1939 World Series

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The 1939 World Series was Major League Baseball’s championship series in which the New York Yankees swept the Cincinnati Reds to win their fourth consecutive title.

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1939 World Series canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Major League Baseball championship series
World Series
champion New York Yankees
championConsecutiveTitlesNumber 4
championFranchiseTitleNumber 8
championGamesWon 4
championLeague American League
championPreviousTitle 1938 World Series
championTitleStreak 4
cityOfGame1 New York City
cityOfGame2 New York City
cityOfGame3 Cincinnati
cityOfGame4 Cincinnati
country United States
endDate 1939-10-08
followedBy 1940 World Series
format best-of-seven
game1Location Yankee Stadium
game2Location Yankee Stadium
game3Location Crosley Field
game4Location Crosley Field
gameCount 4
league American League
National League
managerOfChampion Joe McCarthy
managerOfRunnerUp Bill McKechnie
mostValuablePlayer Joe DiMaggio
mostValuablePlayerTeam New York Yankees
notableEvent New York Yankees completed a four-game sweep of the Cincinnati Reds
notablePlayer Bill Dickey
Bucky Walters
Frank McCormick
Joe DiMaggio
Monte Pearson
Red Ruffing
precededBy 1938 World Series
radioAnnouncer Bill Corum
Bob Elson
Red Barber
radioNetwork Mutual Broadcasting System
runnerUp Cincinnati Reds
runnerUpGamesWon 0
runnerUpLeague National League
seasonOf 1939 Major League Baseball season
significance fourth consecutive World Series title for the New York Yankees
sport baseball
startDate 1939-10-04
sweep true
televisionCoverage none
umpireCrewChief Bill Summers
year 1939

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Frankie Crosetti playedInWorldSeries 1939 World Series
1940 World Series precededBy 1939 World Series
Tommy Henrich WorldSeriesChampion 1939 World Series
1938 World Series nextEdition 1939 World Series