1949

1949 in baseball
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Championships, events, culture, births, and deaths that occurred in 1949.

Club competitions

Professional

Asia and Australia

• Japanese Professional Baseball League: Yomiuri Giants (Details)
• Claxton Shield: Victoria

Europe

• Hoofdklasse Honkbal: OVVO Amsterdam
• Lega Italiana Baseball: B.C. Firenze
• Serie A1: Lazio

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
  • Junior World Series: Indianapolis Indians (AA) over the Montreal Royals (IL), 4 - 2 (Details)
  • Alabama State League: Andalusia Arrows
  • American Association: Indianapolis Indians (Details)
  • Appalachian League: Bluefield Blue-Grays
  • Arizona-Texas League: El Paso Texans
  • Big State League: Waco Pirates
  • Blue Ridge League: North Wilkesboro Flashers
  • Border League: Geneva Robins
  • California League: San Jose Red Sox
  • Canadian-American League: Quebec Braves
  • Carolina League: Burlington Bees
  • Central Association: Kewanee A's
  • Central League: Grand Rapids Jets
  • Coastal Plain League: Greenville Greenies
  • Colonial League: Bristol Owls
  • Cotton States League: Natchez Indians
  • East Texas League: Gladewater Bears
  • Eastern League: Binghamton Triplets
  • Eastern Shore League: Rehoboth Beach Sea Hawks
  • Evangeline League: Hammond Berries
  • Far West League: Pittsburg Diamonds
  • Florida International League: Tampa Smokers
  • Florida State League: St. Augustine Saints
  • Georgia State League: Tifton Blue Sox
  • Georgia-Alabama League: Alexander City Millers
  • Georgia-Florida League: Waycross Bears
  • International League: Montreal Royals (Details)
  • Interstate League: Trenton Giants
  • Kansas-Oklahoma-Missouri League: Independence Yankees
  • Kitty League: Madisonville Miners
  • Longhorn League: Big Spring Broncs
  • Middle Atlantic League: Erie Sailors
  • Mississippi-Ohio Valley League: Paducah Chiefs
  • Mountain States League: Harlan Smokies
  • New England League: Portland Pilots
  • North Atlantic League: Stroudsburg Poconos
  • North Carolina State League: High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms
  • Northern League: Aberdeen Pheasants
  • Ohio-Indiana League: Marion Red Sox
  • Pacific Coast League: Hollywood Stars (Details)
  • Piedmont League: Lynchburg Cardinals
  • Pioneer League: Pocatello Cardinals
  • PONY League: Bradford Blue Wings
  • Provincial League: Drummondville Cubs
  • Rio Grande Valley League: Corpus Christi Aces
  • Sooner State League: Lawton Giants
  • South Atlantic League: Macon Peaches
  • Southeastern League: Pensacola Fliers
  • Southern Association: Nashville Vols
  • Sunset League: Las Vegas Wranglers
  • Texas League: Tulsa Oilers
  • Three-I League: Davenport Pirates
  • Tobacco State League: Red Springs Red Robins
  • Tri-State League: Florence Steelers
  • Virginia League: Petersburg Generals
  • West Texas-New Mexico League: Albuquerque Dukes
  • Western Association: Joplin Miners
  • Western Carolina League: Rutherford County Owls
  • Western International League: Vancouver Capilanos
  • Western League: Pueblo Dodgers
  • Wisconsin State League: Oshkosh Giants

• Liga Mexicana de Béisbol: Industriales de Monterrey defeated the Algodoneros del Unión Laguna in the finals, 4 - 0

• Negro Leagues
  • Negro American League: Baltimore Elite Giants (Details)
  • East-West Game: The team representing the East defeated the team representing the West by a score of 4 - 0 at Comiskey Park (Details)

• All-American Girls Baseball League: Rockford Peaches defeated the South Bend Blue Sox in the playoff finals, 4 - 0 (Details)

Winter Leagues

• Serie del Caribe: in Havana, Cuba; Almendares (Cuba) (Details)
  • Cuban Winter League: Almendares
  • Panamanian League: Spur Cola
  • Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico: Indios de Mayagüez
  • Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional: Cervecería Caracas
• Mexican Pacific Coast League: Culiacán

Amateur

• College World Series (National Collegiate Athletic Association): The University of Texas at Austin defeated Wake Forest University in the best-of-three finals, 10 - 3 (Details)
• National Baseball Congress World Series: Fort Wayne General Electric (Details)
• Japan High School Baseball Federation
  • National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament: Kitano High School (Osaka) defeat Ashiya High School (Hyogo), 6 - 4 in the championship (Details)
  • National High School Baseball Championship: Shounan High School (Kanagawa) defeat Gifu High School (Gifu), 5 - 3 in the championship (Details)
• Little League
  • Little League World Series: Hammonton (Hammonton, NJ) defeat Pensacola (Pensacola, FL), 5 - 0 in the championship (Details)
• National Girls Baseball League: [[]]

Culture

Literature

• Baseball Personalities, by Jimmy Powers
• The Cleveland Indians, by Franklin Lewis
• How I Raised Myself From Failure to Success in Selling, by Frank Bettger
• Joe DiMaggio Done It Again, by Woody Guthrie
• Young Razzle, by John Tunis

Song

• Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit that Ball?, by Buddy Johnson and Count Basie

Film

• It Happens Every Spring
• The Kid from Cleveland
• Take Me Out to the Ballgame
• The Stratton Story

Births

Further information: Births in 1949

Deaths

Further information: Deaths in 1949