1948 American League Stats

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1948 American League Standings

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Rank	Team	W-L	Games Behind	Runs Scored	Runs Allowed	Expected W-L	Shark WAR W-L	Attendance	Shark WAR	Batting WAR	Fielding WAR	Pitching WAR
1	Cleveland Indians	97-58 (0.626)	-	840	568	103-51 (0.672)	111-43 (0.721)	2,620,627	65.9	31.8	4.6	29.5
2	Boston Red Sox	96-59 (0.619)	1.0	907	720	93-61 (0.604)	97-57 (0.630)	1,558,798	52.3	24.2	5.8	22.4
3	New York Yankees	94-60 (0.610)	2.5	857	633	98-56 (0.635)	94-60 (0.610)	2,373,901	48.5	28.6	-0.5	20.4
4	Philadelphia Athletics	84-70 (0.545)	12.5	729	735	76-78 (0.496)	78-76 (0.506)	945,076	32.5	13.5	4.9	14.1
5	Detroit Tigers	78-76 (0.506)	18.5	700	726	74-80 (0.483)	75-79 (0.487)	1,743,035	30.1	15.2	-3.3	18.2
6	St. Louis Browns	59-94 (0.386)	37.0	671	849	61-93 (0.394)	59-95 (0.383)	335,564	13.8	10.2	-0.7	4.3
7	Washington Senators	56-97 (0.366)	40.0	578	796	55-99 (0.358)	51-103 (0.331)	795,254	6.2	0.6	2.0	3.6
8	Chicago White Sox	51-101 (0.336)	44.5	559	814	52-102 (0.335)	51-103 (0.331)	777,844	5.6	3.3	3.5	-1.3

Batting WAR Leaders

Rank	Player Name	Team	Pos	Age	Batting WAR	Shark WAR	G	PA	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SB	CS	wRC	OBP	SLG
1	Ted Williams	BOS	LF	29	9.3	9.5	137	638	188	44	3	25	126	4	0	155.994	0.497	0.615
2	Lou Boudreau	CLE	SS	30	8.1	10.3	152	676	199	34	6	18	98	3	2	135.969	0.453	0.534
3	Joe DiMaggio	NYA	CF	33	7.4	7.8	153	669	190	26	11	39	67	1	1	133.320	0.396	0.598
4	Tommy Henrich	NYA	RF	35	6.4	6.6	146	673	181	42	14	25	76	2	3	123.154	0.391	0.554
5	Ken Keltner	CLE	3B	31	6.1	7.5	153	656	166	24	4	31	89	2	1	115.338	0.395	0.521
6	Joe Gordon	CLE	2B	33	5.0	4.7	144	633	154	21	4	32	77	5	2	103.389	0.371	0.507
7	Bobby Doerr	BOS	2B	30	4.2	5.6	140	618	150	23	6	27	83	3	2	104.099	0.386	0.505
8	Pat Mullin	DET	RF	30	4.2	4.0	138	575	143	16	11	23	77	1	2	96.692	0.385	0.504
9	Al Zarilla	SLA	RF	29	3.9	4.0	144	596	174	39	3	12	48	11	6	95.582	0.389	0.482
10	Ferris Fain	PHA	1B	27	3.8	4.7	145	644	146	27	6	7	113	10	5	97.418	0.412	0.396
11	Larry Doby	CLE	CF	24	3.6	4.1	121	500	132	23	9	14	54	9	9	81.693	0.384	0.490
12	Jerry Priddy	SLA	2B	28	3.6	6.0	151	657	166	40	9	8	86	6	5	100.047	0.391	0.443
13	Luke Appling	CHA	3B	41	3.4	5.2	139	594	156	16	2	0	94	10	4	86.648	0.423	0.354
14	Hank Majeski	PHA	3B	31	3.4	4.3	148	646	183	41	4	12	48	2	1	95.037	0.368	0.454
15	Hoot Evers	DET	CF	27	3.4	3.6	139	606	169	33	6	10	51	3	4	89.855	0.378	0.454
16	Bob Dillinger	SLA	3B	29	3.3	2.5	153	722	207	34	10	2	65	28	11	101.731	0.385	0.415
17	Dale Mitchell	CLE	LF	26	3.3	3.8	141	656	204	30	8	4	45	13	18	96.290	0.383	0.431
18	Dom DiMaggio	BOS	CF	31	3.2	4.3	155	756	185	40	4	9	101	10	2	105.764	0.384	0.401
19	Vern Stephens	BOS	SS	27	3.2	4.7	155	716	171	25	8	29	77	1	0	103.266	0.350	0.471
20	Elmer Valo	PHA	RF	27	3.1	3.5	113	475	117	17	4	3	81	10	6	75.525	0.432	0.394
21	Eddie Joost	PHA	SS	32	3.1	4.4	135	637	127	22	2	16	119	2	4	91.254	0.393	0.395
22	Barney McCosky	PHA	LF	31	3.1	3.0	135	605	168	21	5	0	68	1	3	84.724	0.405	0.386
23	Dick Wakefield	DET	LF	27	2.9	2.9	110	393	89	20	5	11	70	0	1	66.337	0.406	0.472
24	Johnny Lindell	NYA	LF	31	2.9	3.0	88	345	98	17	2	13	35	0	0	59.046	0.387	0.511
25	Yogi Berra	NYA	C	23	2.7	2.9	125	497	143	24	10	14	25	3	3	71.716	0.341	0.488
26	Billy Goodman	BOS	1B	22	2.6	2.2	127	527	138	27	2	1	74	5	3	79.069	0.414	0.387
27	Billy Johnson	NYA	3B	29	2.6	2.9	127	492	131	20	6	12	41	0	0	69.314	0.358	0.446
28	Johnny Lipon	DET	SS	25	2.4	1.7	121	541	133	18	8	5	68	4	4	73.819	0.385	0.397
29	Johnny Pesky	BOS	3B	29	2.3	3.7	143	677	159	26	6	3	99	3	5	91.483	0.394	0.365
30	Bobby Brown	NYA	3B	23	2.1	1.0	113	416	109	19	5	3	48	0	1	58.104	0.384	0.405
31	Bud Stewart	2 teams	DH	32	1.9	2.1	124	465	113	18	13	7	49	8	9	63.369	0.353	0.438
32	Pat Seerey	2 teams	LF	25	1.9	1.9	105	434	84	11	0	19	68	0	0	57.370	0.350	0.419
33	Sam Chapman	PHA	CF	32	1.7	2.3	123	506	115	18	6	13	55	6	1	62.623	0.341	0.413
34	Wally Judnich	CLE	CF	32	1.6	1.2	79	281	56	13	3	2	56	2	3	40.518	0.411	0.372
35	George Kell	DET	3B	25	1.6	1.5	92	414	112	24	3	2	33	2	2	54.323	0.369	0.402
36	Allie Clark	CLE	RF	25	1.6	1.3	81	298	84	5	2	9	23	0	2	41.937	0.364	0.443
37	Birdie Tebbetts	BOS	C	35	1.5	1.6	128	513	125	26	2	5	62	5	2	66.091	0.371	0.381
38	Snuffy Stirnweiss	NYA	2B	29	1.5	1.5	141	610	130	20	7	3	86	5	4	68.425	0.360	0.336
39	Dave Philley	CHA	CF	28	1.5	2.3	137	546	140	28	3	5	50	8	10	65.851	0.353	0.387
40	Charlie Keller	NYA	LF	31	1.5	1.3	83	289	66	15	2	6	41	1	1	40.279	0.371	0.417
41	Stan Spence	BOS	RF	33	1.4	1.6	114	477	92	17	4	12	82	0	2	62.699	0.368	0.391
42	Jim Hegan	CLE	C	27	1.4	4.5	144	524	117	21	6	14	48	6	3	58.315	0.317	0.407
43	Eddie Yost	WS1	3B	21	1.4	0.9	145	648	138	32	11	2	82	4	3	72.848	0.349	0.357
44	Eddie Lake	DET	2B	32	1.3	0.7	64	264	52	6	0	2	57	3	3	36.768	0.427	0.323
45	Eddie Robinson	CLE	1B	27	1.3	1.8	134	540	125	18	5	16	36	1	0	57.138	0.307	0.408
46	Gus Niarhos	NYA	C	27	1.2	1.6	83	285	61	12	2	0	52	1	3	37.781	0.404	0.338
47	Dick Kokos	SLA	RF	20	1.2	1.0	71	291	77	15	3	4	28	4	3	41.209	0.374	0.426
48	George McQuinn	NYA	1B	38	1.2	1.9	94	346	75	11	4	11	40	0	2	42.704	0.336	0.420
49	Sam Vico	DET	1B	24	1.1	0.8	144	584	139	23	9	8	39	2	2	63.209	0.326	0.392
50	Vic Wertz	DET	LF	23	1.1	0.7	119	448	97	19	9	7	48	0	0	51.833	0.335	0.396

Pitching WAR Leaders

Rank	Player Name	Team	Age	Pitching WAR	Shark WAR	G	GS	IP	W	L	CG	SV	R	BB	SO	Pitch Runs Saved	ERA	WHIP	SOper9
1	Bob Lemon	CLE	27	8.3	9.0	43	37	293.67	20	14	20	2	104	129	147	86.31	2.82	1.23	4.51
2	Hal Newhouser	DET	27	8.0	7.6	39	35	272.33	21	12	19	1	109	99	143	79.53	3.01	1.28	4.73
3	Gene Bearden	CLE	27	7.6	7.6	37	29	229.67	20	7	15	1	72	106	80	78.52	2.43	1.28	3.13
4	Mel Parnell	BOS	26	6.6	5.6	35	27	212.00	15	8	16	0	87	90	77	59.54	3.14	1.39	3.27
5	Joe Dobson	BOS	31	6.1	5.8	38	32	245.33	16	10	16	2	115	92	116	55.36	3.56	1.34	4.26
6	Ray Scarborough	WS1	30	5.9	5.6	31	26	185.33	15	8	9	1	71	72	76	53.82	2.82	1.28	3.69
7	Bob Feller	CLE	29	5.1	3.7	44	38	280.33	19	15	18	3	123	116	164	53.08	3.56	1.32	5.27
8	Virgil Trucks	DET	31	4.4	3.5	43	26	211.67	14	13	7	2	97	85	123	43.56	3.78	1.30	5.23
9	Dick Fowler	PHA	27	4.3	3.6	29	26	204.67	15	8	16	2	93	76	50	38.89	3.78	1.45	2.20
10	Ned Garver	SLA	22	4.2	4.4	38	24	198.00	7	11	7	5	92	95	75	42.00	3.41	1.49	3.41
11	Dizzy Trout	DET	33	4.1	3.8	32	23	183.67	10	14	11	2	87	73	91	40.43	3.43	1.45	4.46
12	Eddie Lopat	NYA	30	4.0	3.4	33	31	226.67	17	11	13	0	106	66	83	39.67	3.65	1.38	3.30
13	Ellis Kinder	BOS	33	4.0	3.1	28	22	178.00	10	7	10	0	84	63	53	36.04	3.74	1.38	2.68
14	Carl Scheib	PHA	21	3.9	4.5	32	24	198.67	14	8	15	0	90	76	44	35.65	3.94	1.48	1.99
15	Vic Raschi	NYA	29	3.9	3.7	36	31	222.67	19	8	18	1	103	74	124	38.44	3.84	1.27	5.01
16	Sam Zoldak	2 teams	29	3.7	3.3	34	21	159.67	11	10	4	0	67	43	30	38.35	3.44	1.32	1.69
17	Joe Coleman	PHA	25	3.7	2.8	33	29	215.67	14	13	13	0	105	90	86	33.14	4.09	1.46	3.59
18	Allie Reynolds	NYA	31	3.6	3.2	39	31	236.33	16	7	11	3	108	111	101	36.05	3.77	1.49	3.85
19	Jack Kramer	BOS	30	3.5	3.0	29	29	205.00	18	5	14	0	104	64	72	31.49	4.35	1.45	3.16
20	Cliff Fannin	SLA	24	3.4	3.0	34	29	213.67	10	14	10	1	106	104	102	33.47	4.17	1.41	4.30
21	Spec Shea	NYA	27	3.1	2.9	28	22	155.67	9	10	8	1	66	87	71	30.78	3.41	1.31	4.10
22	Lou Brissie	PHA	24	3.1	2.7	39	25	194.00	14	10	11	5	100	95	127	27.64	4.13	1.53	5.89
23	Walt Masterson	WS1	28	3.0	2.7	33	27	188.00	8	15	9	2	88	122	72	27.08	3.83	1.56	3.45
24	Denny Galehouse	BOS	36	2.9	2.6	27	15	137.33	8	8	6	3	68	46	38	25.92	4.00	1.44	2.49
25	Fred Hutchinson	DET	28	2.8	2.7	33	28	221.00	13	11	15	0	119	48	92	27.86	4.32	1.23	3.75
26	Steve Gromek	CLE	28	2.5	2.1	38	9	130.00	9	3	4	2	52	51	50	26.03	2.84	1.23	3.46
27	Fred Sanford	SLA	28	2.4	1.7	42	33	227.00	12	21	9	2	123	91	79	24.23	4.64	1.50	3.13
28	Randy Gumpert	2 teams	30	2.4	2.0	31	11	122.33	3	6	6	0	53	19	43	23.61	3.60	1.22	3.16
29	Tommy Byrne	NYA	28	2.2	2.6	31	11	133.67	8	5	5	2	55	101	93	22.13	3.30	1.35	6.26
30	Satchel Paige	CLE	41	2.0	1.6	21	7	72.67	6	1	3	1	21	22	43	20.82	2.48	1.14	5.33
31	Ed Klieman	CLE	30	1.8	1.7	44	0	79.67	3	2	0	4	26	46	18	18.87	2.60	1.36	2.03
32	Joe Haynes	CHA	30	1.6	1.2	27	22	149.67	9	10	6	0	79	52	40	16.14	3.97	1.46	2.41
33	Russ Christopher	CLE	30	1.5	1.4	45	0	59.00	3	2	0	17	21	27	14	15.15	2.90	1.39	2.14
34	Forrest Thompson	WS1	30	1.4	1.5	46	7	131.33	6	10	0	4	71	54	40	12.71	3.84	1.43	2.74
35	Mickey Haefner	WS1	35	1.3	0.9	28	20	147.67	5	13	4	0	86	61	45	11.75	4.02	1.44	2.74
36	Earl Johnson	BOS	29	1.1	0.5	35	3	91.33	10	4	1	5	49	42	45	9.52	4.53	1.53	4.43
37	Bubba Harris	PHA	22	0.9	0.7	45	0	93.67	5	2	0	5	51	35	32	8.57	4.13	1.32	3.07
38	Phil Marchildon	PHA	34	0.9	-0.2	33	30	226.33	9	15	12	0	133	131	66	8.02	4.53	1.52	2.62
39	Red Embree	NYA	30	0.9	0.6	20	8	76.67	5	3	4	0	37	30	25	8.75	3.76	1.40	2.93
40	Tom Ferrick	WS1	33	0.8	0.6	37	0	73.67	2	5	0	10	37	38	34	7.64	4.15	1.53	4.15
41	Al Widmar	SLA	23	0.8	0.8	49	0	82.67	2	6	0	1	42	48	34	7.86	4.46	1.65	3.70
42	Ted Gray	DET	23	0.7	0.6	26	11	85.33	6	2	3	0	43	72	60	7.06	4.22	1.70	6.33
43	Art Houtteman	DET	20	0.7	0.1	43	20	164.33	2	16	4	10	101	52	74	7.01	4.66	1.45	4.05
44	Joe Page	NYA	30	0.7	0.9	55	1	107.67	7	8	0	16	59	66	77	6.81	4.26	1.69	6.44
45	Frank Hiller	NYA	27	0.7	0.8	22	5	62.33	5	2	1	0	29	30	25	6.51	4.04	1.43	3.61
46	Bob Muncrief	CLE	32	0.5	0.3	21	9	72.33	5	4	1	0	37	31	24	5.51	3.98	1.48	2.99
47	Al Gettel	2 teams	30	0.5	0.2	27	21	155.67	8	11	7	1	91	70	53	4.40	4.68	1.54	3.06
48	Bob Porterfield	NYA	24	0.4	0.4	16	12	78.00	5	3	2	0	42	34	30	4.14	4.50	1.53	3.46
49	Nels Potter	2 teams	36	0.4	0.4	10	2	28.33	3	3	0	1	15	9	17	3.32	4.45	1.31	5.40
50	Cot Deal	BOS	25	0.3	0.3	4	0	4.00	1	0	0	0	0	3	2	2.50	0.00	1.50	4.50

Fielding WAR Leaders

		Player Name	Team	Age	Fielding WAR	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Def Runs Saved
POS	Rank
C	1	Jim Hegan	CLE	27	3.1	142.0	1093.6	637.0	76.0	7.0	17.0	28.103
	2	Bob Swift	DET	33	1.6	112.0	775.0	476.0	55.0	5.0	13.0	15.439
	3	Jake Early	WS1	33	1.1	92.0	643.7	268.0	51.0	3.0	7.0	12.486
	4	Aaron Robinson	CHA	33	0.7	92.0	750.3	303.0	50.0	4.0	4.0	6.519
	5	Les Moss	SLA	23	0.6	103.0	790.2	357.0	52.0	5.0	8.0	6.396
	6	Herman Franks	PHA	34	0.5	27.0	222.6	113.0	17.0	3.0	2.0	5.756
	7	Buddy Rosar	PHA	33	0.4	90.0	742.0	335.0	39.0	1.0	10.0	4.899
	8	Al Evans	WS1	31	0.4	85.0	594.7	245.0	38.0	5.0	6.0	4.470
1B	1	Mickey Vernon	WS1	30	1.6	150.0	1305.1	1297.0	113.0	15.0	128.0	17.581
	2	Ferris Fain	PHA	27	0.9	145.0	1232.7	1284.0	120.0	16.0	148.0	9.657
	3	George McQuinn	NYA	38	0.8	90.0	727.3	693.0	48.0	5.0	79.0	8.357
	4	Eddie Robinson	CLE	27	0.6	131.0	1079.7	1213.0	79.0	7.0	123.0	5.211
	5	Johnny Berardino	CLE	31	0.3	18.0	148.4	144.0	14.0	0.0	19.0	2.281
	6	Junior Wooten	WS1	24	0.2	6.0	52.2	52.0	8.0	0.0	4.0	2.296
	7	Tommy Henrich	NYA	35	0.2	46.0	371.7	352.0	21.0	6.0	41.0	1.675
	8	Bud Souchock	NYA	29	0.1	32.0	258.6	231.0	13.0	3.0	25.0	0.902
2B	1	Jerry Priddy	SLA	28	2.5	146.0	1200.6	407.0	471.0	29.0	132.0	27.439
	2	Bobby Doerr	BOS	30	1.3	138.0	1212.4	366.0	430.0	6.0	119.0	14.707
	3	Pete Suder	PHA	32	1.1	148.0	1258.2	342.0	461.0	10.0	114.0	12.562
	4	Don Kolloway	CHA	29	0.9	83.0	711.4	241.0	276.0	18.0	62.0	8.632
	5	Cass Michaels	CHA	22	0.6	55.0	471.4	148.0	171.0	8.0	50.0	5.897
	6	Lou Stringer	BOS	31	0.2	2.0	17.6	5.0	13.0	1.0	5.0	2.545
	7	Floyd Baker	CHA	31	0.2	18.0	154.3	51.0	55.0	3.0	17.0	1.966
	8	Neil Berry	DET	26	0.0	26.0	223.8	71.0	79.0	3.0	15.0	0.457
3B	1	Floyd Baker	CHA	31	1.9	71.0	593.4	78.0	171.0	10.0	17.0	18.770
	2	Johnny Pesky	BOS	29	1.4	141.0	1230.9	121.0	303.0	22.0	35.0	15.487
	3	Ken Keltner	CLE	31	1.4	153.0	1322.9	123.0	312.0	14.0	27.0	12.612
	4	Luke Appling	CHA	41	1.3	72.0	601.8	84.0	163.0	15.0	13.0	13.382
	5	Hank Majeski	PHA	31	0.9	142.0	1214.7	163.0	268.0	11.0	19.0	9.774
	6	Billy Hitchcock	BOS	31	0.4	15.0	130.9	23.0	35.0	0.0	3.0	4.280
	7	Billy Johnson	NYA	29	0.3	118.0	1013.5	147.0	213.0	20.0	25.0	3.680
	8	Eddie Mayo	DET	38	0.1	10.0	82.5	9.0	19.0	0.0	1.0	1.125
SS	1	Lou Boudreau	CLE	30	2.3	151.0	1259.2	297.0	483.0	20.0	119.0	20.936
	2	Eddie Pellagrini	SLA	30	1.9	98.0	731.4	194.0	292.0	18.0	85.0	20.695
	3	Vern Stephens	BOS	27	1.6	155.0	1379.3	269.0	540.0	24.0	113.0	17.201
	4	Eddie Joost	PHA	32	1.4	135.0	1154.8	325.0	409.0	20.0	115.0	15.072
	5	Cass Michaels	CHA	22	0.8	85.0	733.2	164.0	285.0	20.0	65.0	8.424
	6	Luke Appling	CHA	41	0.4	64.0	552.1	133.0	210.0	20.0	50.0	4.233
	7	Sam Dente	SLA	26	0.3	76.0	567.2	138.0	207.0	15.0	46.0	3.561
	8	Jack Wallaesa	CHA	28	0.1	5.0	43.1	11.0	17.0	0.0	5.0	1.331
LF	1	Gil Coan	WS1	26	1.0	131.0	1061.6	341.0	11.0	11.0	3.0	10.636
	2	Dale Mitchell	CLE	26	0.4	139.0	1202.6	304.8	11.9	3.0	3.0	3.983
	3	Ted Williams	BOS	29	0.2	134.0	1146.5	289.0	9.0	5.0	2.0	2.243
	4	Ralph Hodgin	CHA	33	0.2	38.0	323.7	88.6	4.3	2.9	0.0	1.556
	5	Pat Seerey	CHA	25	0.1	81.1	690.4	172.7	7.9	3.5	4.4	1.469
	6	Johnny Lindell	NYA	31	0.1	70.1	586.2	146.4	6.2	0.9	0.9	1.105
	7	Al Zarilla	SLA	29	0.1	27.2	226.7	64.4	1.0	2.6	0.0	1.045
	8	Dave Philley	CHA	28	0.1	6.0	50.7	17.7	1.0	0.4	0.3	0.908
CF	1	Dom DiMaggio	BOS	31	1.1	155.0	1379.3	503.0	13.0	10.0	4.0	12.529
	2	Dave Philley	CHA	28	0.7	122.0	1053.7	363.3	21.0	8.6	5.7	7.392
	3	Sam Chapman	PHA	32	0.6	118.0	1048.6	368.0	8.0	7.0	2.0	6.598
	4	Joe DiMaggio	NYA	33	0.4	152.0	1282.1	441.0	8.0	13.0	1.0	4.250
	5	Thurman Tucker	CLE	30	0.2	66.0	548.4	172.0	5.0	0.0	2.0	2.032
	6	Hoot Evers	DET	27	0.2	138.0	1219.8	392.0	8.0	11.0	0.0	1.743
	7	Carden Gillenwater	WS1	31	0.1	65.0	533.8	180.4	3.9	4.9	0.0	1.452
	8	Clyde Vollmer	WS1	26	0.0	1.0	8.2	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.078
RF	1	Larry Doby	CLE	24	0.6	46.4	313.5	116.7	4.9	5.7	1.2	5.691
	2	Elmer Valo	PHA	27	0.3	109.0	852.4	231.0	4.0	4.0	1.0	3.859
	3	Bud Stewart	WS1	32	0.3	69.3	546.6	161.2	3.0	4.3	0.6	3.693
	4	Al Zarilla	SLA	29	0.2	55.3	450.2	131.0	2.0	5.3	0.0	2.717
	5	Stan Spence	BOS	33	0.2	67.8	567.4	151.8	2.9	3.7	0.7	2.210
	6	Hank Edwards	CLE	29	0.2	41.0	277.2	76.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.710
	7	Junior Wooten	WS1	24	0.2	20.9	164.4	51.7	2.6	1.1	0.6	1.796
	8	Wally Moses	BOS	37	0.1	45.0	376.7	101.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	1.658