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1941 Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
title	1941 MLB season
league	American League (AL)
National League (NL)
sport	Baseball
duration	Regular season:{{Bulleted list
no_of_games	154
no_of_teams	16 (8 per league)
season	Regular season
MVP	AL: Joe DiMaggio (NYY)
NL: Dolph Camilli (BRO)
MVP_link	Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award
conf1	AL
conf1_champ	[New York Yankees](1941-new-york-yankees-season)
conf1_runner-up	[Boston Red Sox](1941-boston-red-sox-season)
conf2	NL
conf2_champ	[Brooklyn Dodgers](1941-brooklyn-dodgers-season)
conf2_runner-up	[St. Louis Cardinals](1941-st-louis-cardinals-season)
finals	World Series
finals_link	1941 World Series
finals_champ	[New York Yankees](1941-new-york-yankees-season)
finals_runner-up	[Brooklyn Dodgers](1941-brooklyn-dodgers-season)
seasonslist	List of MLB seasons
seasonslistnames	MLB
prevseason_link	1940 Major League Baseball season
prevseason_year	1940
nextseason_link	1942 Major League Baseball season
nextseason_year	1942

National League (NL) | April 14 – September 28, 1941 (AL) | April 15 – September 28, 1941 (NL)}}World Series:{{Bulleted list | October 1–6, 1941}} NL: Dolph Camilli (BRO) | conf1_runner-up = Boston Red Sox | conf2_runner-up = St. Louis Cardinals | finals_runner-up = Brooklyn Dodgers The 1941 major league baseball season began on April 14, 1941. The regular season ended on September 28, with the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Yankees as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the 38th World Series on October 1 and ended with Game 5 on October 6. The Yankees defeated the Dodgers, four games to one, capturing their ninth championship in franchise history, since their previous in . This was the first Subway Series World Series to feature the Dodgers (the previous five featured the New York Giants). Going into the season, the defending World Series champions were the Cincinnati Reds from the season.

The ninth Major League Baseball All-Star Game was held on July 8 at Briggs Stadium in Detroit, Michigan, home of the Detroit Tigers. The American League won, 7–5.

In addition to a five-game World Series between New York City teams, highlights of the season included Ted Williams batting .406, and Joe DiMaggio having a 56-game hitting streak; it has been called the "best baseball season ever".

Schedule

The 1941 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams of their respective league. This continued the format put in place since the season (except for ) and would be used until in the American League and in the National League.

American League Opening Day took place on April 14 with a game between the New York Yankees and Washington Senators, while National League Opening Day took place on the following day, featuring all eight teams. This was the first season since that both leagues opened on different days. The final day of the regular season was on September 28 and featured all sixteen teams, continuing the trend since the previous season. The World Series took place between October 1 and October 6.

Rule changes

The 1941 season saw the following rule changes:

In what was termed the "Baltimore Amendment", major league teams can now sign players for the purpose of assigning them to a minor-league club, with two caveats: The assignment must be between affiliated clubs, and all assignment transactions were to be reported to the commissioner.
Despite both the National and American Leagues previously ruling that a maximum of seven night games could be played ( and , respectively,) the St. Louis Browns had played 14 night games the previous season. Despite disagreements between the two leagues during the 1940 Winter Meetings, (the NL wanted to maintain seven days, while the AL wanted to have fewer than seven), Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis reaffirmed the National League's seven night game position for both leagues.
A national defensive service list was implemented. If players were called to active military duty, they would be placed on the list, their contracts would remain with their teams, but they would not be counted against a club's player limit.
A two-person-maximum 60-day disabled list (called "injured list" since ) was created for each team. The disabled list was 60 calendar days, except after August 1.
Rules regarding doubleheaders were clarified: doubleheaders could be scheduled beginning with the fourth Sunday of the season (both St. Louis teams were unofficially allowed to start them a week earlier).

Teams

An asterisk () denotes the ballpark a team played the minority of their home games at*

League	Team	City
Boston, Massachusetts	Fenway Park	33,817
Chicago, Illinois	Comiskey Park	50,000
Cleveland, Ohio	League Park	22,500
Cleveland Stadium*	78,811*
Detroit, Michigan	Briggs Stadium	58,000
New York, New York	Yankee Stadium	71,699
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Shibe Park	33,000
St. Louis, Missouri	Sportsman's Park	34,023
Washington, D.C.	Griffith Stadium	32,000
Boston, Massachusetts	National League Park	37,746
New York, New York	Ebbets Field	35,000
Chicago, Illinois	Wrigley Field	38,396
Cincinnati, Ohio	Crosley Field	29,401
New York, New York	Polo Grounds	56,000
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Shibe Park	33,000
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Forbes Field	33,537
St. Louis, Missouri	Sportsman's Park	34,023

Standings

American League

National League

Tie games

13 tie games (6 in AL, 7 in NL), which are not factored into winning percentage or games behind (and were often replayed again) occurred throughout the season.

American League

Boston Red Sox, 1
Chicago White Sox, 2
Cleveland Indians, 1
Detroit Tigers, 1
New York Yankees, 2
St. Louis Browns, 3
Washington Senators, 2

National League

Boston Braves, 2
Brooklyn Dodgers, 3
Chicago Cubs, 1
New York Giants, 3
Philadelphia Phillies, 1
Pittsburgh Pirates, 2
St. Louis Cardinals, 2

Postseason

The postseason began on October 1 and ended on October 6 with the New York Yankees defeating the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1941 World Series in five games.

Bracket

Managerial changes

Off-season

Team	Former Manager	New Manager	Chicago Cubs	Cleveland Indians
Gabby Hartnett	Jimmie Wilson
Ossie Vitt	Roger Peckinpaugh

In-season

Team	Former Manager	New Manager	St. Louis Browns
Fred Haney	Luke Sewell

League leaders

American League

Stat	Player	Total
AVG	Ted Williams (BOS)	.406
OPS	Ted Williams (BOS)	1.287
HR	Ted Williams (BOS)	37
RBI	Joe DiMaggio (NYY)	125
R	Ted Williams (BOS)	135
H	Cecil Travis (WSH)	218
SB	George Case (WSH)	33

Stat	Player	Total
W	Bob Feller (CLE)	25
L	Bobo Newsom (DET)	20
ERA	Thornton Lee (CWS)	2.37
K	Bob Feller (CLE)	260
IP	Bob Feller (CLE)	343.0
SV	Johnny Murphy (NYY)	15
WHIP	Thornton Lee (CWS)	1.165

National League

Stat	Player	Total
AVG	Pete Reiser (BRO)	.343
OPS	Pete Reiser (BRO)	.964
HR	Dolph Camilli (BRO)	34
RBI	Dolph Camilli (BRO)	120
R	Pete Reiser (BRO)	117
H	Stan Hack (CHC)	186
SB	Danny Murtaugh (PHI)	18

Stat	Player	Total
W	Kirby Higbe (BRO)
Whit Wyatt (BRO)	22
L	Rip Sewell (PIT)	17
ERA	Elmer Riddle (CIN)	2.24
K	Johnny Vander Meer (CIN)	202
IP	Bucky Walters (CIN)	305.0
SV	Jumbo Brown (NYG)	8
WHIP	Whit Wyatt (BRO)	1.058

Awards and honors

Regular season

Baseball Writers' Association of America Awards	BBWAA Award	National League	American League
Most Valuable Player	Dolph Camilli (BRO)	Joe DiMaggio (NYY)

Other awards

The Sporting News Awards	Award	National League
Most Valuable Player	Dolph Camilli (BRO)	Joe DiMaggio (NYY)
Player of the Year	—	Ted Williams (BOS)
Manager of the Year	Billy Southworth (STL)	—
Executive of the Year	—	Ed Barrow (NYY)

Home field attendance

Team name	Wins	%±	Home attendance	%±	Per game
Brooklyn Dodgers	100	13.6%	1,214,910	24.5%	15,379
New York Yankees	101	14.8%	964,722	−2.5%	12,368
New York Giants	74	2.8%	763,098	2.0%	9,783
Cleveland Indians	75	−15.7%	745,948	−17.4%	9,688
Boston Red Sox	84	2.4%	718,497	0.3%	9,331
Detroit Tigers	75	−16.7%	684,915	−38.4%	8,895
Chicago White Sox	77	−6.1%	677,077	2.5%	8,571
Cincinnati Reds	88	−12.0%	643,513	−24.3%	8,146
St. Louis Cardinals	97	15.5%	633,645	95.5%	8,021
Chicago Cubs	70	−6.7%	545,159	1.9%	7,080
Philadelphia Athletics	64	18.5%	528,894	22.4%	6,869
Pittsburgh Pirates	81	3.8%	482,241	−5.1%	6,183
Washington Senators	70	9.4%	415,663	9.0%	5,329
Boston Braves	62	−4.6%	263,680	9.1%	3,469
Philadelphia Phillies	43	−14.0%	231,401	11.7%	3,045
St. Louis Browns	70	4.5%	176,240	−26.4%	2,231

Venues

Over 77 home games, the Cleveland Indians played 45 games at League Park and 32 games at Cleveland Stadium. All Wednesday home games took place at League Park. This would be the 7th of 12 seasons since that saw the Indians play at both venues, and was the last season which saw the majority of home games at League Park.

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