1948 Savannah Indians Statistics

South Atlantic League (SAL) - Class: A
Team Record: 63-87
Finished 8th in the SAL
Manager: Eric McNair (63-87)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Athletics
Location: Savannah, Georgia
Ballpark: Grayson Stadium
Attendance: 107,168, Avg. 1,429

1948 Savannah Indians Roster

The Savannah Indians of the South Atlantic League ended the 1948 season with a record of 63 wins and 87 losses, finishing eighth in the SAL.

Eric McNair 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
Moe Burtschy	16	15	.516	3.61	36						252.0	217	118	101		139
Harry Byrd	15	15	.500	4.09	42						233.0	223	140	106		101
Tony Foti	11	16	.407	3.53	39						227.0	196	108	89		117
Alex Kellner	9	3	.750	2.73	15						112.0	79	42	34		42
Harry Desert	4	9	.308	5.38	28						117.0	130	88	70		52
Dick Hildreth	3	6	.333	5.78	16						67.0	83	54	43		32
Plaskie McCree					16						0.0
Tony Napoles					10						0.0
Sandy Silverstein	0	8	.000	5.49	22						82.0	105	58	50		38
Totals	58	72	.446	4.07	224	0	0	0	0	0	1090.0	1033	608	493	0	521	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
Freddie Rossetti	145	542	542		153	19	6	0						.282	.282	.339	.622	184
John Vernillo	136	496	496		150	16	3	6						.302	.302	.383	.685	190
Hilliard Nance	141	547	547		124	23	4	1						.227	.227	.289	.516	158
James Reggio	120	431	431		105	13	7	6						.244	.244	.348	.592	150
Dick Adams	91	332	332		91	11	3	11						.274	.274	.425	.699	141
Ed Mutryn	103	313	313		83	21	9	4						.265	.265	.428	.693	134
Emil Kreshka	102	327	327		79	11	5	0						.242	.242	.306	.547	100
Thomas Clayton	55	163	163		42	9	1	6						.258	.258	.436	.693	71
Bill Hockenbury	62	198	198		38	5	1	1						.192	.192	.242	.434	48
Ed Sudol	35	119	119		29	5	1	1						.244	.244	.328	.571	39
Earle Brucker	44	101	101		24	5	0	2						.238	.238	.347	.584	35
William LaFrance	30	81	81		20	4	2	2						.247	.247	.420	.667	34
Joseph Socey	28	81	81		18	4	0	3						.222	.222	.383	.605	31
Robert Stewart	33	90	90		18	3	0	1						.200	.200	.267	.467	24
Sandy Silverstein	28	47	47		14	2	1	0						.298	.298	.383	.681	18
George Suder	20	71	71		13	0	0	0						.183	.183	.183	.366	13
Tony Foti	41	73	73		13	2	0	0						.178	.178	.205	.384	15
Pat Cooper	13	49	49		12	2	1	0						.245	.245	.327	.571	16
Harold Leach	26	63	63		12	1	0	0						.190	.190	.206	.397	13
Harry Byrd	42	70	70		11	2	0	0						.157	.157	.186	.343	13
Moe Burtschy	36	75	75		8	1	1	0						.107	.107	.147	.253	11
Alex Kellner	17	45	45		4	0	0	0						.089	.089	.089	.178	4
Tony Napoles	11	13	13		3	0	0	0						.231	.231	.231	.462	3
Harry Desert	28	40	40		3	1	0	0						.075	.075	.100	.175	4
Dick Hildreth	23	26	26		2	0	0	0						.077	.077	.077	.154	2
Plaskie McCree	16	6	6		1	0	0	0						.167	.167	.167	.333	1
Totals	1426	4399	4399	0	1070	160	45	44	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.243	.330	.573	1452	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Harry Byrd	P	42					.000
Tony Foti	P	39					.000
Moe Burtschy	P	36					.000
Harry Desert	P	28					.000
Sandy Silverstein	P	22					.000
Plaskie McCree	P	16					.000
Dick Hildreth	P	16					.000
Alex Kellner	P	15					.000
Tony Napoles	P	10					.000
Totals		224	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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