This article is about the 1946 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1946 in baseball.
Sports season
1946 MLB season
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
MLB seasons
← 1945
1947 →
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.
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