1948 San Francisco Seals Statistics
Team Record: 112-76
Finished 2nd in the PCL
Manager: Lefty O'Doul (112-76)
Location: San Francisco, California
Ballpark: Seals Stadium
Attendance: 606,563, Avg. 6,453
Playoffs - Seattle Rainiers 4 games, San Francisco Seals 1
The San Francisco Seals of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1948 season with a record of 112 wins and 76 losses, finishing second in the PCL.
The Seals surrendered 764 runs, fewest in the league. San Francisco plated 928 runs.
Jack Brewer, Joe Brovia, Con Dempsey, Tommy Fine, Ken Gables, Ben Guintini, Dixie Howell, Bob Joyce, Dick Lajeskie, Hal Luby, Felix Mackiewicz, Cliff Melton, Dino Restelli, Mickey Rocco, Frank Rosso, Strick Shofner, Jackie Tobin, Bill Werle and Gene Woodling were all players from the 1948 San Francisco Seals who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Lefty O'Doul served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Werle | 17 | 7 | .708 | 2.74 | 34 | 23 | 2 | 250.0 | 256 | 93 | 76 | 61 | 136 | 8 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| Cliff Melton | 16 | 10 | .615 | 3.14 | 31 | 15 | 5 | 215.0 | 204 | 92 | 75 | 48 | 98 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| Con Dempsey | 16 | 11 | .593 | 2.10 | 37 | 17 | 3 | 219.0 | 189 | 72 | 51 | 61 | 171 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Al Lien | 15 | 8 | .652 | 3.38 | 34 | 13 | 3 | 184.0 | 192 | 80 | 69 | 31 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jack Brewer | 15 | 11 | .577 | 4.28 | 37 | 10 | 0 | 242.0 | 291 | 132 | 115 | 61 | 96 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| Manny Pérez | 11 | 8 | .579 | 3.47 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 161.0 | 166 | 75 | 62 | 64 | 58 | 5 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Dewey Soriano | 6 | 2 | .750 | 3.96 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 84.0 | 82 | 55 | 37 | 49 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Ken Gables | 6 | 7 | .462 | 4.97 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 96.0 | 98 | 56 | 53 | 37 | 61 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Tommy Fine | 5 | 6 | .455 | 5.59 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 95.0 | 119 | 68 | 59 | 55 | 43 | 6 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Bob Joyce | 4 | 6 | .400 | 5.43 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 68.0 | 93 | 42 | 41 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Totals | 111 | 76 | .594 | 3.56 | 325 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 18 | 0 | 1614.0 | 1690 | 765 | 638 | 0 | 481 | 0 | 796 | 32 | 5 | 20 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Woodling | 146 | 632 | 524 | 121 | 202 | 22 | 13 | 22 | 107 | 6 | 95 | 34 | .385 | .483 | .603 | 1.086 | 316 | 4 | 9 | ||||
| Mickey Rocco | 178 | 770 | 670 | 120 | 201 | 36 | 5 | 27 | 149 | 10 | 95 | 58 | .300 | .387 | .490 | .876 | 328 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Hal Luby | 175 | 748 | 646 | 113 | 185 | 26 | 5 | 12 | 77 | 19 | 84 | 36 | .286 | .372 | .398 | .770 | 257 | 4 | 14 | ||||
| Jackie Tobin | 156 | 679 | 582 | 115 | 175 | 29 | 6 | 5 | 45 | 37 | 87 | 41 | .301 | .396 | .397 | .793 | 231 | 5 | 5 | ||||
| Dino Restelli | 145 | 571 | 505 | 86 | 146 | 43 | 8 | 10 | 80 | 6 | 49 | 77 | .289 | .361 | .465 | .827 | 235 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| Roy Nicely | 157 | 647 | 613 | 61 | 144 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 85 | 4 | 15 | 75 | .235 | .254 | .303 | .558 | 186 | 1 | 18 | ||||
| Joe Brovia | 127 | 493 | 444 | 53 | 143 | 28 | 4 | 9 | 89 | 0 | 40 | 37 | .322 | .383 | .464 | .847 | 206 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Dixie Howell | 119 | 411 | 336 | 48 | 98 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 38 | 3 | 72 | 70 | .292 | .418 | .408 | .826 | 137 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Strick Shofner | 106 | 396 | 333 | 38 | 88 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 3 | 58 | 29 | .264 | .373 | .339 | .713 | 113 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Ray Orteig | 102 | 317 | 262 | 45 | 71 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 51 | 0 | 51 | 31 | .271 | .396 | .416 | .812 | 109 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Will Leonard | 93 | 316 | 266 | 28 | 68 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 43 | 28 | .256 | .361 | .331 | .692 | 88 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Ben Guintini | 78 | 216 | 200 | 21 | 44 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 3 | 11 | 31 | .220 | .271 | .400 | .671 | 80 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| Felix Mackiewicz | 63 | 146 | 133 | 13 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 10 | 11 | .263 | .319 | .368 | .688 | 49 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Dick Lajeskie | 31 | 99 | 89 | 14 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 13 | .270 | .330 | .315 | .645 | 28 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Bill Werle | 34 | 107 | 86 | 14 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 25 | .233 | .359 | .267 | .627 | 23 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Don Trower | 53 | 128 | 109 | 13 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 15 | .183 | .294 | .239 | .532 | 26 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Jack Brewer | 37 | 94 | 88 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .159 | .178 | .216 | .394 | 19 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Cliff Melton | 31 | 82 | 70 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 16 | .171 | .205 | .171 | .377 | 12 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Al Lien | 34 | 73 | 64 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 21 | .141 | .167 | .156 | .323 | 10 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Con Dempsey | 37 | 85 | 73 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 27 | .123 | .169 | .123 | .292 | 9 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| Manny Pérez | 29 | 65 | 55 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 27 | .145 | .242 | .164 | .406 | 9 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Bob Joyce | 18 | 25 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .174 | .174 | .217 | .391 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Tommy Fine | 39 | 29 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .143 | .172 | .143 | .315 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dewey Soriano | 36 | 24 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .150 | .261 | .150 | .411 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Ken Gables | 35 | 31 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .034 | .067 | .034 | .101 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Totals | 2059 | 7184 | 6248 | 927 | 1728 | 310 | 55 | 112 | 884 | 97 | 0 | 773 | 741 | .277 | .360 | .398 | .757 | 2484 | 0 | 37 | 126 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mickey Rocco | 1B | 177 | 1619 | 111 | 13 | 174 | .993 | 9.774 | ||||
| Jackie Tobin | 1B | 14 | 121 | 10 | 3 | 14 | .978 | 9.357 | ||||
| Hal Luby | 2B | 171 | 457 | 512 | 23 | 135 | .977 | 5.667 | ||||
| Dick Lajeskie | 2B | 28 | 61 | 71 | 4 | 18 | .971 | 4.714 | ||||
| Strick Shofner | 3B | 92 | 81 | 198 | 11 | 21 | .962 | 3.033 | ||||
| Ray Orteig | 3B | 73 | 59 | 132 | 10 | 10 | .950 | 2.616 | ||||
| Jackie Tobin | 3B | 43 | 50 | 87 | 5 | 12 | .965 | 3.186 | ||||
| Dixie Howell | C | 112 | 527 | 62 | 12 | 8 | .980 | 5.259 | 6 | |||
| Will Leonard | C | 88 | 362 | 47 | 5 | 5 | .988 | 4.648 | 8 | |||
| Gene Woodling | OF | 143 | 343 | 14 | 5 | 4 | .986 | 2.497 | ||||
| Dino Restelli | OF | 143 | 209 | 8 | 12 | 2 | .948 | 1.517 | ||||
| Joe Brovia | OF | 119 | 198 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .981 | 1.714 | ||||
| Jackie Tobin | OF | 88 | 183 | 11 | 9 | 1 | .956 | 2.205 | ||||
| Ben Guintini | OF | 72 | 110 | 9 | 4 | 1 | .967 | 1.653 | ||||
| Felix Mackiewicz | OF | 38 | 54 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .982 | 1.421 | ||||
| Con Dempsey | P | 37 | 10 | 28 | 1 | 1 | .974 | 1.027 | ||||
| Jack Brewer | P | 37 | 10 | 31 | 2 | 0 | .953 | 1.108 | ||||
| Dewey Soriano | P | 36 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 2 | .875 | .583 | ||||
| Tommy Fine | P | 35 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 1 | .923 | .686 | ||||
| Bill Werle | P | 34 | 20 | 54 | 6 | 7 | .925 | 2.176 | ||||
| Al Lien | P | 34 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 1 | .957 | .647 | ||||
| Ken Gables | P | 34 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .441 | ||||
| Cliff Melton | P | 31 | 4 | 46 | 1 | 2 | .980 | 1.613 | ||||
| Manny Pérez | P | 29 | 7 | 26 | 1 | 0 | .971 | 1.138 | ||||
| Bob Joyce | P | 18 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 2 | .944 | .944 | ||||
| Roy Nicely | SS | 157 | 285 | 565 | 51 | 125 | .943 | 5.414 | ||||
| Don Trower | SS | 34 | 53 | 88 | 11 | 19 | .928 | 4.147 | ||||
| Totals | 1917 | 4843 | 2195 | 201 | 565 | .972 | 3.671 | 14 | 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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