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1947 National League  Previous Year / Next Year Team W L % GB OFF PIT DEF HOME ROAD AUTO 1-RUN L34 MANAGER(S) St. Louis NL SLN 89 65 .578 ---- 3 10 5 36-19 34-21 19-25 28-20 22-12 Mike Rescigno Brooklyn BRN 88 66 .571 1.0 2 3 3 29-26 31-24 28-16 29-31 20-14 Robert Rescigno Pittsburgh PIN 86 68 .558 3.0 8 5 8 31-24 34-21 21-23 26-21 19-15 Mike Tomeo New York NL NYN 75 79 .487 14.0 6 12 11 27-28 24-31 24-20 21-22 18-16 Rick Field Chicago NL CHN 72 82 .468 17.0 4 11 6 32-23 26-29 14-30 14-23 16-18 Alan Boodman Boston NL BON 66 88 .429 23.0 12 8 10 24-31 21-34 21-23 31-30 10-24 Jim Pardee Cincinnati CIN 61 93 .396 28.0 13 13 9 19-36 19-36 23-21 15-22 13-21 John Storer OFF, PIT, DEF - rankings among the 14 teams in Offense, Pitching and Defense. HOME, ROAD, 1-RUN, L34 - W-L records at Home & on the Road (owner-play only), during autoplay, in one-run games, and over the final 34 games of the season. Postseason World Series (4-3):   Boston Red Sox over St. Louis Cardinals

1947 AL | NL League Yearly Summary | Transactions
  Players: Batting - Pitching

League Batting    Glossary

 Tm    R/G    R    AB    H    2B   3B  HR   BB    SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS   IBB  HP   SH   SF  GIDP
+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
 BRN  4.96   764  5336  1443  232  46   85  725   645  .270  .357  .379  151   47   42   27  113   61  135
 SLN  4.93   759  5365  1469  217  71  125  649   630  .274  .352  .411   44   34   19   36   67   66  187
 CHN  4.81   741  5437  1536  230  57  102  537   714  .283  .345  .402   65   39   27   16   59   63  125
 NYN  4.73   729  5456  1540  200  44  203  405   708  .282  .332  .447   45   38   43   21   43   46  130
 PIN  4.66   718  5339  1402  227  63  135  648   737  .263  .341  .405   43   16   43   17   31   57  132
 BON  3.81   586  5347  1406  234  58   85  461   665  .263  .321  .376   65   66   40   18   51   52  123
 CIN  3.64   560  5160  1198  188  42  111  533   811  .232  .304  .349   33   27   20   18   54   40  128
+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
 Tot  4.51  4857 37440  9994 1528 381  846 3958  4910  .267  .336  .396  446  267  234  153  418  385  960

League Pitching    Glossary

 Tm   R/G    RA   ERA    IP    H    HR    BB    SO   CG SHO  SV  IRSC XTOT XOUT  XPCT
+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+-----+----+----+-----+
 BRN  4.18   643  3.66  1408  1392  101   586   831  31   9  32  .235  820  620  .756
 PIN  4.31   664  3.89  1386  1453   92   480   559  26  11  33  .394  811  569  .702
 BON  4.36   672  3.78  1398  1433  110   483   621  42   4  26  .427  790  543  .687
 SLN  4.49   692  3.99  1410  1490  107   549   719  19  11  45  .359  857  627  .732
 CHN  4.76   733  4.05  1382  1399  119   607   665  22   5  29  .358  805  574  .713
 NYN  4.94   760  4.49  1381  1363  144   755   657  11  10  41  .341  819  550  .672
 CIN  4.99   768  4.45  1374  1584  105   563   756  15   8  30  .440  821  567  .691
+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+-----+----+----+-----+
 Tot  4.58  4932  4.04  9741 10114  778  4023  4808 166  58 236       5723 4050  .708

League Awards
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Pitchers are not eligible for the MVP Award.
All voting is done by HAL. Totals may not match the Recap report, but the order of the players is generally the same.

MVP Award Voting Johnny Mize  (542) Ralph Kiner  (511) Whitey Kurowski  (493) Stan Musial  (455) Bob Elliott  (419) Dixie Walker  (412) Willard Marshall  (410) Bobby Thomson  (407) Walker Cooper  (386) Pee Wee Reese  (385) Billy Cox  (372) Frankie Gustine  (368) Enos Slaughter  (367) Eddie Miller  (357) Barney McCosky  (356) Jackie Robinson  (350) Snuffy Stirnweiss  (349) Grady Hatton  (348) Bill Nicholson  (345) Eddie Stanky  (342)

Cy Young Award Voting Harry Brecheen  (189) Ewell Blackwell  (158) Harry Taylor  (153) Sam Zoldak  (150) Harry Dorish  (143) Red Embree  (138) Tiny Bonham  (129) Frank Papish  (129) Murry Dickson  (127) Ralph Branca  (127) Vic Lombardi  (123) Rip Sewell  (117) Charley Schanz  (111) Al Brazle  (111) Ellis Kinder  (110) Red Munger  (97) Fritz Ostermueller  (96) Johnny Schmitz  (92) Hugh Casey  (91) Harry Gumbert  (87)

All Stars

Ewell Blackwell Tiny Bonham Ralph Branca Harry Brecheen Phil Cavarretta Walker Cooper Billy Cox Harry Dorish

Bruce Edwards Bob Elliott Don Johnson Ralph Kiner Whitey Kurowski Barney McCosky Johnny Mize Stan Musial

Frank Papish Pee Wee Reese Jackie Robinson Eddie Stanky Bobby Thomson Earl Torgeson Dixie Walker Wally Westlake

Gold Gloves

P: Ewell Blackwell C: Bruce Edwards 1B: Stan Musial 2B: Eddie Stanky 3B: Frankie Gustine SS: Marty Marion OF: Willard Marshall OF: Dave Philley OF: Bobby Thomson

Major League Leaderboard
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Batting Average Harry Walker .380 Phil Cavarretta .369 Johnny Mize .350 Ted Williams .339 Elmer Valo .338 George McQuinn .335 Barney McCosky .334 Eddie Waitkus .332 Lou Boudreau .329 Joe Gordon .328 Joe Dimaggio .320 Walker Cooper .320	On Base Percentage Ted Williams .484 Augie Galan .452 Harry Walker .449 Johnny Mize .439 Elmer Valo .429 Roy Cullenbine .428 Phil Cavarretta .427 Ralph Kiner .425 Whitey Kurowski .424 George McQuinn .418 Dixie Walker .407 Earl Torgeson .405	Slugging Percentage Johnny Mize .660 Ralph Kiner .643 Joe Gordon .612 Whitey Kurowski .588 Ted Williams .566 Bill Nicholson .565 Pat Mullin .564 Walker Cooper .539 Joe Dimaggio .534 Harry Walker .528 Wally Westlake .517 Stan Musial .513	On Base + Slugging Johnny Mize 1.099 Ralph Kiner 1.069 Ted Williams 1.051 Whitey Kurowski 1.012 Joe Gordon 1.007 Harry Walker 0.977 Pat Mullin 0.959 Bill Nicholson 0.959 Joe Dimaggio 0.923 George McQuinn 0.916 Phil Cavarretta 0.902 Earl Torgeson 0.897
At Bats Red Schoendienst 676 Frankie Gustine 674 Johnny Pesky 672 Tommy Holmes 652 Stan Musial 632 Frank Baumholtz 629 Jackie Robinson 624 George Kell 619 Eddie Stanky 618 Bob Dillinger 617 Bobby Doerr 616 Eddie Joost 611	Runs Scored Whitey Kurowski 119 Johnny Pesky 119 Harry Walker 116 Johnny Mize 114 Joe Gordon 112 Stan Musial 111 Ted Williams 110 Lou Boudreau 107 Ralph Kiner 106 Bob Elliott 102 Eddie Stanky 100 Jackie Robinson 97	Hits Harry Walker 215 Johnny Pesky 210 Johnny Mize 205 Joe Gordon 200 Barney McCosky 197 George Kell 196 Lou Boudreau 195 Frankie Gustine 192 Tommy Holmes 190 Stan Musial 189 Ted Williams 189 George McQuinn 187	Total Bases Johnny Mize 386 Joe Gordon 373 Ralph Kiner 339 Whitey Kurowski 325 Stan Musial 324 Ted Williams 316 Bobby Thomson 310 Joe Dimaggio 305 Walker Cooper 300 Tommy Henrich 299 Harry Walker 299
Doubles Lou Boudreau 57 Tommy Henrich 46 Connie Ryan 41 Bob Elliott 35 Eddie Miller 35 Jackie Robinson 35 George McQuinn 33 Stan Musial 33 Ferris Fain 32 Dixie Walker 32	Triples Harry Walker 22 Joe Gordon 17 Enos Slaughter 15 Joe Dimaggio 14 Tommy Henrich 13 Jackie Robinson 13 Bobby Thomson 12 Earl Torgeson 12 Mike McCormick 11 Barney McCosky 11 Jim Russell 11	Home Runs Ralph Kiner 53 Johnny Mize 51 Whitey Kurowski 40 Joe Gordon 37 Willard Marshall 35 Rudy York 33 Bill Nicholson 30 Stan Musial 28 Ted Williams 28 Walker Cooper 27 Bobby Thomson 26	RBI Joe Gordon 151 Johnny Mize 131 Ralph Kiner 126 Ted Williams 119 Whitey Kurowski 117 Bobby Doerr 112 Stan Musial 109 Tommy Henrich 106 Dixie Walker 103 Rudy York 100 Pat Mullin 99
Walks Roy Cullenbine 161 Ted Williams 161 Ralph Kiner 116 Dixie Walker 113 Augie Galan 109 Bob Elliott 108 Eddie Joost 108 Whitey Kurowski 108 Eddie Stanky 106 Pee Wee Reese 98 Earl Torgeson 98 Ferris Fain 94	Batters Strikeouts Eddie Joost 162 Jeff Heath 118 Rudy York 107 Bobby Thomson 101 Ralph Kiner 100 Jerry Priddy 98 Frankie Gustine 96 Bill Nicholson 89 Pee Wee Reese 87 Wally Westlake 87	Stolen Bases Pete Reiser 30 Bob Dillinger 29 Jackie Robinson 24 Taffy Wright 23 Thurman Tucker 22 Harry Walker 21 Phil Rizzuto 20 Luke Appling 18 Del Ennis 18 Carl Furillo 18 Dixie Walker 16	Caught Stealing Del Ennis 13 Phil Cavarretta 10 Bob Elliott 10 Phil Rizzuto 10 Snuffy Stirnweiss 10 Tommy Holmes 9 Joe Gordon 8 Phil Masi 8 Dixie Walker 8
Hit by Pitch Enos Slaughter 10 Roy Cullenbine 6 Joe Gordon 6 Whitey Kurowski 6 Stan Spence 6	GIDP Jerry Priddy 35 Stan Musial 29 Dom Dimaggio 24 Joe Dimaggio 24 Bobby Doerr 22 Joe Gordon 22 Grady Hatton 22 Barney McCosky 22 Sam Chapman 21 Tommy Henrich 21	Errors Eddie Miller 36 Grady Hatton 31 Vern Stephens 28 Eddie Lake 27 Red Schoendienst 27 Luke Appling 25 Whitey Kurowski 24 Roy Cullenbine 23 Peanuts Lowrey 23 Ferris Fain 22 Snuffy Stirnweiss 22	Earned Run Average Ewell Blackwell 2.38 Denny Galehouse 2.63 Bob Lemon 2.67 Vic Lombardi 2.75 Sam Zoldak 2.83 Fred Hutchinson 2.96 Don Black 2.97 Ralph Branca 3.18 Joe Haynes 3.19 Walt Masterson 3.24 Dick Fowler 3.26 Hank Wyse 3.26
Wins Harry Brecheen 20 Bob Feller 19 Hal Newhouser 18 Fred Hutchinson 16 Phil Marchildon 16 Murry Dickson 15 Joe Dobson 15 Dick Fowler 15	Losses Mickey Haefner 18 Larry Jansen 18 Joe Hatten 17 Jack Kramer 17 Walt Masterson 17 Early Wynn 16 Ewell Blackwell 15 Ralph Branca 15 Dutch Leonard 15 Phil Marchildon 15 Hal Newhouser 15 Johnny Sain 15	Winning Percentage Spec Shea .867 Sam Zoldak .800 Spud Chandler .778 Denny Galehouse .765 Charley Schanz .733 Bob Savage .722 Al Brazle .706 Harry Taylor .700 Harry Brecheen .690 Bryan Stephens .688 Red Embree .650 Bob Lemon .647	Games Pitched Joe Beggs 78 Harry Dorish 76 Ken Raffensberger 74 Emil Kush 70 Harry Gumbert 68 Joe Page 68 Bob Savage 68 Russ Christopher 64 Earl Harrist 63 Jim Bagby, Jr. 62 Steve Gromek 62 Bryan Stephens 60
Games Started Bob Feller 39 Hal Newhouser 39 Ralph Branca 38 Larry Jansen 38 Phil Marchildon 38 Joe Hatten 37 Walt Masterson 37 Ewell Blackwell 36 Early Wynn 36 Mickey Haefner 35 Fred Hutchinson 35 Dutch Leonard 35	Complete Games Bob Feller 18 Ed Lopat 15 Hal Newhouser 15 Ewell Blackwell 12 Ralph Branca 12 Larry Jansen 11 Early Wynn 11 Johnny Sain 10 Harry Brecheen 9 Warren Spahn 9	Games Finished Harry Gumbert 58 Harry Dorish 53 Joe Page 52 Russ Christopher 50 Emil Kush 44 Johnny Murphy 43 Steve Gromek 41 Johnny Rigney 40 Andy Hansen 36 Hugh Casey 33 Rip Sewell 33 Hal Gregg 31	Saves Joe Page 36 Harry Dorish 29 Johnny Murphy 28 Johnny Rigney 27 Russ Christopher 25 Harry Gumbert 22 Hugh Casey 21 Emil Kush 18 Tom Ferrick 15 Rip Sewell 15 Andy Hansen 10 Ed Klieman 10
Shutouts Bob Feller 5 Ewell Blackwell 4 Fred Hutchinson 4 Ralph Branca 3 Harry Brecheen 3 Denny Galehouse 3 Bob Lemon 3 Phil Marchildon 3 Howie Pollet 3 Allie Reynolds 3 Virgil Trucks 3 Sam Zoldak 3	Innings Pitched Bob Feller 326.7 Hal Newhouser 293.0 Ralph Branca 289.0 Ewell Blackwell 283.7 Phil Marchildon 277.7 Walt Masterson 277.7 Larry Jansen 272.0 Early Wynn 270.7 Ed Lopat 257.3 Dutch Leonard 254.0 Joe Hatten 241.7 Harry Brecheen 240.7	Hits Allowed Hal Newhouser 308 Larry Jansen 303 Bob Feller 299 Early Wynn 286 Dutch Leonard 277 Joe Hatten 275 Johnny Sain 273 Ralph Branca 263 Walt Masterson 258 Fred Hutchinson 254 Ed Lopat 253 Dave Ferriss 251	Home Runs Allowed Larry Jansen 31 Bob Feller 30 Tex Hughson 30 Kirby Higbe 29 Allie Reynolds 29 Ralph Branca 26 Jack Kramer 25 Johnny Sain 24 Don Black 23 Joe Dobson 23 Ed Lopat 23 Phil Marchildon 22
Walks Allowed Bob Feller 187 Phil Marchildon 149 Walt Masterson 133 Kirby Higbe 130 Early Wynn 117 Ralph Branca 109 Joe Hatten 109 Red Embree 106 Allie Reynolds 98 Don Black 97 Harry Taylor 94 Bill Voiselle 94	Pitchers Strikeouts Ewell Blackwell 260 Hal Newhouser 248 Bob Feller 227 Walt Masterson 195 Ralph Branca 183 Tex Hughson 160 Phil Marchildon 159 Ellis Kinder 152 Allie Reynolds 145 Fred Hutchinson 138 Larry Jansen 138

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