1948 yearbook · tml 1948 season highlights at a glance by biff barnes sr. 4/18/1948, by48-ok48,...

1948 YEARBOOK

SEASON R31

TML Champion Oakdale Ravagers

Complete TML Records and Career Statistics at: www.tmlam.org/history.html

TML 1948 Season Highlights at a Glance by Biff Barnes Sr. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4/18/1948, BY48-OK48, Wrigley Field Riddle(BY) & Spahn(OK) hooked up in a pitching duel

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E through 8 innings. Westlake’s 2-run HR capped a 3-run

Bloomington 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 6 9 2 10th for BY, only to see the Ravagers claw back for 4

Oakdale 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 7 10 1 to win. McCormick delivered the 2-out, GW-PH-single!

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5/21/1948, SM48-OK48, Wrigley Field Ravagers AB R H HR BI BB AVG

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Joe Gordon 2b 5 4 4 2 7 1 .324

Summer 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 5 12 0 Gordon socked a pair of 3-run HRs and added an RBI

Oakdale 0 0 4 0 8 2 1 4 x 19 24 0 single, good for 7 RBI, leading his team in the rout.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6/18/1948, AV48-SM48, Ebbets Field 1-Hitter

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Avalanche IP H R ER BB K ERA

Albany 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 4 9 14 0 Johnny Schmitz 9 1 1 1 9 1 3.79

Summer 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 Johnny Blatnick lined a 2-out double in the 6th.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7/1/1948, SF48-AR48, Sportsman’s Park (A) 1-Hitter

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Travelers IP H R ER BB K ERA

Sioux Falls 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 Bucky Walters 9 1 1 1 3 3 8.30

Arkansas 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 x 3 7 1 Only hit allowed was a 2nd innng solo HR by Spence.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7/9/1948, OK48-AV48, Briggs Stadium Ravagers AB R H HR BI BB AVG

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Joe Gordon 2b 5 4 4 2 7 1 .290

Oakdale 5 3 0 0 0 5 0 4 1 18 16 0 Gordon again led his team to a blowout win with a pair

Albany 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 6 17 1 of 3-run HRs and 7 RBI. Gordon had 7 RBI again on 6/29.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7/9/1948, BV48-WW48, Comiskey Park 2-Hitter

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Hillbillies IP H R ER BB K ERA

Beverly 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 5 12 1 Bob Feller 9 2 0 0 1 6 3.57

Walla Walla 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 Feller retired the final 12 batters of the game!

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9/10/1948, SF48-SM48, Ebbets Field 2-Hitter

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Fighting Sioux IP H R ER BB K ERA

Sioux Falls 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 8 0 Vic Raschi 9 2 0 0 2 8 3.90

Summer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 Raschi drove in all 3 runs with a bases clearing 2B.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9/14/1948, EL48-BY48, Griffith Stadium Burning Bunyans AB R H HR BI BB AVG

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Ken Keltner 3b 4 3 4 2 9 0 .378

El Dorado 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 5 6 1 Keltner’s Grand Slam in the 3rd and his 3-run HR in the

Bloomington 1 0 4 0 3 3 0 2 x 13 14 0 6th was enough for victory, but he ended up with 9 RBI.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9/16/1948, OK48-DT48, Sportsman’s Park (A) Ravagers AB R H HR BI BB AVG

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Stan Musial cf 3 0 1 0 1 2 .403

Oakdale 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 5 8 0 Musial’s RBI-2B in the 3rd extended his TML Record

Duluth 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 9 0 hitting streak to 39 games. (He was 0-4 the next day.)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9/19/1948, Bv48-MO48, Ebbets Field The season’s longest game ended in the 17th when the

123 456 789 012 345 67 R H E Hillbillies scored a run on a pair of walks and a

Beverly 000 200 002 000 000 01 5 9 0 costly 2-out error. Candini, who got out of a bases

Moosen 000 300 100 000 000 00 4 13 1 loaded jam in the 16th, retired the side in the 17th.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9/25/1948, BV48-OK48, Wrigley Field Career Win #300

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Ravagers IP H R ER BB K ERA

Beverly 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 Warren Spahn 9 4 2 2 7 4 2.83

Oakdale 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 x 6 8 1 8th 20-win season; CG leader 7th straight season!

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The two longest winning streaks of 12 games and 11 games was done by Oakdale (4/25-5/8 and 5/27-

6/8). The longest losing streak of 17 games was by Arkansas (4/16-5/6).

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Walla Walla set a new TML Record for most triples (88) and Oakdale for no attempted SBs all season.

Arkansas set a new TML Record for fewest 1-run games (20).

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11/4/1948, OK48-BY48, Griffith Stadium

Mike Landin’s Oakdale Ravagers captured their 9th franchise TML Championship and the 8th Title for

Mike. In a re-match of the 1960 World Series, Oakdale defeated Bob Weisman’s Bloomington Burning

Bunyans in 5 games. In getting to the World Series, Oakdale had a tough time with hard-hitting

Duluth in a 6-game Conference Final. Bloomington reached the World Series by getting past Summer

also in 6 games. Playoff MVP Bob Elliott batted .381, with 4 3B, 11 RBI, 13 Runs, 11 W and 17 RC.

Table of Contents

Final TML 1948 American Standings ............................................... 1 All Star Team ......................................................................................... 2 TML World Series – Bloomington vs. Oakdale ......................................3

Atmospheric Conference Final – Summer vs. Bloomington...............................5 Oceanic Conference Final – Duluth vs. Oakdale . ...............................................7 Pitching Gems (No-Hitter: none) .............................................................................9

American Association (Player & Pitcher of the Year) ................. 10 Final 1948 American Association Stats............................................ 11

Individual Team Pages: Albany Avalanche (AV) ..........................................................................................17 Arkansas Travelers (AR) .........................................................................................18 Beverly Hillbillies (BV) ............................................................................................19 Bloomington Burning Bunyans (BY) .....................................................................20 Brooklyn Browns (BB) .............................................................................................21 Chestertown Blue Herons (CH) .............................................................................22 Duluth Thundercats (DT) .......................................................................................23 El Dorado Gold Sox (EL) .........................................................................................24 Moosen Squirrel (MO) .............................................................................................25 North Adams Bevers (NA) .....................................................................................26 Oakdale Ravagers (OK) ..........................................................................................27 Sioux Falls Fighting Sioux (SF) ..............................................................................28 Summer Cyclones (SM) ...........................................................................................29 Walla Walla Wombats (WW) .................................................................................30 Stat Key ......................................................................................................................31

(Cover Design & Yearbook Layout by Mike Landin)

TML AMERICAN

1948 Final Standings

Oceanic Conference Atmospheric Conference

W-L Pct. GB W-L Pct. GB

Oakdale 110-44 .714 -- Bloomington 86-68 .558 --

Duluth 93-61 .604 17 Summer 85-70 .548 1½

Brooklyn 90-64 .584 20 Chestertown 84-71 .542 2½

Albany 88-66 .571 22 El Dorado 72-82 .468 14

Moosen 76-78 .494 34 Sioux Falls 65-89 .422 21

Beverly 70-84 .455 40 North Adams 57-97 .370 29

Walla Walla 70-84 .455 40 Arkansas 33-121 .214 53

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American Playoff Results

Conference Finals: Oakdale defeated Duluth 4 games to 2

Bloomington defeated Summer 4 games to 2

TML World Series

Oakdale defeated Bloomington 4 games to 1

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1948 All Stars

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Starter Back-up

Catcher: Yogi Berra (CH) Walker Cooper (NA)

Firstbase: Johnny Mize (DT) Ferris Fain (WW)

Secondbase: Joe Gordon (OK) Jackie Robinson (BB)

Thirdbase: Ken Keltner (BY) Hank Majeski (SM)

Shortstop: Lou Boudreau (OK) Vern Stephens (DT)

Outfield: Ted Williams (AV) Joe DiMaggio (BB)

Outfield: Stan Musial (OK) Richie Ashburn (CH)

Outfield: Del Ennis (DT) Pat Mullen (WW)

Starting Pitcher: Bob Lemon (BB)

Closer: Jim Konstanty (DT)

Remaining Players Remaining Pitchers

Andy Pafko (NA) Hal Newhouser (DT)

Al Dark (CH) Vic Raschi (SF)

Tommy Holmes (DT) Vern Bickford (CH)

Warren Spahn (OK) Russ Christopher (MO)

Gene Bearden (OK) Ken Trinkle (CH)

Dutch Leonard (OK) Joe Page (WW)

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Bloomington Burning Bunyans (BY) vs. Oakdale Ravagers (OK)

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BY 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 8 0

OK 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 BY Starter: Riddle(9-12, 4.24) OK Starter: Spahn(25-5, 3.03) Win-Riddle(1-0) Save-Wilks(1) Loss-Spahn(0-1) HR-Litwhiler(1), Jones(1).

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BY 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 3 6

OK 6 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 x 16 14 2 BY Starter: Branca(13-10, 3.90) OK Starter: Bearden(20-9, 3.51) Win-Bearden(1-0) Loss-Branca(0-1) HR-none.

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OK 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 14 0

BY 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 13 2 OK Starter: Lopat(15-8, 3.37) BY Starter: Rowe(12-6, 3.42) Win-Lopat(1-0) Save-Klieman(1) Loss-Rowe(0-1) HR-none.

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OK 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 8 2

BY 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 5 2 OK Starter: Leonard(18-6, 3.38) BY Starter: Fannin(13-8, 4.10) Win-Leonard(1-0) Loss-Fannin(0-1) HR-none.

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OK 3 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 4 11 12 3

BY 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 6 14 0 OK Starter: Spahn(25-5, 3.03) BY Starter: Wight(10-10, 4.20) Win-Barrett(1-0) Loss-Higbe(0-1) HR-Gordon,J(1), Kiner(1).

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Oakdale Ravagers Name AVG G AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB K HBP SH SF SB CS

Lou Boudreau .429 5 21 7 9 3 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1

Bob Elliott .421 5 19 6 8 5 1 3 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 0

Allie Clark .400 5 5 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Eddie Waitkus .389 5 18 3 7 4 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 0

Joe Gordon .318 5 22 3 7 8 2 1 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0

Del Wilber .250 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Stan Musial .235 5 17 5 4 5 0 0 0 8 1 0 0 1 0 0

Frank Baumholtz .211 5 19 3 4 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Peanuts Lowrey .167 3 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0

Ralph Kiner .136 5 22 2 3 4 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 1 0 0

Bruce Edwards .111 5 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Floyd Baker .000 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Phil Cavarretta .000 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Joe Tipton .000 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pitchers .353 5 17 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0

Total .293 5 181 37 53 35 4 7 2 30 14 1 1 3 2 1

Name ERA W L S BS GS GR CG SH INN H R ER HR BB IW K

Red Barrett 0.00 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1

Ed Klieman 0.00 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2

Spec Shea 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0

Dutch Leonard 2.00 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 9.0 5 3 2 0 2 0 3

Eddie Lopat 2.25 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8.0 11 2 2 0 3 0 3

Gene Bearden 3.68 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7.1 3 4 3 0 9 1 4

Warren Spahn 5.54 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 13.0 16 10 8 2 8 1 6

Forrest Thompson 9.00 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2.0 3 2 2 0 1 0 0

Total 3.40 4 1 1 1 5 8 1 0 45.0 43 21 17 2 25 2 19

Team G PO A E DP TC PCT PB SB CS

Oakdale 5 135 67 7 5 209 .967 3 0 1

Bloomington Burning Bunyans Name AVG G AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB K HBP SH SF SB CS

Danny Litwhiler .533 5 15 3 8 5 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0

Hank Arft .500 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Hal Wagner .500 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Danny Murtaugh .400 3 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

Bill Rigney .316 5 19 4 6 2 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0

Bert Haas .300 4 10 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Ken Keltner .294 5 17 3 5 0 0 0 0 6 3 0 0 0 0 0

Andy Seminick .267 5 15 1 4 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0

Clint Conatser .250 4 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Barney McCosky .250 5 20 2 5 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0

Gene Mauch .200 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

Bud Stewart .167 3 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

Nippy Jones .167 4 12 1 2 3 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0

Wally Westlake .105 5 19 0 2 2 1 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0

Lonny Frey .000 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mike Guerra .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Buddy Kerr .000 5 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

Pete Laydon .000 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pitchers .100 5 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0

Total .250 5 172 21 43 19 4 1 2 25 19 0 1 1 0 1


Elmer Riddle 1.13 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8.0 5 1 1 0 2 0 2

Emil Kush 3.00 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3.0 3 2 1 0 0 0 1

Kirby Higbe 3.38 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2.2 2 1 1 1 1 0 2

Schoolboy Rowe 3.38 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 8.0 11 3 3 0 1 1 1

Cliff Fannin 3.86 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 7.0 7 3 3 0 6 1 4

Nick Strincevich 4.50 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.0 3 2 1 0 1 0 0

Bobo Newsom 6.75 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.1 2 1 1 0 2 1 0

Early Wynn 9.00 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3.0 1 4 3 0 3 0 0

Erv Palica 11.57 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2.1 5 4 3 0 4 0 0

Bill Wight 13.50 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4.0 8 6 6 1 4 1 2

Ted Wilks 18.00 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2.0 2 4 4 0 3 1 2

Ralph Branca 54.00 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.2 4 6 4 0 3 1 0

Total 6.34 1 4 1 0 5 14 0 0 44.0 53 37 31 2 30 6 14


Bloomington 5 132 68 10 5 210 .952 0 2 1

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Summer Cyclones (SM) vs. Bloomington Burning Bunyans (BY) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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SM 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 11 0

BY 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 10 1 SM Starter: Marchildon(16-13, 3.80) BY Starter: Riddle(9-12, 4.24) Win-Paige(1-0) Loss-Wilks(0-1) HR-none.

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SM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 8 0

BY 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 x 6 13 1 SM Starter: Trout(14-6, 2.72) BY Starter: Branca(13-10, 3.90) Win-Branca(1-0) Save-Kush(1) Loss-Trout(0-1) HR-Westlake(1).

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BY 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 8 10 1

SM 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 4 7 1 BY Starter: Rowe(12-6, 3.42) SM Starter: Haefner(6-4, 3.01) Win-Rowe(1-0) Loss-Brissie(0-1) HR-Westlake 2 (2,3).

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BY 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 1

SM 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 x 5 8 0 BY Starter: Fannin(13-8, 4.10) SM Starter: Roe(7-8, 3.65) Win-Roe(1-0) Loss-Fannin(0-1) HR-Salkeld(1).

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BY 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 9 1

SM 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 4 6 2 BY Starter: Wight(10-10, 4.20) SM Starter: Marchildon(16-13, 3.80) Win-Wight(1-0) Save-Wilks(1) Loss-Marchildon(0-1) HR-none.

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SM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 0

BY 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 x 3 9 0 SM Starter: Trout(14-6, 2.72) BY Starter: Riddle(9-12, 4.24) Win-Riddle(1-0) Save-Wilks(2) Loss-Trout(0-2) HR-none.

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Bloomington Burning Bunyans Name AVG G AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB K HBP SH SF SB CS

Nippy Jones .500 3 10 2 5 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

Wally Westlake .391 6 23 6 9 6 0 1 3 3 4 1 0 0 0 1

Buddy Kerr .389 6 18 3 7 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Barney McCosky .375 6 24 4 9 5 2 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0

Bud Stewart .353 5 17 2 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Danny Murtaugh .308 6 13 0 4 1 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0

Bert Haas .300 4 10 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0

Hank Arft .286 5 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0

Ken Keltner .250 6 24 3 6 2 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1

Hal Wagner .222 4 9 3 2 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0

Danny Litwhiler .200 5 10 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

Andy Seminick .111 5 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0

Clint Conatser .000 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Lonny Frey .000 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pete Laydon .000 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Gene Mauch .000 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Bill Rigney .000 3 8 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0

Pitchers .154 6 13 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 5 0 2 1 0 0

Total .290 6 200 29 58 27 5 4 3 29 23 1 3 3 1 2


Emil Kush 0.00 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

Elmer Riddle 2.08 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 13.0 11 3 3 0 0 0 6

Ted Wilks 2.45 0 1 2 0 0 3 0 0 3.2 3 1 1 0 1 0 0

Ralph Branca 2.57 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7.0 3 2 2 0 3 1 2

Schoolboy Rowe 3.00 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 9.0 7 4 3 0 0 0 4

Bill Wight 3.38 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8.0 6 4 3 0 7 1 1

Cliff Fannin 4.50 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6.0 4 3 3 1 7 0 4

Bobo Newsom 4.50 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0

Kirby Higbe 8.10 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3.1 8 3 3 0 1 0 3

Total 3.17 4 2 3 1 6 9 1 0 54.0 46 21 19 1 20 2 20


Bloomington 6 162 70 5 5 237 .979 1 0 0

Summer Cyclones Name AVG G AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB K HBP SH SF SB CS

Bill Salkeld .600 5 10 3 6 3 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0

Paul Campbell .500 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Bobby Adams .375 4 8 2 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Phil Rizzuto .368 6 19 6 7 2 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0

Ralph Houk .333 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Johnny Blatnik .333 4 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0

Dick Whitman .250 4 12 2 3 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Ralph Hodgin .238 5 21 2 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Snuffy Stirnweiss .211 6 19 2 4 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 0

Hank Majeski .200 6 25 1 5 2 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 0

Clarence Maddern .167 3 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Whitey Lockman .167 6 24 1 4 2 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0

Ed Stevens .148 6 27 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0

Ted Beard .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Les Layton .000 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Del Rice .000 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

Pitchers .000 6 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0

Total .227 6 203 21 46 21 8 5 1 20 20 0 1 2 0 0


Preacher Roe 2.00 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 9.0 7 2 2 0 1 0 2

Earl Harrist 2.25 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 4.0 3 1 1 1 3 0 3

Mickey Haefner 2.57 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7.0 6 3 2 1 5 0 1

Dizzy Trout 4.50 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 14.0 19 7 7 0 3 0 9

Phil Marchildon 4.85 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 13.0 17 10 7 0 8 0 2

Satchel Paige 6.00 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3.0 3 2 2 1 3 1 3

Lou Brissie 12.00 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 3.0 3 4 4 0 6 0 3

Total 4.25 2 4 0 1 6 7 1 0 53.0 58 29 25 3 29 1 23


Summer 6 159 80 3 10 242 .988 0 1 2

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OK 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 2 DT Starter: Newhouser(18-8, 3.42) OK Starter: Spahn(25-5, 3.03) Win-Newhouser(1-0) Save-Hiller(1) Loss-Spahn(0-1) HR-Mize 2 (1,2), Gordon,J(1).

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OK 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 x 7 9 0 DT Starter: VanderMeer(12-8, 3.38) OK Starter: Bearden(20-9, 3.51) Win-Bearden(1-0) Loss-Munger(0-1) HR-none.

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DT 1 0 2 0 1 2 2 0 x 8 12 1 OK Starter: Leonard(18-6, 3.38) DT Starter: Jones(9-13, 4.81) Win-Hiller(1-0) Save-Pollet(1) Loss-Leonard(0-1) HR-Elliott(1), Gordon,J(2), Doerr(1), Stephens(1).

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OK 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 11 14 1

DT 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 10 1 OK Starter: Lopat(15-8, 3.37) DT Starter: Sain(13-6, 4.30) Win-Lopat(1-0) Loss-Sain(0-1) HR-Musial(1), Gordon,J(3), Waitkus(1), Kiner(1), Lindell(1).

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OK 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 7 0

DT 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 6 0 OK Starter: Spahn(25-5, 3.03) DT Starter: Newhouser(18-8, 3.42) Win-Spahn(1-1) Loss-Newhouser(1-1) HR-Elliott(2), Doerr(2).

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DT 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0

OK 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 x 3 8 0 DT Starter: VanderMeer(12-8, 3.38) OK Starter: Bearden(20-9, 3.51) Win-Bearden(2-0) Loss-Lively(0-1) HR-none.

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Oakdale Ravagers Name AVG G AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB K HBP SH SF SB CS

Frank Baumholtz .600 6 10 1 6 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0

Lou Boudreau .440 6 25 8 11 2 2 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0

Ralph Kiner .389 6 18 2 7 5 1 0 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 0

Joe Gordon .364 6 22 5 8 7 0 0 3 3 4 0 0 1 0 0

Bob Elliott .348 6 23 7 8 6 0 1 2 5 2 0 0 0 0 0

Allie Clark .200 5 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Peanuts Lowrey .182 4 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1

Eddie Waitkus .143 6 21 3 3 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0

Stan Musial .105 6 19 5 2 4 0 0 1 9 3 0 0 0 0 0

Phil Cavarretta .000 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Bruce Edwards .000 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Joe Tipton .000 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Del Wilber .000 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0

Pitchers .158 6 19 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0

Total .264 6 193 34 51 33 4 2 8 32 18 2 0 4 0 1


Forrest Thompson 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Al Widmar 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.0 2 3 0 1 0 0 0

Eddie Lopat 1.13 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8.0 5 1 1 1 3 0 4

Gene Bearden 3.00 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 18.0 13 6 6 0 4 0 3

Warren Spahn 4.24 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 17.0 15 9 8 2 2 0 8

Dutch Leonard 11.37 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6.1 12 8 8 2 3 0 2

Red Barrett 36.00 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.0 5 4 4 0 0 0 0

Total 4.58 4 2 0 0 6 3 3 0 53.0 52 31 27 6 12 0 17


Oakdale 6 159 78 3 4 240 .988 2 0 0

Duluth Thundercats Name AVG G AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB K HBP SH SF SB CS

Sherry Robertson 1.000 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mickey Vernon .500 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Marv Rackley .400 2 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Jimmy Outlaw .400 5 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Vern Stephens .381 6 21 3 8 6 2 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0

Bobby Doerr .320 6 25 5 8 6 0 1 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 0

Johnny Lindell .278 6 18 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0

Ed Fitz Gerald .250 4 12 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Del Ennis .240 6 25 5 6 2 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0

Tommy Holmes .240 6 25 2 6 4 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0

Johnny Mize .174 6 23 3 4 6 0 1 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0

George Kell .120 6 25 5 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0

Andy Anderson .000 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Roy Partee .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Bob Swift .000 2 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0

Pitchers .214 6 14 2 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Total .251 6 207 31 52 31 12 3 6 12 17 1 1 1 0 0


Joe Hatten 0.00 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Jim Hearn 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 4

Howie Pollet 0.00 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Frank Hiller 1.35 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 6.2 4 1 1 1 2 0 0

Johnny Sain 3.86 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7.0 6 3 3 2 0 0 2

Johnny Vander Meer 4.35 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10.1 9 5 5 0 12 0 3

Clint Hartung 4.50 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 4.0 3 2 2 0 3 0 1

Hal Newhouser 6.30 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 10.0 8 7 7 2 7 0 6

Sheldon Jones 9.00 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5.0 7 5 5 1 3 0 2

Buddy Lively 10.80 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.2 2 2 2 0 2 0 0

Red Munger 13.50 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.0 4 3 3 0 0 0 0

Glen Moulder 81.00 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.2 6 6 6 2 1 0 0

Total 5.88 2 4 2 1 6 14 0 0 52.0 51 34 34 8 32 0 18


Duluth 6 156 79 4 11 239 .983 1 0 1

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TML American No-Hitter

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TML American 1-Hitters 6/18 AV at SM J.Schmitz 9W, 1K, 2out/6th Won 9-1 7/ 1 SF at AR B.Walters 3W, 3K, 2out/2nd Won 3-1

Combined 1-Hitters 9/ 3 WW at BV R.Scarborough 8IP, 1H, 1R, 0ER, 2W, 4K, 0out/5th Won 9-1 K.Drews 1IP, 1K

9/ 5 WW at BV R.Barney 6IP, 1H, 2R, 2ER, 5W, 3K, 2out/5th ND C.Chambers 1.2IP Won 9-2 J.Page 1.1IP, 2W Save

Note: there were 20 2-hitters, combined or otherwise.

* 9 *

Team Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total

1. (OK) Stan Musial 14 182

2. (AV) Ted Williams 9 2 2 1 1113. (BY) Ken Keltner 4 7 1 1 1 1044. (BB) Joe DiMaggio 1 1 4 3 2 1 74

5. (DT) Johnny Mize 5 2 2 1 1 646. (DT) Del Ennis 1 5 2 1 1 1 567. (OK) Lou Boudreau 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 498. (OK) Joe Gordon 3 1 1 2 38

9. (CH) Richie Ashburn 2 1 2 3 1 3310. (SM) Hank Majeski 2 2 3 4 2411. (DT) Vern Stephens 1 2 1 3 22

12. (NA) Tommy Henrich 1 1 1113. (CH) Al Dark 1 1 1 914. (OK) Ralph Kiner 1 1 715. (MO) Pee Wee Reese 1 5

16. (DT) Tommy Holmes 1 1 517. (BV) Sid Gordon 1 1 418. (NA) Andy Pafko 4 4

19. (EL) Bob Dillinger 1 320. (BB) Jackie Robinson 1 321. (BV) Enos Slaughter 1 2

22. (AV) Dick Sisler 1 2

Team Player 1 2 3 Total

1. (BB) Bob Lemon 14 70

2. (OK) Warren Spahn 14 423. (OK) Gene Bearden 6 6

4. (CH) Vern Bickford 4 4

5. (OK) Dutch Leonard 2 2

6. (DT) Hal Newhouser 1 17. (BY) Ted Wilks 1 1

Player of the Year

Stan Musial (OK)

Pitcher of the Year

Bob Lemon (BB)

Fireman of the Year

Ted Wilks (BY)

* 10 *

TML American Team StatsFinal TML 1948

TEAM AVG SPC OBP G AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR TB BB IW K SH SF SB CS HBP GDP RC RC27Duluth .306 .459 .374 154 5583 925 1707 888 278 44 163 2562 621 15 496 64 65 15 10 24 158 962 6.2

Oakdale .289 .467 .372 154 5457 963 1575 929 225 76 198 2546 741 30 459 13 70 ♦0 ♦0 20 215 936 6.0

Chestertown .287 .408 .357 155 5516 845 1584 820 245 66 97 2252 613 16 438 85 59 56 30 15 141 816 5.2

Brooklyn .282 .416 .352 154 5473 890 1544 847 294 51 113 2279 590 11 457 34 62 30 17 34 186 795 5.1

El Dorado .279 .381 .350 154 5392 724 1505 689 232 56 69 2056 582 29 472 50 49 39 23 30 176 716 4.6

North Adams .276 .423 .345 154 5454 814 1503 782 249 71 138 2308 581 19 465 40 64 18 9 27 182 786 5.0

Bloomington .274 .385 .351 154 5378 814 1473 774 189 74 86 2068 649 6 467 49 69 19 17 24 167 736 4.7

Summer .273 .413 .341 155 5380 801 1469 772 286 72 108 2223 554 11 546 63 55 30 16 28 112 774 5.0

Albany .273 .421 .360 154 5346 835 1458 797 267 47 143 2248 748 42 513 30 60 18 12 19 149 829 5.4

Moosen .271 .395 .353 154 5405 799 1464 768 224 56 112 2136 700 12 525 60 57 46 29 13 152 769 4.9

Walla Walla .259 .379 .335 154 5389 707 1396 678 196 ♦88 92 2044 627 35 680 35 54 15 10 15 165 687 4.4

Beverly .256 .354 .333 154 5393 707 1382 666 194 49 78 1908 627 15 455 58 55 16 20 18 155 644 4.0

Sioux Falls .253 .358 .331 154 5344 679 1353 649 215 34 92 1912 619 17 540 55 39 26 13 22 116 656 4.2

Arkansas .222 .304 .306 154 5131 469 1138 447 178 17 70 1560 599 18 667 20 27 12 14 36 187 474 3.0

Totals .272 .347 75641 20551 3272 1559 8851 7180 785 220 2261 4.8

.398 2158 10972 10506 801 30102 276 656 340 325 10532

Team ERA W L W% SV BS RP GS GR CG SHO INN H R ER HR BB IW K HBP WP BK AVGOakdale 3.58 110 44 .714 22 13 38 154 128 77 13 1397.0 1315 658 556 82 512 2 558 20 18 1 .246

Brooklyn 3.65 90 64 .584 19 8 34 154 159 57 11 1388.2 1415 691 563 88 516 19 510 11 14 2 .260

Bloomington 3.97 86 68 .558 44 21 67 154 231 25 9 1380.1 1394 703 609 89 652 26 556 22 12 2 .263

El Dorado 3.98 72 82 .468 21 8 40 154 223 32 2 1369.1 1380 735 606 142 469 10 464 16 22 0 .258

Walla Walla 4.14 70 84 .455 28 14 43 154 229 27 9 1388.1 1411 742 638 90 683 18 541 18 21 7 .264

Duluth 4.23 93 61 .604 25 14 48 154 222 41 9 1387.1 1432 738 652 100 627 12 585 23 15 2 .266

Moosen 4.27 76 78 .494 26 9 43 154 199 42 6 1392.0 1491 739 660 123 545 21 616 19 32 1 .271

Chestertown 4.32 84 71 .542 27 10 47 155 237 39 8 1397.1 1520 768 671 116 650 18 515 31 26 2 .276

Sioux Falls 4.33 65 89 .422 25 14 35 154 200 32 9 1368.2 1404 773 658 77 714 27 488 25 53 2 .266

Summer 4.35 85 70 .548 18 11 41 155 205 41 7 1370.1 1444 746 662 89 651 12 532 22 41 2 .273

Albany 4.41 88 66 .571 30 12 45 154 178 42 8 1371.0 1430 802 672 119 649 10 445 21 25 2 .265

Beverly 4.42 70 84 .455 18 19 37 154 248 24 9 1394.2 1466 773 685 123 659 30 515 23 9 9 .269

North Adams 5.78 57 97 .370 29 18 47 154 314 8 4 1361.2 1658 987 874 140 673 34 466 36 24 4 .300

Arkansas 6.45 33 121 .214 15 5 24 154 412 7 5 1340.1 1791 1117 960 181 851 37 389 38 45 5 .324

Totals 4.41 1079 347 589 3185 109 20551 9466 8851 7180 357 .272

1079 .500 176 2158 494 19307.0 10972 1559 276 325 41

* 11 *

Golden Glove Awards

Firstbase Secondbase Thirdbase

George Binks (AR) Bobby Doerr (DT) Hank Majeski (SM)1.000, 130 G, 0 E, 1239 PO, 171 DP .995, 138 G, 5 E, 575 A, 140 DP .979, 148 G, 9 E, 331 A, 39 DP

Shortstop Leftfield Centerfield

Lou Boudreau (OK) Ted Williams (AV) Stan Musial (OK).979, 154 G, 19 E, 648 A, 123 DP .985, 154 G, 6 E, 13 A, 376 PO .985, 154 G, 6 E, 14 A, 394 PO

Rightfield Catcher Pitcher

Willard Marshall (CH) Hal Wagner (BY) Gene Bearden (OK).982, 153 G, 6 E, 11 A, 324 PO 1.000, 112 G, 0 E, 0 PB, 67% SB .973, 35 G, 2 E, 4 DP, TC 74

TML American Fielding StatsFinal TML 1948

Team PCT G PO A E DP TC PB SB CS SB% CPO PPOSummer .980 155 4111 1935 124 197 6170 12 22 19 .537 1 2

Oakdale .977 154 4191 1929 141 170 6261 18 13 6 .684 0 0

Bloomington .977 154 4141 1967 141 176 6249 8 29 18 .617 2 14

Duluth .976 154 4162 1989 149 190 6300 28 21 18 .538 1 3

Chestertown .976 155 4192 1955 151 180 6298 15 19 14 .576 1 1

Sioux Falls .975 154 4106 1912 154 185 6172 5 28 18 .609 1 2

Albany .975 154 4113 1992 157 154 6262 14 28 19 .596 1 1

Beverly .975 154 4184 1981 159 166 6324 11 27 21 .563 2 5

Moosen .975 154 4176 1868 156 156 6200 10 14 15 .483 2 2

Arkansas .974 154 4021 2021 162 218 6204 9 37 15 .712 2 2

Walla Walla .972 154 4165 1934 173 191 6272 6 22 17 .564 3 3

El Dorado .972 154 4108 1896 171 149 6175 8 24 15 .615 1 3

North Adams .972 154 4085 2014 175 185 6274 8 22 13 .629 0 2

Brooklyn .969 154 4166 1908 192 158 6266 16 34 12 .739 0 2

Totals .975 57921 2205 87427 340 .607 42

2158 27301 2475 168 220 17

* 12 *

TML American Batting LeadersFinal TML 1948

Batting Average Games At Bats Runs

Musial,Stan OK .397 Dark CH 155 Boudreau,Lou OK 674 Musial,Stan OK 167

Ashburn CH .384 Lockman SM 155 Dillinger EL 671 Boudreau,Lou OK 144

Dark CH .360 Majeski SM 155 Reese MO 652 DiMaggio,Dom BB 141

Holmes DT .360 Marshall CH 155 Ennis DT 650 Reese MO 132

Keltner BY .359 Priddy CH 155 DiMaggio,Joe BB 645 Williams,Ted AV 131

Williams,Ted AV .347 27 tied with 154 Evers EL 644 DiMaggio,Joe BB 127

Majeski SM .338 Pafko NA 643 Keltner BY 124

Mitchell NA .333 Zarilla SF 642 Elliott,Bob OK 123

Ennis DT .329 Musial,Stan OK 633 Lockman SM 121

Stephens,Vern DT .327 DiMaggio,Dom BB 630 Mize DT 121

Slaughter BV .326 Michaels SF 630 Majeski SM 119

McCosky BY .325 Waitkus,Eddie OK 629 Gordon,Joe OK 117

Dillinger EL .325 Dark CH 628 Appling,Luke BB 117

DiMaggio,Joe BB .322 Lockman SM 628 Pafko NA 116

Boudreau,Lou OK .322 Marshall CH 626 2 tied with 115

Hits Runs Batted In Doubles Triples

Musial,Stan OK 251 Keltner BY 163 Majeski SM 58 Musial,Stan OK 20

Dark CH 226 Gordon,Joe OK 158 Ennis DT 51 Henrich NA 19

Dillinger EL 218 DiMaggio,Joe BB 154 Robinson,Jacki BB 46 Mullin WW 15

Holmes DT 217 Musial,Stan OK 141 Dark CH 44 Lockman SM 14

Boudreau,Lou OK 217 Ennis DT 138 DiMaggio,Dom BB 43 Hopp NA 13

Ennis DT 214 Stephens,Vern DT 130 Fain WW 42 Wertz WW 13

Keltner BY 212 Majeski SM 128 Blatnik SM 41 Yost,Eddie AV 13

Majeski SM 211 Mize DT 123 Musial,Stan OK 41 Waitkus,Eddie OK 13

DiMaggio,Joe BB 208 Pafko NA 123 Evers EL 41 Stewart BY 12

Williams,Ted AV 206 Elliott,Bob OK 121 Henrich NA 40 Mitchell NA 12

Pafko NA 204 Williams,Ted AV 116 Williams,Ted AV 39 Fain WW 12

Evers EL 204 Robinson,Jacki BB 114 Mize DT 39 5 tied with 11

Stephens,Vern DT 202 Sauer SF 113 Holmes DT 37

Reese MO 201 Berra CH 112 Dillinger EL 37

DiMaggio,Dom BB 192 Dark CH 112 3 tied with 36

Homeruns Total Bases Slugging Pct. On Base Pct.

Gordon,Joe OK 42 Musial,Stan OK 449 Musial,Stan OK .709 Musial,Stan OK .479

Musial,Stan OK 39 DiMaggio,Joe BB 378 Keltner BY .620 Ashburn CH .461

DiMaggio,Joe BB 38 Ennis DT 374 DiMaggio,Joe BB .586 Williams,Ted AV .457

Keltner BY 35 Keltner BY 366 Williams,Ted AV .580 Keltner BY .429

Mize DT 35 Williams,Ted AV 344 Ennis DT .575 Torgeson CH .423

Ennis DT 35 Pafko NA 339 Mize DT .560 Slaughter BV .419

Kiner,Ralph OK 34 Majeski SM 336 Majeski SM .538 Mize DT .416

Sauer SF 33 Gordon,Joe OK 335 Stephens,Vern DT .538 Holmes DT .412

Stephens,Vern DT 33 Mize DT 334 Gordon,Joe OK .536 Fain WW .407

Pafko NA 32 Stephens,Vern DT 332 Pafko NA .527 Sisler,Dick AV .405

Williams,Ted AV 29 Boudreau,Lou OK 326 Hermanski MO .511 Boudreau,Lou OK .403

Elliott,Bob OK 26 Dark CH 304 Wyrostek MO .509 Appling,Luke BB .403

Doerr DT 24 Henrich NA 300 Henrich NA .498 Hermanski MO .401

Northey AR 22 Lockman SM 294 Stevens,Ed SM .496 Dark CH .396

Boudreau,Lou OK 21 Evers EL 291 Mullin WW .492 Pesky MO .395

Walks Stolen Bases Runs Created RC/27 Outs

Culberson AR 141 Ashburn CH 27-10 Musial,Stan OK 206 Musial,Stan OK 13.2

Elliott,Bob OK 132 Reese MO 19-7 Williams,Ted AV 165 Williams,Ted AV 10.9

Williams,Ted AV 124 Dillinger EL 17-9 Keltner BY 155 Keltner BY 9.9

Joost,Eddie AV 116 Torgeson CH 12-8 Mize DT 146 Ashburn CH 9.9

Kiner,Ralph OK 115 Rojek EL 11-4 Ennis DT 142 Mize DT 9.0

Mize DT 115 Robinson,Jacki BB 11-7 Boudreau,Lou OK 137 Ennis DT 8.4

Fain WW 115 Lockman SM 10-3 DiMaggio,Joe BB 130 Holmes DT 7.9

Appling,Luke BB 111 Hermanski MO 9-1 Majeski SM 129 Majeski SM 7.9

Musial,Stan OK 104 Zarilla SF 9-6 Stephens,Vern DT 127 Sisler,Dick AV 7.8

Torgeson CH 101 Rackley DT 6-1 Pafko NA 127 Boudreau,Lou OK 7.8

Wakefield EL 96 Appling,Luke BB 6-4 Dark CH 122 Stephens,Vern DT 7.6

Slaughter BV 94 Fain WW 6-4 Holmes DT 121 Slaughter BV 7.6

Boudreau,Lou OK 93 Murtaugh BY 6-5 Ashburn CH 120 Dark CH 7.6

DiMaggio,Dom BB 90 3 tied with 5 Slaughter BV 119 Hermanski MO 7.5

Pesky MO 87 Gordon,Joe OK 116 Wyrostek MO 7.4

* 13 *

TML American Pitching LeadersFinal TML 1948

Earned Run Average Games Complete Games Shutouts

Bickford CH 2.38 Heusser NA 90 Spahn,Warrern OK 24 Newhouser DT 6

Scarbor'gh BV 2.49 Sanford MO 72 Lemon,Bob BB 22 Spahn,Warrern OK 4

Trout SM 2.72 Burkhart NA 71 Leonard,Dutch OK 18 Palica BY 3

Lemon,Bob BB 2.74 Shore AR 71 Bearden,Gene OK 15 Rowe BY 3

Spahn,Warrern OK 3.03 Casey AR 66 Jansen,Larry BB 15 Haynes SF 3

Raffen'bgr EL 3.05 Hudson AR 66 Newhouser DT 14 Trout SM 3

Kramer,Jack BB 3.11 Page WW 66 Lopat,Eddie OK 13 Scarbor'gh BV 3

Parnell,Mel AV 3.23 Black AR 64 Parnell,Mel AV 12 Trucks MO 3

Lopat,Eddie OK 3.37 Gillespie AR 63 Fowler CH 11 Kramer,Jack BB 3

Leonard,Dutch OK 3.38 Taylor AR 62 Brecheen MO 11 Lopat,Eddie OK 3

VanderMeer DT 3.38 Gumbert BV 61 Schmitz,Johnny AV 11 Raschi SF 3

Newhouser DT 3.42 Wilks BY 56 Raschi SF 11 Jansen,Larry BB 3

Bearden,Gene OK 3.51 Harrist SM 54 Kretlow SF 11 Feller BV 3

Houtteman CH 3.53 Higbe BY 51 3 tied with 10 Lemon,Bob BB 3

Chesnes CH 3.57 2 tied with 50 10 tied with 2

Wins Losses Walks Strikeouts

Lemon,Bob BB 29-6 Walters AR 5-30 Taylor AR 167 Lemon,Bob BB 174

Spahn,Warrern OK 25-5 Welteroth AR 5-27 Kennedy SF 153 Feller BV 166

Bearden,Gene OK 20-9 Papish AR 9-26 Kretlow SF 139 Spahn,Warrern OK 144

Leonard,Dutch OK 18-6 Taylor AR 3-23 Schmitz,Johnny AV 135 Barney WW 136

Newhouser DT 18-8 Gettel BV 8-20 Welteroth AR 133 Raschi SF 134

Raschi SF 18-8 Kretlow SF 9-20 Lemon,Bob BB 127 Newhouser DT 133

Marchildon SM 16-13 Raffen'bgr EL 10-18 Walters AR 118 Kennedy SF 130

Bickford CH 15-5 Barney WW 12-18 Papish AR 118 Brecheen MO 127

Lopat,Eddie OK 15-8 Ferriss NA 10-16 VanderMeer DT 118 Branca BY 121

Schmitz,Johnny AV 15-12 Reynolds MO 10-15 Barney WW 118 Jansen,Larry BB 114

8 tied with 14 Jansen,Larry BB 14-15 Marchildon SM 114 Dobson MO 110

Peterson NA 5-14 Gettel BV 114 Trucks MO 109

Stephens,Bryan NA 8-14 Bearden,Gene OK 112 Fannin BY 106

Kennedy SF 10-14 Ferriss NA 112 Dickson EL 105

Feller BV 13-14 Spahn,Warrern OK 112 Reynolds MO 100

Innings Pitched Opp. Batting Avg. Walks per 9 IP Strikeouts per 9 IP

Lemon,Bob BB 311.2 Scarbor'gh BV .207 Taylor AR 7.3 Feller BV 5.5

Spahn,Warrern OK 296.2 Lemon,Bob BB .208 Kennedy SF 6.0 Brecheen MO 5.4

Feller BV 270.0 Barney WW .224 Walters AR 5.8 Branca BY 5.4

Kretlow SF 268.2 Bickford CH .226 Welteroth AR 5.5 Kennedy SF 5.1

Jansen,Larry BB 264.2 Spahn,Warrern OK .232 Masterson,Walt AV 5.4 Lemon,Bob BB 5.0

Newhouser DT 260.1 Schmitz,Johnny AV .234 Schmitz,Johnny AV 5.4 Raschi SF 4.9

Pieretti BV 257.2 Bearden,Gene OK .235 Stephens,Bryan NA 5.3 Trucks MO 4.9

Leonard,Dutch OK 255.2 Leonard,Dutch OK .236 Papish AR 5.2 Barney WW 4.9

Barney WW 251.0 VanderMeer DT .238 Riddle BY 5.2 Newhouser DT 4.6

Lopat,Eddie OK 248.2 Hutchinson EL .239 Hatten DT 4.9 Fannin BY 4.6

Houtteman CH 247.1 Parnell,Mel AV .240 Garver EL 4.8 Brissie SM 4.5

Raschi SF 244.1 Kretlow SF .240 Marchildon SM 4.8 Trout SM 4.4

Bearden,Gene OK 241.0 Dickson EL .241 Kretlow SF 4.7 Sain DT 4.4

Gettel BV 236.0 Raffen'bgr EL .241 VanderMeer DT 4.6 Spahn,Warrern OK 4.4

Dobson MO 234.1 Marchildon SM .243 Chesnes CH 4.6 Dickson EL 4.3

Saves Blown Saves Relief Points Winning Percentage

Wilks BY 30 Wilks BY 12 Wilks BY 37 Spahn,Warrern OK .833

Page WW 22 Heusser NA 9 Page WW 26 Lemon,Bob BB .829

Trinkle CH 20 Gumbert BV 9 Trinkle CH 25 Leonard,Dutch OK .750

Christ'phr MO 16 Klieman,Ed OK 8 Klieman,Ed OK 19 Bickford CH .750

Klieman,Ed OK 14 Page WW 8 Gumbert BV 18 Singleton EL .737

Harris,Bubbs NA 12 Benton BV 7 Christ'phr MO 17 Trout SM .700

Gillespie AR 10 Trinkle CH 7 Harris,Bubbs NA 14 Newhouser DT .692

Gumbert BV 10 Hansen,Andy AV 5 Sanford MO 14 Raschi SF .692

Behrman SF 9 Higbe BY 5 Gillespie AR 12 Bearden,Gene OK .690

Johnson,Earl BB 9 Harris,Bubbs NA 5 Higbe BY 11 Higbe BY .688

Sanford MO 8 Kennedy,Monte AV 4 Singleton EL 11 Sain DT .684

Raffen'bgr EL 7 Cress SF 4 Behrman SF 11 Brazle,Al BB .667

Heusser NA 7 14 tied with 3 Hansen,Andy AV 10 Rush,Bob AV .667

Munger DT 6 Munger DT 10 Chesnes CH .667

Hansen,Andy AV 6 4 tied with 9 Rowe BY .667

* 14 *

TML American Miscellaneous LeadersFinal TML 1948

Intentional Walks Strikeouts Caught Stealing Hit by PitchHeath,Jeff AV 18 Culberson AR 97 Ashburn CH 27-10 DiMaggio,Joe BB 14

Wakefield EL 17 Smalley WW 96 Dillinger EL 17-9 Rice,Del SM 7

Musial,Stan OK 15 Joost,Eddie AV 95 Philley MO 2-8 Miller NA 7

Stanky WW 14 Sauer SF 94 Slaughter BV 4-8 Tebbetts AR 6

Sisler,Dick AV 13 Thomson WW 89 Torgeson CH 12-8 Robinson,Jacki BB 6

Northey AR 12 Blatnik SM 84 Coan EL 4-7 Majeski SM 6

Pafko NA 8 Gordon,Joe OK 82 Robinson,Jacki BB 11-7 Maddern SM 5

Zarilla SF 8 Doby,Larry BB 81 Reese MO 19-7 Coan EL 5

Brown,Bobby WW 7 Priddy CH 79 Zarilla SF 9-6 Kell DT 5

Williams,Ted AV 7 Webb,Skeeter AR 67 Murtaugh BY 6-5 Pafko NA 5

Campanella WW 6 Hegan MO 66 7 tied with 4 Gordon,Joe OK 5

Mullin WW 6 Elliott,Bob OK 63 Zarilla SF 5

Mize DT 6 Reese MO 63 10 tied with 4

3 tied with 5 Pafko NA 59

2 tied with 57

Sacrifice Bunts Sacrifice Flys Ground into DPs Game Winning RBIRizzuto SM 20 Keltner BY 17 DiMaggio,Joe BB 42 Gordon,Joe OK 24

Torgeson CH 13 Kiner,Ralph OK 15 Musial,Stan OK 34 DiMaggio,Joe BB 22

Newhouser DT 12 Gordon,Joe OK 12 Gordon,Sid BV 31 Majeski SM 20

Jones,Sheldon DT 11 Robinson,Eddie MO 11 Elliott,Bob OK 31 Ennis DT 18

Roe SM 11 Baumholtz OK 10 Goodman EL 30 Elliott,Bob OK 17

Kennedy SF 11 Dark CH 10 Yost,Eddie AV 30 Lockman SM 17

Lipon BV 11 Mize DT 10 Webb,Skeeter AR 29 Musial,Stan OK 17

Bickford CH 10 Moss NA 9 Kiner,Ralph OK 29 Mize DT 16

McCosky BY 10 Heath,Jeff AV 9 Gordon,Joe OK 29 Keltner BY 14

Dark CH 10 Wakefield EL 9 Tebbetts AR 27 Dark CH 14

Priddy CH 10 Blatnik SM 9 Johnson,Billy BV 25 Kiner,Ralph OK 13

Dobson MO 9 Miller NA 9 Keltner BY 25 Sauer SF 13

Dillinger EL 9 Thomson WW 9 4 tied with 24 Wyrostek MO 12

3 tied with 8 Rojek EL 9 Joost,Eddie AV 12

9 tied with 8 7 tied with 11

Starts Games in Relief Hits Allowed Homeruns AllowedPieretti BV 40 Heusser NA 90 Gettel BV 297 Walters AR 38

Walters AR 39 Sanford MO 72 Pieretti BV 292 Dickson EL 36

Welteroth AR 39 Burkhart NA 71 Jansen,Larry BB 281 Hutchinson EL 33

Gettel BV 38 Shore AR 71 Feller BV 278 Feller BV 29

Kennedy SF 38 Casey AR 66 Ferriss NA 277 Welteroth AR 25

Kretlow SF 38 Hudson AR 66 Walters AR 268 Heusser NA 24

Papish AR 38 Page WW 66 Taylor AR 268 Dobson MO 24

Ferriss NA 38 Black AR 64 Lopat,Eddie OK 265 Taylor AR 24

Feller BV 37 Gillespie AR 63 Dobson MO 261 Branca BY 23

Lemon,Bob BB 37 Gumbert BV 61 Houtteman CH 261 Gettel BV 23

Wild Pitches Balks Most Run Support Quality StartsKretlow SF 16 Gettel BV 8 Lemon,Bob BB 251 Lemon,Bob BB 26

Stephens,Bryan NA 14 Taylor AR 4 Spahn,Warrern OK 234 Barney WW 24

Welteroth AR 14 Burkhart NA 3 Pieretti BV 214 Pieretti BV 23

Shore AR 12 Moulder DT 2 Newhouser DT 198 Spahn,Warrern OK 22

Kennedy SF 12 Hamner,Ralph CH 2 Ferriss NA 197 Kretlow SF 22

Singleton EL 11 Zoldak,Sam AV 2 Lopat,Eddie OK 194 Scarbor'gh BV 21

Brissie SM 9 Lombardi WW 2 Houtteman CH 192 VanderMeer DT 21

Reynolds MO 8 Coleman,Joe WW 2 Bearden,Gene OK 190 Feller BV 21

3 tied with 7 Marchildon SM 2 VanderMeer DT 186 3 tied with 20

Wight BY 2 Kennedy SF 184

Runs Allowed Earned Runs Allowed Hit by Pitch Relief Wins

Ferriss NA 184 Walters AR 166 Ferriss NA 19 Gumbert BV 8

Taylor AR 175 Ferriss NA 159 Papish AR 8 Wilks BY 7

Walters AR 172 Gettel BV 146 Kennedy SF 8 Singleton EL 7

Gettel BV 170 Welteroth AR 138 Gettel BV 8 Ferrick MO 7

Welteroth AR 158 Taylor AR 138 Stephens,Bryan NA 7 Harrist SM 7

Papish AR 157 Pieretti BV 137 Gromek SF 6 Rush,Bob AV 7

Pieretti BV 152 Voiselle CH 134 Casey AR 6 Burkhart NA 7

Voiselle CH 144 Papish AR 132 Bickford CH 6 Sanford MO 6

Kretlow SF 137 Jansen,Larry BB 118 Branca BY 6 Higbe BY 6

Casey AR 136 Kennedy SF 117 Welteroth AR 6 Thompson,F OK 6

* 15 *

vs. RHP vs. LHP Shutouts

Team W - L PCT. Team W - L PCT. Team W - L PCT.

Oakdale 85 - 30 .739 Duluth 29 - 10 .744 Oakdale 13 - 4 .765

Chestertown 63 - 41 .606 Oakdale 25 - 14 .641 Brooklyn 11 - 4 .733

Brooklyn 66 - 46 .589 Albany 23 - 17 .575 Bloomington 9 - 2 .818

Albany 65 - 49 .570 Brooklyn 24 - 18 .571 Walla Walla 9 - 10 .474

Bloomington 61 - 47 .565 Bloomington 25 - 21 .543 Duluth 9 - 4 .692

Summer 64 - 50 .561 Summer 21 - 20 .512 Sioux Falls 9 - 6 .600

Duluth 64 - 51 .557 Sioux Falls 25 - 25 .500 Beverly 9 - 4 .692

Moosen 55 - 52 .514 El Dorado 22 - 26 .458 Chestertown 8 - 4 .667

Walla Walla 50 - 55 .476 Moosen 21 - 26 .447 Albany 8 - 7 .533

Beverly 48 - 53 .475 Beverly 22 - 31 .415 Summer 7 - 7 .500

El Dorado 50 - 56 .472 Chestertown 21 - 30 .412 Moosen 6 - 11 .353

North Adams 41 - 64 .390 Walla Walla 20 - 29 .408 Arkansas 5 - 22 .185

Sioux Falls 40 - 64 .385 North Adams 16 - 33 .327 North Adams 4 - 4 .500

Arkansas 22 - 82 .212 Arkansas 11 - 39 .220 El Dorado 2 - 20 .091

774 - 740 .511 305 - 339 .474 109 - 109 .500

Miscellaneous Team Stats TML American – 1948

Home Record Road Record 1-Run Games Extra Inning Games

Team W - L PCT. Team W - L PCT. Team W - L PCT. Team W - L PCT.

Oakdale 62 - 15 .805 Oakdale 48 - 29 .623 Oakdale 24 - 11 .686 Summer 7 - 3 .700

Albany 48 - 29 .623 Duluth 46 - 31 .597 Albany 25 - 13 .658 Oakdale 13 - 6 .684

Summer 47 - 31 .603 Brooklyn 43 - 34 .558 Summer 24 - 15 .615 Arkansas 4 - 2 .667

Duluth 47 - 30 .610 Albany 40 - 37 .519 Bloomington 23 - 17 .575 Beverly 12 - 7 .632

Chestertown 45 - 32 .584 Bloomington 39 - 38 .506 Duluth 27 - 20 .574 Brooklyn 8 - 6 .571

Brooklyn 47 - 30 .610 Chestertown 39 - 39 .500 Beverly 22 - 23 .489 Bloomington 9 - 7 .563

Sioux Falls 34 - 43 .442 Summer 38 - 39 .494 Chestertown 21 - 23 .477 Duluth 8 - 8 .500

El Dorado 38 - 39 .494 Moosen 35 - 42 .455 Walla Walla 25 - 28 .472 Chestertown 9 - 10 .474

Arkansas 15 - 62 .195 Beverly 35 - 42 .455 El Dorado 23 - 26 .469 North Adams 5 - 6 .455

Bloomington 47 - 30 .610 El Dorado 34 - 43 .442 Brooklyn 15 - 19 .441 Moosen 6 - 8 .429

Moosen 41 - 36 .532 Walla Walla 34 - 43 .442 Sioux Falls 17 - 22 .436 Walla Walla 7 - 10 .412

Walla Walla 36 - 41 .468 North Adams 34 - 43 .442 Moosen 18 - 30 .375 Albany 3 - 5 .375

Beverly 35 - 42 .455 Sioux Falls 31 - 46 .403 North Adams 16 - 27 .372 El Dorado 5 - 10 .333

North Adams 23 - 54 .299 Arkansas 18 - 59 .234 Arkansas 7 - 13 .350 Sioux Falls 3 - 11 .214

565 - 514 .524 514 - 565 .476 287 - 287 .500 99 - 99 .500

* 16 *

ALBANY Avalanche Manager: Pat Barry (Elizabeth) Age: 62 Occupation: Retired; MLB Stringer; Cloistered Crazy

The Season Story

It was the end f a long good run, and 88 wins is not a bad way to go out. Some of the old stars showed their old

swag; there just are not enough of them left around to make the playoffs. Ted Williams enjoyed a fine year

putting up MVP caliber numbers. Eddie Joost had an All Star season at shortstop. Jeff Hath, Dick Sisler and

Elmer Vial were solid contributors. All in all a decent offense. Mel Parnell, Bobby Schmitz, Bob Rush and

Ellis Kinder were a formidable rotation, but that lack of any bullpen at all was this team’s Achilles’ Heel. So

the team heads off into the dark valley. At least watching Ted will get us through what promises to be some

very lean years. Name AVG SPC OBP G AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR TB BB IW K SH SF SB CS HBP GDP RC RC27

Jones,Willie .431 .638 .476 63 58 13 25 13 3 0 3 37 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 16 11.5

Williams,Ted .347 .580 .457 154 593 131 206 116 39 6 29 344 124 7 42 0 7 4 1 2 16 165 10.9

Valo,Elmer .338 .502 .423 116 402 87 136 39 20 5 12 202 57 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 9 87 8.4

Sisler,Dick .319 .484 .405 128 432 67 138 71 34 2 11 209 64 13 31 0 3 0 0 0 6 88 7.8

Corbitt,Claude .297 .355 .340 97 313 32 93 40 15 0 1 111 18 0 18 1 1 1 2 3 3 38 4.6

Heath,Jeff .293 .578 .422 114 351 73 103 79 24 8 20 203 84 *18 42 0 9 1 1 1 10 90 9.0

Lohrke,Jack .286 .398 .365 99 269 39 77 42 16 1 4 107 34 0 23 2 1 1 2 0 12 37 4.8

Walker,Rube .286 .416 .373 74 161 26 46 29 6 0 5 67 21 0 12 0 1 0 0 2 8 24 5.3

Souchock,Steve .283 .453 .336 36 106 19 30 15 4 1 4 48 9 2 11 0 1 1 0 0 4 15 5.1

Snider,Duke .276 .494 .322 75 156 22 43 38 7 3 7 77 13 0 20 0 7 1 4 1 3 24 5.1

Robinson,Aaron .273 .406 .355 96 352 55 96 54 20 0 9 143 49 0 22 0 7 0 0 0 16 50 4.9

Jeffcoat,Hal .262 .378 .323 90 233 32 61 28 12 3 3 88 21 0 21 2 0 4 0 0 6 29 4.3

Joost,Eddie .255 .406 .379 154 581 97 148 106 26 4 18 236 116 1 95 4 6 0 0 4 6 100 6.0

Yost,Eddie .213 .353 .293 154 614 83 131 71 27 13 11 217 70 0 51 1 6 4 0 2 30 60 3.1

Wooten,Junior .211 .269 .281 80 171 14 36 17 4 0 2 46 17 1 13 2 3 0 0 1 4 14 2.6

Williams,Dewey .158 .218 .254 42 101 5 16 14 3 0 1 22 14 0 13 1 3 0 0 0 0 7 2.1

Aberson,Cliff .077 .077 .200 15 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7

Pitchers .164 .205 .216 154 440 39 72 25 7 1 3 90 30 0 89 16 5 0 0 1 12 20 1.4

Total .273 .421 .360 154 5346 835 1458 797 267 47 143 2248 748 42 513 30 60 18 12 19 149 829 5.4

Name ERA W L W% SV BS RP GS GR CG Sho INN H R ER HR BB IW K HB WP BK OAVG

Heintzelman,Ken 2.70 8 4 .667 1 0 2 12 10 4 1 110.0 100 44 33 10 37 0 40 0 4 0 .239

Parnell,Mel 3.23 11 11 .500 2 0 2 27 2 12 2 200.2 183 101 72 11 74 0 68 3 3 0 .240

Zoldak,Sam 3.93 5 9 .357 5 1 5 15 14 3 0 119.0 135 66 52 12 39 3 19 0 0 2 .278

Masterson,Walt 4.09 10 7 .588 3 0 3 24 3 1 0 171.2 158 97 78 17 103 2 79 2 4 0 .244

McCahan,Bill 4.30 2 0 1.000 1 0 3 0 24 0 0 44.0 51 33 21 3 29 0 10 2 1 0 .295

Erskine,Carl 4.31 2 1 .667 2 1 2 3 5 1 0 31.1 22 18 15 3 16 0 12 1 0 0 .193

Schmitz,Johnny 4.40 15 12 .556 2 0 2 30 2 11 1 227.0 200 121 111 19 135 1 77 1 4 0 .234

Kinder,Ellis 4.58 13 7 .650 0 0 0 22 3 7 1 167.0 191 99 85 10 45 0 47 4 2 0 .280

Rush,Bob 4.60 14 7 .667 0 0 7 16 16 2 1 131.0 155 74 67 8 59 1 59 0 4 0 .290

Kennedy,Monte 4.95 3 2 .600 4 4 5 4 10 1 0 40.0 27 22 22 5 38 0 17 1 1 0 .189

Hansen,Andy 5.67 4 5 .444 6 5 10 0 33 0 0 46.0 65 33 29 3 25 3 11 1 1 0 .340

Pearson,Ike 6.70 1 1 .500 4 1 4 1 29 0 0 44.1 64 38 33 5 30 0 4 4 1 0 .327

Dreisewerd,Clem 12.46 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 27 0 0 39.0 79 56 54 13 19 0 2 2 0 0 .420

Total 4.41 88 66 .571 30 12 45 154 178 42 8 1371.0 1430 802 672 119 649 10 445 21 25 2 .265

* 17 *

ARKANSAS Travelers Manager: Bill “Willie” Jelks (Lynda) Age: 77 Occupation: Retired USAF Flyboy

The Season Story

Another rebuilding year with over 100 losses (a horrible 121 to be exact!). With some decent prospects like

Buddy Lewis, Arkie Vaughn, Augie Galan and Bucky Walters plus copious high draft picks in a very deep 1947

draft the future can only get brighter.

Name AVG SPC OBP G AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR TB BB IW K SH SF SB CS HBP GDP RC RC27

Northey,Ron .339 .670 .456 97 224 43 76 49 8 0 22 150 44 12 18 0 0 0 0 4 9 67 11.6

Galan,Augie .291 .488 .441 50 86 14 25 13 3 1 4 42 23 3 7 0 1 0 1 1 2 20 8.3

Tucker,Thurman .285 .358 .353 99 193 25 55 22 12 1 0 69 18 0 9 0 1 4 1 3 4 25 4.8

Christman,Mark .273 .337 .316 120 439 41 120 43 17 1 3 148 25 0 24 3 1 0 0 3 7 47 3.9

Tebbetts,Birdie .265 .359 .344 131 437 33 116 42 23 0 6 157 48 0 44 0 3 2 1 6 27 50 3.8

Gustine,Frankie .264 .353 .339 123 417 45 110 42 15 2 6 147 47 0 47 2 1 1 4 1 19 47 3.8

Lund,Don .244 .389 .305 81 221 22 54 29 18 4 2 86 16 0 36 0 2 0 1 4 0 28 4.4

Dusak,Erv .238 .349 .370 100 298 28 71 30 7 4 6 104 62 1 50 0 1 2 1 1 5 43 5.0

Mueller,Ray .232 .253 .376 42 95 9 22 7 2 0 0 24 22 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 4.0

Vaughan,Arky .231 .264 .319 47 121 8 28 12 1 0 1 32 16 0 9 0 1 1 1 0 8 9 2.5

Sisti,Sibby .195 .223 .302 92 215 13 42 15 4 1 0 48 31 0 29 3 0 0 0 2 6 16 2.4

West,Max .193 .429 .307 52 140 26 27 17 9 0 8 60 23 1 26 0 0 0 0 0 7 17 3.9

Culberson,Leon .191 .218 .357 154 556 57 106 21 6 0 3 121 *141 0 *97 0 1 0 1 3 22 52 2.9

Mele,Sam .190 .304 .265 55 184 18 35 19 10 1 3 56 16 0 24 1 1 2 0 3 13 13 2.1

Berardino,Johnny .176 .243 .282 54 136 10 24 8 4 1 1 33 18 0 20 0 0 0 0 2 4 10 2.3

Webb,Skeeter .171 .222 .183 131 450 12 77 22 18 1 1 100 6 0 67 1 3 0 0 1 29 12 0.8

Binks,George .161 .174 .215 136 447 32 72 27 6 0 0 78 31 1 24 3 4 0 2 1 13 16 1.1

Lakeman,Al .147 .253 .229 34 75 7 11 5 2 0 2 19 8 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1.9

Meeks,Sammy .100 .100 .100 26 50 2 5 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 24 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.1

Pitchers .179 .233 .187 154 347 24 62 24 13 0 2 81 4 0 85 6 7 0 1 1 7 14 1.3

Total .222 .304 .306 154 5131 469 1138 447 178 17 70 1560 599 18 667 20 27 12 14 36 187 474 3.0


Potter,Nels 3.33 2 3 .400 2 0 2 6 7 1 0 46.0 58 23 17 3 6 0 31 2 0 0 .305

Gillespie,Bob 4.38 2 4 .333 10 2 12 0 63 0 0 72.0 104 43 35 5 30 2 16 3 3 0 .347

Black,Don 4.64 3 1 .750 0 2 3 0 64 0 0 77.2 84 48 40 5 53 3 19 3 0 0 .285

Bicknell,Charlie 5.70 2 4 .333 1 1 3 1 42 0 0 60.0 69 41 38 9 36 3 8 1 0 0 .294

Welteroth,Dick 5.71 5 27 .156 0 0 0 39 1 3 1 217.1 246 158 138 25 133 6 31 6 14 0 .286

Papish,Frank 5.84 9 26 .257 0 0 0 38 0 2 1 203.1 260 157 132 20 118 5 86 8 3 0 .313

Taylor,Harry 6.03 3 23 .115 0 0 0 31 31 0 0 206.0 268 175 138 24 *167 5 65 3 5 4 .315

Shore,Ray 6.61 0 1 .000 1 0 1 0 71 0 0 94.0 119 80 69 9 86 2 13 5 12 1 .310

Hudson,Sid 7.32 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 66 0 0 94.2 128 84 77 22 51 3 23 1 1 0 .332

Walters,Bucky 8.13 5 *30 .143 0 0 0 39 1 1 0 183.2 268 172 *166 *38 118 4 86 0 0 0 .346

Casey,Hugh 11.56 2 1 .667 1 0 3 0 66 0 0 85.2 187 136 110 21 53 4 11 6 7 0 .440

Total 6.45 33 121 .214 15 5 24 154 412 7 5 1340.1 1791 1117 960 181 851 37 389 38 45 5 .324

* 18 *

BEVERLY Hillbillies Manager: Mike Dickinson (Andrea) Age: 50 Occupation: Meteorologist/Philanthropist

The Season Story

The season unfolded as expected given the team was bereft of pitching and lacked offensive firepower. In fact, I

am surprised the team did as well as they did. Offensively, the team was paced by Enos Slaughter and a

smattering of others during the course of the season. The Hillbillies only hit 78 home runs on the season... a

sure sign that the Cement Pond was a little too deep for this squad. Ray Scarborough was by far the team's best

hurler and was one of only two Hillbillies with ERAs under 3.00. Without quality pitching, it looks like more

of the same for the Hillbillies going backward.


Filipowicz,Steve .350 .450 .422 44 40 8 14 4 2 1 0 18 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 8.5

Slaughter,Enos .326 .477 .419 144 576 107 188 75 28 10 13 275 94 0 24 4 8 4 8 3 14 119 7.6

Lipon,Johnny .298 .381 .377 124 494 69 147 54 19 5 4 188 64 4 35 11 4 2 2 1 8 75 5.4

Coleman,Ray .293 .410 .350 109 249 32 73 31 8 6 3 102 22 1 19 4 2 3 0 1 9 35 5.0

Tresh,Mike .291 .316 .360 38 79 9 23 8 2 0 0 25 8 0 7 0 1 0 0 1 1 10 4.5

Peck,Hal .281 .351 .311 59 57 7 16 10 1 0 1 20 3 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 3.9

Gordon,Sid .272 .431 .357 137 540 92 147 81 22 5 18 233 74 4 41 5 7 1 0 1 31 79 4.9

Young,Babe .272 .412 .352 119 250 36 68 42 15 4 4 103 31 1 15 0 0 0 1 0 2 38 5.5

Niarhos,Gus .267 .343 .368 107 251 41 67 28 14 1 1 86 42 0 16 3 3 1 1 0 6 34 4.7

Edwards,Hank .265 .342 .338 93 117 17 31 16 3 0 2 40 14 1 9 0 2 0 0 0 2 14 4.3

Wright,Taffy .259 .367 .315 119 324 37 84 47 10 2 7 119 25 0 6 1 3 1 0 3 14 36 3.7

Kluttz,Clyde .255 .398 .321 47 98 10 25 13 8 0 2 39 10 0 8 1 1 0 0 0 1 13 4.7

Johnson,Billy .241 .373 .319 132 440 54 106 55 23 4 9 164 50 2 31 0 5 1 1 3 25 48 3.6

Stevens,Chuck .240 .294 .336 111 262 33 63 28 5 3 1 77 38 2 13 4 1 0 4 0 7 26 3.3

Miksis,Eddie .237 .308 .297 126 169 12 40 22 3 0 3 52 14 0 18 3 1 0 0 1 0 17 3.4

Gillenwater,Carden .220 .320 .329 106 250 34 55 26 8 4 3 80 41 0 34 0 1 0 0 0 16 25 3.2

LaPointe,Ralph .218 .237 .282 137 422 38 92 50 5 0 1 100 40 0 27 6 6 1 0 0 3 32 2.5

Sturgeon,Bobby .216 .306 .250 100 111 10 24 9 2 1 2 34 4 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 7 7 1.9

Early,Jake .209 .242 .316 71 211 21 44 24 4 0 1 51 34 0 28 0 4 0 1 1 1 19 3.0

Pitchers .166 .225 .192 154 453 40 75 43 12 3 3 102 14 0 113 16 5 2 2 2 7 20 1.3

Total .256 .354 .333 154 5393 707 1382 666 194 49 78 1908 627 15 455 58 55 16 20 18 155 644 4.0 Name ERA W L W% SV BS RP GS GR CG Sho INN H R ER HR BB IW K HB WP BK OAVG

Hughes,Tommy 0.00 0 0 .000 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333

Scarborough,Ray 2.49 11 6 .647 1 0 1 24 3 8 3 184.1 141 59 51 11 58 2 65 2 0 0 *.207

Byrne,Tommy 2.82 5 5 .500 3 0 4 8 18 2 1 92.2 64 30 29 9 57 0 47 1 0 0 .192

Candini,Milo 3.72 3 5 .375 0 1 3 1 49 0 0 96.2 91 50 40 5 49 3 21 0 0 0 .247

Feller,Bob 3.77 13 14 .481 0 0 0 37 0 7 3 270.0 278 119 113 29 80 2 166 3 0 0 .264

Pieretti,Marino 4.79 14 12 .538 0 0 0 *40 2 5 1 257.2 292 152 137 22 95 5 63 4 2 0 .284

Gumbert,Harry 4.97 8 7 .533 10 9 18 0 61 0 0 87.0 103 56 48 4 49 6 22 0 0 0 .304

Pierce,Billy 5.53 2 2 .500 1 2 2 2 45 0 0 71.2 73 51 44 13 68 4 39 2 1 0 .264

Gettel,Al 5.57 8 20 .286 0 0 0 38 0 2 0 236.0 *297 170 146 23 114 ^7 72 8 3 *8 .306

Drews,Karl 6.57 2 5 .286 0 0 2 4 19 0 0 49.1 63 42 36 4 43 0 9 1 2 1 .313

Benton,Al 7.63 4 8 .333 2 7 6 0 50 0 0 48.1 63 44 41 3 46 1 11 2 1 0 .317

Total 4.42 70 84 .455 18 19 37 154 248 24 9 1394.2 1466 773 685 123 659 30 515 23 9 9 .269

* 19 *

BLOOMINGTON Burning Bunyans Manager: Bob Weisman (Janet) Age: 59 Occupation: Meteorology Professor

The Season Story

Bloomington tried to lift itself out of being relegated to the Atmospheric Conference. The offensive strategy of

having Murtaugh, McCosky, Stewart, Conatser et al single or walk their way on base and have Ken Keltner

drive them in worked to the tune of Keltner setting a team record of 163 RBI and having the best individual

season (155 runs created) since the days of Eddie Mathews. The struggle was to get the key hit, rather than the

double play. The pitching was mediocre for a while, then turned it on during a 56-28 tear to rally for first place

in the conference. And, Wally Westlake and Danny Litwhiler took up the cause to allow Bloomington to

petition to enter the upper (Oceanic) Conference. However, the especially shaky bullpen and the inability to get

key hits led to once again being relegated to the inferior conference. Oh, well…Ken Keltner was fun to watch

while it lasted.


Frey,Lonny .444 .583 .474 40 36 7 16 5 3 1 0 21 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 13.8

Keltner,Ken .359 .620 .429 153 590 124 212 *163 31 9 35 366 81 1 37 1 *17 3 2 4 25 155 9.9

McCosky,Barney .325 .384 .394 130 529 103 172 56 15 5 2 203 64 0 8 10 7 0 0 1 19 82 5.6

Rigney,Bill .320 .410 .398 79 200 40 64 24 10 1 2 82 24 0 26 0 0 1 1 2 5 33 6.3

Laydon,Pete .309 .353 .360 56 139 25 43 19 2 2 0 49 7 0 10 0 0 2 0 4 5 17 4.6

Murtaugh,Danny .300 .351 .373 142 507 82 152 43 20 3 0 178 61 1 32 1 5 6 5 1 6 71 5.1

Stewart,Bud .292 .453 .376 119 411 81 120 67 18 12 8 186 56 0 16 5 4 1 1 2 14 70 6.0

Conatser,Clint .287 .416 .391 77 202 34 58 35 10 2 4 84 35 0 21 1 1 0 2 0 3 35 6.2

Kerr,Buddy .287 .380 .348 121 345 45 99 37 18 7 0 131 34 0 18 0 3 3 0 0 6 48 5.0

Jones,Nippy .273 .445 .347 73 209 31 57 28 5 11 3 93 24 0 18 0 2 0 0 1 9 31 5.2

Litwhiler,Danny .251 .430 .330 93 179 25 45 41 11 3 5 77 22 1 15 0 2 0 1 0 10 23 4.2

Haas,Bert .251 .349 .331 109 275 35 69 48 12 3 3 96 35 1 19 0 6 1 3 1 10 32 3.8

Wagner,Hal .238 .270 .326 114 344 41 82 39 11 0 0 93 45 0 23 3 3 0 0 1 11 32 3.1

Westlake,Wally .238 .374 .315 132 446 52 106 72 5 7 14 167 50 2 46 0 5 1 0 3 13 53 4.0

Seminick,Andy .213 .347 .292 103 150 17 32 21 6 1 4 52 17 0 20 1 3 1 0 1 5 16 3.3

Arft,Hank .193 .289 .292 95 166 19 32 20 4 3 2 48 23 0 26 0 2 0 0 1 9 14 2.5

Mauch,Gene .171 .197 .289 88 193 19 33 18 1 2 0 38 33 0 19 2 2 0 1 0 1 14 2.2

Guerra,Mike .150 .183 .227 33 60 5 9 0 0 1 0 11 6 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 1.0

Pitchers .181 .234 .239 154 397 29 72 38 7 1 4 93 30 0 102 24 7 0 1 2 12 23 1.7

Total .274 .385 .351 154 5378 814 1473 774 189 74 86 2068 649 6 467 49 69 19 17 24 167 736 4.7


Palica,Erv 2.60 6 5 .545 2 0 4 10 16 4 3 97.0 87 36 28 0 42 2 47 1 1 0 .244

Newsom,Bobo 2.76 2 0 1.000 1 1 3 0 11 0 0 16.1 17 8 5 0 9 2 3 0 1 0 .262

Rowe,Schoolboy 3.42 12 6 .667 0 0 0 20 7 5 3 152.2 161 61 58 8 49 5 42 2 0 0 .268

Higbe,Kirby 3.54 11 5 .688 5 5 11 8 43 2 0 109.1 90 48 43 4 70 1 57 5 1 0 .225

Wilks,Ted 3.59 7 10 .412 *30 *12 *37 0 56 0 0 67.2 58 36 27 6 35 3 29 0 2 0 .233

Kush,Emil 3.88 3 0 1.000 5 3 8 0 31 0 0 46.1 50 23 20 1 36 0 22 1 2 0 .282

Branca,Ralph 3.90 13 10 .565 1 0 4 28 4 4 1 203.0 190 97 88 23 86 2 121 6 3 0 .245

Fannin,Cliff 4.10 13 8 .619 0 0 0 29 2 5 0 208.2 194 110 95 15 79 0 106 3 0 0 .246

Wight,Bill 4.20 10 10 .500 0 0 0 31 6 1 0 220.2 248 115 103 9 101 4 54 1 2 2 .289

Riddle,Elmer 4.24 9 12 .429 0 0 0 27 1 4 2 176.1 172 98 83 17 102 5 55 2 0 0 .255

Wynn,Early 5.16 0 2 .000 0 0 0 1 38 0 0 61.0 79 42 35 6 34 2 16 1 0 0 .324

Strincevich,Nick 10.13 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 21.1 48 29 24 0 9 0 4 0 0 0 .440

Total 3.97 86 68 .558 44 21 67 154 231 25 9 1380.1 1394 703 609 89 652 26 556 22 12 2 .263

* 20 *

BROOKLYN Browns

Manager: Jim Pertierra (Janet) Age: 70 Occupation: Stat Supervisor MLB.com

The Season Story

The top 4 in the lineup, Appling, DiMaggios, Doby set the pace and it was a fine year in Flatbush. Not a playoff

year, but a very satisfying one from start to finish and helped take my mind off other things. We were all going

to finish behind the Ravagers from the get go and that was the fact. Especially noted was the great year from

Bob Lemon who fell just shy of the 30 win mark but was the staff leader from day 1

right until the end. Jackie Robinson and Larry Doby have both hinted at retiring after the 1947 season so it will

be one to savor. It is always fun.


Stallcup,Virgil .600 .600 .600 6 5 0 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 24.3

Baker,Bill .333 .429 .416 29 84 15 28 13 8 0 0 36 14 2 6 0 3 0 0 0 5 15 6.3

DiMaggio,Joe .322 .586 .385 154 645 127 208 154 36 10 38 378 55 2 30 0 5 0 0 *14 *42 130 7.3

Robinson,Jackie .313 .481 .379 154 597 109 187 114 46 9 12 287 62 4 38 7 8 11 7 6 7 112 6.9

Doby,Larry .309 .471 .375 105 433 86 134 83 21 8 11 204 42 1 81 0 1 3 3 4 19 72 6.0

DiMaggio,Dom .305 .454 .389 154 630 141 192 84 43 6 13 286 90 0 44 6 8 5 2 2 15 116 6.7

Appling,Luke .298 .351 .403 154 621 117 185 59 21 0 4 218 111 0 43 1 6 6 4 2 18 95 5.5

Lehner,Paul .290 .404 .343 63 245 39 71 38 13 3 3 99 21 1 9 0 2 1 0 0 8 33 4.9

Weigel,Ralph .277 .392 .322 35 130 14 36 16 9 3 0 51 10 0 14 0 3 0 0 0 7 15 3.9

Ryan,Connie .267 .333 .397 125 258 35 69 30 14 0 1 86 56 0 33 5 2 0 0 1 7 39 5.1

Nicholson,Bill .257 .425 .363 84 214 35 55 49 7 1 9 91 37 0 12 0 4 0 0 1 9 34 5.3

Mayo,Eddie .253 .345 .301 77 296 35 75 40 13 1 4 102 21 0 10 5 2 4 0 0 12 29 3.3

White,Don .250 .393 .300 33 28 3 7 5 1 0 1 11 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4.4

Kennedy,Bob .239 .370 .255 45 46 5 11 9 6 0 0 17 2 1 7 0 3 0 1 0 2 4 2.4

Kluszewski,Ted .233 .346 .267 91 373 33 87 63 12 6 6 129 20 0 32 0 8 0 0 0 14 32 2.8

Padgett,Don .222 .282 .250 104 383 31 85 32 17 0 2 108 15 0 11 1 5 0 0 1 13 25 2.1

Wallaesa,Jack .100 .100 .100 91 10 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0

Delsing,Jim .000 .000 .000 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0

Pitchers .233 .364 .284 154 473 64 110 56 27 4 9 172 32 0 83 9 2 0 0 3 7 50 3.5


Lemon,Bob 2.74 *29 6 .829 0 1 1 37 3 22 3 *311.2 242 116 95 15 127 0 *174 2 5 0 .208

Dobernic,Jess 2.86 2 3 .400 2 0 4 0 16 0 0 22.0 18 8 7 2 10 0 14 0 0 0 .220

Kramer,Jack 3.11 12 12 .500 0 0 0 29 1 7 3 208.2 201 91 72 8 70 5 65 2 2 0 .250

Gerheauser,Al 3.48 3 0 1.000 2 0 5 0 16 0 0 20.2 24 9 8 2 14 1 2 0 0 0 .296

Brazle,Al 3.57 14 7 .667 3 3 8 18 26 4 1 181.1 200 97 72 10 58 3 55 1 1 1 .274

Jansen,Larry 4.01 14 15 .483 0 0 0 36 1 15 3 264.2 281 132 118 20 61 6 114 1 0 0 .266

Scheib,Carl 4.31 8 10 .444 0 0 0 22 0 9 0 169.1 202 103 81 15 64 3 46 2 0 0 .296

Porterfield,Bob 4.31 2 1 .667 0 0 2 1 16 0 0 39.2 47 23 19 3 22 0 10 0 0 0 .296

Johnson,Earl 4.50 0 3 .000 9 3 9 0 30 0 0 42.0 38 21 21 4 20 0 14 1 1 1 .245

Lade,Doyle 4.77 4 4 .500 0 0 0 11 1 0 0 66.0 80 45 35 6 31 0 12 2 1 0 .290

Overmire,Stubby 5.03 2 3 .400 3 1 5 0 49 0 0 62.2 82 46 35 3 39 1 4 0 4 0 .315

Total 3.65 90 64 .584 19 8 34 154 159 57 11 1388.2 1415 691 563 88 516 19 510 11 14 2 .260

* 21 *

CHESTERTOWN Blue Herons Manager: Eric Rogers

Age: 61 Occupation: Meteorologist

The Season Story

The Herons battled Summer and Bloomington for the top two spots in the Atmos Conference, ending up in a tie

with Summer for second place. The tie-breaker game at Summer was a classic, as the Cyclones came back from

an early 5-1 deficit against ERA Champ Vern Bickford, taking a 8-6 lead into the 9th, but the Herons had their

last hurrah with a two out rally to tie it before losing in the 10th inning. This was the swan song for CH's

competitive run from 1959-1948, as it's time to rebuild. We bid a fond farewell to Richie Ashburn, who ends his

run as the first CH player to amass over 3000 career hits, with a team leading .338 career batting average. Name AVG SPC OBP G AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR TB BB IW K SH SF SB CS HBP GDP RC RC27

Okrie,Len .400 .400 .400 5 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7.2

Ashburn,Richie .384 .480 .461 149 498 115 191 49 13 7 7 239 72 3 17 7 2 *27 *10 1 2 120 9.9

Dark,Al .360 .484 .396 ^155 628 91 226 112 44 11 4 304 41 1 43 10 10 4 4 3 9 122 7.6

Berra,Yogi .306 .485 .352 123 468 81 143 112 31 7 13 227 36 3 18 3 8 3 0 2 16 78 6.0

Walker,Harry .302 .433 .367 105 344 50 104 55 15 3 8 149 39 0 19 0 7 5 2 0 3 59 6.3

Marshall,Willard .294 .415 .364 ^155 626 69 184 106 27 11 9 260 69 3 25 0 4 1 1 2 19 94 5.4

Bockman,Eddie .283 .400 .395 66 180 28 51 24 4 1 5 72 32 1 28 0 1 0 1 2 4 30 6.0

Masi,Phil .283 .399 .352 124 276 31 78 43 17 0 5 110 30 0 26 4 1 1 0 0 11 38 4.8

Torgeson,Earl .279 .464 .423 121 401 95 112 70 18 4 16 186 101 1 30 13 2 12 8 0 10 85 7.1

Hitchcock,Billy .278 .384 .313 67 151 19 42 16 5 4 1 58 8 0 12 0 1 0 0 0 9 16 3.5

Priddy,Jerry .272 .412 .350 ^155 617 111 168 77 31 8 13 254 76 2 79 10 7 1 2 1 16 90 5.0

Pellagrini,Eddie .250 .350 .318 107 40 10 10 6 1 0 1 14 4 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4.3

McQuinn,George .246 .386 .333 84 207 25 51 30 5 3 6 80 25 0 27 3 0 0 0 2 6 27 4.4

Schenz,Hank .242 .242 .235 35 33 4 8 3 0 0 0 8 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 1.4

Rowell,Bama .234 .376 .265 52 141 18 33 16 14 3 0 53 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 12 2.9

McBride,Tom .233 .291 .318 90 206 25 48 24 7 1 1 60 28 1 15 1 5 0 1 0 12 18 2.8

Caballero,Putsy .219 .259 .278 103 274 34 60 33 5 0 2 71 22 1 13 2 4 2 1 2 10 20 2.3

Pitchers .173 .249 .215 155 421 39 73 43 8 3 6 105 24 0 69 31 6 0 0 0 6 25 1.7


Bickford,Vern *2.38 15 5 .750 0 0 2 23 4 8 2 181.2 154 58 48 8 67 1 76 6 0 0 .226

Trinkle,Ken 3.46 5 9 .357 20 7 25 0 48 0 0 54.2 47 26 21 2 48 1 9 3 2 0 .229

Houtteman,Art 3.53 14 9 .609 0 0 0 33 1 5 2 247.1 261 113 97 11 75 3 82 3 2 0 .269

Chesnes,Bob 3.57 12 6 .667 0 0 0 23 1 7 0 189.0 189 80 75 18 97 3 74 4 6 0 .261

Wehmeier,Herm 3.58 1 2 .333 2 0 3 0 16 0 0 27.2 29 15 11 2 14 0 11 0 2 0 .269

Embree,Red 3.97 6 2 .750 1 0 4 8 12 3 1 65.2 67 31 29 6 19 0 18 0 0 0 .263

Fowler,Dick 4.60 10 13 .435 0 0 0 26 0 11 1 168.1 197 106 86 16 54 3 41 2 0 0 .285

Judson,Howie 4.71 6 3 .667 0 0 2 8 12 1 0 65.0 75 41 34 11 36 3 24 2 3 0 .288

White,Hal 4.96 0 4 .000 0 2 0 0 44 0 0 65.1 69 42 36 5 36 0 16 2 5 0 .270

Hamner,Ralph 4.99 3 4 .429 2 1 5 0 47 0 0 57.2 66 34 32 3 42 1 26 0 1 2 .293

Gray,Ted 5.91 4 2 .667 1 0 4 4 18 0 0 42.2 40 28 28 2 48 1 33 1 3 0 .250

Voiselle,Bill 6.55 7 12 .368 0 0 0 30 5 4 1 184.0 246 144 134 21 82 2 79 5 1 0 .325

Queen,Mel 7.45 1 0 1.000 1 0 2 0 29 0 0 48.1 80 50 40 11 32 0 26 3 1 0 .359

Total 4.32 84 71 .542 27 10 47 155 237 39 8 1397.1 1520 768 671 116 650 18 515 31 26 2 .276

* 22 *

DULUTH Thundercats Manager: Kevin Tyle (Bryan) Age: 56 Occupation: Computer Administrator/Meteorologist

The Season Story

Duluth was locked in a season-long battle for 2nd place but outlasted division rivals Albany, Moosen, and

Brooklyn thanks to its deep lineup. Most of the offensive eight could just be penciled in day after day. The team

batted over .300 for the year, with Tommy Holmes cracking .360! That more than made up for a decent but

unspectacular mound staff, although Hal Newhouser and Johnny Vander Meer had fine seasons. What kept

Duluth from having a great year, and perhaps even besting the division leader Oakdale Ravagers in the playoffs,

was a disappointing season from Johnny Sain. Manager Kevin Tyle had his own take on the famous poem,

penning "Prayed for rain instead of Sain"!


Lindell,Johnny .365 .591 .416 95 340 62 124 71 24 1 17 201 31 0 50 0 2 0 1 0 14 79 9.1

Rackley,Marv .363 .441 .425 101 295 46 107 35 17 3 0 130 34 3 17 2 3 6 1 0 5 58 7.9

Holmes,Tommy .360 .478 .412 136 603 111 217 91 37 8 6 288 59 0 13 3 8 1 0 0 14 121 7.9

Vernon,Mickey .346 .481 .386 61 52 10 18 12 2 1 1 25 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 7.9

Ennis,Del .329 .575 .383 154 650 115 214 138 51 2 35 374 55 1 56 1 4 1 1 4 13 142 8.4

Stephens,Vern .327 .538 .393 154 617 108 202 130 21 5 33 332 70 1 51 1 8 0 1 2 24 127 7.6

Kell,George .316 .418 .357 99 392 63 124 48 22 3 4 164 22 2 23 3 4 0 0 5 7 59 5.6

Mize,Johnny .309 .560 .416 154 596 121 184 123 39 3 35 334 115 6 25 0 10 3 2 2 14 146 9.0

Doerr,Bobby .291 .488 .359 139 580 108 169 87 24 9 24 283 62 0 52 3 6 1 2 3 24 97 5.9

Fitz Gerald,Ed .286 .336 .371 94 238 30 68 24 5 2 1 80 32 0 31 0 3 0 1 2 6 31 4.7

Suder,Pete .277 .277 .352 30 47 8 13 4 0 0 0 13 6 0 8 1 1 0 0 0 1 5 3.7

Robertson,Sherry .274 .419 .336 70 124 25 34 11 8 2 2 52 13 2 11 1 3 3 1 0 2 18 5.1

Outlaw,Jimmy .254 .302 .336 70 189 20 48 25 9 0 0 57 24 0 8 0 5 0 0 2 16 18 2.9

Swift,Bob .226 .292 .361 79 168 24 38 21 6 1 1 49 37 0 28 2 3 0 0 0 3 21 4.1

Partee,Roy .216 .225 .273 48 102 8 22 8 1 0 0 23 8 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 1.9

Kurowski,Whitey .193 .229 .323 32 83 7 16 8 3 0 0 19 14 0 16 0 0 0 0 2 2 7 2.7

Anderson,Andy .164 .254 .247 32 67 7 11 11 1 1 1 17 8 0 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 2.3

Pitchers .223 .275 .270 154 440 52 98 41 8 3 3 121 27 0 79 47 2 0 0 2 9 35 2.4

Total .306 .459 .374 154 5583 925 1707 888 278 44 163 2562 621 15 496 64 65 15 10 24 158 962 6.2


Lively,Buddy 2.70 2 1 .667 1 3 3 0 7 0 0 10.0 9 3 3 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 .250

Vander Meer,Johnny 3.38 12 8 .600 0 0 0 31 0 10 1 229.0 205 99 86 11 118 0 95 3 1 0 .238

Hartung,Clint 3.41 1 1 .500 1 0 2 0 32 0 0 60.2 50 24 23 4 19 1 22 1 0 0 .231

Newhouser,Hal 3.42 18 8 .692 0 0 0 34 0 14 *6 260.1 255 113 99 15 74 0 133 3 2 0 .252

McCall,Dutch 3.93 1 2 .333 5 0 6 1 28 0 0 55.0 50 24 24 3 39 2 39 0 1 0 .243

Hatten,Joe 4.09 14 9 .609 0 0 1 28 8 4 2 191.1 197 103 87 12 104 1 57 4 1 0 .268

Sain,Johnny 4.30 13 6 .684 0 1 3 22 19 7 0 180.0 184 98 86 18 65 1 88 3 0 0 .260

Munger,Red 4.66 10 4 .714 6 3 10 10 14 2 0 85.0 88 47 44 10 37 2 34 0 1 0 .267

Jones,Sheldon 4.81 9 13 .409 5 3 7 19 17 3 0 138.1 160 89 74 6 69 2 57 4 6 0 .291

Hiller,Frank 5.95 1 5 .167 3 0 4 0 18 0 0 19.2 23 17 13 6 10 0 7 0 0 0 .291

Pollet,Howie 6.03 8 3 .727 2 2 6 9 19 1 0 77.2 99 54 52 7 32 0 30 2 1 0 .313

Moulder,Glen 6.80 1 0 1.000 0 0 1 0 28 0 0 45.0 58 38 34 3 35 1 12 1 1 2 .315

Hearn,Jim 6.88 3 1 .750 2 2 5 0 32 0 0 35.1 54 29 27 3 18 2 11 2 1 0 .370

Total 4.23 93 61 .604 25 14 48 154 222 41 9 1387.1 1432 738 652 100 627 12 585 23 15 2 .266

* 23 *

EL DORADO Gold Sox

Manager: Jack Kohn (Patti) Team Name Change for 1947

Age: 82 Occupation: Retired USAF Sonoma Crushers

The Season Story

Except for their ten games (2-8) with the potent Oakdale squad, the Gold Sox battled on even terms with their

1948 rivals. The majority of their matches were close enough for the Sox to go into period three action with

hopes of making the post season playoffs. Thanks to a 12-2 performance vs. Arkansas, the Sox still had a

chance until the last series of the season when they lost to Summer, 6-1. Bob Dillinger (.325) and Hoot Evers

(.317) anchored the offense by playing all 154 games. Part timers Dick Wakefield and Frank McCormick will

help in future seasons. Gold Sox pitching finished fourth with a team ERA of 3.98 and allowed just 69 home

runs. When the hitting improves, franchise will have a chance to move up.


Ginsberg,Joe .380 .400 .466 37 50 2 19 9 1 0 0 20 8 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 8.5

Mueller,Don .368 .402 .371 73 87 11 32 11 1 1 0 35 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 8 10 4.2

Dillinger,Bob .325 .407 .373 154 671 109 218 48 37 6 2 273 52 2 29 9 5 17 9 3 21 100 5.4

Evers,Hoot .317 .452 .370 154 644 88 204 106 41 11 8 291 52 0 44 3 2 0 1 4 24 103 5.9

Wakefield,Dick .304 .550 .440 138 369 73 112 78 22 9 17 203 96 17 52 0 9 0 0 1 9 96 9.4

Goodman,Billy .297 .370 .382 134 478 69 142 62 23 0 4 177 64 1 35 1 2 1 2 3 30 63 4.6

Batts,Matt .291 .440 .377 98 134 25 39 22 9 1 3 59 21 3 11 0 4 0 0 0 7 22 5.6

Russell,Jim .287 .469 .373 120 373 58 107 61 17 3 15 175 54 0 30 1 6 3 0 1 14 66 6.2

McCormick,Frank .271 .422 .324 69 166 20 45 23 11 4 2 70 14 0 9 1 2 0 0 0 6 22 4.5

Kozar,Al .270 .396 .339 122 389 35 105 48 20 7 5 154 39 0 44 7 1 2 0 2 10 53 4.7

Rojek,Stan .268 .315 .336 154 600 78 161 73 15 5 1 189 62 0 50 4 9 11 4 4 10 69 4.0

Milne,Pete .262 .429 .279 21 42 3 11 7 1 3 0 18 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4.4

Kolloway,Don .259 .337 .306 93 205 19 53 23 7 0 3 69 11 0 10 0 0 1 0 3 10 19 3.2

Dente,Sam .256 .282 .341 35 39 3 10 5 1 0 0 11 4 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 3.8

Coan,Gil .242 .349 .315 112 372 47 90 52 9 5 7 130 35 0 47 0 1 4 7 5 7 40 3.7

Lamanno,Ray .233 .263 .302 120 300 27 70 22 9 0 0 79 29 1 21 0 1 0 0 1 17 22 2.4

Livingston,Mickey .193 .281 .333 48 57 9 11 5 2 0 1 16 13 0 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 3.8

Schultz,Howie .125 .188 .118 16 16 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.8

DeMars,Billy .000 .000 .273 12 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7

Pitchers .189 .214 .236 154 392 44 74 33 5 1 1 84 23 0 68 21 3 0 0 2 3 22 1.8

Total .279 .381 .350 154 5392 724 1505 689 232 56 69 2056 582 29 472 50 49 39 23 30 176 716 4.6


Singleton,Elmer 2.09 14 5 .737 4 3 11 9 38 3 0 125.0 99 35 29 7 20 0 47 1 11 0 .216

Raffensberger,Ken 3.05 10 18 .357 7 1 9 24 23 4 1 209.1 196 95 71 14 48 2 53 0 0 0 .241

Bonham,Tiny 3.24 3 8 .273 0 0 0 19 3 0 0 122.1 140 60 44 13 35 1 38 2 0 0 .279

Hutchinson,Fred 3.68 12 10 .545 1 0 1 28 4 8 0 215.0 198 113 88 33 49 1 74 2 2 0 .239

Ostrowski,Joe 3.72 3 5 .375 1 0 2 4 27 1 0 58.0 70 25 24 0 7 0 12 0 0 0 .294

Dickson,Murry 3.80 11 12 .478 1 0 2 29 6 8 0 217.2 197 107 92 36 82 4 105 3 1 0 .241

Garver,Ned 4.88 10 12 .455 4 3 8 22 16 5 1 155.0 156 95 84 14 83 1 44 1 3 0 .262

Koslo,Dave 5.10 5 10 .333 2 1 3 14 21 3 0 120.0 139 76 68 8 50 0 39 1 3 0 .285

Grove,Orval 5.47 3 1 .750 0 0 2 2 31 0 0 54.1 69 41 33 5 21 0 11 2 0 0 .311

Ramsdell,Willie 6.18 1 1 .500 1 0 2 3 28 0 0 55.1 59 42 38 5 49 0 32 3 2 0 .276

Caldwell,Earl 8.44 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 26 0 0 37.1 57 46 35 7 25 1 9 1 0 0 .348

Total 3.98 72 82 .468 21 8 40 154 223 32 2 1369.1 1380 735 606 142 469 10 464 16 22 0 .258

* 24 *

MOOSEN Squirrel Manager: Bill Graham (Cathy Ann) Age: 70 Occupation: Mostly Retired

The Season Story

On paper the Squirrel looked a strong possibility for a post season wild card spot. Then the season started and

reality set in. The Squirrel would have to wait at least another year. The team offense and pitching were decent

but not quite decent enough to get the job done. But somewhere in the recesses of Ebbets Field, the Squirrel's

home park we can hear cries of "Wait 'til next year!!!" Or in the Retro League it may be "Wait 'til last year!!!"


Berry,Neil .339 .383 .424 103 227 31 77 21 8 1 0 87 33 1 18 3 1 1 1 1 2 40 6.9

Reese,Pee Wee .308 .437 .386 151 652 132 201 65 36 3 14 285 85 1 63 6 3 19 7 0 19 112 6.2

Pesky,Johnny .307 .415 .395 147 583 99 179 81 22 7 9 242 87 2 20 6 6 0 2 2 10 101 6.4

Hermanski,Gene .307 .511 .401 107 417 87 128 74 25 6 16 213 70 1 35 2 7 9 1 0 16 88 7.5

Wyrostek,Johnny .305 .509 .378 113 430 72 131 94 15 11 17 219 54 0 35 0 7 3 1 1 7 86 7.4

Philley,Dave .290 .389 .354 134 445 63 129 69 21 1 7 173 46 0 13 5 5 2 8 1 20 56 4.3

Shuba,George .289 .396 .427 79 149 28 43 20 4 0 4 59 36 2 25 5 0 0 1 0 2 28 6.7

Reiser,Pete .278 .352 .414 70 108 13 30 13 6 1 0 38 25 0 13 1 0 1 1 0 2 18 5.8

Robinson,Eddie .274 .421 .328 122 485 59 133 89 22 8 11 204 43 0 36 3 11 3 0 1 11 69 4.9

Lupien,Tony .259 .374 .319 90 147 19 38 28 8 0 3 55 14 0 6 0 2 1 1 0 2 18 4.3

Cox,Billy .250 .429 .333 45 56 10 14 10 4 3 0 24 7 0 6 0 0 2 0 0 2 8 5.0

Chapman,Sam .240 .392 .338 82 250 33 60 37 11 3 7 98 38 0 32 1 4 1 2 1 10 33 4.3

McCullough,Clyde .239 .282 .316 54 142 9 34 12 1 1 1 40 16 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 10 11 2.6

Hatton,Grady .238 .354 .394 124 311 51 74 38 14 2 6 110 80 5 20 1 3 3 2 2 9 49 5.2

Hegan,Jim .223 .367 .269 129 417 42 93 67 18 3 12 153 28 0 66 0 4 0 1 0 7 41 3.3

Franks,Herman .222 .296 .300 29 27 3 6 1 2 0 0 8 2 0 2 3 0 0 0 1 4 2 1.5

Platt,Whitey .208 .297 .250 43 101 3 21 13 4 1 1 30 5 0 9 0 1 1 0 1 6 6 2.0

McCarthy,Johnny .182 .182 .308 13 11 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1.6

Ward,Preston .179 .286 .179 26 28 3 5 2 0 0 1 8 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1.3

Basgall,Monty .000 .000 .000 16 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0

Pitchers .159 .212 .216 154 416 41 66 32 3 5 3 88 29 0 103 24 2 0 1 2 11 20 1.4


Christopher,Russ 2.76 1 5 .167 16 3 17 0 38 0 0 42.1 43 15 13 2 24 1 5 1 0 0 .265

Ferrick,Tom 3.48 7 3 .700 1 0 8 0 37 0 0 64.2 60 30 25 2 33 3 31 1 0 0 .238

Sewell,Rip 3.74 7 7 .500 0 0 0 17 4 4 0 127.2 133 68 53 11 41 1 36 3 4 0 .268

Trucks,Virgil 3.82 13 9 .591 0 0 1 25 8 9 3 200.0 199 94 85 15 88 2 109 0 7 0 .258

Dobson,Joe 4.15 11 8 .579 0 0 0 32 3 6 0 234.1 261 116 108 24 75 3 110 2 2 0 .275

Brecheen,Harry 4.17 11 12 .478 0 0 0 28 5 11 1 211.2 217 107 98 16 66 0 127 3 1 1 .259

Sanford,Fred 4.22 6 5 .545 8 3 14 0 72 0 0 121.2 127 63 57 14 38 4 34 1 4 0 .268

Reynolds,Allie 4.86 10 15 .400 0 0 0 31 1 7 1 215.0 246 129 116 21 100 4 100 5 8 0 .289

Fox,Howie 4.88 9 11 .450 0 0 1 21 3 5 1 142.0 160 89 77 12 61 3 56 3 2 0 .281

Minner,Paul 7.71 1 3 .250 1 3 2 0 28 0 0 32.2 45 28 28 6 19 0 8 0 4 0 .324

Total 4.27 76 78 .494 26 9 43 154 199 42 6 1392.0 1491 739 660 123 545 21 616 19 32 1 .271

* 25 *

NORTH ADAMS Bevers Manager: Mike Ameen

Age: 56 Occupation: Restaurateur & H.S. Softball Coach

The Season Story

Another lost season for the Bevers in 1948. They finished 6th (57-97) 29 games off the pace. The team pitching

era was 5.78. Only 3 pitchers had a era under 4.00. Boo Ferris had 10 wins and Bubba Harris 12 saves as the

seasons low lights from this aging staff. The Bevers offense was led again by Andy Pafko (.317, 35 2bs, 2 3bs

and 32 hrs. The 32 hrs was good for 2nd in the league. He also scored 116 runs and knocked in 123. Also

contributing were Walker Cooper .324 and 20 hr’s , Tommy Henrich with 18 hr’s,106 runs scored and 104 rbi’s.

Also Dale Mitchell hit .333 and scored 104 runs. The future does look a little better moving forward. The

management has done a good job rebuilding the offense but the pitching staff will continue to be an issue until

some new blood can be added through the draft and maybe a trade or two. Here is to hoping 1947 is better for

the Bevers than the first 2 years of the 1940's.


Mitchell,Dale .333 .461 .374 147 558 104 186 48 29 12 6 257 38 0 12 0 4 4 2 1 16 93 6.4

Mayo,Jackie .333 .500 .455 5 18 5 6 0 3 0 0 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10.3

Cooper,Walker .324 .603 .409 94 287 48 93 60 16 2 20 173 45 2 27 0 5 0 1 0 14 68 8.6

Pafko,Andy .317 .527 .375 154 643 116 204 123 35 2 32 339 59 8 59 3 7 3 0 5 16 127 7.4

Hopp,Johnny .306 .431 .374 120 320 46 98 54 8 13 2 138 38 2 21 2 6 4 0 0 10 53 5.9

Schoendienst,Red .301 .432 .364 117 336 45 101 51 17 6 5 145 32 2 6 1 1 0 1 2 6 53 5.9

Walker,Dixie .284 .362 .363 120 370 57 105 38 16 5 1 134 48 1 15 2 3 3 2 0 16 48 4.5

Moss,Les .281 .483 .342 103 317 44 89 74 11 1 17 153 31 1 53 2 9 0 0 3 20 48 5.0

Henrich,Tommy .279 .498 .348 151 602 106 168 104 40 19 18 300 64 0 37 1 7 1 0 3 21 102 5.9

Verban,Emil .279 .336 .300 102 298 31 83 28 14 0 1 100 6 0 16 3 0 2 1 3 9 28 3.3

Miller,Eddie .272 .433 .305 140 485 67 132 70 20 2 18 210 20 0 44 0 9 0 0 7 20 59 4.2

Moore,Terry .234 .371 .328 79 175 23 41 19 4 1 6 65 25 1 13 1 1 0 0 0 3 23 4.4

Judnich,Wally .224 .371 .402 74 245 44 55 45 14 5 4 91 73 0 24 5 3 1 1 2 5 44 5.8

Keller,Charlie .216 .288 .315 85 222 28 48 27 10 0 2 64 33 1 24 0 2 0 0 0 9 21 3.0

Conway,Jack .192 .269 .313 11 26 1 5 4 0 1 0 7 5 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 3.4

Bauer,Hank .155 .239 .295 29 71 11 11 8 1 1 1 17 15 0 23 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 2.8

Culler,Dick .152 .228 .266 49 92 7 14 6 1 0 2 21 15 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 5 1.6

Pitchers .165 .219 .225 154 389 31 64 23 10 1 3 85 30 0 86 20 2 0 1 1 10 20 1.5

Total .276 .423 .345 154 5454 814 1503 782 249 71 138 2308 581 19 465 40 64 18 9 27 182 786 5.0


Chipman,Bob 2.48 0 2 .000 2 0 2 2 32 0 0 54.1 54 20 15 7 21 2 11 0 2 0 .262

Harris,Bubba 3.57 2 3 .400 12 5 14 0 36 0 0 45.1 49 19 18 1 18 0 10 2 0 0 .277

Hogue,Bobby 3.69 4 1 .800 3 0 7 0 44 0 0 70.2 76 34 29 4 18 3 32 1 0 0 .275

Dubiel,Monk 4.32 6 9 .400 0 0 0 17 1 3 1 116.2 117 64 56 9 47 2 40 1 1 0 .256

Lee,Thornton 4.88 1 2 .333 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 24.0 33 19 13 2 7 0 13 0 0 0 .320

Muncrief,Bob 5.66 0 5 .000 1 0 1 6 6 0 0 41.1 51 29 26 7 23 1 20 0 0 0 .304

Peterson,Kent 5.94 5 14 .263 4 2 5 17 13 1 1 127.1 145 92 84 19 71 4 55 3 5 0 .287

Ferriss,Boo 6.24 10 16 .385 0 0 0 38 3 2 0 229.1 277 *184 159 16 112 3 55 *19 0 0 .298

Borowy,Hank 6.36 5 8 .385 0 2 2 17 18 0 0 116.0 160 91 82 13 55 3 44 0 1 0 .326

Burkhart,Ken 6.42 7 3 .700 0 0 7 0 71 0 0 116.1 168 91 83 8 57 5 38 2 0 3 .331

Stephens,Bryan 6.52 8 14 .364 0 0 0 27 0 1 0 158.2 195 130 115 13 94 3 47 7 14 0 .303

Meyer,Russ 6.66 7 11 .389 0 0 0 26 0 1 0 147.1 175 121 109 17 96 3 73 0 1 1 .294

Heusser,Ed 6.69 2 9 .182 7 9 9 0 *90 0 0 114.1 158 93 85 24 54 5 28 1 0 0 .341

Total 5.78 57 97 .370 29 18 47 154 314 8 4 1361.2 1658 987 874 140 673 34 466 36 24 4 .300

* 26 *

OAKDALE Ravagers Manager: Mike Landin (Teri) Age: 66 Occupation: Retired/Senior Softball Player

TML Champion

The Season Story

The careful drafting of the 1950s and crafty blockbuster trades by George Biffenbrenner of the past three

seasons finally put all the pieces together for a “dream season!” After putting up 110 wins during the run-a-way

regular season, the Ravagers played great “team” ball to defeat two worthy opponents in Duluth and

Bloomington to win the TML Championship. The regular season Superstar and unanimous TML MVP “Stan

the Man” Musial had a rough post season, but his teammates rallied behind him. Ralph Kiner even had a tough

World Series, but hit a key HR late in the final game. This team’s primary strength was its offense, which

sported no fewer than six (6) players with 100+ RCs, led by Musial’s incredible 206 RCs! Musial led the league

in most offensive categories and his TML Record 39-game hitting streak was extremely exciting, breaking Ron

Fairly’s 38-game hitting streak set back in 1972. Gordon was the HR champ with 42. Not to be overlooked, the

starting pitching was strong and deep, led by dual “Aces” Warren Spahn (25-5) and Gene Bearden (20-9). The

team should be more balanced and stronger offensively and defensively in 1947, with even deeper pitching! Let

the ravaging continue!


Brown,Tommy 1.000 1.000 1.000 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0

Musial,Stan *.397 *.709 *.479 154 633 *167 *251 141 41 *20 39 *449 104 15 29 0 7 0 0 2 34 *206 *13.2

Cavarretta,Phil .386 .614 .491 45 44 12 17 6 4 3 0 27 9 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 14.1

Clark,Allie .324 .647 .425 38 34 10 11 13 0 1 3 22 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 11.8

Boudreau,Lou .322 .484 .403 154 *674 144 217 71 32 7 21 326 93 0 19 0 3 0 0 1 12 137 7.8

Lowrey,Peanuts .314 .379 .396 65 169 24 53 28 3 1 2 64 23 5 9 0 0 0 0 0 5 25 5.7

Baumholtz,Frank .311 .410 .351 119 415 51 129 63 15 7 4 170 29 2 20 0 10 0 0 2 7 61 5.5

Waitkus,Eddie .302 .447 .366 154 629 90 190 94 29 13 12 281 64 0 20 0 3 0 0 1 21 101 5.9

Gordon,Joe .283 .536 .361 154 625 117 177 158 20 6 *42 335 78 0 82 0 12 0 0 5 29 116 6.4

Elliott,Bob .256 .445 .390 154 589 123 151 121 21 6 26 262 132 0 63 0 7 0 0 2 31 105 5.9

Tipton,Joe .253 .297 .303 49 91 11 23 8 4 0 0 27 4 0 7 0 1 0 0 3 0 9 3.5

Wilber,Del .250 .358 .313 61 176 19 44 29 13 0 2 63 16 0 33 0 2 0 0 1 12 17 3.2

Kiner,Ralph .249 .476 .372 154 555 108 138 111 12 6 34 264 115 1 56 0 15 0 0 3 29 100 5.8

McCormick,Mike .238 .333 .273 24 21 0 5 3 2 0 0 7 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0.9

Edwards,Bruce .229 .371 .304 105 275 34 63 38 16 1 7 102 32 5 24 0 5 0 0 0 15 29 3.3

Baker,Floyd .200 .200 .273 33 10 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.2

Pitchers .200 .279 .247 154 516 51 103 45 13 5 6 144 34 0 90 13 5 0 0 0 15 35 2.1


Thompson,Forrest 1.63 6 1 .857 3 1 9 0 19 0 0 27.2 16 5 5 1 11 0 11 0 0 0 .168

Spahn,Warren 3.03 25 5 *.833 0 0 0 35 0 *24 4 296.2 259 111 100 16 112 0 144 4 5 0 .232

Klieman,Ed 3.06 5 3 .625 14 8 19 0 29 0 0 35.1 35 14 12 2 19 0 5 1 1 0 .276

Lopat,Eddie 3.37 15 8 .652 0 0 0 31 0 13 3 248.2 265 113 93 13 56 0 84 4 3 1 .270

Leonard,Dutch 3.38 18 6 .750 0 0 0 31 0 18 1 255.2 228 112 96 13 80 1 98 3 2 0 .236

Shea,Spec 3.45 11 8 .579 0 0 0 21 3 6 1 151.1 114 79 58 6 62 0 65 3 1 0 .204

Bearden,Gene 3.51 20 9 .690 1 1 2 29 6 15 2 241.0 214 115 94 7 112 1 85 1 5 0 .235

Barrett,Red 3.69 1 0 1.000 2 1 3 0 25 0 0 39.0 43 16 16 5 12 0 15 0 0 0 .279

Blackwell,Ewell 4.97 6 0 1.000 0 0 0 7 0 1 0 50.2 56 34 28 6 25 0 36 1 0 0 .287

Harris,Mickey 6.75 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 25.1 36 23 19 5 9 0 6 1 0 0 .324

Widmar,Al 10.53 3 4 .429 2 2 5 0 20 0 0 19.2 32 24 23 3 13 0 9 1 1 0 .352

Donnelly,Blix 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3.0 5 4 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .357

Gregg,Hal 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3.0 8 4 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .471

Poat,Ray 99.00 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.0 4 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000

Total 3.58 110 44 .714 22 13 38 154 128 77 13 1397.0 1315 658 556 82 512 2 558 20 18 1 .246

* 27 *

SIOUX FALLS Fighting Sioux Manager: Jeff Chapman (Sally) Age: 54 Occupation: NWS Meteorologist

The Season Story

The slide. It has begun. Two consecutive years in the World Series 'tis now but a memory. The offense was the

first to spring a leak, with a lack of power and lack of contact leading to the second worst offense in the league.

It was Hank Sauer, Al Zarilla and the rest of the misfit pieces. Would have been worse without some over

performance on the defensive side of the books. Vic Raschi was king of the bump notching 18 wins, but

Kretlow was Mr. Hard Luck with 20 losses (despite being fourth in the league in QS). But you have to look past

the 139 walks. Sadness ahead. Great sadness.


Rice,Hal .424 .545 .487 43 33 6 14 4 2 1 0 18 5 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 9 11.8

Furillo,Carl .318 .413 .390 131 390 63 124 59 16 3 5 161 44 0 26 3 2 4 0 3 9 65 6.3

Mapes,Cliff .300 .550 .364 72 60 6 18 17 10 1 1 33 6 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 6.9

Zarilla,Al .296 .407 .365 154 642 106 190 60 34 5 9 261 68 8 57 6 6 9 6 5 9 99 5.6

Lake,Eddie .284 .345 .395 69 197 26 56 14 6 0 2 68 36 0 25 8 0 0 0 0 1 31 5.5

Rhawn,Bobby .279 .372 .429 67 43 6 12 4 1 0 1 16 12 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 8 6.2

Lang,Don .276 .350 .396 111 326 47 90 36 16 1 2 114 65 3 29 6 3 1 0 2 4 52 5.6

Marion,Marty .272 .347 .314 154 559 62 152 42 27 3 3 194 34 0 56 4 2 0 1 1 16 58 3.7

Evans,Al .270 .349 .368 83 215 26 58 30 4 2 3 75 34 0 8 0 1 0 1 0 8 28 4.5

Sauer,Hank .250 .479 .339 154 589 94 147 113 24 6 33 282 80 1 94 0 8 0 1 4 16 97 5.6

Michaels,Cass .243 .324 .317 154 630 79 153 72 21 6 6 204 69 0 57 0 5 5 1 2 14 67 3.7

Rosar,Buddy .241 .298 .326 105 332 30 80 42 13 0 2 99 40 0 14 4 2 0 0 3 5 35 3.6

Spence,Stan .213 .403 .325 106 263 34 56 45 11 3 11 106 45 0 15 0 3 1 0 0 7 36 4.5

Hodges,Gil .213 .310 .268 118 423 42 90 52 7 2 10 131 33 1 56 2 3 4 2 0 6 36 2.8

Moses,Wally .189 .280 .281 59 164 19 31 12 10 1 1 46 20 0 9 0 0 0 0 1 0 15 2.9

Lollar,Sherm .167 .250 .167 20 12 1 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.6

Sullivan,John .152 .242 .243 40 33 3 5 2 0 0 1 8 4 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2.2

Pitchers .173 .215 .217 154 433 29 75 45 12 0 2 93 24 0 79 22 2 0 1 1 15 20 1.3


White,Ernie 2.31 2 1 .667 5 2 7 0 16 0 0 23.1 15 10 6 0 18 0 1 0 0 0 .190

Gromek,Steve 2.57 8 7 .533 5 3 7 9 25 6 1 108.2 90 39 31 6 40 ^7 43 6 1 0 .220

Raschi,Vic 3.76 18 8 .692 0 0 0 31 3 11 3 244.1 246 115 102 11 98 2 134 2 6 0 .260

Kretlow,Lou 3.89 9 20 .310 0 0 0 38 0 11 1 268.2 241 137 116 11 139 6 39 4 *16 1 .240

Haynes,Joe 4.36 6 13 .316 0 0 0 23 0 3 3 130.0 163 85 63 11 37 2 50 0 4 0 .302

Behrman,Hank 4.56 2 4 .333 9 2 11 0 32 0 0 47.1 50 25 24 2 34 1 18 1 3 0 .276

Kennedy,Bill 4.57 10 14 .417 0 0 0 38 0 0 0 230.1 220 129 117 13 153 2 130 8 12 0 .254

Schwamb,Blackie 4.82 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 21 0 0 37.1 36 23 20 3 28 2 7 0 1 0 .259

Johnson,Ken 5.29 2 5 .286 1 3 3 0 48 0 0 98.2 103 67 58 11 76 2 21 0 5 1 .280

Galehouse,Denny 5.54 6 7 .462 0 0 0 15 1 1 0 92.2 120 69 57 4 37 1 20 3 0 0 .311

Savage,Bob 6.08 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 32 0 0 63.2 80 51 43 3 33 0 16 1 5 0 .319

Cress,Walker 7.29 2 6 .250 5 4 7 0 20 0 0 21.0 33 19 17 2 20 2 8 0 0 0 .344

Blackburn,Jim 13.50 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2.2 7 4 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .500

Total 4.33 65 89 .422 25 14 35 154 200 32 9 1368.2 1404 773 658 77 714 27 488 25 53 2 .266

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SUMMER Cyclones Manager: Ken Fusci (Rozanne) Age: 72 Occupation: Retired – Part Time at Saratoga Casino

The Season Story

A somewhat better than expected season for SM, tieing for second in the Conference and winning an exciting

extra-inning tie-breaker vs CH for entry to the Conference Playoffs. They made the best of their mid to lower

pack Team standing in pitching and batting. They did lead the League in Team fielding; however, it ended up

being key errors in the deciding 6th game of the Conference Finals that led to their undoing. Third baseman

Hank Majeski led the team with 211 hits while carrying a .338 AVG; Dizzy Trout was the pitching leader with a

low 2.72 ERA along with a 14-6 record. Weakness in the Outfield will likely hold them back, but a decent

Pitching staff is likely to see them remain competitive at least, if not a contender going back to the '47 Season. Name AVG SPC OBP G AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR TB BB IW K SH SF SB CS HBP GDP RC RC27

Houk,Ralph .404 .511 .408 22 47 6 19 9 5 0 0 24 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 9.4

Whitman,Dick .338 .418 .402 123 201 29 68 29 16 0 0 84 21 1 6 2 1 2 2 1 7 33 6.1

Majeski,Hank .338 .538 .387 ^155 624 119 211 128 *58 8 17 336 49 3 43 1 8 2 0 6 17 129 7.9

Hodgin,Ralph .316 .433 .347 110 351 34 111 53 21 4 4 152 19 2 14 5 5 0 0 0 11 51 5.2

Salkeld,Bill .299 .557 .410 95 201 44 60 42 7 3 13 112 39 0 31 0 3 3 2 1 1 50 9.2

Stevens,Ed .289 .496 .361 144 454 68 131 89 18 8 20 225 53 0 52 1 4 2 2 1 9 82 6.6

Campbell,Paul .286 .388 .314 48 98 6 28 15 0 2 2 38 4 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 4.7

Lockman,Whitey .285 .468 .354 ^155 628 121 179 103 36 14 17 294 69 1 37 2 4 10 3 0 7 108 6.3

Stirnweiss,Snuffy .269 .377 .365 145 427 68 115 37 21 5 5 161 65 0 50 4 1 1 2 0 10 61 5.0

Blatnik,Johnny .265 .455 .307 110 446 65 118 59 41 10 8 203 31 1 84 2 9 0 0 0 13 60 4.6

Maddern,Clarence .263 .404 .312 76 198 21 52 41 11 1 5 80 12 1 14 0 6 0 0 5 3 26 4.5

Beard,Ted .259 .388 .376 82 85 14 22 12 3 4 0 33 14 0 11 0 0 3 2 2 0 14 5.7

Adams,Bobby .250 .333 .317 103 300 47 75 17 13 6 0 100 30 0 26 6 1 2 2 0 2 34 3.9

Garagiola,Joe .250 .250 .625 8 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 11.5

Rizzuto,Phil .238 .311 .316 152 501 65 119 56 13 3 6 156 56 0 31 *20 4 4 1 3 7 54 3.5

Rice,Del .201 .306 .321 119 294 40 59 34 10 0 7 90 46 0 44 1 2 0 0 7 11 30 3.3

Layton,Les .184 .382 .276 72 76 12 14 16 1 4 2 29 10 0 20 0 1 1 0 0 4 8 3.0

York,Rudy .125 .167 .250 17 24 1 3 3 1 0 0 4 4 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1.3

Pitchers .200 .240 .248 155 421 40 84 29 11 0 2 101 28 0 67 19 5 0 0 1 9 27 1.9


Trout,Dizzy 2.72 14 6 .700 2 1 4 23 9 10 3 188.2 176 66 57 3 61 0 93 4 4 0 .252

Haefner,Mickey 3.01 6 4 .600 3 0 3 15 4 5 1 116.2 104 39 39 10 41 0 29 3 2 0 .240

Paige,Satchel 3.29 7 5 .583 3 2 7 7 13 1 0 65.2 61 28 24 2 36 2 33 2 3 0 .245

Roe,Preacher 3.65 7 8 .467 5 1 6 20 15 4 0 160.1 168 73 65 13 37 0 70 0 5 0 .268

Marchildon,Phil 3.80 16 13 .552 0 1 1 30 3 10 2 213.0 196 108 90 5 114 1 51 1 4 2 .243

Brissie,Lou 4.11 11 9 .550 1 1 4 24 11 3 1 186.0 199 95 85 10 72 1 93 3 9 0 .277

Ostermueller,Fritz 4.32 10 10 .500 0 0 0 22 1 8 0 154.0 156 82 74 14 64 1 52 1 2 0 .264

Harrist,Earl 6.02 7 2 .778 1 3 8 1 53 0 0 89.2 114 65 60 5 57 4 34 4 1 0 .318

Simmons,Curt 6.17 2 9 .182 0 0 0 13 5 0 0 77.1 86 61 53 10 54 0 33 0 1 0 .288

McDermott,Mickey 7.13 3 1 .750 2 0 5 0 42 0 0 53.0 61 47 42 6 62 2 24 3 7 0 .295

Main,Woody 8.82 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 24 0 0 32.2 60 35 32 3 33 1 4 0 0 0 .400

Biscan,Frank 11.07 2 2 .500 1 2 3 0 25 0 0 33.1 63 47 41 8 20 0 16 1 3 0 .406

Total 4.35 85 70 .548 18 11 41 155 205 41 7 1370.1 1444 746 662 89 651 12 532 22 41 2 .273

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WALLA WALLA Wombats Manager: Bryan Sakolsky

Age: 53 Occupation: Sales Executive

The Season Story

In what is to believed to be the final year of mediocrity the Wombats finished last in the Oceanic. That said

there were a couple of solid seasons: Pat Mullin 302 21 2b, 15 3b and 19 HR. Ferris Fain .297 with a .402 OBP.

Randy Gumpert put up an 11-4 record and a stellar 1.59 ERA, but not enough innings to qualify for ERA title.


Jones,Jake .333 .333 .429 14 12 1 4 2 0 0 0 4 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6.5

Scheffing,Bob .304 .457 .354 93 247 28 75 45 19 2 5 113 21 2 32 0 3 0 0 0 9 38 5.6

Mullin,Pat .302 .492 .384 142 569 106 172 87 21 15 19 280 75 6 54 0 2 1 2 2 9 110 7.3

Fain,Ferris .297 .425 .407 154 610 107 181 56 42 12 4 259 115 0 41 7 7 6 4 3 20 111 6.4

Wertz,Vic .290 .450 .353 102 389 59 113 52 18 13 6 175 39 0 46 2 4 0 0 1 5 64 6.0

Kokos,Dick .290 .430 .340 91 186 22 54 23 4 8 2 80 14 0 22 0 2 1 0 1 2 28 5.6

Stanky,Eddie .283 .346 .432 92 240 37 68 24 9 3 0 83 65 14 8 3 3 0 1 0 7 40 5.8

Vico,Sam .281 .404 .323 95 89 10 25 15 5 0 2 36 5 0 5 3 1 0 0 1 6 10 3.7

Seerey,Pat .274 .475 .403 95 219 36 60 46 6 1 12 104 50 0 56 0 4 0 0 0 9 44 6.9

Thomson,Bobby .266 .413 .317 143 598 93 159 85 20 10 16 247 47 0 89 1 9 2 0 2 24 75 4.3

Brown,Bobby .258 .338 .333 134 411 43 106 53 13 7 2 139 48 7 11 0 3 0 1 0 13 46 3.8

Westrum,Wes .247 .424 .356 37 85 12 21 13 4 4 1 36 15 0 15 0 1 1 0 0 2 14 5.6

Hamner,Granny .242 .341 .291 110 264 25 64 29 13 2 3 90 17 0 21 0 2 1 1 2 10 24 3.1

Campanella,Roy .220 .347 .322 101 291 35 64 38 7 3 8 101 45 6 43 3 5 3 0 1 6 35 4.0

Smalley,Roy .214 .296 .265 154 487 35 104 49 8 7 6 144 34 0 96 0 3 0 0 1 17 36 2.4

Zientara,Benny .171 .179 .210 109 246 17 42 16 2 0 0 44 13 0 17 1 3 0 1 0 14 8 0.9

Yvars,Sal .133 .133 .188 16 15 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9

Pitchers .190 .248 .229 154 431 41 82 45 5 1 6 107 21 0 120 15 2 0 0 1 12 24 1.7

Total .259 .379 .335 154 5389 707 1396 678 196 88 92 2044 627 35 680 35 54 15 10 15 165 687 4.4


Gumpert,Randy 1.59 11 4 .733 0 1 3 11 13 6 2 113.0 96 30 20 1 15 4 39 3 2 0 .227

Kellner,Alex 1.74 0 4 .000 0 0 0 1 24 0 0 41.1 24 16 8 0 24 1 9 2 1 0 .170

Webb,Red 2.25 1 1 .500 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 16.0 11 5 4 0 9 0 1 1 0 0 .204

Chambers,Cliff 2.98 5 6 .455 2 1 4 11 15 1 0 93.2 88 37 31 4 49 0 30 3 0 0 .249

Barney,Rex 3.66 12 18 .400 1 0 2 34 8 6 2 251.0 207 122 102 22 118 1 136 1 5 1 .224

Coleman,Joe 4.15 11 8 .579 0 0 0 29 0 4 2 195.0 205 101 90 13 89 1 71 1 5 2 .265

Lombardi,Vic 4.34 8 7 .533 0 0 1 18 8 2 0 137.0 133 75 66 4 75 2 39 0 2 2 .255

Staley,Gerry 4.44 10 13 .435 0 0 2 26 18 3 0 204.2 221 108 101 16 88 5 69 3 0 1 .275

Page,Joe 4.50 4 13 .235 22 8 26 0 66 0 0 86.0 108 55 43 4 49 0 48 0 0 0 .309

Shoun,Clyde 4.70 2 1 .667 1 1 2 2 19 1 1 38.1 49 21 20 5 16 1 9 0 0 0 .310

Erickson,Paul 5.19 1 0 1.000 1 1 2 0 26 0 0 34.2 35 20 20 4 33 1 7 0 3 0 .282

Nahem,Sam 6.54 0 1 .000 1 2 1 0 32 0 0 53.2 69 44 39 3 38 1 22 2 1 1 .325

Roberts,Robin 6.82 5 8 .385 0 0 0 20 0 3 0 124.0 165 108 94 14 80 1 61 2 2 0 .320

Total 4.14 70 84 .455 28 14 43 154 229 27 9 1388.1 1411 742 638 90 683 18 541 18 21 7 .264

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Stat Key

RC (Runs Created) = [(A times B) plus C], all divided by D, where

A = H + BB + HBP - CS – GIDP

B = TB + [.26 x (BB - IBB + HBP)]

C = .52 x (SH + SF + SB)

D = AB + BB + HBP + SH + SF

RC / 27 outs: runs created per 27 outs; in other words, the number of runs a player

would create if he were to bat in all nine positions in the batting order.

QS (Quality Starts): the number of starts in which a pitcher pitches six (6) innings

or more and gives up three (3) runs or fewer.

OAVG: the batting percentage against each pitcher.

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Batting & Pitching Leaders: the following symbols were used to denote

individual accomplishments that were record-breakers:

♦ - TML Record

◊ - Tied TML Record

Team Stats: an asterisk ( * ) preceding any stat indicates that the player or pitcher

led his Association in that stat category; a caret ( ^ ) indicates that the player or

pitcher tied for the lead in his Association in that stat category.

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