1942 Major League Baseball season
# 1942 Major League Baseball season

The 1942 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 14 to October 5, 1942. The St. Louis Cardinals and New York Yankees were the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The Cardinals then defeated the Yankees in the World Series, four games to one.

In the National League, the Brooklyn Dodgers had a record of 104–50, but finished two games behind the Cardinals; the Dodgers tied the 1909 Chicago Cubs, who had a record of 104–49, for the most wins in an MLB regular season without reaching the postseason.

## Awards and honors

* Baseball Hall of Fame
   * Rogers Hornsby
* Most Valuable Player
   * Joe Gordon (AL) – New York Yankees (2B)
   * Mort Cooper (NL) – St. Louis Cardinals (P)
* The Sporting News Player of the Year Award
   * Ted Williams – Boston Red Sox (LF)
* The Sporting News Most Valuable Player Award
   * Joe Gordon (AL) – New York Yankees (2B)
   * Mort Cooper (NL) – St. Louis Cardinals (P)
* The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award
   * Billy Southworth – St. Louis Cardinals

## Postseason

### Bracket

| World Series | World Series | World Series |
| - | - | - |
| AL | New York Yankees | 1 |
| NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 4 |

## Managers

### American League

| Team | Manager | Comments |
| - | - | - |
| Boston Red Sox | Joe Cronin | Finished 2nd |
| Chicago White Sox | Jimmy Dykes | |
| Cleveland Indians | Roger Peckinpaugh | |
| Detroit Tigers | Del Baker | |
| New York Yankees | Joe McCarthy | Won Pennant |
| Philadelphia Athletics | Connie Mack | |
| St. Louis Browns | Luke Sewell | Finished 3rd |
| Washington Senators | Bucky Harris | |

### National League

| Team | Manager | Comments |
| - | - | - |
| Boston Braves | Casey Stengel | |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | Leo Durocher | Finished 2nd |
| Chicago Cubs | Jimmie Wilson | |
| Cincinnati Reds | Bill McKechnie | |
| New York Giants | Bill Terry | Finished 3rd |
| Philadelphia Phillies | Hans Lobert | |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | Frankie Frisch | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | Billy Southworth | Won World Series |

## Home field attendance

| Team name | Wins | %± | Home attendance | %± | Per game |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | 104 | 4.0% | 1,037,765 | -14.6% | 13,136 |
| New York Yankees | 103 | 2.0% | 922,011 | -4.4% | 11,974 |
| New York Giants | 85 | 14.9% | 779,621 | 2.2% | 9,869 |
| Boston Red Sox | 93 | 10.7% | 730,340 | 1.6% | 9,485 |
| Chicago Cubs | 68 | -2.9% | 590,972 | 8.4% | 7,577 |
| Detroit Tigers | 73 | -2.7% | 580,087 | -15.3% | 7,534 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 106 | 9.3% | 553,552 | -12.6% | 7,097 |
| Cleveland Indians | 75 | 0.0% | 459,447 | -38.4% | 5,743 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 66 | -18.5% | 448,897 | -6.9% | 5,830 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 76 | -13.6% | 427,031 | -33.6% | 5,546 |
| Chicago White Sox | 66 | -14.3% | 425,734 | -37.1% | 6,082 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 55 | -14.1% | 423,487 | -19.9% | 5,572 |
| Washington Senators | 62 | -11.4% | 403,493 | -2.9% | 5,240 |
| Boston Braves | 59 | -4.8% | 285,332 | 8.2% | 4,019 |
| St. Louis Browns | 82 | 17.1% | 255,617 | 45.0% | 3,320 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 42 | -2.3% | 230,183 | -0.5% | 3,111 |

## Feats

The Philadelphia Athletics set a record for the fewest runs batted in during a season, with only 354.

