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1949 Season

1948 / 1950

1949 World Series
New York Yankees Dressed to the Nines	Defeated	Brooklyn Dodgers Dressed to the Nines

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Top Hitter

Jackie
Robinson

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Parnell

All-1949 Team

WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Ted Williams	BOS	9.2	9.3	-0.8
Ralph Kiner	PIT	8.2	8.6	-1.1
Enos Slaughter	SLN	6.2	5.9	-0.3
Del Ennis	PHI	5.3	5.3	-0.6

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Bobby Thomson	NY1	5.9	5.1	0.7
Duke Snider	BRO	5.2	4.2	1.0
Joe DiMaggio	NYA	4.4	4.0	0.4
Larry Doby	CLE	3.8	3.8	-0.3

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Stan Musial	SLN	9.2	8.9	-0.4
Carl Furillo	BRO	4.8	4.3	-0.2
Willard Marshall	NY1	4.4	3.8	-0.0
Tommy Henrich	NYA	4.2	4.0	-0.3

Shortstop	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Pee Wee Reese	BRO	6.9	5.7	2.3
Vern Stephens	BOS	6.9	5.9	2.0
Eddie Joost	PHA	6.9	6.3	1.6
Luke Appling	CHA	5.1	4.9	1.1

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Jackie Robinson	BRO	9.6	8.6	1.8
Bobby Doerr	BOS	5.4	4.3	1.8
Cass Michaels	CHA	5.3	4.7	1.3
Eddie Stanky	BSN	4.2	5.0	-0.2

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Bob Elliott	BSN	5.2	4.8	0.4
Sid Gordon	NY1	4.9	5.3	-0.4
George Kell	DET	4.7	4.6	0.2
Johnny Pesky	BOS	4.0	3.5	0.5

First Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Mickey Vernon	CLE	3.7	1.9	1.1
Gil Hodges	BRO	3.2	3.1	-0.6
Elbie Fletcher	BSN	2.7	3.0	-0.9
Phil Cavarretta	CHN	2.5	2.4	-0.4

Catcher	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Roy Campanella	BRO	4.4	4.3	0.6
Andy Seminick	PHI	3.6	3.8	0.1
Aaron Robinson	DET	2.5	2.5	0.3
Yogi Berra	NYA	2.5	2.3	0.6

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Mel Parnell*	BOS	295.3	8.2	7.9	0.3
Bob Lemon	CLE	279.7	7.1	5.4	1.7
Howie Pollet*	SLN	230.7	6.7	6.6	0.1
Virgil Trucks	DET	275.0	6.2	6.9	-0.7
Ken Heintzelman*	PHI	250.0	6.0	6.3	-0.2
Dave Koslo*	NY1	212.0	5.9	5.9	0.0
Don Newcombe	BRO	244.3	5.8	5.6	0.2
Hal Newhouser*	DET	292.0	5.7	5.4	0.3
Warren Spahn*	BSN	302.3	5.6	5.6	0.0
Preacher Roe*	BRO	212.7	5.6	5.9	-0.4

Swingman	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Jack Banta	BRO	152.3	2.6	2.8	-0.2
Bobby Shantz*	PHA	127.0	2.3	2.2	0.2
Eddie Erautt	CIN	112.7	2.0	2.0	0.0
Fred Martin	SLN	70.0	1.9	1.8	0.2

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Joe Page*	NYA	135.3	4.0	4.2	-0.2
Tom Ferrick	SLA	104.3	2.8	2.9	-0.1
Jim Konstanty	PHI	97.0	2.2	2.3	-0.1
Ted Wilks	SLN	118.3	1.9	2.3	-0.4
Ewell Blackwell	CIN	76.7	1.6	1.6	-0.0
Bobby Hogue	BSN	72.0	1.5	1.3	0.2
Erv Palica	BRO	97.0	1.3	1.3	0.0
Emil Kush	CHN	47.7	0.9	0.7	0.2
Ken Trinkle	PHI	74.3	0.9	0.9	-0.0
Frank Papish*	CLE	62.0	0.9	0.8	0.0

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Wins Above Replacement data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com.

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

The transaction and player splits data used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
Images can also be viewed at the Hall of Fame online exhibit Dressed to the Nines

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James