1948 MLB season | |
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League | Major League Baseball |
Sport | Baseball |
Duration | April 19 – October 11, 1948 |
Number of games | 154 |
Number of teams | 16 |
Regular season | |
Season MVP | AL: Lou Boudreau (CLE) NL: Stan Musial (SLC) |
AL champions | Cleveland Indians |
AL runners-up | Boston Red Sox |
NL champions | Boston Braves |
NL runners-up | St. Louis Cardinals |
World Series | |
Champions | Cleveland Indians |
Runners-up | Boston Braves |
The 1948 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 19 to October 11, 1948. The Boston Braves and Cleveland Indians were the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The Indians won the American League title via a tie-breaker game victory over the Boston Red Sox, after both teams finished their 154-game schedules with identical 96–58 records. The Indians then defeated the Braves in the World Series, four games to two.
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Cleveland Indians | 97 | 58 | .626 | — | 48–30 | 49–28 |
Boston Red Sox | 96 | 59 | .619 | 1 | 55–23 | 41–36 |
New York Yankees | 94 | 60 | .610 | 2½ | 50–27 | 44–33 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 84 | 70 | .545 | 12½ | 36–41 | 48–29 |
Detroit Tigers | 78 | 76 | .506 | 18½ | 39–38 | 39–38 |
St. Louis Browns | 59 | 94 | .386 | 37 | 34–42 | 25–52 |
Washington Senators | 56 | 97 | .366 | 40 | 29–48 | 27–49 |
Chicago White Sox | 51 | 101 | .336 | 44½ | 27–48 | 24–53 |
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Boston Braves | 91 | 62 | .595 | — | 45–31 | 46–31 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 85 | 69 | .552 | 6½ | 44–33 | 41–36 |
Brooklyn Dodgers | 84 | 70 | .545 | 7½ | 36–41 | 48–29 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 83 | 71 | .539 | 8½ | 47–31 | 36–40 |
New York Giants | 78 | 76 | .506 | 13½ | 37–40 | 41–36 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 66 | 88 | .429 | 25½ | 32–44 | 34–44 |
Cincinnati Reds | 64 | 89 | .418 | 27 | 32–45 | 32–44 |
Chicago Cubs | 64 | 90 | .416 | 27½ | 35–42 | 29–48 |
World Series | ||||
AL | Cleveland Indians | 4 | ||
NL | Boston Braves | 2 |
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Team | Manager | Comments |
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Boston Red Sox | Joe Cronin | Finished 2nd, lost 1 game playoff to Cleveland |
Chicago White Sox | Ted Lyons | |
Cleveland Indians | Lou Boudreau | Won World Series |
Detroit Tigers | Del Baker | |
New York Yankees | Bucky Harris | Finished 3rd |
Philadelphia Athletics | Connie Mack | |
St. Louis Browns | Zack Taylor | |
Washington Senators | Joe Kuhel |
Team | Manager | Comments |
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Boston Braves | Billy Southworth | Won Pennant |
Brooklyn Dodgers | Burt Shotton | Finished 3rd |
Chicago Cubs | Charlie Grimm | |
Cincinnati Reds | Johnny Neun and Bucky Walters | |
New York Giants | Mel Ott and Leo Durocher | |
Philadelphia Phillies | Ben Chapman and Eddie Sawyer | |
Pittsburgh Pirates | Billy Meyer | |
St. Louis Cardinals | Eddie Dyer | Finished 2nd |
Team name | Wins | %± | Home attendance | %± | Per game |
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Cleveland Indians [1] | 97 | 21.3% | 2,620,627 | 72.2% | 33,172 |
New York Yankees [2] | 94 | -3.1% | 2,373,901 | 8.9% | 30,830 |
Detroit Tigers [3] | 78 | -8.2% | 1,743,035 | 24.7% | 22,637 |
Boston Red Sox [4] | 96 | 15.7% | 1,558,798 | 9.2% | 19,985 |
Pittsburgh Pirates [5] | 83 | 33.9% | 1,517,021 | 18.2% | 18,963 |
New York Giants [6] | 78 | -3.7% | 1,459,269 | -8.8% | 18,952 |
Boston Braves [7] | 91 | 5.8% | 1,455,439 | 13.9% | 19,151 |
Brooklyn Dodgers [8] | 84 | -10.6% | 1,398,967 | -22.6% | 17,935 |
Chicago Cubs [9] | 64 | -7.2% | 1,237,792 | -9.3% | 15,869 |
St. Louis Cardinals [10] | 85 | -4.5% | 1,111,440 | -10.9% | 14,434 |
Philadelphia Athletics [11] | 84 | 7.7% | 945,076 | 3.7% | 12,274 |
Cincinnati Reds [12] | 64 | -12.3% | 823,386 | -8.5% | 10,693 |
Washington Senators [13] | 56 | -12.5% | 795,254 | -6.5% | 10,196 |
Chicago White Sox [14] | 51 | -27.1% | 777,844 | -11.3% | 10,235 |
Philadelphia Phillies [15] | 66 | 6.5% | 767,429 | -15.4% | 10,098 |
St. Louis Browns [16] | 59 | 0.0% | 335,564 | 4.7% | 4,415 |
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