1946 New York Yankees season

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.

Regular season

On May 24, Joe McCarthy, who had managed the team since 1931 and led them to seven World Championships, resigned. Although he had been in ill health, there were also underlying issues with team executive Larry MacPhail and frustrations with the team's performance, especially that of pitcher Joe Page, with whom he had an argument the previous day on the team plane. Long-time Yankee catcher Bill Dickey took over the team. Dickey himself resigned on September 12, and coach Johnny Neun finished out the year at the helm.

Notable transactions

June 17, 1946: Frank Colman was purchased by the Yankees from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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		100	330	98	.297	16	64
1B		108	323	75	.232	9	49
2B		112	376	79	.210	11	47
SS		126	471	121	.257	2	38
3B		129	487	122	.251	0	37
OF		132	503	146	.290	25	95
OF		150	538	148	.275	30	101
OF		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
	102	332	86	.259	10	40
	85	296	77	.260	4	35
	56	134	35	.261	2	10
	47	86	26	.302	2	10
	28	59	17	.288	0	3
	37	40	9	.225	0	2
	14	39	8	.205	0	4
	7	24	8	.333	0	1
	7	22	8	.364	2	4
	13	21	6	.286	0	1
	5	15	4	.267	1	5
	4	12	1	.083	0	0
	8	12	1	.083	0	0
	5	6	2	.333	0	1
	3	3	0	.000	0	0
	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
	34	257.1	20	8	2.10	138
	31	249.2	16	13	2.23	120
	18	104.2	5	8	3.70	30
	8	61.0	5	1	1.77	19
	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
	31	136.0	9	8	3.57	77
	33	132.2	11	3	2.31	63
	26	103.0	6	7	2.97	54
	23	81.0	3	4	5.33	32
	14	40.1	2	2	4.46	11
	14	30.1	1	1	6.53	26
	8	18.2	0	2	4.34	7
	3	11.1	0	2	4.76	4
	4	9.1	0	1	5.79	5
	2	8.1	0	1	5.40	4
	3	6.1	0	1	8.53	4
	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
	27	4	2	7	3.40	19
	13	2	1	1	2.29	22
	3	0	1	0	12.71	3
	3	0	0	0	9.00	3
	2	0	0	0	10.80	0

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Augusta