1948 Washington Senators season

Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox baseball team 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.

Regular season

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		97	246	54	.220	1	28
1B		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
	92	206	53	.257	1	29
Sherry Robertson	71	187	46	.246	2	22
	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
	15	13	1	.077	0	1
	9	12	3	.250	0	0
	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
	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
	39	182.0	4	16	5.88	53
	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
	35	94.1	2	3	5.15	23
	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
	37	2	5	10	4.15	34
Dick Welteroth	33	2	1	1	5.51	16
	4	0	0	0	17.18	2
Junior Wooten	1	0	0	0	9.00	1
	1	0	0	0	45.00	0

Farm system

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References

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