1948 Washington Senators season

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.

1948 Washington Senators
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)
Seasons

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cleveland Indians	97	58	0.626	—	48–30	49–28
Boston Red Sox	96	59	0.619	1	55–23	41–36
New York Yankees	94	60	0.610	2½	50–27	44–33
Philadelphia Athletics	84	70	0.545	12½	36–41	48–29
Detroit Tigers	78	76	0.506	18½	39–38	39–38
St. Louis Browns	59	94	0.386	37	34–42	25–52
Washington Senators	56	97	0.366	40	29–48	27–49
Chicago White Sox	51	101	0.336	44½	27–48	24–53

Record vs. opponents

1948 American League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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	—

Roster

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

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	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

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
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

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
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

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
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

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
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

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

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

References

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