1948 World Series - Cleveland Indians over Boston Braves (4-2)

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1948 World Series (4-2): Cleveland Indians (97-58) over Boston Braves (91-62)

1947 WS / 1949 WS

Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, October 6, 1948 at Braves Field (Boston Braves)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Cleveland Indians            0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  4  0
    Boston Braves                0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  x     1  2  2

    PITCHERS: CLE - Feller
              BSN - Sain

               WP - Johnny Sain
	       LP - Bob Feller
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: CLE - none
              BSN - none

  ATTENDANCE: 40,135

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Thursday, October 7, 1948 at Braves Field (Boston Braves)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Cleveland Indians            0  0  0    2  1  0    0  0  1     4  8  1
    Boston Braves                1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     1  8  3

    PITCHERS: CLE - Lemon
              BSN - Spahn, Barrett (5), Potter (8)

               WP - Bob Lemon
	       LP - Warren Spahn
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: CLE - none
              BSN - none

  ATTENDANCE: 39,633

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Friday, October 8, 1948 at Cleveland Stadium (Cleveland Indians)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Boston Braves                0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  5  1
    Cleveland Indians            0  0  1    1  0  0    0  0  x     2  5  0

    PITCHERS: BSN - Bickford, Voiselle (4), Barrett (8)
              CLE - Bearden

               WP - Gene Bearden
	       LP - Vern Bickford
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BSN - none
              CLE - none

  ATTENDANCE: 70,306

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Saturday, October 9, 1948 at Cleveland Stadium (Cleveland Indians)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Boston Braves                0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0     1  7  0
    Cleveland Indians            1  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  x     2  5  0

    PITCHERS: BSN - Sain
              CLE - Gromek

               WP - Steve Gromek
	       LP - Johnny Sain
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BSN - Rickert
              CLE - Doby

  ATTENDANCE: 81,897

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Sunday, October 10, 1948 at Cleveland Stadium (Cleveland Indians)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Boston Braves                3  0  1    0  0  1    6  0  0    11 12  0
    Cleveland Indians            1  0  0    4  0  0    0  0  0     5  6  2

    PITCHERS: BSN - Potter, Spahn (4)
              CLE - Feller, Klieman (7), Christopher (7), Paige (7), Muncrief (8)

               WP - Warren Spahn
	       LP - Bob Feller
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BSN - Elliott (2), Salkeld
              CLE - Hegan, Mitchell

  ATTENDANCE: 86,288

Game 6 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Monday, October 11, 1948 at Braves Field (Boston Braves)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Cleveland Indians            0  0  1    0  0  2    0  1  0     4 10  0
    Boston Braves                0  0  0    1  0  0    0  2  0     3  9  0

    PITCHERS: CLE - Lemon, Bearden (8)
              BSN - Voiselle, Spahn (8)

               WP - Bob Lemon
	       LP - Bill Voiselle
             SAVE - Gene Bearden

   HOME RUNS: CLE - Gordon
              BSN - none

  ATTENDANCE: 40,103

Series Batting Stats

Cleveland Indians Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Gene Bearden	2	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.750	1.250	0	0	37	90	14	23	2	14	0	.256	.650
Ray Boone	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	6	5	0	2	0	1	0	.400	1.000
Lou Boudreau	6	22	1	6	4	0	0	3	1	1	.273	.333	.455	.788	0	0	152	560	116	199	18	106	3	.355	.987
Russ Christopher	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	45	6	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.250
Allie Clark	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	81	271	43	84	9	38	0	.310	.807
Larry Doby	6	22	1	7	1	0	1	2	2	4	.318	.375	.500	.875	0	0	121	439	83	132	14	66	9	.301	.873
Bob Feller	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	44	95	1	9	0	3	0	.095	.229
Joe Gordon	6	22	3	4	0	0	1	2	1	2	.182	.217	.318	.536	1	0	144	550	96	154	32	124	5	.280	.879
Steve Gromek	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	38	41	3	6	0	1	0	.146	.375
Jim Hegan	6	19	2	4	0	0	1	5	1	4	.211	.250	.368	.618	1	0	144	472	60	117	14	61	6	.248	.724
Wally Judnich	4	13	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	4	.077	.143	.077	.220	0	0	79	218	36	56	2	29	2	.257	.782
Ken Keltner	6	21	3	2	0	0	0	0	2	3	.095	.174	.095	.269	0	0	153	558	91	166	31	119	2	.297	.917
Bob Kennedy	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	*96	186	14	50	0	19	0	.269	.659
Ed Klieman	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	44	14	0	2	0	0	0	.143	.393
Bob Lemon	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	52	119	20	34	5	21	0	.286	.818
Dale Mitchell	6	23	4	4	1	0	1	1	2	0	.174	.240	.348	.588	0	0	141	608	82	204	4	56	13	.336	.814
Bob Muncrief	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	21	18	0	2	0	0	0	.111	.311
Satchel Paige	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	21	23	0	2	0	0	0	.087	.174
Hal Peck	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	45	63	12	18	0	8	1	.286	.662
Eddie Robinson	6	20	0	6	0	0	0	1	1	0	.300	.333	.300	.633	0	0	134	493	53	125	16	83	1	.254	.715
Al Rosen	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	.200	.400
Joe Tipton	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	47	90	11	26	1	13	0	.289	.689
Thurman Tucker	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	0	0	83	242	52	63	1	19	11	.260	.690
Totals	66	191	17	38	7	0	4	16	12	26	.199	.250	.298	.548	2	0	156	5446	840	1534	155		54	.282	.792

Boston Braves Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Red Barrett	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	34	39	0	7	0	3	0	.179	.359
Vern Bickford	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	33	49	3	10	0	7	0	.204	.480
Clint Conatser	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	90	224	30	62	3	23	0	.277	.754
Al Dark	6	24	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.208	.375	0	0	137	543	85	175	3	48	4	.322	.786
Bob Elliott	6	21	4	7	0	0	2	5	2	2	.333	.391	.619	1.010	0	0	151	540	99	153	23	100	6	.283	.897
Tommy Holmes	6	26	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	.192	.192	.192	.385	0	0	139	585	85	190	6	61	1	.325	.814
Phil Masi	5	8	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	.125	.125	.250	.375	0	0	113	376	43	95	5	44	2	.253	.661
Frank McCormick	3	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	75	180	14	45	4	34	0	.250	.678
Mike McCormick	6	23	1	6	0	0	0	2	0	4	.261	.261	.261	.522	0	0	115	343	45	104	1	39	1	.303	.780
Nels Potter	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	*28	37	1	14	0	4	0	.378	.800
Marv Rickert	5	19	2	4	0	0	1	2	0	4	.211	.211	.368	.579	0	0	*11	19	1	4	0	2	0	.211	.566
Connie Ryan	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	51	122	14	26	0	10	0	.213	.571
Johnny Sain	2	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	43	115	11	25	0	16	0	.217	.485
Bill Salkeld	5	9	2	2	0	0	1	1	5	1	.222	.500	.556	1.056	0	0	78	198	26	48	8	28	1	.242	.792
Ray Sanders	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	5	4	0	1	0	2	0	.250	.650
Sibby Sisti	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	83	221	30	54	0	21	0	.244	.630
Warren Spahn	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	37	90	10	15	1	7	0	.167	.452
Eddie Stanky	6	14	0	4	1	0	0	1	7	0	.286	.524	.357	.881	0	0	67	247	49	79	2	29	3	.320	.872
Earl Torgeson	5	18	2	7	3	0	0	1	2	1	.389	.450	.556	1.006	1	0	134	438	70	111	10	67	19	.253	.770
Bill Voiselle	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	37	72	2	7	0	4	0	.097	.242
Totals	72	187	17	43	6	0	4	16	16	19	.230	.291	.326	.617	1	0	154	5297	739	1458	95		43	.275	.757

Cleveland Indians Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Gene Bearden	2	1	0.00	1	0	1	1	10.2	6	0	1	4	0.656	37	29	2.43	20	7	1	229.2	187	106	80	1.276
Russ Christopher	1	0	inf	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	1	0	0		45	0	2.90	3	2	17	59.0	55	27	14	1.390
Bob Feller	2	2	5.02	0	2	0	1	14.1	10	8	5	7	1.047	44	38	3.56	19	15	3	280.1	255	116	164	1.323
Steve Gromek	1	1	1.00	1	0	0	1	9.0	7	1	1	2	0.889	38	9	2.84	9	3	2	130.0	109	51	50	1.231
Ed Klieman	1	0	inf	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	3	2	0		44	0	2.60	3	2	4	79.2	62	46	18	1.356
Bob Lemon	2	2	1.65	2	0	0	1	16.1	16	3	7	6	1.408	43	37	2.82	20	14	2	293.2	231	129	147	1.226
Bob Muncrief	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0.500	21	9	3.98	5	4	0	72.1	76	31	24	1.479
Satchel Paige	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0.000	21	7	2.48	6	1	1	72.2	61	22	43	1.142
Totals	11	6	2.72	4	2	1	4	53.0	43	16	16	19	1.113	156	156	3.225	97	58		1409.1	1246	625	593	1.328

Boston Braves Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Red Barrett	2	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	3.2	1	0	0	1	0.273	34	13	3.65	7	8	0	128.1	132	26	40	1.231
Vern Bickford	1	1	2.70	0	1	0	0	3.1	4	1	5	1	2.700	33	22	3.27	11	5	1	146.0	125	63	60	1.288
Nels Potter	2	1	8.44	0	0	0	0	5.1	6	5	2	1	1.500	*28	9	2.86	8	5	3	113.1	105	17	64	1.076
Johnny Sain	2	2	1.06	1	1	0	2	17.0	9	2	0	9	0.529	42	39	2.60	24	15	1	314.2	297	83	137	1.208
Warren Spahn	3	1	3.00	1	1	0	0	12.0	10	4	3	12	1.083	36	35	3.71	15	12	1	257.0	237	77	114	1.222
Bill Voiselle	2	1	2.53	0	1	0	0	10.2	8	3	2	2	0.938	37	30	3.63	13	13	2	215.2	226	90	89	1.465
Totals	12	6	2.60	2	4	0	2	52.0	38	15	12	26	0.962	154	154	3.375	91	62		1389.1	1354	430	579	1.284

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