1946 American Association

1946 > Class AAA > League History
Overall: 611 games, 8 teams, approx. 152 games in season
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1945 / 1947
League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1945 / 1947

League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1945 / 1947

League Standings

Regular Season

Tm	Aff	W	L	W-L%	GB
Louisville Colonels	BOS	92	61	.601	--
Indianapolis Indians	BSN	88	65	.575	4
St. Paul Saints	BRO	80	71	.530	11
Minneapolis Millers	NYG	76	75	.503	15
Milwaukee Brewers	CHW	70	78	.473	19.5
Toledo Mud Hens	SLB	69	84	.451	23
Kansas City Blues	NYY	67	82	.450	23
Columbus Red Birds	STL	64	90	.416	28.5

Semifinals

7 games

Tm	Aff	W	L
Louisville Colonels	BOS	4	1
St. Paul Saints	LAD	1	4

Tm	Aff	W	L
Indianapolis Indians	ATL	4	3
Minneapolis Millers	SFG	3	4

Finals

7 games

Tm	Aff	W	L
Louisville Colonels	BOS	4	0
Indianapolis Indians	ATL	0	4

League Batting

Tm	Aff	BatAge	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
Minneapolis Millers	NYG	29.7	5.16	152	5925	5089	784	1360	208	27	97	707	70	725	620	.267	.362	.376	.738	1913	135	33	78
Indianapolis Indians	BSN	29.4	4.83	155	5906	5227	749	1461	269	55	64	688	75	546	660	.280	.350	.389	.739	2032	100	25	108
Milwaukee Brewers	CHW	30.2	4.78	149	5774	4991	712	1342	229	47	66	666	90	636	580	.269	.355	.373	.728	1863	109	27	120
St. Paul Saints	BRO	29.0	4.76	152	5947	5057	724	1321	207	39	79	653	74	717	668	.261	.356	.364	.721	1843	104	29	144
Louisville Colonels	BOS	28.6	4.72	155	5931	5194	732	1374	201	58	43	661	111	594	570	.265	.343	.350	.694	1820	83	28	115
Toledo Mud Hens	SLB	27.9	4.25	154	5865	5300	654	1424	219	38	101	575	84	459	612	.269	.331	.382	.713	2022	103	38	68
Columbus Red Birds	STL	28.2	4.10	154	5899	5196	632	1309	191	53	66	572	53	604	779	.252	.332	.347	.679	1804	105	21	78
Kansas City Blues	NYY	26.6	4.01	151	5682	4991	606	1256	187	49	58	530	133	578	710	.252	.332	.344	.676	1715	90	25	88
League Totals		28.7	4.58	1222	46929	41045	5593	10847	1711	366	574	5052	690	4859	5199	.264	.345	.366	.711	15012	829	226	799

League Pitching

Tm	Aff	PitchAge	R/G	W	L	W-L%	G	GS	R
Louisville Colonels	BOS	27.0	3.85	92	61	.601	155	155	596
Indianapolis Indians	BSN	30.6	4.03	88	65	.575	155	155	625
Kansas City Blues	NYY	26.2	4.47	67	82	.450	151	151	675
St. Paul Saints	BRO	31.3	4.54	80	71	.530	152	152	690
Toledo Mud Hens	SLB	28.2	4.60	69	84	.451	154	154	708
Milwaukee Brewers	CHW	30.6	4.64	70	78	.473	149	149	691
Columbus Red Birds	STL	26.1	5.11	64	90	.416	154	154	787
Minneapolis Millers	NYG	28.3	5.40	76	75	.503	152	152	821
League Totals		28.6	4.58	606	606	.500	1222	1222	5593

League Fielding

Tm	Aff	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	PB	Managers
Minneapolis Millers	NYG	152	3942	1672	176	143	.970	28	Zeke Bonura, Rosy Ryan and Tom Sheehan
Toledo Mud Hens	SLB	154	3995	1593	176	126	.969	36	Don Gutteridge and George Detore
Louisville Colonels	BOS	155	4087	1742	184	150	.969	37	Nemo Leibold and Fred Walters
Milwaukee Brewers	CHW	149	3856	1756	184	141	.968	26	Nick Cullop
Kansas City Blues	NYY	151	3950	1655	190	145	.967	17	Burleigh Grimes and Billy Meyer
Indianapolis Indians	BSN	155	4017	1776	206	122	.966	13	Bill Burwell
St. Paul Saints	BRO	152	4009	1728	223	139	.963	20	Ray Blades
Columbus Red Birds	STL	154	3994	1611	258	135	.956	12	Charlie Root
League Totals		1222	31850	13533	1597	1101	.966	189

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