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Español1941 IN BASEBALL
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 the 1941 season.
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
★ IV World Cup of Baseball: Venezuela
★ Negro League Baseball All-Star Game: East, 8-3
Awards and honors
★ 'MLB Most Valuable Player Award'
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★ Joe DiMaggio, New York Yankees, OF
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★ Dolph Camilli, Brooklyn Dodgers, 1B
★ 'The Sporting News Most Valuable Player Award'
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★ Joe DiMaggio, New York Yankees, OF
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★ Dolph Camilli, Brooklyn Dodgers, 1B
★ 'The Sporting News Player of the Year Award'
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★ Ted Williams (AL) - OF, Boston Red Sox
★ 'The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award'
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★ Billy Southworth (NL) - St. Louis Cardinals
MLB Statistical Leaders
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Major League Baseball final standings
American League final standings
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National League final standings
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Negro League Baseball final standings
Negro National League final standings
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| 'Club' | 'Wins' | 'Losses' | 'Win %' | 'GB' |
| Baltimore Elite Giants | 36 | 21 | .632 | |
| Washington Homestead Grays | 34 | 25 | .577 | |
| Newark Eagles | 19 | 15 | .560 | |
| New York Cubans | 19 | 21 | .475 | |
| New York Black Yankees | 13 | 19 | .406 | |
| Philadelphia Stars | 13 | 29 | .310 | |
★ Washington beat New York 2 games to 0 games in a play-off.
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.
★ July 25 - Lefty Grove of the Boston Red Sox earns his 300th career win, which is also his last.
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-April
★ February 20 - Clyde Wright
★ February 23 - Ron Hunt
★ March 5 - Phil Roof
★ March 20 - Pat Corrales
★ March 28 - Pat Jarvis
★ April 4 - Eddie Watt
★ April 14 - Pete Rose
★ April 21 - Dick Green
May-August
★ 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 26 - Carroll Sembera
★ August 6 - Ray Culp
★ August 9 - Paul Lindblad
★ August 15 - Tommie Reynolds
★ August 16 - Gene Brabender
★ August 17 - Boog Powell
★ August 23 - Marty Martínez
September-December
★ September 4 - Ken Harrelson
★ September 11 - Larry Bearnarth
★ September 18 - Dick Dietz
★ 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
★ December 9 - Darold Knowles
★ December 23 - Ken Hubbs
★ 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''
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