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.
1946 New York Yankees | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Yankee Stadium | |
City | New York City, New York | |
Owners | Larry MacPhail, Dan Topping and Del Webb | |
General managers | Larry MacPhail | |
Managers | Joe McCarthy, Bill Dickey, Johnny Neun | |
Radio | WINS (AM) (Mel Allen, Russ Hodges) | |
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Offseason
edit- Prior to 1946 season: Frank Verdi was signed as an amateur free agent by the Yankees.[1]
Regular season
editOn 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
editTeam | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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
editSources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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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
edit- June 17, 1946: Frank Colman was purchased by the Yankees from the Pittsburgh Pirates.[7]
Roster
edit1946 New York Yankees roster | |||||||||
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
Other batters |
Manager
Coaches
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Player stats
editBatting
editStarters by position
editNote: 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 |
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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
editNote: 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 |
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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
editStarting pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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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
editNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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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
editNote: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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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
editLEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Augusta[8]
References
edit- ^ Frank Verdi page at Baseball Reference
- ^ "Joe McCarthy". Retrieved September 6, 2010.
- ^ "New York Yankees team history at Baseball Library". Archived from the original on December 23, 2010. Retrieved September 6, 2010.
- ^ Google Books result: The Yankee Encyclopedia By Mark Gallagher, Walter LeConte, p. 281
- ^ Joe Page at They Played the Game
- ^ Google Books result: The Yankee Encyclopedia, p. 283
- ^ Frank Colman page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007