1941 Major League Baseball season

1941 MLB season
LeagueAmerican League (AL)
National League (NL)
SportBaseball
DurationRegular season:
  • April 14 – September 28, 1941 (AL)
  • April 15 – September 28, 1941 (NL)
World Series:
  • October 1–6, 1941
Number of games154
Number of teams16 (8 per league)
Regular season
Season MVPAL: Joe DiMaggio (NYY)
NL: Dolph Camilli (BKN)
AL championsNew York Yankees
  AL runners-upBoston Red Sox
NL championsBrooklyn Dodgers
  NL runners-upSt. Louis Cardinals
World Series
ChampionsNew York Yankees
  Runners-upBrooklyn Dodgers
Locations of teams for the 1941 American League season
American League
Walt Judnich, circa 1941

The 1941 major league baseball season began on April 14, 1941. The regular season ended on September 28, with the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Yankees as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the 38th World Series on October 1 and ended with Game 5 on October 6. The Yankees defeated the Dodgers, four games to one.

The ninth Major League Baseball All-Star Game was played on July 8, hosted by the Detroit Tigers at Briggs Stadium in Detroit, Michigan, with the American League winning, 7–5.

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]

  1. ^ Creamer, Robert (1991). Baseball in '41: A Celebration of the "Best Baseball Season Ever". Viking Press. ISBN 0670833746.

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