1948 Cleveland Guardians roster

30 players appeared for the Cleveland Guardians in the 1948 MLB season. They won the 1948 World Series, 4-2.

1948 Guardians roster: batting

1948 Cleveland Guardians batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Dale Mitchell1416088220445613.336.383.814
Lou Boudreau152560116199181063.355.453.987
Ken Keltner15355891166311192.297.395.917
Joe Gordon14455096154321245.280.371.879
Eddie Robinson1344935312516831.254.307.715
Jim Hegan1444726011714616.248.317.724
Larry Doby1214398313214669.301.384.873
Allie Clark8127143849380.310.364.807
Thurman Tucker83242526311911.260.347.690
Wally Judnich7921836562292.257.411.782
Johnny Berardino6614719282100.190.328.607
Joe Tipton479011261130.289.333.689
Hal Peck45631218081.286.328.662
Ray Boone6502010.400.4001.000
Al Rosen5501000.200.200.400
Ray Murray4400000.000.000.000

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1948 Guardians roster: pitching

1948 Cleveland Guardians pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Bob LemonP433720142.82293.21471.232
Bob FellerP443819153.56280.11641.323
Gene BeardenP37292072.43229.2801.281
Steve GromekP389932.84130.0501.232
Ed KliemanP440322.6079.2181.364
Satchel PaigeP217612.4872.2451.181
Bob MuncriefP219543.9872.1241.480
Russ ChristopherP450322.9059.0141.3917
Don BlackP1810225.3752.0161.870
Lyman LindeP30005.4010.001.300
Mike GarciaP10000.002.011.500
Butch WensloffP100110.801.223.000
Ernest GrothP10009.001.003.000
Les WebberP100040.500.216.000

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.