Major League Baseball season
Major League Baseball team season
Offseason
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- Prior to the 1946 season:
Stan Lopata
was signed as an amateur free agent by the Phillies.
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Preseason
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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.
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The team stayed at the Boulevard Hotel
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at the corner of Dade Boulevard and Meridian Avenue.
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The Phillies held minor league camp in Dover, Delaware.
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Regular season
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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.
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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.
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Season standings
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Record vs. opponents
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Sources:
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Team
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BOS
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BR
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CHC
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CIN
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NYG
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PHI
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PIT
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STL
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Boston
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?
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5?17
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12?9?1
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15?7
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13?9
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14?8
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15?7
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7?15
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Brooklyn
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17?5
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?
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11?11
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14?8?1
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15?7
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17?5
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14?8
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8?16
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Chicago
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9?12?1
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11?11
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?
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13?9
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17?5
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12?10
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12?10?1
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8?14
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Cincinnati
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7?15
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8?14?1
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9?13
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?
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14?8
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8?14?1
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13?9
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8?14
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New York
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9?13
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7?15
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5?17
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8?14
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?
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12?10
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10?12
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10?12
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Philadelphia
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8?14
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5?17
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10?12
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14?8?1
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10?12
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?
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14?8
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8?14
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Pittsburgh
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7?15
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8?14
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10?12?1
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9?13
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12?10
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8?14
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?
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9?13
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St. Louis
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15?7
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16?8
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14?8
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14?8
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12?10
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14?8
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13?9
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?
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Roster
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1946 Philadelphia Phillies
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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
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Batting
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Starters by position
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Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Other batters
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Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pitching
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Starting pitchers
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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Other pitchers
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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Relief pitchers
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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Farm system
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Notes
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- ^
Stan Lopata
at
Baseball Reference
- ^
Dolson, Frank (April 2, 1986). "Baseball's most magical spring".
Philadelphia Inquirer
. Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 4C.
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Murrow, Art (April 2, 1946). "Phils Cut Squad to 39 Players".
Philadelphia Inquirer
. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. p. 26.
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"The Boulevard Hotel"
.
mdpl.org
. Miami Design Preservation League. 2022
. Retrieved
November 26,
2022
.
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"Phil Farm Hands Report at Dover".
Philadelphia Inquirer
. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 2, 1946. p. 26.
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"Phils to try planes from Chicago to here".
The Philadelphia Inquirer
. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 11, 1946. p. 24.
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Lewis, Allen (March 1986). "Philadelphia '47 '86 Clearwater".
1986 Phillies: Spring Training 40th Year in Clearwater
. Clearwater, Florida: Philadelphia Phillies. pp. 4?5.
- ^
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed.,
The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball
, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
References
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