1948 Baltimore Orioles Statistics
International League (IL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 59-88
Finished 8th in the IL
Manager: Tommy Thomas (59-88)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 163,312, Avg. 2,222
1948 Baltimore Orioles RosterTeam Record: 59-88
Finished 8th in the IL
Manager: Tommy Thomas (59-88)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 163,312, Avg. 2,222
The Baltimore Orioles of the International League ended the 1948 season with a record of 59 wins and 88 losses, finishing eighth in the IL.
Tommy Thomas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernest Groth | 12 | 12 | .500 | 4.48 | 29 | 27 | 15 | 2 | 199.0 | 210 | 114 | 99 | 74 | 100 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| Johnny Podgajny | 9 | 12 | .429 | 3.44 | 40 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 131.0 | 143 | 59 | 50 | 43 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Bob Kuzava | 9 | 16 | .360 | 4.83 | 30 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 192.0 | 179 | 117 | 103 | 113 | 154 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| Johnnie Wittig | 8 | 16 | .333 | 4.81 | 33 | 29 | 12 | 1 | 191.0 | 207 | 124 | 102 | 83 | 99 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| Fred Wollpert | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4.72 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 122.0 | 133 | 82 | 64 | 55 | 74 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||||
| Lyman Linde | 5 | 9 | .357 | 4.50 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 110.0 | 122 | 62 | 55 | 42 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| George Anderman | 5 | 9 | .357 | 5.58 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 108.0 | 122 | 80 | 67 | 69 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Mike Mellis | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.50 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 56.0 | 66 | 35 | 28 | 21 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Sammy McLawhorn | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 10.29 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| George Hooks | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.79 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 62.0 | 63 | 43 | 33 | 36 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| Pete Center | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.54 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 26.0 | 23 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Ted Wendt | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 59 | 88 | .401 | 4.72 | 270 | 148 | 0 | 66 | 11 | 0 | 1210.0 | 1282 | 749 | 634 | 0 | 571 | 0 | 620 | 9 | 4 | 23 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howie Moss | 131 | 518 | 451 | 93 | 136 | 14 | 2 | 33 | 94 | 3 | 63 | 74 | .302 | .392 | .561 | .953 | 253 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| William Martin | 135 | 512 | 463 | 67 | 118 | 13 | 3 | 17 | 49 | 9 | 37 | 44 | .255 | .320 | .406 | .726 | 188 | 7 | 5 | ||||
| Al Cihocki | 136 | 470 | 426 | 50 | 110 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 54 | 3 | 39 | 54 | .258 | .320 | .418 | .738 | 178 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Lew Riggs | 124 | 453 | 387 | 54 | 108 | 20 | 3 | 15 | 52 | 0 | 60 | 33 | .279 | .380 | .463 | .843 | 179 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Bobby Wilson | 117 | 443 | 415 | 55 | 105 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 15 | 26 | 37 | .253 | .297 | .366 | .663 | 152 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Ed Levy | 121 | 455 | 408 | 56 | 99 | 19 | 5 | 22 | 79 | 1 | 41 | 44 | .243 | .312 | .475 | .787 | 194 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Sheriff Robinson | 98 | 303 | 266 | 20 | 59 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 4 | 34 | 40 | .222 | .315 | .338 | .653 | 90 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Milt Stockhausen | 69 | 215 | 197 | 16 | 43 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 16 | 22 | .218 | .277 | .310 | .587 | 61 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Ken Braun | 62 | 214 | 201 | 17 | 43 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 23 | .214 | .251 | .254 | .505 | 51 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Bobby Ávila | 56 | 209 | 182 | 18 | 40 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 23 | 11 | .220 | .307 | .269 | .577 | 49 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Kenneth Mapes | 78 | 212 | 191 | 19 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 17 | 36 | .209 | .281 | .356 | .637 | 68 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Jimmy Wasdell | 25 | 103 | 89 | 11 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 4 | .337 | .427 | .382 | .809 | 34 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Herb Conyers | 28 | 110 | 108 | 5 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 16 | .231 | .245 | .296 | .542 | 32 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Hank Ruszkowski | 31 | 65 | 53 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 13 | .245 | .385 | .434 | .819 | 23 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Ernest Groth | 32 | 78 | 67 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .164 | .211 | .224 | .435 | 15 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| Bob Kuzava | 30 | 70 | 59 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 23 | .136 | .239 | .169 | .408 | 10 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Johnnie Wittig | 33 | 63 | 59 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 25 | .119 | .161 | .153 | .314 | 9 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| George Hooks | 25 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .211 | .211 | .263 | .474 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Fred Wollpert | 31 | 43 | 33 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | .121 | .310 | .152 | .461 | 5 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Bobby Kline | 18 | 35 | 35 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .114 | .114 | .143 | .257 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| George Anderman | 24 | 40 | 36 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .111 | .158 | .111 | .269 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Johnny Podgajny | 42 | 45 | 34 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .088 | .139 | .088 | .227 | 3 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Lyman Linde | 18 | 40 | 36 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .056 | .128 | .139 | .267 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Bill Hockenbury | 3 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | ||||||||
| Mike Mellis | 30 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| James Steck | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||
| Totals | 1500 | 4740 | 4240 | 512 | 1018 | 141 | 36 | 128 | 477 | 46 | 0 | 418 | 570 | .240 | .312 | .381 | .693 | 1615 | 0 | 25 | 57 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Levy | 1B | 113 | 892 | 54 | 8 | 73 | .992 | 8.372 | ||||
| Herb Conyers | 1B | 28 | 239 | 14 | 3 | 18 | .988 | 9.036 | ||||
| Al Cihocki | 2B | 96 | 211 | 255 | 14 | 59 | .971 | 4.854 | ||||
| Bobby Ávila | 2B | 50 | 125 | 137 | 9 | 27 | .967 | 5.240 | ||||
| Lew Riggs | 3B | 115 | 102 | 206 | 11 | 21 | .966 | 2.678 | ||||
| Al Cihocki | 3B | 27 | 11 | 19 | 2 | 3 | .938 | 1.111 | ||||
| Bobby Kline | 3B | 13 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .917 | 1.692 | ||||
| Sheriff Robinson | C | 85 | 413 | 31 | 4 | 6 | .991 | 5.224 | 2 | |||
| Milt Stockhausen | C | 62 | 259 | 18 | 6 | 7 | .979 | 4.468 | 2 | |||
| Hank Ruszkowski | C | 10 | 53 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .968 | 6.100 | 2 | |||
| Howie Moss | OF | 131 | 223 | 12 | 14 | 0 | .944 | 1.794 | ||||
| William Martin | OF | 124 | 330 | 9 | 6 | 3 | .983 | 2.734 | ||||
| Kenneth Mapes | OF | 57 | 107 | 4 | 6 | 1 | .949 | 1.947 | ||||
| Jimmy Wasdell | OF | 25 | 38 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .870 | 1.600 | ||||
| Johnny Podgajny | P | 40 | 14 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.100 | ||||
| Johnnie Wittig | P | 33 | 7 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.061 | ||||
| Fred Wollpert | P | 31 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .950 | .613 | ||||
| Mike Mellis | P | 30 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .941 | .533 | ||||
| Bob Kuzava | P | 30 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .905 | .633 | ||||
| Ernest Groth | P | 29 | 11 | 37 | 2 | 2 | .960 | 1.655 | ||||
| George Hooks | P | 24 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .583 | ||||
| George Anderman | P | 24 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Lyman Linde | P | 18 | 8 | 24 | 2 | 2 | .941 | 1.778 | ||||
| Pete Center | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ted Wendt | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Sammy McLawhorn | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bobby Wilson | SS | 93 | 137 | 237 | 29 | 36 | .928 | 4.022 | ||||
| Ken Braun | SS | 58 | 88 | 146 | 11 | 27 | .955 | 4.034 | ||||
| Totals | 1357 | 3294 | 1353 | 142 | 291 | .970 | 3.424 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
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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