1949 New York Yankees season

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1949 New York Yankees
Casey Stengel's First Season as Manager
1949 World Series Championship
1949 American League Champions
Major league affiliations
Location
1949 Information
Owner(s) Dan Topping and Del Webb
Manager(s) Casey Stengel
Local television WABD
(Dolly Stark)
Local radio WINS (AM)
(Mel Allen, Curt Gowdy)

The 1949 New York Yankees season was the 47th season for the Yankees. 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. Phil Rizzutto moved from eighth to first in the batting lineup and finished the season second in voting for the American League MVP Award. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series, they defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers in 5 games.

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[edit] Season summary

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 post-season proved to be a bit easier, as the Yankees knocked off the Dodgers four games to one.

[edit] Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB
New York Yankees 97 57 .630 --
Boston Red Sox 96 58 .623 1
Cleveland Indians 89 65 .578 8
Detroit Tigers 87 67 .565 10
Philadelphia Athletics 81 73 .526 16
Chicago White Sox 63 91 .409 34
St. Louis Browns 53 101 .344 44
Washington Senators 50 104 .325 47

[edit] Roster

1949 New York Yankees roster
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Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

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

[edit] Other batters

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

[edit] Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Tommy Byrne 32 196 15 7 3.72 129
Ed Lopat 31 215.3 15 10 3.26 70
Vic Raschi 38 274.7 21 10 3.34 124
Allie Reynolds 35 213.7 17 6 4.00 105

[edit] Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Hugh Casey 4 7.7 1 0 8.22 5
Frank Hiller 4 7.7 0 2 5.87 3
Wally Hood 2 2.3 0 0 0.00 2
Duane Pillette 12 37.3 2 4 4.34 9
Bob Porterfield 12 57.7 2 5 4.06 25

[edit] Relief pitchers

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Ralph Buxton 14 0 1 2 4.05 14
Cuddles Marshall 21 3 0 3 5.11 13
Joe Page 60 13 8 27 2.59 99
Fred Sanford 29 7 3 0 3.87 51
Spec Shea 20 1 1 1 5.33 22

[edit] World Series

Main article: 1949 World Series

AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL Brooklyn Dodgers (1)

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

[edit] Awards and Honors

All-Star Game

[edit] External links

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1949 MLB season by team
American League
Boston • Chicago • Cleveland • Detroit • New York • Philadelphia • St. Louis • Washington
National League
1949 All-Star Game • 1949 World Series
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New York Yankees 1949 World Series roster
Preceded by
Cleveland Indians
1948		 American League Champions
1949		 Succeeded by
New York Yankees
1950
Preceded by
Cleveland Indians
1948		 World Series Champions
New York Yankees
1949		 Succeeded by
New York Yankees
1950
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