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1948 Washington Senators
Major League affiliations

  • American League (since 1901)

Location

  • Griffith Stadium (since 1911)

  • Washington, D.C. (since 1901)

Other information
Owner(s)
Clark Griffith and George H. Richardson
Manager(s) Joe Kuhel
Local television
WTTG
(Bob Wolff)
Local 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.




Contents






  • 1 Regular season


    • 1.1 Season standings


    • 1.2 Record vs. opponents


    • 1.3 Roster




  • 2 Player stats


    • 2.1 Batting


      • 2.1.1 Starters by position


      • 2.1.2 Other batters




    • 2.2 Pitching


      • 2.2.1 Starting pitchers


      • 2.2.2 Other pitchers


      • 2.2.3 Relief pitchers






  • 3 Farm system


  • 4 Notes


  • 5 References





Regular season[edit]



Season standings[edit]



































































American League
W
L
Pct.
GB
Cleveland Indians 97 58 .626 --
Boston Red Sox 96 59 .619 1
New York Yankees 94 60 .610 2.5
Philadelphia Athletics 84 70 .545 12.5
Detroit Tigers 78 76 .506 18.5
St. Louis Browns 59 94 .386 37
Washington Senators 56 97 .366 40
Chicago White Sox 51 101 .336 44.5


Record vs. opponents[edit]








































































































1948 American League Records


Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team
BOS
CWS
CLE
DET
NYY
PHI
STL
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[edit]














1948 Washington Senators

Roster

Pitchers


  • 19 Milo Candini


  • 16 Cal Cooper


  • 17 Tom Ferrick


  • 14,22 Ramón García


  • 16 Mickey Haefner


  • 28,49 Earl Harrist


  • 20 Sid Hudson


  • 35 Walt Masterson


  • 15 Marino Pieretti


  • 10 Ray Scarborough


  • 12 Forrest Thompson


  • 18 Dick Weik


  • 21 Dick Welteroth


  • 26 Early Wynn




Catchers


  • 11 Jake Early


  •  8 Al Evans


  •  9 Len Okrie


Infielders




  • 24 Mark Christman


  • 22 Jim Clark


  • 18,22 Ángel Fleitas


  •  2 Al Kozar


  • 15,22 Sammy Meeks


  •  1 John Sullivan


  •  4 Mickey Vernon


  •  7 Eddie Yost




Outfielders


  •  3 Gil Coan


  •  6 Leon Culberson


  • 14 Larry Drake


  • 29 Carden Gillenwater


  • 25 Tom McBride


  •  5 Sherry Robertson


  • 28,6 Bud Stewart


  • -- Clyde Vollmer


  • 23 Junior Wooten


Other batters



  • 28 Jay Difani



Manager

  • 40 Joe Kuhel

Coaches




  • 33 Nick Altrock


  • 32 Rick Ferrell


  • 36 Joe Fitzgerald


  • 31 Clyde Milan


  • 34 Sam West




Player stats[edit]



Batting[edit]



Starters by position[edit]


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
C Jake Early 97 246 54 .220 1 28
1B Mickey Vernon 150 558 135 .242 3 48


Other batters[edit]


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
Tom McBride 92 206 53 .257 1 29
John Sullivan 85 173 36 .208 0 12
Ángel Fleitas 15 13 1 .077 0 1
Jim Clark 9 12 3 .250 0 0
Larry Drake 4 7 2 .286 0 1


Pitching[edit]



Starting pitchers[edit]


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







































Player
G
IP
W
L
ERA
SO
Early Wynn 33 198 8 19 5.82 49
Sid Hudson 39 182 4 16 5.88 53
Mickey Haefner 28 147.2 5 13 4.02 45


Other pitchers[edit]


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






























Player
G
IP
W
L
ERA
SO
Milo Candini 35 94.1 2 3 5.15 23
Earl Harrist 23 60.2 3 3 4.60 21


Relief pitchers[edit]


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







































Player
G
W
L
SV
ERA
SO
Tom Ferrick 37 2 5 10 4.15 34
Ramón García 4 0 0 0 17.18 2
Cal Cooper 1 0 0 0 45.00 0


Farm system[edit]


















































































Level
Team
League
Manager

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[edit]





  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[edit]



  • 1948 Washington Senators at Baseball-Reference

  • 1948 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com












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