The 1946

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season was a season in American

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. It was the team's 65th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 55th season in the

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. The Cardinals went 96–58 during the championship season and finished tied with the

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for first in the National League. St. Louis then won a best-of-three playoff for the pennant, 2 games to none. In the

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, they won in 7 games over the

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. They won on

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's " mad dash" that gave them a 4–3 lead in the 8th inning of game 7.

Offseason

* Prior to 1946 season:

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was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cardinals.

Regular season

First baseman

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won the

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this year, batting .365, with 16 home runs and 103 RBIs.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

* July 1946: Jim Gleeson was traded by the Cardinals to the

for Don Lang and

Bill Howerton William Ray Howerton (December 12, 1921 – December 18, 2001) was an American professional baseball player. An outfielder, he appeared in Major League Baseball in 247 games played during all or part of four seasons (–), for the St. Louis Cardin ...

Roster

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

''Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in''

Other batters

''Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in''

Pitching

Starting pitchers

''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''

Other pitchers

''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''

Relief pitchers

''Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''

1946 World Series

NL St. Louis Cardinals (4) vs. AL

(3)

Awards and honors

, National League leader, Triples, (20).

Farm system

Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

External links

1946 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference1946 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
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