The following are the baseball events of the year 1941 throughout the world.  

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See also

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Sources

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

Headline events of the year

• Joe Dimaggio hits in 56 consecutive games. After being hitless in the 57th game, he hit safely in 16 more consecutive games for a streak of 72 of 73 games.
• Ted Williams ended the season with a .406 batting average. No hitter (qualifying for the batting title) has hit over .400 since that time.

Champions

Major League Baseball

• World Series: New York Yankees over Brooklyn Dodgers (4-1)
• All-Star Game, July 8 at Briggs Stadium: American League, 7-5

Other champions

• Negro League Baseball All-Star Game: East, 8-3

Awards and honors

• MLB Most Valuable Player Award
  • Joe DiMaggio, New York Yankees, OF
  • Dolph Camilli, Brooklyn Dodgers, 1B
• The Sporting News Most Valuable Player Award
  • Joe DiMaggio, New York Yankees, OF
  • Dolph Camilli, Brooklyn Dodgers, 1B
• The Sporting News Player of the Year Award
  • Ted Williams (AL) - OF, Boston Red Sox
• The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award
  • Billy Southworth (NL) - St. Louis Cardinals

MLB Statistical Leaders

American League National League Type Name Stat Name Stat AVG Ted Williams .406 Pete Reiser .343 HR Ted Williams 37 Dolph Camilli 34 RBI Joe DiMaggio 125 Dolph Camilli 120 Wins Bob Feller 25 Kirby Higbe & Whit Wyatt 22 ERA Thornton Lee 2.37 Elmer Riddle 2.24

Major League Baseball final standings

American League final standings

American League Rank Club Wins Losses Win %   GB 1st New York Yankees 101   53 .656    -- 2nd Boston Red Sox 84   70 .545   17.0 3rd Chicago White Sox 77   77 .500   24.0 4th Detroit Tigers 75   79 .487   26.0 4th Cleveland Indians 75   79 .487   26.0 6th Washington Senators 70   84 .455   31.0 6th St. Louis Browns 70   84 .455   31 8th Philadelphia Athletics 64   90 .416   37.0

National League final standings

National League Rank Club Wins Losses Win %   GB 1st Brooklyn Dodgers 100   54 .649    -- 2nd St. Louis Cardinals 97   56 .634   2.5 3rd Cincinnati Reds 88   66 .571   12.0 4th Pittsburgh Pirates 81   73 .526   19.0 5th New York Giants 74   79 .484   25.5 6th Chicago Cubs 70   84 .455   30.0 7th Boston Bees 62   92 .403   38.0 8th Philadelphia Phillies 43   111 .279   57.0

Events

January-March

• January 21 - Bob Feller signs with the Cleveland Indians for a reported $30,000.

April-June

• June 1 - Mel Ott's 2-run homer, the 400th of his career and his 1,500th RBI, gives the New York Giants a 3-2 win over the Cincinnati Reds.
• May 15 - In the first inning, Joe DiMaggio singles against the Chicago White Sox to start his 56 game hitting streak.

July-September

• July 8 - At the All-Star Game at Detroit's Briggs Stadium, Boston's Ted Williams, hitting .405 at the break, homers off Chicago Cubs pitcher Claude Passeau with 2 outs and 2 on in the 9th inning to give the American League a dramatic 7-5 victory. Williams' 4 RBIs are matched by National League shortstop Arky Vaughan, who hits home runs in the 7th and the 8th.
• July 16 - Joe DiMaggio's hitting streak ends at 56 games against the Cleveland Indians.

October-December

• October 25 - Lou Boudreau is named player-manager of the Cleveland Indians. Boudreau, at 24 years, 4 months and 8 days, is the youngest manager appointed.

Births

January-June

• February 20 - Clyde Wright
• February 23 - Ron Hunt
• March 20 - Pat Corrales
• March 28 - Pat Jarvis
• April 4 - Eddie Watt
• April 14 - Pete Rose
• April 21 - Dick Green
• May 2 - Clay Carroll
• May 5 - Tommy Helms
• May 10 - Ken Berry
• May 21 - Bobby Cox
• June 1 - Dean Chance
• June 5 - Duke Sims
• June 13 - Marcel Lachemann
• June 28 - Al Downing

July-December

• July 26 - Carroll Sembera (d. 2005)
• August 6 - Ray Culp
• August 9 - Paul Lindblad
• August 15 - Tommie Reynolds
• August 16 - Gene Brabender
• August 17 - Boog Powell
• September 4 - Ken Harrelson
• September 11 - Larry Bearnarth (d. 1999)
• September 18 - Dick Dietz (d. 2005)
• October 14 - Art Shamsky
• October 16 - Tim McCarver
• October 21 - Ron Davis
• October 22 - Wilbur Wood
• October 30 - Jim Ray Hart
• November 12 - Dámaso Blanco
• November 13 - Mel Stottlemyre
• November 26 - Jeff Torborg
• November 29 - Bill Freehan
• October 31 - Ed Spiezio
• December 8 - Ed Brinkman (d. 2008)
• December 9 - Darold Knowles
• December 23 - Ken Hubbs (d. 1964)
• December 27 - Phil Gagliano

Deaths

• June 2 - Lou Gehrig, 37, Hall of Fame first baseman for the New York Yankees from 1923 to 1939, a 2-time MVP, the 1934 Triple Crown winner, and the second player to hit 400 home runs, who retired to end a record 2,130-game playing streak upon being diagnosed with the terminal illness that now bears his name
• June 3 - Andy Cooper, 43, pitcher for the Negro Leagues' Detroit Stars and Kansas City Monarchs
• July 4 - Bruce Petway, 55?, Negro League catcher
• July 15 - Frank Isbell, 65, White Sox first baseman, second baseman, and outfielder (1901-1909)
• July 30 - Mickey Welch, 82, the third pitcher to win 300 games, winner of 44 games in 1885 and over 30 in three other years
• September 29 - John B. Foster, 78, sportswriter and editor of The Spalding Guide