1948 Philadelphia Phillies season

1948 Philadelphia Phillies
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1883)
Location
Shibe Park (since 1938)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)	R. R. M. Carpenter
General manager(s)	R. R. M. Carpenter, Jr.
Manager(s)	Ben Chapman, Eddie Sawyer
Local television	WPTZ/WCAU (Claude Haring)
Local radio	WIBG (By Saam, Chuck Thompson)
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Regular season

The 1948 season was the Phillies' 16th consecutive losing season. It was the major league record until the Pittsburgh Pirates broke it in 2009 with their 17th consecutive losing season.

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Braves	91	62	0.595	—	45–31	46–31
St. Louis Cardinals	85	69	0.552	6½	44–33	41–36
Brooklyn Dodgers	84	70	0.545	7½	36–41	48–29
Pittsburgh Pirates	83	71	0.539	8½	47–31	36–40
New York Giants	78	76	0.506	13½	37–40	41–36
Philadelphia Phillies	66	88	0.429	25½	32–44	34–44
Cincinnati Reds	64	89	0.418	27	32–45	32–44
Chicago Cubs	64	90	0.416	27½	35–42	29–48

Record vs. opponents

1948 National League Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	14–8	16–6–1	13–8	11–11	14–8	12–10	11–11
Brooklyn	8–14	—	11–11	18–4	11–11–1	15–7	9–13	12–10
Chicago	6–16–1	11–11	—	10–12	11–11	7–15	8–14	11–11
Cincinnati	8–13	4–18	12–10	—	10–12	11–11	9–13	10–12
New York	11–11	11–11–1	11–11	12–10	—	14–8	12–10	7–15
Philadelphia	8–14	7–15	15–7	11–11	8–14	—	12–10–1	5–17
Pittsburgh	10–12	13–9	14–8	13–9	10–12	10–12–1	—	13–9–1
St. Louis	11–11	10–12	11–11	12–10	15–7	17–5	9–13–1	—

Notable transactions

• April 7, 1948: Ralph LaPointe and $30,000 were traded by the Phillies to the St. Louis Cardinals for Dick Sisler.

Roster

1948 Philadelphia Phillies
Roster
Pitchers 35 Charlie Bicknell 30 Blix Donnelly 34 Monk Dubiel 41 Paul Erickson 37 Lou Grasmick 33,27 Ken Heintzelman 21 Ed Heusser 17 Oscar Judd 26 Dick Koecher -- Jim Konstanty 20 Dutch Leonard 18 Sam Nahem 36 Al Porto 12 Lou Possehl 36 Robin Roberts 22,19 Schoolboy Rowe 32,28 Curt Simmons 36 Nick Strincevich  9 Jocko Thompson		Catchers 25 Al Lakeman 41 Stan Lopata 22,8 Don Padgett 24 Andy Seminick 17 Hal Wagner Infielders 27,2 Putsy Caballero 34,3 Bert Haas 6,1 Granny Hamner 23 Willie Jones 16,5 Eddie Miller 15 Bama Rowell 10,12 Howie Schultz  6 Dick Sisler  9 Emil Verban		Outfielders  1 Richie Ashburn 16 Johnny Blatnik 14 Del Ennis 18 Jackie Mayo  4 Harry Walker		Manager  7 Ben Chapman 32 Dusty Cooke  7 Eddie Sawyer Coaches 11 Benny Bengough 32 Dusty Cooke 40 Maje McDonnell 31 Cy Perkins

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
1B	Dick Sisler	121	446	122	.274	11	56
SS	Eddie Miller	130	468	115	.246	14	61

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Charlie Bicknell	17	0	1	0	5.96	5

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Toronto Maple Leafs	International League	Eddie Sawyer and Dick Porter
A	Utica Blue Sox	Eastern League	Dick Porter and Patrick Colgan
B	Terre Haute Phillies	Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League	Patrick Colgan and Dale Jones
B	Wilmington Blue Rocks	Interstate League	Jack Sanford
B	Portland Pilots	New England League	Del Bissonette
C	Schenectady Blue Jays	Canadian–American League	Leon Riley
C	Vandergrift Pioneers	Middle Atlantic League	Floyd "Pat" Patterson and Lew Krausse, Sr.
C	Salina Blue Jays	Western Association	Vance Dinges
D	Dover Phillies	Eastern Shore League	Guy Glaser and Grover Wearshing
D	Baton Rouge Red Sticks	Evangeline League	Dick Carter
D	Klamath Falls Gems	Far West League	Joe Gantenbein
D	Americus Phillies	Georgia–Florida League	Le Grant Scott and Eddie Murphy
D	Carbondale Pioneers	North Atlantic League	Dan Carnevale
D	Bradford Blue Wings	PONY League	George Savino
D	Appleton Papermakers	Wisconsin State League	Whitey Gluchoski

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Carbondale

External links

• 1948 Philadelphia Phillies season at Baseball Reference