1948 Newark Bears

1948 > Class AAA > 1948 International League
Overall: 80-72

Affiliation: New York Yankees-AL
Manager: Bill Skiff
Represented: Newark, NJ
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	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH
1	Ralph Brown*	27	12	40	38	7	10	3	0	0	1	1	2	2	.263	.300	.342	.642	13	0	0
2	Jerry Coleman	23	142	562	491	65	123	26	1	8	62	7	54	81	.251	.328	.356	.685	175	3	14
3	Joe Collins*	25	139	579	512	84	140	25	6	23	76	5	59	67	.273	.349	.480	.829	246	0	8
4	Frank Colman*	30	29	114	100	15	28	4	1	3	16	0	10	8	.280	.351	.430	.781	43	1	3
5	Jay Difani	25	98	377	323	53	87	11	4	14	54	15	47	48	.269	.367	.458	.825	148	3	4
6	Eddie Ehlers	23	13	49	44	3	11	0	0	1	5	0	4	6	.250	.313	.318	.631	14	0	1
7	Ford Garrison	32	70	256	222	32	55	10	1	5	30	2	27	15	.248	.332	.369	.701	82	1	6
8	Bud Heslet	28	91	286	252	37	67	10	1	9	43	3	30	44	.266	.349	.421	.769	106	2	2
9	Billy Holm	35	24	41	33	13	9	0	0	1	6	0	8	6	.273	.415	.364	.778	12	0	0
10	Wally Hood	22	16	33	31	3	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	7	.226	.250	.226	.476	7	0	1
11	Bill Houtz*	23	21	24	21	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	3	4	.190	.292	.238	.530	5	0	0
12	Bob Keegan	27	16	31	27	5	8	0	1	0	2	0	4	5	.296	.387	.370	.757	10	0	0
13	Hank LaManna	28	68	118	104	18	27	4	0	2	12	3	10	19	.260	.330	.356	.686	37	1	3
14	Edward Little	25	22	63	58	7	13	1	0	2	9	0	4	5	.224	.274	.345	.619	20	0	1
15	Johnny Lucadello#	29	140	590	480	79	132	24	0	12	56	0	101	37	.275	.401	.400	.801	192	0	9
16	John Mackinson	24	17	13	12	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	.167	.231	.167	.397	2	0	0
17	John Maldovan	26	28	45	41	3	5	0	0	0	3	0	2	14	.122	.163	.122	.285	5	0	2
18	Cuddles Marshall	23	23	63	57	5	10	1	0	0	5	0	4	14	.175	.230	.193	.422	11	0	2
19	Les Mueller	29	27	23	21	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	8	.048	.091	.048	.139	1	0	1
20	Lou Novikoff	32	70	278	260	43	85	14	0	15	53	0	18	17	.327	.371	.554	.924	144	0	0
21	Jack Phillips	26	75	283	262	31	65	10	5	5	27	5	16	22	.248	.291	.382	.673	100	0	5
22	Bob Porterfield	24	25	77	68	6	10	2	0	0	4	1	6	18	.147	.227	.176	.403	12	1	2
23	Joseph Seber*	27	19	14	12	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.250	.357	.250	.607	3	0	0
24	Ted Sepkowski*	24	140	515	482	67	130	13	3	24	91	6	27	61	.270	.308	.459	.767	221	0	6
25	Ken Silvestri#	32	129	465	372	55	81	12	3	17	44	5	85	62	.218	.369	.403	.772	150	4	4
26	Dick Starr	27	32	76	67	8	9	2	0	2	6	0	6	21	.134	.216	.254	.470	17	1	2
27	Odie Strain	25	9		26	2	4	0	0	1	1	0			.154		.269		7
28	Alfred Stringer	26	44	146	116	22	30	4	0	3	8	0	25	18	.259	.390	.371	.761	43	0	5
29	Jack Wallaesa#	28	36	137	127	20	39	10	0	6	24	5	9	22	.307	.353	.528	.881	67	0	1
30	Hank Workman*	22	72	251	212	44	57	6	2	16	38	3	27	38	.269	.365	.542	.907	115	5	7
	30 Players	26.8	155	5642	4921	736	1254	194	28	169	683	63	609	705	.255	.340	.409	.748	2011	22	90

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	Bill Bevens	31	0	0		2.25	2	1	0	0	8.0	9	2	2	6	0	0	0	0	1.875	10.1	6.8	0.0	0.00
2	Edward Gysen	29	0	0		4.50	1	1	0	0	4.0	2	2	2	3	2	0	0	0	1.250	4.5	6.8	4.5	0.67
3	Wally Hood	22	6	5	.545	4.19	14	12	5	1	86.0	77	52	40	59	48	1	0	2	1.581	8.1	6.2	5.0	0.81
4	Bill Houtz*	23	2	6	.250	6.08	19	8	2	0	71.0	70	52	48	54	37	4	1	7	1.746	8.9	6.8	4.7	0.69
5	Don Johnson	21	1	3	.250	5.28	6	5	1	0	29.0	34	18	17	15	15	0	0	2	1.690	10.6	4.7	4.7	1.00
6	Bob Keegan	27	4	5	.444	5.51	16	14	4	0	85.0	98	64	52	34	40	3	1	1	1.553	10.4	3.6	4.2	1.18
7	Hank LaManna	28	4	6	.400	2.84	30	0	0	0	73.0	53	35	23	38	45	1	0	2	1.247	6.5	4.7	5.5	1.18
8	John Mackinson	24	2	4	.333	4.89	17	3	1	0	46.0	43	32	25	31	31	0	0	2	1.609	8.4	6.1	6.1	1.00
9	John Maldovan	26	8	7	.533	3.94	28	17	6	0	128.0	111	59	56	87	73	0	0	1	1.547	7.8	6.1	5.1	0.84
10	Mal Mallette*	26	2	2	.500	2.45	5	5	3	0	33.0	22	17	9	16	17	1	0	0	1.152	6.0	4.4	4.6	1.06
11	Cuddles Marshall	23	9	7	.563	3.66	23	20	10	2	155.0	147	77	63	87	77	1	0	4	1.510	8.5	5.1	4.5	0.89
12	Jack McKinney	27	0	1	.000	4.50	1	0	0	0	4.0	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.000	9.0	0.0	2.2
13	Carmine Melignano	22	1	0	1.000	4.30	8	4	1	1	23.0	25	12	11	17	14	0	0	0	1.826	9.8	6.7	5.5	0.82
14	Les Mueller	29	6	5	.545	4.16	27	8	4	0	80.0	74	44	37	35	34	2	0	1	1.362	8.3	3.9	3.8	0.97
15	Joseph Och*	23	1	0	1.000	5.62	5	0	0	0	8.0	6	5	5	12	4	1	0	0	2.250	6.8	13.5	4.5	0.33
16	Bob Porterfield	24	15	6	.714	2.17	23	22	20	6	178.0	144	47	43	51	133	3	1	2	1.096	7.3	2.6	6.7	2.61
17	Raymond Schmidt	--	0	2	.000	9.00	3	0	0	0	4.0	5	6	4	3	4	0	0	0	2.000	11.2	6.8	9.0	1.33
18	Joseph Seber*	27	2	3	.400	6.39	17				38.0	37		27	33	23				1.842	8.8	7.8	5.4	0.70
19	Dick Starr	27	14	9	.609	4.21	29	28	14	2	199.0	181	106	93	101	158	2	1	6	1.417	8.2	4.6	7.1	1.56
20	Elmer Stepanovsky*	21	0	0		0.00	3	0	0	0	6.0	3	4	0	7	4	0	0	0	1.667	4.5	10.5	6.0	0.57
21	James Tote	24	3	0	1.000	4.50	4	4	2	0	26.0	31	17	13	19	8	0	0	1	1.923	10.7	6.6	2.8	0.42
22	Joe Valenzuela	24	0	1	.000	2.00	1	1	1	0	9.0	9	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	1.111	9.0	1.0	2.0	2.00
23	Fred Wolff*	23	0	0		9.00	1	0	0	0	4.0	5	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1.250	11.2	0.0	2.2
	23 Players	25.3	80	72	.526		155	155

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
Ken Silvestri	116	618	66	8	12	.988	5.90	13
Bud Heslet	24	86	9	5	0	.950	3.96	2
Billy Holm	17	62	5	2	0	.971	3.94	2
Edward Little	17	88	6	2	1	.979	5.53	1

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Jack Phillips	75	617	46	6	64	.991	8.84
Joe Collins	51	373	19	5	30	.987	7.69
Frank Colman	26	213	21	2	23	.992	9.00

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Johnny Lucadello	79	175	201	12	46	.969	4.76
Jerry Coleman	44	116	117	11	23	.955	5.30
Ted Sepkowski	28	67	67	5	18	.964	4.79

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Jay Difani	63	70	107	11	10	.941	2.81
Johnny Lucadello	55	50	107	15	7	.913	2.85
Jerry Coleman	33	27	60	6	8	.935	2.64
Eddie Ehlers	12	15	11	2	2	.929	2.17

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Jerry Coleman	70	120	193	21	48	.937	4.47
Alfred Stringer	43	65	100	10	19	.943	3.84
Jack Wallaesa	36	63	102	9	21	.948	4.58

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Ted Sepkowski	112	188	8	4	3	.980	1.75
Joe Collins	86	192	7	4	0	.980	2.31
Lou Novikoff	70	102	4	4	1	.964	1.51
Ford Garrison	66	136	6	1	5	.993	2.15
Hank Workman	65	119	1	3	0	.976	1.85
Bud Heslet	57	75	2	3	0	.963	1.35
Jay Difani	27	34	2	0	0	1.000	1.33
Hank LaManna	15	23	0	1	0	.958	1.53
Ralph Brown	10	14	0	2	0	.875	1.40

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Hank LaManna	30	6	10	0	1	1.000	0.53
Dick Starr	29	10	25	3	0	.921	1.21
John Maldovan	28	1	23	2	1	.923	0.86
Les Mueller	27	5	16	2	0	.913	0.78
Cuddles Marshall	23	10	39	1	2	.980	2.13
Bob Porterfield	23	15	35	2	2	.962	2.17
Bill Houtz	19	0	20	1	0	.952	1.05
John Mackinson	17	4	4	1	0	.889	0.47
Joseph Seber	17	1	11	0	0	1.000	0.71
Bob Keegan	16	7	14	1	0	.955	1.31
Wally Hood	14	2	15	0	2	1.000	1.21
Carmine Melignano	8						0.00
Don Johnson	6						0.00
Mal Mallette	5						0.00
Joseph Och	5						0.00
James Tote	4						0.00
Raymond Schmidt	3						0.00
Elmer Stepanovsky	3						0.00
Bill Bevens	2						0.00
Edward Gysen	1						0.00
Jack McKinney	1						0.00
Joe Valenzuela	1						0.00
Fred Wolff	1						0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Bill Bevens	31	R	R	6' 3.0"	210	Oct 21, 1916	Hubbard, OR, US
Ralph Brown	27	L	L	6' 0.0"	170	Jun 1, 1921	Lafayette, GA, US
Jerry Coleman	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	165	Sep 14, 1924	San Jose, CA, US
Joe Collins	25	L	L	6' 0.0"	185	Dec 3, 1922	Scranton, PA, US
Frank Colman	30	L	L	5' 11.0"	186	Mar 2, 1918	London, ON, CA
Jay Difani	25	R	R	6' 0.0"	170	Dec 21, 1922	Crystal City, MO, US
Eddie Ehlers	23	R		6' 3.0"	200	Mar 10, 1925
Ford Garrison	32	R	R	5' 10.0"	180	Aug 29, 1915	Greenville, SC, US
Edward Gysen	29	R	R	6' 1.0"	195	Dec 11, 1918
Bud Heslet	28	R	R	6' 2.0"	205	Feb 27, 1920	Topeka, KS, US
Billy Holm	35	R	R	5' 10.0"	168	Jul 21, 1912	Chicago, IL, US
Wally Hood	22	R	R	6' 1.0"	190	Sep 24, 1925	Los Angeles, CA, US
Bill Houtz	23	L	L	6' 0.0"	200	Jul 29, 1924	Newport, PA, US
Don Johnson	21	R	R	6' 3.0"	200	Nov 12, 1926	Portland, OR, US
Bob Keegan	27	R	R	6' 2.0"	207	Aug 4, 1920	Rochester, NY, US
Hank LaManna	28	R	R	6' 2.0"	195	Aug 22, 1919	Waterton, PA, US
Edward Little	25	R		6' 2.0"	200	1923
Johnny Lucadello	29	S	R	5' 11.0"	160	Feb 22, 1919	Thurber, TX, US
John Mackinson	24	R	R	5' 10.0"	160	Oct 29, 1923	Orange, NJ, US
John Maldovan	26	R	R	5' 9.0"	165	May 17, 1922	Cleveland, OH, US
Mal Mallette	26	L	L	6' 2.0"	200	Jan 30, 1922	Syracuse, NY, US
Cuddles Marshall	23	R	R	6' 3.0"	200	Apr 28, 1925	Bellingham, WA, US
Jack McKinney	27	R	R	6' 4.0"	202	Apr 21, 1921	Atlanta, GA, US
Carmine Melignano	22	R	R	6' 0.0"	200	Jan 12, 1926
Les Mueller	29	R	R	6' 3.0"	190	Mar 4, 1919	Belleville, IL, US
Lou Novikoff	32	R	R	5' 10.0"	185	Oct 12, 1915	Glendale, AZ, US
Joseph Och	23	L	L	6' 2.0"	185	1925
Jack Phillips	26	R	R	6' 4.0"	193	Sep 6, 1921	Clarence, NY, US
Bob Porterfield	24	R	R	6' 0.0"	190	Aug 10, 1923	Newport, VA, US
Raymond Schmidt	--	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	Unknown
Joseph Seber	27	L	L	5' 10.0"	179	May 17, 1921	Moosic, PA, US
Ted Sepkowski	24	L	R	5' 11.0"	190	Nov 9, 1923	Baltimore, MD, US
Ken Silvestri	32	S	R	6' 1.0"	200	May 3, 1916	Chicago, IL, US
Dick Starr	27	R	R	6' 3.0"	190	Mar 2, 1921	Kittanning, PA, US
Elmer Stepanovsky	21	L	L	5' 11.0"	180	1927
Odie Strain	25	R		5' 10.0"	175	Aug 3, 1922	Decatur, IL, US
Alfred Stringer	26	R		6' 0.0"	175	Jun 6, 1922
James Tote	24	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	Dec 23, 1923	Punxsutawney, PA, US
Joe Valenzuela	24	R	R	5' 9.0"	190	1924	Tucson, AZ, US
Jack Wallaesa	28	S	R	6' 3.0"	191	Aug 31, 1919	Easton, PA, US
Fred Wolff	23	R	L	6' 3.0"	220	May 9, 1925	St. Clair, PA, US
Hank Workman	22	L	R	6' 1.0"	185	Feb 5, 1926	Los Angeles, CA, US

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