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This article is about the 1948 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1948 in baseball.

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.

Awards and honors

Standings

American League

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
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

National League

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
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

Postseason

Bracket

World Series
   
AL Cleveland Indians 4
NL Boston Braves 2

League leaders

American League

National League

Managers

American League

Team Manager Comments
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

Team Manager Comments
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 name Wins %± Home attendance %± Per game
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

See also

References

  1. ^ "Cleveland Indians Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  2. ^ "New York Yankees Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  3. ^ "Detroit Tigers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  4. ^ "Boston Red Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  5. ^ "Pittsburgh Pirates Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  6. ^ "San Francisco Giants Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  7. ^ "Atlanta Braves Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  8. ^ "Los Angeles Dodgers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  9. ^ "Chicago Cubs Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  10. ^ "St. Louis Cardinals Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  11. ^ "Oakland Athletics Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  12. ^ "Cincinnati Reds Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  13. ^ "Minnesota Twins Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  14. ^ "Chicago White Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  15. ^ "Oakland Athletics Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  16. ^ "Baltimore Orioles Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.

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