1946 Major League Baseball Standings and Head-to-Head

1945 MLB / 1947 MLB / 1946 AL / 1946 NL Standings and Head-to-Head

Postseason

WorldSeries (4-3):	St. Louis Cardinals over Boston Red Sox

WorldSeries (4-3):

St. Louis Cardinals over Boston Red Sox

MLB Detailed Standings

Explanation of Simple Rating System (SRS)

Rk	Tm	Lg	G	W	L	W-L%	R	RA	Rdiff	SOS	SRS	pythWL	Luck	Home	Road	ExInn	1Run	vRHP	vLHP	≥.500	<.500
1	BOS	AL	156	104	50	.675	5.1	3.8	1.3	-0.2	1.1	97-57	7	61-16	43-34	7-6	27-17	92-39	12-11	29-15	75-35
2	STL	NL	156	98	58	.628	4.6	3.5	1.1	-0.1	0.9	97-59	1	49-29	49-29	8-5	34-19	56-29	42-29	45-23	53-35
3	BRO	NL	157	96	60	.615	4.5	3.6	0.8	-0.1	0.7	93-63	3	56-22	40-38	10-7	32-23	51-32	45-28	36-32	60-28
4	DET	AL	155	92	62	.597	4.5	3.7	0.9	-0.1	0.8	92-62	0	48-30	44-32	11-7	24-25	77-49	15-13	20-24	72-38
5	NYY	AL	154	87	67	.565	4.4	3.6	0.9	-0.1	0.8	93-61	-6	47-30	40-37	5-4	15-22	66-52	21-15	17-27	70-40
6	CHC	NL	155	82	71	.536	4.0	3.7	0.3	0.0	0.2	82-71	0	44-33	38-38	10-6	29-27	53-41	29-30	28-37	54-34
7	BSN	NL	154	81	72	.529	4.1	3.8	0.2	0.0	0.2	81-72	0	45-31	36-41	5-4	27-18	40-45	41-27	24-41	57-31
8	WSH	AL	155	76	78	.494	3.9	4.6	-0.6	0.1	-0.6	67-87	9	38-38	38-40	8-7	27-14	51-50	25-28	24-42	52-36
9	CHW	AL	155	74	80	.481	3.6	3.8	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	73-81	1	40-38	34-42	9-4	26-26	65-67	9-13	27-39	47-41
10	PHI	NL	155	69	85	.448	3.6	4.5	-0.9	0.1	-0.8	61-93	8	41-36	28-49	5-7	25-25	60-72	9-13	31-57	38-28
11	CLE	AL	156	68	86	.442	3.4	4.1	-0.6	0.1	-0.6	65-89	3	36-41	32-45	5-11	25-25	53-65	15-21	22-44	46-42
12	CIN	NL	156	67	87	.435	3.4	3.7	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	71-83	-4	35-42	32-45	8-10	28-41	55-73	12-14	32-56	35-31
13	SLB	AL	156	66	88	.429	4.0	4.6	-0.6	0.1	-0.5	68-86	-2	35-41	31-47	2-8	25-24	51-67	15-21	24-42	42-46
14	PIT	NL	155	63	91	.409	3.6	4.3	-0.7	0.1	-0.7	64-90	-1	37-40	26-51	4-7	25-32	43-64	20-27	34-54	29-37
15	NYG	NL	154	61	93	.396	4.0	4.4	-0.5	0.1	-0.4	69-85	-8	38-39	23-54	3-7	23-38	34-57	27-36	31-57	30-36
16	PHA	AL	155	49	105	.318	3.4	4.4	-1.0	0.1	-0.9	60-94	-11	31-46	18-59	4-4	13-29	39-89	10-16	16-50	33-55
	Avg			77	77	.500	4.0	4.0				77-77		42-34	34-42	6-6	25-25	55-55	21-21	27-40	49-37

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