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1946 Newark Eagles

League

Negro National League

City

Newark, New Jersey

Record

56–24–3

League place

1st

Managers

Biz Mackey

Seasons

The 1946 Newark Eagles were a baseball team that competed in Negro National League during the 1946 baseball season. The team compiled a 56–24–3 record and won the 1946 Negro World Series, defeating the Kansas City Monarchs four games to three.

Biz Mackey was the team's manager. Shortstop Monte Irvin and second baseman Larry Doby were the team's leading hitters. Leon Day and Max Manning were the leading pitchers.

Statistics

Batting

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; SLG = Slugging percentage

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	SLG
SS	Monte Irvin	53	201	73	.363	.522
2B	Larry Doby	55	221	75	.339	.557
LF	Johnny Davis	58	216	69	.319	.472
1B	Lennie Pearson	55	213	66	.310	.451
3B	Pat Patterson	44	172	53	.308	.453
CF	Jimmy Wilkes	53	206	53	.257	.316
RF	Bob Harvey	47	159	39	.245	.283
C	Leon Ruffin	40	123	30	.244	.293
C	Charlie Parks	30	92	23	.250	.380

Pitching

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	PCT	ERA	SO
Leon Day	14	123.0	11	2	.846	2.41	97
Max Manning	17	109.1	10	2	.833	2.80	63
Rufus Lewis	12	82.1	7	2	.778	2.73	49
Leniel Hooker	12	69.2	4	4	.500	3.62	20

References

^ "1946 Newark Eagles". Seamheads.com. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
Holway, John B. (2001), The Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues: The Other Half of Baseball History, Fern Park, FL: Hastings House Publishers, pp. 438–440, ISBN 0803820070
"Newark Eagles Win World Series Crown", The Afro-American, p. 17, October 5, 1946, retrieved January 4, 2013
"1946 Newark Eagles". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 2, 2020.

v t e Newark Eagles 1946 Negro World Series champions
Jimmy Boyd Cecil Cole Johnny Davis Leon Day Larry Doby Charles England Benny Felder Oscar Givens Bob Harvey Fred Hobgood Leniel Hooker Cal Irvin Monte Irvin Clarence Isreal Rufus Lewis Max Manning Charlie Parks Pat Patterson Warren Peace Lennie Pearson Leon Ruffin Skeeter Watkins Jimmy Wilkes Robert Williams
Manager Biz Mackey

Newark Eagles

Operated 1933–1951
Established via merge of Newark Dodgers and Brooklyn Eagles in 1936
Also know as Houston Eagles and New Orleans Eagles
Based in Brooklyn, New York, Newark, New Jersey, Houston, Texas and New Orleans, Louisiana

Franchise

Ballparks

Brooklyn: Ebbets Field
Newark: General Electric Field
Ollemar Stadium
Ruppert Stadium
Houston: Buffalo Stadium

League affiliations

Hall of Famers

Negro World Series
championships (1)

1946

League pennants (1)

Negro National League: 1946

Other play-off
appearances

1939
1947

Seasons (20)
1930s	1933 (ND) 1934 (ND) 1935 (ND) 1935 (BE) 1936 1937 1938 1939
1940s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
1950s	1950 1951 · 1952 · 1953 · 1954 · 1955 · 1956 · 1957 · 1958 · 1959

Category

v t e Negro league baseball champions
1920s	1919: Bacharach Giants (East), Detroit Stars (West) 1920: Brooklyn Royal Giants (East ), Hilldale Club (East ), Chicago American Giants (West) 1921: Bacharach Giants (East ), Hilldale Club (East ), Chicago American Giants (West) 1922: Chicago American Giants 1923: Hilldale Club (NNL1), Kansas City Monarchs (ECL) 1924: Kansas City Monarchs 1925: Hilldale Club 1926: Chicago American Giants 1927: Chicago American Giants 1928: St. Louis Stars (NNL1), Bacharach Giants (East) 1929: Kansas City Monarchs (NNL1), Baltimore Black Sox (ANL)
1930s	1930: St. Louis Stars (NNL1), Homestead Grays (East) 1931: Homestead Grays 1932: Cole's American Giants (NSL), Detroit Wolves (EWL) 1933: Pittsburgh Crawfords 1934: Philadelphia Stars 1935: Pittsburgh Crawfords 1936: Pittsburgh Crawfords (East) 1937: Homestead Grays (East), Kansas City Monarchs (West) 1938: Homestead Grays (East), Memphis Red Sox (West) 1939: Baltimore Elite Giants (East), Kansas City Monarchs (West)
1940s	1940: Homestead Grays (East), Kansas City Monarchs (West) 1941: Washington Homestead Grays (East), Kansas City Monarchs (West) 1942: Kansas City Monarchs 1943: Washington Homestead Grays 1944: Washington Homestead Grays 1945: Cleveland Buckeyes 1946: Newark Eagles 1947: New York Cubans 1948: Washington Homestead Grays 1949: Baltimore Elite Giants
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1946 MLB season by team

Major League Baseball

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