1948 Savannah Indians

1948 > Class A > 1948 South Atlantic League
Overall: n/a

Affiliation: Philadelphia Athletics-AL
Manager: Eric McNair
Represented: Savannah, GA
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1947 / 1949

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BA	SLG	TB
1	Dick Adams	28	91	332	91	11	3	11	.274	.425	141
2	Earle Brucker*	22	44	101	24	5	0	2	.238	.347	35
3	Moe Burtschy	26	36	75	8	1	1	0	.107	.147	11
4	Harry Byrd	23	42	70	11	2	0	0	.157	.186	13
5	Thomas Clayton	23	55	163	42	9	1	6	.258	.436	71
6	Carl Cooper*	31	132	427	109	18	8	3	.255	.356	152	Stats for 2 teams
7	Pat Cooper	30	13	49	12	2	1	0	.245	.327	16
8	Harry Desert	25	28	40	3	1	0	0	.075	.100	4
9	Tony Foti	30	41	73	13	2	0	0	.178	.205	15
10	Richard Hildreth	23	23	26	2	0	0	0	.077	.077	2
11	Bill Hockenbury	23	62	198	38	5	1	1	.192	.242	48
12	Alex Kellner	23	17	45	4	0	0	0	.089	.089	4
13	Emil Kreshka*	28	102	327	79	11	5	0	.242	.306	100
14	William LaFrance	25	30	81	20	4	2	2	.247	.420	34
15	Harold Leach?	--	26	63	12	1	0	0	.190	.206	13
16	Plaskie McCree	22	16	6	1	0	0	0	.167	.167	1
17	Ed Mutryn	25	103	313	83	21	9	4	.265	.428	134
18	Hilliard Nance	29	141	547	124	23	4	1	.227	.289	158
19	Tony Napoles	23	11	13	3	0	0	0	.231	.231	3
20	Bill Peterman	27	42	103	25	3	2	1	.243	.340	35	Stats for 2 teams
21	James Reggio#	26	120	431	105	13	7	6	.244	.348	150
22	Alfred Rossetti*	23	145	542	153	19	6	0	.282	.339	184
23	Sanford Silverstein	23	28	47	14	2	1	0	.298	.383	18
24	Joseph Socey*	29	28	81	18	4	0	3	.222	.383	31
25	Robert Stewart	22	33	90	18	3	0	1	.200	.267	24
26	George Suder	22	20	71	13	0	0	0	.183	.183	13
27	Ed Sudol	27	35	119	29	5	1	1	.244	.328	39
28	John Vernillo	27	136	496	150	16	3	6	.302	.383	190
	28 Players	26.3

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	IP	H	R	ER	BB	WHIP	H/9	BB/9
1	Moe Burtschy	26	16	15	.516	3.61	36	252.0	217	118	101	139	1.413	7.8	5.0
2	Harry Byrd	23	15	15	.500	4.09	42	233.0	223	140	106	101	1.391	8.6	3.9
3	Harry Desert	25	4	9	.308	5.38	28	117.0	130	88	70	52	1.556	10.0	4.0
4	Tony Foti	30	11	16	.407	3.53	39	227.0	196	108	89	117	1.379	7.8	4.6
5	Richard Hildreth	23	3	6	.333	5.78	16	67.0	83	54	43	32	1.716	11.1	4.3
6	Alex Kellner*	23	9	3	.750	2.73	15	112.0	79	42	34	42	1.080	6.3	3.4
7	Plaskie McCree	22					16
8	Tony Napoles	23					10
9	Sanford Silverstein	23	0	8	.000	5.49	22	82.0	105	58	50	38	1.744	11.5	4.2
	9 Players	24.9

Team Fielding--By Pos

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P

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Harry Byrd	42							0.00
Tony Foti	39							0.00
Moe Burtschy	36							0.00
Harry Desert	28							0.00
Sanford Silverstein	22							0.00
Richard Hildreth	16							0.00
Plaskie McCree	16							0.00
Alex Kellner	15							0.00
Tony Napoles	10							0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Dick Adams	28	R	L	6' 0.0"	185	Apr 8, 1920	Tuolumne, CA, US
Earle Brucker	22	L	R	6' 2.0"	210	Aug 25, 1925	Los Angeles, CA, US
Moe Burtschy	26	R	R	6' 3.0"	208	Apr 18, 1922	Cincinnati, OH, US
Harry Byrd	23	R	R	6' 1.0"	188	Feb 3, 1925	Darlington, SC, US
Thomas Clayton	23	R		5' 11.0"	175	1925
Carl Cooper	31	L		6' 2.0"	190	1917
Pat Cooper	30	R	R	6' 3.0"	180	Nov 26, 1917	Albemarle, NC, US
Harry Desert	25	R	R	6' 2.0"	178	Sep 12, 1922
Tony Foti	30	R	R	5' 11.0"	175	Oct 2, 1917	Newark, NJ, US
Richard Hildreth	23	R	R	5' 9.0"	160	1925
Bill Hockenbury	23	R	R	6' 2.0"	200	1925
Alex Kellner	23	R	L	6' 0.0"	200	Aug 26, 1924	Tucson, AZ, US
Emil Kreshka	28	L		6' 1.0"	180	1920
William LaFrance	25	R		5' 11.0"	190	1923
Harold Leach	--					Unknown
Plaskie McCree	22	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	1926
Ed Mutryn	25	R	R	5' 11.0"	195	Dec 7, 1922	Cleveland, OH, US
Hilliard Nance	29	R		5' 11.0"	151	1919
Tony Napoles	23	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	1925
Bill Peterman	27	R	R	6' 2.0"	185	Mar 20, 1921	Philadelphia, PA, US
James Reggio	26	S		5' 9.0"	170	1922
Alfred Rossetti	23	L		5' 10.0"	185	1925
Sanford Silverstein	23	R	R	6' 2.0"	195	1925
Joseph Socey	29	L		5' 9.0"	175	1919
Robert Stewart	22	R		5' 10.0"	175	1926
George Suder	22	R		5' 10.0"	160	1926
Ed Sudol	27	R		6' 3.0"	193	Sep 13, 1920	Passaic, NJ, US
John Vernillo	27	R		5' 10.0"	174	1921

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