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WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS:

1940: CINCINNATI REDS OVER DETROIT TIGERS IN 7 GAMES
1941: NEW YORK YANKEES OVER BROOKLYN DODGERS IN 5 GAMES
1942: ST. LOUIS CARDINALS OVER NEW YORK YANKEES IN 5 GAMES
1943: NEW YORK YANKEES OVER ST. LOUIS CARDINALS IN 5 GAMES
1944: ST. LOUIS CARDINALS OVER ST. LOUIS BROWNS IN 6 GAMES
1945: DETROIT TIGERS OVER CHICAGO CUBS IN 7 GAMES
1946: ST. LOUIS CARDINALS OVER BOSTON RED SOX IN 7 GAMES
1947: NEW YORK YANKEES OVER BROOKLYN DODGERS IN 7 GAMES
1948: CLEVELAND INDIANS OVER BOSTON BRAVES IN 6 GAMES
1949: NEW YORK YANKEES OVER BROOKLYN DODGERS IN 5 GAMES

HALL-OF-FAMERS:

1940: Bill McKechnie, CIN; Ernie Lombardi, CIN; Earl Averill, DET; Charlie Gehringer, DET; Hank Greenberg, DET; Bill Klem, UMP

1941: Joe McCarthy, NYY; Bill Dickey, NYY; Joe DiMaggio, NYY; Joe Gordon, NYY; Phil Rizzuto, NYY; Red Ruffing, NYY; Leo Durocher, BRK; Billy Herman, BRK; Joe Medwick, BRK; Pee Wee Reese, BRK; Bill McGowan, UMP

1942: Billy Southworth, STL; Enos Slaughter, STL; Stan Musial, STL; Joe McCarthy, NYY; Bill Dickey, NYY; Joe DiMaggio, NYY; Joe Gordon, NYY; Phil Rizzuto, NYY; Red Ruffing, NYY; Cal Hubbard, UMP

1943: Joe McCarthy, NYY; Bill Dickey, NYY; Joe DiMaggio, NYY; Joe Gordon, NYY; Phil Rizzuto, NYY; Red Ruffing, NYY; Billy Southworth, STL; Enos Slaughter, STL; Stan Musial, STL

1944: Billy Southworth, STL; Enos Slaughter, STL; Stan Musial, STL; Bill McGowan, UMP

1945: Hank Greenberg, DET; Hal Newhouser, DET; Jocko Conlan, UMP

1946: Stan Musial, STL; Red Schoendienst, STL; Enos Slaughter, STL; Joe Cronin, BOS; Bobby Doerr, BOS; Ted Williams, BOS; Cal Hubbard, UMP; Al Barlick, UMP

1947: Bucky Harris, NYY; Yogi Berra, NYY; Joe DiMaggio, NYY; Phil Rizzuto, NYY; Pee Wee Reese, BRK; Jackie Robinson, BRK; Duke Snider, BRK; Arky Vaughn, BRK; George McGowan, UMP

1948: Lou Boudreau, CLE; Larry Doby, CLE; Bob Feller, CLE; Joe Gordon, CLE; Bob Lemon, CLE; Bill McKechnie, CLE; Satchel Paige, CLE; Billy Southworth, BOB; Warren Spahn, BOB

1949: Casey Stengel, NYY; Yogi Berra, NYY; Joe DiMaggio, NYY; Johnny Mize, NYY; Phil Rizzuto, NYY; Roy Campanella, BRK; Duke Snider, BRK; Pee Wee Reese, BRK; Jackie Robinson, BRK; Cal Hubbard, UMP

IMPORTANT MOMENTS

1940: Bobo Newson honors father, who passes just after Game 1 of Series; Reds coach becomes back-up catcher, hits .350 in series & steals only stolen base; Bucky Haines becomes fourth NL pitcher to hit Home Run in World Series

1941: Dodgers' catcher fails to catch Strike Three to end Game 4 in 4-3 Brooklyn win, leads to 4-run Yankee rally to win 7-4

1942: Red Ruffing takes no-hitter through 7 & 2/3 innings, but Yankees lose Game 1; Cardinals snap tie in 9th Inning of Game 5 to win Championship; Yankees 8-Series winning streak snapped; Series used as backdrop for The Plot Against America for Philip Roth

1943: First World Series highlight film ever made (Continues to this day); WWII leads to unusual schedule, depleted rosters (One of the Yankees pitchers was on 10-day leave from US Army); Pitcher-Catcher Battery of Mort and Walker Cooper honor passing of their father the day he dies with win in Game 2

1944: St. Louis Browns win only pennant in franchise history, despite team put together from scraps (One Player had lost his ARM at the age of 6; One Starter hadn't played in the MLB for 5 years)

1945: The Curse of the Billy Goat begins: Most recent time that Cubs have played in World Series; Chicago's last World Series win is 12-inning walk-off winner in Game 6

1946: First time Red Sox have played in World Series since trading Babe Ruth to New York in 1919; Game 4: Only Game in Series history in which three players on same team get 4+ hits; Cardinals win Series on Enos Slaughter's mad dash from first base to home

1947: First World Series in which African-American player plays (Jackie Robinson); First World Series played on television; Game 4: Bill Bevens on Yankees takes no-hitter to 2 outs in bottom of ninth, but last hit of Cookie Lavagetto's career ends bid, and wins game for Dodgers; Game 6: Dodgers' Al Gionfriddo makes game-winning catch up against bullpen that inspires Red Barber's (and later Chris Berman's) back-back-back; Yankees still hold on to win Championship (All three players - Bevens, Lavagetto, Gionfriddo - make last appearance in MLB)

1948: Critical call by Umpire gives Braves win in Game 1; Single Game attendance record is broken two-days in a row; Satchel Paige becomes first African-American pitcher in Series history; Indians win most recent World Championship in franchise history

1949: In Game 5, World Series is played under lights for the first time; Don Newcombe throws complete game 5-hitter in Game 1, still loses on walk-off home run by Tommy Henrich; Yankees begin streak of winning 5 World Series consecutively

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