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City Monarchs</a> (4–3)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_World_Series" title="1946 World Series">World Series</a>: <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> over <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> (4–3)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1946 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">All-Star Game</a>, July 9 at <a href="/wiki/Fenway_Park" title="Fenway Park">Fenway Park</a>: American League, 12–0</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Negro_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="Negro League Baseball All-Star Game">Negro League Baseball All-Star Game</a>: East, 5–3 (first game, at <a href="/wiki/Griffith_Stadium" title="Griffith Stadium">Griffith Stadium</a>); West, 4–1 (second game, at <a href="/wiki/Comiskey_Park" title="Comiskey Park">Comiskey Park</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_champions">Other champions</h3><span 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title="Venezuelan Professional Baseball League">Venezuelan League</a>: <a href="/wiki/Sabios_de_Vargas" title="Sabios de Vargas">Sabios de Vargas</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Club_tournaments">Club tournaments</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_in_baseball&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Club tournaments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Interamerican_Series" title="Interamerican Series">Interamerican Series</a>: <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Bushwicks" title="Brooklyn Bushwicks">Brooklyn Bushwicks</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_honors">Awards and honors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_in_baseball&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Awards and honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hank_Greenberg_1937_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Hank_Greenberg_1937_cropped.jpg/180px-Hank_Greenberg_1937_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="247" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Hank_Greenberg_1937_cropped.jpg/270px-Hank_Greenberg_1937_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Hank_Greenberg_1937_cropped.jpg/360px-Hank_Greenberg_1937_cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="674" data-file-height="925" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Hank_Greenberg" title="Hank Greenberg">Hank Greenberg</a>, Hall of Famer and 2-time MVP</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Baseball_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseball Hall of Fame">Baseball Hall of Fame</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jesse_Burkett" title="Jesse 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Ennis">Del Ennis</a> (NL) – OF, Philadelphia Phillies</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Statistical_leaders">Statistical leaders</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_in_baseball&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Statistical leaders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Negro_American_League" title="Negro American League">Negro American League</a> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Negro_National_League_(1920%E2%80%931931)" title="Negro National League (1920–1931)">Negro National League</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Stat </th> <th>Player </th> <th>Total </th> <th>Player </th> <th>Total </th> <th>Player </th> <th>Total </th> <th>Player </th> <th>Total </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">AVG</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mickey_Vernon" title="Mickey Vernon">Mickey Vernon</a> (<a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%931960)" title="Washington Senators (1901–1960)">WSH</a>) </td> <td>.353 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stan_Musial" title="Stan Musial">Stan Musial</a> (<a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">SLC</a>) </td> <td>.365 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ted_Strong" title="Ted Strong">Ted Strong</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Monarchs" title="Kansas City Monarchs">KC</a>) </td> <td>.364 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Monte_Irvin" title="Monte Irvin">Monte Irvin</a> (<a href="/wiki/Newark_Eagles" title="Newark Eagles">NWK</a>) </td> <td>.369 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">HR</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hank_Greenberg" title="Hank Greenberg">Hank Greenberg</a> (<a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">DET</a>) </td> <td>44 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Kiner" title="Ralph Kiner">Ralph Kiner</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">PIT</a>) </td> <td>23 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Willard_Brown" title="Willard Brown">Willard Brown</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Monarchs" title="Kansas City Monarchs">KC</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Ted_Strong" title="Ted Strong">Ted Strong</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Monarchs" title="Kansas City Monarchs">KC</a>) </td> <td>3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Josh_Gibson" title="Josh Gibson">Josh Gibson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Homestead_Grays" title="Homestead Grays">HOM</a>) </td> <td>13 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Run_batted_in" title="Run batted in">RBI</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hank_Greenberg" title="Hank Greenberg">Hank Greenberg</a> (<a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">DET</a>) </td> <td>127 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Enos_Slaughter" title="Enos Slaughter">Enos Slaughter</a> (<a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">SLC</a>) </td> <td>130 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Willard_Brown" title="Willard Brown">Willard Brown</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Monarchs" title="Kansas City Monarchs">KC</a>) </td> <td>27 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lennie_Pearson" title="Lennie Pearson">Lennie Pearson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Newark_Eagles" title="Newark Eagles">NWK</a>) </td> <td>61 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)#Winning_pitcher" title="Win–loss record (pitching)">W</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bob_Feller" title="Bob Feller">Bob Feller</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Guardians" title="Cleveland Guardians">CLE</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Hal_Newhouser" title="Hal Newhouser">Hal Newhouser</a> (<a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">DET</a>) </td> <td>26 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Howie_Pollet" title="Howie Pollet">Howie Pollet</a> (<a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">SLC</a>) </td> <td>21 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Connie_Johnson_(baseball)" title="Connie Johnson (baseball)">Connie Johnson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Monarchs" title="Kansas City Monarchs">KC</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Steve_Wylie" title="Steve Wylie">Steve Wylie</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Monarchs" title="Kansas City Monarchs">KC</a>) </td> <td>5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leon_Day" title="Leon Day">Leon Day</a> (<a href="/wiki/Newark_Eagles" title="Newark Eagles">NWK</a>) </td> <td>13 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Earned_run_average" title="Earned run average">ERA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hal_Newhouser" title="Hal Newhouser">Hal Newhouser</a> (<a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">DET</a>) </td> <td>1.94 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Howie_Pollet" title="Howie Pollet">Howie Pollet</a> (<a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">SLC</a>) </td> 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(baseball)">Giants</a></b></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:38.696%;left:84.193%;font-size:85%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Phillies"><img alt="Phillies" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/ButtonBlue.svg/8px-ButtonBlue.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/ButtonBlue.svg/12px-ButtonBlue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/ButtonBlue.svg/16px-ButtonBlue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;top:5px;left:-3em"><div><b><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Phillies</a></b></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:39.622%;left:76.259%;font-size:85%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/ButtonBlue.svg/12px-ButtonBlue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/ButtonBlue.svg/16px-ButtonBlue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;bottom:5px;left:-3em"><div><b><a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">Cardinals</a></b></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div> </div> <div class="thumbcaption"> <div class="magnify"><a class="mw-selflink selflink"> </a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Locations of teams for the 1943–1952 <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> seasons<br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ButtonBlue.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/ButtonBlue.svg/8px-ButtonBlue.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/ButtonBlue.svg/12px-ButtonBlue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/ButtonBlue.svg/16px-ButtonBlue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Negro_league_baseball_final_standings">Negro league baseball final standings</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_in_baseball&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Negro league baseball final standings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>All Negro leagues standings below are per Seamheads.<sup id="cite_ref-Seamheads_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Seamheads-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Negro_American_League_final_standings">Negro American League final standings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_in_baseball&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Negro American League final standings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533" /><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <table class="wikitable" width="535em" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6" style="border-right: 2px solid">vs. Negro American League </th> <th colspan="4">vs. Major Black Teams </th></tr> <tr> <th width="43%"><a href="/wiki/Negro_American_League" title="Negro American League">Negro American League</a> </th> <th width="6%"><a href="/wiki/Win_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Win (baseball)">W</a> </th> <th width="6%"><a href="/wiki/Loss_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Loss (baseball)">L</a> </th> <th width="6%"><a href="/wiki/Tie_(draw)#Baseball" title="Tie (draw)">T</a> </th> <th width="7%"><a href="/wiki/Winning_percentage" title="Winning percentage">Pct.</a> </th> <th width="7%"><a href="/wiki/Games_behind" title="Games behind">GB</a> </th> <th width="6%" style="border-left: 2px solid"><a href="/wiki/Win_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Win (baseball)">W</a> </th> <th width="6%"><a href="/wiki/Loss_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Loss (baseball)">L</a> </th> <th width="6%"><a href="/wiki/Tie_(draw)#Baseball" title="Tie (draw)">T</a> </th> <th width="7%"><a href="/wiki/Winning_percentage" title="Winning percentage">Pct.</a> </th></tr> <tr style="background:#CCFFCC"> <td><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Monarchs" title="Kansas City Monarchs">Kansas City Monarchs</a> </td> <td>56 </td> <td>19 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>.740 </td> <td style="border-right: 2px solid">— </td> <td>66 </td> <td>29 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>.691 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Black_Barons" title="Birmingham Black Barons">Birmingham Black Barons</a> </td> <td>39 </td> <td>33 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>.541 </td> <td style="border-right: 2px solid">15½ </td> <td>51 </td> <td>39 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>.565 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Buckeyes" title="Cleveland Buckeyes">Cleveland Buckeyes</a> </td> <td>37 </td> <td>35 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>.513 </td> <td style="border-right: 2px solid">17½ </td> <td>45 </td> <td>44 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>.505 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Memphis_Red_Sox" title="Memphis Red Sox">Memphis Red Sox</a> </td> <td>40 </td> <td>50 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>.446 </td> <td style="border-right: 2px solid">23½ </td> <td>46 </td> <td>62 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>.429 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Indianapolis_Clowns" title="Indianapolis Clowns">Cincinnati–Indianapolis Clowns</a> </td> <td>35 </td> <td>44 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>.444 </td> <td style="border-right: 2px solid">23 </td> <td>38 </td> <td>56 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>.406 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago_American_Giants" title="Chicago American Giants">Chicago American Giants</a> </td> <td>35 </td> <td>61 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>.367 </td> <td style="border-right: 2px solid">31½ </td> <td>40 </td> <td>68 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>.374 </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <div class="thumb tright"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width: 345px;"> <div class="thumbimage" style="width: 343px; height: 212px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -168px; left: -321px; width: 785px"><div class="noresize"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238443738" /><div class="locmap" style="width:785px;float:right;clear:right"><div style="width:785px;padding:0"><div 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style="top:36.634%;left:73.168%;font-size:85%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Buckeyes"><img alt="Buckeyes" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/ButtonPink.svg/8px-ButtonPink.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/ButtonPink.svg/12px-ButtonPink.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/ButtonPink.svg/16px-ButtonPink.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;top:5px;left:-3em"><div><b><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Buckeyes" title="Cleveland Buckeyes">Buckeyes</a></b></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:47.909%;left:52.416%;font-size:85%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Monarchs"><img alt="Monarchs" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/ButtonPink.svg/12px-ButtonPink.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/ButtonPink.svg/16px-ButtonPink.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;bottom:5px;left:-3em"><div><b><a href="/wiki/Memphis_Red_Sox" title="Memphis Red Sox">Red Sox</a></b></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div> </div> <div class="thumbcaption"> <div class="magnify"><a class="mw-selflink selflink"> </a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Locations of teams for the 1946 <a href="/wiki/Negro_American_League" title="Negro American League">Negro American League</a> season<br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ButtonPink.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/ButtonPink.svg/8px-ButtonPink.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/ButtonPink.svg/12px-ButtonPink.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/ButtonPink.svg/16px-ButtonPink.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Negro_American_League" title="Negro American League">Negro American League</a><br />Note: Clowns play in both <a href="/wiki/Indianapolis" title="Indianapolis">Indianapolis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati" title="Cincinnati">Cincinnati</a>.</div> </div> </div> </div> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Negro_National_League_final_standings">Negro National League final standings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_in_baseball&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Negro National League final standings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533" /><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <table class="wikitable" width="535em" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6" style="border-right: 2px solid">vs. Negro National League </th> <th colspan="4">vs. Major Black Teams </th></tr> <tr> <th width="43%"><a href="/wiki/Negro_National_League_(1933%E2%80%931948)" title="Negro National League (1933–1948)">Negro National League</a> </th> <th width="6%"><a href="/wiki/Win_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Win (baseball)">W</a> </th> <th width="6%"><a href="/wiki/Loss_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Loss (baseball)">L</a> </th> <th width="6%"><a href="/wiki/Tie_(draw)#Baseball" title="Tie (draw)">T</a> </th> <th width="7%"><a href="/wiki/Winning_percentage" title="Winning percentage">Pct.</a> </th> <th width="7%"><a href="/wiki/Games_behind" title="Games behind">GB</a> </th> <th width="6%" style="border-left: 2px solid"><a href="/wiki/Win_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Win (baseball)">W</a> </th> <th width="6%"><a href="/wiki/Loss_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Loss (baseball)">L</a> </th> <th width="6%"><a href="/wiki/Tie_(draw)#Baseball" title="Tie (draw)">T</a> </th> <th width="7%"><a href="/wiki/Winning_percentage" title="Winning percentage">Pct.</a> </th></tr> <tr style="background:#CCFFCC"> <td><a href="/wiki/Newark_Eagles" title="Newark Eagles">Newark Eagles</a> </td> <td>53 </td> <td>21 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>.711 </td> <td style="border-right: 2px solid">— </td> <td>60 </td> <td>24 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>.707 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_Cubans" title="New York Cubans">New York Cubans</a> </td> <td>36 </td> <td>31 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>.537 </td> <td style="border-right: 2px solid">13½ </td> <td>37 </td> <td>37 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>.500 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Elite_Giants" title="Baltimore Elite Giants">Baltimore Elite Giants</a> </td> <td>38 </td> <td>34 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>.527 </td> <td style="border-right: 2px solid">14 </td> <td>43 </td> <td>35 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>.549 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Homestead_Grays" title="Homestead Grays">Homestead Grays</a> </td> <td>38 </td> <td>35 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>.520 </td> <td style="border-right: 2px solid">14½ </td> <td>52 </td> <td>40 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>.563 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Stars_(baseball)" title="Philadelphia Stars (baseball)">Philadelphia Stars</a> </td> <td>31 </td> <td>37 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>.457 </td> <td style="border-right: 2px solid">19 </td> <td>33 </td> <td>40 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>.455 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_Black_Yankees" title="New York Black Yankees">New York Black Yankees</a> </td> <td>10 </td> <td>48 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>.172 </td> <td style="border-right: 2px solid">35 </td> <td>16 </td> <td>53 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>.232 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href="/wiki/Pittsburgh" title="Pittsburgh">Pittsburgh</a>, with the majority in Washington, D.C.</div> </div> </div> </div> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Negro_World_Series">Negro World Series</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_in_baseball&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Negro World Series"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1946_Negro_World_Series" title="1946 Negro World Series">1946 Negro World Series</a>: Newark Eagles over Kansas City Monarchs 4–3.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="All-American_Girls_Professional_Baseball_League_final_standings">All-American Girls Professional Baseball League final standings</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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href="/wiki/South_Bend_Blue_Sox" title="South Bend Blue Sox">South Bend Blue Sox</a></td> <td>70</td> <td>42</td> <td>.625</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rockford_Peaches" title="Rockford Peaches">Rockford Peaches</a></td> <td>60</td> <td>52</td> <td>.536</td> <td>14 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fort_Wayne_Daisies" title="Fort Wayne Daisies">Fort Wayne Daisies</a></td> <td>52</td> <td>60</td> <td>.464</td> <td>22 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Muskegon_Lassies" title="Muskegon Lassies">Muskegon Lassies</a></td> <td>46</td> <td>66</td> <td>.411</td> <td>28 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kenosha_Comets" title="Kenosha Comets">Kenosha Comets</a></td> <td>42</td> <td>70</td> <td>.375</td> <td>32 </td></tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peoria_Redwings" title="Peoria Redwings">Peoria Redwings</a></td> <td>33</td> <td>79</td> <td>.295</td> <td>41 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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width="9%"><b><a href="/wiki/Games_behind" title="Games behind">GB</a></b> </th></tr> <tr style="background:#CCFFCC"> <td><a href="/wiki/Fukuoka_SoftBank_Hawks" title="Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks">Kinki Great Ring</a> </td> <td>65 </td> <td>38 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>.629 </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Kyojin" class="mw-redirect" title="Tokyo Kyojin">Tokyo Kyojin</a> </td> <td>64 </td> <td>39 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>.619 </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Osaka_Tigers" class="mw-redirect" title="Osaka Tigers">Osaka Tigers</a> </td> <td>59 </td> <td>46 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>.562 </td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Orix_Buffaloes" title="Orix Buffaloes">Hankyu</a> </td> <td>51 </td> <td>52 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>.495 </td> <td>14 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hokkaido_Nippon-Ham_Fighters" title="Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters">Senators</a> </td> <td>47 </td> <td>58 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>.448 </td> <td>19 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a 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href="/w/index.php?title=1946_in_baseball&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: January"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>January 3 – The <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> get slugger <a href="/wiki/Rudy_York" title="Rudy York">Rudy York</a> from <a href="/wiki/Detroit" title="Detroit">Detroit</a> for shortstop <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Lake" title="Eddie Lake">Eddie Lake</a>.</li> <li>January 12 – <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> star <a href="/wiki/Ted_Williams" title="Ted Williams">Ted Williams</a> receives his discharge from the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Marine" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Marine">U.S. Marine Air Corps</a> after a three-year stint serving in World War II. In spite of the long absence from competitive baseball, Williams will return to the major leagues by hitting .342 with 38 home runs and 123 RBI in 1946.</li> <li>January 12 – The first official professional game is played in <a href="/wiki/Venezuela" title="Venezuela">Venezuela</a>, launching the newly constituted four-team <span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Venezuela</i></span>. The league is composed of four teams: <a href="/wiki/Leones_del_Caracas" title="Leones del Caracas">Caracas BBC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Navegantes_del_Magallanes" title="Navegantes del Magallanes">Magallanes BBC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sabios_de_Vargas" title="Sabios de Vargas">Vargas BBC</a> and <a href="/wiki/Patriotas_de_Venezuela" title="Patriotas de Venezuela">Venezuela BBC</a>. The inaugural game is won by Magallanes over Venezuela, 5–2, behind strong pitching from <a href="/wiki/Alex_Carrasquel" title="Alex Carrasquel">Alex Carrasquel</a>, who gives up 11 hits in a complete game effort.</li> <li>January 20 – In a classic pitching matchup played in <a href="/wiki/Caracas,_Venezuela" class="mw-redirect" title="Caracas, Venezuela">Caracas, Venezuela</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alex_Carrasquel" title="Alex Carrasquel">Alex Carrasquel</a> of Magallanes beat <a href="/wiki/Roy_Welmaker" title="Roy Welmaker">Roy Welmaker</a> and Vargas club, 3–2, in 17 innings. In the six-and-a-half-hour marathon, Carrasquel is good enough to silence the bats of <a href="/wiki/Roy_Campanella" title="Roy Campanella">Roy Campanella</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sam_Jethroe" title="Sam Jethroe">Sam Jethroe</a>. Both pitchers go the distance in one of the greatest matchups ever.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="February">February</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_in_baseball&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: February"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>February 19 – New York Giants OF <a href="/wiki/Danny_Gardella" title="Danny Gardella">Danny Gardella</a> becomes the first major leaguer to announce he is jumping to the "outlaw" Mexican League, the first shot in the series of events that will dominate baseball even more than the return of all the war veterans. His attempt to return to Major League Baseball a few years later will initiate a major court battle.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="March">March</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_in_baseball&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: March"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>March 7 – <a href="/wiki/Negro_league" class="mw-redirect" title="Negro league">Negro leaguer</a> <a href="/wiki/Marvin_Williams_(baseball)" title="Marvin Williams (baseball)">Marvin Williams</a>, playing for the <a href="/wiki/Sabios_de_Vargas" title="Sabios de Vargas">Sabios de Vargas</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Navegantes_del_Magallanes" title="Navegantes del Magallanes">Navegantes del Magallanes</a>, sets a still-standing Venezuelan League mark by <a href="/wiki/Run_batted_in" title="Run batted in">driving in</a> eight runs on two home runs and two singles, while leading Vargas to a 16–9 victory.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="April">April</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_in_baseball&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: April"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>April 18 – <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Robinson" title="Jackie Robinson">Jackie Robinson</a>, signed to the <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Dodgers" title="Brooklyn Dodgers">Brooklyn Dodgers</a> organization by owner <a href="/wiki/Branch_Rickey" title="Branch Rickey">Branch Rickey</a>, makes his first appearance with the <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Royals" title="Montreal Royals">Montreal Royals</a> in the <a href="/wiki/International_League" title="International League">International League</a>.</li> <li>April 23 – <a href="/wiki/Ed_Head" title="Ed Head">Ed Head</a> pitches a <a href="/wiki/No-hitter" title="No-hitter">no-hitter</a> as the Brooklyn Dodgers blank the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Braves" title="Boston Braves">Boston Braves</a>, 5–0.</li> <li>April 30 – <a href="/wiki/Bob_Feller" title="Bob Feller">Bob Feller</a> tosses the second <a href="/wiki/No-hitter" title="No-hitter">no-hitter</a> of his career in a 1–0 <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Guardians" title="Cleveland Guardians">Cleveland Indians</a> win over the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="May">May</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_in_baseball&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: May"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>May 28 – The <a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%931960)" title="Washington Senators (1901–1960)">Washington Senators</a> defeat the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a>, 2–1, in the first night game ever played at <a href="/wiki/Yankee_Stadium_(1923)" title="Yankee Stadium (1923)">Yankee Stadium</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="June">June</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_in_baseball&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: June"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>June 7 — The <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a>' 36 active players vote 20–16 to authorize a <a href="/wiki/Strike_action" title="Strike action">strike</a> rather than take the field against the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants_(baseball)" title="New York Giants (baseball)">New York Giants</a> after club president <a href="/wiki/William_Benswanger" title="William Benswanger">William Benswanger</a> refuses to negotiate with the <a href="/wiki/American_Baseball_Guild" title="American Baseball Guild">American Baseball Guild</a>, a nascent trade union. With player rosters expanded to 36 men (through June 15) because of the return of World War II veterans to their former teams, the union required a two-thirds vote (24 players) to legally authorize a job action. Thus the strike vote lost, dealing a lethal blow to the Guild. Later in 1946, owners offered minor concessions to players and effectively staved off the creation of a union until 1966.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>June 24 – A bus carrying the <a href="/wiki/Spokane_Indians" title="Spokane Indians">Spokane Indians</a> <a href="/wiki/Minor_League_Baseball" title="Minor League Baseball">Minor League Baseball</a> team crashed on <a href="/wiki/Snoqualmie_Pass" title="Snoqualmie Pass">Snoqualmie Pass</a> in <a href="/wiki/Washington_(state)" title="Washington (state)">Washington</a> State in the worst accident in the history of all of U.S. professional sports, as of October 2007. Nine members of the 16-member team were killed and six were injured. Eight of those who died served in <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="July">July</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_in_baseball&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: July"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>July 9 – At <a href="/wiki/Fenway_Park" title="Fenway Park">Fenway Park</a>, home of the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a>, the <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> crushes the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a>, 12–0, in the <a href="/wiki/1946_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1946 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">All-Star Game</a>.</li> <li>July 14 – Player-manager <a href="/wiki/Lou_Boudreau" title="Lou Boudreau">Lou Boudreau</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Guardians" title="Cleveland Guardians">Cleveland Indians</a> hits four doubles and one home run, but <a href="/wiki/Ted_Williams" title="Ted Williams">Ted Williams</a> wallops three homers and drives in eight runs, as the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> top the Indians, 11–10. In the Sox second-game win, the famous <i>Boudreau Shift</i> is born. Boudreau shifts all his players, except the third baseman and left fielder, to the right side of the diamond in an effort to stop Williams. Ted grounds out and walks twice while ignoring the shift.</li> <li>July 19 – Fourteen <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a> players are <a href="/wiki/Ejection_(sports)" title="Ejection (sports)">ejected</a> from the game against the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a>, leaving only the manager and coaches and the nine players on the field in the <a href="/wiki/Dugout_(baseball)" title="Dugout (baseball)">dugout</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="August">August</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_in_baseball&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: August"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>August 4 – <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Browns" title="St. Louis Browns">St. Louis Browns</a> <a href="/wiki/Relief_pitcher" title="Relief pitcher">relief pitcher</a> <a href="/wiki/Tom_Ferrick_(baseball)" title="Tom Ferrick (baseball)">Tom Ferrick</a> earns the win in both games of a <a href="/wiki/Doubleheader_(baseball)" title="Doubleheader (baseball)">doubleheader</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Athletics" title="Philadelphia Athletics">Philadelphia Athletics</a>.</li> <li>August 9 – All games (four each for both the American and National Leagues) were played at night for the first time in Major League history.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="September">September</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_in_baseball&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: September"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>September 13 – The <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> clinch the <a href="/wiki/Pennant_(sports)" title="Pennant (sports)">American League pennant</a>, edging the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Guardians" title="Cleveland Guardians">Cleveland Indians</a>, 1–0, at Cleveland's <a href="/wiki/League_Park" title="League Park">League Park II</a> on <a href="/wiki/Ted_Williams" title="Ted Williams">Ted Williams</a>' inside-the-park home run, the only one of his career. Williams punches the ball over the shift when Cleveland left fielder <a href="/wiki/Pat_Seerey" title="Pat Seerey">Pat Seerey</a> pulls in behind the shortstop position. It is Boston's first pennant since <a href="/wiki/1918_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1918 Major League Baseball season">1918</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="October">October</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_in_baseball&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: October"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>October 1 – October 3 – After finishing the regular season tied for first place, the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Dodgers" title="Brooklyn Dodgers">Brooklyn Dodgers</a> met in the first-ever <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> <a href="/wiki/1946_National_League_tie-breaker_series" title="1946 National League tie-breaker series">tie-breaker series</a>. The Cardinals win the best-of-three series, two games to none, and advance to the <a href="/wiki/1946_World_Series" title="1946 World Series">World Series</a>. It was the first tie-breaker series in MLB history.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>October 15 – The <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> defeat the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a>, 4–3, in Game 7 of the <a href="/wiki/1946_World_Series" title="1946 World Series">World Series</a> to win their sixth World Series, four games to three. The Red Sox would not appear in the <a href="/wiki/World_Series" title="World Series">World Series</a> for another <a href="/wiki/1967_World_Series" title="1967 World Series">21 years</a>, which, coincidentally, would be a rematch with the Cardinals.</li> <li>October 23 – At the <a href="/wiki/Evangeline_Baseball_League" title="Evangeline Baseball League">Evangeline League</a> (<a href="/wiki/Class_D_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Class D (baseball)">Class D</a>) owners meeting, allegations are made that players from the <a href="/wiki/Houma_Indians" title="Houma Indians">Houma Indians</a> and <a href="/wiki/Abbeville_Athletics" title="Abbeville Athletics">Abbeville Athletics</a> had conspired with <a href="/wiki/Bookies" class="mw-redirect" title="Bookies">bookies</a> to throw games during the league's final series.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="November">November</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_in_baseball&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: November"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="December">December</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_in_baseball&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: December"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Births">Births</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_in_baseball&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Births"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="January_2">January</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_in_baseball&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: January"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>January 2 – <a href="/wiki/Sonny_Ruberto" title="Sonny Ruberto">Sonny Ruberto</a></li> <li>January 3 – <a href="/wiki/Archie_Reynolds" title="Archie Reynolds">Archie Reynolds</a></li> <li>January 7 – <a href="/wiki/Joe_Keough" title="Joe Keough">Joe Keough</a></li> <li>January 10: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vern_Geishert" title="Vern Geishert">Vern Geishert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Korince" title="George Korince">George Korince</a></li></ul></li> <li>January 15 – <a href="/wiki/Tom_Robson_(baseball)" title="Tom Robson (baseball)">Tom Robson</a></li> <li>January 18 – <a href="/wiki/Billy_Grabarkewitz" title="Billy Grabarkewitz">Billy Grabarkewitz</a></li> <li>January 21 – <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Oates" title="Johnny Oates">Johnny Oates</a></li> <li>January 29 – <a href="/wiki/Tony_Pierce_(baseball)" title="Tony Pierce (baseball)">Tony Pierce</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="February_2">February</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_in_baseball&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: February"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>February 5: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vic_Correll" title="Vic Correll">Vic Correll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norm_Miller_(baseball)" title="Norm Miller (baseball)">Norm Miller</a></li></ul></li> <li>February 8: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Brown_(baseball)" title="Oscar Brown (baseball)">Oscar Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Burchart" title="Larry Burchart">Larry Burchart</a></li></ul></li> <li>February 10 – <a href="/wiki/Bob_Spence" title="Bob Spence">Bob Spence</a></li> <li>February 23 – <a href="/wiki/Ken_Boswell" title="Ken Boswell">Ken Boswell</a></li> <li>February 28 – <a href="/wiki/Marty_Perez" title="Marty Perez">Marty Perez</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="March_2">March</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_in_baseball&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: March"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>March 4 – <a href="/wiki/Danny_Frisella" title="Danny Frisella">Danny Frisella</a></li> <li>March 5 – <a href="/wiki/Les_Rohr" title="Les Rohr">Les Rohr</a></li> <li>March 14 – <a href="/wiki/Ron_Law" title="Ron Law">Ron Law</a></li> <li>March 15 – <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Bonds" title="Bobby Bonds">Bobby Bonds</a></li> <li>March 18 – <a href="/wiki/Van_Kelly" title="Van Kelly">Van Kelly</a></li> <li>March 21: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rickey_Clark" title="Rickey Clark">Rickey Clark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Fitzmorris" title="Al Fitzmorris">Al Fitzmorris</a></li></ul></li> <li>March 27: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Jackson_(left-handed_pitcher)" title="Mike Jackson (left-handed pitcher)">Mike Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Sudakis" title="Bill Sudakis">Bill Sudakis</a></li></ul></li> <li>March 31: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Denehy_(baseball)" title="Bill Denehy (baseball)">Bill Denehy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gonzalo_M%C3%A1rquez" title="Gonzalo Márquez">Gonzalo Márquez</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="April_2">April</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_in_baseball&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: April"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>April 3 – <a href="/wiki/Rod_Gaspar" title="Rod Gaspar">Rod Gaspar</a></li> <li>April 8 – <a href="/wiki/Catfish_Hunter" title="Catfish Hunter">Catfish Hunter</a></li> <li>April 9 – <a href="/wiki/Nate_Colbert" title="Nate Colbert">Nate Colbert</a></li> <li>April 10: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Hennigan" title="Phil Hennigan">Phil Hennigan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leroy_Stanton" title="Leroy Stanton">Leroy Stanton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Watson" title="Bob Watson">Bob Watson</a></li></ul></li> <li>April 16 – <a href="/wiki/Sergio_Robles" title="Sergio Robles">Sergio Robles</a></li> <li>April 18 – <a href="/wiki/Gerry_Janeski" title="Gerry Janeski">Gerry Janeski</a></li> <li>April 20: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Machemehl" title="Chuck Machemehl">Chuck Machemehl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Hutton" title="Tommy Hutton">Tom Hutton</a></li></ul></li> <li>April 29 – <a href="/wiki/Don_Buschhorn" title="Don Buschhorn">Don Buschhorn</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="May_2">May</h3><span 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Robinson</a></li></ul></li> <li>May 24 – <a href="/wiki/Ellie_Rodriguez" class="mw-redirect" title="Ellie Rodriguez">Ellie Rodriguez</a></li> <li>May 25 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Corkins" title="Mike Corkins">Mike Corkins</a></li> <li>May 28 – <a href="/wiki/Skip_Jutze" title="Skip Jutze">Skip Jutze</a></li> <li>May 29 – <a href="/wiki/Dyar_Miller" title="Dyar Miller">Dyar Miller</a></li> <li>May 30 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Sadek" title="Mike Sadek">Mike Sadek</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="June_2">June</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_in_baseball&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: June"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>June 2 – <a href="/wiki/Roger_Freed" title="Roger Freed">Roger Freed</a></li> <li>June 6 – <a href="/wiki/Gaylen_Pitts" title="Gaylen Pitts">Gaylen Pitts</a></li> <li>June 8 – <a href="/wiki/Jack_Lind" title="Jack Lind">Jack Lind</a></li> <li>June 9 – <a href="/wiki/Tom_Egan" title="Tom Egan">Tom Egan</a></li> <li>June 11 – <a href="/wiki/Danny_Morris" title="Danny Morris">Danny Morris</a></li> <li>June 12 – <a href="/wiki/Jim_Strickland_(baseball)" title="Jim Strickland (baseball)">Jim Strickland</a></li> <li>June 15: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Henderson" title="Ken Henderson">Ken Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Champ_Summers" title="Champ Summers">Champ Summers</a></li></ul></li> <li>June 16 – <a href="/wiki/Tom_Ragland" title="Tom Ragland">Tom Ragland</a></li> <li>June 19 – <a href="/wiki/Ozzie_Osborn" class="mw-redirect" title="Ozzie Osborn">Ozzie Osborn</a></li> <li>June 28 – <a href="/wiki/Greg_Sims" title="Greg Sims">Greg Sims</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="July_2">July</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_in_baseball&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: 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id="August_2">August</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_in_baseball&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: August"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>August 4 – <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Collins_(baseball)" title="Kevin Collins (baseball)">Kevin Collins</a></li> <li>August 9 – <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Moses" title="Jerry Moses">Jerry Moses</a></li> <li>August 11: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Hedlund" title="Mike Hedlund">Mike Hedlund</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Leon" title="Eddie Leon">Eddie Leon</a></li></ul></li> <li>August 15: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Lis" title="Joe Lis">Joe Lis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernie_McAnally" title="Ernie McAnally">Ernie McAnally</a></li></ul></li> <li>August 17 – <a href="/wiki/Skip_Lockwood" title="Skip Lockwood">Skip Lockwood</a></li> <li>August 18: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Derryl_Cousins" title="Derryl Cousins">Derryl Cousins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Magnuson" title="Jim Magnuson">Jim Magnuson</a></li></ul></li> <li>August 22 – <a href="/wiki/Gary_Boyd_(baseball)" title="Gary Boyd (baseball)">Gary Boyd</a></li> <li>August 25 – <a href="/wiki/Rollie_Fingers" title="Rollie Fingers">Rollie Fingers</a></li> <li>August 27: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Herrmann" title="Ed Herrmann">Ed Herrmann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Peters" title="Ray Peters">Ray Peters</a></li></ul></li> <li>August 28 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Torrez" title="Mike Torrez">Mike Torrez</a></li> <li>August 29: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bill_McNulty" title="Bill McNulty">Bill McNulty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Sipin" title="John Sipin">John Sipin</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="September_2">September</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_in_baseball&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: September"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>September 1 – <a href="/wiki/Monty_Montgomery_(baseball)" title="Monty Montgomery (baseball)">Monty Montgomery</a></li> <li>September 4: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sal_Artiaga" title="Sal Artiaga">Sal Artiaga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Wright_(baseball)" title="Ken Wright (baseball)">Ken Wright</a></li></ul></li> <li>September 6 – <a href="/wiki/Fran_Healy_(baseball)" title="Fran Healy (baseball)">Fran Healy</a></li> <li>September 7: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Crawford" title="Willie Crawford">Willie Crawford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Rudi" title="Joe Rudi">Joe Rudi</a></li></ul></li> <li>September 8: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Forsch" title="Ken Forsch">Ken Forsch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Pentland" title="Jeff Pentland">Jeff Pentland</a></li></ul></li> <li>September 18 – <a href="/wiki/Dave_Sells" title="Dave Sells">Dave Sells</a></li> <li>September 19: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Ferguson_(baseball)" title="Joe Ferguson (baseball)">Joe Ferguson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Lolich" title="Ron Lolich">Ron Lolich</a></li></ul></li> <li>September 20 – <a href="/wiki/Roric_Harrison" title="Roric Harrison">Roric Harrison</a></li> <li>September 22 – <a href="/wiki/Larry_Dierker" title="Larry Dierker">Larry Dierker</a></li> <li>September 24: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lou_Camilli" title="Lou Camilli">Lou Camilli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Dichi_Tabuchi" title="Kōichi Tabuchi">Kōichi Tabuchi</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="October_2">October</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_in_baseball&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: October"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>October 1 – <a href="/wiki/Jon_Warden" title="Jon Warden">Jon Warden</a></li> <li>October 2 – <a href="/wiki/Bob_Robertson" title="Bob Robertson">Bob Robertson</a></li> <li>October 6: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gene_Clines" title="Gene Clines">Gene Clines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Gentry" title="Gary Gentry">Gary Gentry</a></li></ul></li> <li>October 8: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Gagliano" title="Ralph Gagliano">Ralph Gagliano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Splittorff" title="Paul Splittorff">Paul Splittorff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Wegener" title="Mike Wegener">Mike Wegener</a></li></ul></li> <li>October 9 – <a href="/wiki/Jim_Qualls" title="Jim Qualls">Jim Qualls</a></li> <li>October 10 – <a href="/wiki/Gene_Tenace" title="Gene Tenace">Gene Tenace</a></li> <li>October 11 – <a href="/wiki/Jarvis_Tatum" title="Jarvis Tatum">Jarvis Tatum</a></li> <li>October 13 – <a href="/wiki/John_Strohmayer" title="John Strohmayer">John Strohmayer</a></li> <li>October 14: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Duffy_(baseball)" title="Frank Duffy (baseball)">Frank Duffy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Oliver" title="Al Oliver">Al Oliver</a></li></ul></li> <li>October 15 – <a href="/wiki/Scott_Northey" title="Scott Northey">Scott Northey</a></li> <li>October 17 – <a href="/wiki/Rich_Folkers" title="Rich Folkers">Rich Folkers</a></li> <li>October 18 – <a href="/wiki/George_Greer_(baseball)" title="George Greer (baseball)">George Greer</a></li> <li>October 19 – <a href="/wiki/Warren_Bogle" title="Warren Bogle">Warren Bogle</a></li> <li>October 25: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Don_Eddy_(baseball)" title="Don Eddy (baseball)">Don Eddy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koji_Yamamoto_(baseball,_born_1946)" title="Koji Yamamoto (baseball, born 1946)">Koji Yamamoto</a></li></ul></li> <li>October 27 – <a href="/wiki/Rick_Austin_(baseball)" title="Rick Austin (baseball)">Rick Austin</a></li> <li>October 29 – <a href="/wiki/Frank_Baker_(shortstop)" title="Frank Baker (shortstop)">Frank Baker</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="November_2">November</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_in_baseball&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: November"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>November 1: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Baney" title="Dick Baney">Dick Baney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Kennedy_(infielder)" title="Jim Kennedy (infielder)">Jim Kennedy</a></li></ul></li> <li>November 2 – <a href="/wiki/Tom_Paciorek" title="Tom Paciorek">Tom Paciorek</a></li> <li>November 3: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Heintzelman" title="Tom Heintzelman">Tom Heintzelman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garry_Hill_(baseball)" title="Garry Hill (baseball)">Garry Hill</a></li></ul></li> <li>November 4 – <a href="/wiki/Danny_Godby" title="Danny Godby">Danny Godby</a></li> <li>November 5: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Bethke" title="Jim Bethke">Jim Bethke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Evans_(umpire)" title="Jim Evans (umpire)">Jim Evans</a></li></ul></li> <li>November 13 – <a href="/wiki/George_Theodore" title="George Theodore">George Theodore</a></li> <li>November 22: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cy_Acosta" title="Cy Acosta">Cy Acosta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rich_McKinney" title="Rich McKinney">Rich McKinney</a></li></ul></li> <li>November 25: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wenty_Ford" title="Wenty Ford">Wenty Ford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Leshnock" title="Don Leshnock">Don Leshnock</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="December_2">December</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_in_baseball&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: December"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>December 2 – <a href="/wiki/Pedro_Borb%C3%B3n" title="Pedro Borbón">Pedro Borbón</a></li> <li>December 3 – <a href="/wiki/Greg_Washburn" title="Greg Washburn">Greg Washburn</a></li> <li>December 8 – <a href="/wiki/Alan_Foster_(baseball)" title="Alan Foster (baseball)">Alan Foster</a></li> <li>December 9 – <a href="/wiki/Rick_Bladt" title="Rick Bladt">Rick Bladt</a></li> <li>December 10 – <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Fenwick" title="Bobby Fenwick">Bobby Fenwick</a></li> <li>December 15 – <a href="/wiki/Art_Howe" title="Art Howe">Art Howe</a></li> <li>December 17 – <a href="/wiki/Michiyo_Arito" title="Michiyo Arito">Michiyo Arito</a></li> <li>December 25 – <a href="/wiki/Gene_Lamont" title="Gene Lamont">Gene Lamont</a></li> <li>December 28 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Lee_(left-handed_pitcher)" title="Bill Lee (left-handed pitcher)">Spaceman Bill Lee</a></li> <li>December 29 – <a href="/wiki/Ken_Rudolph" title="Ken Rudolph">Ken Rudolph</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Deaths">Deaths</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_in_baseball&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: Deaths"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="January_3">January</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_in_baseball&action=edit&section=44" title="Edit section: January"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>January 13 – <a href="/wiki/Kid_Speer" title="Kid Speer">Kid Speer</a>, 59, Canadian pitcher who played for the Detroit Tigers during the 1909 season.</li> <li>January 18: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Reeve_McKay" title="Reeve McKay">Reeve McKay</a>, 64, pitcher who played briefly for the 1915 St. Louis Browns of the American League.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Wright_(baseball)" title="Dave Wright (baseball)">Dave Wright</a>, 70, pitcher who played with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1895 and the Chicago Colts in 1897.</li></ul></li> <li>January 23 – <a href="/wiki/William_Matthews_(baseball)" title="William Matthews (baseball)">William Matthews</a>, 68, pitcher for the 1909 Boston Red Sox.</li> <li>January 28 – <a href="/wiki/Pat_Flaherty_(baseball)" title="Pat Flaherty (baseball)">Pat Flaherty</a>, 79, third baseman who played for the 1894 Louisville Colonels of the National League.</li> <li>January 29 – <a href="/wiki/Ed_Merrill" title="Ed Merrill">Ed Merrill</a>, 85, second baseman for the Louisville Eclipse, Worcester Ruby Legs and Indianapolis Hoosiers in span of two seasons from 1882 to 1884.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="February_3">February</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_in_baseball&action=edit&section=45" title="Edit section: February"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>February 1 – <a href="/wiki/Dad_Hale" title="Dad Hale">Dad Hale</a>, 65, pitched 11 games for the Boston Beaneaters and Baltimore Orioles in 1902.</li> <li>February 6 – <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Knepper" title="Charlie Knepper">Charlie Knepper</a>, 74, pitcher for the 1899 Cleveland Spiders of the National League.</li> <li>February 13 – <a href="/wiki/Marc_Campbell" title="Marc Campbell">Marc Campbell</a>, 61, shortstop in two games for the 1907 Pittsburgh Pirates.</li> <li>February 14 – <a href="/wiki/Woody_Wagenhorst" title="Woody Wagenhorst">Woody Wagenhorst</a>, 82, third baseman in two games for the 1888 Philadelphia Quakers of the National League who later became head coach of the University of Pennsylvania football team from 1888 to 1891.</li> <li>February 15 – <a href="/wiki/George_Starnagle" title="George Starnagle">George Starnagle</a>, 72, played one game at catcher for the Cleveland Bronchos in the 1902 season.</li> <li>February 21 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Cunningham_(infielder)" title="Bill Cunningham (infielder)">Bill Cunningham</a>, 59, second baseman for the Washington Senators from 1910–1912.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="March_3">March</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_in_baseball&action=edit&section=46" title="Edit section: March"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>March 3 – <a href="/wiki/Hick_Cady" title="Hick Cady">Hick Cady</a>, 60, backup catcher for the Boston Red Sox from 1912 to 1917 and the Philadelphia Phillies in 1919.</li> <li>March 6 – <a href="/wiki/Claude_Thomas_(baseball)" title="Claude Thomas (baseball)">Claude Thomas</a>, 55, pitched briefly for the Washington Senators in the 1916 season.</li> <li>March 9 – <a href="/wiki/Tom_Nagle" title="Tom Nagle">Tom Nagle</a>, 80, catcher for the Chicago Colts of the National League for parts of two seasons from 1890 to 1891.</li> <li>March 11 – <a href="/wiki/Ed_McDonald_(baseball)" title="Ed McDonald (baseball)">Ed McDonald</a>, 59, third baseman for parts of three seasons with the Boston Rustlers/Braves and Chicago Cubs from 1911 to 1913.</li> <li>March 16 – <a href="/wiki/John_Kerin_(umpire)" title="John Kerin (umpire)">John Kerin</a>, 71, American League umpire who officiated from 1908 to 1910.</li> <li>March 21 – <a href="/wiki/George_Wheeler_(pitcher)" title="George Wheeler (pitcher)">George Wheeler</a>, 76, switch pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies from 1896 to 1899.</li> <li>March 25 – <a href="/wiki/Hack_Schumann" title="Hack Schumann">Hack Schumann</a>, 61, pitched briefly for the 1906 Philadelphia Athletics.</li> <li>March 28: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chick_Fullis" title="Chick Fullis">Chick Fullis</a>, 42, center fielder who played from 1928 to 1936 for the New York Giants, Philadelphia Phillies and St. Louis Cardinals, and a member of the 1934 World Champions Cardinals.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Posey" title="Cumberland Posey">Cumberland Posey</a>, 55, Hall of Fame outfielder, manager, executive, and the principal owner of the <a href="/wiki/Homestead_Grays" title="Homestead Grays">Homestead Grays</a>, who built a strong barnstorming circuit that made the Grays a perennially powerful and profitable team, one of the best in Negro leagues history.</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="April_3">April</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_in_baseball&action=edit&section=47" title="Edit section: April"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>April 1 – <a href="/wiki/George_Strief" title="George Strief">George Strief</a>, 89, utility man who played all infield and outfield positions for several clubs between 1879 and 1885.</li> <li>April 4 – <a href="/wiki/Harry_Cross_(sportswriter)" title="Harry Cross (sportswriter)">Harry Cross</a>, 64, one of the most accomplished sports journalists in New York City for more than three decades.</li> <li>April 5 – <a href="/wiki/Wally_Rehg" title="Wally Rehg">Wally Rehg</a>, 57, right fielder for the Boston Red Sox, Boston Braves and Cincinnati Reds between 1912 and 1919, later a minor league player and manager from 1910 to 1930</li> <li>April 13 – <a href="/wiki/Billy_Gumbert" title="Billy Gumbert">Billy Gumbert</a>, 80, pitcher who played for the Pittsburgh Alleghenys/Pirates and Louisville Colonels in part of three seasons spanning 1890–1893.</li> <li>April 15 – <a href="/wiki/Pete_Allen_(baseball)" title="Pete Allen (baseball)">Pete Allen</a>, 77, backup catcher for the Cleveland Spiders in the 1893 season.</li> <li>April 17 – <a href="/wiki/Jack_Quinn_(baseball)" title="Jack Quinn (baseball)">John Picus "Jack" Quinn</a>, 62, Slovakia-born pitcher who won 247 games with eight different teams from 1909 to 1933, winning his last game when he was 50 years old; setting a record as the oldest Major League pitcher to win a game until <a href="/wiki/Jamie_Moyer" title="Jamie Moyer">Jamie Moyer</a> broke it on <a href="/wiki/2012_in_baseball" title="2012 in baseball">April 17, 2012</a>.</li> <li>April 24 – <a href="/wiki/Joe_Birmingham" title="Joe Birmingham">Joe Birmingham</a>, 61, center fielder and manager for the Cleveland Naps in the early 1900s.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="May_3">May</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_in_baseball&action=edit&section=48" title="Edit section: May"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>May 6 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Deitrick" title="Bill Deitrick">Bill Deitrick</a>, 44, outfielder and shortstop for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1927 and 1928.</li> <li>May 7: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Fincher_(baseball)" title="Bill Fincher (baseball)">Bill Fincher</a>, 51, pitcher for the 1916 St. Louis Browns of the American League.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Fox_(baseball)" title="Bill Fox (baseball)">Bill Fox</a>, 74, second baseman for the Washington Senators in 1897 and the Cincinnati Reds in 1901, who also spent 13 seasons in the Minor Leagues as a player/manager between 1894 and 1915.</li></ul></li> <li>May 10 – <a href="/wiki/Harry_Swan" title="Harry Swan">Harry Swan</a>, 58, who made one pitching appearance for the Kansas City Packers of the Federal League in 1914.</li> <li>May 15 – <a href="/wiki/Ed_Mayer_(third_baseman)" title="Ed Mayer (third baseman)">Ed Mayer</a>, 80, third baseman in 188 games for the Philadelphia Phillies from 1890 to 1891.</li> <li>May 17 – <a href="/wiki/Charles_W._Stage" title="Charles W. Stage">Billy Stage</a>, 77, National League umpire in 1894–1895 who later became an attorney and politician in Cleveland, Ohio.</li> <li>May 19: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Stafford_(umpire)" title="Jack Stafford (umpire)">Jack Stafford</a>, 66 or 67, Canadian umpire who worked one game in the National League (1906) and 131 contests in American League (1907).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_K._Tener" title="John K. Tener">John K. Tener</a>, 82, Ireland-born pitcher and outfielder who played from 1888 through 1890 for the Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Stockings and Pittsburgh Burghers before becoming president of the National League from 1913 to 1918.</li></ul></li> <li>May 22 – <a href="/wiki/Harry_Betts_(baseball)" title="Harry Betts (baseball)">Harry Betts</a>, 64, who pitched one game in 1903 with the St. Louis Cardinals, and then came back to the majors ten years later in 1913 to pitch one more game for the Cincinnati Reds in 1913.</li> <li>May 23 – <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Grabowski" title="Johnny Grabowski">Johnny Grabowski</a>, 46, catcher who played for three teams in a span of seven seasons from 1924 to 1931, and a member of the <i><a href="/wiki/Murderers%27_Row" title="Murderers' Row">Murderers' Row</a></i> New York Yankees clubs that clinched the World Series in 1927 and 1928.</li> <li>May 30 – <a href="/wiki/Billy_Earle" title="Billy Earle">Billy Earle</a>, 78, catcher for five major league teams in five seasons from 1889 to 1894, who continued playing and managing in the minors until 1906, and also managed the <a href="/wiki/Almendares_(baseball)" title="Almendares (baseball)">Almendares BBC</a> in 1901 to become the first American manager in Cuban Winter League history.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="June_3">June</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_in_baseball&action=edit&section=49" title="Edit section: June"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>June 2 – <a href="/wiki/Malcolm_MacDonald_(baseball)" title="Malcolm MacDonald (baseball)">Malcolm MacDonald</a>, 74, outfielder for the New York Giants in 1902.</li> <li>June 4 – <a href="/wiki/Tom_Barry_(baseball)" title="Tom Barry (baseball)">Tom Barry</a>, 67, pitcher for the 1904 Philadelphia Phillies.</li> <li>June 17 – <a href="/wiki/James_Isaminger" title="James Isaminger">James Isaminger</a>, 65, sportswriter for Philadelphia newspapers from 1905 to 1940, who played a major role in breaking the story of the <a href="/wiki/Black_Sox_Scandal" title="Black Sox Scandal">Black Sox Scandal</a>.</li> <li>June 26 – <a href="/wiki/Chris_Hartje" title="Chris Hartje">Chris Hartje</a>, 31, catcher who played with the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1939 season; Hartje was one of nine members of the <a href="/wiki/Spokane_Indians" title="Spokane Indians">Spokane Indians</a> of the Class B Western International League who died as the result of a June 24, 1946, bus crash on the Snoqualmie Pass Highway in the Cascade Mountains, the worst transit accident in baseball history.</li> <li>June 30 – <a href="/wiki/Sam_Hope_(baseball)" title="Sam Hope (baseball)">Sam Hope</a>, 67, pitcher for the 1907 Philadelphia Athletics.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="July_3">July</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_in_baseball&action=edit&section=50" title="Edit section: July"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>July 1 – <a href="/wiki/Hub_Knolls" title="Hub Knolls">Hub Knolls</a>, 62, pitched two games for the 1906 Brooklyn Superbas.</li> <li>July 17: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Fluhrer" title="John Fluhrer">John Fluhrer</a>, 52, played briefly in left field for the Chicago Cubs during the 1915 season.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Forster_(baseball)" title="Tom Forster (baseball)">Tom Forster</a>, 87, second baseman for the 1882 Detroit Wolverines and from 1884–1886 for the Pittsburgh Alleghenys and New York Metropolitans of the American Association.</li></ul></li> <li>July 18 – <a href="/wiki/James_Lehan" title="James Lehan">James Lehan</a>, 90, played briefly in the outfield for the 1884 Washington Nationals of the Union Association.</li> <li>July 22 – <a href="/wiki/Elmer_Foster" title="Elmer Foster">Elmer Foster</a>, 84, outfielder for all or parts of five seasons for the New York Metropolitans of the American Association, and the New York Giants and Chicago Cubs of the National League between 1886 and 1891, including the 1888 Giants National League Championship team.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="August_3">August</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_in_baseball&action=edit&section=51" title="Edit section: August"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>August 1 – <a href="/wiki/Bert_Sincock" title="Bert Sincock">Bert Sincock</a>, 58, pitched one game for the 1908 Cincinnati Reds.</li> <li>August 2 – <a href="/wiki/Carl_Lind_(baseball)" title="Carl Lind (baseball)">Carl Lind</a>, 42, second baseman from 1927 to 1930 for the Cleveland Indians who led the American League in at-bats in 1928 (659).</li> <li>August 6 – <a href="/wiki/Tony_Lazzeri" title="Tony Lazzeri">Tony Lazzeri</a>, 42, Hall of Fame and All-Star second baseman for the New York Yankees, who won six American League pennants from 1926 through 1937, while batting .300 five times and collecting seven 100-RBI seasons, including two grand slams and 11 RBI in a 1936 game, and a .400 average in the <a href="/wiki/1937_World_Series" title="1937 World Series">1937 World Series</a>.</li> <li>August 7 – <a href="/wiki/Tad_Quinn" title="Tad Quinn">Tad Quinn</a>, 64, played parts of two seasons on the mound for the Philadelphia Athletics from 1902 to 1903.</li> <li>August 16 – <a href="/wiki/Billy_Rhiel" title="Billy Rhiel">Billy Rhiel</a>, 46, infielder for the Brooklyn Robins, Boston Braves, and Detroit Tigers from 1929 to 1933.</li> <li>August 19 – <a href="/wiki/Bob_McKinney" title="Bob McKinney">Bob McKinney</a>, 70, played briefly in the infield for the 1901 Philadelphia Athletics.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="September_3">September</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_in_baseball&action=edit&section=52" title="Edit section: September"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>September 11 – <a href="/wiki/Cy_Morgan_(1920s_pitcher)" title="Cy Morgan (1920s pitcher)">Cy Morgan</a>, 50, pitcher for parts of two seasons for the Boston Braves in 1921–1922.</li> <li>September 13 – <a href="/wiki/Ed_Gagnier_(baseball)" title="Ed Gagnier (baseball)">Ed Gagnier</a>, 64, French shortstop who played in the Federal League for the Brooklyn Tip-Tops and Buffalo Blues from 1914 to 1915.</li> <li>September 15 – <a href="/wiki/Tex_Wilson" title="Tex Wilson">Tex Wilson</a>, 45, pitched two games for the 1924 Brooklyn Robins.</li> <li>September 16 – <a href="/wiki/Emil_Bildilli" title="Emil Bildilli">Emil Bildilli</a>, 34, southpaw pitcher for five seasons for the St. Louis Browns from 1937 to 1941.</li> <li>September 17: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Burke_(baseball)" title="Frank Burke (baseball)">Frank Burke</a>, 66, played parts of two seasons at outfielder for the 1906 New York Giants and the 1907 Boston Doves of the National League.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Chouneau" title="Chief Chouneau">Chief Chouneau</a>, 57, Chippewa pitcher who played in one game for the Chicago White Sox in 1910.</li></ul></li> <li>September 20 – <a href="/wiki/Wiley_Piatt" title="Wiley Piatt">Wiley Piatt</a>, 72, pitcher for six seasons from 1898 to 1903 for the Philadelphia Phillies, Philadelphia Athletics, Chicago White Sox, and Boston Beaneaters, who holds the dubious distinction of being the only pitcher in the 20th century to hurl two complete games in a single day and lose them both.</li> <li>September 24 – <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Tesreau" title="Jeff Tesreau">Jeff Tesreau</a>, 58, spitball ace for the New York Giants from 1912 to 1918 who won three pennants with them (1912, 1913, and 1917), and led the National League in ERA in 1912 and shutouts in 1914, ending his career with a 115–72 record, 2.43 ERA, and 880 strikeouts.</li> <li>September 27: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Minor_(baseball)" title="Benjamin Minor (baseball)">Benjamin Minor</a>, 81, co-owner or owner of the Washington Senators from 1904 to 1919.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Tiemeyer" title="Eddie Tiemeyer">Eddie Tiemeyer</a>, 61, infielder/pitcher during three seasons with the Cincinnati Reds and New York Highlanders spanning 1906 to 1909.</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="October_3">October</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_in_baseball&action=edit&section=53" title="Edit section: October"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>October 4 – <a href="/wiki/John_Woods_(baseball)" title="John Woods (baseball)">John Woods</a>, 48, pitched one game for the 1924 Boston Red Sox.</li> <li>October 10: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Clarkson" title="Walter Clarkson">Walter Clarkson</a>, 67, pitcher in five seasons with the New York Highlanders and Cleveland Naps from 1904 to 1908.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Jones_(outfielder)" title="Bill Jones (outfielder)">Bill Jones</a>, 59, outfielder who played two seasons with the Boston Rustlers/Braves in 1911–1912.</li></ul></li> <li>October 18 – <a href="/wiki/Jack_McCallister_(baseball)" title="Jack McCallister (baseball)">Jack McCallister</a>, 67, minor league player who became a major league manager and coach; piloted 1927 Cleveland Indians to a 66–87 record, good for sixth in the American League.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="November_3">November</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_in_baseball&action=edit&section=54" title="Edit section: November"><span>edit</span></a><span 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(1933–1946), to set the longest consecutive-year coaching tenure in Bosox history.</li> <li>November 11 – <a href="/wiki/Art_Reinhart" title="Art Reinhart">Art Reinhart</a>, 47, pitcher who played for the St. Louis Cardinals in a span of five seasons from 1919 to 1928.</li> <li>November 18 – <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Lush" title="Johnny Lush">Johnny Lush</a>, 61, pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies and St. Louis Cardinals from 1904 through 1910, who no-hit the Brooklyn Superbas in 1906, which was the last no-hitter by a Phillies pitcher in 57 years until <a href="/wiki/Jim_Bunning" title="Jim Bunning">Jim Bunning</a> hurled a perfect game in 1964.</li> <li>November 27 – <a href="/wiki/Arlie_Tarbert" title="Arlie Tarbert">Arlie Tarbert</a>, 42, reserve outfielder for the 1927–1928 Boston Red Sox.</li> <li>November 28 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_DeLancey" title="Bill DeLancey">Bill DeLancey</a>, 35, catcher for the <a href="/wiki/Gashouse_Gang" title="Gashouse Gang">Gashouse Gang</a> 1934 St. Louis Cardinals, whose promising career was cut short by <a href="/wiki/Tuberculosis" title="Tuberculosis">tuberculosis</a>.</li> <li>November 30 – <a href="/wiki/Pete_McShannic" title="Pete McShannic">Pete McShannic</a>, 82, third baseman for the Pittsburgh Alleghenys of the National League in the 1888 season.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="December_3">December</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_in_baseball&action=edit&section=55" title="Edit section: December"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>December 10: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Johnson" title="Walter Johnson">Walter Johnson</a>, 59, Hall of Fame pitcher who played from 1907 through 1927 for the Washington Senators, whose 417 career victories ranks second to the 511 achieved by <a href="/wiki/Cy_Young" title="Cy Young">Cy Young</a>, while setting an all-time record with 110 shutouts, and collecting 3,509 strikeouts, twelve 20-win seasons, including two 30-win seasons, as well as eleven seasons with an earned run average below 2.00, 5,914 innings pitched, and 531 complete games in 666 starts.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Moser" title="Walter Moser">Walter Moser</a>, 65, pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics, Boston Red Sox and St. Louis Browns in a span of three seasons from 1906 to 1911.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damon_Runyon" title="Damon Runyon">Damon Runyon</a>, 62, famed New York sportswriter and author.</li></ul></li> <li>December 14 – <a href="/wiki/Tom_Dowse" title="Tom Dowse">Tom Dowse</a>, 80, Irish catcher/outfielder who played in the 1890s for the Cleveland Spiders/Solons, Louisville Colonels, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies and Washington Senators.</li> <li>December 21 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Evans_(1910s_pitcher)" title="Bill Evans (1910s pitcher)">Bill Evans</a>, 53, pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates in three seasons from 1916 to 1919.</li> <li>December 30 – <a href="/wiki/Pat_McGehee" title="Pat McGehee">Pat McGehee</a>, 58, pitcher who played for the 1912 Detroit Tigers.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_in_baseball&action=edit&section=56" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output 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