- January 24
- Australia all out 674 versus India (Donald Bradman 201, Hassett 198*). [1]
- January 29
- Commissioner Happy Chandler fines the New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs, and Philadelphia Phillies US$500 each for signing high school players. [1]
- January 30
- (to February 8) The V Olympic Winter Games are held in St. Moritz, Switzerland. [7]
- February 3
- Dick Button becomes first world figure skating champion from US. [1]
- February 5
- Dick Button becomes first US figure skating Olympics champion. [1]
- Gretchen Fraser becomes first US woman Olympics slalom champion. [1]
- February 6
- Donald Bradman retires hurt, 57 in his last Test Cricket innings in Australia. [1]
- February 8
- V Olympic Winter Games close at Saint Moritz, Switzerland. [1]
- February 11
- Billy Griffith scores cricket century on debut England versus West Indies, out for 140. [1]
- Test Cricket debut of Frank Worrell, versus England Port-of-Spain. [1]
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- February 13
- Andy Ganteaume scores 112 for West Indies in only Test Cricket innings. [1]
- Ice Pairs Championship at Davos, Switzerland, won by Lannoy and Baugniet of Belgium. [1]
- Men's Figure Skating Championship in Davos, Switzerland, won by Richard Button of USA. [1]
- March 13
- 10th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Baylor 58-42. [1]
- March 15
- Donald Bradman scores 115 for the Australian cricket team versus Western Australia. [1]
- March 19
- Lee Savold knocks out Gino Buonvino in 54 seconds at Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York. [1]
- March 29
- New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox tie at 2-2 in 17 innings, spring training game. [1]
- April 1
- H H H Johnson bowls West Indies to win versus England 10-96 match on debut. [1]
- April 3
- First US figure skating championships held. [1]
- US female Figure Skating Championship won by Gretchen Merrill. [1]
- US male Figure Skating Championship won by Richard Button. [1]
- April 4
- 84-year-old Connie Mack challenges 78-year-old Clark Griffith to a race from home to first base; it ends in a tie. [1]
- April 11
- 12th Golf Masters Championship: Claude Harmon wins, shooting a 279. [1]
- April 14
- Stanley Cup: NHL Toronto Maple Leafs sweep Detroit Red Wings in four games. [1]
- April 19
- 52nd Boston Marathon won by Gerard Coté of Canada in 2:31:02. [1]
- April 21
- Second NBA Championship: Baltimore Bullets beat Philadelphia Warriors, 4 games to 2. [1]
- April 29
- Donald Bradman scores 107 Australia versus Worcestershire, 152 minutes, 15 fours. [1]
- May 1
- 74th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Citation wins in 2:05.4; this is Arcaro's fourth win. [1]
- May 8
- Donald Bradman scores 146 Australia versus Surrey, 174 minutes, 15 fours. [1]
- May 15
- 74th Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Citation wins in 2:02.4. [1]
- Australia scores 721 runs in one day versus Essex, world record. [1]
- Donald Bradman scores 187 Australia versus Essex, 124 minutes, 33 fours 1 five. [1]
- May 20
- Cleveland Indians tie American League record of 18 walks (beat Boston Red Sox 13-4). [1]
- May 21
- New York Yankees' Joe Dimaggio hits for the cycle (single, double, triple, homerun). [1]
- May 23
- Joe DiMaggio hits three consecutive homeruns. [1]
- May 25
- 30th PGA Championship: Ben Hogan at Norwood Hills Country Club in Saint Louis, Missouri. [1]
- May 27
- Hank Greenberg buys an interest in the Cleveland Indians. [1]
- May 31
- Tommy Lasorda strikes out 25 Amsterdam Rugmakers (in 15 innings). [1]
- June 12
- Eddie Arcaro becomes first jockey to win the triple crown twice. [1]
- June 13
- Babe Ruth's final farewell at Yankee Stadium (he dies August 16th). [1]
- June 17
- Joe Cronin pinch hit home runs in both ends of a doubleheader. [1]
- June 18
- Philadelphia Phillies' pitching great Robin Roberts debuts, loses 2-0 to Pittsburgh Pirates. [1]
- June 25
- Joe Louis knocks out Jersey Joe Walcott in 11 rounds to retain championship. [1]
- June 30
- Cleveland Indians' Bob Lemon no-hits Detroit Tigers, 2-0. [1]
- July 9
- Satchel Paige, 42, debuts in majors pitching two scoreless innings for Cleveland Indians. [1]
- July 13
- American League beats National League 5-2 in 15th All Star Game (Sportsman Park, Saint Louis). [1]
- July 18
- Pat Seerey of Chicago White Sox hits four home runs in a game. [1]
- July 29
- (to August 14) The Games of the XIV Olympiad are held in London, England. [7]
- July 31
- US President Harry Truman dedicates Idlewild Field (Kennedy Airport), New York. [1]
- August 6
- Bob Mathias, US, wins decathlon at London Olympics. [1]
- Fanny Blankers-Koen (Netherlands) is first women to win three golds at Olympics. [1]
- August 13
- Satchel Paige at age 42 pitches his first major league complete game. [1]
- August 14
- Games of the XIV Olympiad in London closes. [1]
- August 17
- Philadelphia Phillies commit 8 errors in a game. [1]
- September 9
- Brooklyn Dodgers' Rex Barney no-hits New York Giants, 2-0. [1]
- September 20
- Mexican Baseball league disbands. [1]
- September 26
- Boston Braves win first National League championship since 1914. [1]
- October 3
- NFL becomes first sport televised as sport of the week. [1]
- October 4
- Cleveland Indians beat Boston Red Sox, 8-0, in first American League playoff game. [1]
- October 11
- Cleveland Indians beat Boston Braves, four games to two in 45th World Series. [1]
- October 12
- Casey Stengel takes over as New York Yankees' manager. [1]
- November 30
- American Baseball's Negro National League disbands. [1]
- December 2
- Stan Musial is picked National League Most Valuable Player. [1]
- December 3
- Donald Bradman scores his last century, 123 in his own testimonial. [1]
- December 5
- New York Giants' Charley Conerly sets NFL record of 36 pass completions. [1]
- December 8
- 14th Heisman Trophy Award: Doak Walker, SMU (Half Back). [1]
- December 19
- Cleveland Browns beat Buffalo Bills 49-7 in AAFC championship game. [1]
- Philadelphia Eagles shutout Chicago Cardinals 7-0 in NFL championship game. [1]
1949
- February 2
- Golfing champion Ben Hogan seriously injured in an auto accident. [1]
- February 5
- Huaso sets official world equestrian high-jump record, 2.47 m, Chicago, Illinois, USA. [1]
- February 7
- Joe DiMaggio becomes first US$100,000 per year baseball player (New York Yankees). [1]
- February 11
- Willie Pep recaptures world featherweight boxing title. [1]
- February 12
- Team Canada beats Denmark 47-0 in hockey. [1]
- February 17
- Ice Pairs Championship at Paris won by Andrea Kékessy/Ede Király of Hungary. [1]
- Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by Alena Vrzanova of Czechoslovakia. [1]
- Men's Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by Richard Button of USA. [1]
- March 1
- Joe Louis retires as heavyweight boxing champion. [1]
- The Saint Louis Browns, owners of Sportsman's Park, move to evict the Saint Louis Cardinals. [1]
- March 5
- Donald Bradman plays his last innings in first-class cricket, gets 30. [1]
- March 9
- England beats South Africa by scoring 174 runs in 94 minutes. [1]
- March 10
- Detroit Tigers' pitcher Art Houtteman is critically injured in an auto accident but recovers to win 15 games in 1949. [1]
- March 13
- US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Yvonne C Sherman. [1]
- US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Richard Button. [1]
- March 26
- 11th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Oklahoma State 46-36. [1]
- April 10
- 13th Golf Masters Championship: Sam Snead wins, shooting a 282. [1]
- April 13
- Third NBA Championship: Minneapolis Lakers beat Washington Capitals, 4 games to 2. [1]
- Minneapolis beats Washington, 4 games to 2, for the NBA championship. [1]
- April 16
- NHL's Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs sweep Detroit Red Wings in four games. [1]
- April 19
- 53rd Boston Marathon won by Gosta Leandersson of Sweden in 2:31:50.8. [1]
- New York Yankees dedicate a plaque for Babe Ruth. [1]
- April 20
- Jockey Bill Shoemaker wins his first race, in Albany, California. [1]
- May 1
- Philadelphia Athletics' Elmer Valo is first American League player to hit two bases-loaded triples in a game. [1]
- May 2
- Don Newcombe, first start, shuts out Cincinnati Reds on five hits to win 3-0. [1]
- May 4
- Air crash at Turijn (whole Torino-soccer team survives). [1]
- May 5
- Detroit Tigers' second baseman Charlie Gehringer selected to Hall of Fame. [1]
- May 7
- 75th Kentucky Derby: Steve Brooks aboard Ponder wins in 2:04.2. [1]
- May 14
- 75th Preakness: Ted Atkinson aboard Capot wins in 1:56. [1]
- May 27
- Cleveland Indians start 12-17, owner Bill Veeck arranges a "Second Opening Day". [1]
- May 31
- 31st PGA Championship: Sam Snead at Hermitage Country Club, Richmond, Virginia, USA. [1]
- Charley Lupica begins stay on 4-foot-square platform atop a 60-foot pole, vowing to stay until Cleveland Indians clinch pennant. (They don't, and he comes down 117 days later.) [1]
- June 22
- Ezzard Charles defeats Jersey Joe Walcott for the boxing title. [1]
- July 12
- American League beats National League 11-7 in 16th All Star Game, National League makes a record five errors. [1]
- Baseball owners agree to erect warning paths before each fence. [1]
- July 15
- Czech tennis stars Jaroslav Drobny and Vladimir Cernik defect to US. [1]
- July 25
- Saint Louis Cardinals' Stan Musial hits for the cycle beating Brooklyn Dodgers 14-1. [1]
- July 31
- Lightning strikes a baseball field in Florida, kills the shortstop and third baseman. [1]
- August 3
- Basketball Association of America and National Basketball League merge to form the National Basketball Association. [1]
- August 11
- First Naples-Capri swim, 17 miles (27 km) (Giovanni Gambi). [1]
- August 20
- 78,382 watch the Chicago White Sox play the Cleveland Indians at Cleveland, Ohio. [1]
- August 21
- New York Giants beat Philadelphia Phillies on a forfeit, due to fan's throwing debris. [1]
- September 4
- Marie Robie sinks 393 yard hole-in-one (first hole in Furnace Brook). [1]
- September 13
- Ladies Pro Golf Association of America formed in New York City, New York. [1]
- September 18
- Baseball major league record four grand slams hit. [1]
- September 25
- Louis Suggs wins US Woman's Golf championship. [1]
- October 2
- Saint Louis Browns use nine pitchers, lose to Boston White Sox 4-3. [1]
- New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox, tied for first place, play the final game of the season. New York Yankees win 5-3 and clinch pennant #16. [1]
- October 9
- New York Yankees beat Brooklyn Dodgers four games to one in 46th World Series. [1]
- October 19
- New York Yankees trade Joe Gordon to Cleveland Indians for Allie Reynolds. [1]
- November 18
- Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers is named National League's Most Valuable Player. [1]
- December 4
- Bob Gage ties NFL record of a 97-yard touchdown run. [1]
- December 5
- Ezzard Charles defeats Jersey Joe Walcott for heavyweight boxing title. [1]
- December 7
- 15th Heisman Trophy Award: Leon Hart, Notre Dame (E). [1]
- December 9
- NFL merges Cleveland Browns, San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Colts from AAFC. [1]
- December 11
- Chicago Bears' Johnny Lujack passes for six touchdowns versus Chicago Cardinals (52-29). [1]
- Cleveland Browns beat San Francisco 49ers 21-7 in final AAFC championship game. [1]
- December 12
- American League votes 7-1 rejecting legalizing the spitball. [1]
- December 18
- Philadelphia Eagles beat Los Angeles Rams 14-0 in NFL championship game. [1]
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