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.Frank Verdi page at Baseball Reference

Regular season On May 24, Joe McCarthy, who had managed the team since 1931 and led them to seven World Championships, resigned. Although he had been in ill health, there were also underlying issues with team executive Larry MacPhail and frustrations with the team's performance, especially that of pitcher Joe Page,Google Books result: The Yankee Encyclopedia By Mark Gallagher, Walter LeConte, p. 281 with whom he had an argument the previous day on the team plane.Joe Page at They Played the Game Long-time Yankee catcher Bill Dickey took over the team. Dickey himself resigned on September 12,Google Books result: The Yankee Encyclopedia, p. 283 and coach Johnny Neun finished out the year at the helm.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions June 17, 1946: Frank Colman was purchased by the Yankees from the Pittsburgh Pirates.Frank Colman page at Baseball Reference

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 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

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: AugustaJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

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