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The 1948 major league baseball season began on April 19, 1948. The regular season ended on October 4, with the Boston Braves and Cleveland Indians as 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. This was the second regular season tie-breaker, and saw a change from the previous three-game format to that of a single-game, Game 163 . The postseason began with Game 1 of the 45th World Series on October 6 and ended with Game 6 on October 11. The Indians defeated the Braves, four games to two.
The 15th Major League Baseball All-Star Game was played on July 13, hosted by the St. Louis Browns and St. Louis Cardinals at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis, Missouri , with the American League winning, 5–2 for their third straight win.
Schedule The 1948 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 1904 season (except for 1919 ) and would be used until 1961 in the American League and 1962 in the National League.
Opening Day took place on April 19, featuring six teams. The final day of the scheduled regular season was on October 3, which saw all sixteen teams play, continuing the trend from the 1946 . Due to the Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Indians finishing with the same record of 96–58, a tie-breaker was scheduled, to be considered an extension of the regular season. The Indians won the Game 163 tie-breaker on October 4. The World Series took place between October 6 to October 11.
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Managerial changes Off-season In-season League leaders American League National League Awards and honors Home field attendance
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 References
↑ "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 .
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