1946 American Association season

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The 1946 American Association season was the 45th in the league's history, and ended with the Louisville Colonels winning their third straight league championship. The Colonels would go on to lose the Junior World Series.

Final standings

Playoff teams in bold .

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Louisville Colonels	92	61	.601	-	Nemo Leibold/Fred Walters	Boston Red Sox
Indianapolis Indians	88	65	.575	4	William Burwell	Boston Braves
St. Paul Saints	80	71	.530	11	Ray Blades	Brooklyn Dodgers
Minneapolis Millers	76	75	.503	16	Zeke Bonura/Rosy Ryan/Tom Sheehan	New York Giants
Milwaukee Brewers	70	78	.473	19½	Nick Cullop	Chicago White Sox
Toledo Mud Hens	69	84	.451	23	Don Gutteridge/George DeTore	St. Louis Browns
Kansas City Blues	67	82	.450	23	Bill Meyer/Goldie Holt/Burleigh Grimes	New York Yankees
Columbus Red Birds	64	90	.416	28½	Charley Root	St. Louis Cardinals

Playoffs

	First Round					Championship Finals
	1	Louisville Colonels	4
	3	St. Paul Saints	1
						1	Louisville Colonels	4
						2	Indianapolis Indians	0
	2	Indianapolis Indians	4
	4	Minneapolis Millers	3

First Round

Louisville vs. St. Paul Date Away Home September 10 St. Paul 0 Louisville 12 September 11 St. Paul 3 Louisville 4 15 innings September 12 St. Paul 3 Louisville 0 September 14 Louisville 3 St. Paul 2 September 15 Louisville 8 St. Paul 4 Louisville wins series 4-1

Indianapolis vs. Minneapolis Date Away Home September 10 Minneapolis 2 Indianapolis 1 11 innings September 11 Minneapolis 1 Indianapolis 2 September 12 Minneapolis 3 Indianapolis 8 September 14 Indianapolis 6 Minneapolis 1 September 15 Indianapolis 1 Minneapolis 4 September 16 Indianapolis 6 Minneapolis 7 September 17 Indianapolis 3 Minneapolis 2 Indianapolis wins series 4-3

Championship Finals

Louisville vs. Indianapolis Date Away Home September 19 Indianapolis 1 Louisville 2 11 innings September 20 Indianapolis 3 Louisville 4 September 21 Louisville 7 Indianapolis 3 September 22 Louisville 5 Indianapolis 2 Louisville wins series 4-0 and advances to Junior World Series

League Leaders

Batting

• Batting Average Sibby Sisti, Indianapolis, .343
• Runs Scored Babe Barna, Minneapolis, 122
• Hits Sisti, 203
• Doubles Vince Shupe, Indianapolis, 44
• Triples Sisti, 14
• Home Runs Jerry Witte, Toledo, 46
• Runs Batted In Johnny McCarthy, Minneapolis, 122
• Stolen Bases Fuzz White, Toledo, 33

Pitching

• Wins Ewald Pyle, Milwaukee; Fred Sanford, Toledo, 15
• Earned Run Average Al Widmar, Louisville, 2.43
• Complete Games Sanford, 21
• Shutouts Harry Taylor, St. Paul, 5
• Strikeouts Sanford, 154

References

The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Lloyd Johnson and Miles Wolff, editors. Baseball America, 1993.

1947 Baseball Guide