1948 Newark Bears Statistics

International League (IL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 80-72
Finished 2nd in the IL
Manager: Bill Skiff (80-72)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Newark, New Jersey
Ballpark: Ruppert Stadium
Attendance: 170,506, Avg. 2,244

1948 Newark Bears Roster

Playoffs - Syracuse Chiefs 4 games, Newark Bears 3

The Newark Bears of the International League ended the 1948 season with a record of 80 wins and 72 losses, finishing second in the IL.

Bill Skiff 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
Bob Porterfield	15	6	.714	2.17	23	22		20	6		178.0	144	47	43		51		133	3	1	2
Dick Starr	14	9	.609	4.21	29	28		14	2		199.0	181	106	93		101		158	2	1	6
Cuddles Marshall	9	7	.562	3.66	23	20		10	2		155.0	147	77	63		87		77	1	0	4
John Maldovan	8	7	.533	3.94	28	17		6	0		128.0	111	59	56		87		73	0	0	1
Les Mueller	6	5	.545	4.16	27	8		4	0		80.0	74	44	37		35		34	2	0	1
Wally Hood	6	5	.545	4.19	14	12		5	1		86.0	77	52	40		59		48	1	0	2
Bob Keegan	4	5	.444	5.51	16	14		4	0		85.0	98	64	52		34		40	3	1	1
Hank LaManna	4	6	.400	2.84	30	0		0	0		73.0	53	35	23		38		45	1	0	2
James Tote	3	0	1.000	4.50	4	4		2	0		26.0	31	17	13		19		8	0	0	1
Mal Mallette	2	2	.500	2.45	5	5		3	0		33.0	22	17	9		16		17	1	0	0
Joseph Seber	2	3	.400	6.39	17						38.0	37		27		33		23
John Mackinson	2	4	.333	4.89	17	3		1	0		46.0	43	32	25		31		31	0	0	2
Bill Houtz	2	6	.250	6.08	19	8		2	0		71.0	70	52	48		54		37	4	1	7
Carmine Melignano	1	0	1.000	4.30	8	4		1	1		23.0	25	12	11		17		14	0	0	0
Joe Och	1	0	1.000	5.62	5	0		0	0		8.0	6	5	5		12		4	1	0	0
Don Johnson	1	3	.250	5.28	6	5		1	0		29.0	34	18	17		15		15	0	0	2
Elmer Stepanovsky	0	0		0.00	3	0		0	0		6.0	3	4	0		7		4	0	0	0
Bill Bevens	0	0		2.25	2	1		0	0		8.0	9	2	2		6		0	0	0	0
Edward Gysen	0	0		4.50	1	1		0	0		4.0	2	2	2		3		2	0	0	0
Fred Wolff	0	0		9.00	1	0		0	0		4.0	5	4	4		0		1	1	0	0
Joe Valenzuela	0	1	.000	2.00	1	1		1	0		9.0	9	2	2		1		2	0	0	0
Jack McKinney	0	1	.000	4.50	1	0		0	0		4.0	4	2	2		0		1	0	0	0
Raymond Schmidt	0	2	.000	9.00	3	0		0	0		4.0	5	6	4		3		4	0	0	0
Totals	80	72	.526	4.01	283	153	0	74	12	0	1297.0	1190	659	578	0	709	0	771	20	4	31	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
Joe Collins	139	579	512	84	140	25	6	23	76	5		59	67	.273	.349	.480	.829	246		0	8
Johnny Lucadello	140	590	480	79	132	24	0	12	56	0		101	37	.275	.401	.400	.801	192		0	9
Ted Sepkowski	140	515	482	67	130	13	3	24	91	6		27	61	.270	.308	.459	.767	221		0	6
Jerry Coleman	142	562	491	65	123	26	1	8	62	7		54	81	.251	.328	.356	.685	175		3	14
Jay Difani	98	377	323	53	87	11	4	14	54	15		47	48	.269	.367	.458	.825	148		3	4
Lou Novikoff	70	278	260	43	85	14	0	15	53	0		18	17	.327	.371	.554	.924	144		0	0
Ken Silvestri	129	465	372	55	81	12	3	17	44	5		85	62	.218	.369	.403	.772	150		4	4
Bud Heslet	91	286	252	37	67	10	1	9	43	3		30	44	.266	.349	.421	.769	106		2	2
Jack Phillips	75	283	262	31	65	10	5	5	27	5		16	22	.248	.291	.382	.673	100		0	5
Hank Workman	72	251	212	44	57	6	2	16	38	3		27	38	.269	.365	.542	.907	115		5	7
Ford Garrison	70	256	222	32	55	10	1	5	30	2		27	15	.248	.332	.369	.701	82		1	6
Jack Wallaesa	36	137	127	20	39	10	0	6	24	5		9	22	.307	.353	.528	.881	67		0	1
Al Stringer	44	146	116	22	30	4	0	3	8	0		25	18	.259	.390	.371	.761	43		0	5
Frank Colman	29	114	100	15	28	4	1	3	16	0		10	8	.280	.351	.430	.781	43		1	3
Hank LaManna	68	118	104	18	27	4	0	2	12	3		10	19	.260	.330	.356	.686	37		1	3
Edward Little	22	63	58	7	13	1	0	2	9	0		4	5	.224	.274	.345	.619	20		0	1
Eddie Ehlers	13	49	44	3	11	0	0	1	5	0		4	6	.250	.312	.318	.631	14		0	1
Ralph Brown	12	40	38	7	10	3	0	0	1	1		2	2	.263	.300	.342	.642	13		0	0
Cuddles Marshall	23	63	57	5	10	1	0	0	5	0		4	14	.175	.230	.193	.422	11		0	2
Bob Porterfield	25	77	68	6	10	2	0	0	4	1		6	18	.147	.227	.176	.403	12		1	2
Billy Holm	24	41	33	13	9	0	0	1	6	0		8	6	.273	.415	.364	.778	12		0	0
Dick Starr	32	76	67	8	9	2	0	2	6	0		6	21	.134	.216	.254	.470	17		1	2
Bob Keegan	16	31	27	5	8	0	1	0	2	0		4	5	.296	.387	.370	.757	10		0	0
Wally Hood	16	33	31	3	7	0	0	0	1	0		1	7	.226	.250	.226	.476	7		0	1
John Maldovan	28	45	41	3	5	0	0	0	3	0		2	14	.122	.163	.122	.285	5		0	2
Bill Houtz	21	24	21	1	4	1	0	0	1	0		3	4	.190	.292	.238	.530	5		0	0
Odie Strain	9	26	26	2	4	0	0	1	1	0				.154	.154	.269	.423	7
Joseph Seber	19	14	12	2	3	0	0	0	0	0		2	4	.250	.357	.250	.607	3		0	0
John Mackinson	17	13	12	2	2	0	0	0	1	0		1	4	.167	.231	.167	.397	2		0	0
Les Mueller	27	23	21	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		1	8	.048	.091	.048	.139	1		0	1
Totals	1647	5575	4871	733	1252	193	28	169	680	61	0	593	677	.257	.340	.412	.753	2008	0	22	89	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Jack Phillips	1B	75	617	46	6	64	.991	8.840
Joe Collins	1B	51	373	19	5	30	.987	7.686
Frank Colman	1B	26	213	21	2	23	.992	9.000
Johnny Lucadello	2B	79	175	201	12	46	.969	4.759
Jerry Coleman	2B	44	116	117	11	23	.955	5.295
Ted Sepkowski	2B	28	67	67	5	18	.964	4.786
Jay Difani	3B	63	70	107	11	10	.941	2.810
Johnny Lucadello	3B	55	50	107	15	7	.913	2.855
Jerry Coleman	3B	33	27	60	6	8	.935	2.636
Eddie Ehlers	3B	12	15	11	2	2	.929	2.167
Ken Silvestri	C	116	618	66	8	12	.988	5.897	13
Bud Heslet	C	24	86	9	5	0	.950	3.958	2
Edward Little	C	17	88	6	2	1	.979	5.529	1
Billy Holm	C	17	62	5	2	0	.971	3.941	2
Ted Sepkowski	OF	112	188	8	4	3	.980	1.750
Joe Collins	OF	86	192	7	4	0	.980	2.314
Lou Novikoff	OF	70	102	4	4	1	.964	1.514
Ford Garrison	OF	66	136	6	1	5	.993	2.152
Hank Workman	OF	65	119	1	3	0	.976	1.846
Bud Heslet	OF	57	75	2	3	0	.962	1.351
Jay Difani	OF	27	34	2	0	0	1.000	1.333
Hank LaManna	OF	15	23	0	1	0	.958	1.533
Ralph Brown	OF	10	14	0	2	0	.875	1.400
Hank LaManna	P	30	6	10	0	1	1.000	.533
Dick Starr	P	29	10	25	3	0	.921	1.207
John Maldovan	P	28	1	23	2	1	.923	.857
Les Mueller	P	27	5	16	2	0	.913	.778
Bob Porterfield	P	23	15	35	2	2	.962	2.174
Cuddles Marshall	P	23	10	39	1	2	.980	2.130
Bill Houtz	P	19	0	20	1	0	.952	1.053
Joseph Seber	P	17	1	11	0	0	1.000	.706
John Mackinson	P	17	4	4	1	0	.889	.471
Bob Keegan	P	16	7	14	1	0	.955	1.312
Wally Hood	P	14	2	15	0	2	1.000	1.214
Carmine Melignano	P	8						.000
Don Johnson	P	6						.000
Joe Och	P	5						.000
Mal Mallette	P	5						.000
James Tote	P	4						.000
Elmer Stepanovsky	P	3						.000
Raymond Schmidt	P	3						.000
Bill Bevens	P	2						.000
Fred Wolff	P	1						.000
Joe Valenzuela	P	1						.000
Jack McKinney	P	1						.000
Edward Gysen	P	1						.000
Jerry Coleman	SS	70	120	193	21	48	.937	4.471
Al Stringer	SS	43	65	100	10	19	.943	3.837
Jack Wallaesa	SS	36	63	102	9	21	.948	4.583
Totals		1580	3769	1479	167	349	.969	3.322	18	0	0

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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