| 1941 MLB season | |
| League: | American League (AL) National League (NL) |
| Sport: | Baseball |
| Duration: | Regular season:World Series: |
| No Of Games: | 154 |
| No Of Teams: | 16 (8 per league) |
| Season: | Regular season |
| Mvp: | AL |
| Mvp Link: | Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award |
| Conf1: | AL |
| Conf1 Champ: | New York Yankees |
| Conf1 Runner-Up: | Boston Red Sox |
| Conf2: | NL |
| Conf2 Champ: | Brooklyn Dodgers |
| Conf2 Runner-Up: | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Finals: | World Series |
| Finals Link: | 1941 World Series |
| Finals Champ: | New York Yankees |
| Finals Runner-Up: | Brooklyn Dodgers |
| Seasonslist: | List of MLB seasons |
| Seasonslistnames: | MLB |
| Prevseason Link: | 1940 Major League Baseball season |
| Prevseason Year: | 1940 |
| Nextseason Link: | 1942 Major League Baseball season |
| Nextseason Year: | 1942 |
The 1941 major league baseball season began on April 14, 1941. The regular season ended on September 28, with the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Yankees as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the 38th World Series on October 1 and ended with Game 5 on October 6. The Yankees defeated the Dodgers, four games to one.
The ninth Major League Baseball All-Star Game was played on July 8, hosted by the Detroit Tigers at Briggs Stadium in Detroit, Michigan, with the American League winning, 7–5.
In addition to a five-game World Series between New York City teams, highlights of the season included Ted Williams batting .406, and Joe DiMaggio having a 56-game hitting streak; it has been called the "best baseball season ever".[1]
See also: Major League Baseball schedule. The 1941 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams of their respective league. This continued the format put in place since the season (except for) and would be used until in the American League and in the National League.
American League Opening Day took place on April 14 with a game between the New York Yankees and Washington Senators, while National League Opening Day took place on the following day, featuring all eight teams. This was the first season since that both leagues opened on different days. The final day of the regular season was on September 28 and featured all sixteen teams, continuing the trend since the previous season. The World Series took place between October 1 and October 6.
An asterisk (*) denotes the ballpark a team played the minority of their home games at
| Team | Former Manager | New Manager | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cubs | Gabby Hartnett | Jimmie Wilson | |
| Cleveland Indians | Ossie Vitt | Roger Peckinpaugh |
| Total | |||
| Ted Williams (BRS) | .406 | ||
| Ted Williams (BRS) | 37 | ||
| Joe DiMaggio (NYY) | 125 | ||
| Ted Williams (BRS) | 135 | ||
| Cecil Travis (WSH) | 218 | ||
| George Case (WSH) | 33 |
| Total | |||
| Bob Feller (CLE) | 25 | ||
| Bobo Newsom (DET) | 20 | ||
| Thornton Lee (CWS) | 2.37 | ||
| Bob Feller (CLE) | 260 | ||
| Bob Feller (CLE) | 343.0 | ||
| Johnny Murphy (NYY) | 15 |
| Total | |||
| Pete Reiser (BKN) | .343 | ||
| Dolph Camilli (BKN) | 34 | ||
| Dolph Camilli (BKN) | 120 | ||
| Pete Reiser (BKN) | 117 | ||
| Stan Hack (CHC) | 186 | ||
| Danny Murtaugh (PHP) | 18 |
| Total | |||
| Kirby Higbe (BKN) Whit Wyatt (BKN) | 22 | ||
| Rip Sewell (PIT) | 17 | ||
| Elmer Riddle (CIN) | 2.24 | ||
| Johnny Vander Meer (CIN) | 202 | ||
| Bucky Walters (CIN) | 305.0 | ||
| Jumbo Brown (NYG) | 8 |
| Team name | Wins | Home attendance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Dodgers[2] | 100 | 13.6% | 1,214,910 | 24.5% | 15,379 | |
| New York Yankees[3] | 101 | 14.8% | 964,722 | −2.5% | 12,368 | |
| New York Giants[4] | 74 | 2.8% | 763,098 | 2.0% | 9,783 | |
| Cleveland Indians[5] | 75 | −15.7% | 745,948 | −17.4% | 9,688 | |
| Boston Red Sox[6] | 84 | 2.4% | 718,497 | 0.3% | 9,331 | |
| Detroit Tigers[7] | 75 | −16.7% | 684,915 | −38.4% | 8,895 | |
| Chicago White Sox[8] | 77 | −6.1% | 677,077 | 2.5% | 8,571 | |
| Cincinnati Reds[9] | 88 | −12.0% | 643,513 | −24.3% | 8,146 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals[10] | 97 | 15.5% | 633,645 | 95.5% | 8,021 | |
| Chicago Cubs[11] | 70 | −6.7% | 545,159 | 1.9% | 7,080 | |
| Philadelphia Athletics[12] | 64 | 18.5% | 528,894 | 22.4% | 6,869 | |
| Pittsburgh Pirates[13] | 81 | 3.8% | 482,241 | −5.1% | 6,183 | |
| Washington Senators[14] | 70 | 9.4% | 415,663 | 9.0% | 5,329 | |
| Boston Braves[15] | 62 | −4.6% | 263,680 | 9.1% | 3,469 | |
| Philadelphia Phillies[16] | 43 | −14.0% | 231,401 | 11.7% | 3,045 | |
| St. Louis Browns[17] | 70 | 4.5% | 176,240 | −26.4% | 2,231 |