1942 in baseball

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The following are the baseball events of the year 1942 throughout the world.  

This year in baseball

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Early Years

1869 • 1845-1868

See also

Baseball Major League Baseball Minor league baseball Negro league baseball Japanese baseball 1942 in sports

Sources

Baseball Hall of Fame Baseball Almanac Baseball Library Baseball Reference National Pastime The Deadball Era

Contents 1 Champions 1.1 Major League Baseball 1.2 Other champions 2 Awards and honors 3 MLB Statistical Leaders 4 Major League Baseball final standings 4.1 American League final standings 4.2 National League final standings 5 Events 5.1 January-March 5.2 April-June 5.3 July-September 5.4 October-December 6 Movies 7 Births 7.1 January-March 7.2 April-June 7.3 July-September 7.4 October-December 8 Deaths

[edit] Champions

[edit] Major League Baseball

• World Series: St. Louis Cardinals over New York Yankees (4-1)
• All-Star Game, July 6 at Polo Grounds: American League, 3-1

[edit] Other champions

• Negro League World Series: Kansas City Monarchs over Homestead Grays (4-0)
• Negro League Baseball All-Star Game: East, 5-2
• Minor leagues
  • Northern League: Winnipeg Maroons

[edit] Awards and honors

• Most Valuable Player
  • Joe Gordon (AL) - New York Yankees (2B)
  • Mort Cooper (NL) - St. Louis Cardinals (P)
• The Sporting News Player of the Year Award
  • Ted Williams - Boston Red Sox (LF)
• The Sporting News Most Valuable Player Award
  • Joe Gordon (AL) - New York Yankees (2B)
  • Mort Cooper (NL) - St. Louis Cardinals (P)
• The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award
  • Billy Southworth - St. Louis Cardinals

[edit] MLB Statistical Leaders   American League National League Type Name Stat Name Stat AVG Ted Williams BOS .356 Ernie Lombardi BSN .330 HR Ted Williams BOS 36 Mel Ott NYG 30 RBI Ted Williams BOS 137 Johnny Mize NYG 110 Wins Tex Hughson BOS 22 Mort Cooper STL 22 ERA Ted Lyons CWS 2.10 Mort Cooper STL 1.78 Ks Tex Hughson BOS 113 Johnny Vander Meer BSN 186

Ted Williams was MLB Triple Crown winner.

[edit] Major League Baseball final standings

[edit] American League final standings

American League Rank Club Wins Losses Win %   GB 1st New York Yankees 103   51 .669    -- 2nd Boston Red Sox 93   59 .565   9 3rd St. Louis Browns 82   69 .543   19.5 4th Cleveland Indians 75   79 .487   28 5th Detroit Tigers 73   81 .503 30 6th Chicago White Sox 66   82 .446 34 7th Washington Senators 62 89 .411 39.5 8th Philadelphia Athletics 55 99 .357 48.0

[edit] National League final standings

National League Rank Club Wins Losses Win %   GB 1st St. Louis Cardinals 106   48 .688    -- 2nd Brooklyn Dodgers 104   50 .675   2 3rd New York Giants 85   67 .559   20 4th Cincinnati Reds 76   76 .500   29 5th Pittsburgh Pirates 66   81 .449 36.5 6th Chicago Cubs 68   86 .442 38.0 7th Boston Braves 59 89 .399 44.0 8th Philadelphia Phillies 42 109 .278 62.5

[edit] Events

[edit] January-March

• March 18 - Jackie Robinson and Nate Moreland request try-outs with the White Sox. Jimmie Dykes later fails to make either an offer.

[edit] April-June

• June 2 - Ted Williams enlists in the United States Navy.

[edit] July-September

• July 19 - Boston Red Sox pitcher Mike Ryba catches both games of a doubleheader against the Cleveland Indians at Fenway Park.
• September 11 - Chicago Cubs catcher Paul Gillespie homers in his first major league at bat. In 1945 he will homer in his final major league at bat and become the only player in MLB history to do both.

[edit] October-December

[edit] Movies

• The Pride of the Yankees

[edit] Births

[edit] January-March

• January 7 - Jim Lefebvre
• January 14 - Dave Campbell
• February 4 - Joe Sparma
• February 8 - Fritz Peterson
• February 12 - Pat Dobson
• March 8 - Dick Allen
• March 9 - Bert Campaneris
• March 12 - Jimmy Wynn
• March 24 - Jesus Alou
• March 26 - Mel Queen

[edit] April-June

• April 4 - Jim Fregosi
• April 7 - Tom Phoebus
• April 8 - José Herrera
• April 13 - Ike Brown
• April 16 - Jim Lonborg
• April 18 - Steve Blass
• May 12 - Ted Kubiak
• May 14 - Tony Pérez
• June 1 - Randy Hundley
• June 1 - Ken McMullen
• June 3 - Duane Josephson

[edit] July-September

• July 4 - Hal Lanier
• July 17 - Don Kessinger
• July 20 - Mickey Stanley
• July 21 - Mike Hegan
• August 4 - Angel Bravo
• August 4 - Cleon Jones
• August 9 - Tommie Agee
• August 29 - Dan Schneider
• September 5 - Dave Morehead
• September 8 - Steve Hargan
• September 21 - Sam McDowell
• September 23 - Jim Rooker
• September 23 - Woody Woodward
• September 28 - Grant Jackson

[edit] October-December

• October 6 - Jerry Grote
• October 13 - Bob Bailey
• October 18 - Willie Horton
• October 22 - Cecil Upshaw
• October 31 - Dave McNally
• November 2- Ron Reed
• November 19 - Larry Haney
• December 7 - Alex Johnson
• December 13 - Ferguson Jenkins
• December 23 - Jerry Koosman
• December 27 - Byron Browne

[edit] Deaths

• January 22 - Louis Santop, 52, star catcher in the Negro Leagues who was among the sport's earliest home run sluggers
• June 26 - Gene Stack, 24, minor league pitcher with the White Sox who was the first player on a major league roster to be drafted for WWII service
• July 20 - Rap Dixon, 39, All-Star outfielder in the Negro Leagues
• December 6 - Amos Rusie, 71, pitcher who won 245 games by age 27 in a 10-year career (1889-98), mainly with the New York Giants; led NL in ERA twice and in strikeouts five times, twice topping 300; his powerful delivery was major reason for 1893 change in pitching distance from 50 feet to 60 feet 6 inches