1946 New York Yankees season

The 1946 New York Yankees season was the team's 44th season in New York, and its 46th overall. 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
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Larry MacPhail, Dan Topping and Del Webb
General manager(s)Larry MacPhail
Manager(s)Joe McCarthy, Bill Dickey, Johnny Neun
Local televisionnone
Local radioWINS (AM)
(Mel Allen, Russ Hodges)
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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 W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 10450 0.675 — 61–16 43–34
Detroit Tigers 9262 0.597 12 48–30 44–32
New York Yankees 8767 0.565 17 47–30 40–37
Washington Senators 7678 0.494 28 38–38 38–40
Chicago White Sox 7480 0.481 30 40–38 34–42
Cleveland Indians 6886 0.442 36 36–41 32–45
St. Louis Browns 6688 0.429 38 35–41 31–47
Philadelphia Athletics 49105 0.318 55 31–46 18–59

Record vs. opponents
1946 American League Records

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL WSH
Boston —13–915–715–7–114–817–514–8–116–6
Chicago 9–13—13–9–110–128–1412–1012–1010–12
Cleveland 7–159–13–1—5–1710–1215–715–7–17–15
Detroit 7–15–112–1017–5—13–917–514–812–10
New York 8–1414–812–109–13—16–614–814–8
Philadelphia 5–1710–127–155–176–16—10–126–16–1
St. Louis 8–14–110–127–15–18–148–1412–10—13–9
Washington 6–1612–1015–710–128–1416–6–19–13—

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
CAaron Robinson10033098.2971664
1BNick Etten10832375.232949
2BJoe Gordon11237679.2101147
SSPhil Rizzuto126471121.257238
3BSnuffy Stirnweiss129487122.251037
OFJoe DiMaggio132503146.2902595
OFCharlie Keller150538148.27530101
OFTommy Henrich150565142.2511983

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 Lindell10233286.2591040
Billy Johnson8529677.260435
Bill Dickey5613435.261210
Bud Souchock478626.302210
Frankie Crosetti285917.28803
Gus Niarhos37409.22502
Oscar Grimes14398.20504
Bobby Brown7248.33301
Yogi Berra7228.36424
Ken Silvestri13216.28601
Frank Colman5154.26715
Eddie Bockman4121.08300
Hank Majeski8121.08300
Bill Drescher562.33301
Bud Metheny330.00000
Roy Weatherly221.50000

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 Chandler34257.12082.10138
Bill Bevens31249.216132.23120
Tiny Bonham18104.2583.7030
Red Ruffing861511.7719
Vic Raschi216203.9411

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 Page31136983.5777
Randy Gumpert33132.21132.3163
Al Gettel26103672.9754
Cuddles Marshall2381345.3332
Bill Wight1440.1224.4611
Mel Queen1430.1116.5326
Marius Russo818.2024.347
Frank Hiller311.1024.764
Tommy Byrne49.1015.795
Al Lyons28.1015.404
Karl Drews36.1018.534
Steve Roser43.11116.201

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 Murphy274273.4019
Jake Wade132112.2922
Bill Zuber301012.713
Charley Stanceu30009.003
Herb Karpel200010.800

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 at Baseball Library". Archived from the original on December 24, 2010. 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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