1939

1939 in baseball
Japanese baseball
American League
National League
Negro Leagues
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Championships, events, culture, births, and deaths that occurred in 1939.

Club competitions

Professional

Asia and Australia

• Japanese Professional Baseball League: Tokyo Kyojin (Details)
• Claxton Shield: New South Wales

Europe

• Hoofdklasse Honkbal: Seagulls Amsterdam

North America

• Major League Baseball
  • World Series: New York Yankees (AL) over the Cincinnati Reds (NL), 4 - 1 (Details)
    • American League: New York Yankees (Details)
    • National League: Cincinnati Reds (Details)

• Minor League Baseball
  • Alabama-Florida League: Tallassee Indians
  • American Association: Louisville Colonels
  • Appalachian League: Elizabethton Betsy Red Sox
  • Arizona-Texas League: Albuquerque Cardinals
  • Arkansas-Texas League: Carthage Pirates
  • Canadian-American League: Rome Colonels
  • Cape Breton Colliery League: Sydney Steel Citians
  • Coastal Plain League: Williamston Martins
  • Cotton States League: Greenwood Crackers
  • East Texas League: Kilgore Boomers
  • Eastern League: Scranton Red Sox
  • Eastern Shore League: Cambridge Cardinals
  • Evangeline League: Lafayette White Sox
  • Florida State League: Sanford Lookouts
  • Georgia-Florida League: Albany Cardinals
  • International League: Rochester Red Wings
  • Interstate League: Allentown Dukes
  • Kitty League: Bowling Green Barons
  • Middle Atlantic League: Canton Terriers
  • Mountain State League: Bluefield Blue-Grays
  • North Carolina State League: Mooresville Moors
  • Northeast Arkansas League: Caruthersville Pilots
  • Northern League: Winnipeg Maroons
  • Ohio State League: Lima Pandas
  • Pacific Coast League: Sacramento Solons over Los Angeles Angels, 4-2, in the league finals
  • Pennsylvania State Association: Washington Red Birds
  • Piedmont League: Asheville Tourists
  • Pioneer League: Twin Falls Cowboys
  • PONY League: Olean Oilers
  • Provincial League: Trois-Rivières Foxes
  • South Atlantic League: Augusta Tigers
  • Southeastern League: Pensacola Fliers
  • Southern Association: Nashville Vols
  • Tar Heel League: Gastonia Cardinals
  • Texas League: Fort Worth Cats
  • Three-I League: Springfield Browns
  • Virginia League: Harrisonburg Turks
  • West Texas-New Mexico League: Lubbock Hubbers
  • Western Association: Springfield Cardinals
  • Western International League: Tacoma Tigers
  • Western League: Sioux City Soos

• Liga Mexicana de Béisbol: Cafeteros de Córdoba

• Negro Leagues
  • Negro American League: Kansas City Monarchs (Details)
  • Negro National League: Homestead Grays (Negro National League|Details)
  • East-West Game (First Game): The team representing the West defeated the team representing the East by a score of 4 - 2 at Comiskey Park (Details)
  • East-West Game (Second Game): The team representing the East defeated the team representing the West by a score of 10 - 2 at Yankee Stadium (Details)

Winter Leagues

• Cuban Winter League: Santa Clara
• Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico: Guayama

Amateur

• National Baseball Congress World Series: Halliburton Cementers (Details)
• Japan High School Baseball Federation
  • National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament: Toho High School (Aichi) defeat Gifu Shogyo High School (Gifu), 7 - 2 in the championship (Details)
  • National High School Baseball Championship: Koyo High School (Wakayama) defeat Shimonoseki Shogyo High School (Yamaguchi), 5 - 0 in the championship (Details)

International competitions

• Baseball World Cup in Cuba (Details)
  • Cuba (Gold); Nicaragua (Silver); United States (Bronze)

Culture

Literature

• Baseball: The Fan's Game, by Mickey Cochrane
• The Negro in Sports, by E.B. Henderson

Births

Further information: Births in 1939

Deaths

Further information: Deaths in 1939

Further Reading

• Lawrence S. Katz: Baseball in 1939: The Watershed Season of the National Pastime, McFarland, Jefferson, NC, 1995. ISBN 978-0-7864-7163-8