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The Brooklyn Dodgers won the 1949 National League pennant race at 97-57, 1 game ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals. It came down to the final days: the Brooklyn Dodgers did not lead for good until September 29, 1949.
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NL standings, 1949
Team W L Pct GB L10 Streak (BRO) 97 57 .630 - 7-3 W1 (STL) 96 58 .623 1 4-6 W1 (PHI) 81 73 .526 16 5-5 L1 (BSN) 75 79 .487 22 5-5 W2 (NYG) 73 81 .474 24 4-6 L3 (PIT) 71 83 .461 26 8-2 L1 (CIN) 62 92 .403 35 3-7 W1 (CHC) 61 93 .396 36 4-6 L1
Final standings.
Turning points The lead changed hands 23 times. The Brooklyn Dodgers trailed by as many as 4 games on May 15, 1949. The Brooklyn Dodgers took first place for good on September 29, 1949. The St. Louis Cardinals won 9 games in a row from July 20, 1949 to July 30, 1949, the longest run of the race. The St. Louis Cardinals led by 2.5 games as late as September 18, 1949. The Brooklyn Dodgers led by as many as 3.5 games on July 19, 1949. The Brooklyn Dodgers went 21-7 from May 16, 1949 to June 14, 1949, turning a deficit of 4 games into a lead of 3 games. The top two ended the day within one game of each other on 101 of the 156 days played. The Brooklyn Dodgers spent 71 of the season's 168 charted days in first place.
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