1946 Brooklyn Dodgers season
Brooklyn, New York | |
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Owners | James & Dearie Mulvey, Walter O'Malley, Branch Rickey, John L. Smith |
President | Branch Rickey |
Managers | Leo Durocher |
Radio | WHN Red Barber, Connie Desmond |
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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.
With their star players back from the war, Brooklyn had jumped back into serious contention. They would be respectable until their move to Los Angeles 10 years later.
This season was the team's – and Major League Baseball's – last non-integrated one.
Offseason
On October 23, 1945, the Dodgers signed
Later in the offseason, the Dodgers signed two more players from the
.Regular season
Season standings
National League | W
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L
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Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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St. Louis Cardinals | 98 | 58 | 0.628 | — | 49–29 | 49–29 |
Brooklyn Dodgers | 96 | 60 | 0.615 | 2 | 56–22 | 40–38 |
Chicago Cubs | 82 | 71 | 0.536 | 14½ | 44–33 | 38–38 |
Boston Braves | 81 | 72 | 0.529 | 15½ | 45–31 | 36–41 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 69 | 85 | 0.448 | 28 | 41–36 | 28–49 |
Cincinnati Reds | 67 | 87 | 0.435 | 30 | 35–42 | 32–45 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 63 | 91 | 0.409 | 34 | 37–40 | 26–51 |
New York Giants | 61 | 93 | 0.396 | 36 | 38–39 | 23–54 |
Record vs. opponents
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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 | — |
Opening Day lineup
Notable transactions
- April 27, 1946: New York Giants.
- June 12, 1946: Boston Braves.[3]
- June 15, 1946: Boston Braves for Stew Hofferth.[4]
Roster
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
Other batters
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Manager
Coaches
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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 |
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C | Bruce Edwards | 92 | 292 | 78 | .267 | 1 | 25 |
1B | Ed Stevens | 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 |
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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 | 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 | 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Hugh Casey | 46 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1.99 | 31 |
Art Herring | 35 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3.35 | 34 |
Harry Taylor |
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
- #2 in NL in strikeouts (134)
- #3 in NL in wins (17)
- MLB leader in stolen bases (34)
- #3 in NL in runs scored (98)
- #2 in NL in RBI (116)
- #3 in NL in batting average (.319)
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Montreal, Nashua, Newport News, Trois-Rivières, Zanesville
Notes
References
External links
- 1946 Brooklyn Dodgers uniform
- Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
- Acme Dodgers page Archived September 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- Retrosheet