1948 Columbia Reds Statistics

South Atlantic League (SAL) - Class: A
Team Record: 79-72
Finished 4th in the SAL
Manager: Gee Walker (79-72)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Columbia, South Carolina
Ballpark: Capital City Stadium
Attendance: 110,853, Avg. 1,468

1948 Columbia Reds Roster

Playoffs - Columbia Reds 4 games, Charleston Rebels 3
Finals - Greenville Spinners 4 games, Columbia Reds 1

The Columbia Reds of the South Atlantic League ended the 1948 season with a record of 79 wins and 72 losses, finishing fourth in the SAL.

Gee Walker 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
Frank Smith	21	6	.778	2.39	34						226.0	185	74	60		76
Alfred Boresh	15	10	.600	2.13	31						203.0	178	64	48		40
Jim Blackburn	10	8	.556	2.51	24						165.0	129	57	46		70
Robert Sanders	8	6	.571	3.90	30						134.0	130	78	58		63
Wally Post	8	11	.421	3.05	29						174.0	170	70	59		65
Robert Howe	7	9	.438	4.58	41						106.0	102	62	54		61
Dave Jolly	4	2	.667	2.35	9						65.0	53	22	17		31
Joe Nuxhall	2	9	.182	4.81	23						86.0	79	72	46		101
Grant Eoff					10						0.0
Totals	75	61	.551	3.01	231	0	0	0	0	0	1159.0	1026	499	388	0	507	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
Lloyd Merriman	152	560	560		167	39	18	9						.298	.298	.480	.779	269
Bob Carson	135	556	556		146	21	5	1						.263	.263	.324	.586	180
Fletcher Robbe	125	413	413		122	25	9	2						.295	.295	.414	.709	171
Joe Adcock	117	434	434		121	25	2	6						.279	.279	.387	.666	168
Tom Florence	131	482	482		116	11	6	0						.241	.241	.288	.529	139
Don Eggert	128	455	455		98	28	0	3						.215	.215	.297	.512	135
James Gremillion	111	371	371		88	21	3	5						.237	.237	.350	.588	130
Ray McLeod	71	212	212		57	4	0	0						.269	.269	.288	.557	61
Charley Wolf	46	175	175		41	7	1	2						.234	.234	.320	.554	56
Maurice Partain	32	116	116		34	4	0	0						.293	.293	.328	.621	38
Robert Guth	28	95	95		25	7	1	0						.263	.263	.358	.621	34
John Lane	17	67	67		22	4	2	0						.328	.328	.448	.776	30
Frank Smith	34	86	86		18	2	0	0						.209	.209	.233	.442	20
Tom West	28	90	90		18	2	1	0						.200	.200	.244	.444	22
Wayne Reside	25	85	85		17	2	0	0						.200	.200	.224	.424	19
Alfred Boresh	44	80	80		16	2	0	1						.200	.200	.262	.462	21
Wally Post	47	90	90		16	2	1	1						.178	.178	.256	.433	23
Frank DiPrima	23	48	48		13	1	0	0						.271	.271	.292	.562	14
Bill Rahmes	13	50	50		11	4	0	1						.220	.220	.360	.580	18
Jim Blackburn	27	59	59		9	2	1	0						.153	.153	.220	.373	13
Joe Nuxhall	25	33	33		4	1	0	0						.121	.121	.152	.273	5
Robert Howe	41	34	34		3	0	0	0						.088	.088	.088	.176	3
Robert Sanders	30	46	46		3	0	0	0						.065	.065	.065	.130	3
Grant Eoff	10	5	5		1	0	0	0						.200	.200	.200	.400	1
Totals	1440	4642	4642	0	1166	214	50	31	0	0	0	0	0	.251	.251	.339	.590	1573	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Robert Howe	P	41					.000
Frank Smith	P	34					.000
Alfred Boresh	P	31					.000
Robert Sanders	P	30					.000
Wally Post	P	29					.000
Jim Blackburn	P	24					.000
Joe Nuxhall	P	23					.000
Grant Eoff	P	10					.000
Totals		222	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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