1946 Philadelphia Phillies season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Philadelphia Phillies 1946 Also known as the Philadelphia Blue Jays National League Shibe Park Philadelphia R. R. M. Carpenter Herb Pennock Ben Chapman WIBG(By Saam, Claude Haring) 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.Dolson Frank April 2, 1986 Baseball's most magical spring Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia Inquirer 4C The team stayed at the Boulevard HotelMurrow Art April 2, 1946 Phils Cut Squad to 39 Players Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 26 at the corner of Dade Boulevard and Meridian Avenue.https://mdpl.org/archives/2021/01/the-boulevard-hotel/ The Boulevard Hotel 2022 mdpl.org Miami Design Preservation League 2022-11-26 The Phillies held minor league camp in Dover, Delaware.April 2, 1946 Phil Farm Hands Report at Dover Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 26 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.April 11, 1946 Phils to try planes from Chicago to here The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 24 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.Lewis Allen March 1986 Philadelphia '47 '86 Clearwater 1986 Phillies: Spring Training 40th Year in Clearwater Clearwater, Florida Philadelphia Phillies 4–5 Season standings Philadelphia Phillies Record vs. opponents PHI Roster 1946 Philadelphia Phillies Roster Pitchers  7 Ben Chapman 30 Blix Donnelly 43 Don Grate 12 Eli Hodkey 22 Lefty Hoerst 28 Tommy Hughes 40 Johnny Humphries 20 Si Johnson 17 Oscar Judd 38 Al Jurisich 33 Andy Karl -- Dick Koecher 32 Art Lopatka 15 Dick Mauney 39 Al Milnar 48 Hugh Mulcahy 10 Dick Mulligan 21 Ike Pearson 39,35 Lou Possehl 16 Ken Raffensberger  8 Charlie Ripple 19 Schoolboy Rowe 18 Charley Schanz 42 Charley Stanceu Catchers 47,2 Rollie Hemsley 46 Dee Moore 24 Andy Seminick 23 Hal Spindel Infielders -- Bill Burich 41,47 Vance Dinges 37 Granny Hamner 40 Don Hasenmayer  6 Roy Hughes 23,49 Charlie Letchas 26 Frank McCormick  9 Danny Murtaugh 29 Skeeter Newsome 27 John O'Neil  2 Ken Richardson  5 Jim Tabor 50,9 Emil Verban Outfielders 34 Vince DiMaggio 14 Del Ennis 21 Charlie Gilbert 30,4 Ron Northey 39 Lou Novikoff  3 Jimmy Wasdell  1 Johnny Wyrostek Other batters 43 Glenn Crawford Manager  7 Ben Chapman Coaches 11 Benny Bengough 25 Benny Culp 31 Cy Perkins 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 Andy Seminick 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 Roy Hughes Roy Hughes (baseball) 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 John O'Neil John O'Neil (baseball) 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 Danny Murtaugh 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 Glenn Crawford 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 Al Milnar 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 Tommy Hughes Tommy Hughes (baseball) 29 111.0 6 9 4.38 34 Dick Mauney 24 90.0 6 4 2.70 31 Lefty Hoerst 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 Eli Hodkey 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 Johnny Humphries 10 0 0 0 4.01 10 Charlie Ripple 6 1 0 0 10.80 3 Don Grate 3 1 0 0 1.12 2 Si Johnson 1 0 0 0 3.00 2 Ben Chapman Ben Chapman (baseball) 1 0 0 0 0.00 1 Farm system Minor League Baseball 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 GriswoldJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007 Notes 2 References 1946 Philadelphia Phillies season at Baseball Reference Category:Philadelphia Phillies seasons Philadelphia Phillies season Philadelphia