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
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Roster 1948 Washington Senators Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters Manager
Coaches
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
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Sherman–Denison, HavanaJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
Notes
References 1948 Washington Senators at Baseball-Reference 1948 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com