1947 Philadelphia Phillies season

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.

1947 Philadelphia Phillies
Also known as the Philadelphia Blue Jays
LeagueNational League
BallparkShibe Park
CityPhiladelphia
OwnersR. R. M. Carpenter
General managersHerb Pennock
ManagersBen Chapman
TelevisionWPTZ
RadioWIBG
(By Saam, Chuck Thompson)
← 1946 Seasons 1948 →

Offseason

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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

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  • April 22: During a game against the Brooklyn Dodgers, Phillies manager Ben Chapman hurled racial slurs at Jackie Robinson. Commissioner Happy Chandler warned the franchise to keep the manager under control or face disciplinary action.[3] Of note, it was the first major league game in which Robinson committed an error.[4]
  • June 2: The Phillies travel to Egypt, Pennsylvania to recruit Curt Simmons and play a team of all-star high school players from the Lehigh Valley. The game was played on the opening day of Egypt Memorial Park, June 2, 1947, in front of a crowd of 4,500. Simmons struck out eleven and the game ended in a 4–4 tie (a late-game error was the only thing that prevented the high school team from winning).[5]

Season standings

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National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Brooklyn Dodgers 94 60 .610 52‍–‍25 42‍–‍35
St. Louis Cardinals 89 65 .578 5 46‍–‍31 43‍–‍34
Boston Braves 86 68 .558 8 50‍–‍27 36‍–‍41
New York Giants 81 73 .526 13 45‍–‍31 36‍–‍42
Cincinnati Reds 73 81 .474 21 42‍–‍35 31‍–‍46
Chicago Cubs 69 85 .448 25 36‍–‍43 33‍–‍42
Philadelphia Phillies 62 92 .403 32 38‍–‍38 24‍–‍54
Pittsburgh Pirates 62 92 .403 32 32‍–‍45 30‍–‍47

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BSN BRO CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston 12–10 13–9 13–9 13–9 14–8 12–10 9–13
Brooklyn 10–12 15–7 15–7 14–8 14–8 15–7 11–11–1
Chicago 9–13 7–15 12–10 7–15 16–6–1 8–14 10–12
Cincinnati 9–13 7–15 10–12 13–9 13–9 13–9 8–14
New York 9–13 8–14 15–7 9–13 12–10 15–7–1 13–9
Philadelphia 8–14 8–14 6–16–1 9–13 10–12 13–9 8–14
Pittsburgh 10–12 7–15 14–8 9–13 7–15–1 9–13 6–16–1
St. Louis 13–9 11–11–1 12–10 14–8 9–13 14–8 16–6–1


Notable transactions

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Roster

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1947 Philadelphia Phillies
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

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Manager

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Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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
C Andy Seminick 111 337 85 .252 13 50
1B Howie Schultz 114 403 90 .223 6 35
2B Emil Verban 155 540 154 .285 0 42
SS Skeeter Newsome 95 310 71 .229 2 22
3B Lee Handley 101 277 70 .253 0 42
OF Harry Walker 130 488 181 .371 1 41
OF Del Ennis 139 541 149 .275 12 81
OF Johnny Wyrostek 128 454 124 .273 5 51

Other batters

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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
Jim Tabor 75 251 59 .235 4 31
Ralph LaPointe 56 211 65 .308 1 15
Buster Adams 69 182 45 .247 2 15
Al Lakeman 55 182 29 .159 6 19
Don Padgett 75 158 50 .316 0 24
Charlie Gilbert 83 152 36 .237 2 10
Jack Albright 41 99 23 .232 2 5
Willie Jones 18 62 14 .226 0 10
Ron Northey 13 47 12 .255 0 3
Nick Etten 14 41 10 .244 1 8
Frank McCormick 15 40 9 .225 1 8
Jesse Levan 2 9 4 .444 0 1
Hugh Poland 4 8 0 .000 0 0
Putsy Caballero 2 7 1 .143 0 0
Granny Hamner 2 7 2 .286 0 0
Lou Finney 4 4 0 .000 0 0
Rollie Hemsley 2 3 1 .333 0 1

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Dutch Leonard 32 235.0 17 12 2.68 103
Schoolboy Rowe 31 195.2 14 10 4.32 74
Ken Heintzelman 24 136.0 7 10 4.04 55
Curt Simmons 1 9.0 1 0 1.00 9

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Oscar Judd 32 146.2 4 15 4.60 54
Tommy Hughes 29 127.0 4 11 3.47 44
Blix Donnelly 38 120.2 4 6 2.98 31
Al Jurisich 34 118.1 1 7 4.94 48
Ken Raffensberger 10 41.0 2 6 5.49 16
Dick Koecher 3 17.0 0 2 4.76 4
Lefty Hoerst 4 11.1 1 1 7.94 0

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Charley Schanz 34 2 4 2 4.16 42
Freddy Schmidt 29 5 8 0 4.70 24
Dick Mauney 9 0 0 1 3.86 6
Homer Spragins 4 0 0 0 6.75 3
Lou Possehl 2 0 0 0 4.15 1

Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
A Utica Blue Sox Eastern League Eddie Sawyer
B Terre Haute Phillies Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Ray Brubaker, Whitey Gluchoski
and Jack Sanford
B Wilmington Blue Rocks Interstate League Jack Saltzgaver
C Schenectady Blue Jays Canadian–American League Leon Riley
C Vandergrift Pioneers Middle Atlantic League Floyd "Pat" Patterson
C Salina Blue Jays Western Association Ed Walls
D Dover Phillies Eastern Shore League Dick Carter
D Americus Phillies Georgia–Florida League Jack Sanford and Lew Krausse, Sr.
D Carbondale Pioneers North Atlantic League Patrick Colgan
D Bradford Blue Wings PONY League George Savino
D Appleton Papermakers Wisconsin State League Andy Latchie and Whitey Gluchoski

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

Notes

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  1. ^ Carl Sawatski at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Lewis, Allen (March 1986). "Philadelphia '47 '86 Clearwater". 1986 Phillies: Spring Training 40th Year in Clearwater. Clearwater, Florida: Philadelphia Phillies. pp. 4–5.
  3. ^ Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 76, Jonathan Eig, Simon & Schuster, 2007, New York, ISBN 978-0-7432-9461-4
  4. ^ Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 75
  5. ^ "Curt Simmons Fans 11 Phils; Egypt Tied". Philadelphia Inqurier. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. June 3, 1947. p. 24.
  6. ^ Harry Walker at Baseball Reference
  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

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