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1946 Major League Baseball season

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St. Louis Cardinals

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1946

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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.

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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.
  • 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.

    • 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.

    References

    1946 Major League Baseball season Wikipedia
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