1946 Brooklyn Dodgers season
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The 1946 Brooklyn Dodgers finished the season tied for first place with the St. Louis Cardinals. The two teams played in the first ever regular season tie-breaker to decide the pennant, and the Cardinals took two straight to win the title.
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1946 Brooklyn Dodgers | |
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League | National League |
Ballpark | Ebbets Field |
City | Brooklyn, New York |
Owners | James & Dearie Mulvey, Walter O'Malley, Branch Rickey, John L. Smith |
President | Branch Rickey |
Managers | Leo Durocher |
Radio | WHN Red Barber, Connie Desmond |
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With their star players back from the war, Brooklyn had jumped back into serious contention. They would be respectable until their move to Los Angeles 10 years later.
This season was the team's – and Major League Baseball's – last non-integrated one.