#1940 WORLD SERIES PLAY BY PLAY PROFESSIONAL#

In 1941 Joe DiMaggio hit in 56 straight games, a record that many feel will never be broken.Here is a glimpse of Yankee memories from that era: So baseball stars, and their feats on the field, made headlines, especially in World Series play.

#1940 WORLD SERIES PLAY BY PLAY PROFESSIONAL#

The ’40s and ’50s were the glory days of baseball and it had no competition from other professional sports at that time. A lot of players, from all teams, served in WWII, including DiMaggio, who missed those three seasons. The Yankees weren’t in the World Series in the ’44, ’45 and ’46 seasons. Louis Browns, the worst team in baseball when the war began, actually captured the American League pennant, the only time they ever won it. The draft had wreaked such havoc on most Major League franchises that in 1944, the relatively unscathed St. According to the book Baseball (the companion book to the Burns’ documentary): The war didn’t stop baseball, but it seemed to slow many teams, including the Yankees. Managers: Bucky Harris, 1947 Casey Stengel 1949–1960 Pitchers: Allie Reynolds, Vic Raschi, Whitey Ford, Johnny Sain, Don Larsen, Bob Turley Position players: Yogi Berra, Joe DiMaggio, Tommy Henrich, Ralph Houk, Hank Bauer, Phil Rizzuto, Jerry Coleman, Johnny Mize, Mickey Mantle, Billy Martin, Gil McDougald, Elston Howard, Bill Skowron, Tony Kubek, Bobby Richardson, Bobby Shantz Here are just some of the more recognizable names on the Yankees’ rosters from 1947 to 1958: The small league and short trips to other cities aside, the Yankees simply had strong lineups and solid pitching on their teams during that span, even though there weren’t many “superstars,” by today’s standards. That means that from 1947 through 1964-18 seasons-the New York Yankees were in 15 of those World Series contests.

They won back to back in the ’61 and ’62 Series against the Reds and then the Giants.

The Yanks were in the World Series in each of those five years.

If you add in 1960–’64, here’s what you get: Between 19 (18 seasons!), the Yankees missed the World Series just three times. They were in six Series, winning only once, in 1955.ġ0. The runner-up in World Series appearances from ’47–’58? The Brooklyn Dodgers. In three World Series between 19, they beat the team that had defeated them in the Series the previous year.ĩ. During that ’47–’58 span, they missed making it to the World Series only twice (’48, ’54).Ĩ. Of the 12 World Series played from 1947 through 1958, the Yankees were in 10 of them, winning eight times.ħ. They won six out of the seven World Series played from ’47 to ’53.Ħ. They won five straight World Series titles, 1949–1953.ĥ. In the ’50s they made it to the World Series eight times! They won six of them…’50, ’51, ’52, ’53, ’56, ’58).Ĥ. In the 1940s, they made it to the World Series five times and won four of them (’41, ’43, ’47, ’49).ģ. The Bronx Bombers played in seven World Series from 1943 to 1953, and won seven times.Ģ. You simply don’t see anything like that in professional sports anymore:ġ.

Some of the statistics are simply eye-popping. Even Yankee haters (and there are many) should be impressed. Here’s a quick look at the amazing Yankees achievements during the ’40s and ’50s. Nonetheless, the game on the field was still solid professional American Major League Baseball, played by some of the best players around. There were only 16 teams and there were no teams on the West Coast, so there wasn’t travel fatigue. Sure, it was a different time that many decades ago. Not that they didn’t have tremendous seasons or streaks of success before then: From 1927 to 1941 the Yanks reached the World Series seven times…and won each time. But you would have to be of a ripe old age, have watched Ken Burns’ Baseball documentary more than once, or have read up on the history of the National Pastime to know just what a powerhouse and dynasty the New York Yankees were in the 1940s and 1950s.

1940 world series play by play