1948 Kansas City Blues Statistics
Team Record: 64-88
Finished 6th in the AA
Manager: Dick Bartell (64-88)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 236,487, Avg. 3,112
The Kansas City Blues of the American Association ended the 1948 season with a record of 64 wins and 88 losses, finishing sixth in the AA.
The Blues scored 851 runs and surrendered 913 runs. Al Rosen led Kansas City with 25 home runs, and Hank Bauer walloped 15 or more, too. Al Rosen recorded 110 runs batted in and topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .327 clip. Dave Madison paced the team with 14 wins and a team-best 4.25 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1948 Kansas City Blues who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Bob Keegan, Joe Beggs, Ralph Houk, Dave Madison, Blas Monaco, Jack Phillips, Bill Drescher, Frank Verdi, Charley Schanz, Mal Mallette, Hank Bauer, Leon Culberson, Al Rosen, Harry Craft, John Mackinson, Les Mueller, Cy Buker, Dick Kryhoski, Mickey Witek, Ford Garrison, Don Johnson, Jack Robinson, Jim Dyck, Cuddles Marshall and Milt Byrnes.
Dick Bartell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Madison | 14 | 9 | .609 | 4.25 | 35 | 14 | 1 | 197.0 | 239 | 113 | 93 | 63 | 83 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Bill Woop | 9 | 14 | .391 | 5.00 | 38 | 8 | 0 | 198.0 | 208 | 127 | 110 | 120 | 111 | 6 | 2 | 9 | ||||||
| Mal Mallette | 7 | 5 | .583 | 4.97 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 105.0 | 127 | 78 | 58 | 70 | 67 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| John Mackinson | 5 | 4 | .556 | 5.02 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 61.0 | 64 | 44 | 34 | 43 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Charley Schanz | 5 | 7 | .417 | 5.45 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 119.0 | 152 | 88 | 72 | 54 | 62 | 4 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Bob Keegan | 4 | 1 | .800 | 2.21 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 57.0 | 45 | 18 | 14 | 19 | 48 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| Jim Arnold | 4 | 4 | .500 | 6.00 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 60.0 | 82 | 47 | 40 | 35 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Carmine Melignano | 4 | 6 | .400 | 6.16 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 57.0 | 71 | 43 | 39 | 39 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Joe Beggs | 3 | 6 | .333 | 6.75 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 48.0 | 73 | 44 | 36 | 19 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Don Johnson | 3 | 7 | .300 | 5.18 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 66.0 | 69 | 51 | 38 | 36 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Ben Anderson | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.50 | 7 | 0 | 18.0 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 22 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| Cuddles Marshall | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.69 | 10 | 0 | 35.0 | 44 | 28 | 26 | 30 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| Carl DeRose | 1 | 2 | .333 | 8.57 | 5 | 0 | 21.0 | 31 | 23 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Lee Dodson | 1 | 8 | .111 | 5.15 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 124.0 | 119 | 84 | 71 | 113 | 87 | 2 | 4 | 5 | ||||||
| Jack Robinson | 12 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Cy Buker | 10 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bill Houtz | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Frank Simanovsky | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Les Mueller | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.75 | 8 | 0 | 12.0 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| James Tote | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 3 | 0 | 4.0 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Ray Louthen | 0 | 2 | .000 | 12.75 | 2 | 0 | 12.0 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Totals | 63 | 79 | .444 | 5.21 | 350 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 1199.0 | 1383 | 841 | 694 | 0 | 701 | 0 | 654 | 34 | 11 | 28 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hank Bauer | 132 | 598 | 541 | 103 | 165 | 32 | 11 | 23 | 100 | 26 | 52 | 67 | .305 | .368 | .532 | .900 | 288 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Dick Kryhoski | 145 | 600 | 545 | 78 | 160 | 30 | 7 | 13 | 87 | 7 | 50 | 58 | .294 | .358 | .446 | .804 | 243 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Al Rosen | 127 | 540 | 462 | 102 | 151 | 29 | 8 | 25 | 110 | 10 | 73 | 36 | .327 | .422 | .587 | 1.009 | 271 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| Jim Dyck | 106 | 467 | 407 | 71 | 115 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 61 | 8 | 52 | 41 | .283 | .371 | .378 | .749 | 154 | 5 | 3 | ||||
| Ralph Houk | 103 | 396 | 364 | 54 | 110 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 49 | 9 | 31 | 14 | .302 | .357 | .404 | .761 | 147 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Leon Culberson | 83 | 354 | 313 | 47 | 81 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 39 | 4 | 40 | 40 | .259 | .343 | .367 | .710 | 115 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Blas Monaco | 114 | 349 | 260 | 56 | 75 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 50 | 7 | 84 | 32 | .288 | .467 | .458 | .925 | 119 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| Bill Drescher | 88 | 241 | 213 | 35 | 68 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 52 | 1 | 28 | 20 | .319 | .398 | .498 | .896 | 106 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jack Phillips | 67 | 265 | 240 | 39 | 67 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 24 | 19 | .279 | .345 | .338 | .682 | 81 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Joe Muffoletto | 44 | 189 | 166 | 30 | 62 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 3 | 23 | 10 | .373 | .450 | .476 | .926 | 79 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ford Garrison | 53 | 196 | 171 | 28 | 55 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 22 | 12 | .322 | .399 | .450 | .849 | 77 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Al Stringer | 68 | 234 | 196 | 25 | 49 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 31 | 29 | .250 | .358 | .321 | .680 | 63 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| Del Ballinger | 13 | 36 | 33 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .364 | .417 | .515 | .932 | 17 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Dave Madison | 38 | 82 | 68 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 13 | .147 | .227 | .162 | .388 | 11 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Bob Keegan | 13 | 25 | 23 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .348 | .375 | .391 | .766 | 9 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Vic Fucci | 7 | 26 | 26 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .231 | .231 | .538 | .769 | 14 | ||||||||
| Frank Verdi | 7 | 29 | 29 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | .207 | .207 | .345 | .552 | 10 | ||||||||
| Mal Mallette | 23 | 42 | 40 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .150 | .171 | .200 | .371 | 8 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Malcolm Mick | 21 | 43 | 33 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 3 | .152 | .349 | .212 | .561 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bill Woop | 38 | 79 | 63 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 23 | .079 | .171 | .095 | .267 | 6 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| John Mackinson | 30 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .211 | .286 | .211 | .496 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Lee Dodson | 32 | 42 | 37 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .108 | .154 | .135 | .289 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Charley Schanz | 28 | 45 | 40 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .100 | .143 | .175 | .318 | 7 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Cuddles Marshall | 11 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .250 | .357 | .250 | .607 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Harry Craft | 13 | 20 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .167 | .211 | .167 | .377 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Don Johnson | 14 | 23 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Ben Anderson | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Ray Louthen | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Carl DeRose | 5 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Carmine Melignano | 22 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .071 | .188 | .071 | .259 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Arnold | 26 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .059 | .059 | .059 | .118 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| James Tote | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Joe Beggs | 38 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Eddie Ehlers | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||
| William Burgess | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||
| Bill Houtz | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Les Mueller | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1540 | 5027 | 4406 | 713 | 1241 | 241 | 51 | 90 | 695 | 89 | 0 | 547 | 497 | .282 | .364 | .421 | .785 | 1854 | 0 | 24 | 50 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Kryhoski | 1B | 145 | 1141 | 80 | 23 | 125 | .982 | 8.421 | ||||
| Joe Muffoletto | 2B | 44 | 100 | 132 | 8 | 23 | .967 | 5.273 | ||||
| Al Rosen | 3B | 102 | 136 | 158 | 27 | 20 | .916 | 2.882 | ||||
| Blas Monaco | 3B | 50 | 30 | 55 | 23 | 6 | .787 | 1.700 | ||||
| Jim Dyck | 3B | 15 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 2 | .926 | 1.667 | ||||
| Ralph Houk | C | 92 | 464 | 72 | 7 | 9 | .987 | 5.826 | 8 | |||
| Bill Drescher | C | 57 | 258 | 34 | 6 | 11 | .980 | 5.123 | 6 | |||
| Del Ballinger | C | 10 | 50 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .981 | 5.200 | 2 | |||
| Hank Bauer | OF | 132 | 285 | 22 | 11 | 6 | .965 | 2.326 | ||||
| Jim Dyck | OF | 91 | 140 | 7 | 9 | 3 | .942 | 1.615 | ||||
| Leon Culberson | OF | 79 | 181 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .984 | 2.342 | ||||
| Ford Garrison | OF | 48 | 94 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.083 | ||||
| Blas Monaco | OF | 15 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.133 | ||||
| Malcolm Mick | OF | 11 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.545 | ||||
| Bill Woop | P | 38 | 6 | 28 | 4 | 2 | .895 | .895 | ||||
| Joe Beggs | P | 38 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .900 | .474 | ||||
| Dave Madison | P | 35 | 6 | 33 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 1.114 | ||||
| Lee Dodson | P | 31 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 0 | .963 | .839 | ||||
| Charley Schanz | P | 28 | 2 | 29 | 4 | 3 | .886 | 1.107 | ||||
| John Mackinson | P | 27 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .952 | .741 | ||||
| Jim Arnold | P | 24 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .947 | .750 | ||||
| Carmine Melignano | P | 22 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .409 | ||||
| Mal Mallette | P | 22 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.182 | ||||
| Don Johnson | P | 14 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .909 | .714 | ||||
| Jack Robinson | P | 12 | .000 | |||||||||
| Cuddles Marshall | P | 10 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .900 | ||||
| Cy Buker | P | 10 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bob Keegan | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Les Mueller | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ben Anderson | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Carl DeRose | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bill Houtz | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Tote | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ray Louthen | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Frank Simanovsky | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Al Stringer | SS | 65 | 145 | 160 | 11 | 33 | .965 | 4.692 | ||||
| Jack Phillips | SS | 63 | 137 | 175 | 32 | 51 | .907 | 4.952 | ||||
| Al Rosen | SS | 31 | 45 | 57 | 9 | 12 | .919 | 3.290 | ||||
| Totals | 1400 | 3318 | 1177 | 186 | 321 | .960 | 3.211 | 16 | 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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