1946 New York Yankees season explained

New York Yankees
Season:	1946
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)

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.

Notable transactions

• June 17, 1946: Frank Colman was purchased by the Yankees from the Pittsburgh Pirates.^[7]

Roster

1946 New York Yankees roster
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches

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		100	330	98	.297	16	64
1B		108	323	75	.232	9	49
2B		112	376	79	.210	11	47
SS		126	471	121	.257	2	38
3B		129	487	122	.251	0	37
OF		132	503	146	.290	25	95
OF		150	538	148	.275	30	101
OF		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
	102	332	86	.259	10	40
	85	296	77	.260	4	35
	56	134	35	.261	2	10
	47	86	26	.302	2	10
	28	59	17	.288	0	3
	37	40	9	.225	0	2
	14	39	8	.205	0	4
	7	24	8	.333	0	1
	7	22	8	.364	2	4
	13	21	6	.286	0	1
	5	15	4	.267	1	5
	4	12	1	.083	0	0
	8	12	1	.083	0	0
	5	6	2	.333	0	1
	3	3	0	.000	0	0
	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
	34	257.1	20	8	2.10	138
	31	249.2	16	13	2.23	120
	18	104.2	5	8	3.70	30
	8	61.0	5	1	1.77	19
	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
	31	136.0	9	8	3.57	77
	33	132.2	11	3	2.31	63
	26	103.0	6	7	2.97	54
	23	81.0	3	4	5.33	32
	14	40.1	2	2	4.46	11
	14	30.1	1	1	6.53	26
	8	18.2	0	2	4.34	7
	3	11.1	0	2	4.76	4
	4	9.1	0	1	5.79	5
	2	8.1	0	1	5.40	4
	3	6.1	0	1	8.53	4
	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
	27	4	2	7	3.40	19
	13	2	1	1	2.29	22
	3	0	1	0	12.71	3
	3	0	0	0	9.00	3
	2	0	0	0	10.80	0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Augusta^[8]

External links

• 1946 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference
• 1946 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/v/verdifr01.shtml Frank Verdi page at Baseball Reference
2. Web site: Joe McCarthy . September 6, 2010 . mdy-all .
3. Web site: New York Yankees team history at Baseball Library . September 6, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101223150019/http://www.baseballlibrary.com/teams/team.php?team=new_york_yankees . December 23, 2010 . dead . mdy-all .
4. https://books.google.com/books?id=xEohYBGQfEgC&dq=joe+mccarthy+resigned+yankees+1946+macphail&pg=PA283 Google Books result: The Yankee Encyclopedia By Mark Gallagher, Walter LeConte, p. 281
5. https://web.archive.org/web/20110717103900/http://theyplayedthegame.tripod.com/id5.htm Joe Page at They Played the Game
6. https://books.google.com/books?id=xEohYBGQfEgC&dq=joe+mccarthy+resigned+yankees+1946&pg=PA283 Google Books result: The Yankee Encyclopedia, p. 283
7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/colmafr01.shtml 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