1941 World Series

1941 World Series

Team (Wins)	Manager	Season
New York Yankees (4)	Joe McCarthy	101–53, .656, GA: 17
Brooklyn Dodgers (1)	Leo Durocher	100–54, .649, GA: 2 ¹⁄₂

Dates:

October 1–6

Radio:

Mutual

Radio announcers:

Red Barber and Bob Elson

Umpires:

Bill McGowan (AL), Babe Pinelli (NL), Bill Grieve (AL), Larry Goetz (NL)

Hall of Famers:

Yankees: Joe McCarthy (mgr.), Bill Dickey, Joe DiMaggio, Joe Gordon, Phil Rizzuto, Red Ruffing
Dodgers: Leo Durocher (mgr.), Billy Herman, Joe Medwick, Pee Wee Reese

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The 1941 World Series matched the New York Yankees against the Brooklyn Dodgers, with the Yankees winning in five games to capture their fifth title in six years, and their ninth overall.

The name "Subway Series" arose for a World Series played between two New York City teams. The series was punctuated by the Dodgers' Mickey Owen's dropped third strike of a sharply breaking curveball (a suspected spitball) pitched by Hugh Casey in the ninth inning of Game 4. The play led to a Yankees rally and brought them one win away from another championship.

The Yankees were back after a one-year hiatus, having won 13 of their last 14 Series games and 28 of their last 31.

This was the first Subway Series between the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Yankees, who had already faced the crosstown New York Giants five times, and the Series was now 1–0 in favor of the Bronx Bombers. These two teams would meet a total of seven times from 1941–1956 — the Dodgers' only victory coming in 1955 — with an additional four matchups after the Dodgers left for Los Angeles, most recently in 1981.

1 Summary
2 Matchups
3 Composite box
4 Notes
5 References
6 External links

Summary

AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL Brooklyn Dodgers (1)

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 1	Brooklyn Dodgers – 2, New York Yankees – 3	Yankee Stadium (I)	2:08	68,540^[1]
2	October 2	Brooklyn Dodgers – 3, New York Yankees – 2	Yankee Stadium (I)	2:31	66,248^[2]
3	October 4	New York Yankees – 2, Brooklyn Dodgers – 1	Ebbets Field	2:22	33,100^[3]
4	October 5	New York Yankees – 7, Brooklyn Dodgers – 4	Ebbets Field	2:54	33,813^[4]
5	October 6	New York Yankees – 3, Brooklyn Dodgers – 1	Ebbets Field	2:13	34,072^[5]

Matchups

Game 1

Wednesday, October 1, 1941 at Yankee Stadium (I) in Bronx, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Brooklyn	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	6	0
New York	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	3	6	1
WP: Red Ruffing (1–0) LP: Curt Davis (0–1) Home runs: BRO: None NYY: Joe Gordon (1)

Game 2

Thursday, October 2, 1941 at Yankee Stadium (I) in Bronx, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Brooklyn	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	3	6	2
New York	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	1
WP: Whit Wyatt (1–0) LP: Spud Chandler (0–1)

Game 3

Saturday, October 4, 1941 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	8	0
Brooklyn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	0
WP: Marius Russo (1–0) LP: Hugh Casey (0–1)

With the veteran Fitzsimmons dueling young southpaw Russo, there was no score into the top of the seventh. With two outs, Russo lined a drive off Fitz's knee that broke the kneecap. The ball caromed into Pee Wee Reese's glove for the third out, but Fitzsimmons was through. Hugh Casey, who came out to pitch in the eighth for Brooklyn, promptly gave up four hits and two runs, and Russo hung on to win, 2–1.

Game 4

Sunday, October 5, 1941 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	7	12	0
Brooklyn	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	4	9	1
WP: Johnny Murphy (1–0) LP: Hugh Casey (0–2) Home runs: NYY: None BRO: Pete Reiser (1)

The Dodgers led by one run going to the top of the ninth inning but would lose the game. The Yankees' Tommy Henrich swung and missed with two strikes (would have ended the game), but Dodger catcher Mickey Owen failed to hold on to the ball allowing Henrich to reach first base. Owen recollected the incident:

“

It was a great breaking curve that I should have had, but I guess the ball hit the side of my glove. It got away from me, and by the time I got hold of it, near the corner of the Brooklyn dugout, I couldn't have thrown anybody out at first.

”

Joe DiMaggio followed Henrich's at bat with a single before Charlie Keller hit a double to drive in Henrich and DiMaggio. Bill Dickey would follow up with a walk and, along with Keller, would score on a Joe Gordon double to make the final score 7–4.

Game 5

Monday, October 6, 1941 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	6	0
Brooklyn	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1
WP: Tiny Bonham (1–0) LP: Whit Wyatt (1–1) Home runs: NYY: Tommy Henrich (1) BRO: None

The only excitement of the game occurred in the fifth inning, when Wyatt and Joe DiMaggio almost came to blows on the mound as Joe returned to the dugout after flying out. Wyatt had low-bridged DiMagggio was cutting across the infield some sharp words were exchanged. The umpires separated the men, and the game rolled forward to its—for Brooklyn—dreary conclusion.

Composite box

1941 World Series (4–1): New York Yankees (A.L.) over Brooklyn Dodgers (N.L.)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York Yankees	1	4	1	3	1	1	0	2	4	17	41	2
Brooklyn Dodgers	0	0	1	2	5	1	1	1	0	11	29	4
Total attendance: 235,773 Average attendance: 47,155
Winning player’s share: $5,943 Losing player’s share: $4,829^[6]

Notes

^ "1941 World Series Game 1 - Brooklyn Dodgers vs. New York Yankees". Retrosheet. http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1941/B10010NYA1941.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
^ "1941 World Series Game 2 - Brooklyn Dodgers vs. New York Yankees". Retrosheet. http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1941/B10020NYA1941.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
^ "1941 World Series Game 3 - New York Yankees vs. Brooklyn Dodgers". Retrosheet. http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1941/B10040BRO1941.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
^ "1941 World Series Game 4 - New York Yankees vs. Brooklyn Dodgers". Retrosheet. http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1941/B10050BRO1941.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
^ "1941 World Series Game 5 - New York Yankees vs. Brooklyn Dodgers". Retrosheet. http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1941/B10060BRO1941.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
^ "World Series Gate Receipts and Player Shares". Baseball Almanac. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/ws/wsshares.shtml. Retrieved 2009-06-14.

References

Cohen, Richard M.; Neft, David S. (1990). The World Series: Complete Play-By-Play of Every Game, 1903–1989. New York: St. Martin's Press. pp. 184–187. ISBN 0-312-03960-3.
Forman, Sean L., ed. "1941 World Series". Baseball-Reference.com — Major League Baseball Statistics and History. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1941_WS.shtml. Retrieved 2007-12-09.
Reichler, Joseph (1982). The Baseball Encyclopedia (5th ed.). MacMillian Publishing. p. 2149. ISBN 0-02-579010-2.

External links

1941 World Series at WorldSeries.com (MLB.com)
1941 World Series at Baseball Almanac
1941 World Series at Baseball-Reference.com
The 1941 Post-Season Games (box scores and play-by-play) at Retrosheet
History of the World Series - 1941 at The SportingNews. Archived from the original on 2008.
Baseball's 25 Greatest Moments: Mickey Owen and the Dropped Third Strike

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Contents

Summary

Matchups

Game 1

Game 2

Game 3

Game 4

Game 5

Composite box

Notes

References

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