1939 Major League Baseball season

1939 MLB season
LeagueAmerican League (AL)
National League (NL)
SportBaseball
DurationRegular season:
  • April 18 – October 1, 1939 (AL)
  • April 17 – October 1, 1939 (NL)
World Series:
  • October 4 – October 8, 1939
Number of games154
Number of teams16 (8 per league)
Regular season
Season MVPAL: Joe DiMaggio (NYY)
NL: Bucky Walters (CIN)
AL championsNew York Yankees
  AL runners-upBoston Red Sox
NL championsCincinnati Reds
  NL runners-upSt. Louis Cardinals
World Series
ChampionsNew York Yankees
  Runners-upCincinnati Reds
Locations of teams for the 1934–1939 American League seasons
American League

The 1939 major league baseball season began on April 17, 1939. The regular season ended on October 1, with the Cincinnati Reds and New York Yankees as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the 36th World Series on October 4 and ended with Game 4 on October 8. The Yankees swept the Reds in four games. The Yankees became the first team to win the World Series four years in a row.

The seventh Major League Baseball All-Star Game was played on July 11, hosted by the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in New York, New York, with the American League winning, 3–1.


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