1948 Major League Baseball season

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1948 MLB season
League Major League Baseball
Sport Baseball
DurationApril 19 – October 11, 1948
Number of games154
Number of teams16
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
MLB seasons

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.

Contents

Awards and honors

Standings

Postseason

Bracket

World Series
   
AL Cleveland Indians 4
NL Boston Braves 2

League leaders

American League

National League

Managers

American League

TeamManagerComments
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

National League

TeamManagerComments
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

Home field attendance

Team nameWins%±Home attendance%±Per game
Cleveland Indians [1] 9721.3%2,620,62772.2%33,172
New York Yankees [2] 94-3.1%2,373,9018.9%30,830
Detroit Tigers [3] 78-8.2%1,743,03524.7%22,637
Boston Red Sox [4] 9615.7%1,558,7989.2%19,985
Pittsburgh Pirates [5] 8333.9%1,517,02118.2%18,963
New York Giants [6] 78-3.7%1,459,269-8.8%18,952
Boston Braves [7] 915.8%1,455,43913.9%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] 847.7%945,0763.7%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] 666.5%767,429-15.4%10,098
St. Louis Browns [16] 590.0%335,5644.7%4,415

See also

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