1947 Philadelphia Phillies | ||
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Also known as the Philadelphia Blue Jays | ||
League | National League | |
Ballpark | Shibe Park | |
City | Philadelphia | |
Owners | R. R. M. Carpenter | |
General managers | Herb Pennock | |
Managers | Ben Chapman | |
Television | WPTZ | |
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.
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]
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 |
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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 | — |
1947 Philadelphia Phillies | |||||||||
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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 |
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 |
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 | 235.0 | 17 | 12 | 2.68 | 103 |
Schoolboy Rowe | 31 | 195.2 | 14 | 10 | 4.32 | 74 |
Ken Heintzelman | 24 | 136.0 | 7 | 10 | 4.04 | 55 |
Curt Simmons | 1 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | 9 |
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 | 127.0 | 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 | 41.0 | 2 | 6 | 5.49 | 16 |
Dick Koecher | 3 | 17.0 | 0 | 2 | 4.76 | 4 |
Lefty Hoerst | 4 | 11.1 | 1 | 1 | 7.94 | 0 |
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 |
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