1947 New York Yankees season

1947 New York Yankees
1947 World Series Champions
1947 American League Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
  • New York City (since 1903)
Other information
Owner(s) Larry MacPhail, Dan Topping and Del Webb
General manager(s) Larry MacPhail
Manager(s) Bucky Harris
Local television WABD
Local radio WINS (AM)
(Mel Allen, Russ Hodges)
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The 1947 New York Yankees season was the team's 45th season in New York, and its 47th season overall. The team finished with a record of 97–57, winning their 15th pennant, finishing 12 games ahead of the Detroit Tigers. New York was managed by Bucky Harris. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series, they defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers in 7 games.

Regular season

The 1947 Yankees, led by MVP Joe DiMaggio, won the AL pennant by 12 games over the Tigers. They played the Brooklyn Dodgers in the World Series, winning a close-fought seven-game series that featured memorable moments like Cookie Lavagetto's walk-off double in game 4 and Al Gionfriddo's famous catch that robbed DiMaggio of a potential home run.

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB
New York Yankees 97 57 .630 --
Detroit Tigers 85 69 .552 12
Boston Red Sox 83 71 .539 14
Cleveland Indians 80 74 .519 17
Philadelphia Athletics 78 76 .506 19
Chicago White Sox 70 84 .455 27
Washington Senators 64 90 .416 33
St. Louis Browns 59 95 .383 38

Record vs. opponents

1947 American League Records

Sources:

Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL WSH
Boston — 16–6–1 9–13 12–10–1 9–13 10–12–1 15–7 12–10
Chicago 6–16–1 — 11–11 7–15 10–12 11–11 11–11 14–8
Cleveland 13–9 11–11 — 8–14–2 7–15 11–11–1 17–5 13–9
Detroit 10–12–1 15–7 14–8–2 — 8–14–1 11–11 15–7 12–10
New York 13–9 12–10 15–7 14–8–1 — 13–9 15–7 15–7
Philadelphia 12–10–1 11–11 11–11–1 11–11 9–13 — 13–9 11–11
St. Louis 7–15 11–11 5–17 7–15 7–15 9–13 — 13–9
Washington 10–12 8–14 9–13 10–12 7–15 11–11 9–13 —

Roster

1947 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Robinson, AaronAaron Robinson 82 252 68 .270 5 36
1B McQuinn, GeorgeGeorge McQuinn 144 517 157 .304 13 80
2B Stirnweiss, SnuffySnuffy Stirnweiss 148 571 146 .256 5 41
3B Johnson, BillyBilly Johnson 132 494 141 .285 10 95
SS Rizzuto, PhilPhil Rizzuto 153 549 150 .273 2 60
OF DiMaggio, JoeJoe DiMaggio 141 534 168 .315 20 97
OF Henrich, TommyTommy Henrich 142 440 158 .287 16 98
OF Lindell, JohnnyJohnny Lindell 127 476 131 .275 11 67

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Other batters

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
Berra, YogiYogi Berra 8329382.2801154
Keller, CharlieCharlie Keller 4515136.2381336
Brown, BobbyBobby Brown 6915045.300118
Houk, RalphRalph Houk 419225.272012
Clark, AllieAllie Clark 246725.373114
Phillips, JackJack Phillips 163610.27812
Lollar, ShermSherm Lollar 11327.21916
Colman, FrankFrank Colman 22283.10726
Frey, LonnyLonny Frey 24285.17902
Lucadello, JohnnyJohnny Lucadello 12121.08300
Silvestri, KenKen Silvestri 3102.20000
Crosetti, FrankieFrankie Crosetti 310.00000
Mack, RayRay Mack 1 0 0 --- 0 0
Sepkowski, TedTed Sepkowski 2 0 0 --- 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Reynolds, AllieAllie Reynolds 34 241.2 19 8 3.20 129
Bevens, BillBill Bevens 28 165 7 13 3.82 77
Shea, SpecSpec Shea 27 178.2 14 5 3.07 89
Chandler, SpudSpud Chandler 17 128 9 5 2.46 68
Newsom, BoboBobo Newsom 17 115.2 7 5 2.80 42
Raschi, VicVic Raschi 15 104.2 7 2 3.87 51
Wight, BillBill Wight 1 9 1 0 1.00 3

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Drews, KarlKarl Drews 30 91.2 6 6 4.91 45
Gumpert, RandyRandy Gumpert 24 56.1 4 1 5.43 25
Johnson, DonDon Johnson 15 54.1 4 3 3.64 16
Wensloff, ButchButch Wensloff 11 51.2 3 1 2.61 18
Starr, DickDick Starr 4 12.1 1 0 1.46 1
Byrne, TommyTommy Byrne 4 4.1 0 0 4.15 2

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Page, JoeJoe Page 56 14 8 16 2.48 116
Lyons, AlAl Lyons 6 1 0 0 9.00 7
Queen, MelMel Queen 5 0 0 0 9.45 2
Ardizoia, RuggerRugger Ardizoia 1 0 0 0 9.00 0

1947 World Series

Main article: 1947 World Series

AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL Brooklyn Dodgers (3)

Game Score Date Attendance
1 New York 5, Brooklyn 3 September 30 73,365
2 New York 10, Brooklyn 3 October 1 69,865
3 Brooklyn 9, New York 8 October 2 33,098
4 Brooklyn 3, New York 2 October 3 33,443
5 New York 2, Brooklyn 1 October 4 34,379
6 Brooklyn 8, New York 6 October 5 74,065
7 New York 5, Brooklyn 2 October 6 71,548

Awards and honors

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Kansas City Blues American Association Billy Meyer
AAA Newark Bears International League George Selkirk
AA Beaumont Exporters Texas League Goldie Holt
A Binghamton Triplets Eastern League Lefty Gomez
A Augusta Tigers Sally League Dib Williams and Carl Cooper
A Denver Bears Western League Marty McManus
B Quincy Gems Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Gordie Hinkle
B Sunbury Yankees Interstate League Walt Van Grofski
B Norfolk Tars Piedmont League Buddy Hassett
B Victoria Athletics Western International League Ted Norbert
C Bisbee Yanks Arizona–Texas League Charlie Metro
C Ventura Yankees California League Mike Gazella and Johnny Sturm
C Amsterdam Rugmakers Canadian–American League Solly Mishkin
C Butler Yankees Middle Atlantic League Dallas Warren
C Twin Falls Cowboys Pioneer League Earl Bolyard
C Joplin Miners Western Association Jim McLeod
D Easton Yankees Eastern Shore League Joe Antolick
D Independence Yankees Kansas–Oklahoma–Missouri League Goldie Howard
D Stroudsburg Poconos North Atlantic League Jack Farmer
D Fond du Lac Panthers Wisconsin State League James Adlam

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Twin Falls[3]

Notes

  1. ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1947.shtml
  2. ↑ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/asgbox/yr1947as.shtml
  3. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

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