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 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Debut  Age
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+
 Cliff Aberson       1947-1949   63   179   25   45   7   3   5   26   25   44  .251  .343  .408    0   0 Jul 18 25.324
 Dick Adams          1947-1947   37    89    9   18   2   3   2   11    2   18  .202  .220  .360    0   0 May 20 27.042
 Jack Albright       1947-1947   41    99    9   23   4   0   2    5   10   11  .232  .303  .333    1   0 May 19 25.323
 Hub Andrews         1947-1948    8     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Apr 20 24.232
 Rugger Ardizoia     1947-1947    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Apr 30 27.161
 Leslie Aulds        1947-1947    3     4    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    1  .250  .250  .250    0   0 May 25 26.148
 Bill Ayers          1947-1947   13     8    0    2   1   0   0    2    0    3  .250  .250  .375    0   0 Apr 17 27.202
 Dan Bankhead        1947-1951   62    45    7   10   1   0   1    3    1    7  .222  .271  .311    0   0 Aug 26 27.115
 Jack Banta          1947-1950   69    61    3    7   1   0   0    3    4   11  .115  .169  .131    0   0 Sep 18 22.086
 Matt Batts          1947-1956  546  1605  163  432  95  11  26  220  143  163  .269  .329  .391    6   4 Sep 10 25.329
 Frank Baumholtz     1947-1957 1019  3477  450 1010 165  51  25  272  258  258  .290  .342  .389   30  20 Apr 15 28.190
 Gene Bearden        1947-1953  212   288   35   68  10   1   4   32   14   42  .236  .272  .319    0   0 May 10 26.247
 Lou Brissie         1947-1953  234   295   17   67   5   1   0   26    7   23  .227  .245  .251    0   0 Sep 28 23.115
 Walter Brown        1947-1947   19    11    0    0   0   0   0    0    2    4  .000  .154  .000    0   0 May 16 32.023
 Willard Brown       1947-1947   21    67    4   12   3   0   1    6    0    7  .179  .179  .269    2   2 Jul 19 32.023
 Scott Cary          1947-1947   23    13    1    1   0   0   0    1    2    3  .077  .200  .077    0   0 May  1 24.020
 Pete Castiglione    1947-1954  545  1670  205  426  62  11  24  150  103  126  .255  .300  .349   10   6 Sep 10 26.209
 Ed Chandler         1947-1947   15     2    0    0   0   0   0    1    1    1  .000  .333  .000    0   0 Apr 18 25.060
 Allie Clark         1947-1953  358  1021  131  267  48   4  32  149   72   70  .262  .312  .410    2   5 Aug  5 24.050
 Ray Coleman         1947-1952  559  1729  208  446  74  33  20  199  148  158  .258  .318  .374   19  20 Apr 22 24.322
 Merl Combs          1947-1952  140   361   45   73   6   1   2   25   57   43  .202  .314  .241    0   1 Sep 12 27.275
 Bernie Creger       1947-1947   15    16    3    3   1   0   0    0    1    3  .188  .235  .250    1   0 Apr 29 20.039
 Perry Currin        1947-1947    3     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    1    0  .000  .333  .000    0   0 Jun 29 18.275
 Cot Deal            1947-1954   46    24    5    4   1   0   1    4    1    7  .167  .231  .333    0   0 Sep 11 24.231
 Sam Dente           1947-1955  745  2320  205  585  78  16   4  214  167   96  .252  .303  .305    9   9 Jul 10 25.075
 Chuck Diering       1947-1956  752  1648  217  411  76  14  14  141  237  250  .249  .345  .338   16  23 Apr 15 24.069
 Larry Doby          1947-1959 1533  5348  960 1515 243  52 253  970  871 1011  .283  .386  .490   47  36 Jul  5 23.204
 Harry Dorish        1947-1956  324   204   16   32   7   0   0    4    8   43  .157  .189  .191    1   0 Apr 15 25.276
 Buzz Dozier         1947-1949    4     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Sep 12 19.012
 Glenn Elliott       1947-1949   34    21    0    2   0   0   0    0    2    7  .095  .174  .095    0   0 Apr 17 27.157
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Debut  Age
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+
 Eddie Erautt        1947-1953  164    75    2    9   2   0   0    2    8   19  .120  .205  .147    0   0 Apr 16 22.202
 Cal Ermer           1947-1947    1     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Sep 26 23.320
 Ferris Fain         1947-1955 1151  3930  595 1139 213  30  48  570  904  261  .290  .424  .396   46  28 Apr 15 26.017
 Tommy Fine          1947-1950   25    21    5    7   2   0   0    1    2    5  .333  .391  .429    1   0 Apr 26 32.198
 Nellie Fox          1947-1965 2367  9232 1279 2663 355 112  35  790  719  216  .288  .348  .363   76  80 Jun  8 19.165
 Joe Frazier         1947-1956  217   282   31   68  15   2  10   45   35   46  .241  .328  .415    0   1 Aug 31 24.329
 Lloyd Gearhart      1947-1947   73   179   26   44   9   0   6   17   17   30  .246  .315  .397    1   0 Apr 18 23.251
 Pete Gebrian        1947-1947   27    13    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    4  .000  .000  .000    0   0 May  6 23.269
 Billy Goodman       1947-1962 1623  5644  807 1691 299  44  19  591  669  329  .300  .376  .378   37  30 Apr 19 21.028
 Ernest Groth        1947-1949    7     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Sep 11 25.131
 Clint Hartung       1947-1952  196   378   42   90  10   6  14   43   25  112  .238  .285  .407    0   0 Apr 15 24.248
 Phil Haugstad       1947-1952   37     4    0    0   0   0   0    0    1    2  .000  .200  .000    0   0 Sep  1 23.190
 Jim Hearn           1947-1959  403   548   44   77   7   2   9   36   33  214  .141  .190  .210    1   0 Apr 17 26.006
 Ralph Houk          1947-1954   91   158   12   43   6   1   0   20   12   10  .272  .327  .323    0   0 Apr 26 27.260
 Dixie Howell        1947-1956  340   910   98  224  39   4  12   93   87  140  .246  .314  .337    1   2 May  6 27.012
 Larry Jansen        1947-1956  291   600   37   90  12   1   1   48   39  157  .150  .202  .178    0   0 Apr 17 26.275
 Don Johnson         1947-1958  198   155    1    9   1   0   0    7    5   47  .058  .087  .065    0   0 Apr 20 20.159
 Ken Johnson         1947-1952  111    89   17   19   3   0   0    8    2   23  .213  .231  .247    1   0 Sep 18 24.247
 Willie Jones        1947-1961 1691  5826  786 1502 252  33 190  812  755  541  .258  .343  .410   40  17 Sep 10 22.025
 Spider Jorgensen    1947-1951  267   755   97  201  40  11   9  107  106   75  .266  .359  .384    5   0 Apr 15 27.163
 Tom Kirk            1947-1947    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Jun 24 19.270
 Ted Kluszewski      1947-1961 1718  5929  848 1766 290  29 279 1028  492  365  .298  .353  .498   20  10 Apr 18 22.220
 Austin Knickerbocker1947-1947   21    48    8   12   3   2   0    2    3    4  .250  .294  .396    0   1 Apr 19 28.186
 Chuck Kress         1947-1954  175   466   57  116  20   7   1   52   49   59  .249  .320  .328    6   8 Apr 16 25.128
 Joe Lafata          1947-1949  127   236   31   54   3   2   5   34   24   42  .229  .303  .322    2   0 Apr 17 25.257
 Ralph LaPointe      1947-1948  143   433   60  115  10   0   1   30   35   34  .266  .322  .296    9   0 Apr 15 25.097
 Jesse Levan         1947-1955   25    35    5   10   0   0   1    5    0    2  .286  .286  .371    0   0 Sep 27 21.074
 Lyman Linde         1947-1948    4     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Sep 11 26.346
 Buddy Lively        1947-1949   79    60    4   10   4   1   0    3    5    9  .167  .231  .267    0   0 Apr 17 22.062
 Jack Lohrke         1947-1953  354   914  125  221  38   9  22   96  111   86  .242  .327  .375    9   0 Apr 18 23.052
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Debut  Age
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+
 Ed Lyons            1947-1947    7    26    2    4   0   0   0    0    2    2  .154  .214  .154    0   0 Sep 15 24.126
 Sal Madrid          1947-1947    8    24    0    3   1   0   0    1    1    6  .125  .160  .167    0   0 Sep 17 27.100
 Sam Mele            1947-1956 1046  3437  406  916 168  39  80  544  311  342  .267  .328  .408   15  14 Apr 15 25.084
 Steve Nagy          1947-1950   21    26    5    6   1   0   1    3    3    7  .231  .310  .385    0   0 Apr 20 27.327
 Mel Parnell         1947-1956  293   668   52  132  17   2   1   50   29   94  .198  .233  .234    2   0 Apr 20 24.311
 Harry Perkowski     1947-1955  197   239   19   43   7   1   1   13    6   71  .180  .206  .230    0   0 Sep 13 25.007
 Jack Phillips       1947-1957  343   892  111  252  42  16   9  101   85   86  .283  .344  .396    5   3 Aug 22 25.350
 Mario Picone        1947-1954   13     6    1    1   1   0   0    2    2    1  .167  .375  .333    0   0 Sep 27 21.084
 Ken Polivka         1947-1947    2     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Apr 18 26.087
 Marv Rackley        1947-1950  185   477   87  151  20   6   1   35   36   36  .317  .365  .390   10   0 Apr 15 25.264
 Willie Ramsdell     1947-1952  111   141    5   22   2   0   0    4    8   35  .156  .201  .170    0   0 Sep 24 31.173
 Bobby Rhawn         1947-1949   90   198   38   47   9   2   2   18   35   17  .237  .352  .333    4   1 Sep 17 28.216
 Jackie Robinson     1947-1956 1382  4877  947 1518 273  54 137  734  740  291  .311  .409  .474  197  30 Apr 15 28.074
 Al Rosen            1947-1956 1044  3725  603 1063 165  20 192  717  587  385  .285  .384  .495   39  33 Sep 10 23.000
 Mickey Rutner       1947-1947   12    48    4   12   1   0   1    4    3    2  .250  .294  .333    0   0 Sep 11 27.177
 Mike Schultz        1947-1947    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Apr 20 26.124
 Spec Shea           1947-1955  195   298   29   58   8   4   1   33   19   63  .195  .245  .258    0   0 Apr 19 26.199
 Strick Shofner      1947-1947    5    13    1    2   0   1   0    0    0    3  .154  .154  .308    0   0 Apr 19 27.270
 Curt Simmons        1947-1967  609  1135   93  194  19   3   1   76   59  283  .171  .213  .196    2   1 Sep 28 18.132
 Duke Snider         1947-1964 2143  7161 1259 2116 358  85 407 1333  971 1237  .295  .380  .540   99  50 Apr 17 20.210
 Homer Spragins      1947-1947    4     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Sep 13 26.308
 Jerry Staley        1947-1961  640   525   35   66   4   0   1   19   38  116  .126  .186  .139    0   2 Apr 20 26.242
 Virgil Stallcup     1947-1953  587  2059  171  497  99  13  22  214   51  181  .241  .260  .334    9   4 Apr 18 25.105
 Dick Starr          1947-1951   94    97   11   15   4   0   0    2   10   36  .155  .234  .196    0   1 Sep  5 26.187
 Bryan Stephens      1947-1948   74    59    5    7   1   0   0    3    6   17  .119  .200  .136    0   0 May 15 26.305
 Chuck Stobbs        1947-1961  460   578   53  102  15   0   0   53   52  125  .176  .246  .202    1   1 Sep 15 18.075
 Bud Swartz          1947-1947    5     1    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    0 1.000 1.000 1.000    0   0 Jul 12 18.029
 Hank Thompson       1947-1956  933  3003  492  801 104  34 129  482  493  337  .267  .372  .453   33  15 Jul 17 21.221
 Hal Toenes          1947-1947    3     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    1    0  .000  .500  .000    0   0 Sep 17 29.344
 Earl Torgeson       1947-1961 1668  4969  848 1318 215  46 149  740  980  653  .265  .385  .417  133  39 Apr 15 23.104
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Debut  Age
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+
 Johnny Van Cuyk     1947-1949    7     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Sep 18 26.073
 Vic Wertz           1947-1963 1862  6099  867 1692 289  42 266 1178  828  842  .277  .364  .469    9  19 Apr 15 22.065
 Wally Westlake      1947-1956  958  3117  474  848 107  33 127  539  317  453  .272  .345  .450   19   7 Apr 15 26.158
 Wes Westrum         1947-1957  919  2322  302  503  59   8  96  315  489  514  .217  .356  .373   10   5 Sep 17 24.293
 Al Widmar           1947-1952  114   107    4   18   4   0   0    7    7   37  .168  .219  .206    0   0 Apr 25 22.036
 Les Willis          1947-1947   22    11    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    1  .091  .091  .091    0   0 Apr 28 39.101
 Junior Wooten       1947-1948   94   282   34   68   8   3   1   24   24   25  .241  .305  .301    3   1 Sep 16 23.243
 Sal Yvars           1947-1954  210   418   41  102  12   0  10   42   37   41  .244  .315  .344    1   1 Sep 27 23.219
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+

98 Players

Pitchers Debuting in 1947

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 Player              From  To   W   L   WL%   ERA    G   GS  CG SHO  SV   IP     H   ER   HR  BB   SO  Debut  Age
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+------+
 Hub Andrews         1947-1948   0   0        4.63    8   0   0   0   0   11.7   17    6   1    4    2 Apr 20 24.232
 Rugger Ardizoia     1947-1947   0   0        9.00    1   0   0   0   0    2.0    4    2   1    1    0 Apr 30 27.161
 Bill Ayers          1947-1947   0   3  .000  8.15   13   4   0   0   1   35.3   46   32   7   14   22 Apr 17 27.202
 Dan Bankhead        1947-1951   9   5  .643  6.52   52  13   2   1   4  153.3  161  111  22  110  111 Aug 26 27.115
 Jack Banta          1947-1950  14  12  .538  3.78   69  19   3   1   5  204.7  176   86  15  113  116 Sep 18 22.086
 Gene Bearden        1947-1953  45  38  .542  3.96  193  84  29   7   1  788.3  791  347  48  435  259 May 10 26.247
 Lou Brissie         1947-1953  44  48  .478  4.07  234  93  45   2  29  897.7  867  406  61  451  436 Sep 28 23.115
 Walter Brown        1947-1947   1   0 1.000  4.89   19   0   0   0   0   46.0   50   25   3   28   10 May 16 32.023
 Scott Cary          1947-1947   3   1  .750  5.93   23   3   1   0   0   54.7   73   36   5   20   25 May 01 24.020
 Ed Chandler         1947-1947   0   1  .000  6.37   15   1   0   0   1   29.7   31   21   7   12    8 Apr 18 25.060
 Cot Deal            1947-1954   3   4  .429  6.55   45   2   0   0   1   89.3  111   65  14   48   34 Sep 11 24.231
 Harry Dorish        1947-1956  45  43  .511  3.83  323  40  13   2  44  834.3  850  355  57  301  332 Apr 15 25.276
 Buzz Dozier         1947-1949   0   0        6.55    4   0   0   0   0   11.0   14    8   0    7    3 Sep 12 19.012
 Glenn Elliott       1947-1949   4   5  .444  4.08   34   7   1   0   1   90.3   93   41  11   39   25 Apr 17 27.157
 Eddie Erautt        1947-1953  15  23  .395  4.86  164  22   4   0   2  379.7  434  205  34  179  157 Apr 16 22.202
 Tommy Fine          1947-1950   1   3  .250  6.81   23   7   1   0   0   72.7   94   55   6   44   16 Apr 26 32.198
 Pete Gebrian        1947-1947   2   3  .400  4.48   27   4   0   0   5   66.3   61   33   7   33   17 May 06 23.269
 Ernest Groth        1947-1949   0   1  .000  4.91    6   0   0   0   0    7.3    3    4   2    6    2 Sep 11 25.131
 Clint Hartung       1947-1952  29  29  .500  5.02  112  72  23   3   1  511.3  529  285  56  271  167 Apr 15 24.248
 Phil Haugstad       1947-1952   1   1  .500  5.59   37   2   0   0   0   56.3   51   35   6   41   28 Sep 01 23.190
 Jim Hearn           1947-1959 109  89  .551  3.81  396 229  63  10   8 1703.7 1661  721 157  655  669 Apr 17 26.006
 Larry Jansen        1947-1956 122  89  .578  3.58  291 237 107  17  10 1765.7 1751  703 191  410  842 Apr 17 26.275
 Don Johnson         1947-1958  27  38  .415  4.78  198  70  17   5  12  631.0  712  335  55  285  262 Apr 20 20.159
 Ken Johnson         1947-1952  12  14  .462  4.58   74  34   8   4   0  269.3  251  137  14  195  147 Sep 18 24.247
 Lyman Linde         1947-1948   0   0        6.75    4   0   0   0   0   10.7   12    8   1    5    0 Sep 11 26.346
 Buddy Lively        1947-1949   8  13  .381  4.16   79  27   6   2   1  249.0  230  115  27  127   94 Apr 17 22.062
 Steve Nagy          1947-1950   3   8  .273  6.42   15  10   2   0   0   67.3   87   48   6   38   21 Apr 20 27.327
 Mel Parnell         1947-1956 123  75  .621  3.50  289 232 113  20  10 1752.7 1715  682 104  758  732 Apr 20 24.311
 Harry Perkowski     1947-1955  33  40  .452  4.37  184  76  24   4   5  697.7  719  339  65  324  296 Sep 13 25.007
 Jack Phillips       1947-1957   0   0        7.20    1   0   0   0   0    5.0    7    4   0    1    2 Aug 22 25.350
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+------+
 Player              From  To   W   L   WL%   ERA    G   GS  CG SHO  SV   IP     H   ER   HR  BB   SO  Debut  Age
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+------+
 Mario Picone        1947-1954   0   2  .000  6.30   13   3   0   0   0   40.0   43   28   7   25   11 Sep 27 21.084
 Ken Polivka         1947-1947   0   0        3.00    2   0   0   0   0    3.0    3    1   0    3    1 Apr 18 26.087
 Willie Ramsdell     1947-1952  24  39  .381  3.83  111  58  18   2   5  479.7  455  204  46  215  240 Sep 24 31.173
 Mike Schultz        1947-1947   0   0        4.50    1   0   0   0   0    2.0    4    1   0    2    0 Apr 20 26.124
 Spec Shea           1947-1955  56  46  .549  3.80  195 118  48  12   5  943.7  849  398  66  497  361 Apr 19 26.199
 Curt Simmons        1947-1967 193 183  .513  3.54  569 462 163  36   5 3348.3 3313 1318 255 1063 1697 Sep 28 18.132
 Homer Spragins      1947-1947   0   0        6.75    4   0   0   0   0    5.3    3    4   0    3    3 Sep 13 26.308
 Jerry Staley        1947-1961 134 111  .547  3.70  640 186  58   9  61 1981.7 2070  814 187  529  727 Apr 20 26.242
 Dick Starr          1947-1951  12  24  .333  5.25   93  45   7   2   2  344.7  390  201  40  198  120 Sep 05 26.187
 Bryan Stephens      1947-1948   8  16  .333  5.16   74  17   3   0   4  214.7  220  123  20  106   69 May 15 26.305
 Chuck Stobbs        1947-1961 107 130  .451  4.29  459 238  65   7  19 1920.3 2003  916 183  735  897 Sep 15 18.075
 Bud Swartz          1947-1947   0   0        6.75    5   0   0   0   0    5.3    9    4   1    7    1 Jul 12 18.029
 Hal Toenes          1947-1947   0   1  .000  6.75    3   1   0   0   0    6.7   11    5   0    2    5 Sep 17 29.344
 Johnny Van Cuyk     1947-1949   0   0        5.23    7   0   0   0   0   10.3   12    6   1    3    3 Sep 18 26.073
 Al Widmar           1947-1952  13  30  .302  5.21  114  42  12   1   5  388.3  461  225  41  176  143 Apr 25 22.036
 Les Willis          1947-1947   0   2  .000  3.48   22   2   0   0   1   44.0   58   17   3   24   10 Apr 28 39.101
 Junior Wooten       1947-1948   0   0        9.00    1   0   0   0   0    2.0    2    2   0    2    1 Sep 16 23.243
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+------+

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