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

Champions

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

Major League Baseball final standings

American League final standings

American League Rank Club Wins Losses Win %   GB 1st Cleveland Indians 97   58 .626    -- 2nd Boston Red Sox 96   59 .619   1 3rd New York Yankees 94   60 .610   2.5 4th Philadelphia Athletics 84   70 .545   12.5 5th Detroit Tigers 78   76 .506   18.5 6th St. Louis Browns 59   94 .386   37.0 7th Washington Senators 56   97 .286   40.0 8th Chicago White Sox 51 101 .336   44.5

National League final standings

National League Rank Club Wins Losses Win %   GB 1st Boston Braves 91   62 .595    -- 2nd St. Louis Cardinals 85   69 .552   6.5 3rd Brooklyn Dodgers 84   70 .545   7.5 4th Pittsburgh Pirates 83   71 .539   8.5 5th New York Giants 78   76 .506   13.5 6th Philadelphia Phillies 66   88 .429   25.5 7th Cincinnati Reds 64   89 .418   27.0 8th Chicago Cubs 64   90 .416   27.5

Events

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

Births

January-June

January 5 - Charlie Hough February 10 - Jim Barr February 15 - Ron Cey March 4 - Tom Grieve March 9 - Darrell Chaney March 10 - Wayne Twitchell March 11 - César Gerónimo

April 1 - Willie Montañez April 10 - Lee Lacy April 19 - Rick Miller April 28 - Pablo Torrealba May 8 - Steve Braun May 14 - Dave LaRoche May 15 - Billy North

May 17 - Carlos May May 23 - Reggie Cleveland May 27 - Gary Nolan June 11 - Dave Cash June 16 - Ron LeFlore June 17 - Dave Concepción June 25 - Clay Kirby

July-December

July 14 - Earl Williams August 4 - Johnny Grubb August 9 - Bill Campbell August 16 - Mike Jorgensen August 21 - John Ellis August 23 - Ron Blomberg September 11 - Jeff Newman September 18 - Ken Brett

September 21 - Aurelio López September 24 - Eric Soderholm October 13 - Randy Moffitt October 14 - Ed Figueroa October 21 - Bill Russell October 26 - Toby Harrah October 31 - Mickey Rivers

November 3 - Ed Montague November 7 - Buck Martinez November 24 - Steve Yeager December 1 - George Foster December 9 - Doc Medich December 21 - Dave Kingman December 22 - Steve Garvey December 26 - Chris Chambliss

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