1946 MLB season | |
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League | Major League Baseball |
Sport | Baseball |
Duration | April 16 – October 15, 1946 |
Number of games | 154 |
Number of teams | 16 |
Regular season | |
Season MVP | AL: Ted Williams (BSR) NL: Stan Musial (SLC) |
AL champions | Boston Red Sox |
AL runners-up | Detroit Tigers |
NL champions | St. Louis Cardinals |
NL runners-up | Brooklyn Dodgers |
World Series | |
Champions | St. Louis Cardinals |
Runners-up | Boston Red Sox |
The 1946 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 16 to October 15, 1946. The St. Louis Cardinals and Boston Red Sox were the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The Cardinals defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers in a best-of-three series, for the National League title. It was Major League Baseball's first-ever regular season tie-breaker. The Cardinals then defeated the Red Sox in the World Series, four games to three.
Many notable ballplayers returned from their military service this season, following the end of World War II, such as Joe DiMaggio, Stan Musial, and Ted Williams.
This was the last MLB season to be played under the color barrier, as Jackie Robinson would make his debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers to start the following baseball season.
American League
| National League
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World Series | ||||
AL | Boston Red Sox | 3 | ||
NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 4 |
Team | Manager | Comments |
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Boston Red Sox | Joe Cronin | Won Pennant |
Chicago White Sox | Jimmy Dykes and Ted Lyons | |
Cleveland Indians | Lou Boudreau | |
Detroit Tigers | Del Baker | Finished 2nd |
New York Yankees | Joe McCarthy, Bill Dickey and Johnny Neun | Finished 3rd |
Philadelphia Athletics | Connie Mack | |
St. Louis Browns | Luke Sewell and Zack Taylor | |
Washington Senators | Ossie Bluege |
Team | Manager | Comments |
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Boston Braves | Billy Southworth | |
Brooklyn Dodgers | Leo Durocher | Finished 2nd, lost to Cardinals in playoff, 2-0 |
Chicago Cubs | Charlie Grimm | Finished 3rd |
Cincinnati Reds | Bill McKechnie and Hank Gowdy | |
New York Giants | Mel Ott | |
Philadelphia Phillies | Ben Chapman | |
Pittsburgh Pirates | Frankie Frisch and Spud Davis | |
St. Louis Cardinals | Eddie Dyer | Won World Series |
Team name | Wins | %± | Home attendance | %± | Per game |
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New York Yankees [1] | 87 | 7.4% | 2,265,512 | 156.9% | 29,422 |
Brooklyn Dodgers [2] | 96 | 10.3% | 1,796,824 | 69.6% | 22,745 |
Detroit Tigers [3] | 92 | 4.5% | 1,722,590 | 34.5% | 21,805 |
Boston Red Sox [4] | 104 | 46.5% | 1,416,944 | 134.7% | 18,166 |
Chicago Cubs [5] | 82 | -16.3% | 1,342,970 | 29.6% | 17,441 |
New York Giants [6] | 61 | -21.8% | 1,219,873 | 20.0% | 15,843 |
St. Louis Cardinals [7] | 98 | 3.2% | 1,061,807 | 78.6% | 13,613 |
Cleveland Indians [8] | 68 | -6.8% | 1,057,289 | 89.4% | 13,731 |
Philadelphia Phillies [9] | 69 | 50.0% | 1,045,247 | 266.7% | 13,401 |
Washington Senators [10] | 76 | -12.6% | 1,027,216 | 57.4% | 13,516 |
Chicago White Sox [11] | 74 | 4.2% | 983,403 | 49.5% | 12,448 |
Boston Braves [12] | 81 | 20.9% | 969,673 | 159.1% | 12,593 |
Pittsburgh Pirates [13] | 63 | -23.2% | 749,962 | 24.0% | 9,615 |
Cincinnati Reds [14] | 67 | 9.8% | 715,751 | 146.8% | 9,295 |
Philadelphia Athletics [15] | 49 | -5.8% | 621,793 | 34.4% | 7,972 |
St. Louis Browns [16] | 66 | -18.5% | 526,435 | 9.0% | 6,837 |
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