The Giants knocked off the Indians thanks to a Bobby Thomson home run and the glove/bat combo of Willie Mays. Read more »
Baseball Analysis
1954 Opsera
1953 Opsera
In 1953, the Yankees won their fifth consecutive World Series championship. Read more »
1952 Opsera
The Yankees beat the Dodgers in a seven-game series. Read more »
1951 Opsera
The Giants and Yankees were the two best teams in the MLB, but the Bronx Battle won the 1951 Subway Series. Read more »
1950 Opsera
The Yankees swept the Phillies to win their first of six World Series titles during the 1950s. Read more »
1949 Opsera
The Yankees were third overall in Opsera and won the 1949 World Series. Read more »
1948 Opsera
The Red Sox had the best Opsera in baseball in 1948, but the Indians won the AL and the World Series. Read more »
1947 Opsera
The Yankees were second in Opsera and won another World Series title. Read more »
1946 Opsera
In his first season back from World War II, Ted Williams hit for an OPS of 1.164, but the Cardinals knocked off Boston in the World Series. Read more »
1945 Opsera
The Cubs had the best Opsera in all of baseball, but were knocked off by Detroit in the World Series. Read more »
1944 Opsera
The Cardinals led the NL in OBP, slugging and ERA in 1944. Read more »
1943 Opsera
The Cardinals won 105 games, but were knocked off by the Yankees in the World Series. Read more »
1942 Opsera
Stan Musial burst onto the scene and helped lead the Cardinals to the World Series. Read more »
1941 Opsera
Joe DiMaggio won a MVP that probably should have gone to Ted Williams, but the Yankees won another World Series by defeating the Dodgers. Read more »
1940 Opsera
Bucky Walters threw over 300 innings with a 2.48 ERA in 1940. Read more »
1939 Opsera
Despite losing Lou Gehrig to illness, the Yankees rolled along to their fourth World Series title in a row. Read more »
1938 Opsera
The Yankees became the first team to win three consecutive World Series championships in 1938. Read more »
1937 Opsera
For the second consecutive season, the Yankees defeated the Giants in the World Series. Read more »
1936 Opsera
A retooled Yankees featuring rookie Joe DiMaggio were an unstoppable machine. Read more »
1935 Opsera
Hank Greenberg had a 1.039 OPS for the World Series champion Tigers. Read more »