1948 Washington Senators season
1948 Washington Senators | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Griffith Stadium | |
City | Washington, D.C. | |
Owners | Clark Griffith and George H. Richardson | |
Managers | Joe Kuhel | |
Television | WTTG (Bob Wolff) | |
Radio | WWDC (FM)/WPIX (Arch McDonald, Ray Morgan) | |
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The 1948
Regular season
Season standings
American League | W
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L
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Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Cleveland Indians | 97 | 58 | 0.626 | — | 48–30 | 49–28 |
Boston Red Sox | 96 | 59 | 0.619 | 1 | 55–23 | 41–36 |
New York Yankees | 94 | 60 | 0.610 | 2½ | 50–27 | 44–33 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 84 | 70 | 0.545 | 12½ | 36–41 | 48–29 |
Detroit Tigers | 78 | 76 | 0.506 | 18½ | 39–38 | 39–38 |
St. Louis Browns | 59 | 94 | 0.386 | 37 | 34–42 | 25–52 |
Washington Senators | 56 | 97 | 0.366 | 40 | 29–48 | 27–49 |
Chicago White Sox | 51 | 101 | 0.336 | 44½ | 27–48 | 24–53 |
Record vs. opponents
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 14–8 | 11–12 | 15–7 | 14–8 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 15–7 | |||||
Chicago | 8–14 | — | 6–16 | 8–14 | 6–16 | 6–16 | 8–13–1 | 9–12–1 | |||||
Cleveland | 12–11 | 16–6 | — | 13–9 | 10–12 | 16–6 | 14–8–1 | 16–6 | |||||
Detroit | 7–15 | 14–8 | 9–13 | — | 9–13 | 12–10 | 11–11 | 16–6 | |||||
New York | 8–14 | 16–6 | 12–10 | 13–9 | — | 12–10 | 16–6 | 17–5 | |||||
Philadelphia | 10–12 | 16–6 | 6–16 | 10–12 | 10–12 | — | 18–4 | 14–8 | |||||
St. Louis | 7–15 | 13–8–1 | 8–14–1 | 11–11 | 6–16 | 4–18 | — | 10–12 | |||||
Washington | 7–15 | 12–9–1 | 6–16 | 6–16 | 5–17 | 8–14 | 12–10 | — |
Roster
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
Other batters
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Manager
Coaches
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Player stats
Batting
Starters by position
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 |
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C | Jake Early | 97 | 246 | 54 | .220 | 1 | 28 |
1B | Mickey Vernon | 150 | 558 | 135 | .242 | 3 | 48 |
2B | Al Kozar | 150 | 577 | 144 | .250 | 1 | 58 |
SS | Mark Christman | 120 | 409 | 106 | .259 | 1 | 40 |
3B | Eddie Yost | 145 | 555 | 138 | .249 | 2 | 50 |
OF | Gil Coan | 138 | 513 | 119 | .232 | 7 | 60 |
OF | Bud Stewart | 118 | 401 | 112 | .279 | 7 | 69 |
OF | Junior Wooten | 88 | 258 | 66 | .256 | 1 | 23 |
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Al Evans | 93 | 228 | 59 | .259 | 2 | 28 |
Carden Gillenwater | 77 | 221 | 54 | .244 | 3 | 21 |
Tom McBride | 92 | 206 | 53 | .257 | 1 | 29 |
Sherry Robertson | 71 | 187 | 46 | .246 | 2 | 22 |
John Sullivan | 85 | 173 | 36 | .208 | 0 | 12 |
Len Okrie | 19 | 42 | 10 | .238 | 0 | 1 |
Sammy Meeks | 24 | 33 | 4 | .121 | 0 | 2 |
Leon Culberson | 12 | 29 | 5 | .172 | 0 | 2 |
Ángel Fleitas | 15 | 13 | 1 | .077 | 0 | 1 |
Jim Clark | 9 | 12 | 3 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
Larry Drake | 4 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 1 |
Clyde Vollmer | 1 | 5 | 2 | .400 | 0 | 0 |
Jay Difani | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Early Wynn | 33 | 198.0 | 8 | 19 | 5.82 | 49 |
Walt Masterson | 33 | 188.0 | 8 | 15 | 3.83 | 72 |
Ray Scarborough | 31 | 185.1 | 15 | 8 | 2.82 | 76 |
Sid Hudson | 39 | 182.0 | 4 | 16 | 5.88 | 53 |
Mickey Haefner | 28 | 147.2 | 5 | 13 | 4.02 | 45 |
Dick Weik | 3 | 12.2 | 1 | 2 | 5.68 | 8 |
Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Forrest Thompson | 46 | 131.1 | 6 | 10 | 3.84 | 40 |
Milo Candini | 35 | 94.1 | 2 | 3 | 5.15 | 23 |
Earl Harrist | 23 | 60.2 | 3 | 3 | 4.60 | 21 |
Marino Pieretti | 8 | 11.2 | 0 | 2 | 10.80 | 6 |
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Tom Ferrick | 37 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 4.15 | 34 |
Dick Welteroth | 33 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5.51 | 16 |
Ramón García | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.18 | 2 |
Junior Wooten | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 |
Cal Cooper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45.00 | 0 |
Farm system
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AA | Chattanooga Lookouts | Southern Association | George Myatt |
B
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Sherman–Denison Twins | Big State League | José Rodríguez |
B
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Bridgeport Bees
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Colonial League | Glenn Snyder and Buddy Hall |
B
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Gadsden Pilots | Southeastern League | Bill McGhee, Jimmy Zinn and Harry Davis |
B
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Charlotte Hornets | Tri-State League | Joe Bowman |
C
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Havana Cubanos
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Florida International League | Oscar Rodríguez
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C
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Henderson Oilers | Lone Star League | Guy Sturdy, John Stone, Roland Miller and Mel Hicks |
C
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New Castle Chiefs
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Middle Atlantic League | Bob Crowe, Frankie Pytlak and Carl Miller |
D
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Orlando Senators
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Florida State League | Lou Bevil |
D
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Fulton Chicks
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KITTY League
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Fred Biggs, Bud Burns and Ivan Kuester |
D
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Big Spring Broncs
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Longhorn League | Pat Stasey |
D
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Emporia Nationals | Virginia League
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Morrie Aderholt |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Sherman–Denison, Havana[1]
Notes
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007