1948 Indianapolis Indians Statistics
Team Record: 100-54
Finished 1st in the AA
Manager: Al Lopez (100-54)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Ballpark: Owen J. Bush Stadium
Attendance: 494,455, Avg. 6,421
Playoffs - St. Paul Saints 4 games, Indianapolis Indians 2
The Indianapolis Indians of the American Association ended the 1948 season with a record of 100 wins and 54 losses, finishing first in the AA.
The Indians paced the circuit with 948 runs. Indianapolis allowed 751 runs, least in the league. Les Fleming powered the squad with 26 home runs and drove in 143 runs, while leading hitters with significant playing time with a .323 average. Bob Malloy topped the squad with 21 wins, and Jim Bagby as well added 15 or more victories as well Cal McLish recorded a 4.13 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1948 Indianapolis Indians who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Chet Johnson, Frank Kalin, Roy Weatherly, Culley Rikard, Bob Malloy, Johnny Hutchings, Frank Barrett, Al Lopez, Junior Walsh, Rusty Peters, Steve Nagy, Jack Hallett, Ted Beard, Jack Cassini, Royce Lint, Glenn Crawford, Jim Bagby, Pete Castiglione, Earl Turner, Don Gutteridge, Cal McLish, Ed Bahr, Tom Saffell, Les Fleming and Charlie Letchas.
Al Lopez served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Malloy | 21 | 7 | .750 | 4.17 | 32 | 18 | 0 | 242.0 | 270 | 126 | 112 | 99 | 105 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
Jim Bagby | 16 | 9 | .640 | 4.64 | 31 | 16 | 1 | 227.0 | 272 | 136 | 117 | 80 | 54 | 6 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
Cal McLish | 12 | 9 | .571 | 4.13 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 172.0 | 199 | 100 | 79 | 57 | 71 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
Jack Hallett | 11 | 5 | .688 | 4.91 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 132.0 | 126 | 83 | 72 | 62 | 91 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||
Johnny Hutchings | 10 | 2 | .833 | 3.52 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 92.0 | 88 | 41 | 36 | 37 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
Ed Bahr | 10 | 6 | .625 | 4.20 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 148.0 | 164 | 80 | 69 | 57 | 78 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Frank Barrett | 7 | 5 | .583 | 3.21 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 73.0 | 64 | 30 | 26 | 42 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Junior Walsh | 4 | 2 | .667 | 4.79 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 47.0 | 51 | 31 | 25 | 23 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
Steve Nagy | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.57 | 3 | 0 | 14.0 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Royce Lint | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.80 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 45.0 | 51 | 26 | 24 | 29 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
Chet Johnson | 14 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Charles Rushe | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 3.0 | 9 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||
Bill Sweiger | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 1.3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Jim Kleckley | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 5.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Stanley Ferek | 0 | 2 | .000 | 18.00 | 6 | 0 | 14.0 | 31 | 28 | 28 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Totals | 93 | 48 | .660 | 4.38 | 284 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 8 | 0 | 1215.3 | 1343 | 685 | 592 | 0 | 509 | 0 | 554 | 23 | 3 | 21 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pete Castiglione | 148 | 626 | 578 | 87 | 178 | 33 | 16 | 5 | 88 | 3 | 41 | 37 | .308 | .355 | .446 | .801 | 258 | 1 | 6 | ||||
Tom Saffell | 149 | 669 | 586 | 119 | 175 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 56 | 22 | 66 | 76 | .299 | .375 | .404 | .780 | 237 | 6 | 11 | ||||
Les Fleming | 151 | 634 | 527 | 112 | 170 | 28 | 6 | 26 | 143 | 1 | 103 | 52 | .323 | .437 | .546 | .983 | 288 | 4 | 0 | ||||
Jack Cassini | 131 | 592 | 518 | 101 | 158 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 63 | 33 | 54 | 53 | .305 | .374 | .380 | .754 | 197 | 3 | 17 | ||||
Ted Beard | 142 | 650 | 511 | 131 | 154 | 31 | 17 | 7 | 85 | 13 | 128 | 97 | .301 | .449 | .470 | .919 | 240 | 9 | 2 | ||||
Culley Rikard | 142 | 593 | 491 | 99 | 140 | 29 | 6 | 11 | 107 | 2 | 85 | 58 | .285 | .404 | .436 | .840 | 214 | 13 | 4 | ||||
Earl Turner | 85 | 335 | 307 | 48 | 96 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 56 | 5 | 26 | 28 | .313 | .370 | .440 | .810 | 135 | 2 | 0 | ||||
Don Gutteridge | 107 | 402 | 366 | 58 | 94 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 51 | 6 | 31 | 50 | .257 | .315 | .355 | .670 | 130 | 0 | 5 | ||||
Frank Kalin | 46 | 142 | 126 | 26 | 41 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 39 | 1 | 16 | 17 | .325 | .401 | .571 | .973 | 72 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Charlie Letchas | 52 | 193 | 164 | 30 | 41 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 26 | 9 | .250 | .356 | .311 | .667 | 51 | 1 | 2 | ||||
Roy Weatherly | 68 | 146 | 132 | 17 | 40 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 1 | 13 | 15 | .303 | .366 | .432 | .797 | 57 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Robert Ganss | 49 | 150 | 131 | 19 | 35 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 18 | 23 | .267 | .356 | .366 | .722 | 48 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Al Lopez | 43 | 139 | 127 | 13 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 12 | 13 | .268 | .331 | .362 | .693 | 46 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Cal McLish | 51 | 87 | 77 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 17 | .286 | .337 | .312 | .649 | 24 | 0 | 4 | ||||
Bob Malloy | 32 | 110 | 103 | 12 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 17 | .214 | .250 | .223 | .473 | 23 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Jim Bagby | 34 | 97 | 94 | 9 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .213 | .229 | .340 | .570 | 32 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Jack Hallett | 23 | 56 | 51 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .235 | .250 | .275 | .525 | 14 | 0 | 4 | ||||
Ed Bahr | 34 | 58 | 56 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 | .161 | .161 | .179 | .339 | 10 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Glenn Crawford | 12 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | .353 | .522 | .353 | .875 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Frank Barrett | 44 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .333 | .375 | .400 | .775 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Royce Lint | 23 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .263 | .333 | .316 | .649 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Johnny Hutchings | 38 | 28 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .190 | .227 | .190 | .418 | 4 | 0 | 6 | ||||
Steve Nagy | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Stanley Ferek | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Junior Walsh | 13 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .067 | .125 | .067 | .192 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Totals | 1626 | 5792 | 5040 | 921 | 1464 | 238 | 78 | 81 | 820 | 92 | 0 | 644 | 632 | .290 | .375 | .417 | .792 | 2101 | 0 | 39 | 69 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Les Fleming | 1B | 151 | 1135 | 104 | 12 | 104 | .990 | 8.205 | ||||
Frank Kalin | 1B | 14 | 83 | 2 | 4 | 15 | .955 | 6.071 | ||||
Jack Cassini | 2B | 129 | 317 | 305 | 33 | 74 | .950 | 4.822 | ||||
Charlie Letchas | 2B | 19 | 41 | 46 | 4 | 9 | .956 | 4.579 | ||||
Don Gutteridge | 2B | 11 | 25 | 18 | 9 | 4 | .827 | 3.909 | ||||
Don Gutteridge | 3B | 89 | 89 | 124 | 20 | 11 | .914 | 2.393 | ||||
Charlie Letchas | 3B | 30 | 35 | 57 | 5 | 9 | .948 | 3.067 | ||||
Earl Turner | C | 83 | 374 | 48 | 11 | 7 | .975 | 5.084 | 18 | |||
Robert Ganss | C | 43 | 178 | 21 | 7 | 2 | .966 | 4.628 | 2 | |||
Al Lopez | C | 42 | 184 | 23 | 8 | 5 | .963 | 4.929 | 1 | |||
Tom Saffell | OF | 148 | 398 | 8 | 11 | 3 | .974 | 2.743 | ||||
Ted Beard | OF | 142 | 288 | 31 | 7 | 4 | .979 | 2.246 | ||||
Culley Rikard | OF | 141 | 297 | 10 | 11 | 1 | .965 | 2.177 | ||||
Roy Weatherly | OF | 32 | 47 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .959 | 1.469 | ||||
Frank Kalin | OF | 20 | 43 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .957 | 2.250 | ||||
Frank Barrett | P | 44 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .386 | ||||
Johnny Hutchings | P | 38 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .867 | .342 | ||||
Bob Malloy | P | 32 | 20 | 46 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 2.062 | ||||
Jim Bagby | P | 31 | 14 | 58 | 2 | 6 | .973 | 2.323 | ||||
Cal McLish | P | 29 | 11 | 22 | 2 | 3 | .943 | 1.138 | ||||
Ed Bahr | P | 28 | 8 | 23 | 1 | 5 | .969 | 1.107 | ||||
Jack Hallett | P | 23 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 0 | .964 | 1.174 | ||||
Royce Lint | P | 16 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 3 | .929 | .812 | ||||
Chet Johnson | P | 14 | .000 | |||||||||
Junior Walsh | P | 13 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .923 | .923 | ||||
Stanley Ferek | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
Charles Rushe | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
Steve Nagy | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
Bill Sweiger | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
Jim Kleckley | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
Pete Castiglione | SS | 148 | 279 | 449 | 35 | 88 | .954 | 4.919 | ||||
Totals | 1526 | 3888 | 1457 | 191 | 361 | .965 | 3.503 | 21 | 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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