Champions Major League Baseball World Series: St. Louis Cardinals over New York Yankees (4-1) All-Star Game, July 6 at Polo Grounds: American League, 3-1 Other champions Amateur World Series: Cuba Negro World Series: Kansas City Monarchs over Homestead Grays (4-0) Negro League Baseball All-Star Game: East, 5-2 Minor leagues Northern League: Winnipeg Maroons Awards and honors Baseball Hall of Fame Rogers Hornsby Most Valuable Player Joe Gordon (AL) – New York Yankees (2B) Mort Cooper (NL) – St. Louis Cardinals (P) The Sporting News Player of the Year Award Ted Williams – Boston Red Sox (LF) The Sporting News Most Valuable Player Award Joe Gordon (AL) – New York Yankees (2B) Mort Cooper (NL) – St. Louis Cardinals (P) The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award Billy Southworth – St. Louis Cardinals Ted Williams was MLB Triple Crown winner. Major league baseball final standings American League final standings National League final standings Negro league baseball final standings Negro American League final standings Negro National League final standings Events January–March January 14 – The Boston Red Sox release catcher Moe Berg. Berg would go on the greater fame as one of the top U.S. spies during World War II. January 15 – President Franklin Delano Roosevelt sent a letter to Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis, encouraging Major League Baseball to continue playing despite American entry into World War II. Roosevelt's famed "Green Light" letter ensured that the 1942 season would be played as planned, negating rumors of a shutdown following the attack on Pearl Harbor. Despite a loss of many star players to military service, such as Joe DiMaggio, Bob Feller & Ted Williams, all 16 teams continued to play regular schedules for the duration of World War II. February 12 – Minor league outfielder Gordon Houston becomes the first player in Organized Baseball to die during active duty in World War II. Houston had played with Texarkana in . March 18 – Jackie Robinson and Nate Moreland request try-outs with the White Sox. Sox manager Jimmie Dykes praises Robinson's baserunning to Pittsburgh Courier sportswriter Herman Hill, saying that "he stole everything but my infielders' gloves." Dykes goes on record to the Courier, saying "Personally, I would welcome Negro players on the White Sox and I believe every one of the other 15 managers would do so likewise. As for the players, they'd all get along too." Ultimately, Dykes is unable