1946 Brooklyn Dodgers season

the football team 1946 Brooklyn Dodgers (AAFC) season March 2026 November 2013 Brooklyn Dodgers Brooklyn Dodgers Cap Logo (1934 to 1936, 1938 to 1955).svg 1946 National League Ebbets Field Brooklyn, New York 96 60 y 2nd James & Dearie Mulvey, Walter O'Malley, Branch Rickey, John L. Smith Branch Rickey Leo Durocher WHNRed Barber, Connie Desmond The 1946 Brooklyn Dodgers finished the season tied for first place with the St. Louis Cardinals. The two teams played in the first ever regular season tie-breaker to decide the pennant, and the Cardinals took two straight to win the title. This season was the team's – and Major League Baseball's – last non-integrated one. Offseason On October 23, 1945, the Dodgers signed Jackie Robinson as a free agent. Robinson was the first black player to be officially a part of a major league organization in over 60 years, since the barring of Fleet and Welday Walker in 1884. For the 1946 season, Robinson was assigned to the Montreal Royals, the Dodgers' top farm team. Later in the offseason, the Dodgers signed two more players from the Negro leagues, Roy Campanella and Don Newcombe, who were assigned to the Nashua Dodgers. Regular season Season standings Brooklyn Dodgers Record vs. opponents BRO Opening Day lineup +Opening Day lineupName Position Pee Wee Reese ShortstopBilly Herman Second basemanDick Whitman Left fielderGene Hermanski Right fielderJack Graham First basemanCarl Furillo Center fielderLew Riggs Third basemanFerrell AndersonCatcherHal Gregg Starting pitcher Notable transactions April 27, 1946: Jack GrahamJack Graham page at Baseball Reference and Goody RosenGoody Rosen page at Baseball Reference were purchased from the Dodgers by the New York Giants. June 12, 1946: Don Padgett was purchased from the Dodgers by the Boston Braves.Don Padgett page at Baseball Reference June 15, 1946: Billy Herman was traded by the Dodgers to the Boston Braves for Stew Hofferth.Billy Herman page at Baseball Reference Roster 1946 Brooklyn Dodgers Roster Pitchers 26 Rex Barney 29,34 Hank Behrman 20 Ralph Branca 25 Hugh Casey 26 Curt Davis 28 Hal Gregg 19 Joe Hatten 23 Ed Head 21 Art Herring 13 Kirby Higbe 18 Vic Lombardi 35 Cal McLish 37 Rube Melton 38 Paul Minner -- Glen Moulder 38 Harry Taylor 32 Les Webber Catchers 14 Ferrell Anderson 10 Bruce Edwards 33 Don Padgett  4 Mike Sandlock Infielders  9 Jack Graham 16 Billy Herman  5 Cookie Lavagetto 34 Eddie Miksis 17,38 Bob Ramazzotti  1 Pee Wee Reese 15 Lew Riggs  3 Stan Rojek  8 Howie Schultz 12 Eddie Stanky 36 Ed Stevens Outfielders 5,6,29 Carl Furillo 24 Augie Galan 22 Gene Hermanski 16 Joe Medwick 27 Pete Reiser 35 Goody Rosen 32 Joe Tepsic 11 Dixie Walker 15,31 Dick Whitman Other batters 39,49 John Corriden 31 Otis Davis 10 Earl Naylor Manager  2 Leo Durocher Coaches 30 Red Corriden  7 Charlie Dressen 40 Clyde Sukeforth 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 Bruce Edwards Bruce Edwards (baseball) 92 292 78 .267 1 25 1B Ed Stevens Ed Stevens (baseball) 103 310 75 .242 10 60 2B Eddie Stanky 144 483 132 .273 0 36 3B Cookie Lavagetto 88 242 57 .236 3 27 SS Pee Wee Reese 152 542 154 .284 5 60 OF Carl Furillo 117 335 95 .284 3 35 OF Pete Reiser 122 423 117 .277 11 73 OF Dixie Walker 150 576 184 .319 9 116 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 Augie Galan 99 274 85 .310 3 38 Dick Whitman 104 265 69 .260 2 31 Howie Schultz 90 249 63 .253 3 27 Ferrell Anderson 79 199 51 .256 2 14 Billy Herman 47 184 53 .288 0 28 Bob Ramazzotti 62 120 25 .208 0 7 Gene Hermanski 64 110 22 .200 0 8 Joe Medwick 41 77 24 .312 2 18 Eddie Miksis 23 48 7 .146 0 5 Stan Rojek 45 47 13 .277 0 2 Mike Sandlock 19 34 5 .147 0 0 Don Padgett 19 30 5 .167 1 9 Joe Tepsic 15 5 0 .000 0 0 Jack Graham Jack Graham (baseball) 2 5 1 .200 0 0 Lew Riggs 1 4 0 .000 0 0 Goody Rosen 3 3 1 .333 0 0 Earl Naylor 3 2 0 .000 0 0 Otis Davis Otis Davis (baseball) 1 0 0 ---- 0 0 John Corriden 1 0 0 ---- 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 Joe Hatten 42 222.0 14 11 2.84 85 Kirby Higbe 42 210.2 17 8 3.03 134 Vic Lombardi 41 193.0 13 10 2.89 60 Hal Gregg 26 117.1 6 4 2.99 54 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 Hank Behrman 47 150.2 11 5 2.93 78 Rube Melton 24 99.2 6 3 1.99 44 Ralph Branca 24 67.1 3 1 3.88 42 Ed Head 13 56.0 3 2 3.21 17 Rex Barney 16 53.2 2 5 5.87 36 Les Webber 11 43.0 3 3 2.30 16 Jean-Pierre Roy 3 6.1 0 0 9.95 6 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 Hugh Casey Hugh Casey (baseball) 46 11 5 5 1.99 31 Art Herring 35 7 2 5 3.35 34 Harry Taylor Harry Taylor (1946–52 pitcher) 4 0 0 1 3.86 6 Paul Minner 3 0 1 0 6.75 3 Curt Davis 1 0 0 0 13.50 0 Glen Moulder 1 0 0 0 4.50 1 Cal McLish 1 0 0 0 inf 0 Awards and honors 1946 Major League Baseball All-Star Game Dixie Walker starter Kirby Higbe reserve Pee Wee Reese reserve Pete Reiser reserve League top five finishers Kirby Higbe #2 in NL in strikeouts (134) #3 in NL in wins (17) Pete Reiser MLB leader in stolen bases (34) Eddie Stanky #3 in NL in runs scored (98) Dixie Walker #2 in NL in RBI (116) #3 in NL in batting average (.319) Farm system AAA Montreal Royals International League Clay Hopper AAA St. Paul Saints American Association Ray Blades AA Ft. Worth Cats Texas League Ray Hayworth AA Mobile Bears Southern Association Alfred Todd B Asheville Tourists Tri-State League William Sayles B Danville Dodgers Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Jake PitlerPaul Chervinko B Nashua Dodgers New England League Walter Alston B Newport News Dodgers Piedmont League John Fitzpatrick C Abilene Blue Sox West Texas–New Mexico League Hayden Greer C Grand Forks Chiefs Northern League Glenn ChapmanRae Blaemire C Johnstown Johnnies Middle Atlantic League Cyril Pfeifer C Santa Barbara Dodgers California League Jack KnightJack Mele D Trois-Rivières Royals Canadian–American League Frenchy Bordagaray D Cambridge Dodgers Eastern Shore League Jimmy CooneyBarney DeForge D Daytona Beach Islanders Florida State League Jason Sosh D Miami Blues Kansas–Oklahoma–Missouri League Guy Froman D Olean Oilers Pennsylvania–Ontario–New York League Greg Mulleavy D Thomasville Dodgers North Carolina State League John CareyJay Kirke, Jr. D Valdosta Dodgers Georgia–Florida League Bill Welp D Zanesville Dodgers Ohio–Indiana League Clay Bryant LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Montreal, Nashua, Newport News, Trois-Rivières, Zanesville Notes 2 References Baseball-Reference season page Baseball Almanac season page External links 1946 Brooklyn Dodgers uniform Brooklyn Dodgers reference site https://web.archive.org/web/20091025002014/http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nl/bdodgers/brooklyn.html October 25, 2009 Acme Dodgers page https://web.archive.org/web/20070913213938/http://www.acmewebpages.com/dodgers/ September 13, 2007 Retrosheet Category:Brooklyn Dodgers seasons Brooklyn Dodgers season Brooklyn Dodgers season Category:1940s in Brooklyn Category:Flatbush, Brooklyn