1948 Boston Red Sox season

MLB yearly infobox-pre1969 alt
name = Boston Red Sox
season = 1948
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1901
Uniform
ballpark = Fenway Park
y4 = 1912
city = Boston, Massachusetts
y5 = 1901
owners = Tom Yawkey
general manager =Joe Cronin
managers = Joe McCarthy
television = WBZ-TV/WNAC-TV
(Jim Britt, Tom Hussey, Bump Hadley)
radio = WHDH
(Jim Britt, Tom Hussey)|

The by|1948 Boston Red Sox season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Red Sox finishing 2nd in the American League with a record of 96 wins and 59 losses.

Regular season

In December 1947, the Red Sox made a deal with the St. Louis Browns. The Sox acquired Vern Stephens, Billy Hitchcock, and pitchers Jack Kramer and Ellis Kinder. The deal cost $375,000 and 11 Red Sox players. The Boston Red Sox, Milton Cole and Jim Kaplan, p.30, World Publications Group, North Dighton, MA, ISBN 1-57215-412-8 ]

In 1948, Kramer would lead the American League in winning percentage. The manager of the team was former New York Yankees manager Joe McCarthy. He would replace the outgoing Joe Cronin, who went 83-71 in 1947. Cronin led the Sox to a third place finish. The Boston Red Sox, Milton Cole and Jim Kaplan, p.29, World Publications Group, North Dighton, MA, ISBN 1-57215-412-8 ]

Throughout the by|1948, the Sox, New York Yankees, and the Cleveland Indians slugged it out for the pennant. At the end of the regular season, Boston and Cleveland were tied for first place. Each team had a record of 96 wins and 58 losses, two games ahead of the Yankees.

The Indians and Red Sox would compete in the first playoff game in American League history. McCarthy picked former St. Louis Browns’ pitcher Denny Galehouse. He had an 8-7 pitching record and was beaten by the Indians by a score of 8-3. Later, McCarthy said he had no rested arms and that there was no else who could pitch. Mel Parnell and Ellis Kinder claimed that they were both ready to pitch.

eason standings

Opening Day Line Up

Other batters

Relief pitchers

Farm system [Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., "The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball," 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007]

* Class AAA: Louisville Colonels (American Association; Nemo Leibold and Owen Scheetz, managers)
* Class AA: Birmingham Barons (Southern Association; Fred Walters, manager) — LEAGUE CHAMPION
* Class A: Scranton Red Sox (Eastern League; Mike Ryba, manager) — LEAGUE CHAMPION
* Class B: Lynn Red Sox (New England League; Eddie Popowski, manager)
* Class B: Roanoke Red Sox (Piedmont League; Pinky Higgins, manager)
* Class C: Auburn Cayugas (Border League; Barney Hearn, manager)
* Class C: San Jose Red Sox (California League; Marv Owen, manager)
* Class C: Oneonta Red Sox (Canadian-American League; Red Marion, manager) — LEAGUE CHAMPION
* Class D: Milford Red Sox (Eastern Shore League; Clayton Sheedy, manager) — LEAGUE CHAMPION
* Class D: Oroville Red Sox (Far West League; Nino Bongiovanni, manager)
* Class D: Valley Rebels (Georgia-Alabama League; Jesse Dana, manager)
* Class D: Wellsville Red Sox (PONY League; Tom Carey, manager)

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1948.shtml 1948 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1948&t=BOS 1948 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com]