1949 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

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A high-level summary of the 1949 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

Season Information

Season

1949

World Series Champions

New York Yankees

Runner Up

Brooklyn Dodgers

Most Valuable Players

AL: Ted Williams NL: Jackie Robinson

Cy Young Winners

AL: NL:

Rookies of the Year

AL: Roy Sievers NL: Don Newcombe

Managers of the Year

AL: NL:

#1 Draft Pick

All-Star Game

Brooklyn,New York

Teams

Players

530

Attendance

20,215,365

Payroll

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1949 Major League Baseball Standings

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Grid Filters		Playoff Team
American League -
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	2	New York Yankees	T - S - R	154	97	57	.630	--	829	637	192	Won World Series (Dodgers)	2,283,676	1	---	Casey Stengel	Yankee Stadium I
2	2	4	Boston Red Sox	T - S - R	154	96	58	.623	1.0	896	667	229	dnq	1,596,650	5	---	Joe McCarthy	Fenway Park
3	3	5	Cleveland Indians	T - S - R	154	89	65	.578	8.0	675	574	101	dnq	2,233,771	2	---	Lou Boudreau	Cleveland Municipal Stadium
4	4	6	Detroit Tigers	T - S - R	154	87	67	.565	10.0	751	655	96	dnq	1,821,204	3	---	Red Rolfe	Briggs Stadium
5	5	8	Philadelphia Athletics	T - S - R	154	81	73	.526	16.0	726	725	1	dnq	816,514	13	---	Connie Mack	Shibe Park
6	6	12	Chicago White Sox	T - S - R	154	63	91	.409	34.0	648	737	-89	dnq	937,151	11	---	Jack Onslow	Comiskey Park
7	7	15	St. Louis Browns	T - S - R	154	53	101	.344	44.0	666	913	-247	dnq	270,936	16	---	Zack Taylor	Sportsman's Park
8	8	16	Washington Senators I	T - S - R	154	50	104	.325	47.0	584	868	-284	dnq	770,745	14	---	Joe Kuhel	Griffith Stadium
National League -
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	Brooklyn Dodgers	T - S - R	154	97	57	.630	--	879	651	228	Lost World Series (Yankees)	1,633,747	4	---	Burt Shotton	Ebbets Field
2	2	3	St. Louis Cardinals	T - S - R	154	96	58	.623	1.0	766	615	151	dnq	1,430,676	7	---	Eddie Dyer	Sportsman's Park
3	3	7	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R	154	81	73	.526	16.0	662	668	-6	dnq	819,698	12	---	Eddie Sawyer	Shibe Park
4	4	9	Boston Braves	T - S - R	154	75	79	.487	22.0	706	719	-13	dnq	1,081,795	10	---	Billy Southworth, Johnny Cooney	Braves Field
5	5	10	New York Giants	T - S - R	154	73	81	.474	24.0	736	691	45	dnq	1,218,446	8	---	Leo Durocher	Polo Grounds
6	6	11	Pittsburgh Pirates	T - S - R	154	71	83	.461	26.0	681	765	-84	dnq	1,449,435	6	Roy Hamey	Billy Meyer	Forbes Field
7	7	13	Cincinnati Reds	T - S - R	154	62	92	.403	35.0	627	767	-140	dnq	707,782	15	---	Bucky Walters, Luke Sewell	Crosley Field
8	8	14	Chicago Cubs	T - S - R	154	61	93	.396	36.0	593	770	-177	dnq	1,143,139	9	---	Frankie Frisch, Charlie Grimm	Wrigley Field
16 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

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