1941 American League

The 1941 season of the American League was the forty-first season of the league.

Season summary[edit]

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	New York Yankees	156	101	53	2	.647	-.-	830 (5.32)	631 (4.04)	0.269	0.343	0.419	3.53	0.973
2	Boston Red Sox	155	84	70	1	.542	17.0	865 (5.58)	750 (4.84)	0.283	0.364	0.430	4.19	0.972
3	Chicago White Sox	156	77	77	2	.494	24.0	638 (4.09)	649 (4.16)	0.255	0.319	0.343	3.52	0.971
4	Detroit Tigers	155	75	79	1	.484	26.0	686 (4.43)	743 (4.79)	0.263	0.337	0.375	4.18	0.969
5	Cleveland Indians	155	75	79	1	.484	26.0	677 (4.37)	668 (4.31)	0.256	0.321	0.393	3.90	0.976
6	Washington Senators	156	70	84	2	.449	31.0	728 (4.67)	798 (5.12)	0.272	0.329	0.376	4.35	0.969
7	St. Louis Browns	157	70	84	3	.446	31.0	765 (4.87)	823 (5.24)	0.266	0.358	0.390	4.72	0.975
8	Philadelphia Athletics	154	64	90	0	.416	37.0	713 (4.63)	840 (5.45)	0.268	0.339	0.387	4.83	0.967

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Joe Gordon	New York Yankees	156
At Bats	Doc Cramer	Washington Senators	660
Runs Scored	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	135
Hits	Cecil Travis	Washington Senators	218
Doubles	Lou Boudreau	Cleveland Indians	45
Triples	Jeff Heath	Cleveland Indians	20
Home Runs	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	37
Total Bases	Joe DiMaggio	New York Yankees	348
Runs Batted In	Joe DiMaggio	New York Yankees	125
Stolen Bases	George Case	Washington Senators	33
Caught Stealing	Jeff Heath	Cleveland Indians	12
Walks	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	147
Hit by Pitch	Dom DiMaggio	Boston Red Sox	7
Strikeouts	Jimmie Foxx	Boston Red Sox	103
Sacrifice Hits	Lou Boudreau Joe Cronin Bob Harris	Cleveland Indians Boston Red Sox St. Louis Browns	14
Grounded into Double Plays	Frankie Hayes Pete Suder	Philadelphia Athletics Philadelphia Athletics	23
Batting Average	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	0.406
On-Base Percentage	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	'0.553
Slugging Percentage	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	0.735
On-Base plus Slugging	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	1.288
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	235

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Bob Feller	Cleveland Indians	25
Losses	Bobo Newsom	Detroit Tigers	20
Win-Loss Percentage	Lefty Gomez	New York Yankees	0.750
Appearances	Bob Feller	Cleveland Indians	44
Games Started	Bob Feller	Cleveland Indians	40
Complete Games	Thornton Lee	Chicago White Sox	30
Shutouts	Bob Feller	Cleveland Indians	6
Games Finished	Johnny Murphy	New York Yankees	31
Saves	Johnny Murphy	New York Yankees	15
Innings Pitched	Bob Feller	Cleveland Indians	343.0
Batters Faced	Bob Feller	Cleveland Indians	1466
Hits Allowed	Bob Feller	Cleveland Indians	284
Home Runs Allowed	Johnny Rigney	Chicago White Sox	21
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Bob Feller	Cleveland Indians	194
Hit Batsmen	Dick Newsome	Boston Red Sox	7
Strikeouts	Bob Feller	Cleveland Indians	260
Wild Pitches	Phil Marchildon	Philadelphia Athletics	12
Balks	Phil Marchildon	Philadelphia Athletics	3
Runs Allowed	Elden Auker	St. Louis Browns	150
Earned Runs Allowed	Elden Auker	St. Louis Browns	132
Earned Run Average	Thornton Lee	Chicago White Sox	2.37
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Thornton Lee	Chicago White Sox	1.165

The American League won the ninth midsummer classic at Briggs Stadium in Detroit, MI on Tuesday, July 8, 1941 by a score of 7 to 5. The league's manager was Del Baker.

In the World Series, the American League champion New York Yankees defeated the National League's Brooklyn Dodgers, 4 games to 1.

The winner of the league's Most Valuable Player Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was Joe DiMaggio, an outfielder with the New York Yankees. In the award's voting, he had 291 out of a possible 336 points and 15 first place votes.

The second annual Hall of Fame Game was played on June 13 at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown, NY near the National Baseball Hall of Fame. In the game, the American League's Cleveland Indians defeated the Cincinnati Reds of the National League by a score of 2 to 1. The game was stopped by rain after six innings.

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