1946 Philadelphia Phillies
Also known as the Philadelphia Blue Jays
LeagueNational League
BallparkShibe Park
CityPhiladelphia
OwnersR. R. M. Carpenter
General managersHerb Pennock
ManagersBen Chapman
RadioWIBG
(By Saam, Claude Haring)
Seasons

Offseason

  • Prior to the 1946 season: Stan Lopata was signed as an amateur free agent by the Phillies.[1]

Preseason

The Phillies held spring training in Miami Beach, Florida, returning to Flamingo Field where the team had trained from 1940 to 1942 before World War II travel restrictions kept teams close to home.[2] The team stayed at the Boulevard Hotel[3] at the corner of Dade Boulevard and Meridian Avenue.[4]

The Phillies held minor league camp in Dover, Delaware.[5]

Regular season

For the first time in the 1946 season, the Philadelphia Phillies used airplanes to travel between cities during the regular season. The Phillies chartered two planes and returned to Philadelphia from Chicago following the scheduled June 12 game against the Cubs.[6]

In June 1946, the Cleveland American League club was sold to Bill Veeck and a note appeared in the Sporting News that the team was considering a spring training move to Tucson, Arizona for 1947.

Paul Ficht, secretary of the Clearwater Chamber of Commerce, along with Mayor J.C. House, and city manager F.L. Hendrix spoke with the St. Louis Browns, Newark Bears, Kansas City Blues, and Phillies about training in Clearwater in 1947. On July 27, 1946, Hendrix announced that the Phillies had accepted Clearwater's invitation to train at Clearwater Athletic Field in 1947 on a one-year agreement.[7]

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 9858 0.628 — 49–29 49–29
Brooklyn Dodgers 9660 0.615 2 56–22 40–38
Chicago Cubs 8271 0.536 14½ 44–33 38–38
Boston Braves 8172 0.529 15½ 45–31 36–41
Philadelphia Phillies 6985 0.448 28 41–36 28–49
Cincinnati Reds 6787 0.435 30 35–42 32–45
Pittsburgh Pirates 6391 0.409 34 37–40 26–51
New York Giants 6193 0.396 36 38–39 23–54

Record vs. opponents

1946 National League record

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston —5–1712–9–115–713–914–815–77–15
Brooklyn 17–5—11–1114–8–115–717–514–88–16
Chicago 9–12–111–11—13–917–512–1012–10–18–14
Cincinnati 7–158–14–19–13—14–88–14–113–98–14
New York 9–137–155–178–14—12–1010–1210–12
Philadelphia 8–145–1710–1214–8–110–12—14–88–14
Pittsburgh 7–158–1410–12–19–1312–108–14—9–13
St. Louis 15–716–814–814–812–1014–813–9—

Roster

1946 Philadelphia Phillies
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
CAndy Seminick124406107.2641252
1BFrank McCormick135504143.2841166
2BEmil Verban138473130.275034
SSSkeeter Newsome11237587.232123
3BJim Tabor124463124.2681050
OFRon Northey128438109.2491662
OFDel Ennis141540169.3131773
OFJohnny Wyrostek145545153.281645

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
Roy Hughes8927665.236022
Charlie Gilbert8826063.242117
Rollie Hemsley4913931.223011
Vance Dinges5010432.308110
John O'Neil469425.26609
Jimmy Wasdell265113.25515
Lou Novikoff17237.30403
Ken Richardson6203.15002
Danny Murtaugh6194.21113
Vince DiMaggio6194.21101
Dee Moore11131.07701
Charlie Letchas6133.23100
Don Hasenmayer6121.08300
Granny Hamner271.14300
Hal Spindel131.33301
Glenn Crawford110.00000
Bill Burich210.00000

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
Ken Raffensberger39196.08153.6373
Oscar Judd30173.111123.5365
Schoolboy Rowe17136.01142.1251
Blix Donnelly1276.1342.9538
Charley Stanceu1470.1244.2223
Al Jurisich1368.1433.6934
Lou Possehl413.2125.934
Dick Koecher12.20110.132
Al Milnar1000inf0

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
Charley Schanz32116.1665.8047
Tommy Hughes29111.0694.3834
Dick Mauney2490.0642.7031
Lefty Hoerst1868.1164.6117
Hugh Mulcahy1662.2244.4512
Dick Mulligan1954.2224.7716
Ike Pearson514.1103.776
Art Lopatka45.10116.884
Eli Hodkey24.10112.460

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
Andy Karl393754.9615
Johnny Humphries100004.0110
Charlie Ripple610010.803
Don Grate31001.122
Si Johnson10003.002
Ben Chapman10000.001

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
A Utica Blue Sox Eastern League Eddie Sawyer
B Terre Haute Phillies Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Ray Brubaker
B Wilmington Blue Rocks Interstate League Jack Saltzgaver
C Schenectady Blue Jays Canadian–American League Bill Cronin
C Salina Blue Jays Western Association Ed Walls
D Dover Phillies Eastern Shore League John Lehman
D Americus Phillies Georgia–Florida League Jack Sanford
D Bradford Blue Wings PONY League Leon Riley
D Green Bay Bluejays Wisconsin State League Harry Griswold

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Notes

  1. ↑ Stan Lopata at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Dolson, Frank (April 2, 1986). "Baseball's most magical spring". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 4C.
  3. ↑ Murrow, Art (April 2, 1946). "Phils Cut Squad to 39 Players". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. p. 26.
  4. ↑ "The Boulevard Hotel". mdpl.org. Miami Design Preservation League. 2022. Retrieved November 26, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Phil Farm Hands Report at Dover". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 2, 1946. p. 26.
  6. ↑ "Phils to try planes from Chicago to here". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 11, 1946. p. 24.
  7. ↑ Lewis, Allen (March 1986). "Philadelphia '47 '86 Clearwater". 1986 Phillies: Spring Training 40th Year in Clearwater. Clearwater, Florida: Philadelphia Phillies. pp. 4–5.
  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

References

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