1947 Cleveland Indians season
1947 Cleveland Indians | |
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Owner(s) | Bill Veeck |
General manager(s) | Bill Veeck |
Manager(s) | Lou Boudreau |
Local radio | WGAR (AM) (Jack Graney, Van Patrick) |
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The 1947 Cleveland Indians season was the 47th in franchise history. On July 5, Larry Doby broke the American League color barrier. Doby was signed by the Indians by owner and team president Bill Veeck in July, 11 weeks after Jackie Robinson appeared with the Brooklyn Dodgers in the National League. In his rookie season, Doby went 5-for-32 (.156) in 29 games.
Offseason[]
- November 1, 1946: Gus Zernial was drafted by the Indians from the Atlanta Crackers in the 1946 rule 5 draft.[1]
Regular season[]
- July 5: In a game against the Chicago White Sox, Larry Doby became the first black player to appear in an American League game.[2] Doby pinch-hit for pitcher Bryan Stephens in the seventh inning and struck out against Earl Harrist.
Season standings[]
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 97 | 57 | 0.630 | — | 55–22 | 42–35 |
Detroit Tigers | 85 | 69 | 0.552 | 12 | 46–31 | 39–38 |
Boston Red Sox | 83 | 71 | 0.539 | 14 | 49–30 | 34–41 |
Cleveland Indians | 80 | 74 | 0.519 | 17 | 38–39 | 42–35 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 78 | 76 | 0.506 | 19 | 39–38 | 39–38 |
Chicago White Sox | 70 | 84 | 0.455 | 27 | 32–43 | 38–41 |
Washington Senators | 64 | 90 | 0.416 | 33 | 36–41 | 28–49 |
St. Louis Browns | 59 | 95 | 0.383 | 38 | 29–48 | 30–47 |
Record vs. opponents[]
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHI | STL | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 16–6–1 | 9–13 | 12–10–1 | 9–13 | 10–12–1 | 15–7 | 12–10 | |||||
Chicago | 6–16–1 | — | 11–11 | 7–15 | 10–12 | 11–11 | 11–11 | 14–8 | |||||
Cleveland | 13–9 | 11–11 | — | 8–14–2 | 7–15 | 11–11–1 | 17–5 | 13–9 | |||||
Detroit | 10–12–1 | 15–7 | 14–8–2 | — | 8–14–1 | 11–11 | 15–7 | 12–10 | |||||
New York | 13–9 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 14–8–1 | — | 13–9 | 15–7 | 15–7 | |||||
Philadelphia | 12–10–1 | 11–11 | 11–11–1 | 11–11 | 9–13 | — | 13–9 | 11–11 | |||||
St. Louis | 7–15 | 11–11 | 5–17 | 7–15 | 7–15 | 9–13 | — | 13–9 | |||||
Washington | 10–12 | 8–14 | 9–13 | 10–12 | 7–15 | 11–11 | 9–13 | — |
Notable transactions[]
- April 2, 1947: Catfish Metkovich was purchased by the Indians from the Boston Red Sox.[3]
- April 23, 1947: Gus Zernial was purchased from the Indians by the Chicago White Sox.[1]
Roster[]
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Player stats[]
Batting[]
Starters by position[]
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Jim Hegan | 135 | 378 | 94 | .249 | 4 | 42 |
1B | Eddie Robinson | 95 | 318 | 78 | .245 | 14 | 52 |
2B | Joe Gordon | 155 | 562 | 153 | .272 | 29 | 93 |
SS | Lou Boudreau | 150 | 538 | 165 | .307 | 4 | 67 |
3B | Ken Keltner | 151 | 541 | 139 | .257 | 11 | 76 |
OF | Hank Edwards | 108 | 393 | 102 | .260 | 15 | 59 |
OF | George Metkovich | 126 | 473 | 120 | .254 | 5 | 40 |
OF | Dale Mitchell | 123 | 493 | 156 | .316 | 1 | 34 |
Other batters[]
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Hal Peck | 114 | 392 | 115 | .293 | 8 | 44 |
Les Fleming | 103 | 281 | 68 | .242 | 4 | 43 |
Pat Seerey | 82 | 216 | 37 | .171 | 11 | 29 |
Al López | 61 | 126 | 33 | .262 | 0 | 14 |
Eddie Bockman | 46 | 66 | 17 | .258 | 1 | 14 |
Jack Conway | 34 | 50 | 9 | .180 | 0 | 5 |
Larry Doby | 29 | 32 | 5 | .156 | 0 | 2 |
Hank Ruszkowski | 23 | 27 | 7 | .259 | 3 | 4 |
Joe Frazier | 9 | 14 | 1 | .071 | 0 | 0 |
Ted Sepkowski | 10 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 0 | 0 |
Al Rosen | 7 | 9 | 1 | .111 | 0 | 0 |
Felix Mackiewicz | 2 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Heinz Becker | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Jimmy Wasdell | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching[]
Starting pitchers[]
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Bob Feller | 42 | 299.0 | 20 | 11 | 2.68 | 196 |
Don Black | 30 | 190.2 | 10 | 12 | 3.92 | 72 |
Red Embree | 27 | 162.2 | 8 | 10 | 3.15 | 56 |
Al Gettel | 31 | 149.0 | 11 | 10 | 3.20 | 64 |
Mel Harder | 15 | 80.0 | 6 | 4 | 4.50 | 17 |
Other pitchers[]
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Bob Kuzava | 4 | 21.2 | 1 | 1 | 4.15 | 9 |
Roger Wolff | 7 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | 3.94 | 5 |
Ernest Groth | 2 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
Cal Dorsett | 2 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 |
Lyman Linde | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 0 |
Gene Bearden | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 81.00 | 0 |
Relief pitchers[]
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Ed Klieman | 58 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 3.03 | 21 |
Bob Lemon | 37 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3.44 | 65 |
Bryan Stephens | 31 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 4.01 | 34 |
Steve Gromek | 29 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3.74 | 39 |
Les Willis | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3.48 | 10 |
Awards and honors[]
Lou Boudreau, Shortstop, starter
Bob Feller, Pitcher (replaced due to injury)
Joe Gordon, Second baseman, starter
Jim Hegan, Catcher, reserve
Farm system[]
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AAA | Baltimore Orioles | International League | Alphonse "Tommy" Thomas |
AA | Oklahoma City Indians | Texas League | Roy Schalk and Pat Ankenman |
A | Wilkes-Barre Barons | Eastern League | Bill Norman |
B | Harrisburg Senators | Interstate League | Les Bell |
B | Southeastern League | Roxie Lawson | |
B | Spartanburg Peaches | Tri-State League | Kerby Farrell |
C | Tucson Cowboys | Arizona–Texas League | Joe Vosmik |
C | Bakersfield Indians | California League | |
C | Pittsfield Electrics | Canadian–American League | Tony Rensa |
C | Burlington Indians | Central Association | Paul O'Dea |
C | Jacksonville Jax | Lone Star League | |
D | Cordele Indians | Georgia–Florida League | |
D | Union City Greyhounds | KITTY League | |
D | Dayton Indians | Ohio State League | Ival Goodman |
D | Batavia Clippers | PONY League | Jack Tighe |
D | Ardmore Indians | Sooner State League | |
D | Wisconsin State League |
Notes[]
- ^ a b Gus Zernial at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 184, Jonathan Eig, Simon & Schuster, 2007, New York, ISBN 978-0-7432-9461-4
- ^ Catfish Metkovich at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
References[]
- 1947 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Reference
- 1947 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Almanac
- Cleveland Indians seasons
- 1947 Major League Baseball season
- 1947 in sports in Ohio