1948 New York Yankees season

Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees March 2026 November 2013 New York Yankees 1948 American League Yankee Stadium New York City 94 60 y 3rd Dan Topping and Del Webb George Weiss Bucky Harris WABD(Mel Allen, Russ Hodges, Bill Slater) WINS (AM)(Mel Allen, Russ Hodges) 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. Babe Ruth's death YankeesRetired3.svg Babe Ruth 3 New York Yankees 1948 thumb|right|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. Babe Ruth's 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.Kelly Jim 6,000 Jam Into Cathedral For Babe Ruth funeral https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-catholic-advance-6000-jam-into-cath/140447228/ 8 February 2024 The Catholic Advance 27 August 1948 8 The procession ended at Gate of Heaven Cemetery where 6,000 people came witness Ruth's gravesite. His casket was covered with a blanket of roses and orchids.75,000 Stand in the Rain at Draft:Babe Ruth funeral https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-globe-democrat-75000-stand-in/140447027/ 8 February 2024 St. Louis Globe-Democrat Associated Press 20 August 1948 1 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."Babe Ruth, Baseball's Great Star and Idol of Children, Had a Career Both Dramatic and Bizarre https://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0206.html 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. New York Times August 17, 1948 July 21, 2007 Offseason February 24, 1948: Bill Wight, Fred Bradley, and Aaron Robinson were traded by the Yankees to the Chicago White Sox for Eddie Lopat.Eddie Lopat page at Baseball Reference Prior to 1948 season: Al Cicotte and Gus Triandos were signed as an amateur free agents by the Yankees.Al Cicotte page at Baseball ReferenceGus Triandos Trades and Transactions at Baseball Almanac Regular season Season standings New York Yankees Record vs. opponents NYY Roster 1948 New York Yankees Roster Pitchers 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 Silvera Infielders  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 Mapes Other batters 42 Joe Collins 14 Lonny Frey 42 Bud Stewart Manager 37 Bucky Harris Coaches 31 Red Corriden  2 Frankie Crosetti  7 Chuck Dressen 33 Johnny Schulte Player stats = Indicates team leader Batting Starters by position 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 RBI C Gus Niarhos 82 228 61 .268 0 19 1B George McQuinn 94 302 75 .248 11 41 2B Snuffy Stirnweiss 141 515 130 .252 3 32 3B Billy Johnson Billy Johnson (baseball) 127 446 131 .294 12 64 SS Phil Rizzuto 128 464 117 .252 6 50 OF Joe DiMaggio 153 594 190 .320 39155 OF Johnny Lindell 88 309 138 .317 13 55 OF Tommy Henrich 146 598 181 .308 25 100 Other batters 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 RBI Yogi Berra 125 469 143 .305 14 98 Bobby Brown Bobby Brown (third baseman) 113 363 109 .300 3 48 Charlie Keller 83 247 66 .267 6 44 Steve Souchock 44 118 24 .203 3 11 Cliff Mapes 53 88 22 .250 1 12 Hank Bauer 19 50 9 .180 1 9 Sherm Lollar 22 38 8 .211 0 4 Ralph Houk 14 29 8 .276 0 3 Charlie Silvera 4 14 8 .571 0 1 Frankie Crosetti 17 14 4 .286 0 0 Joe Collins 5 5 1 .200 0 2 Bud Stewart 6 5 1 .200 0 0 Jack Phillips Jack Phillips (first baseman) 1 2 0 .000 0 0 Lonny Frey 1 0 0 ---- 0 0 Pitching Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Allie Reynolds 39 236.1 16 7 3.77 101 Eddie Lopat 33 226.2 17 11 3.65 83 Vic Raschi 36 222.2 19 8 3.84 124 Spec Shea 28 155.2 9 10 3.41 71 Bob Porterfield 16 78.0 5 3 4.50 30 Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Tommy Byrne Tommy Byrne (baseball) 31 133.2 8 5 3.30 101 Red Embree 20 76.2 5 3 3.76 25 Frank Hiller 22 62.1 5 2 4.04 25 Relief pitchers 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 SO Joe Page 55 107.2 7 8 16 4.26 77 Karl Drews 19 38 2 3 1 3.79 11 Randy Gumpert 15 25 1 0 0 2.88 12 Dick Starr 1 2 0 0 0 4.50 2 Cuddles Marshall 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Kansas City Blues American Association Dick Bartell AAA Newark Bears International League Bill Skiff AA Beaumont Exporters Texas League Chick Autry A Binghamton Triplets Eastern League Buddy Hassett A Augusta Tigers Sally League Carl Cooper, Mike Garbark and Lefty Jenkins B Quincy Gems Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League James Adlam B Manchester Yankees New England League Tom Padden B Norfolk Tars Piedmont League Earl Bolyard B Victoria Athletics Western International League Ted Norbert C Bisbee-Douglas Miners Arizona–Texas League Mel Steiner and Mitch Chetkovich C Ventura Yankees California League Eddie Kearse C Amsterdam Rugmakers Canadian–American League Jim McLeod C Longview Texans Lone Star League Dixie Parsons C Butler Yankees Middle Atlantic League Jack Farmer C Grand Forks Chiefs Northern League Gordie Hinkle C Twin Falls Cowboys Pioneer League Charlie Metro C Joplin Miners Western Association Johnny Sturm D Easton Yankees Eastern Shore League Dallas Warren D LaGrange Troupers Georgia–Alabama League Jim Acton D Independence Yankees Kansas–Oklahoma–Missouri League Goldie Howard, Burleigh Grimes and Bones Sanders D Newark Yankees Ohio–Indiana League Bob Dill and Solly Mishkin D McAlester Rockets Sooner State League Vern Hoscheit D Blackstone Barristers Virginia League Paul Badgett D Fond du Lac Panthers Wisconsin State League Fred CollinsLEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Grand Forks, Twin Falls, Independence, BlackstoneJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007 Notes 2 References 1948 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference 1948 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:New York Yankees seasons New York Yankees New York Yankees Category:1940s in the Bronx