They went 37-21 in their first year of existence, winning the league pennant.

First, its occupants won league pennants in their two years of existence.

The team was in contention to defend their American League pennant going into the final week of the season.

The team won the league pennant in 1949.

Norwich won the league pennant, Doe's only championship as a manager.

Wasiak's Valdosta team came back in 1951 to win the league pennant by five games.

No team with a losing record ever has won a division championship or a league pennant (before divisional play).

Oakland, coming off two straight American League pennants and on its way to a third one, was perhaps the most confident team in baseball.

The next season he was dismissed after 47 games by a fifth-place team that went on to win an American League pennant.

At the time, the Yankees had won all but two league pennants since 1949 but they would not win another until 1976 .