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The 1946 International League was a Class AAA baseball season played between April 17 and September 26. Eight teams played a 154-game schedule, with the top four teams qualifying for the post-season. Eight teams played a 154-game schedule, with the top four teams qualifying for the post-season.
The Montreal Royals were a minor league professional baseball team in Montreal, Quebec, during 1897–1917 and 1928–1960.A member of the International League, the Royals were the top farm club of the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1939; pioneering African-American player Jackie Robinson was a member for the 1946 season.
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's first appearance in a World Series since their championship of 1918 .
The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) and concludes the MLB postseason. First played in 1903, [1] the World Series championship is a best-of-seven playoff and is a contest between the champions of baseball's National League (NL) and American League (AL). [2]
1945: Defeated Toronto Maple Leafs, 4 games to 2; defeated Montreal Royals, 4 games to 3, for league championship; lost to Louisville Colonels, 4 games to 2, in Junior World Series; 1946: Lost to Montréal Royals, 4 games to 2, in opening round; 1948: Lost to Syracuse Chiefs, 4 games to 3, in opening round
Montreal Royals P: Baltimore Orioles & Toronto Maple Leafs [89] 1946 Montreal Royals P: 4–1: Syracuse Chiefs: Baltimore Orioles & Newark Bears [90] 1947 Syracuse Chiefs: 4–3: Buffalo Bisons: Jersey City Giants P & Montreal Royals [91] 1948 Montreal Royals P: 4–1: Syracuse Chiefs: Newark Bears & Rochester Red Wings [92] 1949 Montreal ...
It was the first tie-breaker series in MLB history. [5] October 15 – The St. Louis Cardinals defeat the Boston Red Sox, 4–3, in Game 7 of the World Series to win their sixth World Series, four games to three. The Red Sox would not appear in the World Series for another 21 years, which, coincidentally, would be a rematch with the Cardinals.
He became the first Monarch to make the jump to white baseball, signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1946. He broke the minor league color line in 1946 with the Montreal Royals, and integrated the major leagues with the Dodgers in 1947. As baseball gradually desegregated in the late 1940s and 1950s, the Monarchs developed a niche as the ...