1949 New York Yankees season

Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees March 2026 November 2013 New York Yankees 1949 World Series championsAmerican League champions American League Yankee Stadium New York City, New York 97 57 y 1st Dan Topping and Del Webb George Weiss Casey Stengel WABD(Dolly Stark) WINS (AM)(Mel Allen, Curt Gowdy) 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 November 15, 1948: Grant Dunlap was drafted by the Yankees from the Cleveland Indians in the 1948 minor league draft.Grant Dunlap page at Baseball Reference Prior to 1949 season: Lou Skizas was signed as an amateur free agent by the Yankees.Lou Skizas page at Baseball Reference Regular season 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.Yanks, Sox Settle Title In New York Associated Press The Victoria Advocate 8 September 29, 1949 June 30, 2011 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TTUcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DloEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6368,2208137&dq=johnny+lindell&hl=enhttp://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1949/B10010NYA1949.htm October 1, 1949 Red Sox-Yankees box score retrosheet.org June 30, 2011 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 pinch hitter Tom Wright who walked but was erased in a double play, ending the inning. 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.http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1949/B10020NYA1949.htm October 2, 1949 Red Sox-Yankees box score retrosheet.org June 30, 2011 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.ESPN.com – Page2 – The List: Baseball's biggest rumors 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 New York Yankees Record vs. opponents NYY Notable transactions April 28, 1949: Grant Dunlap was returned by the Yankees to the Indians. Roster 1949 New York Yankees Roster Pitchers 12 Ralph Buxton 28 Tommy Byrne 26 Hugh Casey 39 Frank Hiller 39,52 Wally Hood 30 Eddie Lopat 19 Cuddles Marshall 11 Joe Page 35 Duane Pillette 18 Bob Porterfield 17 Vic Raschi 22 Allie Reynolds 21 Fred Sanford 20 Spec Shea Catchers  8 Yogi Berra 32 Ralph Houk 38 Gus Niarhos 29 Charlie Silvera Infielders  6 Bobby Brown 42 Jerry Coleman 41 Joe Collins 24 Billy Johnson 23 Dick Kryhoski 36 Johnny Mize 18, 23 Fenton Mole 36 Jack Phillips 10 Phil Rizzuto  1 Snuffy Stirnweiss Outfielders 25 Hank Bauer 52 Jim Delsing  5 Joe DiMaggio 15 Tommy Henrich  9 Charlie Keller 27 Johnny Lindell  7 Cliff Mapes 14 Gene Woodling Other batters 35 Mickey Witek Manager 37 Casey Stengel Coaches  2 Frankie Crosetti 33 Bill Dickey 31 Jim Turner Player stats = Indicates team leader Batting Starters by position 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 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 Bobby Brown (third baseman) 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 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 Billy Johnson Billy Johnson (baseball) 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 Jack Phillips (first baseman) 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 = Indicates league leader 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 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 Tommy Byrne (baseball) 32 196.0 15 7 3.72 129 Other 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 Fred Sanford Fred Sanford (baseball) 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 Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO 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 Hugh Casey (baseball) 4 1 0 0 8.22 5 Frank Hiller 4 0 2 1 5.87 3 Wally Hood Wally Hood (pitcher) 2 0 0 0 0.00 2 1949 World Series 1949 World Series AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL Brooklyn Dodgers (1) GameScoreDateAttendance1New York 1, Brooklyn 0October 566,2242Brooklyn 1, New York 0October 670,0533New York 4, Brooklyn 3October 732,7884New York 6, Brooklyn 4October 833,9345New York 10, Brooklyn 6October 933,711 Awards and honors Joe Page, Babe Ruth Award All-Star Game Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Kansas City Blues American Association Bill Skiff AAA Newark Bears International League Buddy Hassett AA Beaumont Exporters Texas League Chick Autry A Binghamton Triplets Eastern League George Selkirk A Augusta Tigers Sally League Alton Biggs and Jim Pruett B Quincy Gems Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League James Adlam B Manchester Yankees New England League Wally Berger B Norfolk Tars Piedmont League Earl Bolyard and Frank Novosel B Victoria Athletics Western International League Ted Norbert and Earl Bolyard C Ventura Yankees California League Bones Sanders C Amsterdam Rugmakers Canadian–American League Mayo Smith C Grand Forks Chiefs Northern League Eddie Kearse, Joe McDermott and Wally Berger C Twin Falls Cowboys Pioneer League Charlie Metro C Joplin Miners Western Association Johnny Sturm D Easton Yankees Eastern Shore League Jack Farmer D LaGrange Troupers Georgia–Alabama League Carl Cooper D Independence Yankees Kansas–Oklahoma–Missouri League Harry Craft D Belleville Stags Mississippi–Ohio Valley League Les Mueller, Joe Yurkovich, Addie Nesbit and Bunny Mick D Newark Yankees Ohio–Indiana League Jim McLeod D McAlester Rockets Sooner State League Vern Hoscheit D Fond du Lac Panthers Wisconsin State League Fred CollinsLEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Binghamton, Joplin, IndependenceManchester club folded, July 19, 1949Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007 References 2 External links 1949 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference 1949 World Series 1949 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:New York Yankees seasons New York Yankees New York Yankees Category:1940s in the Bronx Category:American League champion seasons Category:World Series champion seasons