1948 New York Yankees

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1948 New York Yankees
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1901)
1948 Uniform
Location
Yankee Stadium (Since 1923) New York City, New York (Since 1903)
1948 Information
Owner(s)	Dan Topping and Del Webb
Manager(s)	Bucky Harris
Local television	none
Local radio	none
Baseball-Reference	1948 New York Yankees

Contents 1 1948 New York Yankees / Franchise: New York Yankees / BR Team Page 2 Player stats 2.1 Batting 2.1.1 Other batters 2.2 Starting pitchers 2.3 Other pitchers 2.4 Relief pitchers 3 External links

[edit] 1948 New York Yankees / Franchise: New York Yankees / BR Team Page

The New York Yankees' 1948 season was the 46th season for the Yankees and their 48th overall. The team finished with a record of 94-60, finishing 2.5 games behind the Cleveland Indians and 1.5 games behind the Boston Red Sox. New York was managed by Bucky Harris. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium.

The fractional games-behind came about due to the frenzied pennant race, which saw the Yankees, Red Sox and Indians all battling it out to the end. The Yankees fell just a little short, and the Red Sox and Indians finished in a tie for first at 96-58. They held a one-game playoff, which counted as part of the regular season, so the Indians' victory raised their record to 97-58, and dropped the Red Sox to 96-59.

The Yankees did not renew Bucky Harris' contract after the season, opting instead to hire Casey Stengel starting in 1949. This move raised some eyebrows, but Stengel had just led the Oakland Oaks to the Pacific Coast League pennant in 1948, demonstrating that with good talent, he had a good chance to succeed. The Yankees were about to begin the most dominating stretch of their long dynasty.

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Joe DiMaggio	153	594	190	.320	39	155
Tommy Henrich	146	598	181	.308	25	100
Billy Johnson	127	446	131	.294	12	64
Johnny Lindell	88	309	138	.317	13	55
George McQuinn	94	302	75	.248	11	41
Gus Niarhos	82	228	61	.268	0	19
Phil Rizzuto	128	464	117	.252	6	50
Snuffy Stirnweiss	141	515	130	.252	3	32

[edit] Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Hank Bauer	19	50	9	.180	1	9
Yogi Berra	125	469	143	.305	14	98
Bobby Brown	113	363	109	.300	3	48
Joe Collins	5	5	1	.200	0	2
Frankie Crosetti	17	14	4	.286	0	0
Lonny Frey	14	29	8	.276	0	3
Ralph Houk	1	0	0	.000	0	0
Charlie Keller	83	247	66	.267	6	44
Sherm Lollar	22	38	8	.211	0	4
Cliff Mapes	53	88	22	.250	1	12
Jack Phillips	1	2	0	.000	0	0
Charlie Silvera	4	14	8	.571	0	1
Steve Souchock	44	118	24	.203	3	11
Bud Stewart	6	5	1	.200	0	0

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Ed Lopat	33	226.7	17	11	3.65	83
Bob Porterfield	16	78	5	3	4.50	30
Vic Raschi	36	222.7	19	8	3.84	124
Allie Reynolds	39	236.3	16	7	3.77	101
Spec Shea	28	155.7	9	10	3.41	71

[edit] Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Red Embree	20	76.7	5	3	3.76	25
Cuddles Marshall	1	1	0	0	0.00	0
Dick Starr	1	1	0	0	4.50	2

[edit] Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Tommy Byrne	31	8	5	2	3.30	101
Karl Drews	19	2	3	1	3.79	11
Randy Gumpert	15	1	0	0	2.88	12
Frank Hiller	22	5	2	0	4.04	25
Joe Page	55	7	8	16	4.26	77

[edit] External links

• 1948 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

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