1948 Ventura Yankees Statistics

California League (CL) - Class: C
Team Record: 80-60
Finished 2nd in the CL
Manager: Eddie Kearse (80-60)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Ventura, California
Ballpark: Babe Ruth Field
Attendance: 74,036, Avg. 1,058

1948 Ventura Yankees Roster

Playoffs - Stockton Ports 3 games, Ventura Yankees 0

The Ventura Yankees of the California League ended the 1948 season with a record of 80 wins and 60 losses, finishing second in the CL.

Eddie Kearse 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
Bill Boemler	17	7	.708	3.41	29						203.0	182	88	77		105
Pete Vucurevich	11	11	.500	3.68	28						203.0	187	108	83		92
Doug Essick	9	3	.750	3.67	14						103.0	120	55	42		22
Lee Jones	9	8	.529	3.25	27						155.0	140	75	56		91
Frank Prowse	8	7	.533	4.34	26						145.0	147	88	70		69
Larry Ward	7	3	.700	1.45	12						87.0	57	20	14		45
Vince Pesky	6	4	.600	5.32	22						88.0	99	74	52		44
Ervin Liberton	6	8	.429	5.20	24						109.0	100	77	63		94
Eddie Hughes	3	3	.500	3.94	11						48.0	45	29	21		38
Totals	76	54	.585	3.77	193	0	0	0	0	0	1141.0	1077	614	478	0	600	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
Gene Valla	128	528	528		179	18	5	0						.339	.339	.392	.731	207
Len Noren	137	518	518		151	26	10	2						.292	.292	.392	.683	203
Frank Lucchesi	133	538	538		142	25	5	3						.264	.264	.346	.610	186
Frank Finnegan	137	476	476		126	21	9	19						.265	.265	.466	.731	222
Robert White	87	352	352		121	22	6	18						.344	.344	.594	.938	209
Robert Keeler	89	325	325		95	18	6	5						.292	.292	.431	.723	140
Tom Upton	84	327	327		90	17	10	1						.275	.275	.398	.673	130
Bob Day	101	317	317		74	19	4	4						.233	.233	.356	.590	113
Eddie Kearse	81	231	231		65	13	1	1						.281	.281	.359	.641	83
Frank Cirimele	53	150	150		38	8	2	1						.253	.253	.353	.607	53
Charles Bell	54	190	190		37	9	0	1						.195	.195	.258	.453	49
Elmer Clow	32	108	108		32	3	1	2						.296	.296	.398	.694	43
William Newman	36	108	108		23	4	2	1						.213	.213	.315	.528	34
Paul Jones	14	47	47		19	6	1	0						.404	.404	.574	.979	27
Dick Pickett	18	58	58		19	4	0	0						.328	.328	.397	.724	23
Pete Vucurevich	34	82	82		15	5	1	0						.183	.183	.268	.451	22
Raymond Jacobs	19	61	61		14	0	1	1						.230	.230	.311	.541	19
Doug Essick	14	45	45		13	2	0	1						.289	.289	.400	.689	18
Lee Jones	27	56	56		13	2	1	1						.232	.232	.357	.589	20
Bill Boemler	29	74	74		12	3	0	1						.162	.162	.243	.405	18
Ervin Liberton	29	57	57		11	2	0	2						.193	.193	.333	.526	19
Larry Ward	12	33	33		10	1	0	0						.303	.303	.333	.636	11
Eddie Hughes	11	20	20		4	1	0	0						.200	.200	.250	.450	5
Frank Prowse	27	48	48		4	2	0	0						.083	.083	.125	.208	6
Vince Pesky	24	34	34		3	1	0	1						.088	.088	.206	.294	7
Totals	1410	4783	4783	0	1310	232	65	65	0	0	0	0	0	.274	.274	.390	.664	1867	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Bill Boemler	P	29					.000
Pete Vucurevich	P	28					.000
Lee Jones	P	27					.000
Frank Prowse	P	26					.000
Ervin Liberton	P	24					.000
Vince Pesky	P	22					.000
Doug Essick	P	14					.000
Larry Ward	P	12					.000
Eddie Hughes	P	11					.000
Totals		193	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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