1948 Seattle Mariners
Record: 42-120
Finish: 8th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 642
Runs Allowed: 1000
Exp W-L: 50-112
 
Ballpark: The Fish Bowl
Attendance: 1,383,625
Manager: Peter Fletcher

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 65-72, 5th in the AL
AA: 77-60, 3rd in the AL
A: 87-50, 1st in the AL
 
 
 
 
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
CF *Richie Ashburn 21 155 618 81 168 19 3 7 45 33 18 83 27 .272 .357 .346 .703 79.9 7.4 3.5
RF *Phil Cavarretta 31 155 583 84 144 41 4 8 81 17 7 87 37 .247 .344 .372 .716 77.3 7.2 2.5
1B *Vic Wertz 23 131 460 57 98 20 3 10 64 0 0 86 72 .213 .336 .335 .671 56.6 4.4 2.6
SS  Cass Michaels 22 135 449 59 112 12 5 11 59 22 15 57 36 .249 .329 .372 .701 57.0 4.0 5.0
LF *Eddie Waitkus 28 101 393 61 117 25 5 2 41 2 0 49 9 .298 .373 .402 .775 56.9 6.7 1.5
C *Joe Ginsberg 21 109 365 41 82 14 0 4 46 1 1 59 22 .225 .331 .296 .627 38.8 2.0 1.8
3B *Bobby Young 23 121 377 35 78 16 0 0 27 0 0 36 27 .207 .276 .249 .525 24.7 0.0 2.5
SS  Vic Barnhart 25 126 393 37 89 13 0 2 41 0 1 14 21 .226 .254 .275 .528 23.3 0.0 2.8
LF *Johnny Wyrostek 28 126 327 54 94 16 4 1 27 0 0 54 24 .287 .389 .370 .759 47.8 5.3 1.4
3B  Bob Dillinger 29 103 354 34 95 20 2 2 54 30 9 27 11 .268 .316 .353 .669 41.2 3.3 2.3
C  Ed Fitz Gerald 24 90 240 20 56 7 0 2 31 0 0 17 28 .233 .281 .288 .568 20.0 0.5 1.3
RF  Cliff Aberson 26 72 162 21 38 8 1 4 24 0 0 27 47 .235 .344 .370 .714 22.4 2.2 0.5
P *Cliff Fannin 24 44 108 10 18 1 0 1 6 0 0 2 12 .167 .182 .204 .386 3.1 0.0 0.0
1B *Ferris Fain 27 25 98 10 25 6 1 1 8 0 0 16 5 .255 .357 .367 .724 13.8 1.4 0.4
1B  Jack Phillips 26 85 88 6 26 7 4 0 11 0 0 7 12 .295 .347 .466 .813 13.1 1.6 0.2
P  Dick Fowler 27 34 87 7 21 1 0 1 10 0 0 1 15 .241 .250 .287 .537 5.9 0.0 0.0
1B  Jim Mallory 29 44 86 8 26 3 0 2 8 0 0 2 7 .302 .318 .407 .725 9.3 0.9 0.6
P  Jim Wilson 26 45 72 5 12 2 0 0 7 0 0 3 14 .167 .192 .194 .387 3.4 0.0 0.0
P #Cal McLish 22 34 73 0 9 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 19 .123 .135 .137 .272 -0.8 0.0 0.0
3B  Putsy Caballero 20 30 38 3 5 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 .132 .175 .184 .359 0.3 0.0 0.3
1B *George Vico 24 17 26 1 7 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 1 .269 .259 .385 .644 2.4 0.0 0.1
P *Charlie Gassaway 29 19 19 1 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 12 .158 .158 .158 .316 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Johnny Podgajny 28 37 18 1 4 0 0 1 5 0 0 1 5 .222 .263 .389 .652 2.1 0.1 0.0
P  Rex Barney 23 62 15 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .133 .176 .133 .310 0.5 0.0 0.0
P *Joe Ostrowski 31 30 12 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .167 .231 .167 .397 0.1 0.0 0.0
P #Hooks Iott 28 62 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 25.6 1992 5466 642 1331 234 32 60 610 105 51 632 473 .244 .320 .331 .651 598.6 47.1 29.1
  Rank among 8 AL teams 7 7 7 7 6 8 7 2 7 5 1 7 7 8 8 8  
* - 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
 Cliff Fannin 24 12 25 .324 44 44 0 322.0 341 179 50 131 138 5.00 18.4
 Dick Fowler 27 8 20 .286 34 34 0 250.0 315 160 31 105 53 5.76 9.5
 Jim Wilson 26 7 24 .226 45 35 0 245.3 263 168 27 144 81 6.16 4.6
 Cal McLish 22 5 24 .172 34 34 0 233.0 295 170 38 90 79 6.57 2.1
 Rex Barney 23 3 9 .250 62 4 0 93.3 98 57 12 67 53 5.50 3.6
 Johnny Podgajny 28 2 3 .400 37 4 0 76.7 98 63 7 60 27 7.40 0.0
*Hooks Iott 28 3 10 .231 61 0 8 76.0 85 41 13 59 58 4.86 4.8
*Charlie Gassaway 29 1 5 .167 19 7 0 66.0 63 39 7 49 34 5.32 2.1
*Joe Ostrowski 31 1 0 1.000 30 0 0 58.7 70 27 5 6 7 4.14 4.6
Team Totals 26.4 42 120 .259 366 162 8 1421.0 1628 904 190 711 530 5.73 49.7
Rank among 8 AL teams 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 5 8 8  
* - 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
J.Ginsberg 886.3 101 105 338 25 3 1 .992 16.3
E.Fitz Gerald 534.7 61 70 223 23 2 1 .992 25.9
Team Total 1421.0 162 175 561 48 5 2 .992 20.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.11
V.Wertz 1113.3 127 130 1387 113 8 143 .995 12.13
F.Fain 208.5 24 25 252 18 4 26 .985 11.65
G.Vico 41.9 7 7 54 6 0 5 1.000 12.89
J.Phillips 35.0 4 5 38 6 0 5 1.000 11.31
C.Aberson 17.0 2 2 23 2 0 2 1.000 13.24
J.Wyrostek 13.0 1 6 17 2 0 1 1.000 13.15
E.Waitkus 9.2 0 5 14 1 0 1 1.000 14.67
P.Cavarretta 1.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1438.9 165 181 1786 149 12 183 .994 12.10
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 6.22
B.Young 991.0 120 121 246 432 20 111 .971 6.16
V.Barnhart 219.0 22 35 47 95 1 16 .993 5.84
R.Ashburn 54.3 6 6 14 21 1 8 .972 5.80
J.Wyrostek 42.0 5 5 10 15 1 3 .962 5.36
J.Mallory 38.7 2 13 11 15 1 5 .963 6.05
C.Michaels 28.0 3 4 7 14 1 5 .955 6.75
E.Waitkus 26.2 3 3 6 15 0 4 1.000 7.21
P.Caballero 12.0 0 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 3.75
Team Total 1411.2 161 192 342 611 25 152 .974 6.08
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 3.04
B.Dillinger 731.1 87 88 55 200 20 24 .927 3.14
V.Barnhart 609.3 71 74 47 150 3 13 .985 2.91
P.Caballero 64.0 5 17 7 16 1 0 .958 3.23
J.Phillips 8.3 0 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.16
C.Aberson 3.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
E.Fitz Gerald 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
C.Michaels 0.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Vico 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1418.4 163 185 109 370 24 37 .952 3.04
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 5.53
C.Michaels 1088.0 130 131 181 460 33 93 .951 5.30
B.Dillinger 105.4 12 13 19 39 1 7 .983 4.95
V.Barnhart 97.0 10 16 15 50 1 11 .985 6.03
J.Wyrostek 57.0 5 8 6 23 2 3 .935 4.58
J.Mallory 42.7 4 8 8 24 0 5 1.000 6.75
P.Caballero 17.0 0 6 5 7 2 4 .857 6.35
J.Phillips 6.0 0 3 4 4 0 1 1.000 12.00
G.Vico 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1413.4 161 185 238 607 39 124 .956 5.38
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 1.97
E.Waitkus 773.4 81 84 177 1 0 1 1.000 2.07
J.Wyrostek 409.7 46 52 99 1 2 0 .980 2.20
C.Aberson 172.0 21 21 37 0 2 0 .949 1.94
J.Mallory 14.0 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
P.Cavarretta 9.0 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1378.1 149 164 318 2 4 1 .988 2.09
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.76
R.Ashburn 1255.7 143 146 402 8 5 6 .988 2.94
J.Wyrostek 103.0 12 12 36 0 0 0 1.000 3.15
C.Aberson 61.0 7 8 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.95
E.Waitkus 7.5 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.20
Team Total 1427.2 162 169 459 8 5 6 .989 2.95
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.14
P.Cavarretta 1301.0 148 149 316 10 7 1 .979 2.26
J.Mallory 50.0 6 6 16 1 0 1 1.000 3.06
C.Aberson 35.0 4 5 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.06
J.Wyrostek 35.0 4 4 6 1 0 1 1.000 1.80
E.Waitkus 14.6 1 2 8 0 0 0 1.000 4.93
Team Total 1435.6 163 166 354 12 7 3 .981 2.29
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 2.30
C.Fannin 322.0 44 44 19 58 3 2 .963 2.15
D.Fowler 250.0 34 34 17 46 4 3 .940 2.27
J.Wilson 245.3 35 45 20 48 2 4 .971 2.49
C.McLish 233.0 34 34 18 40 1 2 .983 2.24
R.Barney 93.3 4 62 9 20 2 1 .935 2.80
J.Podgajny 76.7 4 37 4 20 2 1 .923 2.82
H.Iott 76.0 0 61 2 13 0 0 1.000 1.78
C.Gassaway 66.0 7 19 4 13 0 1 1.000 2.32
J.Ostrowski 58.7 0 30 6 11 1 1 .944 2.61
Team Total 1421.0 162 366 99 269 15 15 .961 2.33
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Ashburn .272
On-Base Pct Ashburn .357
Slugging Pct Cavarretta .372
OPS Cavarretta .716
XR Ashburn 79.9
Games Cavarretta, Ashburn 155
At-Bats Ashburn 618
Runs Cavarretta 84
Hits Ashburn 168
Total Bases Cavarretta 217
Singles Ashburn 139
Doubles Cavarretta 41
Triples Michaels, Waitkus 5
Homeruns Michaels 11
RBIs Cavarretta 81
Stolen Bases Ashburn 33
Caught Stealing Ashburn 18
Walks Cavarretta 87
Strikeouts Wertz 72
ERA Fannin 5.00
Wins Fannin 12
Losses Fannin 25
Winning Pct Fannin .324
Saves Iott 8
Games Pitched Barney 62
Games Started Fannin 44
Complete Games Fowler 16
Shutouts Fannin 4
Innings Pitched Fannin 322.0
Hits Allowed Fannin 341
Homeruns Allowed Fannin 50
Strikeouts Fannin 138
Walks Allowed Wilson 144
Walks per 9IP McLish 3.5
Hits per 9IP Fannin 9.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Fannin 3.9
WHiP Fannin 1.47
OAVG Fannin .270
OOBP Fannin .340
OSLG Wilson .429
OOPS Fannin .786
Team All-Stars
Joe Ostrowski
Player Salaries
Mel Ott $ 7,500,000
Phil Cavarretta $ 5,390,000
Hooks Iott $ 3,000,000
Richie Ashburn $ 300,000
Rex Barney $ 300,000
Vic Barnhart $ 300,000
Putsy Caballero $ 300,000
Cliff Fannin $ 300,000
Ed Fitz Gerald $ 300,000
Cliff Aberson $ 300,000
Joe Ginsberg $ 300,000
Bobby Young $ 300,000
Cal McLish $ 300,000
Cass Michaels $ 300,000
Jack Phillips $ 300,000
George Vico $ 300,000
Vic Wertz $ 300,000
Jim Wilson $ 300,000
Johnny Wyrostek $ 300,000
Dick Fowler $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/4 Signed     Kirby Higbe
2/14 Signed     Hooks Iott
2/16 Signed     Bill Zuber
4/2 Released Dick Culler    
4/2 Released Nick Strincevich    
4/2 Released Sam Nahem    
4/2 Released Fats Dantonio    
4/2 Released Kirby Higbe    
4/2 Released Bill Zuber    
4/2 Released Jocko Thompson    
4/2 Released Bob Maier    
4/2 Released Tom Mcbride    
5/1 Traded Ferris Fain Montreal Harry Shuman
5/1 Released Harry Shuman    
7/31 Traded Eddie Waitkus
Bob Dillinger
Joe Ostrowski
$5,560,000
San Diego Mel Ott
George Vico
10/14 Released Johnny Podgajny    
10/14 Released Jim Mallory    
10/14 Released Dick Starr    
10/14 Released Charlie Gassaway