1948 Florence Steelers Statistics

Tri-State League (TSL) - Class: B
Team Record: 50-95
Finished 8th in the TSL
Manager: George Motto (0-0), James Martin (0-0)
Location: Florence, South Carolina
Ballpark: American Legion Stadium
Attendance: 72,569, Avg. 1,001

1948 Florence Steelers Roster

The Florence Steelers of the Tri-State League ended the 1948 season with a record of 50 wins and 95 losses, finishing eighth in the TSL.

George Motto and James Martin served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Walt Dixon	17	12	.586	4.05	39						240.0	217	142	108		155
John Fitzgerald	9	18	.333	5.52	35						202.0	230	165	124		165
James Scott	7	13	.350	4.58	24						161.0	191	103	82		52
Nate Andrews	5	2	.714	3.16	8						57.0	62	23	20		10
Jack Clifton	3	2	.600	5.70	12						60.0	86	50	38		29
George Greene	3	9	.250	3.73	12						94.0	89	49	39		42
Paul Knippen	3	13	.188	5.52	25						124.0	130	105	76		102
Mel Fisher	2	10	.167	4.50	17						118.0	143	75	59		43
Augustine Medina					11						0.0
Amado Diaz	0	5	.000	7.76	12						51.0	78	49	44		24
Totals	49	84	.368	4.80	195	0	0	0	0	0	1107.0	1226	761	590	0	622	0	0	0	0	0	0

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Oscar Garmendia	138	545	545		178	33	6	8						.327	.327	.453	.780	247
James Burns	145	545	545		155	27	14	7						.284	.284	.424	.708	231
John Streza	139	488	488		145	29	5	7						.297	.297	.420	.717	205
Anthony Leone	113	396	396		100	16	2	0						.253	.253	.303	.556	120
Eddie Volan	106	376	376		93	15	7	7						.247	.247	.380	.628	143
James Martin	76	295	295		83	6	1	2						.281	.281	.329	.610	97
Harold Grosman	52	206	206		58	9	0	0						.282	.282	.325	.607	67
William Hankins	54	163	163		50	7	0	2						.307	.307	.387	.693	63
Edward Neighbors	70	236	236		50	9	3	0						.212	.212	.275	.487	65
Walt Dixon	83	171	171		45	15	0	5						.263	.263	.439	.702	75
George Motto	46	152	152		41	6	3	0						.270	.270	.349	.618	53
Preston Gómez	51	187	187		34	9	0	1						.182	.182	.246	.428	46
Connie Creeden	26	101	101		33	8	0	0						.327	.327	.406	.733	41
Nick DeLuca	32	116	116		30	5	0	0						.259	.259	.302	.560	35
Rudy Tanner	23	96	96		27	6	1	0						.281	.281	.365	.646	35
George Pratt	29	82	82		23	6	0	0						.280	.280	.354	.634	29
Bernie Loman	20	78	78		22	3	0	0						.282	.282	.321	.603	25
Lewis Faucette	22	69	69		15	0	1	1						.217	.217	.290	.507	20
Andy Sventko	26	77	77		14	2	0	1						.182	.182	.247	.429	19
John Fitzgerald	43	80	80		14	1	1	0						.175	.175	.212	.387	17
John Dourney	20	64	64		11	0	1	0						.172	.172	.203	.375	13
James Scott	30	68	68		10	1	0	0						.147	.147	.162	.309	11
Mel Fisher	22	50	50		9	2	0	0						.180	.180	.220	.400	11
Paul Knippen	26	51	51		8	0	0	0						.157	.157	.157	.314	8
Dick Wiencek	27	61	61		6	1	1	1						.098	.098	.197	.295	12
Frank Witt	11	27	27		5	0	0	0						.185	.185	.185	.370	5
George Greene	13	37	37		3	0	0	0						.081	.081	.081	.162	3
Augustine Medina	11	5	5		2	0	0	0						.400	.400	.400	.800	2
Jack Clifton	14	26	26		2	0	1	1						.077	.077	.269	.346	7
Amado Diaz	12	16	16		1	0	0	0						.062	.062	.062	.125	1
Totals	1480	4864	4864	0	1267	216	47	43	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.260	.351	.611	1706	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
John Fitzgerald	P	35					.000
Paul Knippen	P	25					.000
James Scott	P	24					.000
Mel Fisher	P	17					.000
George Greene	P	12					.000
Amado Diaz	P	12					.000
Jack Clifton	P	12					.000
Augustine Medina	P	11					.000
Totals		148	0	0	0	0	.000

Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.

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