Redbird Murry Dickson, now with the Pittsburgh Pirates, following a Red Munger defeat. The Dodgers take two games from the Braves and a half-game lead in the NL. September 30: The Boston Red Sox outlast the Washington Senators 11-9 to move into New York for the showdown for the AL pennant. Ralph Kiner hits his 54th home run, his 16th in September, as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat Herm Wehmeier and the Cincinnati Reds 3–2. Kiner's monthly total eclipses Cy Williams' 1923 NL mark. October Coming into the last weekend of the season, the Boston Red Sox are one game ahead of the New York Yankees, with the only games left for those teams being two against each other, thus there can be no playoff for the American League pennant. The Red Sox need to win only one of those games, but the Yankees win both to take the pennant. The Yankees will go on to win 14 pennants in the 16-year stretch from 1949 through 1964. October 2 - On the same day the Yankees won the pennant, the Brooklyn Dodgers won the National League Pennant with a 9-7 10 inning game over the Philadelphia Philles, The Dodgers score those 2 runs in inning ten, that was important for "Dem Bums" as the second place St Louis Cardinals also won in a 13-5 win over the Chicago Cubs. Therefore the Dodgers won the pennant by one game October 9 – The New York Yankees defeat the Brooklyn Dodgers, 10-6, in Game 5 of the World Series, to win their twelfth World Championship, four games to one. This is the second time in three years the Yankees have defeated the Dodgers in the series. October 19 – Three weeks after acquiring Venezuelan shortstop Chico Carrasquel from the Brooklyn Dodgers organization for two minor leaguers and cash consideration‚ the Chicago White Sox steal second baseman Nellie Fox from the Philadelphia Athletics in exchange for backup catcher Joe Tipton. For the next six seasons, Carrasquel and Fox will develop a nice chemistry as a double play combination around second base. November November 18 – Brooklyn Dodgers infielder Jackie Robinson, who hit 16 home runs with 124 RBI and led the National League with a .342 batting average, becomes the first African American to win the Most Valuable Player Award. Stan Musial, Ralph Kiner, and teammate Pee Wee Reese are the runners-up. November 21