Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Yankees over Brooklyn Dodgers (4-1) All-Star Game, July 12 at Ebbets Field: American League, 11-7 Caribbean leagues Cuba : Alacranes del Almendares Panama : Spur Cola Colonites Puerto Rico : Indios de Mayagüez Venezuela : Cervecería Caracas. Caribbean World Series Cuba : Alacranes del Almendares Other champions All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: Rockford Peaches College World Series: Texas Little League World Series: Hammonton, New Jersey Negro League Baseball All-Star Game : East, 4–0 Winter Leagues 1949 Caribbean Series: Alacranes del Almendares Cuban League: Alacranes del Almendares Mexican Pacific League: Tacuarineros de Culiacán Panamanian League: Spur Cola Colonites Puerto Rican League: Indios de Mayagüez Venezuelan League: Cervecería Caracas Awards and honors Baseball Hall of Fame Mordecai Brown Charlie Gehringer Kid Nichols Most Valuable Player Ted Williams (AL) Jackie Robinson (NL) Rookie of the Year Roy Sievers (AL) Don Newcombe (NL) The Sporting News Player of the Year Award Ted Williams (AL) – OF, Boston Red Sox The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award Casey Stengel (AL) – New York Yankees MLB statistical leaders Major league baseball final standings American League final standings National League final standings Events January January 12 – The New York Giants are fined $2,000, and manager Leo Durocher $500, for signing Freddie Fitzsimmons as a coach while he was still under contract to the Boston Braves. Fitzsimmons gets a $500 fine and a 30-day spring training suspension. January 25 – Lou Boudreau is rewarded for the Cleveland Indians' championship with a two-year, $65,000 annual contract as player-manager. January 27 – Fred Saigh buys out the interest of Robert Hannegan and now controls 90 percent of the St. Louis Cardinals stock. Saigh and Hannegan had swung the deal in 1947 with only $60,300 in cash in a $4 million deal. Hannegan came out with $866,000 profit in two years. January 28 – The New York Giants sign their first black players, Negro leaguers Monte Irvin (OF) and Ford Smith (P). They are assigned to minor league Jersey City. Irvin will star for the Giants, but Smith never makes the major leagues. January 29 – The Pittsburgh Pirates get Murry Dickson from the St. Louis Cardinals for $125,000. February February 2 – Brothers Bill DeWitt and Charlie DeWitt gain control of the St. Louis Browns by acquiring 57 percent of the stock from Richard Muckerman for $One Million. February 7