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Sports season
The 1948 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 19 to October 11, 1948. The Boston Braves and Cleveland Indians were 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. The Indians then defeated the Braves in the World Series , four games to two.
Home field attendance [ edit ]
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
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Pre-modern era
Beginnings Competition NL monopoly
Modern era
See also
