1949 New York Yankees | ||
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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) | |
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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.
Offseason
[edit]- November 15, 1948: Grant Dunlap was drafted by the Yankees from the Cleveland Indians in the 1948 minor league draft.[1]
- Prior to 1949 season: Lou Skizas was signed as an amateur free agent by the Yankees.[2]
Regular season
[edit]The 1949 Yankees team was seen as "underdogs" who came from behind to catch and surprise the powerful Red Sox on the last two days of the season, a face off that fueled the beginning of the modern Yankees – Red Sox rivalry.
The Red Sox needed just one win in two games and were to pitch Mel Parnell in the first game. After trailing 4–0, the Yankees came back to beat Parnell 5–4, as Johnny Lindell hit an eighth-inning, game-winning, home run and Joe Page had a great relief appearance for New York.[3][4] And so it came down to the last game of the season. It was Ellis Kinder facing Vic Raschi.
The Yankees led 1–0 after seven innings, having scored in the first. In the eighth inning, manager Joe McCarthy lifted Kinder for a pinch hitter who did not come through. Then he brought in Mel Parnell in relief, and Parnell yielded a homer to Tommy Henrich and a single to Yogi Berra. Parnell was replaced by Tex Hughson, who had been on the disabled list and said his arm still hurt. But he came on and, with the bases loaded, Jerry Coleman hit a soft liner that Al Zarilla in right field tried to make a shoestring catch, but he missed and it went for a triple and three runs scored. In the ninth inning the Red Sox rallied for three runs but still fell short.[5] The post-season proved to be a bit easier, as the Yankees defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers four games to one.
In 1949, Boston Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey and Yankees GM Larry MacPhail verbally agreed to trade DiMaggio for Ted Williams, but MacPhail refused to include Yogi Berra.[6] Phil Rizzuto moved from eighth to first in the batting lineup and finished the season second in voting for the American League MVP Award.
Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 97 | 57 | .630 | — | 54–23 | 43–34 |
Boston Red Sox | 96 | 58 | .623 | 1 | 61–16 | 35–42 |
Cleveland Indians | 89 | 65 | .578 | 8 | 49–28 | 40–37 |
Detroit Tigers | 87 | 67 | .565 | 10 | 50–27 | 37–40 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 81 | 73 | .526 | 16 | 52–25 | 29–48 |
Chicago White Sox | 63 | 91 | .409 | 34 | 32–45 | 31–46 |
St. Louis Browns | 53 | 101 | .344 | 44 | 36–41 | 17–60 |
Washington Senators | 50 | 104 | .325 | 47 | 26–51 | 24–53 |
Record vs. opponents
[edit]Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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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 | — |
Notable transactions
[edit]- April 28, 1949: Grant Dunlap was returned by the Yankees to the Indians.[1]
Roster
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Outfielders
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Manager
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Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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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 |
Other batters
[edit]Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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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 |
Pitching
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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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 |
Other pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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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 |
Relief pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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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 |
1949 World Series
[edit]AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL Brooklyn Dodgers (1)
Game | Score | Date | Attendance |
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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 |
Awards and honors
[edit]Farm system
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ a b Grant Dunlap page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Lou Skizas page at Baseball Reference
- ^ "Yanks, Sox Settle Title In New York". The Victoria Advocate. Associated Press. September 29, 1949. p. 8. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
- ^ "October 1, 1949 Red Sox-Yankees box score". retrosheet.org. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
- ^ "October 2, 1949 Red Sox-Yankees box score". retrosheet.org. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
- ^ ESPN.com – Page2 – The List: Baseball's biggest rumors
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007