1948

1948 in baseball
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Championships, events, culture, births, and deaths that occurred in 1948.

Club competitions

Professional

Asia and Australia

• Japanese Professional Baseball League: Nankai Hawks (Details)
• Claxton Shield: Victoria

Europe

• Hoofdklasse Honkbal: Ajax Amsterdam
• Serie A1: Libertas Bologna

North America

• Major League Baseball
  • World Series: Cleveland Indians (AL) over the Boston Braves (NL), 4 - 2 (Details)
    • American League: Cleveland Indians (Details)
    • National League: Boston Braves (Details)

• Minor League Baseball
  • Junior World Series: Montreal Royals (IL) over the St. Paul Saints (AA), 4 - 1 (Details)
  • Alabama State League: Dothan Browns
  • American Association: St. Paul Saints (Details)
  • Appalachian League: Pulaski Counts
  • Arizona-Texas League: Globe-Miami Browns
  • Big State League: Sherman-Denison Twins
  • Blue Ridge League: Mount Airy Graniteers
  • Border League: Ogdensburg Maples
  • California League: Santa Barbara Dodgers
  • Canadian-American League: Oneonta Red Sox
  • Carolina League: Martinsville Athletics
  • Central Association: Clinton Cubs
  • Central League: Dayton Indians
  • Coastal Plain League: Tarboro Tars
  • Colonial League: Port Chester Clippers
  • Cotton States League: Hot Springs Bathers
  • Eastern League: Scranton Red Sox
  • Eastern Shore League: Milford Red Sox
  • Evangeline League: Houma Indians
  • Far West League: Santa Rosa Pirates
  • Florida International League: Havana Cubans
  • Florida State League: Daytona Beach Islanders
  • Georgia State League: Fitzgerald Pioneers
  • Georgia-Alabama League: Valley Rebels
  • Georgia-Florida League: Waycross Bears
  • Illinois State League: West Frankfort Cardinals
  • International League: Montreal Royals (Details)
  • Interstate League: Trenton Giants
  • Kansas-Oklahoma-Missouri League: Independence Yankees
  • Kitty League: Union City Greyhounds
  • Lone Star League: Kilgore Drillers
  • Longhorn League: Midland Indians
  • Middle Atlantic League: Erie Sailors
  • Mountain States League: Morristown Red Sox
  • North Atlantic League: Carbondale Pioneers
  • North Carolina State League: Statesville Owls
  • New England League: Nashua Dodgers
  • Northern League: Grand Forks Chiefs
  • Ohio-Indiana League: Zanesville Dodgers
  • Pacific Coast League: Oakland Oaks (Details)
  • Piedmont League: Newport News Dodgers
  • Pioneer League: Twin Falls Cowboys
  • PONY League: Lockport Reds
  • Provincial League: Sherbrooke Athletics
  • Sooner State League: Seminole Oilers
  • South Atlantic League: Greenville Spinners
  • Southeastern League: Montgomery Rebels
  • Southern Association: Birmingham Barons
  • Sunset League: Reno Silver Sox
  • Texas League: Fort Worth Cats
  • Three-I League: Evansville Braves
  • Tobacco State League: Red Springs Red Robins]]
  • Tri-State League: Fayetteville Cubs
  • Virginia League: Blackstone Barristers
  • West Texas-New Mexico League: Amarillo Gold Sox
  • Western Association: St. Joseph Cardinals
  • Western Carolina League: Lincolnton Cardinals
  • Western International League: Spokane Indians
  • Western League: Sioux City Soos
  • Wisconsin State League: Sheboygan Indians

• Liga Mexicana de Béisbol: Industriales de Monterrey

• Negro Leagues
  • Negro World Series: Homestead Grays (NNL) over the Birmingham Black Barons (NAL), 4 - 1 (Details)
  • Negro American League: Birmingham Black Barons (Details)
  • Negro National League: Homestead Grays (Details)
  • East-West Game (First Game): The team representing the West defeated the team representing the East by a score of 3 - 0 at Comiskey Park (Details)
  • East-West Game (Second Game): The team representing the East defeated the team representing the West by a score of 6 - 1 at Yankee Stadium (Details)

• All-American Girls Baseball League: Rockford Peaches defeated the Fort Wayne Daisies in the playoff finals, 4 - 1 (Details)

Winter Leagues

• Cuban Winter League: Habana
• Cuban Players League: Leones
• Mexican Pacific Coast League: Guaymas
• Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico: Caguas-Guayama
• Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional: Cervecería Caracas

Amateur

• College World Series (National Collegiate Athletic Association): The University of Southern California defeated Yale University in the best-of-three finals, 3 - 1, 3 - 8, 9 - 2 (Details)
• National Baseball Congress World Series: Fort Wayne General Electric (Details)
• Japan High School Baseball Federation
  • National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament: Kyoto Daiichi Shogyo High School (Kyoto) defeat Kyoto Daini Shogyo High School (Kyoto), 1 - 1 in the championship (Details)
  • National High School Baseball Championship: Kokura High School (Fukuoka) defeat Wakayama Toin High School (Wakayama), 1 - 0 in the championship (Details)
• Little League
  • Little League World Series: Lock Haven (Lock Haven, PA) defeat St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg, FL), 6 - 5 in the championship (Details)
• National Girls Baseball League: Parichy Bloomer Girls

International competitions

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

Culture

Literature

• The Boston Braves, by Harold Kaese
• The Cincinnati Reds, by Lee Allen
• The Washington Senators, by Shirley Povich
• Highpockets, by John Tunis

Film

• The Babe Ruth Story

Births

Further information: Births in 1948

Deaths

Further information: Deaths in 1948

Further Reading

• Sarah Johnson: "1948: When Baseball's Minor League Winter Meetings Came to Minneapolis", Baseball Research Journal, SABR, Vol. 47, Nr. 2 (Fall 2018), pp. 75-77.
• John G. Robertson and Carl T. Madden: World Series ’48: The Cleveland Indians and Boston Braves in Six Games, McFarland, Jefferson, NC, 2023. ISBN 978-1-4766-8990-6