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The1941 major league baseball season began on April 14, 1941. The regular season ended on September 28, with theBrooklyn Dodgers andNew York Yankees as the regular season champions of theNational League andAmerican League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the38th World Series on October 1 and ended with Game 5 on October 6. The Yankees defeated the Dodgers, four games to one, capturing their ninth championship in franchise history, since their previous in1939. This was the firstSubway Series World Series to feature the Dodgers (the previous five featured theNew York Giants). Going into the season, the defendingWorld Series champions were theCincinnati Reds from the1940 season.

Theninth Major League Baseball All-Star Game was held on July 8 atBriggs Stadium inDetroit,Michigan, home of theDetroit Tigers. TheAmerican League won, 7–5.

In addition to a five-game World Series between New York City teams, highlights of the season includedTed Williamsbatting .406, andJoe DiMaggio having a56-game hitting streak; it has been called the "best baseball season ever".^[1]

The 1941 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams of their respective league. This continued the format put in place since the1904 season (except for1919) and would be used until1961 in the American League and1962 in the National League.

American League Opening Day took place on April 14 with a game between theNew York Yankees andWashington Senators, while National League Opening Day took place on the following day, featuring all eight teams. This was the first season since1939 that both leagues opened on different days. The final day of the regular season was on September 28 and featured all sixteen teams, continuing the trend since theprevious season. TheWorld Series took place between October 1 and October 6.

The 1941 season saw the following rule changes:

• In what was termed the "Baltimore Amendment", major league teams can now sign players for the purpose of assigning them to a minor-league club, with two caveats: The assignment must be between affiliated clubs, and all assignment transactions were to be reported to the commissioner.^[2]
• Despite both the National and American Leagues previously ruling that a maximum of sevennight games could be played (1935 and1939, respectively,) theSt. Louis Browns had played 14 night games theprevious season. Despite disagreements between the two leagues during the 1940 Winter Meetings, (the NL wanted to maintain seven days, while the AL wanted to have fewer than seven),CommissionerKenesaw Mountain Landis reaffirmed the National League's seven night game position for both leagues.^[2]
• A national defensive service list was implemented. If players were called to active military duty, they would be placed on the list, their contracts would remain with their teams, but they would not be counted against a club’s player limit.^[2]
• A two-person-maximum 60-daydisabled list (called "injured list" since2019) was created for each team. The disabled list was 60 calendar days, except after August 1.^[2]
• Rules regardingdoubleheaders were clarified: doubleheaders could be scheduled beginning with the fourth Sunday of the season (both St. Louis teams were unofficially allowed to start them a week earlier).^[2]

An asterisk (*) denotes the ballpark a team played the minority of their home games at

13 tie games (6 in AL, 7 in NL), which are not factored intowinning percentage orgames behind (and were often replayed again) occurred throughout the season.

The postseason began on October 1 and ended on October 6 with theNew York Yankees defeating theBrooklyn Dodgers in the1941 World Series in five games.

Over 77 home games, theCleveland Indians played 45 games at League Park and 32 games at Cleveland Stadium.^[28] All Wednesday home games took place at League Park. This would be the 7th of 12 seasons since1932 that saw the Indians play at both venues, and was the last season which saw the majority of home games at League Park.

• 1941 in baseball (Events,Births,Deaths)

• Creamer, Robert (2000).Baseball and Other Matters in 1941.Bison Books.ISBN 0803264062.
• Petriello, Mike (December 25, 2020)."The L.A. Browns? How one day in '41 changed MLB".MLB.com. RetrievedMay 8, 2021.And so, the vote was scheduled. It was to take place in Chicago on the morning of Monday, Dec. 8, 1941.
• Vaccaro, Mike (2007).1941--The Greatest Year In Sports: Two Baseball Legends, Two Boxing Champs, and the Unstoppable Thoroughbred Who Made History in the Shadow of War.Doubleday.ISBN 978-0385517959.

• 1941 Major League Schedule atBaseball Reference

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