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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