1948 Seattle Rainiers Statistics
Team Record: 93-95
Finished 4th in the PCL
Manager: Jo-Jo White (93-95)
Location: Seattle, Washington
Ballpark: Sick Stadium
Attendance: 452,448, Avg. 4,813
Playoffs - Seattle Rainiers 4 games, San Francisco Seals 1
Finals - Oakland Oaks 4 games, Seattle Rainiers 1
The Seattle Rainiers of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1948 season with a record of 93 wins and 95 losses, finishing fourth in the PCL.
The Rainiers scored 775 runs and allowed 830 runs.
Players from the 1948 Seattle Rainiers who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Dick Barrett, Herman Besse, John O'Neil, Marius Russo, Lou Novikoff, Tony York, Ken Richardson, Johnny Gorsica, Hillis Layne, Earl Rapp, Herb Karpel, Skeeter Newsome, Steve Peek, Mickey Grasso, Ray Sanders, Bob Johnson, Rollie Hemsley, Bill Ramsey, Ed Mierkowicz, Neill Sheridan, Bob Hall, Jo-Jo White, Charley Schanz and Tommy Reis.
Jo-Jo White 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Herman Besse | 16 | 12 | .571 | 4.38 | 36 | 17 | 3 | 232.0 | 232 | 118 | 113 | 92 | 117 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
Guy Fletcher | 16 | 15 | .516 | 3.69 | 37 | 19 | 5 | 249.0 | 269 | 110 | 102 | 82 | 114 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
Dick Barrett | 15 | 13 | .536 | 3.33 | 38 | 13 | 1 | 246.0 | 236 | 105 | 91 | 78 | 96 | 4 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
Johnny Gorsica | 13 | 14 | .481 | 3.56 | 34 | 17 | 2 | 225.0 | 244 | 116 | 89 | 50 | 95 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
Herb Karpel | 11 | 14 | .440 | 4.03 | 36 | 14 | 0 | 212.0 | 238 | 99 | 95 | 60 | 92 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
Charley Schanz | 7 | 6 | .538 | 2.29 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 106.0 | 102 | 34 | 27 | 42 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
Bob Hall | 7 | 11 | .389 | 3.96 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 134.0 | 119 | 77 | 59 | 56 | 96 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
Marius Russo | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.95 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 60.0 | 69 | 36 | 33 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
Steve Peek | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.66 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 85.0 | 98 | 64 | 44 | 42 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
Bud Beasley | 21 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Tommy Reis | 10 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Totals | 91 | 93 | .495 | 3.79 | 321 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 12 | 0 | 1549.0 | 1607 | 759 | 653 | 0 | 524 | 0 | 721 | 17 | 2 | 35 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hillis Layne | 174 | 716 | 664 | 82 | 227 | 29 | 5 | 6 | 80 | 5 | 39 | 46 | .342 | .384 | .428 | .811 | 284 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Bill Ramsey | 170 | 707 | 662 | 108 | 189 | 37 | 1 | 9 | 70 | 26 | 35 | 74 | .285 | .322 | .385 | .708 | 255 | 1 | 9 | ||||
Earl Rapp | 168 | 652 | 564 | 88 | 168 | 36 | 6 | 17 | 96 | 10 | 82 | 89 | .298 | .391 | .473 | .864 | 267 | 4 | 2 | ||||
Neill Sheridan | 140 | 585 | 532 | 91 | 166 | 25 | 7 | 17 | 82 | 5 | 41 | 86 | .312 | .365 | .481 | .846 | 256 | 3 | 9 | ||||
Tony York | 166 | 597 | 547 | 52 | 140 | 28 | 1 | 8 | 60 | 3 | 35 | 79 | .256 | .303 | .355 | .658 | 194 | 2 | 13 | ||||
Skeeter Newsome | 130 | 479 | 449 | 44 | 112 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 22 | 24 | .249 | .285 | .296 | .581 | 133 | 0 | 8 | ||||
John O'Neil | 131 | 458 | 417 | 37 | 101 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 40 | 5 | 33 | 26 | .242 | .298 | .295 | .593 | 123 | 0 | 8 | ||||
Mickey Grasso | 140 | 429 | 380 | 35 | 99 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 1 | 39 | 62 | .261 | .334 | .339 | .674 | 129 | 3 | 7 | ||||
Lee Mohr | 109 | 275 | 261 | 45 | 73 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 22 | .280 | .314 | .337 | .651 | 88 | 6 | 1 | ||||
Lou Novikoff | 64 | 184 | 168 | 13 | 55 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 1 | 13 | 13 | .327 | .379 | .446 | .826 | 75 | 1 | 2 | ||||
Rollie Hemsley | 82 | 226 | 205 | 24 | 55 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 15 | 21 | .268 | .324 | .317 | .641 | 65 | 2 | 4 | ||||
Butch Moran | 59 | 185 | 177 | 24 | 54 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 19 | .305 | .320 | .435 | .755 | 77 | 0 | 4 | ||||
Jo-Jo White | 96 | 200 | 167 | 24 | 45 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 30 | 10 | .269 | .384 | .317 | .701 | 53 | 1 | 2 | ||||
Bob Johnson | 9 | 168 | 145 | 17 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 1 | 22 | 18 | .283 | .381 | .434 | .815 | 63 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Ken Richardson | 65 | 156 | 135 | 13 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 17 | 21 | .222 | .309 | .296 | .606 | 40 | 0 | 4 | ||||
Ed Mierkowicz | 40 | 151 | 132 | 15 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 16 | 19 | .220 | .309 | .364 | .672 | 48 | 1 | 2 | ||||
George McDonald | 31 | 110 | 99 | 10 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 3 | .232 | .296 | .263 | .559 | 26 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Herman Besse | 37 | 94 | 91 | 9 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | .242 | .266 | .264 | .530 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Herb Karpel | 36 | 82 | 75 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .240 | .269 | .267 | .536 | 20 | 0 | 4 | ||||
Johnny Gorsica | 41 | 80 | 73 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .233 | .253 | .301 | .555 | 22 | 1 | 5 | ||||
Dick Barrett | 38 | 89 | 71 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .211 | .233 | .211 | .444 | 15 | 0 | 16 | ||||
Guy Fletcher | 37 | 95 | 79 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 23 | .165 | .185 | .177 | .362 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||||
Jack Warren | 14 | 30 | 27 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .333 | .400 | .407 | .807 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Bob Hall | 36 | 44 | 39 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 16 | .154 | .175 | .154 | .329 | 6 | 0 | 4 | ||||
Steve Peek | 32 | 27 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .200 | .231 | .280 | .511 | 7 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Charley Schanz | 15 | 41 | 37 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .135 | .179 | .189 | .369 | 7 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Marius Russo | 26 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 | .385 | .417 | .801 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Bud Beasley | 21 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Frank Mullens | 12 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .125 | .125 | .250 | .375 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Tommy Reis | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 2141 | 6933 | 6288 | 767 | 1732 | 292 | 33 | 78 | 711 | 84 | 0 | 481 | 759 | .275 | .330 | .370 | .700 | 2324 | 0 | 32 | 132 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Butch Moran | 1B | 57 | 426 | 20 | 8 | 39 | .982 | 7.825 | ||||
Ed Mierkowicz | 1B | 39 | 329 | 22 | 4 | 27 | .989 | 9.000 | ||||
Bob Johnson | 1B | 32 | 225 | 10 | 5 | 17 | .979 | 7.344 | ||||
George McDonald | 1B | 30 | 270 | 19 | 1 | 28 | .997 | 9.633 | ||||
Ken Richardson | 1B | 27 | 190 | 10 | 0 | 27 | 1.000 | 7.407 | ||||
Lee Mohr | 1B | 19 | 164 | 15 | 8 | 15 | .957 | 9.421 | ||||
Tony York | 2B | 144 | 333 | 387 | 16 | 90 | .978 | 5.000 | ||||
Skeeter Newsome | 2B | 48 | 101 | 141 | 6 | 30 | .976 | 5.042 | ||||
Lee Mohr | 2B | 14 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 2 | .861 | 2.214 | ||||
Hillis Layne | 3B | 172 | 142 | 332 | 28 | 27 | .944 | 2.756 | ||||
Tony York | 3B | 16 | 11 | 30 | 1 | 3 | .976 | 2.562 | ||||
Mickey Grasso | C | 137 | 542 | 81 | 24 | 12 | .963 | 4.547 | 10 | |||
Rollie Hemsley | C | 79 | 259 | 46 | 5 | 4 | .984 | 3.861 | 4 | |||
Jack Warren | C | 10 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 3.500 | 1 | |||
Earl Rapp | OF | 161 | 273 | 14 | 7 | 3 | .976 | 1.783 | ||||
Bill Ramsey | OF | 160 | 390 | 15 | 6 | 7 | .985 | 2.531 | ||||
Neill Sheridan | OF | 141 | 304 | 15 | 16 | 6 | .952 | 2.262 | ||||
Jo-Jo White | OF | 44 | 87 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .967 | 2.023 | ||||
Lou Novikoff | OF | 40 | 65 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .958 | 1.700 | ||||
Lee Mohr | OF | 30 | 61 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .984 | 2.033 | ||||
Dick Barrett | P | 38 | 11 | 46 | 2 | 3 | .966 | 1.500 | ||||
Guy Fletcher | P | 37 | 8 | 49 | 2 | 3 | .966 | 1.541 | ||||
Herb Karpel | P | 36 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 0 | .974 | 1.028 | ||||
Bob Hall | P | 36 | 9 | 19 | 2 | 0 | .933 | .778 | ||||
Herman Besse | P | 36 | 3 | 32 | 2 | 1 | .946 | .972 | ||||
Johnny Gorsica | P | 34 | 17 | 71 | 2 | 2 | .978 | 2.588 | ||||
Steve Peek | P | 32 | 4 | 18 | 5 | 1 | .815 | .688 | ||||
Marius Russo | P | 26 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
Bud Beasley | P | 21 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
Charley Schanz | P | 15 | 4 | 23 | 1 | 1 | .964 | 1.800 | ||||
Tommy Reis | P | 10 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
John O'Neil | SS | 131 | 220 | 372 | 34 | 76 | .946 | 4.519 | ||||
Skeeter Newsome | SS | 81 | 132 | 225 | 15 | 48 | .960 | 4.407 | ||||
Totals | 1933 | 4634 | 2101 | 213 | 477 | .969 | 3.484 | 15 | 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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