1948 New York Cubans season

The 1948 New York Cubans were a baseball team that competed in Negro National League (NNL) during the 1948 baseball season. The team compiled a 30–31–1 record (19–29–1 against NNL opponents) and finished in fifth place out of six teams in the NNL.^[1] It was the Cubans' final season as a major-league club, as the Negro National League folded after the 1948 season. José María Fernández began the season as manager, but was replaced in the middle of June by Winfield Welch.

Key players included:

• Third baseman Minnie Miñoso led the team with a .344 batting average, 11 doubles and six triples in 157 at bats.^[1] Minoso joined the Cleveland Indians in 1949, becoming the first Black Cuban in the American League. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2022.
• First baseman Lorenzo Cabrera and catcher Ray Noble each hit .321.^[1]
• Pat Scantlebury led the team's pitchers with a 7-5 record and 63 strikeouts in 116-2/3 innings pitched.^[1]
• Dave Barnhill led the team with a 2.85 earned run average (ERA) in 85-1/3 innings pitched.^[1]

Other regular players included center fielder Cleveland Clark, shortstop Pedro Ballester, left fielder Lou Louden, second baseman Tommy Sampson, right fielder Lyman Bostock Sr., and pitchers Raúl López, José Santiago, and Pee Wee Jenkins.^[1][2]

⁽¹⁾ First half champion   ⁽²⁾ Second half champion