1948 Seattle Rainiers Statistics

Pacific Coast League (PCL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 93-95
Finished 4th in the PCL
Manager: Jo-Jo White (93-95)
Location: Seattle, Washington
Ballpark: Sick Stadium
Attendance: 452,448, Avg. 4,813

1948 Seattle Rainiers Roster

Playoffs - Seattle Rainiers 4 games, San Francisco Seals 1
Finals - Oakland Oaks 4 games, Seattle Rainiers 1

The Seattle Rainiers of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1948 season with a record of 93 wins and 95 losses, finishing fourth in the PCL.

The Rainiers scored 775 runs and allowed 830 runs.

Players from the 1948 Seattle Rainiers who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Ken Richardson, Tony York, Johnny Gorsica, Earl Rapp, John O'Neil, Marius Russo, Lou Novikoff, Herman Besse, Dick Barrett, Hillis Layne, Herb Karpel, Bob Johnson, Steve Peek, Skeeter Newsome, Mickey Grasso, Ray Sanders, Rollie Hemsley, Bill Ramsey, Tommy Reis, Neill Sheridan, Charley Schanz, Jo-Jo White, Bob Hall and Ed Mierkowicz.

Jo-Jo White 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
Herman Besse	16	12	.571	4.38	36			17	3		232.0	232	118	113		92		117	1	0	3
Guy Fletcher	16	15	.516	3.69	37			19	5		249.0	269	110	102		82		114	2	0	3
Dick Barrett	15	13	.536	3.33	38			13	1		246.0	236	105	91		78		96	4	0	9
Johnny Gorsica	13	14	.481	3.56	34			17	2		225.0	244	116	89		50		95	4	1	3
Herb Karpel	11	14	.440	4.03	36			14	0		212.0	238	99	95		60		92	1	1	4
Charley Schanz	7	6	.538	2.29	15			9	1		106.0	102	34	27		42		58	1	0	1
Bob Hall	7	11	.389	3.96	36			3	0		134.0	119	77	59		56		96	1	0	7
Marius Russo	3	3	.500	4.95	26			1	0		60.0	69	36	33		22		21	1	0	1
Steve Peek	3	5	.375	4.66	32			1	0		85.0	98	64	44		42		32	2	0	4
Bud Beasley					21						0.0
Tommy Reis					10						0.0
Totals	91	93	.495	3.79	321	0	0	94	12	0	1549.0	1607	759	653	0	524	0	721	17	2	35	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
Hillis Layne	174	716	664	82	227	29	5	6	80	5		39	46	.342	.384	.428	.811	284		6	7
Bill Ramsey	170	707	662	108	189	37	1	9	70	26		35	74	.285	.322	.385	.708	255		1	9
Earl Rapp	168	652	564	88	168	36	6	17	96	10		82	89	.298	.391	.473	.864	267		4	2
Neill Sheridan	140	585	532	91	166	25	7	17	82	5		41	86	.312	.365	.481	.846	256		3	9
Tony York	166	597	547	52	140	28	1	8	60	3		35	79	.256	.303	.355	.658	194		2	13
Skeeter Newsome	130	479	449	44	112	19	1	0	26	4		22	24	.249	.285	.296	.581	133		0	8
John O'Neil	131	458	417	37	101	14	4	0	40	5		33	26	.242	.298	.295	.593	123		0	8
Mickey Grasso	140	429	380	35	99	13	1	5	27	1		39	62	.261	.334	.339	.674	129		3	7
Lee Mohr	109	275	261	45	73	13	1	0	15	8		7	22	.280	.314	.337	.651	88		6	1
Lou Novikoff	64	184	168	13	55	9	1	3	30	1		13	13	.327	.379	.446	.826	75		1	2
Rollie Hemsley	82	226	205	24	55	10	0	0	18	2		15	21	.268	.324	.317	.641	65		2	4
Butch Moran	59	185	177	24	54	15	1	2	25	1		4	19	.305	.320	.435	.755	77		0	4
Jo-Jo White	96	200	167	24	45	6	1	0	21	5		30	10	.269	.384	.317	.701	53		1	2
Bob Johnson	9	168	145	17	41	7	0	5	23	1		22	18	.283	.381	.434	.815	63		1	0
Ken Richardson	65	156	135	13	30	5	1	1	21	1		17	21	.222	.309	.296	.606	40		0	4
Ed Mierkowicz	40	151	132	15	29	5	1	4	21	0		16	19	.220	.309	.364	.672	48		1	2
George McDonald	31	110	99	10	23	3	0	0	11	3		9	3	.232	.296	.263	.559	26		0	2
Herman Besse	37	94	91	9	22	2	0	0	5	1		3	11	.242	.266	.264	.530	24		0	0
Herb Karpel	36	82	75	3	18	2	0	0	11	0		3	15	.240	.269	.267	.536	20		0	4
Johnny Gorsica	41	80	73	9	17	3	1	0	4	0		1	16	.233	.253	.301	.555	22		1	5
Dick Barrett	38	89	71	4	15	0	0	0	5	0		2	5	.211	.233	.211	.444	15		0	16
Guy Fletcher	37	95	79	4	13	1	0	0	7	0		2	23	.165	.185	.177	.362	14		0	14
Jack Warren	14	30	27	4	9	2	0	0	6	0		3	5	.333	.400	.407	.807	11		0	0
Bob Hall	36	44	39	2	6	0	0	0	2	1		1	16	.154	.175	.154	.329	6		0	4
Steve Peek	32	27	25	1	5	2	0	0	0	0		1	10	.200	.231	.280	.511	7		0	1
Charley Schanz	15	41	37	5	5	2	0	0	1	0		2	15	.135	.179	.189	.369	7		0	2
Marius Russo	26	15	12	2	4	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	.333	.385	.417	.801	5		0	2
Bud Beasley	21	9	9	0	3	0	0	0	1	0		0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	3		0	0
Frank Mullens	12	8	8	0	1	1	0	0	1	0		0	3	.125	.125	.250	.375	2		0	0
Tommy Reis	10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0
Totals	2141	6933	6288	767	1732	292	33	78	711	84	0	481	759	.275	.330	.370	.700	2324	0	32	132	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Butch Moran	1B	57	426	20	8	39	.982	7.825
Ed Mierkowicz	1B	39	329	22	4	27	.989	9.000
Bob Johnson	1B	32	225	10	5	17	.979	7.344
George McDonald	1B	30	270	19	1	28	.997	9.633
Ken Richardson	1B	27	190	10	0	27	1.000	7.407
Lee Mohr	1B	19	164	15	8	15	.957	9.421
Tony York	2B	144	333	387	16	90	.978	5.000
Skeeter Newsome	2B	48	101	141	6	30	.976	5.042
Lee Mohr	2B	14	16	15	5	2	.861	2.214
Hillis Layne	3B	172	142	332	28	27	.944	2.756
Tony York	3B	16	11	30	1	3	.976	2.562
Mickey Grasso	C	137	542	81	24	12	.963	4.547	10
Rollie Hemsley	C	79	259	46	5	4	.984	3.861	4
Jack Warren	C	10	29	6	0	3	1.000	3.500	1
Earl Rapp	OF	161	273	14	7	3	.976	1.783
Bill Ramsey	OF	160	390	15	6	7	.985	2.531
Neill Sheridan	OF	141	304	15	16	6	.952	2.262
Jo-Jo White	OF	44	87	2	3	0	.967	2.023
Lou Novikoff	OF	40	65	3	3	1	.958	1.700
Lee Mohr	OF	30	61	0	1	0	.984	2.033
Dick Barrett	P	38	11	46	2	3	.966	1.500
Guy Fletcher	P	37	8	49	2	3	.966	1.541
Herb Karpel	P	36	0	37	1	0	.974	1.028
Bob Hall	P	36	9	19	2	0	.933	.778
Herman Besse	P	36	3	32	2	1	.946	.972
Johnny Gorsica	P	34	17	71	2	2	.978	2.588
Steve Peek	P	32	4	18	5	1	.815	.688
Marius Russo	P	26	3	10	0	0	1.000	.500
Bud Beasley	P	21	4	10	0	0	1.000	.667
Charley Schanz	P	15	4	23	1	1	.964	1.800
Tommy Reis	P	10	2	6	0	1	1.000	.800
John O'Neil	SS	131	220	372	34	76	.946	4.519
Skeeter Newsome	SS	81	132	225	15	48	.960	4.407
Totals		1933	4634	2101	213	477	.969	3.484	15	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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