1942

1942 in baseball
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Championships, events, culture, births, and deaths that occurred in 1942.

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: Ajax Amsterdam

North America

• Major League Baseball
  • World Series: St. Louis Cardinals (NL) over the New York Yankees (AL), 4 - 1 (Details)
    • American League: New York Yankees (Details)
    • National League: St. Louis Cardinals (Details)

• Minor League Baseball
  • American Association: Columbus Red Birds
  • Appalachian League: Bristol Twins
  • Bi-State League: Rocky Mount Rocks
  • California League: Santa Barbara Saints
  • Canadian-American League: Oneonta Indians
  • Eastern League: Scranton Miners
  • Evangeline League: Natchez Giants
  • Florida East Coast League: Orlando Senators
  • Georgia-Florida League: Waycross Bears
  • International League: Syracuse Chiefs
  • Interstate League: Wilmington Blue Rocks
  • Kitty League: Fulton Tigers / Bowling Green Barons
  • Middle Atlantic League: Erie Sailors
  • Mountain State League: Ashland Colonels
  • North Carolina State League: Thomasville Tommies
  • Northern League: Winnipeg Maroons
  • Pacific Coast League: Seattle Rainiers over Los Angeles Angels, 4-2, in the league finals
  • Pennsylvania State Association: Butler Yankees
  • Piedmont League: Greensboro Red Sox
  • Pioneer League: Pocatello Cardinals
  • PONY League: Jamestown Falcons
  • South Atlantic League: Macon Peaches
  • Southeastern League: Montgomery Rebels
  • Southern Association: Nashville Vols
  • Texas League: Shreveport Sports
  • Three-I League: Cedar Rapids Raiders
  • Virginia League: Pulaski Counts
  • West Texas-New Mexico League: Clovis Pioneers
  • Western Association: Fort Smith Giants
  • Western International League: Vancouver Capilanos
  • Wisconsin State League: Sheboygan Indians

• Liga Mexicana de Béisbol: Algodoneros del Unión Laguna

• Negro Leagues
  • Negro World Series: Kansas City Monarchs (NAL) over the Homestead Grays (NNL), 4 - 0 (Details)
  • Negro American League: Kansas City Monarchs (Details)
  • Negro National League: Homestead Grays (Details)
  • East-West Game (First Game): The team representing the East defeated the team representing the West by a score of 5 - 2 at Comiskey Park (Details)
  • East-West Game (Second Game): The team representing the East defeated the team representing the West by a score of 9 - 2 at Municipal Stadium (Details)

Winter Leagues

• Cuban Winter League: Almendares
• Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico: Leones de Ponce

Amateur

• National Baseball Congress World Series: Boeing Bombers (Details)
• Japan High School Baseball Federation
  • National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament: canceled due to war
  • National High School Baseball Championship: canceled due to war

International competitions

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

Culture

Literature

• Polo Grounds, by Rolfe Humphries
• "The Swede was a Hard Guy", by Nelson Algren

Film

• It Happened in Flatbush
• The Pride of the Yankees

Births

Further information: Births in 1942

Deaths

Further information: Deaths in 1942