1949_New_York_Yankees_season

1949 New York Yankees
1949 New York Yankees
World Series Champions; American League Champions
League	American League
Ballpark	Yankee Stadium
City	New York City, New York
Owners	Dan Topping and Del Webb
General managers	George Weiss
Managers	Casey Stengel
Television	WABD; (Dolly Stark)
Radio	WINS (AM); (Mel Allen, Curt Gowdy)

1949 New York Yankees season

Major League Baseball team season

The 1949 New York Yankees season was the team's 47th season. The team finished with a record of 97–57, winning their 16th pennant, finishing 1 game ahead of the Boston Red Sox. New York was managed by Casey Stengel in his first year. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series, they defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers in 5 games.

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v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	97	57	0.630	—	54–23	43–34
Boston Red Sox	96	58	0.623	1	61–16	35–42
Cleveland Indians	89	65	0.578	8	49–28	40–37
Detroit Tigers	87	67	0.565	10	50–27	37–40
Philadelphia Athletics	81	73	0.526	16	52–25	29–48
Chicago White Sox	63	91	0.409	34	32–45	31–46
St. Louis Browns	53	101	0.344	44	36–41	17–60
Washington Senators	50	104	0.325	47	26–51	24–53

1949 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	17–5	8–14	15–7–1	9–13	14–8	15–7	18–4
Chicago	5–17	—	7–15	8–14	7–15	6–16	15–7	15–7
Cleveland	14–8	15–7	—	13–9	10–12	9–13	15–7	13–9
Detroit	7–15–1	14–8	9–13	—	11–11	14–8	14–8	18–4
New York	13–9	15–7	12–10	11–11	—	14–8	17–5–1	15–7
Philadelphia	8–14	16–6	13–9	8–14	8–14	—	12–10	16–6
St. Louis	7–15	7–15	7–15	8–14	5–17–1	10–12	—	9–13
Washington	4–18	7–15	9–13	4–18	7–15	6–16	13–9	—

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Yogi Berra	116	415	155	.277	20	91
1B	Tommy Henrich	115	411	118	.287	24	85
2B	Jerry Coleman	128	447	123	.275	2	42
3B	Bobby Brown	104	343	97	.283	6	61
SS	Phil Rizzuto	153	614	169	.275	5	65
OF	Cliff Mapes	111	304	75	.247	7	38
OF	Gene Woodling	112	296	80	.270	5	44
OF	Hank Bauer	103	301	82	.272	10	45

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Billy Johnson	113	329	82	.249	8	56
Joe DiMaggio	76	272	94	.346	14	67
Johnny Lindell	78	211	51	.242	6	27
Dick Kryhoski	54	177	52	.294	1	27
Snuffy Stirnweiss	70	157	41	.261	0	11
Charlie Silvera	58	130	41	.315	0	13
Charlie Keller	60	116	29	.250	3	16
Jack Phillips	45	91	28	.308	1	10
Gus Niarhos	32	43	12	.279	0	6
Fenton Mole	10	27	5	.185	0	2
Johnny Mize	13	23	6	.261	1	2
Jim Delsing	9	20	7	.350	1	3
Joe Collins	7	10	1	.100	0	4
Ralph Houk	5	7	4	.571	0	1
Mickey Witek	1	1	1	1.000	0	0

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Vic Raschi	38	274.2	21	10	3.34	124
Ed Lopat	31	215.1	15	10	3.26	70
Allie Reynolds	35	213.2	17	6	4.00	105
Tommy Byrne	32	196.0	15	7	3.72	129

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Fred Sanford	29	95.1	7	3	3.87	51
Bob Porterfield	12	57.2	2	5	4.06	25
Duane Pillette	12	37.1	2	4	4.34	9

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Joe Page	60	13	8	27	2.59	99
Cuddles Marshall	21	3	0	3	5.11	13
Spec Shea	20	1	1	1	5.33	22
Ralph Buxton	14	0	1	2	4.05	14
Hugh Casey	4	1	0	0	8.22	5
Frank Hiller	4	0	2	1	5.87	3
Wally Hood	2	0	0	0	0.00	2

Game	Score	Date	Attendance
1	New York 1, Brooklyn 0	October 5	66,224
2	Brooklyn 1, New York 0	October 6	70,053
3	New York 4, Brooklyn 3	October 7	32,788
4	New York 6, Brooklyn 4	October 8	33,934
5	New York 10, Brooklyn 6	October 9	33,711