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1948 Minnesota Twins
Record: 98-65
Finish: 2nd in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 827
Runs Allowed: 679
Exp W-L: 96-67
 
Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium
Attendance: 1,780,824
Manager: Joe Kuhel

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 57-80, 8th in the AL
AA: 83-54, 2nd in the AL
A: 71-66, 3rd in the AL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost AL League Series 0-4 to Boston (A) Red Sox
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
LF  Del Ennis 23 155 586 94 189 41 4 26 118 4 2 60 35 .323 .384 .539 .923 111.2 18.4 4.0
1B *Al Gionfriddo 26 155 563 104 163 31 9 1 44 34 18 87 27 .290 .383 .382 .765 86.1 12.0 4.5
RF *Duke Snider 21 154 543 113 158 32 9 29 106 9 3 96 81 .291 .394 .543 .937 114.4 19.0 7.4
1B *Jack Bolling 31 150 540 84 170 43 0 6 71 3 1 48 32 .315 .369 .428 .796 76.9 10.8 2.3
SS  Alvin Dark 26 155 532 59 139 23 2 11 69 5 1 32 29 .261 .306 .374 .680 61.5 6.0 10.8
2B #Johnny Lucadello 29 153 475 75 121 32 4 11 67 2 1 86 64 .255 .369 .408 .778 69.9 9.0 10.5
SS  Creepy Crespi 30 154 510 57 131 32 2 2 63 0 0 41 88 .257 .309 .339 .648 50.0 2.9 5.6
C  Roy Campanella 26 103 344 61 104 13 0 27 65 1 0 55 38 .302 .399 .576 .974 73.5 12.4 3.8
C *Ken Sears 30 117 296 40 84 8 0 5 42 0 1 19 25 .284 .330 .361 .692 34.5 3.7 2.7
LF  George Case 32 114 216 29 51 5 1 2 21 8 8 21 34 .236 .303 .296 .599 17.3 0.0 1.3
3B  Bobby Thomson 24 108 182 29 44 6 0 12 36 1 0 11 27 .242 .284 .473 .756 24.0 2.3 1.2
1B *Tommy Henrich 35 110 165 19 39 5 1 8 35 0 0 26 30 .236 .339 .424 .763 24.4 2.9 0.9
P  Bob Rush 22 44 123 7 16 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 56 .130 .151 .130 .281 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Al Javery 30 40 116 3 8 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 30 .069 .069 .086 .155 -4.7 0.0 0.0
P  Johnny Rigney 33 41 98 9 21 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 26 .214 .222 .224 .447 4.4 0.0 0.0
2B #Al Glossop 33 90 94 11 28 2 0 5 18 0 0 13 9 .298 .380 .479 .858 16.8 2.6 1.8
RF  Stan Rojek 29 69 78 12 31 5 0 0 14 3 0 8 1 .397 .453 .462 .915 14.6 2.8 1.3
P *Bob Chipman 29 31 66 5 6 1 0 0 7 0 0 1 28 .091 .101 .106 .208 -0.9 0.0 0.0
C  Bobby Bragan 30 38 54 11 10 1 0 2 5 0 0 5 3 .185 .254 .315 .569 4.8 0.2 0.7
P *Bill Kennedy 27 13 14 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 .286 .375 .286 .661 2.0 0.1 0.0
P  Erv Palica 20 49 6 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .500 .833 0.9 0.1 0.0
P  Satchel Paige 41 56 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
C  Ferrell Anderson 30 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .500 .667 1.000 1.667 1.0 0.2 0.0
P *Jack Banta 23 30 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Virgil Trucks 31 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Gerry Staley 27 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.4 2173 5613 827 1520 285 32 147 799 70 35 616 669 .271 .342 .412 .753 781.1 105.5 58.6
  Rank among 8 AL teams 2 3 3 1 7 3 3 3 6 6 6 4 4 3 3 3  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Bob Rush 22 23 14 .622 44 44 0 355.7 317 133 16 136 142 3.37 32.1
 Al Javery 30 22 14 .611 40 40 0 324.7 282 135 24 147 116 3.74 25.5
 Johnny Rigney 33 15 15 .500 41 40 0 282.0 287 147 26 139 144 4.69 17.0
*Bob Chipman 29 19 11 .633 31 30 0 214.7 198 72 15 53 105 3.02 21.1
 Satchel Paige 41 3 4 .429 56 1 23 68.3 61 27 10 44 21 3.56 10.6
 Erv Palica 20 5 1 .833 49 0 2 63.0 48 25 3 52 25 3.57 7.3
*Bill Kennedy 27 7 1 .875 13 8 3 60.3 55 20 6 29 21 2.98 8.2
 Virgil Trucks 31 2 3 .400 25 0 3 34.0 29 17 4 20 6 4.50 3.2
 Jack Banta 23 1 2 .333 30 0 1 32.7 27 14 2 15 19 3.86 2.7
 Gerry Staley 27 1 0 1.000 16 0 2 21.3 18 11 1 3 6 4.64 2.2
 Hank Wyse 30 0 0 .000 12 0 0 13.7 16 11 3 11 6 7.25 0.0
Team Totals 28.5 98 65 .601 357 163 34 1470.3 1338 612 110 649 611 3.75 129.8
Rank among 8 AL teams 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 3 1  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 31.3
R.Campanella 808.7 88 101 345 28 2 0 .995 27.3
K.Sears 563.0 64 68 252 20 3 0 .989 34.6
B.Bragan 98.7 11 14 31 5 1 0 .973 25.0
Team Total 1470.3 163 183 628 53 6 0 .991 30.2
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.11
J.Bolling 1119.0 125 142 1544 92 13 154 .992 13.16
B.Thomson 179.3 19 28 249 17 0 20 1.000 13.35
T.Henrich 172.0 19 33 212 18 1 22 .996 12.03
Team Total 1470.3 163 203 2005 127 14 196 .993 13.05
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 6.22
J.Lucadello 1271.7 148 152 314 641 19 142 .980 6.76
A.Glossop 167.3 15 44 40 82 3 19 .976 6.56
B.Bragan 23.3 0 11 3 10 0 3 1.000 5.02
C.Crespi 4.0 0 3 0 3 0 1 1.000 6.75
A.Dark 4.0 0 1 4 3 0 0 1.000 15.75
Team Total 1470.3 163 211 361 739 22 165 .980 6.73
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 3.04
C.Crespi 1241.0 151 151 70 353 10 33 .977 3.07
B.Thomson 140.3 7 41 10 44 3 3 .947 3.46
A.Glossop 78.3 5 28 6 17 1 1 .958 2.64
A.Dark 3.0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1.000 3.00
K.Sears 2.7 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.77
T.Henrich 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Case 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Lucadello 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1470.3 163 227 86 417 14 38 .973 3.08
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 5.53
A.Dark 1277.0 149 152 207 612 27 111 .968 5.77
S.Rojek 142.0 13 31 30 64 2 18 .979 5.96
A.Glossop 33.0 1 12 4 13 1 5 .944 4.64
C.Crespi 11.0 0 7 3 7 0 3 1.000 8.18
B.Bragan 7.3 0 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 6.14
Team Total 1470.3 163 207 244 701 30 137 .969 5.78
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 1.97
D.Ennis 1265.7 142 143 241 2 8 0 .968 1.73
G.Case 127.0 15 16 22 0 4 0 .846 1.56
T.Henrich 56.7 6 9 17 1 1 0 .947 2.86
A.Gionfriddo 10.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
K.Sears 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Rojek 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Thomson 2.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50
B.Bragan 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1470.3 163 176 285 3 13 0 .957 1.76
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.76
D.Snider 1315.3 147 148 349 12 2 4 .994 2.47
G.Case 134.0 16 17 37 1 2 0 .950 2.55
B.Thomson 14.0 0 6 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.64
S.Rojek 4.0 0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 2.25
A.Gionfriddo 3.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1470.3 163 174 390 13 5 4 .988 2.47
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.14
A.Gionfriddo 1227.7 144 150 256 7 14 2 .949 1.93
G.Case 153.3 17 26 26 0 2 0 .929 1.53
T.Henrich 39.0 0 16 13 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
D.Ennis 21.7 0 11 3 0 1 0 .750 1.25
S.Rojek 13.0 2 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.69
D.Snider 11.7 0 6 3 1 0 0 1.000 3.09
B.Thomson 4.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1470.3 163 215 302 8 17 2 .948 1.90
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 2.30
B.Rush 355.7 44 44 26 63 3 4 .967 2.25
A.Javery 324.7 40 40 31 94 3 10 .977 3.47
J.Rigney 282.0 40 41 14 44 2 4 .967 1.85
B.Chipman 214.7 30 31 11 29 0 1 1.000 1.68
S.Paige 68.3 1 56 3 19 1 2 .957 2.90
E.Palica 63.0 0 49 4 18 0 3 1.000 3.14
B.Kennedy 60.3 8 13 0 10 0 0 1.000 1.49
V.Trucks 34.0 0 25 2 9 0 1 1.000 2.91
J.Banta 32.7 0 30 2 8 0 1 1.000 2.76
G.Staley 21.3 0 16 2 6 0 0 1.000 3.38
H.Wyse 13.7 0 12 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.66
Team Total 1470.3 163 357 95 301 9 26 .978 2.42
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Ennis .323
On-Base Pct Snider .394
Slugging Pct Snider .543
OPS Snider .937
XR Snider 114.4
Games Gionfriddo, Ennis, Dark 155
At-Bats Ennis 586
Runs Snider 113
Hits Ennis 189
Total Bases Ennis 316
Singles Gionfriddo 122
Doubles Bolling 43
Triples Gionfriddo, Snider 9
Homeruns Snider 29
RBIs Ennis 118
Stolen Bases Gionfriddo 34
Caught Stealing Gionfriddo 18
Walks Snider 96
Strikeouts Crespi 88
ERA Chipman 3.02
Wins Rush 23
Losses Rigney 15
Winning Pct Chipman .633
Saves Paige 23
Games Pitched Paige 56
Games Started Rush 44
Complete Games Javery 23
Shutouts Javery 6
Innings Pitched Rush 355.7
Hits Allowed Rush 317
Homeruns Allowed Rigney 26
Strikeouts Rigney 144
Walks Allowed Javery 147
Walks per 9IP Chipman 2.2
Hits per 9IP Javery 7.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Rigney 4.6
WHiP Chipman 1.17
OAVG Javery .238
OOBP Chipman .290
OSLG Chipman .349
OOPS Chipman .639
Team All-Stars
Jack Bolling
Del Ennis
Al Javery
Satchel Paige
Bob Rush
Player Salaries
Johnny Rigney $ 7,000,000
Al Javery $ 5,100,000
Jack Bolling $ 5,000,000
Al Milnar $ 5,000,000
Bob Chipman $ 4,821,429
Johnny Lucadello $ 4,500,000
Tommy Henrich $ 2,250,000
Fred Sington $ 2,250,000
Virgil Trucks $ 2,000,000
George Case $ 2,000,000
Hank Wyse $ 1,792,857
Ken Sears $ 1,621,429
Al Gionfriddo $ 928,571
Creepy Crespi $ 750,000
Bob Muncrief $ 490,000
Hank Borowy $ 421,429
Bobby Bragan $ 350,000
Al Glossop $ 350,000
Jack Banta $ 300,000
Bob Rush $ 300,000
Roy Campanella $ 300,000
Stan Rojek $ 300,000
Alvin Dark $ 300,000
Duke Snider $ 300,000
Del Ennis $ 300,000
Bill Kennedy $ 300,000
Erv Palica $ 300,000
Satchel Paige $ 300,000
Ferrell Anderson $ 300,000
Gerry Staley $ 300,000
Bobby Thomson $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Dixie Parsons Detroit Jack Bolling
2/2 Signed     Tommy Henrich
2/3 Traded Eddie Joost
Frankie Kelleher
Crash Davis
Frankie Gustine		 New York (A) Johnny Rigney
2/4 Signed     Virgil Trucks
4/2 Traded Jess Dobernic
Round Draft Pick.		 New York (N) Ken Sears
Tom Baker
 
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