The 1939 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams … See more

• Baseball Hall of Fame
• Most Valuable Player
• The Sporting News Player of the Year Award
• The Sporting News Most Valuable Player Award See more

• January 24 – George Sisler, Eddie Collins and Willie Keeler are elected to the Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers' Association of America See more

• 1939 Major League Baseball season schedule at Baseball Reference See more

The 1939 season saw the following rule change:
• The scoring sacrifice fly, exempting a batter from a time at bat when a runner scored after the putout on a fly ball, was restored for the first time since its elimination in See more

• Lou Gehrig had his No. 4 retired by the New York Yankees on July 4. This was the first number retired by the team and first retired number in … See more

• January 13 – Jacob Ruppert, 71, Yankees owner since 1914
• January 19 – Cliff Heathcote, 40, NL outfielder who batted … See more