The 1948 New York Yankees season was the team's 46th season. The team finished with a record of 94–60, finishing 2.5 games behind the Cleveland Indians and 1.5 games behind the second-place Boston Red Sox. New York was managed by Bucky Harris. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium.
The fractional games-behind came about due to the frenzied pennant race, which saw the Yankees, Red Sox and Indians all battling it out to the end. The Yankees fell just a little short, and the Red Sox and Indians finished in a tie for first at 96–58. They held a one-game playoff, which counted as part of the regular season, so the Indians' victory raised their record to 97–58, and dropped the Red Sox to 96–59.
The Yankees did not renew Bucky Harris' contract after the season, opting instead to hire Casey Stengel starting in 1949. This move raised some eyebrows, but Stengel had just led the Oakland Oaks to the Pacific Coast League pennant in 1948, demonstrating that with good talent, he had a good chance to succeed. The Yankees were about to begin the most dominating stretch of their long dynasty.
On July 26, 1948, Babe Ruth attended the premiere of the film The Babe Ruth Story, a biopic about his life. William Bendix portrayed Ruth. Shortly thereafter, Ruth returned to the hospital for the final time. He was barely able to speak. Ruth's condition gradually became worse, and in his last days, scores of reporters and photographers hovered around the hospital. Only a few visitors were allowed to see him, one of whom was National League president and future Commissioner of Baseball, Ford Frick. "Ruth was so thin it was unbelievable. He had been such a big man and his arms were just skinny little bones, and his face was so haggard," Frick said years later.
At his death, the New York Times called Babe Ruth, "a figure unprecedented in American life. A born showman off the field and a marvelous performer on it, he had an amazing flair for doing the spectacular at the most dramatic moment."[1]
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Grand Forks, Twin Falls, Independence, Blackstone[5]
Notes
^"Babe Ruth, Baseball's Great Star and Idol of Children, Had a Career Both Dramatic and Bizarre". New York Times. August 17, 1948. Retrieved July 21, 2007. Probably nowhere in all the imaginative field of fiction could one find a career more dramatic and bizarre than that portrayed in real life by George Herman Ruth. Known the world over, even in foreign lands where baseball is never played, as the Babe, he was the boy who rose from the obscurity of a charitable institution in Baltimore to a position as the leading figure in professional baseball. He was also its greatest drawing-card, its highest salaried performer—at least of his day—and the idol of millions of youngsters throughout the land.
^Gus Triandos Trades and Transactions at Baseball Almanac
^Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
References
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The 1948 New York Yankees season was the team s 46th season The team finished with a record of 94 60 finishing 2 5 games behind the Cleveland Indians and 1 5 games behind the second place Boston Red Sox New York was managed by Bucky Harris The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium 1948 New York YankeesBabe Ruth s number is retiredMajor League affiliationsAmerican League since 1903 LocationYankee Stadium since 1923 New York City since 1903 Other informationOwner s Dan Topping and Del WebbGeneral manager s George WeissManager s Bucky HarrisLocal televisionWABD Mel Allen Russ Hodges Bill Slater Local radioWINS AM Mel Allen Russ Hodges lt Previous season Next season gt The fractional games behind came about due to the frenzied pennant race which saw the Yankees Red Sox and Indians all battling it out to the end The Yankees fell just a little short and the Red Sox and Indians finished in a tie for first at 96 58 They held a one game playoff which counted as part of the regular season so the Indians victory raised their record to 97 58 and dropped the Red Sox to 96 59 The Yankees did not renew Bucky Harris contract after the season opting instead to hire Casey Stengel starting in 1949 This move raised some eyebrows but Stengel had just led the Oakland Oaks to the Pacific Coast League pennant in 1948 demonstrating that with good talent he had a good chance to succeed The Yankees were about to begin the most dominating stretch of their long dynasty Contents 1 Babe Ruth s death 2 Offseason 3 Regular season 3 1 Season standings 3 2 Record vs opponents 3 3 Roster 4 Player stats 4 1 Batting 4 1 1 Starters by position 4 1 2 Other batters 4 2 Pitching 4 2 1 Starting pitchers 4 2 2 Other pitchers 4 2 3 Relief pitchers 5 Farm system 6 Notes 7 ReferencesBabe Ruth s death Edit Babe Ruth s number 3 was retired by the New York Yankees in 1948 The grave of Babe Ruth On July 26 1948 Babe Ruth attended the premiere of the film The Babe Ruth Story a biopic about his life William Bendix portrayed Ruth Shortly thereafter Ruth returned to the hospital for the final time He was barely able to speak Ruth s condition gradually became worse and in his last days scores of reporters and photographers hovered around the hospital Only a few visitors were allowed to see him one of whom was National League president and future Commissioner of Baseball Ford Frick Ruth was so thin it was unbelievable He had been such a big man and his arms were just skinny little bones and his face was so haggard Frick said years later On August 16 the day after Frick s visit Babe Ruth died at age 53 His body lay in repose in Yankee Stadium His funeral was two days later at St Patrick s Cathedral New York Ruth was then buried in the Cemetery of the Gate of Heaven in Hawthorne New York At his death the New York Times called Babe Ruth a figure unprecedented in American life A born showman off the field and a marvelous performer on it he had an amazing flair for doing the spectacular at the most dramatic moment 1 Offseason EditFebruary 24 1948 Bill Wight Fred Bradley and Aaron Robinson were traded by the Yankees to the Chicago White Sox for Eddie Lopat 2 Prior to 1948 season Al Cicotte and Gus Triandos were signed as an amateur free agents by the Yankees 3 4 Regular season EditSeason standings Edit vteAmerican League W L Pct GB Home RoadCleveland Indians 97 58 0 626 48 30 49 28Boston Red Sox 96 59 0 619 1 55 23 41 36New York Yankees 94 60 0 610 2 50 27 44 33Philadelphia Athletics 84 70 0 545 12 36 41 48 29Detroit Tigers 78 76 0 506 18 39 38 39 38St Louis Browns 59 94 0 386 37 34 42 25 52Washington Senators 56 97 0 366 40 29 48 27 49Chicago White Sox 51 101 0 336 44 27 48 24 53 Record vs opponents Edit 1948 American League RecordsvteSources 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSHBoston 14 8 11 12 15 7 14 8 12 10 15 7 15 7Chicago 8 14 6 16 8 14 6 16 6 16 8 13 1 9 12 1Cleveland 12 11 16 6 13 9 10 12 16 6 14 8 1 16 6Detroit 7 15 14 8 9 13 9 13 12 10 11 11 16 6New York 8 14 16 6 12 10 13 9 12 10 16 6 17 5Philadelphia 10 12 16 6 6 16 10 12 10 12 18 4 14 8St Louis 7 15 13 8 1 8 14 1 11 11 6 16 4 18 10 12Washington 7 15 12 9 1 6 16 6 16 5 17 8 14 12 10 Roster Edit 1948 New York YankeesRosterPitchers 28 Tommy Byrne 19 Karl Drews 35 Red Embree 18 Randy Gumpert 39 Frank Hiller 30 Eddie Lopat 21 Cuddles Marshall 11 Joe Page 18 Bob Porterfield 17 Vic Raschi 22 Allie Reynolds 20 Spec Shea 19 36 Dick Starr Catchers 8 Yogi Berra 32 Ralph Houk 29 Sherm Lollar 38 Gus Niarhos 40 46 Charlie SilveraInfielders 6 Bobby Brown 2 Frankie Crosetti 24 Billy Johnson 9 George McQuinn 34 36 Jack Phillips 10 Phil Rizzuto 41 Steve Souchock 1 Snuffy Stirnweiss Outfielders 25 Hank Bauer 5 Joe DiMaggio 15 Tommy Henrich 12 Charlie Keller 27 Johnny Lindell 3 13 Cliff MapesOther batters 42 Joe Collins 14 Lonny Frey 42 Bud Stewart Manager 37 Bucky HarrisCoaches 31 Red Corriden 2 Frankie Crosetti 7 Chuck Dressen 33 Johnny SchultePlayer stats Edit Indicates team leaderBatting Edit Starters by position Edit Note Pos Position G Games played AB At bats H Hits Avg Batting average HR Home runs RBI Runs batted in Pos Player G AB H Avg HR RBIC Gus Niarhos 82 228 61 268 0 191B George McQuinn 94 302 75 248 11 412B Snuffy Stirnweiss 141 515 130 252 3 323B Billy Johnson 127 446 131 294 12 64SS Phil Rizzuto 128 464 117 252 6 50OF Joe DiMaggio 153 594 190 320 39 155OF Johnny Lindell 88 309 138 317 13 55OF Tommy Henrich 146 598 181 308 25 100Other batters Edit Note G Games played AB At bats H Hits Avg Batting average HR Home runs RBI Runs batted in Player G AB H Avg HR RBIYogi Berra 125 469 143 305 14 98Bobby Brown 113 363 109 300 3 48Charlie Keller 83 247 66 267 6 44Steve Souchock 44 118 24 203 3 11Cliff Mapes 53 88 22 250 1 12Hank Bauer 19 50 9 180 1 9Sherm Lollar 22 38 8 211 0 4Ralph Houk 14 29 8 276 0 3Charlie Silvera 4 14 8 571 0 1Frankie Crosetti 17 14 4 286 0 0Joe Collins 5 5 1 200 0 2Bud Stewart 6 5 1 200 0 0Jack Phillips 1 2 0 000 0 0Lonny Frey 1 0 0 0 0Pitching Edit Starting pitchers Edit Note G Games pitched IP Innings pitched W Wins L Losses ERA Earned run average SO Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SOAllie Reynolds 39 236 1 16 7 3 77 101Eddie Lopat 33 226 2 17 11 3 65 83Vic Raschi 36 222 2 19 8 3 84 124Spec Shea 28 155 2 9 10 3 41 71Bob Porterfield 16 78 0 5 3 4 50 30Other pitchers Edit Note G Games pitched IP Innings pitched W Wins L Losses ERA Earned run average SO Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SOTommy Byrne 31 133 2 8 5 3 30 101Red Embree 20 76 2 5 3 3 76 25Frank Hiller 22 62 1 5 2 4 04 25Relief pitchers Edit Note G Games pitched IP Innings pitched W Wins L Losses SV Saves ERA Earned run average SO Strikeouts Player G IP W L SV ERA SOJoe Page 55 107 2 7 8 16 4 26 77Karl Drews 19 38 2 3 1 3 79 11Randy Gumpert 15 25 1 0 0 2 88 12Dick Starr 1 2 0 0 0 4 50 2Cuddles Marshall 1 1 0 0 0 0 00 0Farm system EditSee also Minor League Baseball Level Team League ManagerAAA Kansas City Blues American Association Dick BartellAAA Newark Bears International League Bill SkiffAA Beaumont Exporters Texas League Chick AutryA Binghamton Triplets Eastern League Buddy HassettA Augusta Tigers Sally League Carl Cooper Mike Garbark and Lefty JenkinsB Quincy Gems Illinois Indiana Iowa League James AdlamB Manchester Yankees New England League Tom PaddenB Norfolk Tars Piedmont League Earl BolyardB Victoria Athletics Western International League Ted NorbertC Bisbee Douglas Miners Arizona Texas League Mel Steiner and Mitch ChetkovichC Ventura Yankees California League Eddie KearseC Amsterdam Rugmakers Canadian American League Jim McLeodC Longview Texans Lone Star League Dixie ParsonsC Butler Yankees Middle Atlantic League Jack FarmerC Grand Forks Chiefs Northern League Gordie HinkleC Twin Falls Cowboys Pioneer League Charlie MetroC Joplin Miners Western Association Johnny Sturm Level Team League ManagerD Easton Yankees Eastern Shore League Dallas WarrenD LaGrange Troupers Georgia Alabama League Jim ActonD Independence Yankees Kansas Oklahoma Missouri League Goldie Howard Burleigh Grimes and Bones SandersD Newark Yankees Ohio Indiana League Bob Dill and Solly MishkinD McAlester Rockets Sooner State League Vern HoscheitD Blackstone Barristers Virginia League Paul BadgettD Fond du Lac Panthers Wisconsin State League Fred CollinsLEAGUE CHAMPIONS Grand Forks Twin Falls Independence Blackstone 5 Notes Edit Babe Ruth Baseball s Great Star and Idol of Children Had a Career Both Dramatic and Bizarre New York Times August 17 1948 Retrieved July 21 2007 Probably nowhere in all the imaginative field of fiction could one find a career more dramatic and bizarre than that portrayed in real life by George Herman Ruth Known the world over even in foreign lands where baseball is never played as the Babe he was the boy who rose from the obscurity of a charitable institution in Baltimore to a position as the leading figure in professional baseball He was also its greatest drawing card its highest salaried performer at least of his day and the idol of millions of youngsters throughout the land Eddie Lopat page at Baseball Reference Al Cicotte page at Baseball Reference Gus Triandos Trades and Transactions at Baseball Almanac Johnson Lloyd and Wolff Miles ed The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 2nd and 3rd editions Durham North Carolina Baseball America 1997 and 2007References Edit1948 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference 1948 New York Yankees team page at www baseball almanac com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1948 New York Yankees season amp oldid 1120140476, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
