1946 Philadelphia Phillies season

1946 Philadelphia Phillies
Also known as the Philadelphia Blue Jays
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)R. R. M. Carpenter
General manager(s)Herb Pennock
Manager(s)Ben Chapman
Local radioWIBG
(By Saam, Claude Haring)
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Offseason
  • Prior to 1946 season: Stan Lopata was signed as an amateur free agent by the Phillies.[1]

Regular season

For the first time in the 1946 season, the Phillies made use of airplanes to travel between cities in the regular season. The Phillies chartered two planes and returned to Philadelphia from Chicago following the scheduled June 12 game against the Cubs.[2]

In June 1946, the Cleveland American League club was sold to Bill Veeck and a note soon 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.[3]


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 Records

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

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

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
John O'Neil469425.26609
Danny Murtaugh6194.21113
Glenn Crawford110.00000

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
Al Milnar1000∞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
Tommy Hughes29111694.3834
Lefty Hoerst1868.1164.6117
Blix Donnelly1276.1342.9538
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
Johnny Humphries100004.0110
Don Grate31001.122
Ben Chapman10000.001

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
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

[4]

Notes
  1. Stan Lopata at Baseball Reference
  2. "Phils to try planes from Chicago to here". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 11, 1946. p. 24.
  3. Lewis, Allen (March 1986). "Philadelphia '47 '86 Clearwater". 1986 Phillies: Spring Training 40th Year in Clearwater. Clearwater, Florida: Philadelphia Phillies. pp. 4–5.
  4. 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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