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1948 Portland Beavers

1948 > Class AAA > 1948 Pacific Coast League
Overall: 89-99
Scored 815 runs, Allowed 863 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 89-99

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Jim Turner
Represented: Portland, OR
Ballpark: Lucky Beavers Stadium (Portland, OR)
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1947 / 1949

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH
1	Del Ballinger*	29	48	126	113	14	32	3	0	0	16	0	8	7	.283	.341	.310	.651	35	2	3
2	Eddie Basinski	25	175	686	632	83	175	24	3	4	50	8	35	83	.277	.320	.343	.663	217	5	14
3	Jim Basso	28	6	14	14	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.214	.214	.214	.429	3	0	0
4	Bill Beard	33	51	84	78	6	17	2	0	1	12	0	6	7	.218	.274	.282	.556	22	0	0
5	John Bianco	28	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
6	Tommy Bridges	41	29	70	62	4	11	1	0	0	2	0	2	25	.177	.215	.194	.409	12	1	5
7	Joe Burgher	23	16	31	29	2	7	0	0	0	2	0	2	4	.241	.290	.241	.532	7	0	0
8	Billy Capps	29	18	28	27	4	5	2	0	0	2	1	1	4	.185	.214	.259	.474	7	0	0
9	Carl DeRose	25	21	13	12	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	6	.167	.231	.167	.397	2	0	0
10	Vincent DiBiasi	27	39	98	88	8	18	4	1	0	9	0	4	14	.205	.247	.273	.520	24	1	5
11	Bill Fleming	34	52	25	22	4	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	4	.136	.240	.136	.376	3	0		Stats for 2 teams
12	John Gabbard	24	6	15	14	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	6	.286	.333	.357	.690	5	0	0
13	Ted Gullic	41	5	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0
14	Roy Helser*	36	42	99	96	10	27	4	0	3	15	1	2	14	.281	.296	.417	.713	40	0	1
15	Don Johnson	21	12	23	20	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	.050	.095	.100	.195	2	0	2
16	Ed Kowalski	25	10	12	10	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	.300	.300	.600	.900	6	0	2
17	Johnny Lazor*	35	115	344	309	36	82	18	2	5	47	3	28	19	.265	.330	.385	.715	119	2	5
18	Ad Liska	41	22	38	32	1	11	0	0	0	2	0	2	6	.344	.400	.344	.744	11	1	3
19	Jack McKinney	27	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0
20	Fenton Mole*	23	181	713	632	104	179	34	8	22	83	12	69	64	.283	.357	.467	.824	295	4	8
21	Jake Mooty	36	38	57	49	3	13	3	0	0	4	0	0	9	.265	.280	.327	.607	16	1	7
22	Moon Mullen*	31	102	268	240	28	72	10	2	1	21	2	15	9	.300	.344	.371	.715	89	1	12
23	Buddy Peterson	23	12	35	32	5	11	1	0	0	6	2	3	3	.344	.400	.375	.775	12	0	0
24	Duane Pillette	25	39	75	60	7	9	1	0	0	2	0	5	15	.150	.215	.167	.382	10	0	10
25	Cotton Pippen	37	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	Stats for 2 teams
26	Len Ratto	27	155	590	506	60	115	4	5	0	33	12	73	58	.227	.327	.255	.582	129	2	9	Stats for 2 teams
27	Herman Reich	30	187	756	677	94	219	38	1	19	100	7	69	40	.323	.390	.467	.857	316	5	5
28	Johnny Rucker*	31	151	646	607	76	189	36	5	8	76	16	32	35	.311	.348	.427	.775	259	2	5
29	Hal Saltzman	23	8	6	6	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	.167	.167	.333	.500	2	0	0
30	Andy Sierra*	32	9	9	8	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	.000	.111	.000	.111	0	0	0
31	Charlie Silvera	23	144	548	501	58	151	36	6	5	85	5	41	31	.301	.355	.427	.783	214	1	5
32	Dick Sinovic	22	10	41	38	5	8	1	1	1	3	0	2	6	.211	.268	.368	.637	14	1	0
33	Mayo Smith*	33	112	354	297	47	85	21	1	2	37	3	53	29	.286	.394	.384	.778	114	0	4
34	Harvey Storey	31	181	705	627	97	191	35	4	18	91	3	61	62	.305	.372	.459	.831	288	6	11
35	Hal Summers	27	4	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	2	0	0
36	James Tote	24	25	38	31	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	5	9	.129	.250	.129	.379	4	0	2
37	Dick Wenner	26	103	308	269	37	73	14	0	17	44	2	38	38	.271	.362	.513	.875	138	0	1
38	Kenneth Wyatt*	27	16	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.125	.000	.125	0	0	0
39	Frankie Zak	26	152	504	439	63	109	12	5	0	27	11	52	55	.248	.329	.298	.628	131	1	12
	39 Players	28.4	189	6902	6182	815	1737	303	39	107	743	79	557	627	.281	.344	.395	.738	2439	35	128

Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	John Bianco	28	0	0		3.60	3		0	0	5.0	3	2	2	5	3	0	0	0	1.600	5.4	9.0	5.4	0.60
2	Tommy Bridges	41	15	11	.577	2.86	29		15	7	195.0	173	72	62	75	123	0	0	1	1.272	8.0	3.5	5.7	1.64
3	Carl DeRose	25	1	1	.500	6.43	21		2	0	49.0	56	46	35	27	19	0	0	0	1.694	10.3	5.0	3.5	0.70
4	Vincent DiBiasi	27	17	12	.586	4.18	39		16	4	250.0	306	126	116	131	128	2	0	2	1.748	11.0	4.7	4.6	0.98
5	Bill Fleming	34	7	2	.778	4.54	52		0	0	119.0	134	80	60	59	44	2	0	6	1.622	10.1	4.5	3.3	0.75	Stats for 2 teams
6	John Gabbard	24	0	4	.000	5.91	6		2	0	35.0	46	19	23	19	6	1	0	0	1.857	11.8	4.9	1.5	0.32
7	Roy Helser*	36	12	11	.522	4.80	29		15	4	195.0	196	115	104	78	132	6	0	2	1.405	9.0	3.6	6.1	1.69
8	Don Johnson	21	3	7	.300	4.22	11		6	1	64.0	66	31	30	42	26	3	0	1	1.688	9.3	5.9	3.7	0.62
9	Ed Kowalski	25	0	2	.000	6.75	10		1	0	28.0	34	20	21	24	14	0	0	1	2.071	10.9	7.7	4.5	0.58
10	Ad Liska	41	5	10	.333	5.38	22		7	1	107.0	134	69	64	33	47	2	0	1	1.561	11.3	2.8	4.0	1.42
11	Jack McKinney	27	0	0		0.00	1		0	0	3.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0.333	0.0	3.0	6.0	2.00
12	Jake Mooty	36	7	15	.318	4.39	38		5	1	168.0	174	97	82	70	77	6	0	2	1.452	9.3	3.8	4.1	1.10
13	Duane Pillette	25	14	11	.560	4.00	38		13	3	189.0	184	88	84	115	83	3	0	1	1.582	8.8	5.5	4.0	0.72
14	Cotton Pippen	37	0	0		3.86	4		0	0	7.0	14	10	3	2	1	0	0	0	2.286	18.0	2.6	1.3	0.50	Stats for 2 teams
15	Hal Saltzman	23	1	0	1.000	3.60	8		1	0	20.0	15	14	8	14	17	0	0	0	1.450	6.8	6.3	7.6	1.21
16	Andy Sierra*	32	0	4	.000	4.50	9		1	0	30.0	34	26	15	22	15	0	0	1	1.867	10.2	6.6	4.5	0.68
17	James Tote	24	8	5	.615	4.24	21		4	2	102.0	104	51	48	64	48	0	0	1	1.647	9.2	5.6	4.2	0.75
18	Kenneth Wyatt*	27	0	4	.000	4.20	16		0	0	30.0	33	23	14	24	20	2	0	4	1.900	9.9	7.2	6.0	0.83
	18 Players	31.1	89	99	.473		189	189					863

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Charlie Silvera	141	666	76	10	14	.987	5.26	11
Del Ballinger	36	146	18	5	4	.970	4.56	4
Bill Beard	27	69	18	1	2	.989	3.22	0
Joe Burgher	11	36	5	0	0	1.000	3.73	3

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Fenton Mole	181		1549	138	15	151	.991	9.32
Herman Reich	14		48	7	0	3	1.000	3.93

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Eddie Basinski	165		367	441	23	118	.972	4.90
Moon Mullen	65		76	108	8	12	.958	2.83

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Harvey Storey	177		163	319	22	28	.956	2.72
Moon Mullen	20		12	29	4	4	.911	2.05

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Len Ratto	153	302	399	42	80	.943	4.58	Stats for 2 teams
Frankie Zak	149	239	406	23	86	.966	4.33
Eddie Basinski	28	28	45	5	3	.936	2.61
Buddy Peterson	10	13	21	4	1	.895	3.40

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Herman Reich	179	299	17	6	6	.981	1.77
Johnny Rucker	148	372	16	7	6	.982	2.62
Dick Wenner	95	148	6	4	1	.975	1.62
Johnny Lazor	92	152	10	1	1	.994	1.76
Mayo Smith	86	133	9	5	3	.966	1.65
Dick Sinovic	10	26	0	0	0	1.000	2.60

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Bill Fleming	52	14	17	1	1	.969	0.60	Stats for 2 teams
Vincent DiBiasi	39	17	60	5	6	.939	1.97
Jake Mooty	38	6	31	1	1	.974	0.97
Duane Pillette	38	16	27	3	2	.935	1.13
Tommy Bridges	29	15	39	3	3	.947	1.86
Roy Helser	29	6	30	5	1	.878	1.24
Ad Liska	22	4	27	0	2	1.000	1.41
Carl DeRose	21	3	3	1	0	.857	0.29
James Tote	21	2	14	0	0	1.000	0.76
Kenneth Wyatt	16	2	8	1	1	.909	0.63
Don Johnson	11	5	6	0	1	1.000	1.00
Ed Kowalski	10	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.20
Andy Sierra	9						0.00
Hal Saltzman	8						0.00
John Gabbard	6						0.00
Cotton Pippen	4						0.00	Stats for 2 teams
John Bianco	3						0.00
Jack McKinney	1						0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Del Ballinger	29	L	R	5' 8.0"	185	Mar 17, 1919	Fort Oglethorpe, GA, US
Eddie Basinski	25	R	R	6' 1.0"	172	Nov 4, 1922	Buffalo, NY, US
Jim Basso	28	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	Oct 5, 1919	Omaha, NE, US
Bill Beard	33	R	R	5' 10.0"	185	Nov 12, 1914	Oregon City, OR, US
John Bianco	28	R	R	6' 3.0"	194	Feb 2, 1920	New York, NY, US
Tommy Bridges	41	R	R	5' 10.0"	155	Dec 28, 1906	Gordonsville, TN, US
Joe Burgher	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	Jan 1, 1925	Wilder, ID, US
Billy Capps	29	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	Feb 27, 1919	Lawton, OK, US
Carl DeRose	25	R	R	6' 4.0"	225	Apr 12, 1923	Milaca, MN, US
Vincent DiBiasi	27	R	R	6' 2.0"	192	Sep 24, 1920	Berkeley, CA, US
Bill Fleming	34	R	R	6' 0.0"	190	Jul 31, 1913	Rowland, CA, US
John Gabbard	24	R	R	6' 1.0"	200	Aug 17, 1923	Hamilton, OH, US
Ted Gullic	41	R	R	6' 2.0"	175	Jan 2, 1907	Koshkonong, MO, US
Roy Helser	36	L	L	5' 9.0"	195	Aug 27, 1911	Portland, OR, US
Don Johnson	21	R	R	6' 3.0"	200	Nov 12, 1926	Portland, OR, US
Ed Kowalski	25	R	R	5' 11.0"	185	Dec 5, 1922	Saginaw, MI, US
Johnny Lazor	35	L	R	5' 9.0"	180	Sep 9, 1912	Taylor, WA, US
Ad Liska	41	R	R	5' 11.0"	160	Jul 10, 1906	Dwight, NE, US
Jack McKinney	27	R	R	6' 4.0"	202	Apr 21, 1921	Atlanta, GA, US
Fenton Mole	23	L	L	6' 1.0"	200	Jun 14, 1925	San Leandro, CA, US
Jake Mooty	36	R	R	5' 10.0"	170	Apr 13, 1912	Bennett, TX, US
Moon Mullen	31	L	R	5' 9.0"	165	Feb 9, 1917	Olympia, WA, US
Jack Palmer	26	R	R	5' 10.0"	175	1922
Buddy Peterson	23	R	R	5' 9.0"	170	Apr 23, 1925	Portland, OR, US
Duane Pillette	25	R	R	6' 3.0"	195	Jul 24, 1922	Detroit, MI, US
Cotton Pippen	37	R	R	6' 2.0"	180	Apr 2, 1911	Cisco, TX, US
Roy Pitter	25	R	R	5' 10.0"	180	Aug 13, 1922	Albany, CA, US
Len Ratto	27	R	R	5' 11.0"	167	Jul 13, 1920	Alameda, CA, US
Herman Reich	30	R	L	6' 2.0"	200	Nov 23, 1917	Bell, CA, US
Johnny Rucker	31	L	R	6' 2.0"	175	Jan 15, 1917	Crabapple, GA, US
Hal Saltzman	23	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	May 3, 1925	Portland, OR, US
Andy Sierra	32	L	L	6' 3.0"	210	Jan 28, 1916	Bay St. Louis, MS, US
Charlie Silvera	23	R	R	5' 10.0"	175	Oct 13, 1924	San Francisco, CA, US
Dick Sinovic	22	R		6' 0.0"	185	Jul 30, 1925	Portland, OR, US
Mayo Smith	33	L	R	6' 0.0"	183	Jan 17, 1915	New London, MO, US
Harvey Storey	31	R		5' 10.0"	187	Aug 21, 1916	Gaston, OR, US
Hal Summers	27	R		6' 2.0"	180	Mar 16, 1921	Trinidad, CO, US
James Tote	24	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	Dec 23, 1923	Punxsutawney, PA, US
Dick Wenner	26	R		6' 2.0"	201	Jun 2, 1922	San Francisco, CA, US
Kenneth Wyatt	27	L	L	5' 11.0"	180	Aug 15, 1920	Williamsburg, WA, US
Frankie Zak	26	R	R	5' 10.0"	150	Feb 22, 1922	Passaic, NJ, US

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