1948 Philadelphia Phillies | ||
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Also known as the Philadelphia Blue Jays | ||
League | National League | |
Ballpark | Shibe Park | |
City | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
Owners | R. R. M. Carpenter | |
General managers | R. R. M. Carpenter, Jr. | |
Managers | Ben Chapman, Eddie Sawyer | |
Television | WPTZ/WCAU (Claude Haring) | |
Radio | WIBG (By Saam, Chuck Thompson) | |
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Regular season edit
The 1948 season was the Phillies' 16th consecutive losing season. It was the major league record until the Pittsburgh Pirates broke it in 2009 with their 17th consecutive losing season.[1]
Season standings edit
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Boston Braves | 91 | 62 | 0.595 | — | 45–31 | 46–31 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 85 | 69 | 0.552 | 6½ | 44–33 | 41–36 |
Brooklyn Dodgers | 84 | 70 | 0.545 | 7½ | 36–41 | 48–29 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 83 | 71 | 0.539 | 8½ | 47–31 | 36–40 |
New York Giants | 78 | 76 | 0.506 | 13½ | 37–40 | 41–36 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 66 | 88 | 0.429 | 25½ | 32–44 | 34–44 |
Cincinnati Reds | 64 | 89 | 0.418 | 27 | 32–45 | 32–44 |
Chicago Cubs | 64 | 90 | 0.416 | 27½ | 35–42 | 29–48 |
Record vs. opponents edit
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 14–8 | 16–6–1 | 13–8 | 11–11 | 14–8 | 12–10 | 11–11 | |||||
Brooklyn | 8–14 | — | 11–11 | 18–4 | 11–11–1 | 15–7 | 9–13 | 12–10 | |||||
Chicago | 6–16–1 | 11–11 | — | 10–12 | 11–11 | 7–15 | 8–14 | 11–11 | |||||
Cincinnati | 8–13 | 4–18 | 12–10 | — | 10–12 | 11–11 | 9–13 | 10–12 | |||||
New York | 11–11 | 11–11–1 | 11–11 | 12–10 | — | 14–8 | 12–10 | 7–15 | |||||
Philadelphia | 8–14 | 7–15 | 15–7 | 11–11 | 8–14 | — | 12–10–1 | 5–17 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 10–12 | 13–9 | 14–8 | 13–9 | 10–12 | 10–12–1 | — | 13–9–1 | |||||
St. Louis | 11–11 | 10–12 | 11–11 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 17–5 | 9–13–1 | — |
Notable transactions edit
- April 7, 1948: Ralph LaPointe and $30,000 were traded by the Phillies to the St. Louis Cardinals for Dick Sisler.[2]
- April 8, 1948: Phillies purchased the contract of Richie Ashburn from the Toronto Maple Leafs[3]
Roster edit
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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 |
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C | Andy Seminick | 125 | 391 | 88 | .225 | 13 | 44 |
1B | Dick Sisler | 121 | 446 | 122 | .274 | 11 | 56 |
2B | Granny Hamner | 129 | 446 | 116 | .260 | 3 | 48 |
SS | Eddie Miller | 130 | 468 | 115 | .246 | 14 | 61 |
3B | Putsy Caballero | 113 | 351 | 86 | .245 | 0 | 19 |
OF | Johnny Blatnik | 121 | 415 | 108 | .260 | 6 | 45 |
OF | Del Ennis | 152 | 589 | 171 | .290 | 30 | 95 |
OF | Richie Ashburn | 117 | 463 | 154 | .333 | 2 | 40 |
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 |
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Bert Haas | 95 | 333 | 94 | .282 | 4 | 34 |
Harry Walker | 112 | 332 | 97 | .292 | 2 | 23 |
Bama Rowell | 77 | 196 | 47 | .240 | 1 | 22 |
Emil Verban | 55 | 169 | 39 | .231 | 0 | 11 |
Don Padgett | 36 | 74 | 17 | .230 | 0 | 7 |
Al Lakeman | 32 | 68 | 11 | .162 | 1 | 4 |
Willie Jones | 17 | 60 | 20 | .333 | 2 | 9 |
Jackie Mayo | 12 | 35 | 8 | .229 | 0 | 3 |
Stan Lopata | 6 | 15 | 2 | .133 | 0 | 2 |
Howie Schultz | 6 | 13 | 1 | .077 | 0 | 1 |
Hal Wagner | 3 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
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 |
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Dutch Leonard | 34 | 225.2 | 12 | 17 | 2.51 | 92 |
Curt Simmons | 31 | 170.0 | 7 | 13 | 4.87 | 86 |
Schoolboy Rowe | 30 | 148.0 | 10 | 10 | 4.07 | 46 |
Robin Roberts | 20 | 146.2 | 7 | 9 | 3.19 | 84 |
Blix Donnelly | 26 | 131.2 | 5 | 7 | 3.69 | 46 |
Jocko Thompson | 2 | 13.0 | 1 | 0 | 2.77 | 7 |
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 |
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Monk Dubiel | 37 | 150.1 | 8 | 10 | 3.89 | 42 |
Ken Heintzelman | 27 | 130.0 | 6 | 11 | 4.29 | 57 |
Paul Erickson | 4 | 17.1 | 2 | 0 | 5.19 | 5 |
Nick Strincevich | 6 | 16.2 | 0 | 1 | 9.18 | 4 |
Lou Possehl | 3 | 14.2 | 1 | 1 | 4.91 | 7 |
Oscar Judd | 4 | 14.1 | 0 | 2 | 6.91 | 7 |
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 |
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Ed Heusser | 33 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4.99 | 22 |
Sam Nahem | 28 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7.02 | 30 |
Charlie Bicknell | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.96 | 5 |
Jim Konstanty | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.93 | 7 |
Dick Koecher | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | 2 |
Al Porto | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
Lou Grasmick | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 2 |
Al Lakeman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 0 |
Farm system edit
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Carbondale[4]
References edit
- ^ Robinson, Alan (September 7, 2009). "Lee's 2 HRs for Cubs put Pirates into record book". Yahoo! Sports. Associated Press. Retrieved September 8, 2009.
- ^ "Dick Sisler". Baseball Reference.
- ^ "Phils Buy Ashburn". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 9, 1948. p. 41.
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007