1947 Cleveland Indians | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Cleveland Municipal Stadium | |
City | Cleveland, Ohio | |
Owners | Bill Veeck | |
General managers | Bill Veeck | |
Managers | Lou Boudreau | |
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.
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 |
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | 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 | — |
1947 Cleveland Indians | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers
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Infielders
| Outfielders
Other batters | Manager Coaches
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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 | 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 |
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 |
Al Rosen | 7 | 9 | 1 | .111 | 0 | 0 |
Ted Sepkowski | 10 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Lou Boudreau, Shortstop, starter
Bob Feller, Pitcher (replaced due to injury)
Joe Gordon, Second baseman, starter
Jim Hegan, Catcher, reserve
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