1948 Williamsport Tigers Statistics

Eastern League (EL) - Class: A
Team Record: 73-68
Finished 5th in the EL
Manager: Gene Desautels (73-68)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: Bowman Field 1924-
Attendance: 102,714, Avg. 1,457

1948 Williamsport Tigers Roster

Playoffs - Hartford Chiefs 1 game, Williamsport Tigers 0 - One-game playoff for fourth place.

The Williamsport Tigers of the Eastern League ended the 1948 season with a record of 73 wins and 68 losses, finishing fifth in the EL.

Gene Desautels 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
Lou Kretlow	21	12	.636	3.32	40	33					268.0	238	124	99		141
Charles Giddens	17	9	.654	3.68	29	27					213.0	207	105	87		95
Edward Marchefsky	16	13	.552	2.86	30	27					214.0	214	91	68		59
Arthur McConnell	11	16	.407	3.22	38	27					204.0	210	101	73		68
Ted Wyberanec	4	7	.364	4.27	23	12					116.0	120	65	55		68
John Weiss	4	8	.333	3.90	21	12					90.0	79	52	39		77
Jerry Burke					16						0.0
Eddie Owcar	0	2	.000	3.83	10	2					47.0	43	25	20		33
Totals	73	67	.521	3.45	207	140	0	0	0	0	1152.0	1111	563	441	0	541	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
Bruce Blanchard	135	493	493		161	18	6	2						.327	.327	.400	.726	197
Kenneth Humphrey	140	514	514		146	25	7	3						.284	.284	.377	.661	194
Harold Daugherty	140	518	518		132	19	7	9						.255	.255	.371	.625	192
Walt Chipple	135	485	485		122	20	6	6						.252	.252	.355	.606	172
Franklin Heller	109	377	377		114	15	1	9						.302	.302	.419	.721	158
Joe Ginsberg	107	340	340		111	21	8	1						.326	.326	.444	.771	151
Jimmy Moran	119	439	439		111	12	2	1						.253	.253	.296	.549	130
Elmer Swanson	97	307	307		66	20	1	8						.215	.215	.365	.580	112
Jack Creel	23	79	79		26	4	0	0						.329	.329	.380	.709	30
Ray Bowden	37	108	108		18	2	1	0						.167	.167	.204	.370	22
Lou Kretlow	41	98	98		17	2	1	1						.173	.173	.245	.418	24
Gene Desautels	16	50	50		15	4	0	0						.300	.300	.380	.680	19
Edward Marchefsky	34	76	76		15	2	0	0						.197	.197	.224	.421	17
Eddie Owcar	48	64	64		14	4	0	0						.219	.219	.281	.500	18
Ted Wyberanec	26	37	37		12	2	0	0						.324	.324	.378	.703	14
Arthur McConnell	41	66	66		12	1	0	0						.182	.182	.197	.379	13
Charles Giddens	29	76	76		12	1	0	0						.158	.158	.171	.329	13
John Weiss	22	27	27		5	3	0	0						.185	.185	.296	.481	8
Jerry Burke	16	5	5		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1315	4159	4159	0	1109	175	40	40	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.267	.357	.623	1484	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Lou Kretlow	P	40					.000
Arthur McConnell	P	38					.000
Edward Marchefsky	P	30					.000
Charles Giddens	P	29					.000
Ted Wyberanec	P	23					.000
John Weiss	P	21					.000
Jerry Burke	P	16					.000
Totals		197	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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