This article is about the 1946 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1946 in baseball.
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.[original research?]
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Events[edit]
- 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]
National League playoff series[edit]
Main article: 1946 National League tie-breaker 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[edit]
The World Series began on October 6 and pitted the Boston Red Sox against the St. Louis Cardinals, who won in 7 games.
References[edit]
- ^ "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[edit]
- 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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