Cardinals Johnny Mize, Curt Davis, Lon Warneke, Terry Moore and Pepper Martin

Cardinals Johnny Mize, Curt Davis, Lon Warneke, Terry Moore and Pepper Martin

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Major League Baseball Season Recap 1942

Major League Baseball Season Recap 1942

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Major League Baseball Season Recap 1942 World Series – St. Louis Cardinals NL over New York Yankees AL 4 games to 1 Awards – MVP Awards – NL Mort Cooper AL Joe Gordon All-Star Game – July 6th – A.L. 3 over N.L. 1, played at Polo Grounds V (NL) AL Starter S. Chandler NL Starter M. Cooper MVP   [jetpack_subscription_form title=”Join…

1942 – The Yankees trade OF Roy Cullenbine and C Buddy Rosar to the Indians for Roy Weatherly and IF Oscar Grimes. With the draft in mind, all four players are married with one child each. Rosar had been in the doghouse with Joe McCarthy for leaving the team without permission the weekend of July 18-19 to take a police examination in Buffalo. The leave-taking prompted the Yankees to sign veteran C Rollie Hemsley.

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1942 – The Yankees trade OF Roy Cullenbine and C Buddy Rosar to the Indians for Roy Weatherly and IF Oscar Grimes. With the draft in mind, all four players are married with one child each. Rosar had been in the doghouse with Joe McCarthy for leaving the team without permission the weekend of July 18-19 to take a police examination in Buffalo. The leave-taking prompted the Yankees to sign veteran C Rollie Hemsley.

1942 – At major league meetings in Chicago, World War II travel restrictions are the order of the day. Owners decide to restrict travel to a three-trip schedule rather than the customary four. Spring training in 1943 will be limited to locations north of the Potomac or Ohio rivers and east of the Mississippi.

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1942 – At major league meetings in Chicago, World War II travel restrictions are the order of the day. Owners decide to restrict travel to a three-trip schedule rather than the customary four. Spring training in 1943 will be limited to locations north of the Potomac or Ohio rivers and east of the Mississippi.

Mort Cooper and Joe Gordon win MVP Awards and Ted Williams is snubbed again
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Mort Cooper and Joe Gordon win MVP Awards and Ted Williams is snubbed again

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1942 – Boston Red Sox outfielder Ted Williams was the Triple Crown winner in the American League, but the Baseball Writers Association of America selects Joe Gordon as AL Most Valuable Player. Williams finished with a .356 average, 36 home runs and 137 RBI. Gordon of the New York Yankees led the AL in strikeouts (95), most ground balls hit into double plays (22) and the most errors at second base (28). St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Mort Cooper, who posted a 22-7 record with 152 strikeouts and a 1.78 ERA, gets the National League MVP honors.

Branch Rickey and Larry Macphail

Larry MacPhail enters the United States Army for service in World War II

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Pinterest Instagram Facebook Youtube On November 1, 1942, Larry MacPhail, president and general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, and one of the brightest innovators in the game, enters the United States Army for service in World War II. When he returns in 1945, he accepts a similar role with the Yankees, where he helps that…

Branch Rickey

Branch Rickey resigns as the Cardinals’ vice president and moves over to the Dodgers

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Branch Rickey, the innovator of the farm systems which helped to build a strong Redbird franchise, resigns as the Cardinals’ vice president. Three days later, the Dodgers will announce the Mahatma has been named president of the Brooklyn club, a move that will help to fill the void created by Brooklyn’s general manager Larry MacPhail’s enlistment in the army to serve in World War II.

Feisty Umpire Babe Pinelli gets into it with Leo Durocher in 1942

Feisty Umpire Babe Pinelli gets into it with Leo Durocher in 1942

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    Feisty Umpire Babe Pinelli gets into it with Leo Durocher in 1942. A San Francisco native, the son of Italian immigrants, was born Rinaldo Angelo Paolinelli and spent 8 years in the big leagues as a SS/3rd baseman mainly with the Reds. His hot temper was legendary and he had to tone it…