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 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.
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Cleveland Indians | 97 | 58 | .626 | — | 48–30 | 49–28 |
Boston Red Sox | 96 | 59 | .619 | 1 | 55–23 | 41–36 |
New York Yankees | 94 | 60 | .610 | 2½ | 50–27 | 44–33 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 84 | 70 | .545 | 12½ | 36–41 | 48–29 |
Detroit Tigers | 78 | 76 | .506 | 18½ | 39–38 | 39–38 |
St. Louis Browns | 59 | 94 | .386 | 37 | 34–42 | 25–52 |
Washington Senators | 56 | 97 | .366 | 40 | 29–48 | 27–49 |
Chicago White Sox | 51 | 101 | .336 | 44½ | 27–48 | 24–53 |
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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 | — |
1948 Washington Senators | |||||||||
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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 | 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Sherman–Denison, Havana [1]
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