1946 San Francisco Seals season

The 1946 San Francisco Seals season was the 44th season in the history of the San Francisco Seals baseball team. The team compiled a 115–68 record and won the PCL pennant. Lefty O'Doul was in his 12th season as the team's manager.[1] Playing its home games at Seals Stadium, the Seals led the PCL in attendance with paid admissions of 670,563, an increase of more than 240,000 over the prior year.[2]

1946 San Francisco Seals
Minor league affiliations
Location
Results
Record115–68
League place1st
Other information
Manager(s)Lefty O'Doul
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In the Governor's Cup semi-final playoffs, the Seals swept the Hollywood Stars, four games to zero.[3] In the finals, they defeated the Oakland Oaks, four games to two. With the victory over the Oaks, the Seals won their fourth consecutive Governor's Cup.[4]

Pitchers

Pitcher Larry Jansen, an Oregon native, led the PCL with 30 wins, a 1.57 earned run average (ERA), an .833 winning percentage, and 31 complete games. He also tallied 171 strikeouts.[1] Jansen joined the New York Giants in 1947 and remained with that club for eight seasons.

Cliff Melton was San Francisco's No. 2 pitcher, compiling a 17–12 record and a 2.83 ERA.[1]

Position players

First baseman Ferris Fain, who grew up across the Bay in Oakland, California, led the PCL with 112 RBIs, compiled a .301 batting average, and led the Seals with 11 home runs and 117 runs scored.[1] After the season, Fain was drafted by the Philadelphia Athletics.[5] Fain went on to play nine seasons in the majors from 1947 to 1955.

Second baseman Hugh Luby led the team in hits with 199.[1] Luby was one of the most durable players in PCL history. He set a PCL record playing in 866 consecutive games with the Oakland Oaks between 1939 and 1943.[6]

Vince DiMaggio, older brother of Joe DiMaggio who played 10 years in the majors from 1937 to 1946, appeared in 43 games for the Seals.[1]

1946 PCL standings

TeamWLPct.GB
San Francisco11568.628--
Oakland Oaks11172.6074.0
Hollywood Stars9588.51920.0
Los Angeles Angels9489.51421.0
Sacramento Solons9492.50522.5
San Diego Padres78108.41938.5
Seattle Rainiers74109.40441.0
Portland Beavers74109.40441.0

Statistics

Batting

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
3BTed Jennings136495150.303353
1BFerris Fain180615185.30111112
2BHugh Luby176678199.294260
CF, LFDon White159553159.288490
CFFrenchy Uhalt137520137.263124
RFNeill Sheridan11635796.269555
SSRoy Nicely13344698.220146
RFSal Taormina11235791.255469
CBruce Ogrodowski11431276.244034
CFVince DiMaggio4312934.265121

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Pitching

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; PCT = Win percentage; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L PCT ERA SO
Larry Jansen38321.0306.8331.57171
Cliff Melton33248.01712.5862.8399
Frank Seward31219.01513.5363.1272
Ray Harrell34167.0136.6842.9170
Bill Werle33175.0128.6002.2672
Frank Rosso38141.0119.5502.6860

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References

  1. "1946 San Francisco Seals". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
  2. "Seals Show Great Attendance Gain, Oakland Is Next". Valley Times. September 28, 1946. p. 8 via Newspapers.com.
  3. Harry Borba (September 30, 1946). "Jansen Homer Wins for Seals: Only Four-Baser He Ever Hit Sinks L. A., 6 to 5". San Francisco Examiner. p. 18 via Newspapers.com.
  4. Harry Borba (October 8, 1946). "Seals Win Playoff!". San Francisco Examiner. p. 21 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Connie Mack Drafts Ferris Fain". San Francisco Examiner. November 2, 1946. p. 15 via Newspapers.com.
  6. Martin Jacobs; Jack McGuire (2005). San Francisco Seals: Images of Baseball. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 1439630917.

Further reading

  • "The Greatest Minor League: A History of the Pacific Coast League, 1903-1957", by Dennis Snelling (McFarland 2011)
  • "San Francisco Seals", by Martin Jacobs & Jack McGuire (Arcadia Publishing 2005)
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