1946

1946 in baseball
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Championships, events, culture, births, and deaths that occurred in 1946.

Club competitions

Professional

Asia and Australia

• Japanese Professional Baseball League: Kinki Great Ring (Details)
• Claxton Shield: New South Wales

Europe

• Hoofdklasse Honkbal: Blauw-Wit Amsterdam

North America

• Major League Baseball
  • World Series: St. Louis Cardinals (NL) over the Boston Red Sox (AL), 4 - 3 (Details)
    • American League: Boston Red Sox (Details)
    • National League: St. Louis Cardinals (Details)

• Minor League Baseball
  • Junior World Series: Montreal Royals (IL) over the Louisville Colonels (AA), 4 - 2 (Details)
  • Alabama State League: Geneva Red Birds
  • American Association: Louisville Colonels (Details)
  • Appalachian League: New River Rebels
  • Blue Ridge League: Lenoir Red Sox
  • Border League: Watertown Athletics
  • California League: Stockton Ports
  • Canadian-American League: Trois-Rivières Royals
  • Carolina League: Raleigh Capitals
  • Coastal Plain League: Rocky Mount Rocks
  • East Texas League: Henderson Oilers
  • Eastern League: Scranton Red Sox
  • Eastern Shore League: Centreville Orioles
  • Evangeline League: Houma Indians
  • Florida International League: Tampa Smokers
  • Florida State League: Orlando Senators
  • Georgia-Alabama League: Tallassee Indians
  • Georgia-Florida League: Moultrie Packers
  • International League: Montreal Royals (Details)
  • Interstate League: Harrisburg Senators
  • Kansas-Oklahoma-Missouri League: Iola Cubs
  • Kitty League: Owensboro Oilers
  • Mexican National League: Juarez Indios
  • Middle Atlantic League: Erie Sailors
  • New England League: Nashua Dodgers
  • North Atlantic League: Peekskill Highlanders
  • North Carolina State League: Mooresville Moors
  • Northern League: St. Cloud Rox
  • Ohio State League: Zanesville Dodgers
  • Pacific Coast League: San Francisco Seals (Details)
  • Piedmont League: Newport News Dodgers
  • Pioneer League: Salt Lake City Bees
  • PONY League: Batavia Clippers
  • South Atlantic League: Augusta Tigers
  • Southeastern League: Anniston Rams
  • Southern Association: Atlanta Crackers
  • Texas League: Dallas Rebels
  • Three-I League: Evansville Braves
  • Tobacco State League: Angier-Fuquay Springs Bulls
  • Tri-State League: Charlotte Hornets
  • West Texas-New Mexico League: Pampa Oilers
  • Western Association: Hutchinson Cubs
  • Western International League: Wenatchee Chiefs
  • Wisconsin State League: Green Bay Bluejays

• Liga Mexicana de Béisbol: Alijadores de Tampico

• Negro Leagues
  • Negro World Series: Newark Eagles (NNL) over the Kansas City Monarchs (NAL), 4 - 3 (Details)
  • Negro American League: Kansas City Monarchs (Details)
  • Negro National League: Newark Eagles (Details)
  • East-West Game (First Game): The team representing the East defeated the team representing the West by a score of 5 - 3 at Griffith Stadium (Details)
  • East-West Game (Second Game): The team representing the West defeated the team representing the East by a score of 4 - 1 at Comiskey Park (Details)
• All-American Girls Baseball League: Racine Belles defeated the Rockford Peaches in the playoff finals, 4 - 2 (Details)

Winter Leagues

• Cuban Winter League: Cienfuegos
• Mexican Pacific Coast League: Mazatlán
• Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico: Senadores de San Juan
• Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional: Equipo Vargas

Amateur

• National Baseball Congress World Series: St. Joseph Autos (Details)
• Japan High School Baseball Federation
  • National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament: canceled due to war
  • National High School Baseball Championship: Naniwa Shogyo High School (Osaka) defeat Kyoto Second High School (Kyoto), 2 - 0 in the championship (Details)
• National Girls Baseball League: [[]]

International competitions

• Central American Games in Barranquilla, Colombia (Details)
  • Colombia (Gold); Dominican Republic (Silver); Cuba (Bronze)

Culture

Literature

• The Detroit Tigers, by Frederick G. Lieb
• The Kid Comes Back, by John Tunis

Film

• Mr. Noisy

Births

Further information: Births in 1946

Deaths

Further information: Deaths in 1946

Further Reading

• Marcel Dugas: Jackie Robinson: un été à Montréal, Hurtubise, Montréal, QC, 2019. ISBN 9782897813147
• Chris Lamb: Blackout: The Untold Story of Jackie Robinson's First Spring Training, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE, 2006. ISBN 978-0-8032-8047-2
• Bill Swank: "Strike Out: A 1946 Baseball Strike ?", The National Pastime, SABR, Number 20 (2000), pp. 16-19.
• Robert Weintraub: The Victory Season: The End of World War II and the Birth of Baseball's Golden Age, Little, Brown and Company, New York, NY, 2013. ISBN 978-0316205917