1947 St. Louis Browns season

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1947 St. Louis Browns
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record 59–95 (.383)
League place 8th
Other information
Owner(s) Richard Muckerman
General manager(s) Bill DeWitt
Manager(s) Muddy Ruel
Local radio WIL
(Dizzy Dean, Johnny O'Hara)
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The 1947 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 8th in the American League with a record of 59 wins and 95 losses.

Regular season

  • July 17: Hank Thompson became the first black player to appear in a game for the Browns.[1]
  • July 20: Hank Thompson and Willard Brown of the Browns played against the Boston Red Sox. It was the first time that two black players appear in a major league game together since 1884.[2] In that first game of the double-header, outfielder Paul Lehner hit an inside-the-park grand slam to drive in all four runs in the Browns' 4-3 victory.[3]
  • September 28: Broadcaster Dizzy Dean comes out of retirement to pitch for the Browns. He pitches 4 scoreless innings and hits a single.

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:

[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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 St. Louis Browns
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 Les Moss 96 274 43 .157 6 27
1B Wally Judnich 144 500 129 .258 18 64
2B Johnny Berardino 90 306 80 .261 1 20
3B Bob Dillinger 137 571 168 .294 3 37
SS Vern Stephens 150 562 157 .279 15 83
OF Al Zarilla 127 380 85 .224 3 38
OF Paul Lehner 135 483 120 .248 7 48
OF Jeff Heath 141 491 123 .251 27 85

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
Ray Coleman 110 343 89 .259 2 30
Jerry Witte 34 99 14 .141 2 12
Hank Thompson 27 78 20 .256 0 5
Willard Brown 21 67 12 .179 1 6

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
Jack Kramer 33 199.1 11 16 4.97 77
Cliff Fannin 26 145.2 6 8 3.58 77
Dizzy Dean 1 4 0 0 0.00 0

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
Denny Galehouse 9 32.1 1 3 6.12 11

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
Walter Brown 19 1 0 0 4.89 10

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Toledo Mud Hens American Association Frank Snyder
AA San Antonio Missions Texas League Jimmy Adair and Marc Carrola
A Elmira Pioneers Eastern League Ralph Winegarner
B Springfield Browns Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Bennie Huffman
C Globe-Miami Browns Arizona–Texas League Lloyd Brown
C Gloversville-Johnstown Glovers Canadian–American League Packy Rogers
C Hannibal Pilots Central Association Herb Nordquist
C Aberdeen Pheasants Northern League Don Heffner
C Muskogee Reds Western Association Ray Baker
D Baton Rouge Red Sticks Evangeline League Eddie Moore
D Belleville Stags Illinois State League Walt DeFreitas
D Pittsburg Browns Kansas–Oklahoma–Missouri League Jim Crandall
D Mayfield Clothiers KITTY League Shan Deniston
D Newark Moundsmen Ohio State League Ed Dancisak
D Ada Herefords Sooner State League Uke Clanton
D Wausau Lumberjacks Wisconsin State League Joe Skurski

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Belleville

References

  1. ↑ Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 187, Jonathan Eig, Simon & Schuster, 2007, New York, ISBN 978-0-7432-9461-4
  2. ↑ Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 188
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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