1942 in baseball

[edit] MLB Statistical Leaders

Ted Williams was MLB Tripe Crown winner.

[edit] Major League Baseball final standings

[edit] American League final standings

[edit] National League final standings

[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

[edit] October-December

[edit] Movies

• The Pride of the Yankees

[edit] Births

• March 8 - Dick Allen
• March 9 - Bert Campaneris
• March 12 - Jimmy Wynn
• April 4 - Jim Fregosi
• May 14 - Tony Pérez
• June 1 - Randy Hundley
• July 17 - Don Kessinger
• September 21 - Sam McDowell
• October 13 - Bob Bailey
• October 18 - Willie Horton
• October 31 - Dave McNally
• December 23 - Jerry Koosman

[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