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The following are the baseball events of the year 1948 throughout the world.
Champions[]
Major League Baseball[]
- World Series: Cleveland Indians over Boston Braves (4-2)
- All-Star Game, July 13 at Sportsman's Park: American League, 5-2
Other champions[]
- College World Series: USC
- Little League World Series: Lock Haven, Pennsylvania
- Negro League World Series: Homestead Grays over Birmingham Black Barons (4-1)
- Negro League Baseball All-Star Game: West, 3-0
- All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: Rockford Peaches
Awards and honors[]
- Most Valuable Player
- Lou Boudreau (AL)
- Stan Musial (NL)
- Rookie of the Year
- Alvin Dark
Major League Baseball final standings[]
American League final standings[]
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National League final standings[]
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Events[]
January-March[]
- January 29 - Commissioner Happy Chandler fines the Yankees,Cubs and Phillies $500 each for signing high school players.
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October-December[]
- October 11 - In Boston's Braves Field, the Cleveland Indians nip the Boston Braves, 4-3 to take the 1948 World Series in 6 games. Rookie lefty Gene Bearden is the pitching hero in relief.
- October 12 - The New York Yankees hire Casey Stengel to be the manager beginning with the 1949 season.
Movies[]
- The Babe Ruth Story
Births[]
January-June[]
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July-December[]
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Deaths[]
- January 30 - Herb Pennock, 53, pitcher who won 240 games, third most among AL lefthanders, and had two 20-win seasons with the Yankees; general manager of the Phillies since 1943
- February 14 - Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown, 71, pitcher whose loss of two fingers in a childhood accident gave him remarkable movement on pitches, winning 20 games six straight years for the Cubs and posting the lowest career ERA (2.06) in NL history
- April 3 - Candy Jim Taylor, 64, third baseman and manager of the Negro Leagues
- July 27 - Joe Tinker, 68, Hall of Fame shortstop best remembered as part of famed Chicago Cubs infield which led team to 4 pennants between 1906 and 1910
- August 16 - Babe Ruth, 53, Hall of Fame right fielder and pitcher who was the greatest star in baseball history, holding records for most home runs in a season (60) and lifetime (714), as well as most career RBI (2,213); lifetime .342 hitter also posted a 94-46 record and 2.28 ERA as a pitcher while playing for seven champions; won 1923 MVP award, at a time when AL rules prohibited winning it more than once
- October 8 - Al Orth, 76, pitcher who won 204 games with Phillies, Senators and Yankees while often batting .300
- October 31 - Dick Redding, 58, star pitcher of the Negro Leagues who set numerous strikeout records and pitched several no-hitters
- November 23 - Hack Wilson, 48, center fielder who set NL record for home runs (56) and major league record for RBI (191) in spectacular 1930 season for the Cubs; won four home run titles