1946
We return the core, almost no changes at all to the major league roster.
April- We went 17-9 and are in a three tie for first with Chicago & New York. George Suttles and Satchell Paige each spent a couple weeks on the DL. Monty Irvin is a machine at the top of the order, a .472 OBP. Gibson & Easter with 7 homers each. Hilton Smith & Leon Day both have ERA's over 5.
May- We finish the month at 38-16 with a half game lead on the Cubs. Roy Campanella partially tears his hamstring and will miss a month. Willie Wells has been having a terrible season and bone chips in his elbow may be the reason why, he'll miss about 3 months. Hilton Smith has a wrist issue that may be the cause of his troubles, he'll miss a month. The lineup is insanely even so far, Irvin keeps on raking. Davis, Gibson & Easter all have 10 homers and Dandridge has 9. The pitching is pretty solid across the board but nothing amazing.
June- We finish June 58-24 and a two game lead on the Cubs but we have a rash of bad injuries. Satchell Paige has a back issue and will miss 3 months, he could return if we make the series but I'm not sure. For the 2nd straight year, Ray Dandridge suffers a season ending injury, this time to his leg. Son of a bitch, Luke Easter reinjures the same hip he hurt in the world series and is done for the year, this is really bumming me out. For the love of heck, Frankie Gustine, our replacement 3B will miss about a month. We're gonna call up a kid down in A ball named Willie Jones, he's only 20 but he's got skills, we'll give him the job.
Irvin, Davis, Suttles and Gibson are all raking at the top of the order but after that it's getting very murky. Hilton Smith still can't find his grove and only Leon Day at 2.96 and 12 wins is looking like a top flight pitcher, after him our rotation is very pedestrian. A 3rd straight National League pennant is not a sure thing at all.
July- We end the month 76-31 with a slight 1.5 game lead on the Cubs. Willie Jones, who has been holding his own, has an Achilles issue and will miss three weeks, mercy. Thankfully Frankie Gustine is ready to come back. Willie Wells also returns and reclaims the SS spot from a struggling Dick Seay. Gibsons 33 homers lead the league. Campanella is really struggling this year and has not developed the way I thought he would. The pitching continues to be borderline pedestrian.
August- We're 92-43 with a 3 game lead on the Cubs. Frankie Gustine sprained his ankle just as Willie Jones is healthy so the two will switch DL spots.
September- We finished the year with a "down" record of 108-46 but pulled away and won the pennant by 12 games over the Cubs. Satchell Paige returned at the end of the year and made a start and he'll be in the postseason rotation, hopefully he's well rested. Irvin led the league in hits again with 219 and runs with 157, Davis was third with 124. Gibson led the league in homers with 44, edging out Ralph Kiner and his 43 bombs. Irvin and Suttles placed in the top 10 in homers as well. Suttles placed 4th and Gibson 7th in RBI while Irvin and Davis were 2-3 in steals, way behind George Case and his 67. Leon Day placed in the top 10 in ERA and K's while Ted Radcliff led the league with 21 wins.
The Yankees and Red Sox finished the season tied for 1st in the AL and met in a 1 game playoff in Boston where the Red Sox won 2-1 to advance to the World Series.
1946 Phillies Hitting
Code:
1946 Batting Team G AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K SB CS R RBI SLG OBP
Irvin, Monte PHI 140 .369 593 219 45 10 35 69 112 34 5 157 80 .656 .438
Suttles, George PHI 133 .327 544 178 27 5 28 39 89 25 8 91 119 .550 .372
Davis, Lorenzo PHI 141 .303 568 172 30 6 22 86 48 33 6 124 95 .493 .395
Gibson, Josh PHI 139 .277 528 146 24 1 44 76 102 2 2 95 109 .576 .368
Northey, Ron PHI 105 .286 378 108 17 2 13 41 45 1 0 54 61 .444 .355
Easter, Luke PHI 73 .347 277 96 19 4 14 37 36 2 2 61 63 .596 .428
Dandridge, Ray PHI 74 .312 295 92 17 1 13 42 46 1 0 48 64 .508 .396
Campanella, Roy PHI 97 .236 352 83 12 3 11 54 74 0 2 42 48 .381 .341
Wells, Willie PHI 79 .227 282 64 8 3 5 22 45 3 3 34 23 .330 .282
Seminick, Andy PHI 60 .255 192 49 7 2 4 32 42 1 0 25 23 .375 .370
Jones, Willie PHI 51 .249 177 44 13 0 3 28 19 2 2 21 17 .373 .356
Seay, Dick PHI 75 .184 234 43 11 1 2 28 24 5 2 30 17 .265 .269
Gustine, Frankie PHI 45 .336 116 39 12 0 0 15 8 2 3 18 7 .440 .412
Edwards, Hank PHI 62 .258 120 31 6 2 3 13 15 2 1 22 17 .417 .326
Miller, Eddie PHI 56 .230 100 23 6 0 1 9 5 0 2 11 11 .320 .304
Radcliff, Ted PHI 32 .186 97 18 1 0 0 4 20 1 0 6 3 .196 .218
Day, Leon PHI 30 .143 91 13 3 0 0 1 27 0 0 5 5 .176 .152
Wyrostek, Johnny PHI 27 .213 47 10 2 0 1 3 4 0 0 6 12 .319 .255
Beazley, Johnny PHI 24 .161 62 10 2 1 0 2 28 0 0 8 10 .226 .179
Smith, Hilton PHI 22 .143 63 9 2 0 0 3 16 0 0 0 7 .175 .179
Ulisney, Mike PHI 6 .400 20 8 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 4 .500 .455
Murtaugh, Danny PHI 23 .117 60 7 1 1 0 3 7 0 2 4 9 .167 .154
Flores, Jesse PHI 30 .082 85 7 4 0 0 2 19 0 0 1 6 .129 .103
Paige, Satchel PHI 12 .162 37 6 1 0 0 3 8 0 0 3 12 .189 .220
Ennis, Del PHI 3 1.000 3 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 4 2.333 1.000
Schemer, Mike PHI 4 .400 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .400 .333
Scarborough, Ray PHI 43 .333 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .500
Gerheauser, Al PHI 12 .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .000 .000
Karl, Andy PHI 14 .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Nahem, Sam PHI 7 .000 7 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1946 Phillies Pitching
Code:
1946 Pitching Team IP ERA G GS W L SV K BB R/9
Radcliff, Ted PHI 269.1 3.98 32 32 21 8 0 129 76 11.76
Day, Leon PHI 261.1 2.96 30 30 17 7 0 174 57 9.85
Flores, Jesse PHI 236.1 4.15 30 30 14 11 0 74 72 12.53
Smith, Hilton PHI 189.0 3.71 22 22 12 7 0 112 31 10.05
Beazley, Johnny PHI 182.0 4.75 24 24 14 5 0 75 116 14.88
Paige, Satchel PHI 106.0 3.14 12 12 11 0 0 73 21 10.61
Scarborough, Ray PHI 60.0 3.00 43 0 9 5 9 28 18 10.20
Nahem, Sam PHI 27.2 3.58 7 4 1 0 0 8 11 12.04
Karl, Andy PHI 24.0 2.63 14 0 3 0 3 9 5 9.75
Gerheauser, Al PHI 18.1 4.42 12 0 4 1 2 5 7 12.76
Raffensberger, Ken PHI 11.0 6.55 10 0 2 2 0 3 0 16.36
Kraus, Jack PHI 2.0 0.00 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.00