1948 Philadelphia Phillies | ||
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Also known as the Philadelphia Blue Jays | ||
League | National League | |
Ballpark | Shibe Park | |
City | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
Owners | R. R. M. Carpenter | |
General managers | R. R. M. Carpenter, Jr. | |
Managers | Ben Chapman, Eddie Sawyer | |
Television | WPTZ/WCAU (Claude Haring) | |
Radio | WIBG (By Saam, Chuck Thompson) | |
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The 1948 season was the Phillies' 16th consecutive losing season. It was the major league record until the Pittsburgh Pirates broke it in 2009 with their 17th consecutive losing season. [1]
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Boston Braves | 91 | 62 | 0.595 | — | 45–31 | 46–31 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 85 | 69 | 0.552 | 6½ | 44–33 | 41–36 |
Brooklyn Dodgers | 84 | 70 | 0.545 | 7½ | 36–41 | 48–29 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 83 | 71 | 0.539 | 8½ | 47–31 | 36–40 |
New York Giants | 78 | 76 | 0.506 | 13½ | 37–40 | 41–36 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 66 | 88 | 0.429 | 25½ | 32–44 | 34–44 |
Cincinnati Reds | 64 | 89 | 0.418 | 27 | 32–45 | 32–44 |
Chicago Cubs | 64 | 90 | 0.416 | 27½ | 35–42 | 29–48 |
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 14–8 | 16–6–1 | 13–8 | 11–11 | 14–8 | 12–10 | 11–11 | |||||
Brooklyn | 8–14 | — | 11–11 | 18–4 | 11–11–1 | 15–7 | 9–13 | 12–10 | |||||
Chicago | 6–16–1 | 11–11 | — | 10–12 | 11–11 | 7–15 | 8–14 | 11–11 | |||||
Cincinnati | 8–13 | 4–18 | 12–10 | — | 10–12 | 11–11 | 9–13 | 10–12 | |||||
New York | 11–11 | 11–11–1 | 11–11 | 12–10 | — | 14–8 | 12–10 | 7–15 | |||||
Philadelphia | 8–14 | 7–15 | 15–7 | 11–11 | 8–14 | — | 12–10–1 | 5–17 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 10–12 | 13–9 | 14–8 | 13–9 | 10–12 | 10–12–1 | — | 13–9–1 | |||||
St. Louis | 11–11 | 10–12 | 11–11 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 17–5 | 9–13–1 | — |
1948 Philadelphia Phillies | |||||||||
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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 | Andy Seminick | 125 | 391 | 88 | .225 | 13 | 44 |
1B | Dick Sisler | 121 | 446 | 122 | .274 | 11 | 56 |
2B | Granny Hamner | 129 | 446 | 116 | .260 | 3 | 48 |
SS | Eddie Miller | 130 | 468 | 115 | .246 | 14 | 61 |
3B | Putsy Caballero | 113 | 351 | 86 | .245 | 0 | 19 |
OF | Johnny Blatnik | 121 | 415 | 108 | .260 | 6 | 45 |
OF | Del Ennis | 152 | 589 | 171 | .290 | 30 | 95 |
OF | Richie Ashburn | 117 | 463 | 154 | .333 | 2 | 40 |
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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Bert Haas | 95 | 333 | 94 | .282 | 4 | 34 |
Harry Walker | 112 | 332 | 97 | .292 | 2 | 23 |
Bama Rowell | 77 | 196 | 47 | .240 | 1 | 22 |
Emil Verban | 55 | 169 | 39 | .231 | 0 | 11 |
Don Padgett | 36 | 74 | 17 | .230 | 0 | 7 |
Al Lakeman | 32 | 68 | 11 | .162 | 1 | 4 |
Willie Jones | 17 | 60 | 20 | .333 | 2 | 9 |
Jackie Mayo | 12 | 35 | 8 | .229 | 0 | 3 |
Stan Lopata | 6 | 15 | 2 | .133 | 0 | 2 |
Howie Schultz | 6 | 13 | 1 | .077 | 0 | 1 |
Hal Wagner | 3 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
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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Dutch Leonard | 34 | 225.2 | 12 | 17 | 2.51 | 92 |
Curt Simmons | 31 | 170.0 | 7 | 13 | 4.87 | 86 |
Schoolboy Rowe | 30 | 148.0 | 10 | 10 | 4.07 | 46 |
Robin Roberts | 20 | 146.2 | 7 | 9 | 3.19 | 84 |
Blix Donnelly | 26 | 131.2 | 5 | 7 | 3.69 | 46 |
Jocko Thompson | 2 | 13.0 | 1 | 0 | 2.77 | 7 |
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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Monk Dubiel | 37 | 150.1 | 8 | 10 | 3.89 | 42 |
Ken Heintzelman | 27 | 130.0 | 6 | 11 | 4.29 | 57 |
Paul Erickson | 4 | 17.1 | 2 | 0 | 5.19 | 5 |
Nick Strincevich | 6 | 16.2 | 0 | 1 | 9.18 | 4 |
Lou Possehl | 3 | 14.2 | 1 | 1 | 4.91 | 7 |
Oscar Judd | 4 | 14.1 | 0 | 2 | 6.91 | 7 |
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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Ed Heusser | 33 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4.99 | 22 |
Sam Nahem | 28 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7.02 | 30 |
Charlie Bicknell | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.96 | 5 |
Jim Konstanty | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.93 | 7 |
Dick Koecher | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | 2 |
Al Porto | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
Lou Grasmick | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 2 |
Al Lakeman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 0 |
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