1941 MLB season | |
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League | American League (AL) National League (NL) |
Sport | Baseball |
Duration | Regular season:
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Number of games | 154 |
Number of teams | 16 (8 per league) |
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 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]