1948 in baseball

The following are the baseball events of the year 1948 throughout the world.

Major League Baseball

 * World Series: Cleveland Indians over Boston Braves (4-2)
 * All-Star Game, July 13 at Sportsman's Park: American League, 5-2

Other champions

 * College World Series: USC
 * Little League World Series: Lock Haven, Pennsylvania
 * Negro League World Series: Homestead Grays over Birmingham Black Barons (4-1)
 * Negro League Baseball All-Star Game: West, 3-0
 * All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: Rockford Peaches

Awards and honors

 * Most Valuable Player
 * Lou Boudreau (AL)
 * Stan Musial (NL)
 * Rookie of the Year
 * Alvin Dark

January-March

 * January 29 - Commissioner Happy Chandler fines the Yankees,Cubs and Phillies $500 each for signing high school players.

October-December

 * October 11 - In Boston's Braves Field, the Cleveland Indians nip the Boston Braves, 4-3 to take the 1948 World Series in 6 games. Rookie lefty Gene Bearden is the pitching hero in relief.


 * October 12 - The New York Yankees hire Casey Stengel to be the manager beginning with the 1949 season.

Movies

 * The Babe Ruth Story

Deaths

 * January 30 - Herb Pennock, 53, pitcher who won 240 games, third most among AL lefthanders, and had two 20-win seasons with the Yankees; general manager of the Phillies since 1943
 * February 14 - Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown, 71, pitcher whose loss of two fingers in a childhood accident gave him remarkable movement on pitches, winning 20 games six straight years for the Cubs and posting the lowest career ERA (2.06) in NL history
 * April 3 - Candy Jim Taylor, 64, third baseman and manager of the Negro Leagues
 * July 27 - Joe Tinker, 68, Hall of Fame shortstop best remembered as part of famed Chicago Cubs infield which led team to 4 pennants between 1906 and 1910
 * August 16 - Babe Ruth, 53, Hall of Fame right fielder and pitcher who was the greatest star in baseball history, holding records for most home runs in a season (60) and lifetime (714), as well as most career RBI (2,213); lifetime .342 hitter also posted a 94-46 record and 2.28 ERA as a pitcher while playing for seven champions; won 1923 MVP award, at a time when AL rules prohibited winning it more than once
 * October 8 - Al Orth, 76, pitcher who won 204 games with Phillies, Senators and Yankees while often batting .300
 * October 31 - Dick Redding, 58, star pitcher of the Negro Leagues who set numerous strikeout records and pitched several no-hitters
 * November 23 - Hack Wilson, 48, center fielder who set NL record for home runs (56) and major league record for RBI (191) in spectacular 1930 season for the Cubs; won four home run titles