1946 Major League Baseball season
1946 MLB season | |
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League | Major League Baseball |
Sport | Baseball |
Duration | April 16 – October 15, 1946 |
Regular season | |
Season champions |
AL: Boston Red Sox NL: St. Louis Cardinals |
Season MVP |
AL: Ted Williams (BOS) NL: Stan Musial (STL) |
World Series | |
Champions | St. Louis Cardinals |
Runners-up | Boston Red Sox |
The 1946 Major League Baseball season. Due to the end of World War II many drafted ballplayers returned to the majors and the quality of play greatly improved.
Events
- May 18 – The Chicago Cubs become the first team in Major League history to score six runs in the first and ninth innings of a game, when defeating the New York Giants 19–3.[1]
- June 9 – Mel Ott of the New York Giants is the first manager to be ejected from both games of a doubleheader, when the Giants lose both games to the Pittsburgh Pirates.[2]
Awards and honors
Final standings
American League final standings
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National League final standings
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Managers
American League
National League
National League playoff series
The National League pennant race ended in a tie between the St. Louis Cardinals and Brooklyn Dodgers and was decided by an unprecedented best-of-three playoff. St. Louis won the series, 2–0.
World Series
The World Series began on October 6 and pitted the Boston Red Sox against the St. Louis Cardinals, who won in 7 games.
See also
References
- ↑ "Elias Says..." ESPN.com. Retrieved October 9, 2012.
- ↑ Pellowski, Michael J (2007). The Little Giant Book of Baseball Facts. United States: Sterling Publishing Co. p. 352. ISBN 9781402742736.
Further reading
- Weintraub, Robert (2013) The Victory Season: The End of World War II and the Birth of Baseball's Golden Age. New York: Little, Brown & Company. ISBN 978-0-316-20591-7.
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