The 1946 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 64th season in the history of the franchise.
Offseason Prior to the 1946 season: Stan Lopata was signed as an amateur free agent by the Phillies.Stan Lopata at Baseball Reference
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. The team stayed at the Boulevard Hotel at the corner of Dade Boulevard and Meridian Avenue.
The Phillies held minor league camp in Dover, Delaware.
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.
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.
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
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 C 124 406 107 .264 12 52 1B Frank McCormick 135 504 143 .284 11 66 2B Emil Verban 138 473 130 .275 0 34 SS Skeeter Newsome 112 375 87 .232 1 23 3B Jim Tabor 124 463 124 .268 10 50 OF Ron Northey 128 438 109 .249 16 62 OF Del Ennis 141 540 169 .313 17 73 OF Johnny Wyrostek 145 545 153 .281 6 45
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 89 276 65 .236 0 22 Charlie Gilbert 88 260 63 .242 1 17 Rollie Hemsley 49 139 31 .223 0 11 Vance Dinges 50 104 32 .308 1 10 46 94 25 .266 0 9 Jimmy Wasdell 26 51 13 .255 1 5 Lou Novikoff 17 23 7 .304 0 3 Ken Richardson 6 20 3 .150 0 2 6 19 4 .211 1 3 Vince DiMaggio 6 19 4 .211 0 1 Dee Moore 11 13 1 .077 0 1 Charlie Letchas 6 13 3 .231 0 0 Don Hasenmayer 6 12 1 .083 0 0 Granny Hamner 2 7 1 .143 0 0 Hal Spindel 1 3 1 .333 0 1 1 1 0 .000 0 0 Bill Burich 2 1 0 .000 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 Ken Raffensberger 39 196.0 8 15 3.63 73 Oscar Judd 30 173.1 11 12 3.53 65 Schoolboy Rowe 17 136.0 11 4 2.12 51 Blix Donnelly 12 76.1 3 4 2.95 38 Charley Stanceu 14 70.1 2 4 4.22 23 Al Jurisich 13 68.1 4 3 3.69 34 Lou Possehl 4 13.2 1 2 5.93 4 Dick Koecher 1 2.2 0 1 10.13 2 1 0 0 0 inf 0
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 Schanz 32 116.1 6 6 5.80 47 29 111.0 6 9 4.38 34 Dick Mauney 24 90.0 6 4 2.70 31 18 68.1 1 6 4.61 17 Hugh Mulcahy 16 62.2 2 4 4.45 12 Dick Mulligan 19 54.2 2 2 4.77 16 Ike Pearson 5 14.1 1 0 3.77 6 Art Lopatka 4 5.1 0 1 16.88 4 2 4.1 0 1 12.46 0
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 Karl 39 3 7 5 4.96 15 10 0 0 0 4.01 10 Charlie Ripple 6 1 0 0 10.80 3 3 1 0 0 1.12 2 Si Johnson 1 0 0 0 3.00 2 1 0 0 0 0.00 1
Farm system
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
Notes
References 1946 Philadelphia Phillies season at Baseball Reference