1948 St. Paul Saints Statistics
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
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.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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pat McGlothin | 14 | 7 | .667 | 4.81 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 172.0 | 158 | 103 | 92 | 85 | 125 | 5 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
Morrie Martin | 13 | 11 | .542 | 4.16 | 35 | 15 | 3 | 186.0 | 171 | 93 | 86 | 71 | 129 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
Phil Haugstad | 12 | 8 | .600 | 4.25 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 182.0 | 154 | 96 | 86 | 106 | 95 | 10 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
Mel Himes | 11 | 6 | .647 | 4.85 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 167.0 | 171 | 106 | 90 | 70 | 114 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Charles Samaklis | 10 | 10 | .500 | 4.90 | 39 | 2 | 1 | 125.0 | 134 | 86 | 68 | 53 | 56 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
Jack Paepke | 7 | 8 | .467 | 3.93 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 149.0 | 140 | 86 | 65 | 98 | 70 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
Jim Romano | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3.06 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 109.0 | 100 | 57 | 37 | 63 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
George Coffman | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4.50 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 62.0 | 74 | 43 | 31 | 31 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
Dan Bankhead | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.60 | 6 | 0 | 35.0 | 34 | 15 | 14 | 18 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
Harry Taylor | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.95 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 57.0 | 54 | 30 | 25 | 30 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||
Bob Ross | 2 | 1 | .667 | 7.20 | 14 | 0 | 40.0 | 46 | 34 | 32 | 31 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||||||
Lee Griffeth | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||
John Gabbard | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 0 | 13.0 | 13 | 8 | 3 | |||||||||||||
William Eggert | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 2.7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||
Lee Pfund | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.38 | 6 | 0 | 24.0 | 25 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Joe Bielemeier | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8.25 | 3 | 0 | 12.0 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Totals | 86 | 68 | .558 | 4.40 | 304 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 15 | 0 | 1336.7 | 1297 | 777 | 654 | 0 | 685 | 0 | 767 | 31 | 6 | 30 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Douglas | 143 | 648 | 578 | 75 | 175 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 73 | 5 | 68 | 54 | .303 | .376 | .389 | .765 | 225 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Eric Tipton | 148 | 660 | 540 | 111 | 169 | 35 | 10 | 28 | 126 | 14 | 115 | 64 | .313 | .434 | .570 | 1.005 | 308 | 1 | 4 | ||||
Buddy Hicks | 137 | 623 | 534 | 91 | 158 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 61 | 10 | 71 | 51 | .296 | .380 | .391 | .771 | 209 | 1 | 17 | ||||
Al Brancato | 139 | 561 | 505 | 66 | 150 | 21 | 7 | 9 | 76 | 1 | 53 | 43 | .297 | .364 | .420 | .784 | 212 | 0 | 3 | ||||
Bob Addis | 126 | 503 | 456 | 88 | 143 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 67 | 6 | 36 | 36 | .314 | .368 | .458 | .826 | 209 | 3 | 8 | ||||
Earl Naylor | 127 | 517 | 454 | 71 | 126 | 26 | 5 | 8 | 62 | 7 | 56 | 59 | .278 | .359 | .410 | .769 | 186 | 2 | 5 | ||||
Ferrell Anderson | 117 | 462 | 415 | 72 | 122 | 29 | 3 | 12 | 63 | 0 | 39 | 34 | .294 | .362 | .465 | .827 | 193 | 5 | 3 | ||||
George Fallon | 96 | 382 | 347 | 49 | 90 | 25 | 2 | 10 | 67 | 3 | 32 | 38 | .259 | .324 | .429 | .753 | 149 | 1 | 2 | ||||
Toby Atwell | 60 | 236 | 203 | 37 | 70 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 3 | 32 | 11 | .345 | .434 | .498 | .932 | 101 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Spider Jorgensen | 70 | 282 | 245 | 33 | 64 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 6 | 32 | 16 | .261 | .351 | .445 | .796 | 109 | 2 | 3 | ||||
David Pluss | 73 | 247 | 203 | 41 | 55 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 1 | 42 | 28 | .271 | .396 | .453 | .849 | 92 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Bob Ramazzotti | 47 | 191 | 175 | 30 | 50 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 4 | 13 | 15 | .286 | .339 | .440 | .779 | 77 | 1 | 2 | ||||
Roy Campanella | 35 | 146 | 123 | 31 | 40 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 39 | 0 | 23 | 23 | .325 | .432 | .715 | 1.147 | 88 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jack Paepke | 35 | 71 | 65 | 13 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .262 | .314 | .369 | .684 | 24 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Danny Ozark | 23 | 74 | 62 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 11 | .226 | .351 | .484 | .835 | 30 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Morrie Martin | 35 | 71 | 66 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .167 | .203 | .212 | .415 | 14 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Pat McGlothin | 33 | 69 | 62 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .161 | .212 | .194 | .406 | 12 | 0 | 3 | ||||
Dan Bankhead | 6 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 9 | ||||||||
Harry Taylor | 12 | 34 | 32 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .406 | .656 | 13 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Mel Himes | 30 | 71 | 61 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 16 | .115 | .217 | .213 | .431 | 13 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Phil Haugstad | 31 | 75 | 65 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 35 | .092 | .192 | .108 | .299 | 7 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Charles Samaklis | 39 | 44 | 38 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 16 | .132 | .233 | .158 | .390 | 6 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Tim Thompson | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1.000 | 4 | ||||||||
Jim Baxes | 5 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 2 | ||||||||
Jim Romano | 28 | 37 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .062 | .118 | .125 | .243 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||||
Lee Pfund | 6 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
George Coffman | 38 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Bob Ross | 20 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
James Phillips | 6 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||
Joe Bielemeier | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
John Gabbard | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
William Eggert | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Stew Hofferth | 7 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||
Totals | 1683 | 6094 | 5351 | 868 | 1508 | 268 | 74 | 125 | 822 | 60 | 0 | 658 | 604 | .282 | .362 | .430 | .792 | 2299 | 0 | 17 | 68 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Douglas | 1B | 138 | 1184 | 94 | 15 | 120 | .988 | 9.261 | ||||
Danny Ozark | 1B | 16 | 168 | 7 | 1 | 15 | .994 | 1.938 | ||||
George Fallon | 2B | 93 | 231 | 279 | 18 | 75 | .966 | 5.484 | ||||
Al Brancato | 2B | 48 | 118 | 154 | 2 | 32 | .993 | 5.667 | ||||
Al Brancato | 3B | 85 | 65 | 167 | 20 | 26 | .921 | 2.729 | ||||
Spider Jorgensen | 3B | 63 | 61 | 117 | 15 | 18 | .922 | 2.825 | ||||
Ferrell Anderson | C | 108 | 603 | 56 | 16 | 7 | .976 | 6.102 | 6 | |||
Roy Campanella | C | 29 | 145 | 19 | 6 | 3 | .965 | 5.655 | 3 | |||
Toby Atwell | C | 21 | 93 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .971 | 4.810 | 6 | |||
Eric Tipton | OF | 146 | 260 | 7 | 5 | 1 | .982 | 1.829 | ||||
Earl Naylor | OF | 121 | 268 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .989 | 2.289 | ||||
Bob Addis | OF | 118 | 214 | 12 | 4 | 4 | .983 | 1.915 | ||||
David Pluss | OF | 53 | 93 | 1 | 6 | 1 | .940 | 1.774 | ||||
Toby Atwell | OF | 33 | 63 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.091 | ||||
Charles Samaklis | P | 39 | 16 | 21 | 3 | 0 | .925 | .949 | ||||
George Coffman | P | 38 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 1 | .913 | .553 | ||||
Morrie Martin | P | 35 | 5 | 47 | 3 | 1 | .945 | 1.486 | ||||
Pat McGlothin | P | 32 | 6 | 27 | 2 | 3 | .943 | 1.031 | ||||
Phil Haugstad | P | 31 | 8 | 26 | 1 | 2 | .971 | 1.097 | ||||
Mel Himes | P | 30 | 12 | 23 | 2 | 0 | .946 | 1.167 | ||||
Jim Romano | P | 28 | 5 | 24 | 4 | 1 | .879 | 1.036 | ||||
Jack Paepke | P | 27 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Bob Ross | P | 14 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .929 | ||||
Harry Taylor | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
Lee Pfund | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
Dan Bankhead | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
John Gabbard | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
Joe Bielemeier | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
Lee Griffeth | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
William Eggert | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
Buddy Hicks | SS | 126 | 233 | 353 | 37 | 70 | .941 | 4.651 | ||||
Bob Ramazzotti | SS | 31 | 53 | 92 | 13 | 19 | .918 | 4.677 | ||||
Totals | 1533 | 3918 | 1596 | 182 | 401 | .968 | 3.597 | 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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