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1948 American League  Previous Year / Next Year Expanded Standings Team W L WL% GB Clvlnd CLE 97 58 .626 -- BostonRS BOS 96 59 .619 1.0 NewYorkY NYY 94 60 .610 2.5 Phildlpa PHA 84 70 .545 12.5 Detroit DET 78 76 .506 18.5 St.Louis SLB 59 94 .386 37.0 Washngtn WSH 56 97 .366 40.0 ChicagoW CHW 51 101 .336 44.5 Race Charts from BaseballRace.com: AL Postseason World Series (4-2):   Cleveland Indians over Boston Braves BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this league (what's this?)

1948 AL | NL League Yearly Summary - Expanded Standings: AL | NL - Expanded Leaderboards: AL | ML | NL -
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League Batting    Glossary

 Tm    R/G    R    G    AB    H    2B   3B  HR   BB    SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS  OPS+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 BOS  5.85   907  155  5363  1471  277  40  121  823   552  .274  .371  .409   38   17 112  6.17  5.53
 NYY  5.56   857  154  5324  1480  251  75  139  623   478  .278  .354  .432   24   24 115  5.36  5.77
 CLE  5.38   840  156  5446  1534  242  54  155  646   575  .282  .358  .431   54   44 119  5.04  5.74
 PHA  4.73   729  154  5181  1345  231  47   68  726   523  .260  .351  .362   40   32  96  4.51  4.96
 DET  4.55   700  154  5235  1396  219  58   78  671   504  .267  .350  .375   22   32  97  4.25  4.84
 SLB  4.33   671  155  5303  1438  251  62   63  578   572  .271  .343  .378   63   44  94  4.78  3.90
 WSH  3.75   578  154  5111  1245  203  75   31  568   572  .244  .319  .331   76   48  78  4.00  3.50
 CHW  3.63   559  154  5192  1303  172  39   55  595   528  .251  .328  .331   46   47  84  3.66  3.60
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 Tot  4.73  5841 1236 42155 11212 1846 450  710 5230  4304  .266  .349  .382  363  288

League Pitching    Glossary

 Tm   R/G    RA    G   ERA    IP    H    H/G    BB  BB/G  HR    SO   CG  cgSHO tmSHO  SV ERA+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 CLE  3.64   568  156  3.22  1409  1246   8.0   628  4.0   82   595   66    23     0  30 126  3.44  3.84
 NYY  4.11   633  154  3.75  1365  1289   8.4   641  4.2   94   654   62    15     0  24 108  4.09  4.13
 DET  4.71   726  154  4.15  1377  1367   8.9   589  3.8   92   678   60     5     0  22 105  4.61  4.82
 BOS  4.65   720  155  4.26  1379  1445   9.3   592  3.8   83   513   70    11     0  13 104  4.31  4.99
 PHA  4.77   735  154  4.43  1368  1456   9.5   638  4.1   86   486   74     7     0  18  97  5.14  4.40
 WSH  5.17   796  154  4.65  1357  1439   9.3   734  4.8   81   446   42     3     0  22  93  5.37  4.96
 CHW  5.29   814  154  4.89  1345  1454   9.4   673  4.4   89   403   35     2     0  23  87  4.97  5.59
 SLB  5.48   849  155  5.01  1373  1513   9.8   737  4.8  103   531   35     4     0  20  91  5.93  5.04
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 TOT  4.73  5841 1236  4.29 10973 11209   9.2  5232  4.3  710  4306  444          75 172

League Miscellaneous Stats    Glossary

 Tm    E   DP  Fldg% DefEff Attendance  Att/G    pW-pL  hmW-L rdW-L BPF PPF AgeB AgeP HOF  AS aAS Managers 
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------
 CLE  114  183  .982   .731  2,620,627  33,172  104-51  48-30 49-28  98  95 28.6 29.2   5   5  19 Boudreau
 BOS  116  174  .981   .702  1,558,798  19,985   94-61  55-23 41-36 105 102 29.4 30.1   2   5  18 McCarthy
 NYY  120  161  .979   .716  2,373,901  30,830   98-56  50-27 44-33  99  95 29.8 28.9   3   6  23 Harris
 PHA  113  180  .981   .700    945,076  12,274   76-78  36-41 48-29 100 100 30.0 26.4   1   2   9 Mack
 DET  155  143  .974   .702  1,743,035  22,637   74-80  39-38 39-38 103 102 28.1 27.6   2   4  17 O'Neill
 SLB  168  190  .972   .684    335,564   4,415   60-93  34-42 25-52 102 106 27.1 26.4   0   1   4 Taylor
 WSH  154  144  .974   .699    795,254  10,196   55-98  29-48 27-49  97 101 28.5 29.8   1   2   7 Kuhel
 CHW  154  176  .974   .696    777,844  10,235   51-101 27-48 24-53  97  99 30.3 28.4   1   1  10 Lyons
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------

League Awards
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Batting stats are BA/OBP/SLG.
Pitching stats are W-L ERA.

Award-Winners Complete Voting Results Most Valuable Player Lou Boudreau CLE .355/.453/.534 Rookie of the Year Alvin Dark (ML) BSN .322/.353/.433 (ML) - Award for both leagues

League Leaderboards    Expanded Leaderboard (MLB Leaders) - Glossary
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Batting Average Williams-BOS .369 Boudreau-CLE .355 Mitchell-CLE .336 Zarilla-SLB .329 McCosky-PHA .326	On-base % Williams-BOS .497 Boudreau-CLE .453 Appling-CHW .423 Goodman-BOS .414 Fain-PHA .412	Slugging % Williams-BOS .615 DiMaggio-NYY .598 Henrich-NYY .554 Boudreau-CLE .534 Keltner-CLE .522	OPS Williams-BOS 1.112 DiMaggio-NYY .994 Boudreau-CLE .987 Henrich-NYY .945 Keltner-CLE .917
Games DiMaggio-BOS 155 Stephens-BOS 155 Lupien-CHW 154 Dillinger-SLB 153 DiMaggio-NYY 153 Keltner-CLE 153	At Bats DiMaggio-BOS 648 Dillinger-SLB 644 Stephens-BOS 635 Lupien-CHW 617 Mitchell-CLE 608	Plate Appearances (approx.) DiMaggio-BOS 756 Dillinger-SLB 722 Stephens-BOS 716 Lupien-CHW 700 Pesky-BOS 677	Runs Henrich-NYY 138 DiMaggio-BOS 127 Pesky-BOS 124 Williams-BOS 124 Boudreau-CLE 116
Hits Dillinger-SLB 207 Mitchell-CLE 204 Boudreau-CLE 199 DiMaggio-NYY 190 Williams-BOS 188	Total Bases DiMaggio-NYY 355 Henrich-NYY 326 Williams-BOS 313 Boudreau-CLE 299 Stephens-BOS 299	Doubles Williams-BOS 44 Henrich-NYY 42 Majeski-PHA 41 DiMaggio-BOS 40 Priddy-SLB 40	Triples Henrich-NYY 14 Stewart-TOT 13 DiMaggio-NYY 11 Mullin-DET 11 Yost-WSH 11
Home Runs DiMaggio-NYY 39 Gordon-CLE 32 Keltner-CLE 31 Stephens-BOS 29 Doerr-BOS 27	RBI DiMaggio-NYY 155 Stephens-BOS 137 Williams-BOS 127 Gordon-CLE 124 Majeski-PHA 120	Bases on Balls Williams-BOS 126 Joost-PHA 119 Fain-PHA 113 DiMaggio-BOS 101 Pesky-BOS 99	Strikeouts Seerey-TOT 102 Joost-PHA 87 Coan-WSH 78 Doby-CLE 77 Hegan-CLE 74
Stolen Bases Dillinger-SLB 28 Coan-WSH 23 Vernon-WSH 15 Mitchell-CLE 13 Lupien-CHW 11 Tucker-CLE 11 Zarilla-SLB 11	Singles Mitchell-CLE 162 Dillinger-SLB 161 McCosky-PHA 142 Boudreau-CLE 141 Appling-CHW 138	Adjusted OPS+ Williams-BOS 189 Boudreau-CLE 164 DiMaggio-NYY 163 Henrich-NYY 151 Keltner-CLE 145	Runs Created Williams-BOS 156 DiMaggio-NYY 138 Boudreau-CLE 135 Henrich-NYY 125 Keltner-CLE 115
Adjusted Batting Runs Williams-BOS 75 Boudreau-CLE 56 DiMaggio-NYY 49 Henrich-NYY 40 Keltner-CLE 35	Batting Wins Williams-BOS 7.2 Boudreau-CLE 5.4 DiMaggio-NYY 4.7 Henrich-NYY 3.9 Keltner-CLE 3.4	Extra-Base Hits Henrich-NYY 81 DiMaggio-NYY 76 Williams-BOS 72 Stephens-BOS 62 Keltner-CLE 59	Times on Base Williams-BOS 317 Boudreau-CLE 299 DiMaggio-BOS 288 Dillinger-SLB 273 DiMaggio-NYY 265
Offensive Win% Williams-BOS .862 Boudreau-CLE .777 DiMaggio-NYY .760 Henrich-NYY .722 Keltner-CLE .694	Hit By Pitch DiMaggio-NYY 8 Coan-WSH 7 Vico-DET 7 Majeski-PHA 6 Pesky-BOS 6	Sac. Hits McCosky-PHA 22 Mayo-DET 18 Stevens-SLB 18 Vico-DET 17 Boudreau-CLE 16	Grounded into Double Plays Stephens-BOS 25 Keltner-CLE 23 Vico-DET 23 Johnson-NYY 22 Tebbetts-BOS 22
Caught Stealing Mitchell-CLE 18 Dillinger-SLB 11 Vernon-WSH 11 Baker-CHW 10 Philley-CHW 10	Power/Speed Number Zarilla-SLB 11.5 Doby-CLE 11.0 Coan-WSH 10.7 DiMaggio-BOS 9.5 Gordon-CLE 8.6	At Bats per Strikeout Boudreau-CLE 62.2 Mitchell-CLE 35.8 Wright-CHW 25.3 McCosky-PHA 23.4 Kolloway-CHW 23.2	At Bats per Home Run DiMaggio-NYY 15.2 Gordon-CLE 17.2 Keltner-CLE 18.0 Doerr-BOS 19.5 Williams-BOS 20.4
Outs Stephens-BOS 491 Lupien-CHW 484 DiMaggio-BOS 481 Dillinger-SLB 478 Kozar-WSH 461	ERA Bearden-CLE 2.43 Lemon-CLE 2.82 Scarborough-WSH 2.82 Newhouser-DET 3.01 Parnell-BOS 3.14	Wins Newhouser-DET 21 Bearden-CLE 20 Lemon-CLE 20 Feller-CLE 19 Raschi-NYY 19	Won-Loss % Kramer-BOS .783 Bearden-CLE .741 Johnson-BOS .714 Raschi-NYY .704 Reynolds-NYY .696
BB + H per IP (WHIP) Lemon-CLE 1.226 Hutchinson-DET 1.226 Raschi-NYY 1.266 Bearden-CLE 1.276 Newhouser-DET 1.278	Hits Allowed/9IP Shea-NYY 6.76 Lemon-CLE 7.08 Bearden-CLE 7.33 Scarborough-WSH 8.06 Trucks-DET 8.08	Bases on Balls/9IP Hutchinson-DET 1.95 Zoldak-TOT 2.42 Lopat-NYY 2.62 Kramer-BOS 2.81 Houtteman-DET 2.85	Strikeouts/9IP Brissie-PHA 5.89 Feller-CLE 5.27 Trucks-DET 5.23 Raschi-NYY 5.01 Newhouser-DET 4.73
Games Page-NYY 55 Widmar-SLB 49 Biscan-SLB 47 Thompson-WSH 46 Christopher-CLE 45 Harris-PHA 45	Saves Christopher-CLE 17 Page-NYY 16 Ferrick-WSH 10 Houtteman-DET 10 Judson-CHW 8	Innings Lemon-CLE 293.7 Feller-CLE 280.3 Newhouser-DET 272.3 Dobson-BOS 245.3 Reynolds-NYY 236.3	Strikeouts Feller-CLE 164 Lemon-CLE 147 Newhouser-DET 143 Brissie-PHA 127 Raschi-NYY 124
Games Started Feller-CLE 38 Lemon-CLE 37 Newhouser-DET 35 Sanford-SLB 33 Dobson-BOS 32 Wight-CHW 32	Comp. Games Lemon-CLE 20 Newhouser-DET 19 Feller-CLE 18 Raschi-NYY 18 Dobson-BOS 16 Fowler-PHA 16 Parnell-BOS 16	Shutouts Lemon-CLE 10 Bearden-CLE 6 Raschi-NYY 6 Dobson-BOS 5 Coleman-PHA 3 Fannin-SLB 3 Lopat-NYY 3 Shea-NYY 3	Home Runs Allow. Hutchinson-DET 32 Feller-CLE 20 Marchildon-PHA 19 Sanford-SLB 19 Wynn-WSH 18
Bases On Balls Allow. Wight-CHW 135 Marchildon-PHA 131 Lemon-CLE 129 Masterson-WSH 122 Kennedy-TOT 117	Hits Allowed Feller-CLE 255 Sanford-SLB 250 Newhouser-DET 249 Lopat-NYY 246 Reynolds-NYY 240	SO to Walk Hutchinson-DET 1.92 Raschi-NYY 1.68 Trucks-DET 1.45 Newhouser-DET 1.44 Houtteman-DET 1.42	Losses Sanford-SLB 21 Wight-CHW 20 Wynn-WSH 19 Houtteman-DET 16 Hudson-WSH 16
Earned Runs Allow. Wynn-WSH 128 Hudson-WSH 119 Wight-CHW 119 Sanford-SLB 117 Marchildon-PHA 114	Wild Pitches Reynolds-NYY 9 Brissie-PHA 7 Marchildon-PHA 7 Stephens-SLB 7 Trucks-DET 7	Hit Batsmen Biscan-SLB 9 Byrne-NYY 9 Ferriss-BOS 7 Gromek-CLE 6 Haefner-WSH 6 Harrist-TOT 6 Hudson-WSH 6	Batters Faced Lemon-CLE 1214 Feller-CLE 1186 Newhouser-DET 1146 Dobson-BOS 1044 Reynolds-NYY 1017
Games Finished Page-NYY 38 Christopher-CLE 28 Ferrick-WSH 26 Thompson-WSH 24 Biscan-SLB 22	Adjusted ERA+ Bearden-CLE 167 Scarborough-WSH 154 Newhouser-DET 145 Lemon-CLE 144 Parnell-BOS 139	Oldest Player Caldwell-TOT 1905-04-09 (43) Cramer-DET 1905-07-22 (42) Paige-CLE 1906-07-07 (41) Appling-CHW 1907-04-02 (41) Webb-PHA 1909-11-04 (38)	Youngest Player Stobbs-BOS 1929-07-02 (18) McDermott-BOS 1929-04-29 (19) Adams-CHW 1928-04-14 (20) Kokos-SLB 1928-02-28 (20) Fox-PHA 1927-12-25 (20)

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Starters P. Walt Masterson (WSH) C. Buddy Rosar (PHA) 1B. George McQuinn (NYY) 2B. Joe Gordon (CLE) 3B. Ken Keltner (CLE) SS. Lou Boudreau (CLE) LF. Tommy Henrich (NYY) CF. Hoot Evers (DET) RF. Pat Mullin (DET)		Yogi Berra (NYY) Joe Coleman* (PHA) Joe DiMaggio* (NYY) Joe Dobson (BOS) Bobby Doerr* (BOS) Bob Feller (CLE) Joe Haynes (CHW) George Kell (DET) Bob Lemon (CLE)		Hal Newhouser* (DET) Joe Page (NYY) Vic Raschi* (NYY) Vern Stephens* (BOS) Birdie Tebbetts* (BOS) Mickey Vernon* (WSH) Ted Williams* (BOS) Al Zarilla* (SLB)

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