The 1948 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 66th season in the history of the franchise.
Regular season The 1948 campaign marked the Phillies' 16th consecutive losing season. This stood as the major league record until the Pittsburgh Pirates broke it in 2009 with their 17th consecutive losing season.
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions April 7, 1948: Ralph LaPointe and $30,000 were traded by the Phillies to the St. Louis Cardinals for Dick Sisler. April 8, 1948: Phillies purchased the contract of Richie Ashburn from the Toronto Maple Leafs
Roster 1948 Philadelphia Phillies Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders 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 Andy Seminick 125 391 88 .225 13 44 1B 121 446 122 .274 11 56 2B Granny Hamner 129 446 116 .260 3 48 SS 130 468 115 .246 14 61 3B Putsy Caballero 113 351 86 .245 0 19 OF Johnny Blatnik 121 415 108 .260 6 45 OF Del Ennis 152 589 171 .290 30 95 OF Richie Ashburn 117 463 154 .333 2 40
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 Bert Haas 95 333 94 .282 4 34 Harry Walker 112 332 97 .292 2 23 Bama Rowell 77 196 47 .240 1 22 Emil Verban 55 169 39 .231 0 11 Don Padgett 36 74 17 .230 0 7 Al Lakeman 32 68 11 .162 1 4 Willie Jones 17 60 20 .333 2 9 Jackie Mayo 12 35 8 .229 0 3 Stan Lopata 6 15 2 .133 0 2 Howie Schultz 6 13 1 .077 0 1 Hal Wagner 3 4 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 Dutch Leonard 34 225.2 12 17 2.51 92 Curt Simmons 31 170.0 7 13 4.87 86 Schoolboy Rowe 30 148.0 10 10 4.07 46 Robin Roberts 20 146.2 7 9 3.19 84 Blix Donnelly 26 131.2 5 7 3.69 46 Jocko Thompson 2 13.0 1 0 2.77 7
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 Monk Dubiel 37 150.1 8 10 3.89 42 Ken Heintzelman 27 130.0 6 11 4.29 57 Paul Erickson 4 17.1 2 0 5.19 5 Nick Strincevich 6 16.2 0 1 9.18 4 Lou Possehl 3 14.2 1 1 4.91 7 Oscar Judd 4 14.1 0 2 6.91 7
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 Ed Heusser 33 3 2 3 4.99 22 Sam Nahem 28 3 3 0 7.02 30 17 0 1 0 5.96 5 Jim Konstanty 6 1 0 2 0.93 7 Dick Koecher 3 0 1 0 3.00 2 Al Porto 3 0 0 0 0.00 1 Lou Grasmick 2 0 0 0 7.20 2 Al Lakeman 1 0 0 0 13.50 0
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: CarbondaleJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
References
External links 1948 Philadelphia Phillies season at Baseball Reference