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1948 World Series

Game 1 @ SLN: Red Sox 1, Cardinals 0
Game 2 @ SLN: Red Sox 2, Cardinals 1
Game 3 @ BOA: Red Sox 4, Cardinals 3  (11 innings)
Game 4 @ BOA: Cardinals 5, Red Sox 0
Game 5 @ BOA: Red Sox 4, Cardinals 0

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BOXSCORE: 1948 Boston AL Red Sox At 1948 St. Louis NL Cardinals     10/6/1948
*** 1948 World Series Game 1 ***

  Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Cardinals          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  P.Caballero 3B      4  0  0  0 .000     R.Ashburn CF        4  0  1  0 .250  
  L.Boudreau SS       4  0  1  0 .250     J.Lipon SS          3  0  0  0 .000  
  T.Williams LF       3  1  2  1 .667     S.Musial 1B         4  0  0  0 .000  
  B.Doerr 2B          3  0  0  0 .000     K.Keltner 3B        3  0  0  0 .000  
  D.Dimaggio CF       2  0  0  0 .000     E.Slaughter RF      4  0  1  0 .250  
  B.Tebbetts C        4  0  0  0 .000     G.Hamner 2B         3  0  1  0 .333  
  S.Mele RF           4  0  0  0 .000   A-B.Baker PH          1  0  1  01.000  
  B.Haas 1B           4  0  1  0 .250     B.McCosky LF        4  0  0  0 .000  
  M.Parnell P         2  0  0  0 .000     D.Rice C            3  0  1  0 .333  
                                          H.Brecheen P        2  0  0  0 .000  
                                          K.Peterson P        1  0  0  0 .000  
                                          R.Embree P          0  0  0  0 ----  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      30  1  4  1                 Totals      32  0  5  0

A-Pinch Hit For Hamner In 9th Inning

Red Sox......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 1  -  1  4  0
Cardinals....... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  5  0

Red Sox (1-0)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
M.Parnell WIN(1-0)        9       5   0   0   2   0   0 135   0.00  A1
Totals                    9       5   0   0   2   0   0

Cardinals (0-1)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
H.Brecheen                6       1   0   0   1   2   0  62   0.00  A1 C2
K.Peterson LOSS(0-1)      2       3   1   1   2   0   1  45   4.50  C3 D5
R.Embree                  1       0   0   0   0   0   0  12   0.00  D6
Totals                    9       4   1   1   3   2   1

ATTENDANCE- 45,374 DATE- Wednesday, October 6th 1948 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 1:50
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 7  Cardinals: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 0  Cardinals: 0
DOUBLES- T.Williams(1st), E.Slaughter(1st)
TRIPLES- B.Baker(1st)
HOME RUNS- T.Williams(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- M.Parnell
WALKS- T.Williams, D.Dimaggio-2, J.Lipon, K.Keltner
HIT BY PITCH- B.Doerr
STRIKE OUTS- T.Williams, B.Doerr


BOXSCORE: 1948 Boston AL Red Sox At 1948 St. Louis NL Cardinals 10/7/1948 *** 1948 World Series Game 2 *** Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI AVG J.Pesky 3B 2 0 1 0 .500 R.Ashburn CF 3 0 1 0 .286 B-P.Caballero 3B 1 0 0 0 .000 J.Lipon SS 2 0 1 0 .200 L.Boudreau SS 4 0 0 0 .125 S.Musial 1B 3 0 0 0 .000 T.Williams LF 3 0 2 2 .667 K.Keltner 3B 4 1 1 1 .143 B.Doerr 2B 3 0 0 0 .000 E.Slaughter RF 2 0 0 0 .167 D.Dimaggio CF 4 0 1 0 .167 B.McCosky LF 3 0 0 0 .000 B.Tebbetts C 4 0 0 0 .000 G.Hamner 2B 4 0 3 0 .571 S.Mele RF 4 0 1 0 .125 D.Rice C 4 0 1 0 .286 B.Haas 1B 3 1 1 0 .286 L.Brissie P 1 0 0 0 .000 V.Bickford P 1 1 0 0 .000 K.Peterson P 0 0 0 0 .000 E.Palica P 0 0 0 0 ---- A-N.Jones PH 1 0 0 0 .000 F.Hiller P 0 0 0 0 ---- C-D.Lang PH 1 0 0 0 .000 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 29 2 6 2 Totals 28 1 7 1 A-Pinch Hit For Peterson In 7th Inning B-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Pesky In 8th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Hiller In 9th Inning Red Sox......... 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 2 6 1 Cardinals....... 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 7 0 Red Sox (2-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET V.Bickford WIN(1-0) 7 6 1 1 6 1 1 112 1.29 A1 D3 E.Palica SAVE(1st) 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 21 0.00 D4 Totals 9 7 1 1 7 2 1 Cardinals (0-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET L.Brissie LOSS(0-1) 6 3 2 2 4 3 0 90 3.00 A1 C7 K.Peterson 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 3.00 C8 D2 F.Hiller 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 37 0.00 D3 Totals 9 6 2 2 4 6 0 ATTENDANCE- 45,920 DATE- Thursday, October 7th 1948 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good T- 2:26 LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 8 Cardinals: 8 DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 5 Cardinals: 1 ERRORS- J.Pesky TRIPLES- R.Ashburn(1st) HOME RUNS- K.Keltner(1st) SACRIFICE HITS- V.Bickford, E.Palica, J.Lipon SACRIFICE FLIES- T.Williams WALKS- J.Pesky-2, B.Haas, V.Bickford, R.Ashburn, J.Lipon, S.Musial, E.Slaughter-2, B.McCosky, L.Brissie HIT BY PITCH- B.Doerr STRIKE OUTS- P.Caballero, L.Boudreau, B.Doerr, D.Dimaggio-3, L.Brissie, D.Lang GIDP- L.Boudreau, S.Musial, K.Keltner, G.Hamner, D.Rice, N.Jones 2-out RBI- T.Williams, K.Keltner
BOXSCORE: 1948 St. Louis NL Cardinals At 1948 Boston AL Red Sox 10/9/1948 *** 1948 World Series Game 3 *** Cardinals AB R H RBI AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG R.Ashburn CF 3 1 1 0 .300 J.Pesky 3B 5 1 2 0 .429 B-T.Moore CF 1 0 0 0 .000 L.Boudreau SS 4 0 0 0 .083 J.Lipon SS 5 0 1 0 .200 T.Williams LF 5 0 0 0 .364 S.Musial 1B 5 0 3 2 .250 B.Doerr 2B 5 0 0 1 .000 K.Keltner 3B 5 0 0 0 .083 D.Dimaggio CF 4 2 1 0 .200 E.Slaughter RF 3 0 0 0 .111 B.Tebbetts C 3 0 2 0 .182 B.McCosky LF 4 1 0 0 .000 E-P.Lehner PH 1 1 1 11.000 G.Hamner 2B 3 0 1 1 .500 H-S.Yvars C 1 0 1 11.000 R.Embree P 0 0 0 0 ---- S.Mele RF 3 0 0 0 .091 D-N.Jones PH 1 0 0 0 .000 F-G.Shuba PH 1 0 1 11.000 T.Wilks P 0 0 0 0 ---- R.Poat P 0 0 0 0 ---- I-B.Baker PH,C 1 0 1 01.000 B.Haas 1B 4 0 0 0 .182 D.Rice C 5 0 1 0 .250 J.Dobson P 2 0 0 0 .000 K.Heintzelman P 0 0 0 0 ---- C-D.Mueller PH 1 0 1 01.000 H.Pollet P 1 1 1 01.000 C.Erskine P 0 0 0 0 ---- A-B.Hitchcock 2B 2 0 1 0 .500 G-C.Mapes PH,RF 1 0 0 0 .000 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 39 3 10 3 Totals 40 4 9 4 A-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Pollet In 7th Inning B-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Ashburn In 8th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Dobson In 8th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Embree In 9th Inning E-Pinch Hit For Tebbetts In 9th Inning F-Pinch Hit For Mele In 9th Inning G-Pinch Hit For Erskine In 9th Inning H-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Lehner In 10th Inning I-Pinch Hit For Wilks In 11th Inning Cardinals....... 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 3 10 0 Red Sox......... 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 - 4 9 2 Cardinals (0-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET H.Pollet 6 4 1 1 1 2 0 101 1.50 A1 C5 R.Embree HOLD(1st) 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 29 0.00 C6 D3 T.Wilks BS(1st) 2 3 2 2 0 1 0 28 9.00 D4 E3 K.Heintzelma LOSS(0-1) 0 1/3 1 1 1 1 0 0 16 27.00 E4 Totals 10 1/3 9 4 4 2 4 0 Red Sox (3-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET J.Dobson 8 7 3 2 3 1 0 106 2.25 A1 D6 C.Erskine 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 0.00 D7 E1 R.Poat WIN(1-0) 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 24 0.00 E2 Totals 11 10 3 2 3 1 0 ATTENDANCE- 48,478 DATE- Saturday, October 9th 1948 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average T- 2:18 LEFT ON BASE- Cardinals: 8 Red Sox: 6 DOUBLE PLAYS- Cardinals: 0 Red Sox: 2 ERRORS- D.Dimaggio, C.Mapes DOUBLES- S.Musial(1st), G.Hamner(1st), B.Baker(1st), B.Hitchcock(1st), P.Lehner(1st), S.Yvars(1st) SACRIFICE HITS- R.Ashburn, H.Pollet WALKS- E.Slaughter-2, B.McCosky, L.Boudreau, D.Dimaggio STRIKE OUTS- D.Rice, T.Williams, S.Mele-2, B.Haas GIDP- K.Keltner, B.McCosky 2-out RBI- G.Hamner, S.Musial
BOXSCORE: 1948 St. Louis NL Cardinals At 1948 Boston AL Red Sox 10/10/1948 *** 1948 World Series Game 4 *** Cardinals AB R H RBI AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG R.Ashburn CF 5 1 1 0 .267 P.Caballero 3B 4 0 0 0 .000 J.Lipon SS 3 0 1 0 .231 L.Boudreau SS 3 0 0 0 .067 S.Musial 1B 4 1 1 1 .250 T.Williams LF 2 0 0 0 .308 K.Keltner 3B 4 1 2 2 .188 B.Doerr 2B 3 0 0 0 .000 E.Slaughter RF 4 1 1 1 .154 D.Dimaggio CF 4 0 0 0 .143 B.McCosky LF 4 0 0 0 .000 B.Tebbetts C 3 0 1 0 .214 G.Hamner 2B 4 0 0 0 .357 S.Mele RF 3 0 1 0 .143 D.Rice C 3 0 1 0 .267 B.Haas 1B 3 0 0 0 .143 H.Brecheen P 2 0 0 0 .000 B.Donnelly P 1 0 0 0 .000 B-N.Jones PH 1 1 1 1 .333 A-J.Pesky PH 1 0 1 0 .500 K.Peterson P 1 0 1 0 .500 D.Galehouse P 0 0 0 0 ---- T.Wilks P 0 0 0 0 ---- C-S.Yvars PH 1 0 0 0 .500 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 35 5 9 5 Totals 28 0 3 0 A-Pinch Hit For Donnelly In 6th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Brecheen In 7th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Galehouse In 9th Inning Cardinals....... 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 5 9 0 Red Sox......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 2 Cardinals (1-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET H.Brecheen WIN(1-0) 6 3 0 0 1 3 0 62 0.00 A1 C2 K.Peterson 2 2/3 0 0 0 3 0 0 42 1.59 C3 D4 T.Wilks SAVE(1st) 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7.71 D5 Totals 9 3 0 0 4 3 0 Red Sox (3-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET B.Donnelly LOSS(0-1) 6 7 4 4 0 3 3 92 6.00 A1 C6 D.Galehouse 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 46 3.00 C7 Totals 9 9 5 5 1 4 4 ATTENDANCE- 47,560 DATE- Sunday, October 10th 1948 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad T- 2:04 LEFT ON BASE- Cardinals: 5 Red Sox: 5 DOUBLE PLAYS- Cardinals: 2 Red Sox: 1 ERRORS- L.Boudreau, B.Tebbetts DOUBLES- D.Rice(1st), K.Peterson HOME RUNS- S.Musial(1st), K.Keltner(2nd), E.Slaughter(1st), N.Jones(1st) STOLEN BASES- R.Ashburn(1st) SACRIFICE HITS- J.Lipon WALKS- D.Rice, L.Boudreau, T.Williams-2, B.Doerr STRIKE OUTS- D.Rice-2, H.Brecheen-2, P.Caballero, T.Williams, S.Mele GIDP- E.Slaughter, L.Boudreau, B.Haas PASSED BALLS- B.Tebbetts 2-out RBI- K.Keltner-2, E.Slaughter, N.Jones
BOXSCORE: 1948 St. Louis NL Cardinals At 1948 Boston AL Red Sox 10/11/1948 *** 1948 World Series Game 5 *** Cardinals AB R H RBI AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG R.Ashburn CF 5 0 0 0 .200 J.Pesky 3B 5 0 1 0 .385 J.Lipon SS 4 0 3 0 .353 L.Boudreau SS 5 1 1 0 .100 S.Musial 1B 3 0 0 0 .211 T.Williams LF 2 0 0 0 .267 K.Keltner 3B 4 0 1 0 .200 B.Doerr 2B 2 1 0 0 .000 E.Slaughter RF 2 0 0 0 .133 D.Dimaggio CF 3 1 0 0 .118 G.Hamner 2B 4 0 2 0 .389 B.Tebbetts C 3 0 0 1 .176 B.McCosky LF 4 0 0 0 .000 S.Mele RF 3 1 1 0 .176 D.Rice C 2 0 0 0 .235 B.Haas 1B 3 0 1 0 .176 A-D.Lang PH 1 0 0 0 .000 M.Parnell P 4 0 1 2 .167 C-B.Baker C 1 0 0 0 .667 L.Brissie P 1 0 0 0 .000 B-W.Kurowski PH 1 0 0 0 .000 K.Peterson P 0 0 0 0 .500 D-T.Moore PH 1 0 1 0 .500 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 33 0 7 0 Totals 30 4 5 3 A-Pinch Hit For Rice In 7th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Brissie In 7th Inning C-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Lang In 7th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Peterson In 9th Inning Cardinals....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 7 1 Red Sox......... 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 4 5 0 Cardinals (1-4) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET L.Brissie LOSS(0-2) 6 5 4 3 8 2 0 123 3.75 A1 D5 K.Peterson 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 1.17 D6 Totals 8 5 4 3 8 2 0 Red Sox (4-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET M.Parnell WIN(2-0) 9 7 0 0 4 4 0 135 0.00 A1 Totals 9 7 0 0 4 4 0 ATTENDANCE- 32,077 DATE- Monday, October 11th 1948 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad T- 2:30 LEFT ON BASE- Cardinals:10 Red Sox:10 DOUBLE PLAYS- Cardinals: 0 Red Sox: 1 ERRORS- S.Musial DOUBLES- T.Moore(1st), L.Boudreau(1st) WALKS- S.Musial, E.Slaughter-2, L.Brissie, T.Williams-2, B.Doerr-2, D.Dimaggio, B.Tebbetts, S.Mele, B.Haas STRIKE OUTS- E.Slaughter, G.Hamner, D.Rice, L.Brissie, L.Boudreau, T.Williams GIDP- R.Ashburn PASSED BALLS- D.Rice 2-out RBI- B.Tebbetts
Boston Red Sox Statistics
                                       
 Player               G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB 
+-------------------+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 Lou Boudreau         5  20  1  2  1  0  0   0  2  2  .100  .182  .150  0
 Birdie Tebbetts      5  17  0  3  0  0  0   1  1  0  .176  .222  .176  0
 Dom Dimaggio         5  17  3  2  0  0  0   0  4  3  .118  .286  .118  0
 Sam Mele             5  17  1  3  0  0  0   0  1  3  .176  .222  .176  0
 Bert Haas            5  17  1  3  0  0  0   0  2  1  .176  .263  .176  0
 Bobby Doerr          5  16  1  0  0  0  0   1  3  2  .000  .238  .000  0
 Ted Williams         5  15  1  4  1  0  1   3  5  4  .267  .429  .533  0
 Johnny Pesky         4  13  1  5  0  0  0   0  2  0  .385  .467  .385  0
 Putsy Caballero      3   9  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0
 Sal Yvars            2   2  0  1  1  0  0   1  0  0  .500  .500 1.000  0
 George Shuba         1   1  0  1  0  0  0   1  0  0 1.000 1.000 1.000  0
 Paul Lehner          1   1  1  1  1  0  0   1  0  0 1.000 1.000 2.000  0
 Don Mueller          1   1  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0 1.000 1.000 1.000  0
 Cliff Mapes          1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0
                         
 Pitcher              G  ERA    W-L  SV GS   IP   H   ER  BB  SO 
+-------------------+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 Mel Parnell          2  0.00   2-0   0  2  18.0  12   0   6   4
 Vern Bickford        1  1.29   1-0   0  1   7.0   6   1   6   1
 Ray Poat             1  0.00   1-0   0  0   2.0   2   0   0   0
 Joe Dobson           1  2.25   0-0   0  1   8.0   7   2   3   1
 Denny Galehouse      1  3.00   0-0   0  0   3.0   2   1   1   1
 Erv Palica           1  0.00   0-0   1  0   2.0   1   0   1   1
 Carl Erskine         1  0.00   0-0   0  0   1.0   1   0   0   0
 Blix Donnelly        1  6.00   0-1   0  1   6.0   7   4   0   3
                         
St. Louis Cardinals Statistics
                                       
 Player               G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB 
+-------------------+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 Richie Ashburn       5  20  2  4  0  1  0   0  1  0  .200  .238  .300  1
 Ken Keltner          5  20  2  4  0  0  2   3  1  0  .200  .238  .500  0
 Barney McCosky       5  19  1  0  0  0  0   0  2  0  .000  .095  .000  0
 Stan Musial          5  19  1  4  1  0  1   3  2  0  .211  .286  .421  0
 Granny Hamner        5  18  0  7  1  0  0   1  0  1  .389  .389  .444  0
 Johnny Lipon         5  17  0  6  0  0  0   0  2  0  .353  .421  .353  0
 Del Rice             5  17  0  4  1  0  0   0  1  4  .235  .278  .294  0
 Enos Slaughter       5  15  1  2  1  0  1   1  6  1  .133  .381  .400  0
 Bill Baker           3   3  0  2  1  1  0   0  0  0  .667  .667 1.667  0
 Nippy Jones          3   3  1  1  0  0  1   1  0  0  .333  .333 1.333  0
 Don Lang             2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0
 Terry Moore          2   2  0  1  1  0  0   0  0  0  .500  .500 1.000  0
 Billy Hitchcock      1   2  0  1  1  0  0   0  0  0  .500  .500 1.000  0
 Whitey Kurowski      1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0
 
 Pitcher              G  ERA    W-L  SV GS   IP   H   ER  BB  SO 
+-------------------+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 Harry Brecheen       2  0.00   1-0   0  2  12.0   4   0   2   5
 Howie Pollet         1  1.50   0-0   0  1   6.0   4   1   1   2
 Red Embree           2  0.00   0-0   0  0   3.0   1   0   0   1
 Ted Wilks            2  7.71   0-0   1  0   2.1   3   2   0   1
 Frank Hiller         1  0.00   0-0   0  0   2.0   2   0   0   3
 Kent Peterson        4  1.17   0-1   0  0   7.2   4   1   5   0
 Ken Heintzelman      1 27.00   0-1   0  0    .1   1   1   1   0
 Lou Brissie          2  3.75   0-2   0  2  12.0   8   5  12   5
                         

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