1948 National League Stats

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1948 National League Standings

1948 American League <<1947 National League 1949 National League>>
RankTeamW-LGames BehindRuns ScoredRuns AllowedExpected W-LShark WAR W-LAttendanceShark WARBatting WARFielding WARPitching WAR
1Boston Braves91-62 (0.595)-73958493-61 (0.606)101-53 (0.656)1,455,43955.928.93.323.7
2St. Louis Cardinals85-69 (0.552)6.574264687-67 (0.563)83-71 (0.539)1,111,44037.817.22.518.2
3Brooklyn Dodgers84-70 (0.545)7.574466785-69 (0.550)82-72 (0.532)1,398,96736.618.3-0.618.9
4Pittsburgh Pirates83-71 (0.539)8.570669978-76 (0.505)81-73 (0.526)1,517,02136.213.46.316.5
5New York Giants78-76 (0.506)13.578070484-70 (0.547)78-76 (0.506)1,459,26933.220.11.411.7
6Philadelphia Phillies66-88 (0.429)25.559172962-92 (0.405)63-91 (0.409)767,42918.311.7-1.37.9
7Cincinnati Reds64-89 (0.418)27.058875260-94 (0.389)57-97 (0.370)823,38611.47.0-0.65.0
8Chicago Cubs64-90 (0.416)27.559770665-89 (0.424)71-83 (0.461)1,237,79225.410.82.611.9

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 Stan Musial SLN RF 27 10.8 11.8 155 694 230 46 18 39 79 7 0 171.811 0.450 0.702
2 Johnny Mize NY1 1B 35 6.5 7.0 152 658 162 26 4 40 94 4 0 124.153 0.395 0.564
3 Bob Elliott BSN 3B 31 6.3 6.4 151 675 153 24 5 23 131 6 0 118.233 0.423 0.474
4 Sid Gordon NY1 3B 30 5.5 6.6 142 605 156 26 4 30 74 8 0 107.298 0.390 0.537
5 Ralph Kiner PIT LF 25 5.5 6.3 156 670 147 19 5 40 112 1 0 119.666 0.391 0.533
6 Enos Slaughter SLN LF 32 4.9 5.3 146 637 176 27 11 11 81 4 0 106.080 0.409 0.470
7 Andy Pafko CHN 3B 27 4.8 6.2 142 606 171 30 2 26 50 3 0 101.359 0.375 0.516
8 Jeff Heath BSN LF 33 4.7 5.3 115 419 116 26 5 20 51 2 0 81.906 0.404 0.582
9 Del Ennis PHI RF 23 4.6 4.3 152 641 171 40 4 30 47 2 0 100.815 0.345 0.525
10 Richie Ashburn PHI CF 21 4.1 5.3 117 530 154 17 4 2 60 32 0 78.488 0.410 0.400
11 Jackie Robinson BRO 2B 29 4.1 5.8 147 646 170 38 8 12 57 22 0 93.409 0.367 0.453
12 Tommy Holmes BSN RF 31 3.9 4.3 139 639 190 35 7 6 46 1 0 91.801 0.375 0.439
13 Gene Hermanski BRO RF 28 3.9 4.2 133 470 116 22 7 15 64 15 0 77.857 0.391 0.492
14 Whitey Lockman NY1 CF 21 3.8 5.0 146 659 167 24 10 18 68 8 0 94.329 0.361 0.454
15 Hank Sauer CIN LF 31 3.6 3.3 145 598 138 22 1 35 60 2 0 89.544 0.340 0.504
16 Bill Nicholson CHN RF 33 3.4 3.2 143 581 129 24 5 19 81 2 0 85.312 0.371 0.445
17 Earl Torgeson BSN 1B 24 3.2 4.7 134 531 111 23 5 10 81 19 0 70.391 0.372 0.397
18 Pee Wee Reese BRO SS 29 3.1 4.5 151 654 155 31 4 9 79 25 0 82.702 0.363 0.391
19 Al Dark BSN SS 26 3.0 3.3 137 579 175 39 6 3 24 4 0 76.193 0.353 0.433
20 Eddie Stanky BSN 2B 32 2.9 4.3 67 312 79 14 2 2 61 3 0 53.724 0.455 0.417
21 Ron Northey SLN RF 28 2.8 2.3 96 288 79 10 1 13 38 0 0 54.612 0.420 0.528
22 Johnny Wyrostek CIN CF 28 2.8 3.0 136 567 140 24 9 17 52 7 0 78.051 0.344 0.455
23 Eddie Waitkus CHN 1B 28 2.7 2.5 139 614 166 27 10 7 43 11 0 77.381 0.348 0.416
24 Danny Litwhiler 2 teams LF 31 2.5 3.3 119 431 102 21 2 14 52 1 0 62.919 0.362 0.456
25 Willard Marshall NY1 RF 27 2.5 2.3 143 604 146 21 8 14 64 2 0 78.588 0.350 0.419
26 Wally Westlake PIT CF 27 2.4 2.6 132 479 122 10 6 17 46 2 0 69.238 0.360 0.456
27 Stan Rojek PIT SS 29 2.2 3.2 156 713 186 27 5 4 61 24 0 82.641 0.355 0.367
28 Dixie Walker PIT RF 37 2.1 1.8 129 465 129 19 3 2 52 1 0 64.750 0.394 0.392
29 Carl Furillo BRO CF 26 2.0 2.9 108 414 108 20 4 4 43 6 0 55.921 0.374 0.407
30 Dick Sisler PHI 1B 27 2.0 1.7 121 502 122 21 3 11 47 1 0 61.716 0.344 0.408
31 Mike McCormick BSN LF 31 2.0 1.6 115 383 104 22 7 1 32 1 0 50.102 0.363 0.417
32 Jim Russell BSN CF 29 1.9 2.9 89 374 85 18 1 9 46 4 0 49.563 0.361 0.410
33 Danny Murtaugh PIT 2B 30 1.6 3.3 146 579 149 21 5 1 60 10 0 68.452 0.365 0.356
34 Walker Cooper NY1 C 33 1.6 1.3 91 322 77 12 0 16 28 1 0 44.247 0.332 0.472
35 Bill Salkeld BSN C 31 1.5 2.5 78 250 48 8 1 8 42 1 0 34.373 0.378 0.414
36 Frank Baumholtz CIN RF 29 1.5 1.7 128 449 123 19 5 4 27 8 0 53.399 0.344 0.395
37 Bill Rigney NY1 2B 30 1.5 1.2 113 478 112 17 3 10 47 4 0 56.462 0.342 0.389
38 Marv Rackley BRO LF 26 1.5 1.3 88 303 92 13 5 0 19 8 0 40.207 0.370 0.409
39 Bobby Adams CIN 2B 26 1.4 1.3 87 295 78 20 3 1 25 6 0 37.757 0.361 0.408
40 Bruce Edwards BRO C 24 1.4 0.8 96 318 79 17 2 8 26 4 0 40.993 0.341 0.434
41 Bob Scheffing CHN C 34 1.4 1.7 102 317 88 18 2 5 22 0 0 41.803 0.351 0.427
42 Roy Campanella BRO C 26 1.3 3.0 83 321 72 11 3 9 36 3 0 40.419 0.345 0.416
43 Phil Cavarretta CHN 1B 31 1.3 1.0 111 373 93 16 5 3 35 4 0 44.154 0.349 0.383
44 Bert Haas PHI 3B 34 1.2 0.7 95 370 94 9 2 4 36 8 0 42.556 0.354 0.357
45 Johnny Blatnik PHI LF 27 1.2 1.0 121 453 108 27 8 6 31 3 0 49.889 0.315 0.407
46 Don Lang SLN 3B 33 1.2 2.5 117 379 87 14 1 4 47 2 0 44.491 0.364 0.356
47 Ted Kluszewski CIN 1B 23 1.2 1.0 113 397 104 23 4 12 18 1 0 48.036 0.307 0.451
48 Andy Seminick PHI C 27 1.2 3.0 125 457 88 11 3 13 58 4 0 49.181 0.328 0.368
49 Harry Walker PHI CF 29 1.2 1.2 112 368 97 11 2 2 33 4 0 42.318 0.358 0.355
50 Clint Conatser BSN CF 26 1.2 0.7 90 259 62 9 3 3 32 0 0 33.247 0.370 0.384

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 Johnny Sain BSN 30 9.9 9.5 42 39 314.67 24 15 28 1 105 83 137 93.18 2.60 1.21 3.92
2 Harry Brecheen SLN 33 9.5 8.8 33 30 233.33 20 7 21 1 62 49 149 90.15 2.24 1.04 5.75
3 Johnny Schmitz CHN 27 7.9 7.0 34 30 242.00 18 13 18 1 92 97 100 65.27 2.64 1.17 3.72
4 Dutch Leonard PHI 39 7.0 6.1 34 30 225.67 12 17 16 0 85 54 92 62.53 2.51 1.24 3.67
5 Preacher Roe BRO 32 6.1 5.5 34 22 177.67 12 8 8 2 60 33 86 54.37 2.63 1.06 4.36
6 Rex Barney BRO 23 5.8 4.9 44 34 246.67 15 13 12 0 101 122 138 51.58 3.10 1.28 5.04
7 Johnny Vander Meer CIN 33 4.8 4.2 33 33 232.00 17 14 14 0 97 124 120 42.99 3.41 1.41 4.66
8 Larry Jansen NY1 27 4.8 3.8 42 36 277.00 18 12 15 2 125 54 126 46.24 3.61 1.22 4.09
9 Ralph Branca BRO 22 4.3 3.9 36 28 215.67 14 9 11 1 93 80 122 38.90 3.51 1.25 5.09
10 Elmer Riddle PIT 33 4.3 4.0 28 27 191.00 12 10 12 1 83 81 63 34.97 3.49 1.39 2.97
11 Bob Chesnes PIT 27 3.8 3.8 25 23 194.33 14 6 15 0 92 90 69 30.82 3.57 1.39 3.20
12 Ted Wilks SLN 32 3.7 3.5 57 2 130.67 6 6 1 13 40 39 71 35.06 2.62 1.16 4.89
13 Joe Hatten BRO 31 3.4 3.2 42 30 208.67 13 10 11 0 93 94 73 30.68 3.58 1.54 3.15
14 Warren Spahn BSN 27 3.4 2.9 36 35 257.00 15 12 16 1 115 77 114 32.02 3.71 1.22 3.99
15 Rip Sewell PIT 41 3.1 2.9 21 17 121.67 13 3 7 0 51 37 36 25.20 3.48 1.34 2.66
16 Murry Dickson SLN 31 3.0 2.8 42 29 252.33 12 16 11 1 121 85 113 28.39 4.14 1.36 4.03
17 Bill Voiselle BSN 29 3.0 2.1 37 30 215.67 13 13 9 2 93 90 89 28.11 3.63 1.47 3.71
18 Robin Roberts PHI 21 2.9 3.1 20 20 146.67 7 9 9 0 63 61 84 26.30 3.19 1.43 5.15
19 Sheldon Jones NY1 26 2.8 2.6 55 21 201.33 16 8 8 5 89 90 82 27.41 3.35 1.46 3.67
20 Kirby Higbe PIT 33 2.7 2.4 56 8 158.00 8 7 3 10 75 83 86 22.33 3.36 1.41 4.90
21 Vic Lombardi PIT 25 2.7 2.5 38 17 163.00 10 9 9 4 72 67 54 22.23 3.70 1.37 2.98
22 Russ Meyer CHN 24 2.7 2.0 29 26 164.67 10 10 8 0 75 77 89 21.95 3.66 1.42 4.86
23 Ken Raffensberger CIN 30 2.6 1.8 40 24 180.33 11 12 7 0 88 37 57 23.57 3.84 1.24 2.84
24 Vern Bickford BSN 27 2.6 2.4 33 22 146.00 11 5 10 1 59 63 60 24.42 3.27 1.29 3.70
25 Nels Potter BSN 36 2.3 2.5 18 7 85.00 5 2 3 2 27 8 47 21.46 2.33 1.00 4.98
26 Dave Koslo NY1 28 1.9 1.4 35 18 149.00 8 10 5 3 69 62 58 18.64 3.87 1.54 3.50
27 Al Brazle SLN 34 1.9 1.2 42 23 156.33 10 6 6 1 77 50 55 17.68 3.80 1.41 3.17
28 Jess Dobernic CHN 30 1.8 1.7 54 0 85.67 7 2 0 1 33 40 48 14.76 3.15 1.25 5.04
29 Andy Hansen NY1 23 1.8 1.6 36 9 100.00 5 3 3 1 40 36 27 17.06 2.97 1.32 2.43
30 Tiny Bonham PIT 34 1.7 1.1 22 20 135.67 6 10 7 0 71 23 42 13.56 4.31 1.24 2.79
31 Harry Gumbert CIN 38 1.7 1.3 61 0 106.33 10 8 0 17 50 34 25 14.85 3.47 1.48 2.12
32 Paul Minner BRO 24 1.6 1.5 28 2 62.67 4 3 0 1 23 26 23 14.06 2.44 1.39 3.30
33 Red Barrett BSN 33 1.5 1.2 34 13 128.33 7 8 3 0 56 26 40 14.30 3.65 1.23 2.81
34 Bobby Hogue BSN 27 1.5 1.3 40 1 86.33 8 2 0 2 34 19 43 14.19 3.23 1.24 4.48
35 Schoolboy Rowe PHI 38 1.4 1.2 30 20 148.00 10 10 8 2 74 31 46 12.66 4.07 1.34 2.80
36 Blix Donnelly PHI 34 1.4 1.3 26 19 131.67 5 7 8 2 65 49 46 12.25 3.69 1.32 3.14
37 Carl Erskine BRO 21 1.3 1.0 17 9 64.00 6 3 3 0 28 35 29 11.72 3.23 1.34 4.08
38 Bob Rush CHN 22 1.2 0.8 36 16 133.33 5 11 4 0 70 37 72 10.26 3.92 1.43 4.86
39 Ken Trinkle NY1 28 1.2 1.2 53 0 70.67 4 5 0 7 28 41 20 11.68 3.18 1.51 2.55
40 Fritz Ostermueller PIT 40 1.2 0.8 23 22 134.33 8 11 10 0 73 41 43 9.68 4.42 1.37 2.88
41 Ewell Blackwell CIN 25 1.1 0.9 22 20 138.67 7 9 4 1 73 52 114 9.80 4.54 1.34 7.40
42 Doyle Lade CHN 27 0.9 0.6 19 12 87.33 5 6 6 0 44 31 29 7.42 4.02 1.49 2.99
43 Ken Heintzelman PHI 32 0.9 0.5 27 16 130.00 6 11 5 2 66 45 57 7.79 4.29 1.25 3.95
44 Erv Palica BRO 20 0.8 0.5 41 10 125.33 6 6 3 3 63 58 74 7.09 4.45 1.35 5.31
45 Howie Pollet SLN 27 0.8 -0.0 36 26 186.33 13 8 11 0 102 67 80 7.20 4.54 1.52 3.86
46 Jim Hearn SLN 27 0.7 0.5 34 13 89.67 8 6 3 1 44 35 27 6.25 4.22 1.42 2.71
47 Ernie White BSN 31 0.6 0.6 15 0 23.00 0 2 0 2 7 17 8 5.95 1.96 1.30 3.13
48 Monty Kennedy NY1 26 0.6 0.3 25 16 114.33 3 9 7 0 64 57 63 5.98 4.01 1.53 4.96
49 Buddy Lively CIN 23 0.6 0.5 10 0 22.67 0 0 0 0 7 11 12 5.21 2.38 1.06 4.76
50 Red Webb NY1 23 0.6 0.5 5 3 28.00 2 1 2 0 12 10 9 5.59 3.21 1.32 2.89

Fielding WAR Leaders

Player Name Team Age Fielding WAR G Inn PO A E DP Def Runs Saved
POS Rank
C 1 Andy Seminick PHI 27 1.9 124.0 993.7 541.0 74.0 22.0 8.0 16.623
2 Clyde Kluttz PIT 30 1.8 91.0 630.4 298.0 54.0 8.0 8.0 17.699
3 Roy Campanella BRO 26 1.7 78.0 642.8 413.0 45.0 9.0 12.0 17.098
4 Del Rice SLN 25 1.7 99.0 732.1 447.0 46.0 2.0 5.0 13.692
5 Bill Salkeld BSN 31 1.0 59.0 482.2 254.0 32.0 3.0 5.0 7.760
6 Ray Lamanno CIN 28 0.5 125.0 922.6 537.0 49.0 13.0 11.0 4.692
7 Joe Garagiola SLN 22 0.5 23.0 170.1 83.0 14.0 1.0 1.0 3.718
8 Sal Yvars NY1 24 0.4 15.0 103.5 50.0 8.0 0.0 2.0 3.391
1B 1 Earl Torgeson BSN 24 1.5 129.0 1001.3 1069.0 81.0 8.0 85.0 12.415
2 Ed Stevens PIT 23 0.8 117.0 922.3 1021.0 83.0 4.0 94.0 7.542
3 Frank McCormick BSN 37 0.6 50.0 388.1 343.0 33.0 5.0 30.0 4.838
4 Johnny Mize NY1 35 0.5 152.0 1296.2 1359.0 111.0 13.0 114.0 4.368
5 Johnny Hopp PIT 31 0.2 25.0 197.1 211.0 18.0 1.0 21.0 1.669
6 Max West PIT 31 0.1 32.0 252.3 198.0 20.0 2.0 14.0 0.697
7 Stan Musial SLN 27 -0.0 2.0 16.6 7.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 -0.069
8 Hank Sauer CIN 31 -0.0 12.0 96.5 89.0 8.0 1.0 4.0 -0.115
2B 1 Jackie Robinson BRO 29 2.0 116.0 902.5 308.0 315.0 13.0 80.0 19.777
2 Danny Murtaugh PIT 30 1.7 146.0 1185.0 375.0 412.0 17.0 95.0 17.239
3 Eddie Stanky BSN 32 1.4 66.0 545.8 168.0 202.0 7.0 45.0 11.577
4 Red Schoendienst SLN 25 1.2 96.0 768.0 230.0 269.0 10.0 57.0 9.723
5 Emil Verban 2 teams 32 0.6 110.0 869.8 238.0 290.0 17.0 72.0 5.911
6 Granny Hamner PHI 21 0.4 87.0 673.4 210.0 224.0 15.0 46.0 3.574
7 Benny Zientara CIN 30 0.3 60.0 450.3 143.0 140.0 3.0 32.0 2.729
8 Jack Conway NY1 29 0.2 13.0 102.6 30.0 35.0 1.0 9.0 1.524
3B 1 Frankie Gustine PIT 28 1.7 118.0 957.7 119.0 256.0 21.0 21.0 16.992
2 Andy Pafko CHN 27 1.4 139.0 1215.4 125.0 314.0 29.0 29.0 13.729
3 Don Lang SLN 33 1.4 95.0 734.2 81.0 188.0 10.0 13.0 11.114
4 Sid Gordon NY1 30 1.2 115.0 902.3 126.0 220.0 19.0 19.0 9.444
5 Grady Hatton CIN 25 0.9 123.0 1007.5 141.0 243.0 28.0 21.0 7.804
6 Putsy Caballero PHI 20 0.8 79.0 625.7 105.0 147.0 10.0 14.0 7.420
7 Eddie Bockman PIT 27 0.4 51.0 413.9 50.0 100.0 6.0 9.0 3.999
8 Eddie Miksis BRO 21 0.3 22.0 158.7 16.0 42.0 2.0 4.0 3.243
SS 1 Buddy Kerr NY1 25 2.7 143.0 1154.9 269.0 456.0 25.0 72.0 21.820
2 Marty Marion SLN 31 2.6 142.0 1156.3 263.0 445.0 19.0 80.0 21.466
3 Roy Smalley CHN 22 1.7 124.0 857.5 189.0 351.0 34.0 70.0 16.674
4 Pee Wee Reese BRO 29 1.4 149.0 1288.9 335.0 453.0 31.0 93.0 13.793
5 Stan Rojek PIT 29 1.0 156.0 1304.8 262.0 475.0 29.0 91.0 9.630
6 Virgil Stallcup CIN 26 0.7 148.0 1219.7 264.0 433.0 32.0 84.0 6.628
7 Dick Culler CHN 33 0.4 43.0 297.3 65.0 114.0 6.0 18.0 3.732
8 Al Dark BSN 26 0.2 133.0 1133.6 253.0 393.0 25.0 66.0 2.020
LF 1 Ralph Kiner PIT 25 0.8 154.0 1296.5 382.0 6.0 10.0 1.0 8.006
2 Whitey Lockman NY1 21 0.7 52.6 428.5 141.8 2.2 1.8 0.0 5.463
3 Jeff Heath BSN 33 0.5 100.0 739.4 210.4 5.7 1.9 1.9 4.368
4 Bobby Thomson NY1 24 0.5 63.0 512.9 157.8 5.0 5.0 1.0 3.900
5 Richie Ashburn PHI 21 0.2 14.9 121.6 44.1 1.8 0.9 0.3 2.071
6 Peanuts Lowrey CHN 30 0.2 59.3 494.5 129.5 5.2 2.3 1.2 1.677
7 Danny Litwhiler 2 teams 31 0.2 22.8 186.9 53.5 1.5 0.4 0.2 1.258
8 Harry Walker PHI 29 0.1 21.7 177.7 53.1 1.6 1.1 0.3 1.240
CF 1 Jim Russell BSN 29 1.0 82.0 686.1 240.1 2.9 2.0 0.0 7.810
2 Richie Ashburn PHI 21 0.9 101.1 875.1 299.9 12.2 6.1 1.7 8.263
3 Carl Furillo BRO 26 0.7 92.4 726.8 243.6 11.6 4.4 1.8 7.068
4 Hal Jeffcoat CHN 23 0.6 119.0 985.1 307.0 12.0 8.0 3.0 5.966
5 Whitey Lockman NY1 21 0.5 91.4 782.2 246.2 3.8 3.2 0.0 4.466
6 Johnny Wyrostek CIN 28 0.3 130.0 1122.6 331.0 8.0 8.0 1.0 2.391
7 Ted Beard PIT 27 0.2 22.0 186.9 66.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.461
8 Stan Musial SLN 27 0.2 53.6 394.6 120.0 3.5 2.4 1.0 1.721
RF 1 Stan Musial SLN 27 0.7 66.8 494.8 149.5 4.3 3.0 1.3 6.106
2 Enos Slaughter SLN 32 0.4 40.0 296.4 90.4 2.5 2.7 0.3 3.484
3 Wally Westlake PIT 27 0.4 54.7 406.4 119.9 3.5 3.1 0.9 4.215
4 Frank Baumholtz CIN 29 0.4 86.4 672.6 169.7 8.6 2.4 1.6 3.516
5 Tommy Holmes BSN 31 0.4 137.0 1160.2 283.0 8.0 5.0 4.0 3.046
6 Danny Litwhiler CIN 31 0.3 67.2 522.9 133.6 2.4 1.6 0.8 2.721
7 Gene Hermanski BRO 28 0.3 113.0 869.7 213.7 12.3 6.6 0.9 2.618
8 Carl Furillo BRO 26 0.2 11.6 88.9 30.4 1.4 0.6 0.2 1.702