- Oct 4 Cleveland Indians beat Boston Red Sox, 8 - 3, in a one-game playoff to decide the AL pennant; keys are the pitching of Gene Bearden and hitting of Lou Boudreau
- Oct 10 Then record 86,288 see game 5 of World Series in Cleveland
- Oct 11 Baseball World Series: Cleveland Indians beat Boston Braves, 4-3 at Braves Field to clinch series, 4 games to 2; Indians second championship in team history
Stengel Manages Yankees
Oct 12 Casey Stengel takes over as Yankee manager
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