1947

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Championships, events, culture, births, and deaths that occurred in 1947.

Club competitions

Professional

Asia and Australia

• Japanese Professional Baseball League: Osaka Tigers (Details)
• National Baseball League: Yuki Braves (spring); Otsuka Athletics (fall); the Tigers win in a playoff versus the Kyojin for the league title (Details)
• Claxton Shield: Victoria

Europe

• Hoofdklasse Honkbal: Schoten Haarlem

North America

• Major League Baseball
  • World Series: New York Yankees (AL) over the Brooklyn Dodgers (NL), 4 - 3 (Details)
    • American League: New York Yankees (Details)
    • National League: Brooklyn Dodgers (Details)

• Minor League Baseball
  • Junior World Series: Milwaukee Brewers (AA) over the Syracuse Chiefs (IL), 4 - 2 (Details)
  • Alabama State League: Greenville Lions
  • American Association: Milwaukee Brewers (Details)
  • Appalachian League: New River Rebels
  • Arizona-Texas League: Globe-Miami Browns
  • Big State League: Texarkana Bears
  • Blue Ridge League: Galax Leafs
  • Border League: Ottawa Nationals
  • California League: Stockton Ports
  • Canadian-American League: Schenectady Blue Jays
  • Carolina League: Raleigh Capitals
  • Central Association: Clinton Cubs
  • Coastal Plain League: Kinston Eagles
  • Colonial League: Stamford Bombers
  • Cotton States League: Greenwood Dodgers
  • Eastern League: Utica Blue Sox
  • Eastern Shore League: Seaford Eagles
  • Evangeline League: Hammond Berries
  • Florida International League: Havana Cubans
  • Florida State League: Gainesville G-Men
  • Georgia-Alabama League: Valley Rebels
  • Georgia-Florida League: Moultrie Packers
  • Illinois State League: Belleville Stags
  • International League: Syracuse Chiefs (Details)
  • Interstate League: Wilmington Blue Rocks
  • Kansas-Oklahoma-Missouri League: Miami Owls
  • Kitty League: Hopkinsville Hoppers
  • Lone Star League: Kilgore Drillers
  • Longhorn League: Ballinger Cats
  • Middle Atlantic League: Vandergrift Pioneers
  • New England League: Nashua Dodgers
  • North Atlantic League: Carbondale Pioneers
  • North Carolina State League: Mooresville Moors
  • Northern League: Sioux Falls Canaries
  • Ohio State League: Zanesville Dodgers
  • Pacific Coast League: Los Angeles Angels (Details)
  • Piedmont League: Roanoke Red Sox
  • Pioneer League: Twin Falls Cowboys
  • PONY League: Jamestown Falcons
  • Provincial League: St. Jean Braves
  • Sooner State League: McAlester Rockets
  • South Atlantic League: Savannah Indians
  • Southeastern League: Montgomery Rebels
  • Southern Association: Mobile Bears
  • Sunset League: Anaheim Valencias
  • Texas League: Houston Buffaloes
  • Three-I League: Waterloo Hawks
  • Tobacco State League: Sanford Spinners
  • Tri-State League: Charlotte Hornets
  • West Texas-New Mexico League: Lubbock Hubbers
  • Western Association: St. Joseph Cardinals
  • Western International League: Vancouver Capilanos
  • Western League: Pueblo Dodgers
  • Wisconsin State League: Sheboygan Indians

• Liga Mexicana de Béisbol: Industriales de Monterrey

• Negro Leagues
  • Negro World Series: New York Cubans (NNL) over the Cleveland Buckeyes (NAL), 4 - 1 (Details)
  • Negro American League: Cleveland Buckeyes (Details)
  • Negro National League: New York Cubans (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 West defeated the team representing the East by a score of 8 - 2 at Polo Grounds (Details)
• All-American Girls Baseball League: Grand Rapids Chicks defeated the Racine Belles in the playoff finals, 4 - 3 (Details)

Winter Leagues

• Cuban Winter League: Almendares
• Cuban National Federation: Matanzas
• Mexican Pacific Coast League: Hermosillo
• Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico: Leones de Ponce
• Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional: Equipo Vargas defeated the Cervecería Caracas in the finals, 3 - 1

Amateur

• College World Series (National Collegiate Athletic Association): The University of California defeated Yale University in the best-of-three finals, 17 - 4, 8 - 7 (Details)
• National Baseball Congress World Series: Fort Wayne General Electric (Details)
• Japan High School Baseball Federation
  • National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament: Tokushima Shogyo High School (Tokushima) defeat Kokura High School (Fukuoka), 3 - 1 in the championship (Details)
  • National High School Baseball Championship: Kokura High School (Fukuoka) defeat Gifu Shogyo High School (Gifu), 6 - 3 in the championship (Details)
• Little League
  • Little League World Series: Maynard (Williamsport, PA) defeat Lock Haven (Lock Haven, PA), 16 - 7 in the championship (Details)
• National Girls Baseball League: [[]]

International competitions

• Baseball World Cup in Colombia (Details)
  • Colombia (Gold); Puerto Rico (Silver); Nicaragua (Bronze)

Culture

Literature

• Ball, Bat and Bishop, by Robert Henderson

Song

• "Follow the Dodgers", by Gladys Goodding

Births

Further information: Births in 1947

Deaths

Further information: Deaths in 1947

Further Reading

• César Brioso: Havana Hardball: Spring Training, Jackie Robinson, and the Cuban League, University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 2015. ISBN 978-0-8130-6116-0