1942 Major League Baseball season

This article is about the 1942 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1942 in baseball.

The 1942 Major League Baseball season saw the St. Louis Cardinals defeat the New York Yankees the 1942 World Series.

Major league baseball final standings

American League final standings

American League
Rank	Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
1st	New York Yankees	103	51	.669	--
2nd	Boston Red Sox	93	59	.565	9
3rd	St. Louis Browns	82	69	.543	19.5
4th	Cleveland Indians	75	79	.487	28
5th	Detroit Tigers	73	81	.474	30
6th	Chicago White Sox	66	82	.446	34
7th	Washington Senators	62	89	.411	39.5
8th	Philadelphia Athletics	55	99	.357	48.0

National League final standings

National League
Rank	Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
1st	St. Louis Cardinals	106	48	.688	--
2nd	Brooklyn Dodgers	104	50	.675	2
3rd	New York Giants	85	67	.559	20
4th	Cincinnati Reds	76	76	.500	29
5th	Pittsburgh Pirates	66	81	.449	36.5
6th	Chicago Cubs	68	86	.442	38.0
7th	Boston Braves	59	89	.399	44.0
8th	Philadelphia Phillies	42	109	.278	62.5

Feats

The Philadelphia Athletics set a record for the fewest runs batted in during a season, with only 354.^[1]

References

↑ "Runs Batted In – Single Season RBI Records". baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved June 6, 2012.

External links

1942 season at Baseball-reference.com

1942 MLB season by team

American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington

National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

1942 All-Star Game 1942 World Series

Major League Baseball seasons

Pre-modern era

Beginnings	1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881

Competition	1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891

NL monopoly	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900

Modern era

Deadball era	1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920

Liveball era	1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941

World War II	1942 1943 1944 1945

Postwar	1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960

First expansion	1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968

Birth of division play	1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993

Wildcard begins	1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Wildcard expansion	2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

See also

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