1946 MLB season (Jayverse)

The 1946 MLB Season is the 46th Season for Major League Baseball

Top Draft Choices

Whitey Ford (SP) - New York Yankees

Hersh Freeman (RP) - Boston Red Sox

John Hoffman (SP) - Chicago Cubs

Ike Jackson (C) - St. Louis Cardinals

Thornton Kipper (SP) - Philadelphia Phillies

Ed Mierkowicz (CF) - St. Louis Cardinals

Masami Nakamura (RP) - St. Louis Cardinals

Chi-Chi Olivo (RP) - Milwaukee Brewers

Earl Smith (LF) - Pittsburgh Pirates

Lester Witherspoon (CF) - Chicago Cubs

Steve Bilko (1B) - St. Louis Cardinals

Art Cuitti (LF) - Chicago White Sox

Milt Joffe (CF) - Brooklyn Dodgers

Final Standings

AL: Kansas City Monarchs (110-56), Boston Red Sox (93-73), Philadelphia Athletics (88-78), Baltimore Orioles (84-82), Chicago White Sox (81-85), New York Yankees (77-89), Detroit Tigers (71-95), Cleveland Indians (71-95), Los Angeles Angels (70-96)

NL: St. Louis Cardinals (97-69), Boston Braves (93-73), Minnesota Twins (84-82), Philadelphia Phillies (84-82), Milwaukee Brewers (83-83), Chicago Cubs (83-83), New York Giants (82-84), Cincinnati Reds (80-86), Brooklyn Dodgers (79-87), Pittsburgh Pirates (65-101)

World Series: St. Louis Cardinals def. Kansas City Monarchs 4-3

League Leaders

Batting Average - Red Fields (KC) .346

Home Runs - Johnny Mize (BOS) & Howie Moss (DET) 27

RBI - Johnny Mize (BOS) 103

Stolen Bases - Dick Adkins (BRO) 29

OBP + Slugging % - Pete Reiser (KC) .934

ERA - Earl Browne (BOS) 2.00

Wins - Frank Biscan (KC) 26

Strikeouts - Hal Newhouser (MIN) 263