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

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Dates: October 6 - 11, 1948

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Series Scores

Game 1, October 6
Cleveland Indians	0	Final
Boston Braves	1

W	Johnny Sain (1-0)
L	Bob Feller (0-1)

Game 2, October 7
Cleveland Indians	4	Final
Boston Braves	1

W	Bob Lemon (1-0)
L	Warren Spahn (0-1)

Game 3, October 8
Boston Braves	0	Final
Cleveland Indians	2

W	Gene Bearden (1-0)
L	Vern Bickford (0-1)

Game 4, October 9
Boston Braves	1	Final
Cleveland Indians	2

W	Steve Gromek (1-0)
L	Johnny Sain (1-1)

Game 5, October 10
Boston Braves	11	Final
Cleveland Indians	5

W	Warren Spahn (1-1)
L	Bob Feller (0-2)

Game 6, October 11
Cleveland Indians	4	Final
Boston Braves	3

W	Bob Lemon (2-0)
L	Bill Voiselle (0-1)
S	Gene Bearden (1)

Series Batting Stats

Cleveland Indians Batting

Cleveland Indians Batting Table
	Playoff Series Stats																			Regular Season Stats
Name	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	E	WPA	cWPA	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	0	0.06	1.55%	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		0.00	-0.10%	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	0	0.09	5.64%	152	560	116	199	18	106	3	.355	.987
Russ Christopher	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	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	0	-0.04	-1.06%	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	1	0.15	5.30%	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	0	-0.14	-4.09%	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	1	-0.01	1.57%	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	0	-0.05	-1.92%	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	0	0.26	7.72%	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	0	-0.22	-6.41%	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	1	-0.22	-9.41%	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	0	0.03	0.63%	*96	186	14	50	0	19	0	.269	.659
Ed Klieman	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	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	0	-0.16	-6.67%	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	0	-0.15	-3.73%	141	608	82	204	4	56	13	.336	.814
Bob Muncrief	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	21	18	0	2	0	0	0	.111	.311
Satchel Paige	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	21	23	0	2	0	0	0	.087	.174
Hal Peck*	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	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	0	-0.10	0.20%	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		-0.01	-0.21%	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		0.00	-0.01%	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	0	-0.02	-0.76%	83	242	52	63	1	19	11	.260	.690
Johnny Berardino	Did not play in series																			66	147	19	28	2	10	0	.190	.607
Totals	66	191	17	38	7	0	4	16	12	26	.199	.250	.298	.548	2	0		-0.55	-11.76%	156	5446	840	1534	155		54	.282	.792

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown, for minors bold indicates they appeared in majors or are a HOFer

Boston Braves Batting

Boston Braves Batting Table
	Playoff Series Stats																			Regular Season Stats
Name	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	E	WPA	cWPA	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Red Barrett	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	34	39	0	7	0	3	0	.179	.359
Vern Bickford	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	-0.02	-0.81%	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	0	-0.20	-8.66%	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	3	-0.46	-19.94%	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	3	0.10	7.39%	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	0	-0.17	-6.63%	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	0	-0.05	2.24%	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	0	-0.15	-5.52%	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	0	-0.13	-6.79%	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	0	-0.01	-0.34%	*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	0	-0.08	-6.85%	*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		-0.01	-0.49%	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	0	-0.18	-5.48%	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	0	0.21	5.13%	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		-0.02	-0.56%	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	0	-0.29	-16.92%	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	0	-0.16	-4.90%	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	0	0.03	5.51%	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	0	0.18	7.17%	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	0	-0.14	-6.67%	37	72	2	7	0	4	0	.097	.242
Bobby Sturgeon	Did not play in series																			34	78	10	17	0	4	0	.218	.538
Totals	72	187	17	43	6	0	4	16	16	19	.230	.291	.326	.617	1	0		-1.55	-63.12%	154	5297	739	1458	95		43	.275	.757

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown, for minors bold indicates they appeared in majors or are a HOFer

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