1948 American Association season

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The 1948 American Association season was the 48th in the league's history, and ended with the St. Paul Saints winning their first league championship since 1931. The Saints went on to lose the Junior World Series.

Final standings

Playoff teams in bold.

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Indianapolis Indians	100	54	.649	--	Al Lopez	Pittsburgh Pirates
Milwaukee Brewers	89	65	.578	11	Nick Cullop	Boston Braves
St. Paul Saints	86	68	.558	14	Walter Alston	Brooklyn Dodgers
Columbus Red Birds	81	73	.529	19	Hal Anderson	St. Louis Cardinals
Minneapolis Millers	77	77	.500	23	Billy Herman/Frank Shellenback	New York Giants
Kansas City Blues	64	88	.421	36	Dick Bartell	New York Yankees
Toledo Mud Hens	61	91	.401	39	George DeTore	St. Louis Browns
Louisville Colonels	56	98	.364	44	Nemo Leibold	Boston Red Sox

Playoffs

	First Round					Championship Finals
	1	Indianapolis Indians	2
	3	St. Paul Saints	4
						3	St. Paul Saints	4
						4	Columbus Red Birds	3
	2	Milwaukee Brewers	3
	4	Columbus Red Birds	4

First Round

Indianapolis vs. St. Paul Date Away Home September 14 St. Paul 13 Indianapolis 9 September 15 St. Paul 2 Indianapolis 8 September 16 St. Paul 8 Indianapolis 5 September 18 Indianapolis 15 St. Paul 4 September 19 Indianapolis 4 St. Paul 5 13 innings September 20 Indianapolis 3 St. Paul 7 St. Paul wins series 4-2

Milwaukee vs. Columbus Date Away Home September 14 Columbus 4 Milwaukee 1 September 15 Columbus 8 Milwaukee 10 September 16 Columbus 11 Milwaukee 12 September 18 Milwaukee 2 Columbus 10 September 19 Milwaukee 1 Columbus 3 September 22 Milwaukee 10 Columbus 8 11 innings September 23 Milwaukee 2 Columbus 4 Columbus wins series 4-3

Championship Finals

Columbus vs. St. Paul Date Away Home September 25 Columbus 4 St. Paul 12 September 26 Columbus 1 St. Paul 2 September 27 Columbus 7 St. Paul 6 11 innings September 30 St. Paul 2 Columbus 3 October 1 St. Paul 3 Columbus 9 October 2 St. Paul 3 Columbus 1 14 innings October 3 St. Paul 5 Columbus 3 St. Paul wins series 4-3 and advances to Junior World Series

References

The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. W. Lloyd Johnson and Miles Wolff, editors. Baseball America, 1993.