1948 Kingsport Cherokees Statistics

Appalachian League (AL) - Class: D
Team Record: 42-83
Finished 8th in the AL
Manager: Red Mincy (0-0), Joseph DeMasi (0-0), John Russ (0-0)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Kingsport, Tennessee
Ballpark: J. Fred Johnson Stadium
Attendance: 33,138, Avg. 530

1948 Kingsport Cherokees Roster

The Kingsport Cherokees of the Appalachian League ended the 1948 season with a record of 42 wins and 83 losses, finishing eighth in the AL.

Red Mincy, Joseph DeMasi and John Russ 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
Sonny Palcek	7	6	.538	5.57	22						105.0	125	93	65		92
George Silliman	6	8	.429	4.86	20						137.0	164	98	74		52
Ed Krieger	5	6	.455	5.85	17						100.0	136	78	65		38
Bryant Smith	4	7	.364	5.83	24						88.0	101	73	57		71
Roman Oleniczak	3	9	.250	7.66	17						74.0	113	90	63		61
Ernest Ibach	2	5	.286	4.12	15						72.0	82	51	33		44
Eugene Grogan	1	5	.167	7.82	11						61.0	79	67	53		78
James Shubert					14						0.0
Totals	28	46	.378	5.79	140	0	0	0	0	0	637.0	800	550	410	0	436	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
William Mead	117	430	430		111	13	4	0						.258	.258	.307	.565	132
Marty Kaelin	88	350	350		100	13	7	3						.286	.286	.389	.674	136
Joseph DeMasi	73	252	252		90	20	1	14						.357	.357	.611	.968	154
Jim Osborne	82	323	323		85	7	3	0						.263	.263	.303	.567	98
George Gresh	72	309	309		75	8	4	0						.243	.243	.294	.537	91
William Close	43	188	188		67	8	4	0						.356	.356	.441	.798	83
John Russ	88	270	270		65	10	0	0						.241	.241	.278	.519	75
Robert Ritter	61	248	248		57	7	1	3						.230	.230	.302	.532	75
Red Mincy	41	132	132		44	9	1	1						.333	.333	.439	.773	58
Clyde Wilson	75	226	226		44	8	1	1						.195	.195	.252	.447	57
Kenneth Hughey	38	118	118		31	3	2	3						.263	.263	.398	.661	47
Ed Krieger	31	85	85		26	5	1	0						.306	.306	.388	.694	33
Daniel Smigay	30	103	103		26	4	1	0						.252	.252	.311	.563	32
George Silliman	37	88	88		23	4	0	0						.261	.261	.307	.568	27
Joseph Rovner	27	94	94		18	4	0	0						.191	.191	.234	.426	22
Al Lincoln	22	68	68		17	3	0	0						.250	.250	.294	.544	20
Don Boseo	13	48	48		16	3	0	0						.333	.333	.396	.729	19
Herm Gilkey	15	53	53		12	3	1	0						.226	.226	.321	.547	17
Sonny Palcek	26	48	48		9	1	0	0						.188	.188	.208	.396	10
Eugene Grogan	11	26	26		8	2	1	0						.308	.308	.462	.769	12
Bryant Smith	25	33	33		7	1	0	0						.212	.212	.242	.455	8
Ivan Hominsky	14	46	46		7	0	0	1						.152	.152	.217	.370	10
Edward Pachamovitch	12	44	44		6	0	0	0						.136	.136	.136	.273	6
Ernest Ibach	15	24	24		5	2	0	0						.208	.208	.292	.500	7
James Shubert	14	17	17		3	0	0	0						.176	.176	.176	.353	3
Roman Oleniczak	19	25	25		3	0	1	0						.120	.120	.200	.320	5
Totals	1089	3648	3648	0	955	138	33	26	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.262	.339	.601	1237	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Bryant Smith	P	24					.000
Sonny Palcek	P	22					.000
George Silliman	P	20					.000
Roman Oleniczak	P	17					.000
Ed Krieger	P	17					.000
Ernest Ibach	P	15					.000
James Shubert	P	14					.000
Eugene Grogan	P	11					.000
Totals		140	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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