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1948 Washington Senators season

Field	Value
name	Washington Senators
season	1948
image	Washington Senators Primary Logo (1948 to 1952).svg
league	American League
ballpark	Griffith Stadium
city	Washington, D.C.
record
league_place	7th
owners	Clark Griffith and George H. Richardson
managers	Joe Kuhel
television	WTTG
(Bob Wolff)
radio	WWDC (FM)/WPIX
(Arch McDonald, Ray Morgan)
season_list	List of Minnesota Twins seasons

(Bob Wolff) (Arch McDonald, Ray Morgan) 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.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster

1948 Washington Senators
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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C		97	246	54	.220	1	28
1B		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

Other batters

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
Al Evans	93	228	59	.259	2	28
Carden Gillenwater	77	221	54	.244	3	21
	92	206	53	.257	1	29
Sherry Robertson	71	187	46	.246	2	22
	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
	15	13	1	.077	0	1
	9	12	3	.250	0	0
	4	7	2	.286	0	1
Clyde Vollmer	1	5	2	.400	0	0
Jay Difani	2	2	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	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
	39	182.0	4	16	5.88	53
	28	147.2	5	13	4.02	45
Dick Weik	3	12.2	1	2	5.68	8

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Forrest Thompson	46	131.1	6	10	3.84	40
	35	94.1	2	3	5.15	23
	23	60.2	3	3	4.60	21
Marino Pieretti	8	11.2	0	2	10.80	6

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
	37	2	5	10	4.15	34
Dick Welteroth	33	2	1	1	5.51	16
	4	0	0	0	17.18	2
Junior Wooten	1	0	0	0	9.00	1
	1	0	0	0	45.00	0

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Sherman–Denison, Havana

Notes

References

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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