1948 St. Paul Saints Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 86-68
Finished 3rd in the AA
Manager: Walter Alston (86-68)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: St. Paul, Minnesota
Ballpark: Lexington Park
Attendance: 320,483, Avg. 4,162
1948 St. Paul Saints Roster

Playoffs - St. Paul Saints 4 games, Indianapolis Indians 2
Finals - St. Paul Saints 4 games, Columbus Red Birds 3

The St. Paul Saints of the American Association ended the 1948 season with a record of 86 wins and 68 losses, finishing third in the AA.

The Saints plated 878 runs and allowed 780 runs. Eric Tipton paced St. Paul with 28 home runs and drove in 126 runs. Bob Addis topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .314. Pat McGlothin led the team with 14 wins, while Jack Paepke recorded a 3.93 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Players from the 1948 St. Paul Saints who spent time in the Majors during their careers included George Fallon, Bob Ramazzotti, Al Brancato, Roy Campanella, Stew Hofferth, John Douglas, Ferrell Anderson, Tim Thompson, Lee Pfund, Jim Romano, Pat McGlothin, Eric Tipton, Spider Jorgensen, Harry Taylor, Dan Bankhead, Buddy Hicks, Morrie Martin, George Coffman, Bob Addis, Lee Griffeth, Earl Naylor, Bob Ross, Phil Haugstad, Jim Baxes and Toby Atwell.

Walter Alston 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
Pat McGlothin147.6674.8132104172.01581039285125514
Morrie Martin1311.5424.1635153186.0171938671129401
Phil Haugstad128.6004.253192182.01549686106951005
Mel Himes116.6474.853072167.01711069070114200
Charles Samaklis1010.5004.903921125.013486685356122
Jack Paepke78.4673.932772149.014086659870023
Jim Romano55.5003.062830109.010057376359203
George Coffman56.4554.50380062.07443313126102
Dan Bankhead401.0003.606035.03415141822301
Harry Taylor34.4293.9594157.05430253039116
Bob Ross21.6677.2014040.04634323116103
Lee Griffeth000.00101.0201
John Gabbard000.004013.01383
William Eggert000.00102.7223
Lee Pfund01.0006.386024.0251717167000
Joe Bielemeier01.0008.253012.019111132100
Totals8668.5584.4030400571501336.7129777765406850767316300

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
John Douglas14364857875175221127356854.303.376.389.76522502
Eric Tipton1486605401111693510281261411564.313.434.5701.00530814
Buddy Hicks13762353491158265561107151.296.380.391.771209117
Al Brancato1395615056615021797615343.297.364.420.78421203
Bob Addis12650345688143201186763636.314.368.458.82620938
Earl Naylor1275174547112626586275659.278.359.410.76918625
Ferrell Anderson11746241572122293126303934.294.362.465.82719353
George Fallon963823474990252106733238.259.324.429.75314912
Toby Atwell60236203377016333933211.345.434.498.93210101
Spider Jorgensen70282245336411582863216.261.351.445.79610923
David Pluss7324720341558473314228.271.396.453.8499202
Bob Ramazzotti4719117530508253041315.286.339.440.7797712
Roy Campanella35146123314052133902323.325.432.7151.1478800
Jack Paepke357165131732050513.262.314.369.6842401
Danny Ozark23746213141051201111.226.351.484.8353010
Morrie Martin357166511110110311.167.203.212.4151402
Pat McGlothin33696281020070410.161.212.194.4061203
Dan Bankhead618184900020.500.500.5001.0009
Harry Taylor123432482016002.250.250.406.6561302
Mel Himes3071619730140816.115.217.213.4311302
Phil Haugstad3175655610040835.092.192.108.299702
Charles Samaklis3944385510030516.132.233.158.390601
Tim Thompson3661201000.333.333.6671.0004
Jim Baxes511111200000.182.182.182.3642
Jim Romano2837320220000212.062.118.125.243403
Lee Pfund6771.143.143.143.2861
George Coffman381111110000003.091.091.091.182100
Bob Ross201212310001003.083.083.083.167100
James Phillips6881000010.000.000.000.0000
Joe Bielemeier3440000.000.000.000.0000
John Gabbard4330000.000.000.000.0000
William Eggert1110000.000.000.000.0000
Stew Hofferth7990000020.000.000.000.0000
Totals168360945351868150826874125822600658604.282.362.430.79222990176800


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
John Douglas1B13811849415120.9889.261
Danny Ozark1B161687115.9941.938
George Fallon2B932312791875.9665.484
Al Brancato2B48118154232.9935.667
Al Brancato3B85651672026.9212.729
Spider Jorgensen3B63611171518.9222.825
Ferrell AndersonC10860356167.9766.1026
Roy CampanellaC291451963.9655.6553
Toby AtwellC2193830.9714.8106
Eric TiptonOF146260751.9821.829
Earl NaylorOF121268930.9892.289
Bob AddisOF1182141244.9831.915
David PlussOF5393161.9401.774
Toby AtwellOF33636011.0002.091
Charles SamaklisP39162130.925.949
George CoffmanP3851621.913.553
Morrie MartinP3554731.9451.486
Pat McGlothinP3262723.9431.031
Phil HaugstadP3182612.9711.097
Mel HimesP30122320.9461.167
Jim RomanoP2852441.8791.036
Jack PaepkeP27621011.0001.000
Bob RossP1431010.929.929
Harry TaylorP9.000
Lee PfundP6.000
Dan BankheadP6.000
John GabbardP4.000
Joe BielemeierP3.000
Lee GriffethP1.000
William EggertP1.000
Buddy HicksSS1262333533770.9414.651
Bob RamazzottiSS3153921319.9184.677
Totals153339181596182401.9683.5971500

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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