1948 Lincoln Athletics Statistics

Western League (WL) - Class: A
Team Record: 69-68
Finished 3rd in the WL
Manager: Jimmie DeShong (69-68)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Athletics
Location: Lincoln, Nebraska
Ballpark: Sherman Field
Attendance: 127,462, Avg. 1,861

1948 Lincoln Athletics Roster

Playoffs - Lincoln Athletics 1 game, Sioux City Soos 0 - One-game playoff for third place.
Playoffs - Lincoln Athletics 3 games, Des Moines Bruins 2
Finals - Sioux City Soos 4 games, Lincoln Athletics 2

The Lincoln Athletics of the Western League ended the 1948 season with a record of 69 wins and 68 losses, finishing third in the WL.

Jimmie DeShong 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
Bobby Shantz	18	7	.720	2.82	28						214.0	179	77	67		55
John Wells	15	11	.577	4.58	32						228.0	250	142	116		110
Albert Bower	10	12	.455	5.11	29						183.0	218	129	104		81
Robert Palash	9	7	.562	3.67	17						130.0	140	63	53		39
Fritz Bernardi	7	12	.368	4.94	20						124.0	158	96	68		54
Tony Busco	5	6	.455	5.92	30						120.0	151	90	79		68
Richard Donahue	4	10	.286	5.82	28						116.0	139	87	75		62
Tom Clyde	1	2	.333	0.00	6						25.0	25
James Reidy	0	1	.000	0.00	2						6.0	7
Totals	69	68	.504	4.41	192	0	0	0	0	0	1146.0	1267	684	562	0	469	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
Nellie Fox	136	576	576		179	28	14	5						.311	.311	.434	.745	250
Bob Wellman	137	572	572		173	36	4	6						.302	.302	.411	.713	235
Tom Kirk	131	474	474		135	27	13	6						.285	.285	.435	.719	206
Joseph Aliperto	116	444	444		119	25	5	7						.268	.268	.394	.662	175
Lou Limmer	106	385	385		111	12	4	28						.288	.288	.558	.847	215
Ed Boehm	118	446	446		105	17	4	9						.235	.235	.352	.587	157
Walt Novick	121	398	398		99	18	3	1						.249	.249	.317	.565	126
George Lebedz	94	278	278		64	8	4	1						.230	.230	.299	.529	83
George Suder	41	144	144		39	3	4	0						.271	.271	.347	.618	50
Ray Zimmerman	27	97	97		29	3	0	1						.299	.299	.361	.660	35
John Wells	33	90	90		23	1	0	1						.256	.256	.300	.556	27
Albert Bower	38	76	76		21	4	1	2						.276	.276	.434	.711	33
Bobby Kennedy	42	111	111		20	2	1	1						.180	.180	.243	.423	27
Bobby Shantz	31	76	76		19	4	0	0						.250	.250	.303	.553	23
Tony Busco	32	46	46		13	3	0	0						.283	.283	.348	.630	16
Earle Brucker	12	32	32		11	0	0	1						.344	.344	.438	.781	14
Jim Vojcsik	22	47	47		10	1	1	0						.213	.213	.277	.489	13
Richard Donahue	28	42	42		8	4	1	0						.190	.190	.333	.524	14
Fritz Bernardi	20	42	42		5	0	0	0						.119	.119	.119	.238	5
Robert Palash	17	47	47		5	0	0	0						.106	.106	.106	.213	5
Aldo Arconti	10	15	15		3	0	0	0						.200	.200	.200	.400	3
Robert Stewart	10	21	21		3	0	0	0						.143	.143	.143	.286	3
Keith Peloe	12	14	14		2	0	0	0						.143	.143	.143	.286	2
Totals	1334	4473	4473	0	1196	196	59	69	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.267	.384	.651	1717	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
John Wells	P	32					.000
Tony Busco	P	30					.000
Albert Bower	P	29					.000
Bobby Shantz	P	28					.000
Richard Donahue	P	28					.000
Fritz Bernardi	P	20					.000
Robert Palash	P	17					.000
Totals		184	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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