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1946 Season

Top 100 Prospects List Published
Tuesday, April 16th, 1946
The season is about to start, so it's time to publish the annual Top 100 Prospects list. This year 23-year-old left fielder Ralph Kiner of the New York Yankees is the #1 prospect overall.

Here is the top 10:
1) LF Ralph Kiner, 23, New York Yankees
2) MR Karl Drews, 26, Cincinnati Reds
3) C Yogi Berra, 20, Philadelphia Phillies
4) MR Doyle Lade, 25, Chicago White Sox
5) SP Monte Kennedy, 23, Chicago White Sox
6) CF Carl Furillo, 24, New York Giants
7) MR Russ Meyer, 22, Cleveland Indians
8) SP Carl Scheib, 19, New York Giants
9) MR Bob Kuzava, 22, Boston Red Sox
10) C Sherm Lollar, 21, Cleveland Indians

AMERICAN LEAGUE PREDICTED STANDINGS

Team W L PCT GB Runs AVG HR SB Runs against ERA K BB Cleveland Indians 88 66 .571 - 710 .272 77 29 601 3.20 723 538 Washington Senators 86 68 .558 2 628 .252 66 131 586 3.14 680 505 Philadelphia Athletics 85 69 .552 3 692 .259 84 50 602 3.22 611 495 New York Yankees 79 75 .513 9 635 .249 91 55 606 3.23 680 619 St. Louis Browns 75 79 .487 13 657 .261 83 67 685 3.74 588 578 Chicago White Sox 73 81 .474 15 632 .261 30 81 647 3.47 628 553 Detroit Tigers 68 86 .442 20 624 .263 80 148 750 4.11 547 669 Boston Red Sox 64 90 .416 24 663 .267 68 153 764 4.35 583 526

TOP 10 HITTERS Player Team G AB HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG P. Reiser, LF DET 151 593 8 71 57 .313 .387 .437 T. Holmes, RF CLE 150 613 13 93 6 .308 .362 .442 B. Dillinger, 3B BOS 154 658 2 63 66 .299 .363 .384 B. Nieman, RF PHA 153 573 17 78 18 .270 .357 .424 J. Hopp, CF SLA 153 622 4 65 34 .297 .362 .412 D. Wakefield, LF BOS 154 570 17 75 3 .278 .375 .424 G. Hatton, 3B CLE 128 388 8 66 8 .331 .460 .477 M. Vernon, 1B WS1 151 549 8 71 23 .318 .373 .443 R. Kiner, LF NYA 149 576 23 83 0 .250 .347 .418 B. Blattner, 3B DET 152 640 12 62 22 .260 .331 .399 TOP 10 PITCHERS Player Team G W L S ERA IP HA BB K K/9 T. Hughson WS1 38 22 13 0 2.50 326.1 269 78 176 4.87 B. Feller CLE 38 22 13 0 2.79 308.0 265 135 275 8.05 E. Blackwell NYA 38 19 13 0 2.24 317.2 245 124 213 6.06 J. Sain WS1 38 20 11 0 2.76 316.2 271 112 163 4.64 D. Trout PHA 38 21 16 0 2.77 316.2 290 123 156 4.45 S. Jakucki CLE 38 20 14 0 2.96 310.0 308 98 100 2.91 D. Koslo CHA 38 18 15 0 2.90 321.0 286 101 156 4.39 R. Wolff PHA 38 19 15 0 3.08 311.0 292 90 143 4.13 E. Lopat CHA 38 19 16 0 3.19 324.2 319 86 145 4.02 C. Passeau CLE 38 19 13 0 3.15 294.0 308 88 122 3.74

NATIONAL LEAGUE PREDICTED STANDINGS

Team W L PCT GB Runs AVG HR SB Runs against ERA K BB Boston Braves 90 64 .584 - 665 .258 87 13 605 3.36 558 551 Chicago Cubs 86 68 .558 4 677 .265 89 67 576 3.21 742 557 Pittsburgh Pirates 82 72 .532 8 679 .274 83 33 635 3.59 563 580 Cincinnati Reds 77 77 .500 13 594 .243 92 24 577 3.13 630 548 St. Louis Cardinals 74 80 .481 16 701 .272 80 65 711 3.96 542 688 New York Giants 72 82 .468 18 574 .248 79 40 639 3.59 605 657 Philadelphia Phillies 70 84 .455 20 631 .259 56 33 709 3.95 529 518 Brooklyn Dodgers 68 86 .442 22 606 .246 60 44 673 3.72 538 507

TOP 10 HITTERS Player Team G AB HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG T. Williams, LF PIT 154 555 30 93 0 .350 .457 .593 J. Mize, 1B CHN 154 582 35 107 2 .309 .395 .544 S. Musial, RF SLN 154 599 15 91 8 .330 .409 .515 L. Boudreau, SS CHN 153 583 7 91 3 .321 .387 .449 J. Pesky, SS SLN 154 657 0 58 13 .316 .380 .398 C. Keller, LF CIN 153 589 28 96 0 .240 .347 .442 H. Steinbacher, RF PHI 153 573 6 68 2 .301 .412 .403 B. Elliott, 3B PHI 154 637 10 74 3 .270 .347 .387 L. Appling, 2B PIT 154 663 2 64 11 .299 .368 .361 S. Hack, SS BSN 152 612 1 61 4 .318 .375 .404 TOP 10 PITCHERS Player Team G W L S ERA IP HA BB K K/9 H. Newhouser CHN 38 23 10 0 2.30 326.0 265 108 253 6.99 H. Brecheen BSN 38 20 14 0 2.58 317.2 276 93 156 4.43 J. Schmitz BSN 38 20 13 0 2.87 309.0 289 98 184 5.36 F. Hutchinson CIN 38 19 15 0 2.88 315.0 283 113 140 4.01 M. Haefner PIT 38 19 13 0 3.00 317.0 309 108 129 3.66 R. Munger NY1 38 17 14 0 2.71 300.1 254 115 150 4.50 B. Bevens CHN 38 17 12 0 3.11 309.0 265 135 142 4.13 D. Leonard PIT 38 18 18 0 3.24 317.2 306 90 133 3.78 K. Burkhart BSN 38 20 10 0 3.82 276.0 274 107 87 2.84 D. Galehouse CIN 38 16 15 0 2.99 312.1 293 114 108 3.12

NABL News: Opening Day
Tuesday, April 16th, 1946
Infields and outfields are manicured to perfection. The old ball yard has been refurbished, spruced up and freshly painted. Baseball is back in town and it's about darn time! It is Opening Day for the North American BaseBall League. The fans, players and teams are all poised for another great season of baseball. It all gets under way today with this slate of games:

Cleveland Indians @ Chicago White Sox
St. Louis Browns @ Detroit Tigers
New York Yankees @ Philadelphia Athletics
Boston Red Sox @ Washington Senators
Brooklyn Dodgers @ Boston Braves
Chicago Cubs @ Cincinnati Reds
Philadelphia Phillies @ New York Giants
Pittsburgh Pirates @ St. Louis Cardinals

1946 Brooklyn Dodgers