1941 World Series
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The 1941 World Series matched the New York Yankees against the Brooklyn Dodgers, with the Yankees winning in five games to capture their fifth title in six years, and their ninth overall.
The name "Subway Series" arises for a World Series played between two New York City teams. The series was punctuated by the Dodgers' Mickey Owen's dropped third strike of a sharply breaking curveball (a suspected spitball) pitched by Hugh Casey in the 9th inning of Game 4. The play led to a Yankees rally and brought them one win away from another championship.
Records: New York Yankees (W: 101, L: 53, Pct: .656, GA: 17) - Brooklyn Dodgers (W: 100, L: 54, Pct: .649, GA: 2 ½)
Managers: Joe McCarthy (New York), Leo Durocher (Brooklyn)
Umpires: Bill McGowan (AL), Babe Pinelli (NL), Bill Grieve (AL), Larry Goetz (NL)
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[edit] Summary
AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL Brooklyn Dodgers (1)
| Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dodgers – 2, Yankees – 3 | October 1 | Yankee Stadium | 68,540 |
| 2 | Dodgers – 3, Yankees – 2 | October 2 | Yankee Stadium | 66,248 |
| 3 | Yankees – 2, Dodgers – 1 | October 4 | Ebbets Field | 33,100 |
| 4 | Yankees – 7, Dodgers – 4 | October 5 | Ebbets Field | 33,813 |
| 5 | Yankees – 3, Dodgers – 1 | October 6 | Ebbets Field | 34,072 |
[edit] Matchups
[edit] Game 1
October 1: Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| New York (A) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | x | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| W: Red Ruffing (1-0) L: Curt Davis (0-1) | ||||||||||||
| HR: NYY – Joe Gordon (1) | ||||||||||||
[edit] Game 2
October 2: Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| New York (A) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
| W: Whit Wyatt (1-0) L: Spud Chandler (0-1) | ||||||||||||
[edit] Game 3
October 4: Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, New York
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York (A) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| Brooklyn (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| W: Marius Russo (1-0) L: Hugh Casey (0-1) | ||||||||||||
[edit] Game 4
October 5: Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, New York
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York (A) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 0 |
| Brooklyn (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
| W: Johnny Murphy (1-0) L: Hugh Casey (0-2) | ||||||||||||
| HR: : BRO – Pete Reiser (1) | ||||||||||||
[edit] Game 5
October 6: Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, New York
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York (A) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| Brooklyn (N) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| W: Tiny Bonham (1-0) L: Whit Wyatt (1-1) | ||||||||||||
| HR: : NYY – Tommy Henrich (1) | ||||||||||||
[edit] Composite box
1941 World Series (4-1): New York Yankees (A.L.) over Brooklyn Dodgers (N.L.)
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 41 | 2 | |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 29 | 4 | |
| Total Attendance: 235,773 Average Attendance: 47,155 | |||||||||||||
| Winning Player’s Share: – $5,943 Losing Player’s Share – $4,829 | |||||||||||||
[edit] Trivia
- The "Bronx Bombers" were back after a one-year hiatus, having won thirteen (13) of their last fourteen (14) Series games and twenty-eight (28) of their last thirty-one (31) games in the World Series.
- "This was the first Subway Series between the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Yankees, who had already faced the crosstown New York Giants five times, and the Series was now 1-0 in favor of the Bronx Bombers." These two teams would meet a total of seven (7) times from 1941-1956 - the Dodgers only victory in 1955!
- The Yankees pitching staff only allowed nine (9) earned runs and finished with a team earned run average of 1.80. The top American League World Series pitching staffs through 1941:
Rank A.L. Teams ERA World Series
1st Cleveland Indians 0.89 1920 World Series
2nd New York Yankees 1.22 1939 World Series
3rd Philadelphia Athletics 1.29 1911 World Series
4th Philadelphia Athletics 1.47 1905 World Series
Boston Red Sox 1.47 1916 World Series
6th Chicago White Sox 1.50 1906 World Series
7th Boston Red Sox 1.70 1918 World Series
8th Philadelphia Athletics 1.73 1930 World Series
9th New York Yankees 1.80 1941 World Series
[edit] References
- Neft, David S., and Richard M. Cohen. The World Series. 1st ed. New York: St Martins, 1990. (Neft and Cohen 184-187)
[edit] External links
- 1941 World Series at Baseball-Reference.com
- 1941 World Series at WorldSeries.com (MLB.com)
- 1941 World Series at Baseball-Almanac.com
- 1941 World Series box scores and play-by-play at Retrosheet.org
- Baseball's 25 Greatest Moments: Mickey Owen and the Dropped Third Strike
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