	70	84	.455	30	670	545,159	Jimmie Wilson
7	Boston Braves	62	92	.403	38	720	263,680	Casey Stengel
8	Philadelphia Phillies	43	111	.279	57	793	231,401	Doc Prothro

Negro American League

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Manager
1	Kansas City Monarchs	39	16	.709	—	134	Newt Allen	Pennant
2	Birmingham Black Barons	30	20	.600	6.5	111	Winfield Welch
3	Memphis Red Sox	28	27	.509	11	77	Ted Radcliffe
4	St. Louis-New Orleans Stars	18	23	.439	14	129	George Mitchell
5	Jacksonville Red Caps	14	27	.341	18	61	Alonzo Mitchell
6	Chicago American Giants	12	28	.300	19.5	104	Candy Jim Taylor

Negro National League (II)

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Manager
1	Homestead Grays	26	18	.591	2.5	248	Vic Harris	Pennant
2	Baltimore Elite Giants	27	14	.659	—	228	Felton Snow
3	Newark Eagles	21	15	.583	3.5	339	Biz Mackey
4	New York Cubans	14	15	.483	7	262	José María Fernández
5	New York Black Yankees	12	21	.364	11	226	Tex Burnett
6	Philadelphia Stars	13	30	.302	15	303	Roy Parnell, Oscar Charleston

Leaders

AL

RBI

AVG

ERA

NL

RBI

AVG

ERA

No-hitters

Lon Warneke, St. Louis Cardinals vs. Cincinnati Reds, 1941-08-30

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