1948 Washington Senators season explained

Washington Senators
Season:	1948
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)
Season List:	List of Minnesota Twins seasons

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.

Regular season

Roster

1948 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		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		97	246	54	.220	1	28
1B		150	558	135	.242	3	48
2B		150	577	144	.250	1	58
SS		120	409	106	.259	1	40
3B		145	555	138	.249	2	50
OF		138	513	119	.232	7	60
OF		118	401	112	.279	7	69
OF		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
	93	228	59	.259	2	28
	77	221	54	.244	3	21
	92	206	53	.257	1	29
	71	187	46	.246	2	22
	85	173	36	.208	0	12
	19	42	10	.238	0	1
	24	33	4	.121	0	2
	12	29	5	.172	0	2
	15	13	1	.077	0	1
	9	12	3	.250	0	0
	4	7	2	.286	0	1
	1	5	2	.400	0	0
	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
	33	198.0	8	19	5.82	49
	33	188.0	8	15	3.83	72
	31	185.1	15	8	2.82	76
	39	182.0	4	16	5.88	53
	28	147.2	5	13	4.02	45
	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
	46	131.1	6	10	3.84	40
	35	94.1	2	3	5.15	23
	23	60.2	3	3	4.60	21
	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
	37	2	5	10	4.15	34
	33	2	1	1	5.51	16
	4	0	0	0	17.18	2
	1	0	0	0	9.00	1
	1	0	0	0	45.00	0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Sherman–Denison, Havana^[1]

References

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

Notes and References

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