1948 Oakland Oaks Statistics

Pacific Coast League (PCL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 114-74
Finished 1st in the PCL
Manager: Casey Stengel (114-74)
Location: Oakland, California
Ballpark: Oaks' Park
Attendance: 552,072, Avg. 5,873

1948 Oakland Oaks Roster

Playoffs - Oakland Oaks 4 games, Los Angeles Angels 2
Finals - Oakland Oaks 4 games, Seattle Rainiers 1

The Oakland Oaks of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1948 season with a record of 114 wins and 74 losses, finishing first in the PCL.

The Oaks scored 1012 runs, best in the league. Oakland gave up 849 runs.

Loyd Christopher, Tom Hafey, Cookie Lavagetto, Merrill Combs, Les Webber, Ernie Lombardi, Nick Etten, Lou Tost, Frenchy Uhalt, Aldon Wilkie, Les Scarsella, Ray Hamrick, Billy Martin, Floyd Speer, Earl Jones, Bob Klinger, Ed Fernandes, Thornton Lee, Maurice Van Robays, Dario Lodigiani, Lloyd Hittle, Charlie Gassaway, Jim Tobin, Gene Lillard, Jack Salveson, Ralph Buxton, Ed Samcoff and George Metkovich were all players from the 1948 Oakland Oaks who played in the Majors during their careers.

Casey Stengel 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
Charlie Gassaway	15	8	.652	3.09	43			13	2		198.0	202	81	68		59		68	3	1	3
Ralph Buxton	13	3	.812	3.19	34			4	1		96.0	78	47	34		29		52	2	0	3
Earl Jones	13	6	.684	2.98	39			9	3		196.0	184	76	65		110		82	2	0	6
Will Hafey	13	10	.565	4.48	30			13	1		183.0	182	98	91		102		75	6	0	4
Floyd Speer	12	3	.800	5.17	49			0	0		108.0	128	74	62		42		55	1	0	2
Aldon Wilkie	11	6	.647	3.79	41			7	0		185.0	212	94	78		70		56	3	0	4
Les Webber	8	5	.615	5.50	32			5	0		131.0	163	88	80		55		68	4	0	1
Jim Tobin					10						0.0
Bob Klinger					16						0.0
Totals	85	41	.675	3.92	294	0	0	51	7	0	1097.0	1149	558	478	0	467	0	456	21	1	23	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
Nick Etten	164	672	578	115	181	27	1	43	155	3		91	47	.313	.407	.587	.994	339		1	2
Dario Lodigiani	162	640	581	77	176	29	2	7	72	7		48	31	.303	.360	.396	.756	230		4	7
George Metkovich	134	577	500	116	168	23	7	23	88	9		66	54	.336	.418	.548	.966	274		4	7
Merrill Combs	175	677	580	91	157	24	4	10	69	11		83	51	.271	.364	.378	.741	219		2	12
Brooks Holder	148	588	482	99	143	15	3	10	57	11		97	24	.297	.418	.402	.820	194		3	6
Mel Duezabou	132	429	389	69	118	24	5	7	52	21		35	41	.303	.364	.445	.809	173		2	3
Loyd Christopher	124	397	352	56	112	29	2	14	61	3		39	43	.318	.388	.531	.919	187		1	5
Billy Martin	132	427	401	60	111	28	2	3	42	7		18	30	.277	.310	.379	.689	152		1	7
Les Scarsella	111	367	329	60	89	17	3	14	72	5		32	31	.271	.341	.468	.809	154		3	3
Cookie Lavagetto	86	316	286	54	87	16	1	3	38	1		29	18	.304	.368	.399	.767	114		0	1
Billy Raimondi	126	344	302	40	86	17	1	0	31	14		33	23	.285	.359	.348	.707	105		2	7
Ray Hamrick	101	267	243	30	63	14	1	1	26	2		19	21	.259	.318	.337	.656	82		2	3
Maurice Van Robays	87	212	192	26	60	13	1	2	25	2		15	14	.312	.362	.422	.784	81		0	5
Will Hafey	75	143	131	14	37	7	1	3	34	0		11	13	.282	.338	.420	.758	55		0	1
Ed Fernandes	62	127	91	12	27	6	1	1	21	2		34	14	.297	.492	.418	.910	38		1	1
Earl Jones	39	77	73	10	18	0	0	2	10	0		1	12	.247	.257	.329	.586	24		0	3
Aldon Wilkie	42	68	61	5	16	0	1	0	5	0		4	11	.262	.308	.295	.603	18		0	3
Gene Lillard	23	68	59	4	12	5	0	0	7	0		9	13	.203	.309	.288	.597	17		0	0
Les Webber	32	52	44	5	10	0	1	0	1	0		6	12	.227	.320	.273	.593	12		0	2
Charlie Gassaway	43	75	64	3	10	1	0	0	5	1		4	25	.156	.206	.172	.378	11		0	7
Frenchy Uhalt	25	55	44	7	9	1	0	0	3	0		9	6	.205	.340	.227	.567	10		0	2
Ed Samcoff	13	34	31	3	6	2	1	0	1	0		3	5	.194	.265	.323	.587	10		0	0
Ralph Buxton	34	29	23	2	5	1	0	0	1	0		1	6	.217	.250	.261	.511	6		0	5
Walt Pocekay	16	54	49	4	5	0	0	2	3	1		5	6	.102	.185	.224	.410	11		0	0
Jim Tobin	10	17	15	1	2	0	0	0	2	0		2	5	.133	.235	.133	.369	2		0	0
Floyd Speer	48	30	21	3	2	0	0	0	1	0		5	5	.095	.269	.095	.364	2		0	4
Bob Klinger	16	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0
Vic Buccola	11	4	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1
Totals	2171	6749	5927	971	1710	299	38	145	882	100	0	699	564	.289	.366	.425	.791	2520	0	26	97	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Nick Etten	1B	162	1368	78	7	125	.995	8.926
Maurice Van Robays	1B	35	229	12	4	17	.984	6.886
Les Scarsella	1B	17	75	6	1	8	.988	4.765
Billy Martin	2B	124	294	280	19	70	.968	4.629
Dario Lodigiani	2B	78	161	215	7	51	.982	4.821
Ray Hamrick	2B	23	37	21	1	2	.983	2.522
Dario Lodigiani	3B	91	74	193	13	18	.954	2.934
Cookie Lavagetto	3B	73	67	143	14	9	.938	2.877
Merrill Combs	3B	40	39	89	10	8	.928	3.200
Billy Raimondi	C	120	368	43	7	6	.983	3.425	2
Ed Fernandes	C	47	121	14	2	2	.985	2.872	3
Gene Lillard	C	20	58	13	2	3	.973	3.550	0
Brooks Holder	OF	138	233	5	5	1	.979	1.725
George Metkovich	OF	132	361	19	13	3	.967	2.879
Loyd Christopher	OF	120	229	5	3	4	.987	1.950
Mel Duezabou	OF	114	206	11	6	3	.973	1.904
Les Scarsella	OF	75	103	4	2	0	.982	1.427
Frenchy Uhalt	OF	17	22	0	1	0	.957	1.294
Walt Pocekay	OF	15	26	0	0	0	1.000	1.733
Maurice Van Robays	OF	13	19	2	1	0	.955	1.615
Floyd Speer	P	49	6	17	2	1	.920	.469
Charlie Gassaway	P	43	10	35	7	4	.865	1.047
Aldon Wilkie	P	41	6	40	1	1	.979	1.122
Earl Jones	P	39	7	18	4	1	.862	.641
Ralph Buxton	P	34	7	21	1	2	.966	.824
Les Webber	P	32	6	19	1	2	.962	.781
Will Hafey	P	30	25	44	1	5	.986	2.300
Bob Klinger	P	16	2	6	0	1	1.000	.500
Jim Tobin	P	10	3	8	2	0	.846	1.100
Merrill Combs	SS	133	226	464	29	77	.960	5.188
Ray Hamrick	SS	71	146	174	17	41	.950	4.507
Totals		1952	4534	1999	183	465	.973	3.347	5	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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