1942 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

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A high-level summary of the 1942 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

1942

World Series Champions

St. Louis Cardinals

Runner Up

New York Yankees

Most Valuable Players

AL: Joe Gordon NL: Mort Cooper

Cy Young Winners

AL: NL:

Rookies of the Year

AL: NL:

Managers of the Year

AL: NL:

#1 Draft Pick

All-Star Game

New York,New York

Teams

Players

510

Attendance

8,553,569

Payroll

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1942 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	3	New York Yankees	T - S - R	154	103	51	.669	--	801	507	294	Lost World Series (Cardinals)	922,011	2	---	Joe McCarthy	Yankee Stadium I
2	2	4	Boston Red Sox	T - S - R	152	93	59	.612	9.0	761	594	167	dnq	730,340	4	---	Joe Cronin	Fenway Park
3	3	6	St. Louis Browns	T - S - R	151	82	69	.543	19.5	730	637	93	dnq	255,617	15	---	Luke Sewell	Sportsman's Park
4	4	8	Cleveland Indians	T - S - R	154	75	79	.487	28.0	590	659	-69	dnq	459,447	8	---	Lou Boudreau	League Park
5	5	9	Detroit Tigers	T - S - R	154	73	81	.474	30.0	589	587	2	dnq	580,087	6	---	Del Baker	Briggs Stadium
6	6	11	Chicago White Sox	T - S - R	148	66	82	.446	34.0	538	609	-71	dnq	425,734	11	---	Jimmy Dykes	Comiskey Park
7	7	13	Washington Senators I	T - S - R	151	62	89	.411	39.5	653	817	-164	dnq	403,493	13	---	Bucky Harris	Griffith Stadium
8	8	15	Philadelphia Athletics	T - S - R	154	55	99	.357	48.0	549	801	-252	dnq	423,487	12	---	Connie Mack	Shibe 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	1	St. Louis Cardinals	T - S - R	154	106	48	.688	--	755	480	275	Won World Series (Yankees)	553,552	7	---	Billy Southworth	Sportsman's Park
2	2	2	Brooklyn Dodgers	T - S - R	154	104	50	.675	2.0	742	512	230	dnq	1,037,765	1	---	Leo Durocher	Ebbets Field
3	3	5	New York Giants	T - S - R	152	85	67	.559	20.0	675	601	74	dnq	779,621	3	---	Mel Ott	Polo Grounds
4	4	7	Cincinnati Reds	T - S - R	152	76	76	.500	29.0	527	545	-18	dnq	427,031	10	---	Bill McKechnie	Crosley Field
5	5	10	Pittsburgh Pirates	T - S - R	147	66	81	.449	36.5	585	632	-47	dnq	448,897	9	---	Frankie Frisch	Forbes Field
6	6	12	Chicago Cubs	T - S - R	154	68	86	.442	38.0	591	667	-76	dnq	590,972	5	---	Jimmie Wilson	Wrigley Field
7	7	14	Boston Braves	T - S - R	148	59	89	.399	44.0	515	645	-130	dnq	285,332	14	---	Casey Stengel	Braves Field
8	8	16	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R	151	42	109	.278	62.5	394	703	-309	dnq	230,183	16	---	Hans Lobert	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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