1941 AL
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The 1941 season of the American League was the forty-first season of the league.
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[edit] Season summary
[edit] Standings
- Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion
| Rank | Team | G | W | L | T | WPCT | GB | RS (RS/G) | RA (RA/G) | AVG | OBP | SLG | ERA | FPCT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York Yankees | 156 | 101 | 53 | 2 | .647 | -.- | 830 (5.32) | 631 (4.04) | 0.269 | 0.343 | 0.419 | 3.53 | 0.973 |
| 2 | Boston Red Sox | 155 | 84 | 70 | 1 | .542 | 17.0 | 865 (5.58) | 750 (4.84) | 0.283 | 0.364 | 0.430 | 4.19 | 0.972 |
| 3 | Chicago White Sox | 156 | 77 | 77 | 2 | .494 | 24.0 | 638 (4.09) | 649 (4.16) | 0.255 | 0.319 | 0.343 | 3.52 | 0.971 |
| 4 | Detroit Tigers | 155 | 75 | 79 | 1 | .484 | 26.0 | 686 (4.43) | 743 (4.79) | 0.263 | 0.337 | 0.375 | 4.18 | 0.969 |
| 5 | Cleveland Indians | 155 | 75 | 79 | 1 | .484 | 26.0 | 677 (4.37) | 668 (4.31) | 0.256 | 0.321 | 0.393 | 3.90 | 0.976 |
| 6 | Washington Senators | 156 | 70 | 84 | 2 | .449 | 31.0 | 728 (4.67) | 798 (5.12) | 0.272 | 0.329 | 0.376 | 4.35 | 0.969 |
| 7 | St. Louis Browns | 157 | 70 | 84 | 3 | .446 | 31.0 | 765 (4.87) | 823 (5.24) | 0.266 | 0.358 | 0.390 | 4.72 | 0.975 |
| 8 | Philadelphia Athletics | 154 | 64 | 90 | 0 | .416 | 37.0 | 713 (4.63) | 840 (5.45) | 0.268 | 0.339 | 0.387 | 4.83 | 0.967 |
[edit] League leaders
- Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record
[edit] Batting
[edit] Pitching
[edit] All-Star Game
The American League won the ninth midsummer classic at Briggs Stadium in Detroit, MI on Tuesday, July 8, 1941 by a score of 7 to 5. The league's manager was Del Baker.
[edit] Postseason
In the World Series, the American League champion New York Yankees defeated the National League's Brooklyn Dodgers, 4 games to 1.
[edit] Award winners
The winner of the league's Most Valuable Player Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was Joe DiMaggio, an outfielder with the New York Yankees. In the award's voting, he had 291 out of a possible 336 points and 15 first place votes.
[edit] Hall of Fame Game
The second annual Hall of Fame Game was played on June 13 at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown, NY near the National Baseball Hall of Fame. In the game, the American League's Cleveland Indians defeated the Cincinnati Reds of the National League by a score of 2 to 1. The game was stopped by rain after six innings.
[edit] Notable events
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