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28 teams in AL, NAL, NL, NN2 · 1346 regular-season games · 1946-04-02 to 1946-10-03 · attendance 18,523,289

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World Series champion

St. Louis Cardinals

MVP

Ted Williams AL
Stan Musial NL

Hall of Fame class of 1946

Clark Griffith, Ed Walsh, Eddie Plank, Frank Chance, Jack Chesbro, Jesse Burkett, Joe McGinnity, Joe Tinker, Johnny Evers, Rube Waddell, Tommy McCarthy

Postseason

Round	Result	Games
World Series	St. Louis Cardinals 4–3 Boston Red Sox	7

Standings

AL

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Boston Red Sox	104	50	.675	—	594	1,416,944	Joe Cronin	Pennant
2	Detroit Tigers	92	62	.597	12	567	1,722,590	Steve O'Neill
3	New York Yankees	87	67	.565	17	547	2,265,512	Joe McCarthy, Bill Dickey, Johnny Neun
4	Washington Senators	76	78	.494	28	706	1,027,216	Ossie Bluege
5	Chicago White Sox	74	80	.481	30	595	983,403	Jimmy Dykes, Ted Lyons
6	Cleveland Indians	68	86	.442	36	638	1,057,289	Lou Boudreau
7	St. Louis Browns	66	88	.429	38	710	526,435	Luke Sewell, Zack Taylor
8	Philadelphia Athletics	49	105	.318	55	680	621,793	Connie Mack

NL

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	St. Louis Cardinals	98	58	.628	—	545	1,061,807	Eddie Dyer	World Series
2	Brooklyn Dodgers	96	60	.615	2	570	1,796,824	Leo Durocher
3	Chicago Cubs	82	71	.536	14.5	581	1,342,970	Charlie Grimm
4	Boston Braves	81	72	.529	15.5	592	969,673	Billy Southworth
5	Philadelphia Phillies	69	85	.448	28	705	1,045,247	Ben Chapman
6	Cincinnati Reds	67	87	.435	30	570	715,751	Bill McKechnie, Hank Gowdy
7	Pittsburgh Pirates	63	91	.409	34	668	749,962	Frankie Frisch, Spud Davis
8	New York Giants	61	93	.396	36	685	1,219,873	Mel Ott

Negro American League

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Manager
1	Kansas City Monarchs	48	17	.738	—	166	Frank Duncan	Pennant
2	Birmingham Black Barons	34	31	.523	14	46	Tommy Sampson
3	Cleveland Buckeyes	33	32	.508	15	129	Quincy Trouppe
4	Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns	31	37	.456	18.5	132	Hoss Walker
5	Memphis Red Sox	32	42	.432	20.5	76	Jelly Taylor, Ruben Jones
6	Chicago American Giants	30	49	.380	25	99	Candy Jim Taylor

Negro National League (II)

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Manager
1	Newark Eagles	46	16	.742	—	254	Biz Mackey	World Series
2	New York Cubans	28	21	.571	11.5	235	José María Fernández
3	Philadelphia Stars	27	28	.491	15.5	313	Goose Curry
4	Baltimore Elite Giants	27	29	.482	16	310	Felton Snow
5	Homestead Grays	26	30	.464	17	301	Vic Harris
6	New York Black Yankees	8	38	.174	30	307	Marvin Barker

Leaders

AL

RBI

AVG

ERA

NL

RBI

AVG

ERA

No-hitters

Ed Head, Brooklyn Dodgers vs. Boston Braves, 1946-04-23
Bob Feller, Cleveland Indians vs. New York Yankees, 1946-04-30
Leon Day, Newark Eagles vs. Philadelphia Stars, 1946-05-05

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