1941 in baseball

The following are the baseball events of the year 1941 throughout the world.

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

 * Negro League Baseball All-Star Game: East, 8-3

Awards and honors

 * MLB Most Valuable Player Award
 * Joe DiMaggio, New York Yankees, OF
 * Dolph Camilli, Brooklyn Dodgers, 1B
 * The Sporting News Most Valuable Player Award
 * Joe DiMaggio, New York Yankees, OF
 * Dolph Camilli, Brooklyn Dodgers, 1B
 * The Sporting News Player of the Year Award
 * Ted Williams (AL) - OF, Boston Red Sox
 * The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award
 * Billy Southworth (NL) - St. Louis Cardinals

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.

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

 * February 23 - Ron Hunt
 * April 14 - Pete Rose
 * May 21 - Bobby Cox
 * August 17 - Boog Powell
 * October 16 - Tim McCarver
 * November 29 - Bill Freehan

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