American League Update: April 28th

American League Update

April 28, 1948

Even without Ted Williams in the lineup, Boston easily swept Washington in a two-game series with a combined score of 11-1. Moving out to left field to replace Williams was newly acquired Stan Spence, who went 4-for-7 with a double and two walks. With the two wins, the Red Sox are back out of the basement in the American League.

                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1948 Philadelphia PHA         6   2  .750 ----   146     4   4 .500   84  70 .545
1948 New York NYA             4   3  .571  1.5           4   3 .571   94  60 .610
1948 Cleveland CLA            4   3  .571  1.5           6   1 .857   97  58 .626
1948 Detroit DEA              5   4  .556  1.5           4   5 .444   78  76 .506
1948 Chicago CHA              4   5  .444  2.5           3   6 .333   51 101 .336
1948 St. Louis SLA            3   4  .429  2.5           4   3 .571   59  94 .386
1948 Boston BOA               3   5  .375  3.0           3   5 .375   96  59 .619
1948 Washington WAA           3   6  .333  3.5           5   4 .556   56  97 .366

Monday, April 26

Red Sox (2-5)......... 0 1 1  0 0 1  1 0 0  -  4  6  0
Senators (3-5)........ 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 1 0  -  1  5  1
W: Mel Parnell (1-0) L: Mickey Haefner (1-1)
Indians (3-2)......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 1  -  1  7  1
White Sox (3-4)....... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 2    -  2  6  3
W: Orval Grove (1-1) L: Don Black (0-1)
Tigers (4-3).......... 1 0 1  0 0 0  2 1 0  -  5  8  2
Browns (2-3).......... 0 0 0  3 0 0  1 0 0  -  4 10  3
W: Dizzy Trout (2-0) L: Ray Shore (0-1)
Tuesday, April 27
Red Sox (3-5)......... 0 0 0  0 3 0  0 3 1  -  7 13  0
Senators (3-6)........ 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  4  1
W: Earl Johnson (1-0) L: Marino Pieretti (0-1)
Indians (4-2)......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  1 0 3  -  4 10  0
White Sox (3-5)....... 0 0 0  1 0 0  0 0 0  -  1  5  1
W: Bob Lemon (1-0) L: Ike Pearson (0-1)
Tigers (5-3).......... 0 0 0  2 0 1  0 4 0  -  7 12  1
Browns (2-4).......... 0 0 0  0 6 0  0 0 0  -  6 13  1
W: Fred Hutchinson (1-0) L: Clem Dreisewerd (0-1)
HR: Johnny Lipon (1), Hoot Evers (1), Sam Vico (1)
Yankees (4-3)......... 0 0 2  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  2  7  1
Athletics (6-2)....... 0 0 0  2 0 2  2 0    -  6  6  0
W: Joe Coleman (2-0) L: Karl Drews (0-1)
HR: George McQuinn (1), Sam Chapman (1)
Wednesday, April 28
Indians (4-3)......... 1 0 0  0 0 0  1 0 0  -  2  7  1
White Sox (4-5)....... 0 2 0  0 0 0  1 0    -  3  6  1
W: Glen Moulder (1-0) L: Bob Feller (1-2)
HR: Larry Doby (1)
Tigers (5-4).......... 0 0 0  2 0 0  0 1 0  -  3  8  2
Browns (3-4).......... 0 0 0  1 0 1  0 2    -  4  9  0
W: Cliff Fannin (1-1) L: Virgil Trucks (0-2)

Upcoming Series

Boston (3-5) at Philadelphia (6-2)
Game 1 - Wednesday, April 28: Dave Ferriss (0-1, 12.86) vs. Bill McCahan (0-1, 10.80)
Game 2 - Thursday, April 29: Mickey Harris (0-1, 10.50) vs. Phil Marchildon (1-1, 4.24)

Chicago (4-5) at Detroit (5-4)
Game 1 - Thursday, April 29: Bill Wight (0-1, 5.68) vs. Art Houtteman (1-0, 2.00)
Game 2 - Friday, April 30: Joe Haynes (0-2, 5.63) vs. Hal Newhouser (1-1, 2.65)

Cleveland (4-3) at St. Louis (3-4)
Game 1 - Thursday, April 29: Bob Muncrief (first appearance) vs. Al Gerheauser (first appearance)
Game 2 - Friday, April 30: Al Gettel (1-0, 2.00) vs. Fred Sanford (0-1, 4.80)

Washington (3-6) at New York (4-3)
Game 1 - Wednesday, April 28: Walt Masterson (1-0, 1.00) vs. Vic Raschi (0-1, 1.13)
Game 2 - Thursday, April 29: Early Wynn (0-2, 7.63) vs. Spec Shea (1-0, 7.71)