1941

1941 in baseball
Japanese baseball
American League
National League
Negro Leagues
<< 1940 1942 >>

Championships, events, culture, births, and deaths that occurred in 1941.

Club competitions

Professional

Asia and Australia

• Japanese Professional Baseball League: Tokyo Kyojin (Details)
• Claxton Shield: series suspended due to World War II

Europe

• Hoofdklasse Honkbal: SC Haarlem

North America

• Major League Baseball
  • World Series: New York Yankees (AL) over the Brooklyn Dodgers (NL), 4 - 1 (Details)
    • American League: New York Yankees (Details)
    • National League: Brooklyn Dodgers (Details)

• Minor League Baseball
  • Alabama State League: Dothan Browns
  • American Association: Columbus Red Birds
  • Appalachian League: Elizabethton Betsy Red Sox
  • Arizona-Texas League: Tucson Cowboys
  • Bi-State League: Sanford Spinners
  • California League: Santa Barbara Saints
  • Canadian-American League: Oneonta Indians
  • Coastal Plain League: Wilson Tobs
  • Cotton States League: Hot Springs Bathers
  • Eastern League: Elmira Pioneers
  • Eastern Shore League: Easton Yankees
  • Evangeline League: New Iberia Cardinals
  • Florida East Coast League: Miami Beach Flamingos
  • Florida State League: Leesburg Anglers
  • Georgia-Florida League: Thomasville Lookouts
  • International League: Montreal Royals
  • Interstate League: Harrisburg Senators
  • Kitty League: Mayfield Browns
  • Michigan State League: Flint Indians
  • Middle Atlantic League: Erie Sailors
  • Mountain State League: Logan Indians
  • North Carolina State League: Salisbury Giants
  • Northeast Arkansas League: Newport Dodgers
  • Northern League: Eau Claire Bears
  • Ohio State League: Fremont Green Sox
  • Pacific Coast League: Seattle Rainiers over Sacramento Solons, 4-3, in the league finals
  • Pennsylvania State Association: Butler Yankees
  • Piedmont League: Durham Bulls
  • Pioneer League: Ogden Reds
  • PONY League: Bradford Bees
  • South Atlantic League: Columbia Reds
  • Southeastern League: Mobile Shippers
  • Southern Association: Nashville Vols
  • Texas League: Dallas Rebels
  • Three-I League: Cedar Rapids Raiders
  • Virginia League: Salem-Roanoke Friends
  • West Texas-New Mexico League: Clovis Pioneers
  • Western Association: Joplin Miners
  • Western International League: Spokane Indians
  • Western League: Pueblo Rollers
  • Wisconsin State League: Sheboygan Indians

• Liga Mexicana de Béisbol: Azules de Veracruz México

• Negro Leagues
  • Negro American League: Kansas City Monarchs (Details)
  • Negro National League: Homestead Grays (Details)
  • East-West Game: The team representing the East defeated the team representing the West by a score of 8 - 3 at Comiskey Park (Details)

Winter Leagues

• Cuban Winter League: Habana
• Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico: Caguas-Guayama

Amateur

• National Baseball Congress World Series: Champlin Refiners (Details)
• Japan High School Baseball Federation
  • National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament: Toho High School (Aichi) defeat Ichinomiya High School (Aichi), 5 - 2 in the championship (Details)
  • National High School Baseball Championship: canceled due to war

International competitions

• Baseball World Cup in Cuba (Details)
  • Venezuela (Gold); Cuba (Silver); Mexico (Bronze)

Culture

Literature

• You Could Look It Up, by James Thurber

Song

• Joltin' Joe DiMaggio, by Les Brown (with Betty Bonney)

Births

Further information: Births in 1941

Deaths

Further information: Deaths in 1941