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1946 New York Yankees season

1946 New York Yankees
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkYankee Stadium
CityNew York City, New York
OwnersLarry MacPhail, Dan Topping and Del Webb
General managersLarry MacPhail
ManagersJoe McCarthy, Bill Dickey, Johnny Neun
RadioWINS (AM)
(Mel Allen, Russ Hodges)
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The 1946 New York Yankees season was the team's 44th season. The team finished with a record of 87–67, finishing 17 games behind the Boston Red Sox. New York was managed by Joe McCarthy, Bill Dickey, and Johnny Neun. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium.

Offseason

  • Prior to 1946 season: Frank Verdi was signed as an amateur free agent by the Yankees.[1]

Regular season

On May 24, Joe McCarthy, who had managed the team since 1931 and led them to seven World Championships, resigned.[2] Although he had been in ill health, there were also underlying issues with team executive Larry MacPhail[3] and frustrations with the team's performance, especially that of pitcher Joe Page,[4] with whom he had an argument the previous day on the team plane.[5] Long-time Yankee catcher Bill Dickey took over the team. Dickey himself resigned on September 12,[6] and coach Johnny Neun finished out the year at the helm.

Season standings

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 104 50 .675 — 61‍–‍16 43‍–‍34
Detroit Tigers 92 62 .597 12 48‍–‍30 44‍–‍32
New York Yankees 87 67 .565 17 47‍–‍30 40‍–‍37
Washington Senators 76 78 .494 28 38‍–‍38 38‍–‍40
Chicago White Sox 74 80 .481 30 40‍–‍38 34‍–‍42
Cleveland Indians 68 86 .442 36 36‍–‍41 32‍–‍45
St. Louis Browns 66 88 .429 38 35‍–‍41 31‍–‍47
Philadelphia Athletics 49 105 .318 55 31‍–‍46 18‍–‍59

Record vs. opponents

1946 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
Boston — 13–9 15–7 15–7–1 14–8 17–5 14–8–1 16–6
Chicago 9–13 — 13–9–1 10–12 8–14 12–10 12–10 10–12
Cleveland 7–15 9–13–1 — 5–17 10–12 15–7 15–7–1 7–15
Detroit 7–15–1 12–10 17–5 — 13–9 17–5 14–8 12–10
New York 8–14 14–8 12–10 9–13 — 16–6 14–8 14–8
Philadelphia 5–17 10–12 7–15 5–17 6–16 — 10–12 6–16–1
St. Louis 8–14–1 10–12 7–15–1 8–14 8–14 12–10 — 13–9
Washington 6–16 12–10 15–7 10–12 8–14 16–6–1 9–13 —


Notable transactions

Roster

1946 New York Yankees roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Aaron Robinson 100 330 98 .297 16 64
1B Nick Etten 108 323 75 .232 9 49
2B Joe Gordon 112 376 79 .210 11 47
SS Phil Rizzuto 126 471 121 .257 2 38
3B Snuffy Stirnweiss 129 487 122 .251 0 37
OF Joe DiMaggio 132 503 146 .290 25 95
OF Charlie Keller 150 538 148 .275 30 101
OF Tommy Henrich 150 565 142 .251 19 83

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Johnny Lindell 102 332 86 .259 10 40
Billy Johnson 85 296 77 .260 4 35
Bill Dickey 56 134 35 .261 2 10
Bud Souchock 47 86 26 .302 2 10
Frankie Crosetti 28 59 17 .288 0 3
Gus Niarhos 37 40 9 .225 0 2
Oscar Grimes 14 39 8 .205 0 4
Bobby Brown 7 24 8 .333 0 1
Yogi Berra 7 22 8 .364 2 4
Ken Silvestri 13 21 6 .286 0 1
Frank Colman 5 15 4 .267 1 5
Eddie Bockman 4 12 1 .083 0 0
Hank Majeski 8 12 1 .083 0 0
Bill Drescher 5 6 2 .333 0 1
Bud Metheny 3 3 0 .000 0 0
Roy Weatherly 2 2 1 .500 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Spud Chandler 34 257.1 20 8 2.10 138
Bill Bevens 31 249.2 16 13 2.23 120
Tiny Bonham 18 104.2 5 8 3.70 30
Red Ruffing 8 61.0 5 1 1.77 19
Vic Raschi 2 16.0 2 0 3.94 11

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Joe Page 31 136.0 9 8 3.57 77
Randy Gumpert 33 132.2 11 3 2.31 63
Al Gettel 26 103.0 6 7 2.97 54
Cuddles Marshall 23 81.0 3 4 5.33 32
Bill Wight 14 40.1 2 2 4.46 11
Mel Queen 14 30.1 1 1 6.53 26
Marius Russo 8 18.2 0 2 4.34 7
Frank Hiller 3 11.1 0 2 4.76 4
Tommy Byrne 4 9.1 0 1 5.79 5
Al Lyons 2 8.1 0 1 5.40 4
Karl Drews 3 6.1 0 1 8.53 4
Steve Roser 4 3.1 1 1 16.20 1

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Johnny Murphy 27 4 2 7 3.40 19
Jake Wade 13 2 1 1 2.29 22
Bill Zuber 3 0 1 0 12.71 3
Charley Stanceu 3 0 0 0 9.00 3
Herb Karpel 2 0 0 0 10.80 0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Kansas City Blues American Association Billy Meyer and Burleigh Grimes
AAA Newark Bears International League George Selkirk
AA Beaumont Exporters Texas League Jim Turner
A Binghamton Triplets Eastern League Garland Braxton and Lefty Gomez
A Augusta Tigers Sally League Dib Williams
B Quincy Gems Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Charles Marleau and Cedric Durst
B Sunbury Yankees Interstate League Walt Van Grofski
B Norfolk Tars Piedmont League Tom Kain
C Amsterdam Rugmakers Canadian–American League Solly Mishkin
C Butler Yankees Middle Atlantic League Milt Rosner
C Twin Falls Cowboys Pioneer League Earl Bolyard
C Joplin Miners Western Association Jim Acton
D Easton Yankees Eastern Shore League Jack Farmer
D Wellsville Yankees PONY League Joe Abreu
D Fond du Lac Panthers Wisconsin State League James Adlam

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Augusta[8]

References

  1. ^ Frank Verdi page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ "Joe McCarthy". Retrieved September 6, 2010.
  3. ^ "New York Yankees team history at Baseball Library". Archived from the original on December 23, 2010. Retrieved September 6, 2010.
  4. ^ Google Books result: The Yankee Encyclopedia By Mark Gallagher, Walter LeConte, p. 281
  5. ^ Joe Page at They Played the Game
  6. ^ Google Books result: The Yankee Encyclopedia, p. 283
  7. ^ Frank Colman page at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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