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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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
[edit]- Prior to 1946 season: Frank Verdi was signed as an amateur free agent by the Yankees.[1]
Regular season
[edit]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
[edit]Team | 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
[edit]Sources: [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
[edit]1946 New York Yankees roster | |||||||||
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
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Manager
Coaches
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Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]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 |
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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
[edit]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 |
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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
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]Note: 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
[edit]Note: 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
[edit]Note: 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
[edit]LEAGUE 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