1947 New York Yankees Statistics and Roster

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1947 New York Yankees (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1946/1948)
97-57, Finished 1st in American League
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World Series Champs
Scored 794 runs, Allowed 568 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 100-54
Managed by Bucky Harris

Ballpark: Yankee Stadium I (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,178,937 (1st of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 99, Pitching - 96
  (one-year): Batting - 97, Pitching - 92
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

Postseason: Won World Series (4-3) over Brooklyn Dodgers

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The '47 Yankees won the pennant by 12 games. Nevertheless, there was little indication they would win 15 of the next 18 pennants, and 10 of the 15 World Series in which they competed.

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C  *Aaron Robinson      32   82  252   23   68  11  5   5   36  40   26  .270  .370  .413   0   1   5   0   0          118
1B *George McQuinn      37  144  517   84  157  24  3  13   80  78   66  .304  .395  .437   0   2   6   0  14          132
2B  Snuffy Stirnweiss   28  148  571  102  146  18  8   5   41  89   47  .256  .358  .342   5   3  13   2  11           96
3B  Billy Johnson       28  132  494   67  141  19  8  10   95  44   43  .285  .351  .417   1   2  21   6   3          114
SS  Phil Rizzuto        30  153  549   78  150  26  9   2   60  57   31  .273  .350  .364  11   6   6   8   9          100
OF  Joe DiMaggio        32  141  534   97  168  31 10  20   97  64   32  .315  .391  .522   3   0  14   3   0          154
OF *Tommy Henrich       34  142  550  109  158  35 13  16   98  71   54  .287  .372  .485   3   2   9   3   5          138
OF  Johnny Lindell      30  127  476   66  131  18  7  11   67  32   70  .275  .322  .412   1   2  15   1   4          104
   *Yogi Berra          22   83  293   41   82  15  3  11   54  13   12  .280  .310  .464   0   1   7   0   0          115
   *Charlie Keller      30   45  151   36   36   6  1  13   36  41   18  .238  .404  .550   0   0   3   1   0          165
   *Bobby Brown         22   69  150   21   45   6  1   1   18  21    9  .300  .390  .373   0   2   4   1   3          114
    Ralph Houk          27   41   92    7   25   3  1   0   12  11    5  .272  .356  .326   0   0   2   1   0           91
    Allie Clark         24   24   67    9   25   5  0   1   14   5    2  .373  .417  .493   0   0   5   0   1          153
    Jack Phillips       25   16   36    5   10   0  1   1    2   3    5  .278  .333  .417   0   0   0   0   0          109
    Sherm Lollar        22   11   32    4    7   0  1   1    6   1    5  .219  .242  .375   0   1   3   0   0           71
   *Frank Colman        29   22   28    2    3   0  0   2    6   2    6  .107  .167  .321   0   0   0   0   0           34
   *Lonny Frey          36   24   28   10    5   2  0   0    2  10    1  .179  .410  .250   3   0   1   1   1           87
   #Johnny Lucadello    28   12   12    0    1   0  0   0    0   1    5  .083  .154  .083   0   0   1   0   0          -33
   #Ken Silvestri       31    3   10    0    2   0  0   0    0   2    2  .200  .333  .200   0   0   0   0   0           51
    Frankie Crosetti    36    3    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Ray Mack            30    1    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0   0   0   0   0             
   *Ted Sepkowski       23    2    0    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0   1   0   0   0             

    Allie Reynolds      30   38   89    7   13   1  0   0    5   7   26  .146  .208  .157   0   0   1   0   7            3
    Bill Bevens         30   28   58    2    7   1  0   0    1   2   31  .121  .150  .138   0   0   0   0   3          -19
    Spec Shea           26   27   56    8   11   2  1   0    1   5    9  .196  .262  .268   0   0   1   0   8           48
    Spud Chandler       39   17   49    5   12   3  0   2    4   1   10  .245  .260  .429   0   0   2   0   3           90
   *Joe Page            29   56   46    1   10   0  0   1    5   2   16  .217  .250  .283   0   0   0   0   2           49
    Bobo Newsom         39   17   42    0    4   0  0   0    1   0   11  .095  .095  .095   0   0   1   0   1          -47
    Vic Raschi          28   15   40    5   10   2  0   0    3   1    7  .250  .268  .300   0   0   0   0   1           59
    Karl Drews          27   30   27    1    1   0  0   0    0   3    6  .037  .133  .037   0   0   1   0   1          -51
    Butch Wensloff      31   11   19    1    5   0  0   0    1   1    7  .263  .300  .263   0   0   0   0   1           58
    Randy Gumpert       29   25   14    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    7  .071  .071  .071   0   0   0   0   2          -60
    Don Johnson         20   15   13    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    8  .000  .071  .000   0   0   0   0   4          -79
    Al Lyons            28    8    6    1    4   1  0   0    3   0    1  .667  .667  .833   0   0   0   0   0          317
    Dick Starr          26    4    3    1    1   1  0   0    0   0    1  .333  .333  .667   0   0   1   0   1          175
   *Bill Wight          25    1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    2  .000  .333  .000   0   0   0   0   1           -2
    Mel Queen           29    5    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
   *Tommy Byrne         27    4    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    0       1.000         0   0   0   0   0             
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.1  155 5308  794 1439 230 72 115  748 610  581  .271  .346  .407  27  23 122  27  86          119
    Rank among 8 AL teams          3    1    1   3  1   1        3    4     1     3     1   8   8                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Allie Reynolds      30  34   3.20  19   8  2  30   3  17   4  241.7  207   94   86  23  123  129 1045   8   4  0     111
SP  Bill Bevens         30  28   3.82   7  13  0  23   3  11   1  165.0  167   79   70  13   77   77  725   0   1  1      93
SP  Spec Shea           26  27   3.07  14   5  1  23   3  13   3  178.7  127   63   61  10   89   89  734   0   4  0     116
SP  Spud Chandler       39  17   2.46   9   5  0  16   0  13   2  128.0  100   41   35   4   41   68  519   2   0  1     145
SP  Bobo Newsom         39  17   2.80   7   5  0  15   1   6   2  115.7  109   38   36   8   30   42  475   0   2  0     127
SP  Vic Raschi          28  15   3.87   7   2  0  14   0   6   1  104.7   89   47   45  11   38   51  436   2   1  0      92
SP  Don Johnson         20  15   3.64   4   3  0   8   4   2   0   54.3   57   26   22   2   23   16  238   0   1  0      98

CL *Joe Page            29  56   2.48  14   8 17   2  44   0   0  141.3  105   41   39   5   72  116  584   1   1  0     143
RP  Karl Drews          27  30   4.91   6   6  1  10   9   0   0   91.7   92   57   50   6   55   45  416   1   5  0      72
RP  Randy Gumpert       29  24   5.43   4   1  0   6   4   2   0   56.3   71   36   34   4   28   25  258   1   0  0      65
RP  Al Lyons            28   6   9.00   1   0  0   0   1   0   0   11.0   18   11   11   2    9    7   59   1   0  0      40
RP  Butch Wensloff      31  11   2.61   3   1  0   5   3   1   0   51.7   41   17   15   3   22   18  213   0   0  0     136

    Dick Starr          26   4   1.46   1   0  0   1   2   1   0   12.3   12    4    2   1    8    1   57   0   0  0     244
   *Bill Wight          25   1   1.00   1   0  0   1   0   1   0    9.0    8    3    1   0    2    3   35   0   0  0     356
    Mel Queen           29   5   9.45   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    6.7    9    7    7   2    4    2   33   0   1  0      38
   *Tommy Byrne         27   4   4.15   0   0  0   1   2   0   0    4.3    5    2    2   0    6    2   23   0   0  0      86
    Rugger Ardizoia     27   1   9.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    2.0    4    2    2   1    1    0   10   0   0  0      40
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.9 155   3.39  97  57 21 155  82  73  14 1374.0 1221  568  518  95  628  691 5860  16  20  2     105
    Rank among 8 AL teams           1   1   8  3           2   3      6    1    1        7    7    1

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- ARobinson 74 346 38 1 3 .997 5 YBerra 51 259 18 8 5 .972 3 RHouk 41 138 13 2 0 .987 2 SLollar 9 44 3 0 0 1.000 1 KSilvestri 3 7 1 0 0 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 155 794 73 11 8 .987 11 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .990 9.34 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GMcQuinn 142 1198 93 8 120 .994 9.09 JPhillips 10 71 1 1 8 .986 7.20 THenrich 6 59 1 0 6 1.000 10.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 1328 95 9 134 .994 9.32 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .978 5.19 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- SStirnweiss 148 337 402 13 107 .983 4.99 LFrey 8 14 22 3 7 .923 4.50 JLucadello 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.60 FCrosetti 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 354 424 16 114 .980 5.10 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .959 2.91 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BJohnson 132 136 204 17 12 .952 2.58 BBrown 27 21 34 4 3 .932 2.04 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 157 238 21 15 .950 2.59 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .964 4.93 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PRizzuto 151 340 450 25 111 .969 5.23 BBrown 11 13 20 3 5 .917 3.00 FCrosetti 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 353 470 28 116 .967 5.39 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .979 2.35 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- JDiMaggio 139 316 2 1 0 .997 2.29 0 139 0 THenrich 132 278 13 5 2 .983 2.20 0 8 125 JLindell 118 308 6 7 1 .978 2.66 102 10 11 CKeller 43 85 2 3 0 .967 2.02 43 0 0 YBerra 24 48 0 1 0 .980 2.00 12 0 12 AClark 16 36 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 6 0 10 FColman 6 7 1 0 0 1.000 1.33 6 0 0 BBrown 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.33 0 2 1 ALyons 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 155 1079 24 17 3 .985 2.41 155 155 155 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .955 1.92 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- AReynolds 34 9 31 2 1 .952 1.49 SShea 27 9 14 0 0 1.000 1.16 BBevens 28 8 24 0 2 1.000 1.75 JPage 56 2 18 0 0 1.000 1.27 SChandler 17 6 36 1 1 .977 2.95 BNewsom 17 3 12 0 1 1.000 1.17 VRaschi 15 4 15 0 1 1.000 1.63 KDrews 30 4 17 1 1 .955 2.06 RGumpert 24 2 9 0 1 1.000 1.76 DJohnson 15 2 7 2 2 .818 1.49 BWensloff 11 3 4 0 0 1.000 1.22 DStarr 4 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.20 ALyons 6 2 3 1 1 .833 4.09 BWight 1 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.00 MQueen 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 TByrne 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.09 RArdizoia 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 56 197 7 11 .973 1.66 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting Average DiMaggio .315

On-base % McQuinn .395

Slugging % DiMaggio .522

OPS DiMaggio .913

Games Rizzuto 153

At Bats Stirnweiss 571

Plate Appearances (approx.) Stirnweiss 673

Runs Henrich 109

Hits DiMaggio 168

Total Bases DiMaggio 279

Doubles Henrich 35

Triples Henrich 13

Home Runs DiMaggio 20

RBI Henrich 98

Bases on Balls Stirnweiss 89

Strikeouts Lindell 70

Stolen Bases Rizzuto 11

Singles McQuinn 117

Adjusted OPS+ DiMaggio 154

Runs Created DiMaggio 109

Adjusted Batting Runs DiMaggio 38

Batting Wins DiMaggio 3.8

Extra-Base Hits Henrich 64

Times on Base Stirnweiss 237

Offensive Win% DiMaggio .752

Hit By Pitch Rizzuto 8

Sac. Hits McQuinn 14

Grounded into Double Plays Johnson 21

Caught Stealing Rizzuto 6

Power/Speed Number DiMaggio 5.2

At Bats per Strikeout Rizzuto 17.7

At Bats per Home Run DiMaggio 26.7

Outs Stirnweiss 452

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ERA Shea 3.07

Wins Reynolds 19

Won-Loss % Shea .737

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Shea 1.209

Hits Allowed/9IP Shea 6.40

Bases on Balls/9IP Bevens 4.20

Strikeouts/9IP Reynolds 4.80

Games Page 56

Saves Page 17

Innings Reynolds 241.7

Strikeouts Reynolds 129

Games Started Reynolds 30

Comp. Games Reynolds 17

Shutouts Reynolds 4

Home Runs Allow. Reynolds 23

Bases On Balls Allow. Reynolds 123

Hits Allowed Reynolds 207

SO to Walk Reynolds 1.05

Losses Bevens 13

Earned Runs Allow. Reynolds 86

Wild Pitches Reynolds 8

Hit Batsmen Drews 5

Batters Faced Reynolds 1045

Games Finished Page 44

Adjusted ERA+ Shea 116

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The '47 Yankees won the pennant by 12 games. Nevertheless, there was little indication they would win 15 of the next 18 pennants, and 10 of the 15 World Series in which they competed.