1946 Boston Red Sox season

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1946 Boston Red Sox
1946 American League Champions
Major league affiliations
Location
1946 Information
Owner(s) Tom Yawkey
General Manager(s) Eddie Collins
Manager(s) Joe Cronin
Local television none
Local radio WNAC
(Jim Britt, Tom Hussey)

During the 1946 Boston Red Sox season, the Red Sox won their sixth American League championship, with a record of 104 wins and 50 losses. In the World Series, the Sox lost in 7 games to the St. Louis Cardinals. The winning run in game 7 was scored on Enos Slaughter's famous "Mad Dash" in the 8th inning that gave the Cards a 4-3 lead.

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[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB
Boston Red Sox 104 50 .675 --
Detroit Tigers 92 62 .597 12
New York Yankees 87 67 .565 17
Washington Senators 76 78 .494 28
Chicago White Sox 74 80 .481 30
Cleveland Indians 68 86 .442 36
St. Louis Browns 66 88 .429 38
Philadelphia Athletics 49 105 .318 55

[edit] Roster

1946 Boston Red Sox roster
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Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI

[edit] Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO

[edit] Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO

[edit] World Series

Main article: 1946 World Series

NL St. Louis Cardinals (4) vs. AL Boston Red Sox (3)

Game Score Date Attendance
1 Boston 3, St. Louis 2 (10 innings) October 6 36,218
2 St. Louis 3, Boston 0 October 7 35,815
3 Boston 4, St. Louis 0 October 9 34,500
4 St. Louis 12, Boston 3 October 10 35,645
5 Boston 6, St. Louis 3 October 11 35,982
6 St. Louis 4, Boston 1 October 13 35,768
7 St. Louis 4, Boston 3 October 15 36,143

[edit] References

Preceded by
Detroit Tigers
1945
American League Champions
1946
Succeeded by
New York Yankees
1947