1947 Philadelphia Phillies season explained

Philadelphia Phillies
Season:1947
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)

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

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

Notable transactions

Roster

1947 Philadelphia Phillies
Roster
PitchersCatchersInfieldersOutfieldersOther battersManagerCoaches

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C 111 337 85 .252 13 50
1B 114 403 90 .223 6 35
2B 155 540 154 .285 0 42
SS 95 310 71 .229 2 22
3B 101 277 70 .253 0 42
OF 130 488 181 .371 1 41
OF 139 541 149 .275 12 81
OF 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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
75 251 59 .235 4 31
56 211 65 .308 1 15
69 182 45 .247 2 15
55 182 29 .159 6 19
75 158 50 .316 0 24
83 152 36 .237 2 10
41 99 23 .232 2 5
18 62 14 .226 0 10
13 47 12 .255 0 3
14 41 10 .244 1 8
15 40 9 .225 1 8
2 9 4 .444 0 1
4 8 0 .000 0 0
2 7 1 .143 0 0
2 7 2 .286 0 0
4 4 0 .000 0 0
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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
32 235.0 17 12 2.68 103
31 195.2 14 10 4.32 74
24 136.0 7 10 4.04 55
1 9.0 1 0 1.00 9

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
32 146.2 4 15 4.60 54
29 127.0 4 11 3.47 44
38 120.2 4 6 2.98 31
34 118.1 1 7 4.94 48
10 41.0 2 6 5.49 16
3 17.0 0 2 4.76 4
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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
34 2 4 2 4.16 42
29 5 8 0 4.70 24
9 0 0 1 3.86 6
4 0 0 0 6.75 3
2 0 0 0 4.15 1

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Utica, Wilmington, Schenectady, Vandergrift[7]

References

Notes and References

  1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sawatca01.shtml Carl Sawatski
  2. Lewis . Allen. March 1986 . Philadelphia '47 '86 Clearwater. 1986 Phillies: Spring Training 40th Year in Clearwater. Clearwater, Florida . Philadelphia Phillies. 4–5 .
  3. Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 76, Jonathan Eig, Simon & Schuster, 2007, New York,
  4. Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 75
  5. News: . June 3, 1947 . Curt Simmons Fans 11 Phils; Egypt Tied. Philadelphia Inqurier . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 24.
  6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/walkeha01.shtml Harry Walker
  7. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007