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
92 62	DET
87 67	NYY
82 71	CHC
81 72	BSN
76 78	WSH
74 80	CHW
69 85	PHI
68 86	CLE
67 87	CIN
66 88	SLB
63 91	PIT
61 93	NYG
49 105	PHA