1948 Sacramento Solons Statistics
Team Record: 75-113
Finished 8th in the PCL
Manager: Joe Orengo (75-113)
Location: Sacramento, California
Ballpark: Moreing Field
Attendance: 293,028, Avg. 3,117
The Sacramento Solons of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1948 season with a record of 75 wins and 113 losses, finishing eighth in the PCL.
The Solons scored 745 runs, worst in the league, and surrendered 924 runs.
Members of the 1948 Sacramento Solons who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Charlie Ripple, Tony Freitas, Eddie Smith, Rip Russell, Leo Wells, Babe Dahlgren, Marv Grissom, Whitey Wietelmann, Al Tate, Jack Salveson, Frank Dasso, Steve Nagy, Richie Myers, Vince Castino, Steve Mesner, Chet Hajduk, Alex Kampouris, Bill Wilson, Manny Salvo, Cotton Pippen, Ernie Lombardi, Dee Moore, Joe Grace, Emmett O'Neill, Ken Holcombe, Johnny Rizzo, Joe Marty, Rex Cecil, Lou Tost, Fuzz White and Jim Tabor.
Joe Orengo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rex Cecil | 13 | 18 | .419 | 4.93 | 41 | 12 | 1 | 210.0 | 251 | 122 | 115 | 66 | 91 | 7 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Tony Freitas | 12 | 11 | .522 | 3.09 | 31 | 17 | 3 | 192.0 | 221 | 81 | 66 | 32 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Marv Grissom | 11 | 7 | .611 | 4.03 | 38 | 11 | 1 | 190.0 | 192 | 96 | 85 | 83 | 95 | 7 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| Ken Holcombe | 9 | 10 | .474 | 5.04 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 150.0 | 173 | 101 | 84 | 65 | 58 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Steve Nagy | 5 | 10 | .333 | 3.56 | 30 | 12 | 2 | 149.0 | 149 | 65 | 59 | 74 | 56 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Charlie Ripple | 14 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Emmett O'Neill | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.68 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 75.0 | 73 | 55 | 39 | 59 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Totals | 50 | 58 | .463 | 4.17 | 209 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 8 | 0 | 966.0 | 1059 | 520 | 448 | 0 | 379 | 0 | 384 | 29 | 1 | 21 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Marty | 158 | 616 | 556 | 88 | 178 | 27 | 7 | 24 | 95 | 2 | 57 | 57 | .320 | .384 | .523 | .908 | 291 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Joe Grace | 152 | 577 | 505 | 73 | 152 | 20 | 3 | 17 | 77 | 4 | 65 | 46 | .301 | .382 | .453 | .835 | 229 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Babe Dahlgren | 115 | 415 | 379 | 39 | 113 | 21 | 0 | 8 | 41 | 0 | 31 | 32 | .298 | .353 | .417 | .770 | 158 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Whitey Wietelmann | 143 | 557 | 481 | 64 | 112 | 22 | 1 | 8 | 43 | 2 | 64 | 47 | .233 | .325 | .333 | .658 | 160 | 2 | 10 | ||||
| Dee Moore | 106 | 360 | 327 | 33 | 101 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 43 | 4 | 24 | 27 | .309 | .356 | .404 | .760 | 132 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Alex Kampouris | 109 | 407 | 354 | 46 | 96 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 42 | 2 | 43 | 68 | .271 | .357 | .412 | .769 | 146 | 4 | 6 | ||||
| Ted Jennings | 126 | 340 | 315 | 38 | 90 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 8 | 21 | 20 | .286 | .332 | .333 | .666 | 105 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Frankie Hawkins | 80 | 235 | 201 | 17 | 58 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 32 | 17 | .289 | .391 | .393 | .785 | 79 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Cookson | 97 | 202 | 175 | 23 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 22 | 15 | .257 | .340 | .297 | .637 | 52 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Vince Castino | 85 | 186 | 170 | 12 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 15 | 22 | .229 | .292 | .271 | .562 | 46 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Jim Warner | 51 | 205 | 186 | 22 | 38 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 17 | 47 | .204 | .271 | .328 | .599 | 61 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Nick Pesut | 61 | 147 | 127 | 5 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 19 | 25 | .173 | .281 | .220 | .501 | 28 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Marv Grissom | 38 | 73 | 70 | 6 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 22 | .271 | .282 | .300 | .582 | 21 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Steve Nagy | 38 | 59 | 51 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .255 | .321 | .392 | .714 | 20 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Bill Wilson | 16 | 63 | 53 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 14 | .245 | .365 | .340 | .705 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Rex Cecil | 41 | 79 | 70 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .157 | .181 | .200 | .381 | 14 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Gabby Williams | 18 | 37 | 32 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | .219 | .324 | .250 | .574 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ken Holcombe | 27 | 51 | 49 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 7 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Johnny Rizzo | 11 | 27 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .261 | .370 | .478 | .849 | 11 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Tony Freitas | 31 | 74 | 61 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 18 | .082 | .211 | .082 | .293 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Emmett O'Neill | 52 | 23 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .174 | .174 | .435 | .609 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Richie Myers | 17 | 26 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .040 | .077 | .040 | .117 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Charlie Ripple | 14 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1586 | 4767 | 4241 | 501 | 1130 | 178 | 18 | 86 | 509 | 24 | 0 | 447 | 538 | .266 | .338 | .378 | .716 | 1602 | 0 | 13 | 66 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Babe Dahlgren | 1B | 114 | 924 | 86 | 8 | 98 | .992 | 8.860 | ||||
| Joe Grace | 1B | 62 | 499 | 43 | 3 | 50 | .994 | 8.742 | ||||
| Whitey Wietelmann | 1B | 10 | 78 | 6 | 2 | 7 | .977 | 8.400 | ||||
| Alex Kampouris | 2B | 94 | 233 | 261 | 16 | 69 | .969 | 5.255 | ||||
| Whitey Wietelmann | 2B | 84 | 186 | 233 | 10 | 52 | .977 | 4.988 | ||||
| Ted Jennings | 2B | 29 | 75 | 73 | 4 | 12 | .974 | 5.103 | ||||
| Ted Jennings | 3B | 50 | 38 | 86 | 8 | 9 | .939 | 2.480 | ||||
| Dee Moore | C | 91 | 336 | 72 | 6 | 14 | .986 | 4.484 | 6 | |||
| Vince Castino | C | 81 | 231 | 27 | 7 | 5 | .974 | 3.185 | 6 | |||
| Nick Pesut | C | 45 | 155 | 20 | 3 | 1 | .983 | 3.889 | 0 | |||
| Joe Marty | OF | 153 | 253 | 16 | 4 | 2 | .985 | 1.758 | ||||
| Joe Grace | OF | 95 | 187 | 15 | 3 | 4 | .985 | 2.126 | ||||
| Jim Cookson | OF | 68 | 90 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .979 | 1.368 | ||||
| Frankie Hawkins | OF | 60 | 77 | 6 | 2 | 2 | .976 | 1.383 | ||||
| Jim Warner | OF | 51 | 134 | 5 | 3 | 5 | .979 | 2.725 | ||||
| Bill Wilson | OF | 15 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.067 | ||||
| Rex Cecil | P | 41 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .512 | ||||
| Marv Grissom | P | 38 | 12 | 37 | 1 | 4 | .980 | 1.289 | ||||
| Tony Freitas | P | 31 | 22 | 35 | 1 | 1 | .983 | 1.839 | ||||
| Steve Nagy | P | 30 | 11 | 32 | 3 | 3 | .935 | 1.433 | ||||
| Emmett O'Neill | P | 28 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .950 | .679 | ||||
| Ken Holcombe | P | 27 | 9 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.889 | ||||
| Charlie Ripple | P | 14 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .571 | ||||
| Whitey Wietelmann | SS | 50 | 102 | 148 | 19 | 31 | .929 | 5.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1361 | 3686 | 1291 | 106 | 372 | .979 | 3.657 | 12 | 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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