1946 Eastern League

1946 > Class A > League History
Overall: 8 teams
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Other Years: 1945 / 1947
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League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1945 / 1947

League Standings

Regular Season

Tm	Aff	W	L	Ties	W-L%	GB
Scranton Red Sox	BOS	96	43	0	.691	--
Albany Senators	PIT	78	62	0	.557	18.5
Wilkes-Barre Barons	CLE	76	62	3	.551	19.5
Hartford Chiefs	BSN	71	67	1	.514	24.5
Elmira Pioneers	SLB	65	72	0	.474	30
Williamsport Grays	DET	59	80	1	.424	37
Utica Blue Sox	PHI	59	80	1	.424	37
Binghamton Triplets	NYY	51	89	0	.364	45.5

Semifinals

7 games

Tm	Aff	W	L	Ties
Scranton Red Sox	BOS	4	0	0
Wilkes-Barre Barons	CLE	0	4	0

Tm	Aff	W	L	Ties
Hartford Chiefs	ATL	4	2	0
Albany Senators	PIT	2	4	0

Finals

7 games

Tm	Aff	W	L	Ties
Scranton Red Sox	BOS	4	1	0
Hartford Chiefs	ATL	1	4	0

League Batting

Tm	Aff	BatAge
Wilkes-Barre Barons	CLE	23.9
Elmira Pioneers	SLB	25.7
Albany Senators	PIT	26.9
Williamsport Grays	DET	25.0
Binghamton Triplets	NYY	23.9
Hartford Chiefs	BSN	27.4
Scranton Red Sox	BOS	25.2
Utica Blue Sox	PHI	25.6
League Totals		25.4

League Pitching

Tm	Aff	PitchAge
Wilkes-Barre Barons	CLE	24.5
Elmira Pioneers	SLB	24.5
Albany Senators	PIT	27.7
Williamsport Grays	DET	23.9
Binghamton Triplets	NYY	24.7
Hartford Chiefs	BSN	26.5
Scranton Red Sox	BOS	24.6
Utica Blue Sox	PHI	26.2
League Totals		25.4

League Fielding

Tm	Aff	Managers
Wilkes-Barre Barons	CLE	Dick Porter
Elmira Pioneers	SLB	Ralph Winegarner
Albany Senators	PIT	Ripper Collins
Williamsport Grays	DET	Nig Lipscomb and Harry Davis
Binghamton Triplets	NYY	Lefty Gomez and Garland Braxton
Hartford Chiefs	BSN	Fred Dorman
Scranton Red Sox	BOS	Elmer Yoter
Utica Blue Sox	PHI	Eddie Sawyer
League Totals

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