1948 Washington Senators season

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1948  Washington Senators
Washington Senators Primary Logo (1948 to 1952).svg
League American League
Ballpark Griffith Stadium
City Washington, D.C.
Record56–97 (.366)
League place7th
Owners Clark Griffith and George H. Richardson
Managers Joe Kuhel
Television WTTG
(Bob Wolff)
Radio WWDC (FM)/WPIX
(Arch McDonald, Ray Morgan)
  1947 Seasons 1949  

The 1948 Washington Senators won 56 games, lost 97, and finished in seventh place in the American League. They were managed by Joe Kuhel and played home games at Griffith Stadium. It was the first Senators season to be broadcast on television with Bob Wolff on the booth for gameday broadcasts on WTTG-TV.

Contents

Regular season

Season standings

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cleveland Indians 9758.62648304928
Boston Red Sox 9659.619155234136
New York Yankees 9460.61050274433
Philadelphia Athletics 8470.54512½36414829
Detroit Tigers 7876.50618½39383938
St. Louis Browns 5994.3863734422552
Washington Senators 5697.3664029482749
Chicago White Sox 51101.33644½27482453

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBOSCWSCLEDETNYYPHASLBWSH
Boston 14–811–1215–714–812–1015–715–7
Chicago 8–146–168–146–166–168–13–19–12–1
Cleveland 12–1116–613–910–1216–614–8–116–6
Detroit 7–1514–89–139–1312–1011–1116–6
New York 8–1416–612–1013–912–1016–617–5
Philadelphia 10–1216–66–1610–1210–1218–414–8
St. Louis 7–1513–8–18–14–111–116–164–1810–12
Washington 7–1512–9–16–166–165–178–1412–10

Roster

1948 Washington Senators
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Jake Early 9724654.220128
1B Mickey Vernon 150558135.242348
2B Al Kozar 150577144.250158
SS Mark Christman 120409106.259140
3B Eddie Yost 145555138.249250
OF Gil Coan 138513119.232760
OF Bud Stewart 118401112.279769
OF Junior Wooten 8825866.256123

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Al Evans 9322859.259228
Carden Gillenwater 7722154.244321
Tom McBride 9220653.257129
Sherry Robertson 7118746.246222
John Sullivan 8517336.208012
Len Okrie 194210.23801
Sammy Meeks 24334.12102
Leon Culberson 12295.17202
Ángel Fleitas 15131.07701
Jim Clark 9123.25000
Larry Drake 472.28601
Clyde Vollmer 152.40000
Jay Difani 220.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Early Wynn 33198.08195.8249
Walt Masterson 33188.08153.8372
Ray Scarborough 31185.11582.8276
Sid Hudson 39182.04165.8853
Mickey Haefner 28147.25134.0245
Dick Weik 312.2125.688

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Forrest Thompson 46131.16103.8440
Milo Candini 3594.1235.1523
Earl Harrist 2360.2334.6021
Marino Pieretti 811.20210.806

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Tom Ferrick 3725104.1534
Dick Welteroth 332115.5116
Ramón García 400017.182
Junior Wooten 10009.001
Cal Cooper 100045.000

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AA Chattanooga Lookouts Southern Association George Myatt
B Sherman–Denison Twins Big State League José Rodríguez
B Bridgeport Bees Colonial League Glenn Snyder and Buddy Hall
B Gadsden Pilots Southeastern League Bill McGhee, Jimmy Zinn and Harry Davis
B Charlotte Hornets Tri-State League Joe Bowman
C Havana Cubanos Florida International League Oscar Rodríguez
C Henderson Oilers Lone Star League Guy Sturdy, John Stone, Roland Miller and Mel Hicks
C New Castle Chiefs Middle Atlantic League Bob Crowe, Frankie Pytlak and Carl Miller
D Orlando Senators Florida State League Lou Bevil
D Fulton Chicks KITTY League Fred Biggs, Bud Burns and Ivan Kuester
D Big Spring Broncs Longhorn League Pat Stasey
D Emporia Nationals Virginia League Morrie Aderholt

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Sherman–Denison, Havana [1]

Notes

  1. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References