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16 teams in AL, NL · 1395 regular-season games · 1949-04-01 to 1949-10-02 · attendance 20,215,365

◀ 1948 1950 ▶

World Series champion

New York Yankees

MVP

Ted Williams AL
Jackie Robinson NL

Rookie of the Year

Roy Sievers AL
Don Newcombe NL

All-Star Games

1949-07-12 at Ebbets Field
1949-08-14 at Comiskey Park I

Hall of Fame class of 1949

Charlie Gehringer, Kid Nichols, Mordecai Brown

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	97	57	.630	—	637	2,283,676	Casey Stengel	World Series
2	Boston Red Sox	96	58	.623	1	667	1,596,650	Joe McCarthy
3	Cleveland Indians	89	65	.578	8	574	2,233,771	Lou Boudreau
4	Detroit Tigers	87	67	.565	10	655	1,821,204	Red Rolfe
5	Philadelphia Athletics	81	73	.526	16	725	816,514	Connie Mack
6	Chicago White Sox	63	91	.409	34	737	937,151	Jack Onslow
7	St. Louis Browns	53	101	.344	44	913	270,936	Zack Taylor
8	Washington Senators	50	104	.325	47	868	770,745	Joe Kuhel

NL

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Brooklyn Dodgers	97	57	.630	—	651	1,633,747	Burt Shotton	Pennant
2	St. Louis Cardinals	96	58	.623	1	616	1,430,676	Eddie Dyer
3	Philadelphia Phillies	81	73	.526	16	668	819,698	Eddie Sawyer
4	Boston Braves	75	79	.487	22	719	1,081,795	Billy Southworth, Johnny Cooney
5	New York Giants	73	81	.474	24	693	1,218,446	Leo Durocher
6	Pittsburgh Pirates	71	83	.461	26	760	1,449,435	Billy Meyer
7	Cincinnati Reds	62	92	.403	35	770	707,782	Bucky Walters, Luke Sewell
8	Chicago Cubs	61	93	.396	36	773	1,143,139	Charlie Grimm, Frankie Frisch

Leaders

AL

HR

1. 43Ted Williams
2. 39Vern Stephens
3. 24Tommy Henrich

RBI

1. 159Ted Williams
2. 159Vern Stephens
3. 133Vic Wertz

AVG

1. .343George Kell
2. .343Ted Williams
3. .324Bob Dillinger

SB

1. 20Bob Dillinger
2. 18Phil Rizzuto
3. 14Elmer Valo

W

1. 25Mel Parnell
2. 23Ellis Kinder
3. 22Bob Lemon

ERA

1. 2.36Mike Garcia
2. 2.77Mel Parnell
3. 2.81Virgil Trucks

SO

1. 153Virgil Trucks
2. 144Hal Newhouser
3. 138Bob Lemon

SV

1. 27Joe Page
2. 10Al Benton
3. 6Tom Ferrick

NL

HR

1. 54Ralph Kiner
2. 36Stan Musial
3. 31Hank Sauer

RBI

1. 127Ralph Kiner
2. 124Jackie Robinson
3. 123Stan Musial

AVG

1. .342Jackie Robinson
2. .338Stan Musial
3. .336Enos Slaughter

SB

1. 37Jackie Robinson
2. 26Pee Wee Reese
3. 12Duke Snider

W

1. 21Warren Spahn
2. 20Howie Pollet
3. 18Ken Raffensberger

ERA

1. 2.50Dave Koslo
2. 2.73Gerry Staley
3. 2.77Howie Pollet

SO

1. 151Warren Spahn
2. 149Don Newcombe
3. 113Larry Jansen

SV

1. 9Ted Wilks
2. 7Nels Potter
3. 7Jim Konstanty