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Sports season
The 1948 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 19 to October 11, 1948. The Boston Braves and Cleveland Indians were the regular season champions of the National League and American League , respectively. The Indians won the American League title via a tie-breaker game victory over the Boston Red Sox , after both teams finished their 154-game schedules with identical 96–58 records. The Indians then defeated the Braves in the World Series , four games to two.
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Postseason [ edit ] Bracket [ edit ] League leaders [ edit ] American League [ edit ] National League [ edit ] Managers [ edit ] American League [ edit ] National League [ edit ] Home field attendance [ edit ] Team name Wins %± Home attendance %± Per game Cleveland Indians [1] 97 21.3% 2,620,627 72.2% 33,172 New York Yankees [2] 94 -3.1% 2,373,901 8.9% 30,830 Detroit Tigers [3] 78 -8.2% 1,743,035 24.7% 22,637 Boston Red Sox [4] 96 15.7% 1,558,798 9.2% 19,985 Pittsburgh Pirates [5] 83 33.9% 1,517,021 18.2% 18,963 New York Giants [6] 78 -3.7% 1,459,269 -8.8% 18,952 Boston Braves [7] 91 5.8% 1,455,439 13.9% 19,151 Brooklyn Dodgers [8] 84 -10.6% 1,398,967 -22.6% 17,935 Chicago Cubs [9] 64 -7.2% 1,237,792 -9.3% 15,869 St. Louis Cardinals [10] 85 -4.5% 1,111,440 -10.9% 14,434 Philadelphia Athletics [11] 84 7.7% 945,076 3.7% 12,274 Cincinnati Reds [12] 64 -12.3% 823,386 -8.5% 10,693 Washington Senators [13] 56 -12.5% 795,254 -6.5% 10,196 Chicago White Sox [14] 51 -27.1% 777,844 -11.3% 10,235 Philadelphia Phillies [15] 66 6.5% 767,429 -15.4% 10,098 St. Louis Browns [16] 59 0.0% 335,564 4.7% 4,415
See also [ edit ] References [ edit ] ^ "Cleveland Indians Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" . Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020 .^ "New York Yankees Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" . Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020 .^ "Detroit Tigers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" . Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020 .^ "Boston Red Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" . Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020 .^ "Pittsburgh Pirates Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" . Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020 .^ "San Francisco Giants Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" . Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020 .^ "Atlanta Braves Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" . Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020 .^ "Los Angeles Dodgers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" . Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020 .^ "Chicago Cubs Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" . Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020 .^ "St. Louis Cardinals Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" . Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020 .^ "Oakland Athletics Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" . Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020 .^ "Cincinnati Reds Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" . Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020 .^ "Minnesota Twins Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" . Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020 .^ "Chicago White Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" . Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020 .^ "Oakland Athletics Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" . Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020 .^ "Baltimore Orioles Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" . Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020 . External links [ edit ]
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