1948 in sports

Table of contents

1 Baseball 2 Football (soccer) 3 Snooker 4 General sporting events 5 Births 6 Deaths

Baseball

• January 29: Commissioner Happy Chandler fines the Yankees, Cubs, and Phillies $500 each for signing high school players.
• February 27: Hall of Fame election: Voters select the recently deceased Herb Pennock, and Pie Traynor, as the newest inductees; Traynor is the first third baseman elected by the writers in 9 elections.
• World Series: The Cleveland Indians defeat the Boston Braves, 4 games to 2.

• England - FA Cup: Manchester United wins 4-2 over Blackpool

• World Snooker Championship: Fred Davis beats Walter Donaldson 84-61.

• 1948 Summer Olympics takes place in London, United Kingdom
  • United States wins the most medals (84), and the most gold medals (38).

• 1948 Winter Olympics takes place in St. Moritz, Switzerland
  • Norway and Sweden both win the most medals (10 each), and the most gold medals (4 each).

Deaths

• January 30 - Herb Pennock, former major league pitcher
• Candy Jim Taylor, Negro League Baseball player and manager