Major League Baseball season

1946 Brooklyn Dodgers

Major League affiliations

* National League (since 1890)

Location

* Ebbets Field (since 1913)
* Brooklyn, New York (since 1883)

Other information
Owner(s)| James & Dearie Mulvey, Walter O'Malley, Branch Rickey, John L. Smith
President| Branch Rickey
Manager(s)| Leo Durocher
Local 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 playoff series 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[edit]

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[edit]

### Season standings[edit]

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National League | W | L | 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[edit]

1946 National League Records

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

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[edit]

Opening Day lineup

Name | Position
Pee Wee Reese | Shortstop
Billy Herman | Second baseman
Dick Whitman | Left fielder
Gene Hermanski | Right fielder
Jack Graham | First baseman
Carl Furillo | Center fielder
Lew Riggs | Third baseman
Ferrell Anderson | Catcher
Hal Gregg | Starting pitcher

### Notable transactions[edit]

* April 27, 1946: Jack Graham[1] and Goody Rosen[2] were purchased from the Dodgers by the New York Giants.
* June 12, 1946: Don Padgett was purchased from the Dodgers by the Boston Braves.[3]
* June 15, 1946: Billy Herman was traded by the Dodgers to the Boston Braves for Stew Hofferth.[4]

### Roster[edit]

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
* 34 Jean-Pierre Roy
* 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[edit]

### Batting[edit]

#### Starters by position[edit]

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[edit]

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 | \
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John Corriden | 1 | 0 | 0 | \
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### Pitching[edit]

#### Starting pitchers[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

* 1946 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
* Dixie Walker starter
* Kirby Higbe reserve
* Pee Wee Reese reserve
* Pete Reiser reserve

### League top five finishers[edit]

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[edit]

Level  | Team  | League  | Manager

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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 Pitler
Paul 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 Chapman
Rae Blaemire
C | Johnstown Johnnies | Middle Atlantic League | Cyril Pfeifer
C | Santa Barbara Dodgers | California League | Jack Knight
Jack Mele
D | Trois-Rivières Royals | Canadian–American League | Frenchy Bordagaray
D | Cambridge Dodgers | Eastern Shore League | Jimmy Cooney
Barney 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 Carey
Jay 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[edit]

1. ^ Jack Graham page at Baseball Reference
2. ^ Goody Rosen page at Baseball Reference
3. ^ Don Padgett page at Baseball Reference
4. ^ Billy Herman page at Baseball Reference

## References[edit]

* Baseball-Reference season page
* Baseball Almanac season page

## External links[edit]

* 1946 Brooklyn Dodgers uniform
* Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
* Acme Dodgers page Archived September 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
* Retrosheet

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