1949 International League season

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The 1949 International League season was the 64th in the league's history, and ended with the Montreal Royals winning their second straight Governors' Cup and fourth in the decade. The Royals would go on to lose the Junior World Series.

After the season, the Newark Bears were moved to Springfield, MA.

Final standings[edit]

Playoff teams in bold.

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Buffalo Bisons	90	64	.584	--	Paul Richards	Detroit Tigers
Rochester Red Wings	85	67	.559	4	Johnny Keane	St. Louis Cardinals
Montréal Royals	84	70	.545	6	Clay Hopper	Brooklyn Dodgers
Jersey City Giants	83	71	.539	7	Joe Becker	New York Giants
Toronto Maple Leafs	80	72	.526	9	Del Bissonette	Philadelphia Phillies
Syracuse Chiefs	73	80	.477	16½	Jewel Ens	Cincinnati Reds
Baltimore Orioles	63	91	.409	27	Tommy Thomas/Jack Dunn III	St. Louis Browns
Newark Bears	55	98	.359	34½	Buddy Hassett	New York Yankees

Playoffs[edit]

	First Round					Governors' Cup Finals

	1	Buffalo Bisons	4
	4	Jersey City Giants	1
						1	Buffalo Bisons	1
						3	Montreal Royals	4
	2	Rochester Red Wings	0
	3	Montreal Royals	4

First Round[edit]

Buffalo vs. Jersey City
Date	Away	Home
September 14	Jersey City 4	Buffalo 10
September 15	Jersey City 10	Buffalo 12
September 16	Buffalo 5	Jersey City 0
September 18	Buffalo 3	Jersey City 4
September 19	Buffalo 10	Jersey City 1
Buffalo wins series 4-1

Rochester vs. Montreal
Date	Away	Home
September 14	Montreal 9	Rochester 5
September 15	Montreal 3	Rochester 1
	10 innings
September 17	Rochester 8	Montreal 9
	10 innings
September 20	Rochester 6	Montreal 8
Montreal wins series 4-0

Governors' Cup Finals[edit]

Buffalo vs. Montreal
Date	Away	Home
September 23	Montreal 3	Buffalo 9
September 24	Montreal 6	Buffalo 5
September 25	Buffalo 2	Montreal 7
September 26	Buffalo 5	Montreal 6
September 27	Buffalo 3	Montreal 8
Montreal wins series 4-1 and
advances to Junior World Series

League Leaders[edit]

Batting[edit]

Batting Average Bobby Morgan, Montreal, .337
Runs Scored Sam Jethroe, Motntreal, 154
Hits Jethroe, 207
Doubles Morgan, 38
Triples Jethroe, 19
Home Runs Russ Derry, Rochester, 42
Runs Batted In Steve Bilko, Rochester, 125
Stolen Bases Jethroe, 89

Pitching[edit]

Wins Al Widmar, Baltimore, 22
Earned Run Average Bubba Church, Toronto, 2.35
Complete Games Widmar, 26
Shutouts George Copeland, Rochester; George Bamberger, Jersey City, 5
Strikeouts Dan Bankhead, Montreal, 176

References[edit]

The International League: Year-by-Year Statistics. Marshall Wright, McFarland, 1998

The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Lloyd Johnson and Miles Wolff, editors. Baseball America, 1993.

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