1948 Philadelphia Phillies season explained

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]

Notable transactions

• 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

1948 Philadelphia Phillies
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

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		125	391	88	.225	13	44
1B		121	446	122	.274	11	56
2B		129	446	116	.260	3	48
SS		130	468	115	.246	14	61
3B		113	351	86	.245	0	19
OF		121	415	108	.260	6	45
OF		152	589	171	.290	30	95
OF		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
	95	333	94	.282	4	34
	112	332	97	.292	2	23
	77	196	47	.240	1	22
	55	169	39	.231	0	11
	36	74	17	.230	0	7
	32	68	11	.162	1	4
	17	60	20	.333	2	9
	12	35	8	.229	0	3
	6	15	2	.133	0	2
	6	13	1	.077	0	1
	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
	34	225.2	12	17	2.51	92
	31	170.0	7	13	4.87	86
	30	148.0	10	10	4.07	46
	20	146.2	7	9	3.19	84
	26	131.2	5	7	3.69	46
	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
	37	150.1	8	10	3.89	42
	27	130.0	6	11	4.29	57
	4	17.1	2	0	5.19	5
	6	16.2	0	1	9.18	4
	3	14.2	1	1	4.91	7
	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
	33	3	2	3	4.99	22
	28	3	3	0	7.02	30
	17	0	1	0	5.96	5
	6	1	0	2	0.93	7
	3	0	1	0	3.00	2
	3	0	0	0	0.00	1
	2	0	0	0	7.20	2
	1	0	0	0	13.50	0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Carbondale^[4]

External links

• 1948 Philadelphia Phillies season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. News: Alan . Robinson. Lee's 2 HRs for Cubs put Pirates into record book . Yahoo! Sports. September 7, 2009. September 8, 2009. Associated Press.
2. Web site: Dick Sisler. Baseball Reference.
3. News: April 9, 1948. Phils Buy Ashburn. Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 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