Champions Major League Baseball World Series: St. Louis Cardinals over Boston Red Sox (4–3) All-Star Game, July 9 at Fenway Park: American League, 12–0 Other champions All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: Racine Belles Japanese Baseball League: Great Ring Negro League World Series: Newark Eagles over Kansas City Monarchs (4–3) Negro League Baseball All-Star Game: East, 5–3 (first game, at Griffith Stadium); West, 4–1 (second game, at Comiskey Park) Winter Leagues Cuban League: Elefantes de Cienfuegos Mexican Pacific League: Venados de Mazatlán Puerto Rican League: Senadores de San Juan Venezuelan League: Sabios de Vargas Awards and honors Baseball Hall of Fame Jesse Burkett Frank Chance Jack Chesbro Johnny Evers Clark Griffith Tommy McCarthy Joe McGinnity Eddie Plank Joe Tinker Rube Waddell Ed Walsh Most Valuable Player Ted Williams (AL) – OF, Boston Red Sox Stan Musial (NL) – 1B, St. Louis Cardinals The Sporting News Player of the Year Award Stan Musial (NL) – 1B, St. Louis Cardinals The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award Eddie Dyer (NL) – St. Louis Cardinals The Sporting News Rookie of the Year Award Del Ennis (Philadelphia NL, OF) MLB statistical leaders 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 Japanese Baseball League final standings Events January January 3 - The Boston Red Sox get slugger Rudy York from Detroit for shortstop Eddie Lake. January 12 – Boston Red Sox star Ted Williams receives his discharge from the U.S. Marine Air Corps after a three-year stint serving in World War II. In spite of the long absence from competitive baseball, Williams will return to the major leagues by hitting .342 with 38 home runs and 123 RBI in 1946. January 12 – The first official professional game is played in Venezuela, launching the newly constituted four-team . The league is composed of four teams: Caracas BBC, Magallanes BBC, Vargas BBC and Venezuela BBC. The inaugural game is won by Magallanes over Venezuela, 5–2, behind strong pitching from Alex Carrasquel, who gives up 11 hits in a complete game effort. January 20 – In a classic pitching matchup played in Caracas, Venezuela, Alex Carrasquel of Magallanes beat Roy Welmaker and Vargas club, 3–2, in 17 innings. In the six-and-a-half-hour marathon, Carrasquel is good enough to silence the bats of Roy Campanella and Sam Jethroe. Both