The 1946 Major League Baseball season. Due to the end of World War II many drafted ballplayers returned to the majors and the quality of play greatly improved. Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1946_Major_League_Baseball_season.

Final Stats:

Rank	Team	Manager	Most Hits	Most HR's	Most RBI's	Top Pitcher
Champion 98 58	St. Louis Cardinals	Eddie Dyer	Stan Musial	Enos Slaughter	Enos Slaughter	Howie Pollet
Runner-Up 104 50	Boston Red Sox	Joe Cronin	Johnny Pesky	Ted Williams	Ted Williams	Dave Ferriss
96 60	BRO Brooklyn Dodgers
92 62	DET Detroit Tigers
87 67	NYY New York Yankees
82 71	CHC Chicago Cubs
81 72	BSN Boston Braves
76 78	WSH Washington Senators
74 80	CHW Chicago White Sox
69 85	PHI Philadelphia Phillies
68 86	CLE Cleveland Indians
67 87	CIN Cincinnati Reds
66 88	SLB St. Louis Browns
63 91	PIT Pittsburgh Pirates
61 93	NYG New York Giants
49 105	PHA Philadelphia Athletics