1939 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

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A high-level summary of the 1939 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

Season Information

Season

1939

World Series Champions

New York Yankees

Runner Up

Cincinnati Reds

Most Valuable Players

AL: Joe DiMaggio NL: Bucky Walters

Cy Young Winners

AL: NL:

Rookies of the Year

AL: NL:

Managers of the Year

AL: NL:

#1 Draft Pick

All-Star Game

Bronx,New York

Teams

Players

531

Attendance

8,977,779

Payroll

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1939 Major League Baseball Standings

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Grid Filters		Playoff Team
American League -
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	New York Yankees	T - S - R	151	106	45	.702	--	967	556	411	Won World Series (Reds)	859,785	3	---	Joe McCarthy	Yankee Stadium I
2	2	4	Boston Red Sox	T - S - R	151	89	62	.589	17.0	890	795	95	dnq	573,070	8	---	Joe Cronin	Fenway Park
3	3	5	Cleveland Indians	T - S - R	154	87	67	.565	20.5	797	700	97	dnq	563,926	9	---	Ossie Vitt	League Park
4	4	6	Chicago White Sox	T - S - R	154	85	69	.552	22.5	755	737	18	dnq	594,104	7	---	Jimmy Dykes	Comiskey Park
5	5	9	Detroit Tigers	T - S - R	154	81	73	.526	26.5	849	762	87	dnq	836,279	4	---	Del Baker	Briggs Stadium
6	6	12	Washington Senators I	T - S - R	152	65	87	.428	41.5	702	797	-95	dnq	339,257	13	---	Bucky Harris	Griffith Stadium
7	7	14	Philadelphia Athletics	T - S - R	152	55	97	.362	51.5	711	1022	-311	dnq	395,022	11	---	Earle Mack, Connie Mack	Shibe Park
8	8	16	St. Louis Browns	T - S - R	154	43	111	.279	64.5	733	1035	-302	dnq	109,159	16	---	Fred Haney	Sportsman's Park
National League -
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	2	Cincinnati Reds	T - S - R	154	97	57	.630	--	767	595	172	Lost World Series (Yankees)	981,443	1	---	Bill McKechnie	Crosley Field
2	2	3	St. Louis Cardinals	T - S - R	153	92	61	.601	4.5	779	633	146	dnq	400,245	10	---	Ray Blades	Sportsman's Park
3	3	7	Brooklyn Dodgers	T - S - R	153	84	69	.549	12.5	708	645	63	dnq	955,668	2	---	Leo Durocher	Ebbets Field
4	4	8	Chicago Cubs	T - S - R	154	84	70	.545	13.0	724	678	46	dnq	726,663	5	---	Gabby Hartnett	Wrigley Field
5	5	10	New York Giants	T - S - R	151	77	74	.510	18.5	703	682	21	dnq	702,457	6	---	Bill Terry	Polo Grounds
6	6	11	Pittsburgh Pirates	T - S - R	153	68	85	.444	28.5	666	723	-57	dnq	376,734	12	---	Pie Traynor	Forbes Field
7	7	13	Boston Bees	T - S - R	151	63	88	.417	32.5	0	0	0	dnq	285,994	14	---	Casey Stengel	National League Park
8	8	15	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R	151	45	106	.298	50.5	553	856	-303	dnq	277,973	15	---	Doc Prothro	Shibe Park
16 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

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