1939 MLB season | |
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League | Major League Baseball |
Sport | Baseball |
Duration | April 17 – October 8, 1939 |
Number of games | 154 |
Number of teams | 16 |
Regular season | |
Season MVP | AL: Joe DiMaggio (NYY) NL: Bucky Walters (CIN) |
AL champions | New York Yankees |
AL runners-up | Boston Red Sox |
NL champions | Cincinnati Reds |
NL runners-up | St. Louis Cardinals |
World Series | |
Champions | New York Yankees |
Runners-up | Cincinnati Reds |
The 1939 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 17 to October 8, 1939. The Cincinnati Reds and New York Yankees were the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The Yankees then defeated the Reds in the World Series, four games to zero. The Yankees became the first team to win the World Series four years in a row.
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