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1948 NL Statistics & Leaders

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League Standings     Minor League Standings
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National Team W L WPct GB Cincinnati 104 58 .642 -- New York (N) 99 63 .611 5 St. Louis 95 67 .586 9 Montreal 91 71 .562 13 San Diego 90 72 .556 14 Brooklyn 83 79 .512 21 Boston (N) 75 87 .463 29 Pittsburgh 70 92 .432 34

Post-Season Results
World Championship (4-1)	Boston (A) Red Sox over New York (N) Giants
NL League Series (4-3)	New York (N) Giants over Cincinnati Reds

League Batting Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
CIN	5.8	935	162	5573	1592	218	37	212	667	645	.286	.362	.452	.814
MON	5.6	909	162	5500	1467	267	41	162	853	627	.267	.365	.419	.784
NYG	5.3	861	162	5533	1479	292	30	158	687	638	.267	.348	.417	.765
BRK	5.3	857	162	5688	1557	245	42	119	653	599	.274	.349	.394	.743
SDP	5.3	856	162	5602	1483	278	43	111	809	653	.265	.358	.389	.747
STL	5.2	843	162	5574	1530	246	34	161	680	644	.274	.353	.417	.771
BSN	4.8	778	162	5557	1476	240	43	128	622	651	.266	.340	.393	.733
PIT	4.3	691	162	5682	1481	242	33	119	447	589	.261	.315	.378	.692
Totals	5.2	6730	1296	44709	12065	2028	303	1170	5418	5046	.270	.349	.407	.756
Average		841	162	5589	1508	254	38	146	677	631

League Pitching Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	ERA	IP	H	H/G	BB	BB/G	SO	SO/G	SV
CIN	4.1	662	162	3.71	1442.0	1351	8.3	665	4.1	600	3.7	37
SDP	4.4	715	162	4.06	1460.3	1594	9.8	414	2.6	453	2.8	14
STL	4.5	725	162	4.10	1457.0	1417	8.7	607	3.7	754	4.7	27
NYG	4.8	771	162	4.41	1454.3	1366	8.4	681	4.2	803	5.0	41
PIT	5.1	829	162	4.66	1457.0	1491	9.2	754	4.7	587	3.6	19
BRK	5.2	836	162	4.67	1461.7	1523	9.4	606	3.7	638	3.9	21
BSN	5.2	839	162	4.65	1448.0	1548	9.6	616	3.8	588	3.6	26
MON	5.2	846	162	4.83	1440.0	1431	8.8	792	4.9	732	4.5	30
Totals	4.8	6223	1296	4.38	11620.3	11721	9.0	5135	4.0	5155	4.0	215
Average		778	162		1453	1465		642		644		27

League Miscellaneous Stats     Help
Team	ExpW	ExpL	Diff	AS	aAS	BAW	PAW	RAW	FAW	PRF	PHrF	Attendance		Manager
CIN	106	56	-2	5	19	1	3	2	25	1.00	1.16	2,323,031		Shashank Misra
STL	92	70	3	5	15	2	11	4	18	1.09	1.00	1,763,054		Joel Roltgen
BRK	83	79	0	4	11	1	0	0	8	1.04	1.06	1,487,132		Ty Kubick
BSN	75	87	0	3	14	0	1	2	18	0.98	1.00	954,704		Ben Thompson
MON	86	76	5	3	12	1	0	1	15	1.03	0.93	1,845,555		Hyram the Camel Jockey
SDP	94	68	-4	3	17	6	9	1	20	0.90	0.80	1,953,837		Jamie D'Agostini
NYG	89	73	10	2	19	1	1	2	28	1.07	1.26	2,314,237		Matt Ida
PIT	68	94	2	0	8	0	1	1	12	1.03	1.10	1,211,890		Jay Zorn

League Win Shares     Help
Team	Total	Offensive	Pitching	Fielding	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	OF
CIN	312	160.69	105.05	46.23	11.54	3.42	5.58	4.64	6.52	14.54
NYG	297	148.83	96.40	51.74	3.70	4.22	6.38	3.07	16.20	18.18
STL	285	130.71	106.62	47.65	12.72	3.25	8.34	3.80	6.55	13.01
MON	273	163.66	70.24	39.06	6.91	4.05	6.62	3.55	4.71	13.24
SDP	270	142.19	88.55	39.22	7.99	1.94	7.72	5.66	6.69	9.23
BRK	249	135.01	76.94	37.02	0.00	3.93	6.04	7.88	7.28	11.91
BSN	225	120.28	72.94	31.74	9.66	0.88	6.13	4.27	5.31	5.50
PIT	210	89.85	79.53	40.59	10.49	4.30	3.47	5.72	5.05	11.57

League Award Winners
Silver Slugger:	Ralph Kiner	STL	.291, 45 HR, 143 RBI
Platinum Arm:	Warren Spahn	STL	31-10, 2.36, 378.3 IP, 256 K
Bronze Rookie:	Al Rosen	MON	.320, 36 HR, 113 RBI
Gold Glove Winners
P	Joe Haynes	BSN	1.000, 26 PO, 71 A, 0 E
C	Ray Lamanno	BSN	1.000, 404 PO, 34 A, 0 E 34.4% (11-32) Runners Thrown Out
1B	Pat Seerey	BSN	.983, 1776 PO, 128 A, 33 E
2B	Cecil Travis	STL	.978, 253 PO, 474 A, 16 E
3B	Luis Olmo	PIT	.978, 101 PO, 342 A, 10 E
SS	Johnny Pesky	BSN	.963, 206 PO, 618 A, 32 E
LF	Eddie Waitkus	SDP	1.000, 66 PO, 1 A, 0 E
CF	Sam Mele	STL	1.000, 343 PO, 14 A, 0 E
RF	Larry Doby	SDP	.982, 306 PO, 14 A, 6 E

League Batting Leaderboards     Help

(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances requirement.

Batting Average Kurowski BRK .328 Torgeson STL .326 Travis STL .321 Rosen MON .320 Gordon CIN .318	On-Base Pct Torgeson STL .461 Kiner STL .434 Rosen MON .434 Lake NYG .425 Kurowski BRK .422	Slugging Pct Rosen MON .623 Kiner STL .619 Dimaggio CIN .557 Torgeson STL .553 Seerey BSN .546	OPS Rosen MON 1.057 Kiner STL 1.053 Torgeson STL 1.014 Seerey BSN .950 Kurowski BRK .941
XR Kiner STL 131.9 Torgeson STL 124.3 Seerey BSN 119.0 Kurowski BRK 118.2 Rosen MON 115.0	Games Kurowski BRK 158 Olmo PIT 158 Boudreau BRK 157 Dimaggio NYG 156 Kennedy PIT 156	At-Bats Reese CIN 619 Olmo PIT 618 Rizzuto NYG 609 Gordon CIN 607 Boudreau BRK 606	Runs Gordon CIN 130 Kurowski BRK 117 Reese CIN 112 Dimaggio NYG 110 Irvin MON 110
Hits Gordon CIN 193 Kurowski BRK 192 Mele STL 179 Edwards NYG 177 Judnich NYG 177	Total Bases Kiner STL 323 Gordon CIN 319 Dimaggio NYG 316 Kurowski BRK 304 Seerey BSN 296	Singles Gordon CIN 136 Reese CIN 136 Olmo PIT 134 Schultz BRK 133 Kurowski BRK 131	Doubles Dimaggio NYG 43 Edwards NYG 41 Judnich NYG 41 Lake NYG 41 Boudreau BRK 38
Triples Irvin MON 10 Stewart BRK 9 Lukon BSN 8 Heath CIN 7 Pesky BSN 7	Homeruns Kiner STL 45 Seerey BSN 45 Rosen MON 36 Gordon CIN 34 Dimaggio CIN 32	RBIs Kiner STL 143 Gordon CIN 137 Ortiz BRK 117 Dimaggio NYG 113 Doby SDP 113	Stolen Bases Myatt BSN 42 Irvin MON 29 Jethroe BSN 29 Reese CIN 23 McCosky STL 20
Caught Stealing Valo NYG 17 Myatt BSN 15 Jethroe BSN 9 McCosky STL 8 Irvin MON 6	Walks Kiner STL 135 Torgeson STL 130 Seerey BSN 125 Lake NYG 120 Doby SDP 112	Strikeouts Seerey BSN 121 Seminick NYG 108 Easter BRK 93 Doby SDP 92 Kampouris MON 87

League Pitching Leaderboards     Help

ERA Spahn STL 2.36 Johnson CIN 2.92 Brecheen CIN 3.13 Wight MON 3.15 Melton STL 3.36	Wins Spahn STL 31 Johnson CIN 26 Overmire SDP 26 Wight MON 26 Brecheen CIN 23	Losses Voiselle BSN 18 Hanyzewski BRK 17 Gerheauser PIT 16 Gray MON 16 Roberts SDP 16	Winning Pct Johnson CIN .788 Spahn STL .756 Wight MON .743 Kennedy MON .722 Brecheen CIN .697
Saves Calvert NYG 25 Simmons STL 13 Carrasquel PIT 12 Kramer BSN 12 Martin CIN 12	Games Pitched Martin CIN 109 Gillespie BRK 84 Calvert NYG 83 Gee CIN 78 Cox BSN 70	Games Started Spahn STL 44 Gray MON 43 Haynes BSN 43 Melton STL 43 Johnson CIN 42	Complete Games Spahn STL 30 Overmire SDP 28 Roberts SDP 20 Bauers BRK 14 Haynes BSN 14
Shutouts Spahn STL 5 Melton STL 3 Overmire SDP 3 White BRK 3 Brissie PIT 2	Innings Pitched Spahn STL 378.3 Overmire SDP 337.3 Haynes BSN 334.7 Melton STL 332.3 Wight MON 322.7	Hits Allowed Haynes BSN 380 Overmire SDP 355 Roberts SDP 347 Melton STL 326 Stobbs SDP 316	Homeruns Allowed Embree NYG 47 Gray MON 38 Antonelli NYG 36 Melton STL 35 Vander Meer NYG 35
Strikeouts Vander Meer NYG 277 Spahn STL 256 Gray MON 192 Melton STL 180 Voiselle BSN 177	Walks Allowed McDermott STL 192 Vander Meer NYG 179 Gray MON 150 Voiselle BSN 148 Lanier CIN 147	Walks per 9IP Hutchinson SDP 1.7 Russo BRK 1.7 Spahn STL 2.0 Overmire SDP 2.1 Roberts SDP 2.3	Hits per 9IP Vander Meer NYG 6.5 Spahn STL 7.3 Scarborough   8.0 Peterson PIT 8.0 Bauers BRK 8.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Vander Meer NYG 8.2 White BRK 6.1 Spahn STL 6.1 Gray MON 5.8 Voiselle BSN 5.7	WHiP Spahn STL 1.03 Russo BRK 1.21 Hutchinson SDP 1.23 Johnson CIN 1.24 Overmire SDP 1.29	OAVG Vander Meer NYG .199 Spahn STL .217 Scarborough   .238 Meyer PIT .241 Johnson CIN .243	OOBP Spahn STL .261 Russo BRK .298 Hutchinson SDP .301 Johnson CIN .301 Vander Meer NYG .308
OSLG Johnson CIN .296 Spahn STL .316 Brecheen CIN .337 Wight MON .343 Peterson PIT .347	OOPS Spahn STL .577 Johnson CIN .597 Brecheen CIN .653 Vander Meer NYG .656 Wight MON .663

League All-Stars
Lou Boudreau	Harry Brecheen	Dick Conger
Larry Doby	Luke Easter	Bob Gillespie
Paul Gillespie	Sid Gordon	Grady Hatton
Joe Haynes	Monte Irvin	Earl Johnson
Ralph Kiner	Whitey Kurowski	Eddie Lukon
Barney McCosky	Stubby Overmire	Andy Seminick
Curt Simmons	Warren Spahn	Vern Stephens
Earl Torgeson	Johnny Vander Meer	Dick Wakefield
Bill Wight

League Top Salaries
Rank	Name	Team	Salary
1.	Joe Dimaggio	NYG	$ 11,000,000
	Lou Boudreau	BRK	$ 11,000,000
3.	Wally Judnich	NYG	$ 9,500,000
	Joe Schultz	BRK	$ 9,500,000
5.	Walt Masterson	SDP	$ 8,800,000
6.	Whitey Kurowski	BRK	$ 8,500,000
7.	Stan Musial	PIT	$ 8,000,000
8.	Johnny Vander Meer	NYG	$ 7,770,000
9.	Merv Connors	NYG	$ 7,500,000
	Russ Bauers	BRK	$ 7,500,000
	Earl Johnson	CIN	$ 7,500,000
12.	Joe Dobson	BSN	$ 7,000,000
13.	Joe Haynes	BSN	$ 6,750,000
14.	Max Lanier	CIN	$ 6,000,000
	Joe Orengo	SDP	$ 6,000,000
	Barney McCosky	STL	$ 6,000,000
17.	Hank Edwards	NYG	$ 5,750,000
18.	Sid Gordon	CIN	$ 5,300,000
19.	Luke Easter	BRK	$ 5,280,000
20.	Warren Spahn	STL	$ 5,278,571
21.	Ernie White	BRK	$ 5,240,000
22.	Harry Brecheen	CIN	$ 5,000,000
	Alex Kampouris	MON	$ 5,000,000
24.	Vince Dimaggio	CIN	$ 4,950,000
25.	Jeff Heath	CIN	$ 4,900,000

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