This article is about the 1948 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1948 in baseball.
Sports season
1948 MLB season
League
Major League Baseball
Sport
Baseball
Duration
April 19 – October 11, 1948
Number of games
154
Number of teams
16
Regular season
Season MVP
AL: Lou Boudreau (CLE) NL: Stan Musial (SLC)
AL champions
Cleveland Indians
AL runners-up
Boston Red Sox
NL champions
Boston Braves
NL runners-up
St. Louis Cardinals
World Series
Champions
Cleveland Indians
Runners-up
Boston Braves
MLB seasons
← 1947
1949 →
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.
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