# 1946 Philadelphia Phillies season

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.

## 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

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 98 | 58 | .628 | — | 49‍–‍29 | 49‍–‍29 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | 96 | 60 | .615 | 2 | 56‍–‍22 | 40‍–‍38 |
| Chicago Cubs | 82 | 71 | .536 | 14½ | 44‍–‍33 | 38‍–‍38 |
| Boston Braves | 81 | 72 | .529 | 15½ | 45‍–‍31 | 36‍–‍41 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 69 | 85 | .448 | 28 | 41‍–‍36 | 28‍–‍49 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 67 | 87 | .435 | 30 | 35‍–‍42 | 32‍–‍45 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 63 | 91 | .409 | 34 | 37‍–‍40 | 26‍–‍51 |
| New York Giants | 61 | 93 | .396 | 36 | 38‍–‍39 | 23‍–‍54 |

### Record vs. opponents

1946 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL |
| Boston | — | 5–17 | 12–9–1 | 15–7 | 13–9 | 14–8 | 15–7 | 7–15 |
| Brooklyn | 17–5 | — | 11–11 | 14–8–1 | 15–7 | 17–5 | 14–8 | 8–16 |
| Chicago | 9–12–1 | 11–11 | — | 13–9 | 17–5 | 12–10 | 12–10–1 | 8–14 |
| Cincinnati | 7–15 | 8–14–1 | 9–13 | — | 14–8 | 8–14–1 | 13–9 | 8–14 |
| New York | 9–13 | 7–15 | 5–17 | 8–14 | — | 12–10 | 10–12 | 10–12 |
| Philadelphia | 8–14 | 5–17 | 10–12 | 14–8–1 | 10–12 | — | 14–8 | 8–14 |
| Pittsburgh | 7–15 | 8–14 | 10–12–1 | 9–13 | 12–10 | 8–14 | — | 9–13 |
| St. Louis | 15–7 | 16–8 | 14–8 | 14–8 | 12–10 | 14–8 | 13–9 | — |

### Roster
## 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |

## Farm system

| 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 |