1948 Washington Senators season

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.

Regular season

Season standings

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

1948 American League Records Sources:
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

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	Early, JakeJake Early	97	246	54	.220	1	28
1B	Vernon, MickeyMickey Vernon	150	558	135	.242	3	48

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
McBride, TomTom McBride	92	206	53	.257	1	29
Sullivan, JohnJohn Sullivan	85	173	36	.208	0	12
Fleitas, ÁngelÁngel Fleitas	15	13	1	.077	0	1
Clark, JimJim Clark	9	12	3	.250	0	0
Drake, LarryLarry Drake	4	7	2	.286	0	1

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
Wynn, EarlyEarly Wynn	33	198	8	19	5.82	49
Hudson, SidSid Hudson	39	182	4	16	5.88	53
Haefner, MickeyMickey Haefner	28	147.2	5	13	4.02	45

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
Candini, MiloMilo Candini	35	94.1	2	3	5.15	23
Harrist, EarlEarl Harrist	23	60.2	3	3	4.60	21

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
Ferrick, TomTom Ferrick	37	2	5	10	4.15	34
García, RamónRamón García	4	0	0	0	17.18	2
Cooper, CalCal Cooper	1	0	0	0	45.00	0

Farm system

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

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

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