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| Dates: | October 6–15 | |||||||||
| Radio: | Mutual | |||||||||
| Radio announcers: | Jim Britt and Arch McDonald | |||||||||
| Umpires: | Lee Ballanfant (NL), Cal Hubbard (AL), Al Barlick (NL), Charlie Berry (AL) | |||||||||
| Hall of Famers: | Cardinals: Stan Musial, Red Schoendienst, Enos Slaughter Red Sox Joe Cronin‡ (mgr.), Bobby Doerr, Ted Williams |
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The 1946 World Series was played in October 1946 between the St. Louis Cardinals (representing the National League) and the Boston Red Sox (representing the American League). This was the Red Sox first world series appearance since their win in 1918. In the eighth inning of Game 7, with the score 3–3, the Cardinals' Enos Slaughter opened the inning with a single but two batters failed to advance him. With two outs, Harry Walker walloped a hit over Johnny Pesky's head into left-center field. As Leon Culberson chased it down, Slaughter started his dash. Pesky caught Culberson's throw, turned and—perhaps surprised to see Slaughter headed for the plate—hesitated just a split second before throwing home. Roy Partee had to take a few steps up the third base line to catch Pesky's toss, but Slaughter was safe without a play at the plate and Walker was credited with an RBI double. The Cardinals won the game and the Series in seven games, giving them their sixth championship.
Boston superstar Ted Williams played the Series injured and was largely ineffective but refused to use his injury as an excuse.
The World Series returned in 1946 to the 2–3–2 format for home teams, which has been used ever since.
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NL St. Louis Cardinals (4) vs. AL Boston Red Sox (3)
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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| 1 | October 6 | Boston Red Sox – 3, St. Louis Cardinals – 2 (10 innings) | Sportsman's Park (III) | 2:39 | 36,218[1] |
| 2 | October 7 | Boston Red Sox – 0, St. Louis Cardinals – 3 | Sportsman's Park (III) | 1:56 | 35,815[2] |
| 3 | October 9 | St. Louis Cardinals – 0, Boston Red Sox – 4 | Fenway Park | 1:54 | 34,500[3] |
| 4 | October 10 | St. Louis Cardinals – 12, Boston Red Sox – 3 | Fenway Park | 2:31 | 35,645[4] |
| 5 | October 11 | St. Louis Cardinals – 3, Boston Red Sox – 6 | Fenway Park | 2:23 | 35,982[5] |
| 6 | October 13 | Boston Red Sox – 1, St. Louis Cardinals – 4 | Sportsman's Park (III) | 1:56 | 35,768[6] |
| 7 | October 15 | Boston Red Sox – 3, St. Louis Cardinals – 4 | Sportsman's Park (III) | 2:17 | 36,143[7] |
Sunday, October 6, 1946 at Sportsman's Park (III) in St. Louis, Missouri
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E | ||||||||||
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| Boston | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 2 | ||||||||||
| St. Louis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||||||||||
| WP: Earl Johnson (1–0) LP: Howie Pollet (0–1) Home runs: BOS: Rudy York (1) STL: None |
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The Red Sox won Game 1 when Rudy York hit a home run into the left field bleachers.
Monday, October 7, 1946 at Sportsman's Park (III) in St. Louis, Missouri
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
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| Boston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||
| St. Louis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||
| WP: Harry Brecheen (1–0) LP: Mickey Harris (0–1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday, October 9, 1946 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
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| St. Louis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Boston | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 4 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||
| WP: Dave Ferriss (1–0) LP: Murry Dickson (0–1) Home runs: STL: None BOS: Rudy York (2) |
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The Red Sox scored three runs in the first inning on Rudy York's blast then won by a score of 4–0.
Thursday, October 10, 1946 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
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| St. Louis | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Boston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 4 | |||||||||||
| WP: Red Munger (1–0) LP: Tex Hughson (0–1) Home runs: STL: Enos Slaughter (1) BOS: Bobby Doerr (1) |
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This is the only game in World Series history that three players on the same team (St. Louis) had four or more hits (Enos Slaughter, Whitey Kurowski and Joe Garagiola had four each). Red Sox outfielder Wally Moses got four hits as well and second baseman Bobby Doerr hit a two-run home run and would hit .409 in the Series.
Friday, October 11, 1946 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
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| St. Louis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Boston | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | X | 6 | 11 | 3 | |||||||||||
| WP: Joe Dobson (1–0) LP: Al Brazle (0–1) Home runs: STL: None BOS: Leon Culberson (1) |
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Ted Williams hit a RBI single, his only RBI of the whole Series. Leon Culberson homered while Joe Dobson got the victory for Boston.
Sunday, October 13, 1946 at Sportsman's Park (III) in St. Louis, Missouri
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
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| Boston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||
| St. Louis | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 4 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||
| WP: Harry Brecheen (2–0) LP: Mickey Harris (0–2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday, October 15, 1946 at Sportsman's Park (III) in St. Louis, Missouri
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
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| Boston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||
| St. Louis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 4 | 9 | 1 | |||||||||||
| WP: Harry Brecheen (3–0) LP: Bob Klinger (0–1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
The Cardinals led 3–1 in the eighth inning when Dom Dimaggio tied the game with a two-run double but was pulled from the game and Leon Culberson took his position in the center field. Enos Slaughter scored from first base on a play called the Mad Dash.
1946 World Series (4–3): St. Louis Cardinals (N.L.) over Boston Red Sox (A.L.)
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E |
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| St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 28 | 60 | 4 |
| Boston Red Sox | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 56 | 10 |
| Total attendance: 250,071 Average attendance: 35,724 | |||||||||||||
| Winning player’s share: $3,742 Losing player’s share: $2,141[8] | |||||||||||||
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