1942 Major League Baseball season

The 1942 Major League Baseball season saw the St. Louis Cardinals defeat the New York Yankees in the World Series.

This article is about the 1942 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1942 in baseball.
1942 MLB season
LeagueMajor League Baseball
SportBaseball
DurationApril 14 – October 5, 1942
Regular season
Season championsAL: New York Yankees
NL: St. Louis Cardinals
Season MVPAL: Joe Gordon (NYY)
NL: Mort Cooper (SLC)
World Series
ChampionsSt. Louis Cardinals
  Runners-upNew York Yankees

Awards and honors

Major league baseball final standings

American League final standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10351 0.669 — 58–19 45–32
Boston Red Sox 9359 0.612 9 53–24 40–35
St. Louis Browns 8269 0.543 19½ 40–37 42–32
Cleveland Indians 7579 0.487 28 39–39 36–40
Detroit Tigers 7381 0.474 30 43–34 30–47
Chicago White Sox 6682 0.446 34 35–35 31–47
Washington Senators 6289 0.411 39½ 35–42 27–47
Philadelphia Athletics 5599 0.357 48 25–51 30–48

National League final standings
National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 10648 0.688 — 60–17 46–31
Brooklyn Dodgers 10450 0.675 2 57–22 47–28
New York Giants 8567 0.559 20 47–31 38–36
Cincinnati Reds 7676 0.500 29 38–39 38–37
Pittsburgh Pirates 6681 0.449 36½ 41–34 25–47
Chicago Cubs 6886 0.442 38 36–41 32–45
Boston Braves 5989 0.399 44 33–36 26–53
Philadelphia Phillies 42109 0.278 62½ 23–51 19–58

Managers

American League
Team Manager Comments
Boston Red Sox Joe Cronin
Chicago White Sox Jimmy Dykes
Cleveland Indians Roger Peckinpaugh
Detroit Tigers Del Baker
New York Yankees Joe McCarthy
Philadelphia Athletics Connie Mack
St. Louis Browns Luke Sewell
Washington Senators Bucky Harris

National League
Team Manager Comments
Boston Braves Casey Stengel
Brooklyn Dodgers Leo Durocher
Chicago Cubs Jimmie Wilson
Cincinnati Reds Bill McKechnie
New York Giants Bill Terry
Philadelphia Phillies Hans Lobert
Pittsburgh Pirates Frankie Frisch
St. Louis Cardinals Billy Southworth

Feats

The Philadelphia Athletics set a record for the fewest runs batted in during a season, with only 354.[1]

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References
  1. "Runs Batted In – Single Season RBI Records". baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved June 6, 2012.


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