1946 New York Yankees season

Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees March 2026 November 2013 New York Yankees 1946 American League Yankee Stadium New York City, New York 87 67 y 3rd Larry MacPhail, Dan Topping and Del Webb Larry MacPhail Joe McCarthy, Bill Dickey, Johnny Neun WINS (AM)(Mel Allen, Russ Hodges) 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.https://baseballbiography.com/joe-mccarthy-1887 Joe McCarthy September 6, 2010 mdy-all Although he had been in ill health, there were also underlying issues with team executive Larry MacPhailhttp://www.baseballlibrary.com/teams/team.php?team=new_york_yankees New York Yankees team history at Baseball Library September 6, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101223150019/http://www.baseballlibrary.com/teams/team.php?team=new_york_yankees December 23, 2010 dead mdy-all 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 New York Yankees Record vs. opponents NYY 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 14,16 Bill Bevens 20,23 Tiny Bonham 28,39 Tommy Byrne 21 Spud Chandler 18,26 Karl Drews 25 Al Gettel 18 Randy Gumpert 16,38 Frank Hiller 40 Herb Karpel 36 Al Lyons 14,20 Cuddles Marshall 19 Johnny Murphy 11 Joe Page 17,38 Mel Queen 12 Vic Raschi 26 Steve Roser 22,15 Red Ruffing 26 Marius Russo 29 Charley Stanceu 36 Jake Wade 30 Bill Wight 17 Bill Zuber Catchers 38 Yogi Berra  8 Bill Dickey 26 Bill Drescher 24,37 Gus Niarhos 7,9,35 Aaron Robinson 34 Ken Silvestri Infielders  3 Eddie Bockman  7 Bobby Brown  2 Frankie Crosetti  9 Nick Etten  6 Joe Gordon  7 Oscar Grimes 24 Billy Johnson 28 Hank Majeski 10 Phil Rizzuto 29,41 Steve Souchock  1 Snuffy Stirnweiss Outfielders  8 Frank Colman  5 Joe DiMaggio 15 Tommy Henrich 12 Charlie Keller 27 Johnny Lindell Other batters  3 Bud Metheny  3 Roy Weatherly Manager  8 Bill Dickey -- Joe McCarthy 32 Johnny Neun Coaches 32 Johnny Neun 31 Red Rolfe 33 Johnny Schulte 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 Aaron Robinson Aaron Robinson (baseball) 100 330 98 .297 16 64 1B Nick Etten 108 323 75 .232 9 49 2B Joe Gordon 112 376 79 .210 11 47 SS Phil Rizzuto 126 471 121 .257 2 38 3B Snuffy Stirnweiss 129 487 122 .251 0 37 OF Joe DiMaggio 132 503 146 .290 25 95 OF Charlie Keller 150 538 148 .275 30 101 OF Tommy Henrich 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 Johnny Lindell 102 332 86 .259 10 40 Billy Johnson Billy Johnson (baseball) 85 296 77 .260 4 35 Bill Dickey 56 134 35 .261 2 10 Bud Souchock 47 86 26 .302 2 10 Frankie Crosetti 28 59 17 .288 0 3 Gus Niarhos 37 40 9 .225 0 2 Oscar Grimes 14 39 8 .205 0 4 Bobby Brown Bobby Brown (third baseman) 7 24 8 .333 0 1 Yogi Berra 7 22 8 .364 2 4 Ken Silvestri 13 21 6 .286 0 1 Frank Colman 5 15 4 .267 1 5 Eddie Bockman 4 12 1 .083 0 0 Hank Majeski 8 12 1 .083 0 0 Bill Drescher 5 6 2 .333 0 1 Bud Metheny 3 3 0 .000 0 0 Roy Weatherly 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 Spud Chandler 34 257.1 20 8 2.10 138 Bill Bevens 31 249.2 16 13 2.23 120 Tiny Bonham 18 104.2 5 8 3.70 30 Red Ruffing 8 61.0 5 1 1.77 19 Vic Raschi 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 Joe Page 31 136.0 9 8 3.57 77 Randy Gumpert 33 132.2 11 3 2.31 63 Al Gettel 26 103.0 6 7 2.97 54 Cuddles Marshall 23 81.0 3 4 5.33 32 Bill Wight 14 40.1 2 2 4.46 11 Mel Queen Mel Queen (pitcher) 14 30.1 1 1 6.53 26 Marius Russo 8 18.2 0 2 4.34 7 Frank Hiller 3 11.1 0 2 4.76 4 Tommy Byrne Tommy Byrne (baseball) 4 9.1 0 1 5.79 5 Al Lyons 2 8.1 0 1 5.40 4 Karl Drews 3 6.1 0 1 8.53 4 Steve Roser 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 Johnny Murphy 27 4 2 7 3.40 19 Jake Wade Jake Wade (baseball) 13 2 1 1 2.29 22 Bill Zuber 3 0 1 0 12.71 3 Charley Stanceu 3 0 0 0 9.00 3 Herb Karpel 2 0 0 0 10.80 0 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Kansas City Blues American Association Billy Meyer and Burleigh Grimes AAA Newark Bears International League George Selkirk AA Beaumont Exporters Texas League Jim Turner A Binghamton Triplets Eastern League Garland Braxton and Lefty Gomez A Augusta Tigers Sally League Dib Williams B Quincy Gems Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Charles Marleau and Cedric Durst B Sunbury Yankees Interstate League Walt Van Grofski B Norfolk Tars Piedmont League Tom Kain C Amsterdam Rugmakers Canadian–American League Solly Mishkin C Butler Yankees Middle Atlantic League Milt Rosner C Twin Falls Cowboys Pioneer League Earl Bolyard C Joplin Miners Western Association Jim Acton D Easton Yankees Eastern Shore League Jack Farmer D Wellsville Yankees PONY League Joe Abreu D Fond du Lac Panthers Wisconsin State League James AdlamLEAGUE 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 2 External links 1946 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference 1946 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:New York Yankees seasons New York Yankees New York Yankees Category:1940s in the Bronx