1948 Forest City Owls Statistics
Team Record: 55-56
Finished 4th in the WCL
Manager: Jesse Hill (0-0), Eugene Hollifield (0-0)
Location: Forest City, North Carolina
Ballpark: Memorial Park
Attendance: 48,845, Avg. 880
Playoffs - Newton-Conover Twins 4 games, Forest City Owls 2 - Shelby refused to play off the fourth place tie and the playoff spot was awarded to Forest City.
The Forest City Owls of the Western Carolina League ended the 1948 season with a record of 55 wins and 56 losses, finishing fourth in the WCL.
Jesse Hill and Eugene Hollifield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Haynes | 20 | 12 | .625 | 3.68 | 44 | 230.0 | 230 | 124 | 94 | 99 | ||||||||||||
| Grover Callahan | 9 | 8 | .529 | 4.70 | 24 | 136.0 | 147 | 88 | 71 | 36 | ||||||||||||
| Phillip Oates | 8 | 3 | .727 | 2.94 | 15 | 95.0 | 95 | 47 | 31 | 24 | ||||||||||||
| Jim Gaddy | 8 | 9 | .471 | 6.02 | 39 | 184.0 | 231 | 154 | 123 | 81 | ||||||||||||
| Paul Lascala | 12 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 45 | 32 | .584 | 4.45 | 134 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 645.0 | 703 | 413 | 319 | 0 | 240 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ned Waldrop | 88 | 362 | 362 | 124 | 26 | 8 | 17 | .343 | .343 | .599 | .942 | 217 | |||||||||||
| Charles Ballord | 90 | 342 | 342 | 115 | 24 | 6 | 12 | .336 | .336 | .547 | .883 | 187 | |||||||||||
| Clarence McKinney | 101 | 390 | 390 | 111 | 15 | 5 | 7 | .285 | .285 | .403 | .687 | 157 | |||||||||||
| Floyd Brooks | 106 | 383 | 383 | 100 | 10 | 6 | 0 | .261 | .261 | .319 | .580 | 122 | |||||||||||
| Donald Reo | 108 | 401 | 401 | 90 | 19 | 1 | 6 | .224 | .224 | .322 | .546 | 129 | |||||||||||
| Belus Smawley | 67 | 257 | 257 | 87 | 7 | 6 | 6 | .339 | .339 | .482 | .821 | 124 | |||||||||||
| Grover Callahan | 60 | 175 | 175 | 51 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .291 | .291 | .349 | .640 | 61 | |||||||||||
| Forrest Hunt | 61 | 174 | 174 | 48 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .276 | .276 | .374 | .649 | 65 | |||||||||||
| Eugene Hollifield | 70 | 183 | 183 | 47 | 9 | 2 | 4 | .257 | .257 | .393 | .650 | 72 | |||||||||||
| John Enloe | 70 | 192 | 192 | 44 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .229 | .229 | .328 | .557 | 63 | |||||||||||
| Shelton Stanley | 23 | 95 | 95 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .337 | .337 | .453 | .789 | 43 | |||||||||||
| Luther Tallent | 39 | 137 | 137 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .234 | .234 | .292 | .526 | 40 | |||||||||||
| Ralph Dixon | 23 | 86 | 86 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .256 | .256 | .395 | .651 | 34 | |||||||||||
| Wayne Haynes | 63 | 101 | 101 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .218 | .218 | .257 | .475 | 26 | |||||||||||
| Bill Byers | 24 | 84 | 84 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .202 | .202 | .274 | .476 | 23 | |||||||||||
| Dwight Hamrick | 10 | 32 | 32 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .406 | .406 | .500 | .906 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Boyd Nanney | 15 | 47 | 47 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .277 | .277 | .298 | .574 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Jim Gaddy | 44 | 70 | 70 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .129 | .129 | .200 | .329 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Phillip Oates | 15 | 41 | 41 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .146 | .146 | .146 | .293 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Ray Page | 10 | 22 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .273 | .455 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Clarence Rogers | 11 | 20 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Paul Lascala | 13 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .067 | .067 | .067 | .133 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Lloyd Porter | 12 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .050 | .050 | .050 | .100 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1123 | 3629 | 3629 | 0 | 991 | 151 | 46 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .273 | .273 | .392 | .665 | 1423 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Haynes | P | 44 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Gaddy | P | 39 | .000 | |||||
| Phillip Oates | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Paul Lascala | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 110 | 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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