1948 Birmingham Barons Statistics

Southern Association (SA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 84-69
Finished 3rd in the SA
Manager: Fred Walters (84-69)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Ballpark: Rickwood Field
Attendance: 445,926, Avg. 5,829

1948 Birmingham Barons Roster

Playoffs - Birmingham Barons 4 games, Memphis Chicks 2
Finals - Birmingham Barons 4 games, Nashville Vols 2

The Birmingham Barons of the Southern Association ended the 1948 season with a record of 84 wins and 69 losses, finishing third in the SA.

Fred Walters served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Mike Palm	14	8	.636	2.20	32						180.0	175	57	44		43
Al LaMacchia	11	8	.579	4.83	28						162.0	173	93	87		66
John Hoffman	10	7	.588	5.23	30						124.0	134	77	72		71
Fritz Dorish	9	4	.692	3.45	16						99.0	102	43	38		25
Al Yaylian	7	5	.583	3.78	20						88.0	94	47	37		47
Pete Modica	7	8	.467	5.19	19						104.0	100	65	60		77
Frank Quinn	5	2	.714	4.71	13						84.0	83	51	44		38
Jim Hedgecock	5	4	.556	5.49	18						77.0	90	61	47		54
Irv Medlinger	3	3	.500	4.50	17						60.0	63	33	30		26
Don Carter	2	3	.400	4.16	28						80.0	85	56	37		33
Jack Teagan	1	1	.500	0.00	7						15.0	20				10
Hersh Freeman	1	1	.500	6.38	8						24.0	32	18	17		20
Ken Rogers	1	2	.333	0.00	4						19.0	28				7
Harry Kimberlin	0	0		0.00	1						1.0	5				0
Don Schmidt	0	1	.000		1						0.0	2				1
George Cave	0	1	.000	0.00	4						5.0	4				8
Michael Gast	0	1	.000	0.00	16						27.0	17				19
Jim Suchecki	0	1	.000	7.33	6						27.0	28	24	22		26
Totals	76	60	.559	4.09	268	0	0	0	0	0	1176.0	1235	625	535	0	571	0	0	0	0	0	0

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Tommy O'Brien	148	574	574		206	51	8	19						.359	.359	.575	.934	330
Mickey Rutner	140	581	581		181	46	12	3						.312	.312	.448	.759	260
Walt Dropo	118	454	454		163	34	7	14						.359	.359	.557	.916	253
George Wilson	127	469	469		157	25	11	27						.335	.335	.608	.942	285
Ed Lyons	148	556	556		156	33	6	5						.281	.281	.388	.669	216
Mel Hoderlein	130	518	518		145	17	8	2						.280	.280	.355	.635	184
Fred Walters	99	279	279		76	13	1	2						.272	.272	.348	.620	97
Jimmy Wasdell	74	217	217		68	9	3	5						.313	.313	.452	.765	98
Dick Adkins	67	196	196		54	8	1	5						.276	.276	.403	.679	79
George Dickey	57	154	154		28	2	1	5						.182	.182	.305	.487	47
Arthur Morton	26	94	94		24	3	0	2						.255	.255	.351	.606	33
Ralph Atkins	25	70	70		18	2	0	4						.257	.257	.457	.714	32
Fritz Dorish	21	41	41		9	1	1	0						.220	.220	.293	.512	12
Steve Salata	18	29	29		8	2	0	0						.276	.276	.345	.621	10
Pete Modica	20	43	43		8	1	1	0						.186	.186	.256	.442	11
Maurice Craft	18	27	27		7	1	0	0						.259	.259	.296	.556	8
Jim Hedgecock	18	29	29		7	1	0	0						.241	.241	.276	.517	8
Irv Medlinger	18	22	22		6	0	0	0						.273	.273	.273	.545	6
Al Yaylian	25	40	40		6	2	0	0						.150	.150	.200	.350	8
Al LaMacchia	28	53	53		6	1	0	0						.113	.113	.132	.245	7
Mike Palm	32	63	63		6	1	0	0						.095	.095	.111	.206	7
Jim Suchecki	6	9	9		4	1	0	0						.444	.444	.556	1.000	5
Don Carter	28	21	21		4	1	0	0						.190	.190	.238	.429	5
John Hoffman	30	42	42		3	1	0	0						.071	.071	.095	.167	4
Hersh Freeman	8	8	8		2	0	0	0						.250	.250	.250	.500	2
Frank Quinn	13	29	29		2	0	0	0						.069	.069	.069	.138	2
Bud Metheny	2	1	1		1	0	0	0						1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1
Michael Gast	16	6	6		1	0	0	0						.167	.167	.167	.333	1
Ken Rogers	4	9	9		1									.111	.111	.111	.222	1
Jack Teagan	7	5	5		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
George Cave	4	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1475	4640	4640	0	1357	256	60	93	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.292	.434	.726	2012	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Mike Palm	P	32					.000
John Hoffman	P	30					.000
Al LaMacchia	P	28					.000
Don Carter	P	28					.000
Al Yaylian	P	20					.000
Pete Modica	P	19					.000
Jim Hedgecock	P	18					.000
Irv Medlinger	P	17					.000
Michael Gast	P	16					.000
Fritz Dorish	P	16					.000
Frank Quinn	P	13					.000
Totals		237	0	0	0	0	.000

Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.

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