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1948 Philadelphia Phillies season

Major League Baseball season


Major League Baseball season

FieldValue
namePhiladelphia Phillies
season1948
miscAlso known as the Philadelphia Blue Jays
leagueNational League
ballparkShibe Park
cityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
ownersR. R. M. Carpenter
general_managersR. R. M. Carpenter, Jr.
managersBen Chapman, Eddie Sawyer
televisionWPTZ/WCAU
(Claude Haring)
radioWIBG
(By Saam, Chuck Thompson)

(Claude Haring) (By Saam, Chuck Thompson) |}}

The 1948 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 66th season in the history of the franchise.

Regular season

The 1948 campaign marked the Phillies' 16th consecutive losing season. This stood as the major league record until the Pittsburgh Pirates broke it in 2009 with their 17th consecutive losing season.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

  • April 7, 1948: Ralph LaPointe and $30,000 were traded by the Phillies to the St. Louis Cardinals for Dick Sisler.
  • April 8, 1948: Phillies purchased the contract of Richie Ashburn from the Toronto Maple Leafs

Roster

1948 Philadelphia Phillies
**Roster**
**Pitchers**

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
CAndy Seminick12539188.2251344
1B121446122.2741156
2BGranny Hamner129446116.260348
SS130468115.2461461
3BPutsy Caballero11335186.245019
OFJohnny Blatnik121415108.260645
OFDel Ennis152589171.2903095
OFRichie Ashburn117463154.333240

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Bert Haas9533394.282434
Harry Walker11233297.292223
Bama Rowell7719647.240122
Emil Verban5516939.231011
Don Padgett367417.23007
Al Lakeman326811.16214
Willie Jones176020.33329
Jackie Mayo12358.22903
Stan Lopata6152.13302
Howie Schultz6131.07701
Hal Wagner340.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Dutch Leonard34225.212172.5192
Curt Simmons31170.07134.8786
Schoolboy Rowe30148.010104.0746
Robin Roberts20146.2793.1984
Blix Donnelly26131.2573.6946
Jocko Thompson213.0102.777

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Monk Dubiel37150.18103.8942
Ken Heintzelman27130.06114.2957
Paul Erickson417.1205.195
Nick Strincevich616.2019.184
Lou Possehl314.2114.917
Oscar Judd414.1026.917

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Ed Heusser333234.9922
Sam Nahem283307.0230
170105.965
Jim Konstanty61020.937
Dick Koecher30103.002
Al Porto30000.001
Lou Grasmick20007.202
Al Lakeman100013.500

Farm system

References

References

  1. Robinson, Alan. (September 7, 2009). "Lee's 2 HRs for Cubs put Pirates into record book". [[Yahoo! Sports]].
  2. "Dick Sisler". Baseball Reference.
  3. (April 9, 1948). "Phils Buy Ashburn". Philadelphia Inquirer.
  4. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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