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The following are the baseball events of the year 1939 throughout the world. Baseball is a Bat-and-ball Sport played between two teams of nine players each Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.  

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Headline Event of the Year

Champions

Major League Baseball

Other champions

Awards and honors

MLB Statistical Leaders

  American League National League
Type Name Stat Name Stat
AVG Joe DiMaggio NYY . The 1939 World Series featured the three-time defending champion New York Yankees against the Cincinnati Reds, who were making their first Series appearance since The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the borough of The Bronx, in New York City, New York. The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati Ohio, USA The Major League Baseball All-Star Game, also popularly known as the "Midsummer Classic" is an annual Baseball game between players from the National League Events 911 - Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Rollo of Normandy. The original Yankee Stadium is a Stadium located in The Bronx in New York City. The Negro League Baseball All-Star Game, also called the East-West Game(s, was the brainchild of Gus Greenlee, owner of the Pittsburgh Crawfords. Comiskey Park (35th Street & Shields Avenue Chicago, Illinois) was the ballpark in which the Chicago White Sox played from 1910 to 1990 The City of New York The Most Valuable Player Award (commonly known as the MVP award is an annual award given to one outstanding player in each league of Major League Baseball. Joseph Paul DiMaggio, born Giuseppe Paolo DiMaggio Jr ( November 25, 1914 &ndash March 8, 1999) nicknamed Joltin' Joe The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the borough of The Bronx, in New York City, New York. William Henry "Bucky" Walters ( April 19, 1909 - April 20, 1991) was an American Major League Baseball All-Star The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati Ohio, USA Listed below in chronological order are the Major League Baseball players chosen by The Sporting News as recipients of the TSN Player of the Year Award. Joseph Paul DiMaggio, born Giuseppe Paolo DiMaggio Jr ( November 25, 1914 &ndash March 8, 1999) nicknamed Joltin' Joe The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the borough of The Bronx, in New York City, New York. The Sporting News established The Sporting News Most Valuable Player Award in 1929. Joseph Paul DiMaggio, born Giuseppe Paolo DiMaggio Jr ( November 25, 1914 &ndash March 8, 1999) nicknamed Joltin' Joe The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the borough of The Bronx, in New York City, New York. William Henry "Bucky" Walters ( April 19, 1909 - April 20, 1991) was an American Major League Baseball All-Star The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati Ohio, USA The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award was established in 1936 by The Sporting News and was given annually to one manager in Leo Ernest Durocher ( July 27, 1905 – October 7, 1991) nicknamed Leo the Lip, was an American Infielder and The Los Angeles Dodgers are a Major League Baseball team based in Los Angeles California, USA The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the American League ( AL) is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the National League ( NL) is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball Batting average is a Statistic in both Cricket and Baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively Joseph Paul DiMaggio, born Giuseppe Paolo DiMaggio Jr ( November 25, 1914 &ndash March 8, 1999) nicknamed Joltin' Joe 381 Johnny Mize STL . Johnny Mize ( January 7, 1913 – June 2, 1993) was a Baseball player who was a First baseman for the St 349
HR Jimmie Foxx BOS 35 Johnny Mize STL 28
RBI Ted Williams BOS 145 Frank McCormick CIN 128
Wins Bob Feller CLE 24 Bucky Walters CIN 27
ERA Lefty Grove BOS 2. James Emory "Jimmie" Foxx ( October 22 - July 21) ( nicknamed Double X and The Beast) was an American First Johnny Mize ( January 7, 1913 – June 2, 1993) was a Baseball player who was a First baseman for the St Theodore Samuel "Ted" Williams ( August 30, 1918 – July 5, 2002) also nicknamed The Kid, the Splendid Splinter Frank Andrew McCormick (June 9 1911 in New York NY – November 21 1982 in Manhasset NY) was a First baseman in Major League Baseball who A win is a Statistic in Major League Baseball credited to the Pitcher for the winning team who was in the game when his team last took the lead Robert William Andrew "Bob" Feller (born November 3, 1918 in Van Meter Iowa) nicknamed the "Heater from Van Meter" and William Henry "Bucky" Walters ( April 19, 1909 - April 20, 1991) was an American Major League Baseball All-Star In Baseball statistics, earned run average ( ERA) is the Mean of Earned runs given up by a Pitcher per nine Innings pitched Robert Moses "Lefty" Grove ( March 6, 1900 &ndash May 22, 1975) was considered one of the greatest Pitchers in Major 54 Bucky Walters CIN 2. William Henry "Bucky" Walters ( April 19, 1909 - April 20, 1991) was an American Major League Baseball All-Star 29

Major League Baseball final standings

American League final standings

American League
Rank Club Wins Losses Win %   GB
1st New York Yankees 106   45 . The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the American League ( AL) is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the borough of The Bronx, in New York City, New York. 702    --
2nd Boston Red Sox 89   62 . The Boston Red Sox are a Professional baseball team based in Boston Massachusetts, and are the reigning (2007 World Series Champions. 589   17. 0
3rd Cleveland Indians 87   67 . The Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. 565   20. 5
4th Chicago White Sox 86   69 . The Chicago White Sox are a professional Baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois. 555   22. 0
5th Detroit Tigers 71   73 . The Detroit Tigers are a professional baseball team based in Detroit, Michigan, USA 526   26. 5
6th Washington Senators 65   87 . The Minnesota Twins are a professional baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. 428   41. 5
7th Philadelphia Athletics 55   97 . The Oakland Athletics are a professional baseball team based in Oakland, California. 362   51. 5
8th St. Louis Browns 43   111 . The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland. 279   64. 5

National League final standings

National League
Rank Club Wins Losses Win %   GB
1st Cincinnati Reds 97   57 . The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the National League ( NL) is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati Ohio, USA 630    --
2nd St. Louis Cardinals 92   61 . The St Louis Cardinals (also referred to as "the Cards " or "the Redbirds " are a professional Baseball team based in St 601   4. 5
3rd Brooklyn Dodgers 84   69 . The Los Angeles Dodgers are a Major League Baseball team based in Los Angeles California, USA 549   12. 5
4th Chicago Cubs 84   70 . The Chicago Cubs are a Professional Baseball franchise based in Chicago, Illinois. 545   13. 0
5th New York Giants 77   74 . The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in, that currently play in the National League West Division. 510   18. 5
6th Pittsburgh Pirates 68   85 . The Pittsburgh Pirates are a Major League Baseball club based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 444   28. 5
7th Boston Bees 63   88 . 417   32. 5
8th Philadelphia Phillies 45   106 . The Philadelphia Phillies are a Major League Baseball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States. 298   50. 5

Negro League Baseball final standings

Negro National League final standings

Negro National League
Club Wins Losses Win %   GB
Washington Homestead Grays 33 14 . The Homestead Grays were a professional Baseball team that played in the Negro Leagues in the United States. 702
Newark Eagles 29 20 . The Newark Eagles was a professional Negro League Baseball team that played in the second Negro National League from 592
Baltimore Elite Giants 25 21 . The Baltimore Elite Giants were a professional Baseball team that played in the Negro Leagues from to. 543
Philadelphia Stars 31 32 . The Philadelphia Stars were a Negro League baseball team from Philadelphia Pennsylvania. 492
New York Black Yankees 15 21 . The New York Black Yankees was a professional Baseball team based in New York City, Paterson NJ, and Rochester NY which played in the 417
New York Cubans 5 22 . The New York Cubans were a Negro Leagues Baseball team that played during the 1930s and from 1939 to 1950 185

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Events 1800 - War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden, French Frank Bissell "Lefty" Killen ( November 30, 1870 - December 3, 1939) was a professional Baseball player. Events 218 BC - Second Punic War: Battle of the Trebia - Hannibal 's Carthaginian forces defeat those of the Heywood Campbell Broun /bɹun/ ( December 7 1888 – December 18 1939) was an American Journalist. Events 1481 - Battle of Westbrook - Holland defeats troops of Utrecht. Arthur Clyde Engle ( March 19, 1884 - December 26, 1939) was an utility who played in Major League Baseball between
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