1948 AL
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League Standings     Minor League Standings
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American
Team W L WPct GB
Boston (A) 103 59 .636 --
Minnesota 98 65 .601 5.5
Detroit 97 66 .595 6.5
Oakland 79 83 .488 24
Tampa Bay 64 98 .395 39
Cleveland 62 100 .383 41
New York (A) 45 117 .278 58
Seattle 42 120 .259 61
   
Post-Season Results
World Championship (4-1) Boston (A) Red Sox over New York (N) Giants
AL League Series (4-0) Boston (A) Red Sox over Minnesota Twins
League Batting Stats     Help
Team R/G R G AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
DET 6.5 1052 163 5598 1577 277 42 194 920 599 .282 .383 .450 .833
BOS 5.9 962 162 5586 1561 268 36 154 833 618 .279 .373 .423 .796
MIN 5.1 827 163 5613 1520 285 32 147 616 669 .271 .343 .412 .754
OAK 5.0 808 162 5637 1536 280 26 126 591 511 .272 .342 .398 .740
TAM 4.9 787 162 5476 1387 215 35 119 752 704 .253 .343 .371 .714
CLE 4.5 730 162 5691 1488 254 37 112 525 530 .261 .324 .378 .702
SEM 4.0 642 162 5466 1331 234 32 60 632 473 .244 .322 .331 .653
NYA 3.8 615 162 5432 1266 252 44 102 635 775 .233 .313 .352 .665
Totals 4.9 6423 1298 44499 11666 2065 284 1014 5504 4879 .262 .343 .390 .733
Average   803 162 5562 1458 258 36 127 688 610  
League Pitching Stats     Help
Team R/G R G ERA IP H H/G BB BB/G SO SO/G SV
MIN 4.2 679 163 3.75 1470.0 1338 8.2 649 4.0 611 3.7 34
BOS 4.6 751 162 4.09 1453.3 1414 8.7 616 3.8 556 3.4 24
OAK 5.0 815 162 4.68 1440.7 1468 9.1 672 4.1 700 4.3 33
DET 5.4 877 163 4.91 1460.3 1494 9.2 714 4.4 715 4.4 35
TAM 5.6 907 162 5.27 1425.3 1613 10.0 655 4.0 538 3.3 18
CLE 5.6 915 162 5.08 1454.3 1554 9.6 860 5.3 536 3.3 31
NYA 6.1 986 162 5.62 1427.7 1501 9.3 910 5.6 584 3.6 19
SEM 6.2 1000 162 5.73 1420.7 1628 10.0 711 4.4 530 3.3 8
Totals 5.3 6930 1298 4.88 11552.3 12010 9.3 5787 4.5 4770 3.7 202
Average   866 162   1444 1501   723   596   25
League Miscellaneous Stats     Help
Team ExpW ExpL Diff AS aAS BAW PAW RAW FAW PRF PHrF Attendance   Manager
BOS 99 63 4 6 19 1 5 6 23 0.96 0.78 1,984,673   Brian Rodgers
OAK 80 82 -1 6 13 0 0 0 18 0.93 0.94 2,340,949   Pat Flaherty
DET 95 68 2 5 17 10 0 2 18 1.02 1.18 2,366,382   Pie Traynor
MIN 96 67 2 5 11 6 3 1 22 1.01 0.83 1,780,824   Joe Kuhel
CLE 64 98 -2 1 5 0 2 0 16 1.00 1.05 811,354   Gary Davis
NYA 48 114 -3 1 8 0 0 0 3 1.03 0.92 1,531,098   Jason Spiegel
SEM 50 112 -8 1 8 0 0 0 10 1.02 1.08 1,383,625   Peter Fletcher
TAM 71 91 -7 0 21 3 0 4 15 0.92 0.92 1,906,141   Ricky Sanford
League Win Shares     Help
Team Total Offensive Pitching Fielding C 1B 2B 3B SS OF
BOS 309 150.05 110.96 47.96 10.90 0.96 9.60 1.46 8.51 16.55
MIN 294 105.48 129.85 58.64 6.78 3.03 12.12 6.37 12.51 17.84
DET 291 163.47 87.60 39.90 7.51 2.53 4.94 5.47 9.60 9.86
OAK 237 106.16 87.16 43.65 8.44 4.96 8.48 5.95 5.11 10.71
TAM 192 96.60 62.98 32.39 8.56 4.63 2.36 9.06 3.92 3.88
CLE 186 73.78 76.14 36.06 8.21 2.79 5.06 3.39 4.76 11.85
NYA 135 42.82 55.60 36.55 7.04 2.29 4.40 2.35 7.78 12.69
SEM 126 47.11 49.72 29.14 3.06 3.29 3.52 3.61 6.74 8.93
League Award Winners
Silver Slugger: Ted Williams DET .351, 48 HR, 155 RBI
Platinum Arm: Mel Parnell BOS 22-6, 2.81, 272.3 IP, 88 K
Bronze Rookie: Bob Rush MIN 23-14, 3.37, 355.7 IP, 142 K
 
Gold Glove Winners
 
P Al Javery MIN .977, 31 PO, 94 A, 3 E
C Hal Wagner OAK .994, 560 PO, 57 A, 4 E
32.0% (16-50) Runners Thrown Out
1B Jack Bolling MIN .992, 1544 PO, 92 A, 13 E
2B Johnny Lucadello MIN .980, 314 PO, 641 A, 19 E
3B Snuffy Stirnweiss TAM .968, 95 PO, 387 A, 16 E
SS Alvin Dark MIN .968, 207 PO, 612 A, 27 E
LF Gene Woodling BOS .992, 237 PO, 1 A, 2 E
CF Whitey Lockman CLE .991, 415 PO, 19 A, 4 E
RF Ted Williams DET .986, 278 PO, 4 A, 4 E
League Batting Leaderboards     Help
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances requirement.
Batting Average
WilliamsDET.351
FurilloOAK.345
HodginCLE.328
HoppDET.324
BlattnerBOS.324
On-Base Pct
WilliamsDET.508
WoodlingBOS.451
StankyDET.439
GalanNYA.431
KellerDET.427
Slugging Pct
WilliamsDET.705
SniderMIN.543
EnnisMIN.539
HodgesNYA.515
SauerDET.515
OPS
WilliamsDET1.213
WoodlingBOS.947
GalanNYA.942
SniderMIN.937
KellerDET.935
XR
WilliamsDET174.8
WoodlingBOS118.8
SniderMIN114.4
BlattnerBOS112.8
Fleming 112.4
Games
RossNYA158
StirnweissTAM158
BlattnerBOS157
SauerDET157
WoodlingBOS157
At-Bats
HodginCLE622
AshburnSEM618
SauerDET614
FurilloOAK591
ReiserTAM588
Runs
WilliamsDET167
BlattnerBOS131
WoodlingBOS128
KellerDET120
SniderMIN113
Hits
FurilloOAK204
HodginCLE204
BlattnerBOS190
EnnisMIN189
WilliamsDET188
Total Bases
WilliamsDET378
EnnisMIN316
SauerDET316
HodginCLE308
FurilloOAK300
Singles
FurilloOAK143
AshburnSEM139
HodginCLE139
Robinson 135
LewisCLE133
Doubles
DallessandroNYA44
BollingMIN43
FurilloOAK42
HodginCLE42
CavarrettaSEM41
Triples
GionfriddoMIN9
SniderMIN9
DallessandroNYA8
KellerDET8
MizeTAM8
Homeruns
WilliamsDET48
SauerDET45
HodgesNYA32
SniderMIN29
CampanellaMIN27
RBIs
WilliamsDET155
SauerDET149
EnnisMIN118
Fleming 117
KellerDET117
Stolen Bases
StirnweissTAM59
HoppDET36
GionfriddoMIN34
AshburnSEM33
Dillinger 30
Caught Stealing
ReiserTAM20
AshburnSEM18
GionfriddoMIN18
MichaelsSEM15
StirnweissTAM15
Walks
WilliamsDET178
WoodlingBOS143
KellerDET140
StankyDET127
MizeTAM118
Strikeouts
KellerDET99
SauerDET93
RussellNYA92
ReiserTAM90
DallessandroNYA89
 
League Pitching Leaderboards     Help
ERA
ParnellBOS2.81
ChipmanMIN3.02
RushMIN3.37
GarciaBOS3.58
JaveryMIN3.74
Wins
RushMIN 23
JaveryMIN 22
PageDET 22
ParnellBOS 22
ChipmanMIN 19
Losses
ChristopherNYA 27
FanninSEM 25
McLishSEM 24
WilsonSEM 24
FellerNYA 23
Winning Pct
ParnellBOS.786
PageDET.710
GarciaBOS.692
SainDET.650
BrunerBOS.647
Saves
RaschiOAK 24
PaigeMIN 23
KingCLE 17
HumphriesDET 11
LucierCLE 11
Games Pitched
PoatNYA 100
KristTAM 98
LucierCLE 90
GablesNYA 85
WilksTAM 73
Games Started
FanninSEM 44
RushMIN 44
SalvesonCLE 44
PageDET 43
SchanzOAK 43
Complete Games
JaveryMIN 23
ParnellBOS 19
RushMIN 18
FowlerSEM 16
Pierce  15
Shutouts
JaveryMIN 6
FanninSEM 4
RushMIN 4
ParnellBOS 3
Pierce  3
Innings Pitched
RushMIN355.7
SchanzOAK333.0
JaveryMIN324.7
FanninSEM322.0
KosloOAK308.7
Hits Allowed
WynnTAM 367
FanninSEM 341
RushMIN 317
SchanzOAK 317
FowlerSEM 315
Homeruns Allowed
FanninSEM 50
SchanzOAK 40
McLishSEM 38
HeadOAK 35
KosloOAK 34
Strikeouts
SchanzOAK 177
PageDET 171
HeadOAK 165
FellerNYA 158
SalvesonCLE 157
Walks Allowed
FellerNYA 226
QueenNYA 154
PageDET 152
HughesOAK 147
JaveryMIN 147
Walks per 9IP
ChipmanMIN2.2
ByerlyBOS2.6
JansenBOS2.6
ParnellBOS2.8
Dobson 2.9
Hits per 9IP
PageDET7.5
ParnellBOS7.8
JaveryMIN7.8
RushMIN8.0
Pierce 8.2
Strikeouts per 9IP
FellerNYA5.6
PageDET5.5
HeadOAK5.2
HughesOAK5.0
SalvesonCLE4.9
WHiP
ChipmanMIN1.17
ParnellBOS1.18
ByerlyBOS1.24
RushMIN1.27
GarciaBOS1.31
OAVG
PageDET.224
ParnellBOS.234
JaveryMIN.238
RushMIN.241
ByerlyBOS.245
OOBP
ChipmanMIN.290
ParnellBOS.292
ByerlyBOS.298
RushMIN.310
Dobson .315
OSLG
ParnellBOS.307
HughesOAK.344
ChipmanMIN.349
RushMIN.349
JaveryMIN.351
OOPS
ParnellBOS.600
ChipmanMIN.639
RushMIN.659
ByerlyBOS.665
JaveryMIN.673
   
League All-Stars
Buddy Blattner Jack Bolling Billy Cox
Joe Dobson Del Ennis Les Fleming
Carl Furillo Ken Gables Al Javery
Lou Klein Ted Kluszewski Dave Koslo
Butch Nieman Joe Ostrowski Satchel Paige
Mel Parnell Jackie Robinson Bob Rush
Jack Salveson Hank Sauer Charley Schanz
Arky Vaughan Hal Wagner Ted Williams
Gene Woodling  
League Top Salaries
Rank    Name Team Salary  
1.    Arky Vaughan BOS $ 20,100,000  
2.    Ted Williams DET $ 12,000,000  
3.    Dave Koslo OAK $ 11,500,000  
4.    Pete Reiser TAM $ 10,910,000  
5.    Johnny Mize TAM $ 10,000,000  
  Hank Sauer DET $ 10,000,000  
  Ed Head OAK $ 10,000,000  
8.    Rudy York CLE $ 8,000,000  
9.    Mel Ott SEM $ 7,500,000  
  Gene Hasson CLE $ 7,500,000  
11.    Johnny Hopp DET $ 7,000,000  
  Johnny Rigney MIN $ 7,000,000  
13.    Hal Wagner OAK $ 6,750,000  
14.    Buddy Lewis CLE $ 6,500,000  
  Johnny Sain DET $ 6,500,000  
16.    Augie Galan NYA $ 6,280,000  
17.    Jack Salveson CLE $ 6,000,000  
18.    Bill Sayles CLE $ 5,658,266  
19.    Phil Cavarretta SEM $ 5,390,000  
20.    Al Javery MIN $ 5,100,000  
21.    Charlie Keller DET $ 5,000,000  
  Jack Bolling MIN $ 5,000,000  
  Al Milnar MIN $ 5,000,000  
24.    Bob Chipman MIN $ 4,821,429  
25.    Jack Hallett TAM $ 4,500,000  
  Les Fleming BOS $ 4,500,000  
  Johnny Lucadello MIN $ 4,500,000