1946 in the Negro Leagues

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1946 in the Negro Leagues


Standings[edit]

BOLD indicates League Champion

Negro National League[edit]

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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[edit]

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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[edit]

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

Leading Players[edit]

Batters[edit]

Pitchers[edit]

Postseason[edit]

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

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