1948 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

Standings Totals Player Register Batting Leaders Pitching Leaders Award Winners Debuts Deaths Calendar

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A high-level summary of the 1948 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

Season Information

Season

1948

World Series Champions

Cleveland Indians

Runner Up

Boston Braves

Most Valuable Players

AL: Lou Boudreau NL: Stan Musial

Cy Young Winners

AL: NL:

Rookies of the Year

AL: NL:

Managers of the Year

AL: NL:

#1 Draft Pick

All-Star Game

St. Louis,Missouri

Teams

Players

542

Attendance

20,920,842

Payroll

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1948 Major League Baseball Standings

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Grid Filters		Playoff Team
American League -
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	Cleveland Indians	T - S - R	155	97	58	.626	--	840	567	273	Won World Series (Braves)	2,620,627	1	---	Lou Boudreau	Cleveland Municipal Stadium
2	2	2	Boston Red Sox	T - S - R	155	96	59	.619	1.0	907	720	187	dnq	1,558,798	4	---	Joe McCarthy	Fenway Park
3	3	3	New York Yankees	T - S - R	154	94	60	.610	2.5	857	633	224	dnq	2,373,901	2	---	Bucky Harris	Yankee Stadium I
4	4	7	Philadelphia Athletics	T - S - R	154	84	70	.545	12.5	729	735	-6	dnq	945,076	11	---	Connie Mack	Shibe Park
5	5	10	Detroit Tigers	T - S - R	154	78	76	.506	18.5	700	725	-25	dnq	1,743,035	3	---	Steve O'Neill	Briggs Stadium
6	6	14	St. Louis Browns	T - S - R	153	59	94	.386	37.0	671	849	-178	dnq	335,564	16	---	Zack Taylor	Sportsman's Park
7	7	15	Washington Senators I	T - S - R	153	56	97	.366	40.0	578	795	-217	dnq	795,254	13	---	Joe Kuhel	Griffith Stadium
8	8	16	Chicago White Sox	T - S - R	152	51	101	.336	44.5	558	814	-256	dnq	777,844	14	---	Ted Lyons	Comiskey Park
National League -
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	4	Boston Braves	T - S - R	153	91	62	.595	--	739	582	157	Lost World Series (Indians)	1,455,439	7	---	Billy Southworth	Braves Field
2	2	5	St. Louis Cardinals	T - S - R	154	85	69	.552	6.5	742	646	96	dnq	1,111,440	10	---	Eddie Dyer	Sportsman's Park
3	3	6	Brooklyn Dodgers	T - S - R	154	84	70	.545	7.5	744	667	77	dnq	1,398,967	8	---	Leo Durocher, Burt Shotton, Ray Blades	Ebbets Field
4	4	8	Pittsburgh Pirates	T - S - R	154	83	71	.539	8.5	706	701	5	dnq	1,517,021	5	Roy Hamey	Billy Meyer	Forbes Field
5	5	9	New York Giants	T - S - R	154	78	76	.506	13.5	780	700	80	dnq	1,459,269	6	---	Leo Durocher, Mel Ott	Polo Grounds
6	6	11	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R	154	66	88	.429	25.5	591	727	-136	dnq	767,429	15	---	Ben Chapman, Eddie Sawyer, Dusty Cooke	Shibe Park
7	7	12	Cincinnati Reds	T - S - R	153	64	89	.418	27.0	588	750	-162	dnq	823,386	12	---	Johnny Neun, Bucky Walters	Crosley Field
8	8	13	Chicago Cubs	T - S - R	154	64	90	.416	27.5	597	701	-104	dnq	1,237,792	9	---	Charlie Grimm	Wrigley Field
16 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

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