1946 in the Negro Leagues

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1946 in the Negro Leagues

Standings

BOLD indicates League Champion

Negro National League

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Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB
1	Newark Eagles	72	50	20	2	0.714	--
2	Baltimore Elite Giants	78	39	36	3	0.520	13.5
3	Homestead Grays	73	36	34	3	0.514	14.0
4	New York Cubans	69	34	33	2	0.507	14.5
5	Philadelphia Stars	69	32	35	2	0.478	16.5
6	New York Black Yankees	57	12	45	0	0.210	31.5

Negro American League

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Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB
1	Kansas City Monarchs	68	50	16	2	0.758	--
2	Birmingham Black Barons	57	31	26	0	0.544	14.5
3	Cleveland Buckeyes	66	31	34	1	0.477	18.5
4	Memphis Red Sox	74	34	38	2	0.472	19.0
5	Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns	73	31	41	1	0.431	22.0
6	Chicago American Giants	86	31	53	2	0.369	28.0

Independent Teams

Source: Teams list from The Negro Leagues Book by Dick Clark and Larry Lester; records are from The Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues, John Holway

• Asheville Blues
• Atlanta Black Crackers
• Boston Blues
• Cleveland Clippers
• Colored Athletics
• Knoxville Giants
• Nashville Cubs
• Pittsburgh Crawfords

Postseason

In the Negro World Series, the Newark Eagles (NNL) defeated the Kansas City Monarchs (NAL), 4 games to 3.