1946 Milwaukee Brewers Statistics
Team Record: 70-78
Finished 5th in the AA
Manager: Nick Cullop (70-78)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Borchert Field
Attendance: 257,694, Avg. 3,482
The Milwaukee Brewers of the American Association ended the 1946 season with a record of 70 wins and 78 losses, finishing fifth in the AA.
The Brewers scored 712 runs and allowed 691 runs. Dave Philley and Bob Johnson led Milwaukee with 13 home runs apiece. Dave Philley drove in 93 runs and topped all regular hitters by connecting at a .329 clip. Ewald Pyle paced the team with 15 wins, while Al Epperly recorded a 2.83 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1946 Milwaukee Brewers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Len Gilmore, Al Epperly, Jimmy Grant, Lew Flick, Carl Lindquist, Danny Reynolds, Buck Ross, Val Heim, Dave Philley, Ed Mierkowicz, Ira Hutchinson, Hy Vandenberg, Ewald Pyle, Bill Nagel, Otto Denning, Marv Felderman, Charlie Brewster, Don Black, Bob Harris, Joe Mack, Owen Scheetz, Len Perme, Floyd Baker, Tommy Heath, Jim Delsing, Milt Galatzer, Bill Trotter, Wes Livengood, Bob Johnson, Paul O'Dea, Johnny Dickshot and Walt Lanfranconi.
Nick Cullop served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ewald Pyle | 15 | 6 | .714 | 3.01 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 203.0 | 191 | 89 | 68 | 91 | 148 | 9 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Buck Ross | 9 | 6 | .600 | 3.27 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 110.0 | 121 | 48 | 40 | 31 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Owen Scheetz | 8 | 9 | .471 | 3.78 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 131.0 | 146 | 73 | 55 | 35 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Walt Lanfranconi | 8 | 10 | .444 | 3.70 | 30 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 158.0 | 165 | 73 | 65 | 68 | 75 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Wes Livengood | 7 | 3 | .700 | 5.51 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 80.0 | 110 | 52 | 49 | 37 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Al Epperly | 7 | 10 | .412 | 2.83 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 140.0 | 144 | 63 | 44 | 40 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Frank Marino | 5 | 8 | .385 | 5.59 | 28 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 74.0 | 78 | 59 | 46 | 52 | 47 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Carl Lindquist | 4 | 7 | .364 | 3.86 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 91.0 | 88 | 43 | 39 | 41 | 48 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Len Perme | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.71 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 21.0 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Bill Davis | 2 | 4 | .333 | 5.56 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 68.0 | 81 | 51 | 42 | 47 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Len Gilmore | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.62 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16.0 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Hy Vandenberg | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.96 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 25.0 | 27 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bob Harris | 6 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Eddie Karas | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Bill Trotter | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Jack Christensen | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 10 | 9 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Claude Weaver | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Don Black | 0 | 5 | .000 | 5.18 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40.0 | 38 | 25 | 23 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ira Hutchinson | 0 | 6 | .000 | 3.62 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 87.0 | 86 | 45 | 35 | 22 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Totals | 69 | 78 | .469 | 3.93 | 290 | 151 | 47 | 52 | 10 | 0 | 1265.7 | 1344 | 670 | 553 | 0 | 534 | 0 | 602 | 25 | 2 | 28 | 0 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Philley | 130 | 563 | 507 | 85 | 167 | 33 | 10 | 13 | 93 | 19 | 44 | 42 | .329 | .385 | .511 | .896 | 259 | 7 | 2 | 10 | |||
| Floyd Baker | 120 | 552 | 464 | 81 | 133 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 7 | 73 | 37 | .287 | .389 | .353 | .743 | 164 | 5 | 5 | 10 | |||
| Charlie Brewster | 104 | 460 | 427 | 65 | 128 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 50 | 9 | 24 | 49 | .300 | .337 | .391 | .728 | 167 | 8 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Joe Mack | 116 | 481 | 383 | 55 | 109 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 63 | 4 | 83 | 57 | .285 | .415 | .405 | .819 | 155 | 2 | 2 | 13 | |||
| Gene Nance | 121 | 509 | 432 | 67 | 109 | 20 | 4 | 9 | 81 | 3 | 64 | 33 | .252 | .349 | .380 | .728 | 164 | 16 | 0 | 13 | |||
| Johnny Dickshot | 95 | 394 | 322 | 57 | 105 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 50 | 9 | 65 | 28 | .326 | .441 | .447 | .888 | 144 | 11 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Bob Johnson | 94 | 372 | 307 | 53 | 83 | 14 | 2 | 13 | 53 | 7 | 57 | 46 | .270 | .391 | .456 | .847 | 140 | 12 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Marv Felderman | 77 | 272 | 239 | 39 | 70 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 49 | 3 | 26 | 42 | .293 | .369 | .427 | .796 | 102 | 6 | 3 | 4 | |||
| Jim Delsing | 40 | 175 | 157 | 21 | 50 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 10 | 22 | .318 | .371 | .376 | .746 | 59 | 3 | 3 | 5 | |||
| Manuel Fernandez | 78 | 271 | 237 | 21 | 44 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 32 | 39 | .186 | .283 | .253 | .536 | 60 | 9 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Ed Mierkowicz | 29 | 116 | 105 | 15 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 10 | .324 | .383 | .429 | .811 | 45 | 8 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Francis Walls | 64 | 202 | 174 | 20 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 27 | 27 | .195 | .303 | .230 | .533 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Arky Biggs | 35 | 148 | 126 | 20 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 18 | 15 | .198 | .303 | .262 | .565 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Russell Leach | 40 | 80 | 72 | 9 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 12 | .319 | .380 | .444 | .824 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Ewald Pyle | 26 | 84 | 72 | 7 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 19 | .319 | .372 | .389 | .761 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Lew Flick | 21 | 85 | 81 | 7 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 2 | .259 | .294 | .432 | .726 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tommy Heath | 24 | 70 | 61 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 10 | .230 | .319 | .393 | .712 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Bill Nagel | 15 | 50 | 47 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .255 | .300 | .426 | .726 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Al Epperly | 23 | 57 | 54 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .222 | .222 | .241 | .463 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Walt Lanfranconi | 30 | 65 | 57 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 26 | .158 | .213 | .193 | .406 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Frank Marino | 30 | 26 | 25 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .280 | .308 | .480 | .788 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Charles Russian | 9 | 28 | 28 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .464 | .714 | 13 | ||||||||
| Buck Ross | 21 | 43 | 36 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .194 | .256 | .194 | .451 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Owen Scheetz | 23 | 53 | 47 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .149 | .167 | .149 | .316 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Bill Davis | 31 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .375 | .500 | .375 | .875 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Pete Thomassie | 13 | 50 | 41 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 | .146 | .300 | .171 | .471 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Milt Galatzer | 17 | 31 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | .115 | .258 | .115 | .373 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Carl Lindquist | 26 | 32 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .115 | .148 | .115 | .264 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Wes Livengood | 14 | 31 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .100 | .100 | .133 | .233 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Ira Hutchinson | 33 | 24 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .087 | .087 | .087 | .174 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Jack Christensen | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | ||||||||
| Homer Chapman | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1.000 | 2 | ||||||||
| Hy Vandenberg | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Len Perme | 6 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Don Black | 8 | 13 | 13 | 1 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Val Heim | 8 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 1 | ||||||||
| Danny Reynolds | 8 | 20 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||
| Art Kunde | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||
| Len Gilmore | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||
| Eddie Karas | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jimmy Grant | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||
| Claude Weaver | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1556 | 5424 | 4702 | 668 | 1262 | 216 | 45 | 66 | 635 | 76 | 0 | 586 | 600 | .268 | .352 | .376 | .728 | 1766 | 106 | 24 | 112 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Mack | 1B | 114 | 1049 | 84 | 8 | 97 | .993 | 9.939 | ||||
| Ed Mierkowicz | 1B | 22 | 206 | 13 | 5 | 17 | .978 | 9.955 | ||||
| Russell Leach | 1B | 13 | 115 | 2 | 1 | 8 | .992 | 9.000 | ||||
| Floyd Baker | 2B | 79 | 179 | 209 | 7 | 40 | .982 | 4.911 | ||||
| Francis Walls | 2B | 54 | 136 | 140 | 11 | 29 | .962 | 5.111 | ||||
| Arky Biggs | 2B | 29 | 81 | 69 | 6 | 15 | .962 | 5.172 | ||||
| Gene Nance | 3B | 120 | 136 | 247 | 16 | 20 | .960 | 3.192 | ||||
| Floyd Baker | 3B | 21 | 16 | 47 | 3 | 7 | .955 | 3.000 | ||||
| Manuel Fernandez | C | 73 | 319 | 33 | 7 | 5 | .981 | 4.822 | 11 | |||
| Marv Felderman | C | 71 | 290 | 37 | 11 | 5 | .967 | 4.606 | 11 | |||
| Tommy Heath | C | 19 | 84 | 15 | 5 | 1 | .952 | 5.211 | 4 | |||
| Dave Philley | OF | 128 | 292 | 22 | 8 | 7 | .975 | 2.453 | ||||
| Johnny Dickshot | OF | 88 | 150 | 6 | 5 | 2 | .969 | 1.773 | ||||
| Bob Johnson | OF | 83 | 127 | 12 | 7 | 4 | .952 | 1.675 | ||||
| Jim Delsing | OF | 40 | 65 | 6 | 4 | 2 | .947 | 1.775 | ||||
| Lew Flick | OF | 19 | 36 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .929 | 2.053 | ||||
| Pete Thomassie | OF | 12 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .971 | 2.833 | ||||
| Milt Galatzer | OF | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| Ira Hutchinson | P | 33 | 7 | 24 | 2 | 2 | .939 | .939 | ||||
| Bill Davis | P | 31 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .929 | .419 | ||||
| Walt Lanfranconi | P | 30 | 5 | 51 | 2 | 8 | .966 | 1.867 | ||||
| Frank Marino | P | 28 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .952 | .714 | ||||
| Ewald Pyle | P | 26 | 6 | 43 | 4 | 4 | .925 | 1.885 | ||||
| Carl Lindquist | P | 26 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 0 | .960 | .923 | ||||
| Owen Scheetz | P | 22 | 11 | 24 | 1 | 1 | .972 | 1.591 | ||||
| Al Epperly | P | 22 | 9 | 42 | 4 | 2 | .927 | 2.318 | ||||
| Buck Ross | P | 21 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .619 | ||||
| Wes Livengood | P | 14 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .857 | ||||
| Hy Vandenberg | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Don Black | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Len Perme | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bob Harris | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jack Christensen | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Claude Weaver | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Len Gilmore | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bill Trotter | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Eddie Karas | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Charlie Brewster | SS | 104 | 217 | 355 | 32 | 59 | .947 | 5.500 | ||||
| Floyd Baker | SS | 25 | 53 | 71 | 3 | 15 | .976 | 4.960 | ||||
| Totals | 1414 | 3652 | 1622 | 159 | 352 | .971 | 3.730 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.
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