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.^[1]

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:
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.^[2]

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	Sisler, DickDick Sisler	121	446	122	.274	11	56
SS	Miller, EddieEddie 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
Bicknell, CharlieCharlie Bicknell	17	0	1	0	5.96	5

Farm system

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

References

↑ Robinson, Alan (September 7, 2009). "Lee's 2 HRs for Cubs put Pirates into record book". Yahoo! Sports. Associated Press. Retrieved September 8, 2009.
↑ "Dick Sisler". Baseball Reference.
↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

External links

1948 Philadelphia Phillies season at Baseball Reference

1948 MLB season by team

American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington

National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

1948 All-Star Game 1948 World Series

Philadelphia Phillies

Formerly the Philadelphia Quakers
Based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The franchise

Ballparks

Recreation Park Baker Bowl Shibe Park Veterans Stadium Citizens Bank Park

Spring training Fogel Field Coffee Pot Park Rickwood Field Cooke Field McKechnie Field Wilmington Park Flamingo Field Clearwater Athletic Field Jack Russell Memorial Stadium Carpenter Complex / Bright House Field

Culture

Rivalries

Important figures

Wall of Fame members	Grover Cleveland Alexander Dick Allen Richie Ashburn Bob Boone Larry Bowa Jim Bunning Pat Burrell Johnny Callison Steve Carlton Gavvy Cravath Darren Daulton Ed Delahanty Del Ennis Dallas Green Billy Hamilton Granny Hamner Willie Jones Harry Kalas Chuck Klein John Kruk Mike Lieberthal Greg Luzinski Garry Maddox Sherry Magee Charlie Manuel Tug McGraw Paul Owens Robin Roberts Juan Samuel Curt Schilling Mike Schmidt Chris Short Curt Simmons Tony Taylor Jim Thome Sam Thompson John Vukovich Cy Williams

Franchise record holders	John Coleman Bill Duggleby Lenny Dykstra Kid Gleason Ryan Howard George McQuillan José Mesa Lefty O'Doul Jimmy Rollins Curt Schilling Kent Tekulve Chase Utley

Retired numbers

Key personnel

Owner: Limited partnership (John S. Middleton, Jim & Pete Buck, David Montgomery, & Pat Gillick)
President: Andy MacPhail
General Manager: Matt Klentak
Manager: Pete Mackanin

World Series
championships (2)

1980
2008

NL pennants (7)

Division
championships (11)

Minor league
affiliates

AAA: Lehigh Valley IronPigs
AA: Reading Fightin Phils
A Adv.: Clearwater Threshers
A: Lakewood BlueClaws
Short A: Williamsport Crosscutters
Rookie: GCL Phillies; DSL Phillies 1; DSL Phillies 2
Rosters: Minor league rosters

Broadcasting

Television

Radio

94 WIP (Flagship Station)
El Pasaporte (Spanish Flagship Station)
Phillies radio network affiliates

Broadcasters

TV Tom McCarthy Ben Davis Matt Stairs Mike Schmidt

Radio Scott Franzke Larry Andersen

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