1947 Philadelphia Phillies season
1947 Philadelphia Phillies | |
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Also known as the Philadelphia Blue Jays | |
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Owner(s) | R. R. M. Carpenter |
General manager(s) | Herb Pennock |
Manager(s) | Ben Chapman |
Local television | WPTZ |
Local radio | WIBG (By Saam, Chuck Thompson) |
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The 1947 Philadelphia Phillies season saw the Phillies finish in seventh place in the National League with a record of 62 wins and 92 losses. It was the first season for Phillies television broadcasts, which debuted on WPTZ.
Offseason[]
- Prior to 1947 season: Carl Sawatski was acquired from the Phillies by the Boston Braves.[1]
On July 27, 1946, the City of Clearwater had announced that the Phillies had accepted Clearwater's invitation to train at Clearwater Athletic Field in 1947 on a one-year agreement. On March 7, 1947, the Phillies and city signed a 10-year deal for the Phillies to train in Clearwater. The Phillies lost their first spring training game in 1947 at Athletic Field to the Detroit Tigers by a score of 13–1. The Phillies' attendance that spring was 13,291 which was ninth out of the ten teams training in Florida.[2]
Regular season[]
- April 22: During a game against the Brooklyn Dodgers, Phillies manager Ben Chapman hurled racial slurs at Jackie Robinson. Commissioner Happy Chandler warned the franchise to keep the manager under control or face disciplinary action.[3] Of note, it was the first major league game in which Robinson committed an error.[4]
Season standings[]
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Brooklyn Dodgers | 94 | 60 | 0.610 | — | 52–25 | 42–35 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 89 | 65 | 0.578 | 5 | 46–31 | 43–34 |
Boston Braves | 86 | 68 | 0.558 | 8 | 50–27 | 36–41 |
New York Giants | 81 | 73 | 0.526 | 13 | 45–31 | 36–42 |
Cincinnati Reds | 73 | 81 | 0.474 | 21 | 42–35 | 31–46 |
Chicago Cubs | 69 | 85 | 0.448 | 25 | 36–43 | 33–42 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 62 | 92 | 0.403 | 32 | 38–38 | 24–54 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 62 | 92 | 0.403 | 32 | 32–45 | 30–47 |
Record vs. opponents[]
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 12–10 | 13–9 | 13–9 | 13–9 | 14–8 | 12–10 | 9–13 | |||||
Brooklyn | 10–12 | — | 15–7 | 15–7 | 14–8 | 14–8 | 15–7 | 11–11–1 | |||||
Chicago | 9–13 | 7–15 | — | 12–10 | 7–15 | 16–6–1 | 8–14 | 10–12 | |||||
Cincinnati | 9–13 | 7–15 | 10–12 | — | 13–9 | 13–9 | 13–9 | 8–14 | |||||
New York | 9–13 | 8–14 | 15–7 | 9–13 | — | 12–10 | 15–7–1 | 13–9 | |||||
Philadelphia | 8–14 | 8–14 | 6–16–1 | 9–13 | 10–12 | — | 13–9 | 8–14 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 10–12 | 7–15 | 14–8 | 9–13 | 7–15–1 | 9–13 | — | 6–16–1 | |||||
St. Louis | 13–9 | 11–11–1 | 12–10 | 14–8 | 9–13 | 14–8 | 16–6–1 | — |
Notable transactions[]
- May 3, 1947: Ron Northey was traded by the Phillies to the St. Louis Cardinals for Harry Walker and Freddy Schmidt.[5]
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 | Andy Seminick | 111 | 337 | 85 | .252 | 13 | 50 |
1B | Howie Schultz | 114 | 403 | 90 | .223 | 6 | 35 |
2B | Emil Verban | 155 | 540 | 154 | .285 | 0 | 42 |
SS | Skeeter Newsome | 95 | 310 | 71 | .229 | 2 | 22 |
3B | Lee Handley | 101 | 277 | 70 | .253 | 0 | 42 |
OF | Harry Walker | 130 | 488 | 181 | .371 | 1 | 41 |
OF | Del Ennis | 139 | 541 | 149 | .275 | 12 | 81 |
OF | Johnny Wyrostek | 128 | 454 | 124 | .273 | 5 | 51 |
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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Jim Tabor | 75 | 251 | 59 | .235 | 4 | 31 |
Ralph LaPointe | 56 | 211 | 65 | .308 | 1 | 15 |
Buster Adams | 69 | 182 | 45 | .247 | 2 | 15 |
Al Lakeman | 55 | 182 | 29 | .159 | 6 | 19 |
Don Padgett | 75 | 158 | 50 | .316 | 0 | 24 |
Charlie Gilbert | 83 | 152 | 36 | .237 | 2 | 10 |
Jack Albright | 41 | 99 | 23 | .232 | 2 | 5 |
Willie Jones | 18 | 62 | 14 | .226 | 0 | 10 |
Ron Northey | 13 | 47 | 12 | .255 | 0 | 3 |
Nick Etten | 14 | 41 | 10 | .244 | 1 | 8 |
Frank McCormick | 15 | 40 | 9 | .225 | 1 | 8 |
Jesse Levan | 2 | 9 | 4 | .444 | 0 | 1 |
Hugh Poland | 4 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Putsy Caballero | 2 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
Granny Hamner | 2 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 0 |
Lou Finney | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Rollie Hemsley | 2 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 1 |
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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Dutch Leonard | 32 | 235 | 17 | 12 | 2.68 | 103 |
Schoolboy Rowe | 31 | 195.2 | 14 | 10 | 4.32 | 74 |
Ken Heintzelman | 24 | 136 | 7 | 10 | 4.04 | 55 |
Curt Simmons | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | 9 |
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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Oscar Judd | 32 | 146.2 | 4 | 15 | 4.60 | 54 |
Tommy Hughes | 29 | 127 | 4 | 11 | 3.47 | 44 |
Blix Donnelly | 38 | 120.2 | 4 | 6 | 2.98 | 31 |
Al Jurisich | 34 | 118.1 | 1 | 7 | 4.94 | 48 |
Ken Raffensberger | 10 | 41 | 2 | 6 | 5.49 | 16 |
Dick Koecher | 3 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 4.76 | 4 |
Lefty Hoerst | 4 | 11.1 | 1 | 1 | 7.94 | 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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Charley Schanz | 34 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4.16 | 42 |
Freddy Schmidt | 29 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 4.70 | 24 |
Dick Mauney | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.86 | 6 |
Homer Spragins | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 3 |
Lou Possehl | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.15 | 1 |
Farm system[]
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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A | Utica Blue Sox | Eastern League | Eddie Sawyer |
B | Terre Haute Phillies | Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League | Ray Brubaker, and Jack Sanford |
B | Wilmington Blue Rocks | Interstate League | Jack Saltzgaver |
C | Schenectady Blue Jays | Canadian–American League | Leon Riley |
C | Vandergrift Pioneers | Middle Atlantic League | |
C | Salina Blue Jays | Western Association | |
D | Dover Phillies | Eastern Shore League | Dick Carter |
D | Americus Phillies | Georgia–Florida League | Jack Sanford and Lew Krausse, Sr. |
D | Carbondale Pioneers | North Atlantic League | |
D | Bradford Blue Wings | PONY League | |
D | Appleton Papermakers | Wisconsin State League | and |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Utica, Wilmington, Schenectady, Vandergrift[6]
Notes[]
- ^ Carl Sawatski at Baseball Reference
- ^ Lewis, Allen (March 1986). "Philadelphia '47 '86 Clearwater". 1986 Phillies: Spring Training 40th Year in Clearwater. Clearwater, Florida: Philadelphia Phillies. pp. 4–5.
- ^ Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 76, Jonathan Eig, Simon & Schuster, 2007, New York, ISBN 978-0-7432-9461-4
- ^ Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 75
- ^ Harry Walker at Baseball Reference
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
References[]
- Philadelphia Phillies seasons
- 1947 Major League Baseball season
- 1947 in sports in Pennsylvania