1948 Bluefield Blue-Grays Statistics

Appalachian League (AL) - Class: D
Team Record: 68-52
Finished 3rd in the AL
Manager: George Lacy (68-52)
Affiliation: Boston Braves
Location: Bluefield, West Virginia
Ballpark: Bowen Field
Attendance: 83,208, Avg. 1,387

1948 Bluefield Blue-Grays Roster

Playoffs - Bluefield Blue-Grays 3 games, Welch Miners 0
Finals - Pulaski Counts 4 games, Bluefield Blue-Grays 1

The Bluefield Blue-Grays of the Appalachian League ended the 1948 season with a record of 68 wins and 52 losses, finishing third in the AL.

George Lacy 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
Alfred Meau	16	10	.615	3.43	28						202.0	226	103	77		64
Harry Whitney	13	9	.591	4.65	25						155.0	175	111	80		77
John Joslin	10	2	.833	2.65	15						112.0	119	55	33		49
Jerry Lane	10	7	.588	4.57	21						138.0	144	88	70		61
Frank Cobo	9	6	.600	4.25	17						108.0	132	60	51		28
Bob Wenning	3	3	.500	7.56	13						50.0	72	55	42		25
Buddy Boehm	2	1	.667	4.00	12						45.0	45	34	20		25
Ray Bradford					15						0.0
Totals	63	38	.624	4.14	146	0	0	0	0	0	810.0	913	506	373	0	329	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
Larry Pennell	120	471	471		159	34	6	16						.338	.338	.537	.875	253
John Karpinski	111	450	450		137	18	4	7						.304	.304	.409	.713	184
Robert Pottenger	99	374	374		135	17	4	7						.361	.361	.484	.845	181
John Zajac	103	398	398		120	20	5	1						.302	.302	.384	.686	153
Thomas Caliento	85	320	320		106	22	6	12						.331	.331	.550	.881	176
John Cooney	83	309	309		85	13	2	1						.275	.275	.340	.615	105
Earl Hill	83	294	294		83	13	5	3						.282	.282	.391	.673	115
Ralph Sabatino	83	313	313		83	17	4	1						.265	.265	.355	.620	111
George Lacy	67	223	223		69	23	4	2						.309	.309	.475	.785	106
Jack Reule	36	133	133		41	7	1	3						.308	.308	.444	.752	59
John Joslin	31	77	77		28	4	3	0						.364	.364	.494	.857	38
Alfred Meau	46	106	106		28	4	2	0						.264	.264	.340	.604	36
Eddie Cousins	25	93	93		24	5	0	1						.258	.258	.344	.602	32
Earl Sprague	25	98	98		20	4	2	0						.204	.204	.286	.490	28
Walter Cook	18	62	62		15	2	0	2						.242	.242	.371	.613	23
Jerry Lane	26	60	60		14	1	1	0						.233	.233	.283	.517	17
Frank Cobo	19	45	45		10	4	0	0						.222	.222	.311	.533	14
Dennis Saunders	12	49	49		9	3	0	0						.184	.184	.245	.429	12
Harry Whitney	25	57	57		8	0	0	0						.140	.140	.140	.281	8
Buddy Boehm	12	13	13		3	0	0	0						.231	.231	.231	.462	3
Ray Bradford	15	11	11		2	0	0	0						.182	.182	.182	.364	2
Bob Wenning	13	16	16		2	0	0	0						.125	.125	.125	.250	2
Totals	1137	3972	3972	0	1181	211	49	56	0	0	0	0	0	.297	.297	.417	.715	1658	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Alfred Meau	P	28					.000
Harry Whitney	P	25					.000
Jerry Lane	P	21					.000
Frank Cobo	P	17					.000
Ray Bradford	P	15					.000
Bob Wenning	P	13					.000
Buddy Boehm	P	12					.000
Totals		131	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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