# 1948 Washington Senators season

The 1948 Washington Senators won 56 games, lost 97, and finished in seventh place in the American League. They were managed by Joe Kuhel and played home games at Griffith Stadium. It was the first Senators season to be broadcast on television with Bob Wolff on the booth for gameday broadcasts on WTTG-TV.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Cleveland Indians | 97 | 58 | .626 | — | 48‍–‍30 | 49‍–‍28 |
| Boston Red Sox | 96 | 59 | .619 | 1 | 55‍–‍23 | 41‍–‍36 |
| New York Yankees | 94 | 60 | .610 | 2½ | 50‍–‍27 | 44‍–‍33 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 84 | 70 | .545 | 12½ | 36‍–‍41 | 48‍–‍29 |
| Detroit Tigers | 78 | 76 | .506 | 18½ | 39‍–‍38 | 39‍–‍38 |
| St. Louis Browns | 59 | 94 | .386 | 37 | 34‍–‍42 | 25‍–‍52 |
| Washington Senators | 56 | 97 | .366 | 40 | 29‍–‍48 | 27‍–‍49 |
| Chicago White Sox | 51 | 101 | .336 | 44½ | 27‍–‍48 | 24‍–‍53 |

### Record vs. opponents

1948 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 14–8 | 11–12 | 15–7 | 14–8 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 15–7 |
| Chicago | 8–14 | — | 6–16 | 8–14 | 6–16 | 6–16 | 8–13–1 | 9–12–1 |
| Cleveland | 12–11 | 16–6 | — | 13–9 | 10–12 | 16–6 | 14–8–1 | 16–6 |
| Detroit | 7–15 | 14–8 | 9–13 | — | 9–13 | 12–10 | 11–11 | 16–6 |
| New York | 8–14 | 16–6 | 12–10 | 13–9 | — | 12–10 | 16–6 | 17–5 |
| Philadelphia | 10–12 | 16–6 | 6–16 | 10–12 | 10–12 | — | 18–4 | 14–8 |
| St. Louis | 7–15 | 13–8–1 | 8–14–1 | 11–11 | 6–16 | 4–18 | — | 10–12 |
| Washington | 7–15 | 12–9–1 | 6–16 | 6–16 | 5–17 | 8–14 | 12–10 | — |

### Roster
## Player stats
### Batting
#### Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| C | Jake Early | 97 | 246 | 54 | .220 | 1 | 28 |
| 1B | Mickey Vernon | 150 | 558 | 135 | .242 | 3 | 48 |
| 2B | Al Kozar | 150 | 577 | 144 | .250 | 1 | 58 |
| SS | Mark Christman | 120 | 409 | 106 | .259 | 1 | 40 |
| 3B | Eddie Yost | 145 | 555 | 138 | .249 | 2 | 50 |
| OF | Gil Coan | 138 | 513 | 119 | .232 | 7 | 60 |
| OF | Bud Stewart | 118 | 401 | 112 | .279 | 7 | 69 |
| OF | Junior Wooten | 88 | 258 | 66 | .256 | 1 | 23 |

#### Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| Al Evans | 93 | 228 | 59 | .259 | 2 | 28 |
| Carden Gillenwater | 77 | 221 | 54 | .244 | 3 | 21 |
| Tom McBride | 92 | 206 | 53 | .257 | 1 | 29 |
| Sherry Robertson | 71 | 187 | 46 | .246 | 2 | 22 |
| John Sullivan | 85 | 173 | 36 | .208 | 0 | 12 |
| Len Okrie | 19 | 42 | 10 | .238 | 0 | 1 |
| Sammy Meeks | 24 | 33 | 4 | .121 | 0 | 2 |
| Leon Culberson | 12 | 29 | 5 | .172 | 0 | 2 |
| Ángel Fleitas | 15 | 13 | 1 | .077 | 0 | 1 |
| Jim Clark | 9 | 12 | 3 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Drake | 4 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 1 |
| Clyde Vollmer | 1 | 5 | 2 | .400 | 0 | 0 |
| Jay Difani | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |

### Pitching
#### Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Early Wynn | 33 | 198.0 | 8 | 19 | 5.82 | 49 |
| Walt Masterson | 33 | 188.0 | 8 | 15 | 3.83 | 72 |
| Ray Scarborough | 31 | 185.1 | 15 | 8 | 2.82 | 76 |
| Sid Hudson | 39 | 182.0 | 4 | 16 | 5.88 | 53 |
| Mickey Haefner | 28 | 147.2 | 5 | 13 | 4.02 | 45 |
| Dick Weik | 3 | 12.2 | 1 | 2 | 5.68 | 8 |

#### Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Forrest Thompson | 46 | 131.1 | 6 | 10 | 3.84 | 40 |
| Milo Candini | 35 | 94.1 | 2 | 3 | 5.15 | 23 |
| Earl Harrist | 23 | 60.2 | 3 | 3 | 4.60 | 21 |
| Marino Pieretti | 8 | 11.2 | 0 | 2 | 10.80 | 6 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Tom Ferrick | 37 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 4.15 | 34 |
| Dick Welteroth | 33 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5.51 | 16 |
| Ramón García | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.18 | 2 |
| Junior Wooten | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 |
| Cal Cooper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45.00 | 0 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AA | Chattanooga Lookouts | Southern Association | George Myatt |
| B | Sherman–Denison Twins | Big State League | José Rodríguez |
| B | Bridgeport Bees | Colonial League | Glenn Snyder and Buddy Hall |
| B | Gadsden Pilots | Southeastern League | Bill McGhee, Jimmy Zinn and Harry Davis |
| B | Charlotte Hornets | Tri-State League | Joe Bowman |
| C | Havana Cubanos | Florida International League | Oscar Rodríguez |
| C | Henderson Oilers | Lone Star League | Guy Sturdy, John Stone, Roland Miller and Mel Hicks |
| C | New Castle Chiefs | Middle Atlantic League | Bob Crowe, Frankie Pytlak and Carl Miller |
| D | Orlando Senators | Florida State League | Lou Bevil |
| D | Fulton Chicks | KITTY League | Fred Biggs, Bud Burns and Ivan Kuester |
| D | Big Spring Broncs | Longhorn League | Pat Stasey |
| D | Emporia Nationals | Virginia League | Morrie Aderholt |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Sherman–Denison, Havana