1948 Philadelphia Phillies season

1948 Philadelphia Phillies
Also 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)
← 1947 Seasons 1949 →

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

Regular season

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

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Braves 91 62 .595 — 45‍–‍31 46‍–‍31
St. Louis Cardinals 85 69 .552 6½ 44‍–‍33 41‍–‍36
Brooklyn Dodgers 84 70 .545 7½ 36‍–‍41 48‍–‍29
Pittsburgh Pirates 83 71 .539 8½ 47‍–‍31 36‍–‍40
New York Giants 78 76 .506 13½ 37‍–‍40 41‍–‍36
Philadelphia Phillies 66 88 .429 25½ 32‍–‍44 34‍–‍44
Cincinnati Reds 64 89 .418 27 32‍–‍45 32‍–‍44
Chicago Cubs 64 90 .416 27½ 35‍–‍42 29‍–‍48

Record vs. opponents

1948 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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

Roster

1948 Philadelphia Phillies
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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 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

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
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

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
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

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
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

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
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

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Toronto Maple Leafs International League Eddie Sawyer and Dick Porter
A Utica Blue Sox Eastern League Dick Porter and Patrick Colgan
B Terre Haute Phillies Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Patrick Colgan and Dale Jones
B Wilmington Blue Rocks Interstate League Jack Sanford
B Portland Pilots New England League Del Bissonette
C Schenectady Blue Jays Canadian–American League Leon Riley
C Vandergrift Pioneers Middle Atlantic League Floyd "Pat" Patterson and Lew Krausse, Sr.
C Salina Blue Jays Western Association Vance Dinges
D Dover Phillies Eastern Shore League Guy Glaser and Grover Wearshing
D Baton Rouge Red Sticks Evangeline League Dick Carter
D Klamath Falls Gems Far West League Joe Gantenbein
D Americus Phillies Georgia–Florida League Le Grant Scott and Eddie Murphy
D Carbondale Pioneers North Atlantic League Dan Carnevale
D Bradford Blue Wings PONY League George Savino
D Appleton Papermakers Wisconsin State League Whitey Gluchoski

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Carbondale[4]

References

  1. ^ Robinson, Alan (September 7, 2009). "Lee's 2 HRs for Cubs put Pirates into record book". Yahoo! Sports. Associated Press. Retrieved September 8, 2009.
  2. ^ "Dick Sisler". Baseball Reference.
  3. ^ "Phils Buy Ashburn". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 9, 1948. p. 41.
  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