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1947 Boston Red Sox season

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	Boston Red Sox
season	1947
league	American League
ballpark	Fenway Park
city	Boston, Massachusetts
record	83–71 (.539)
league_place	3rd
owners	Tom Yawkey
president	Tom Yawkey
general_managers	Eddie Collins
managers	Joe Cronin
radio	WHDH
(Jim Britt, Tom Hussey)
espntn	bos
brtn	BOS

(Jim Britt, Tom Hussey) The 1947 Boston Red Sox season was the 47th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished third in the American League (AL) with a record of 83 wins and 71 losses, 14 games behind the New York Yankees, who went on to win the 1947 World Series.

Red Sox left fielder Ted Williams won the Triple Crown, leading the AL in home runs (32), runs batted in (114), and batting average (.343).

Offseason

November 1, 1946: Virgil Stallcup drafted from the Red Sox by the Cincinnati Reds in the 1946 rule 5 draft.
November 17, 1946: Tom Poholsky was drafted from the Red Sox by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1946 minor league draft.
March 1947: Frankie Hayes was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox.

Regular season

After a memorable 1946 season, the Red Sox added lights to Fenway Park for the first time. 1947 looked like another big year for Boston, but Boo Ferriss, Mickey Harris, and Tex Hughson all had arm trouble, and from 62 wins in 1946 they dropped to 29 in 1947. Boston finished 3rd, 21 wins less than their American League Championship season a year earlier, 14 games behind the eventual world champion New York Yankees. Joe Dobson was the top winner with 18 wins, and Ted Williams hit .343, with 32 homers and 114 RBIs, to secure his second Triple Crown.

On July 20, Hank Thompson and Willard Brown of the St. Louis 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.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

May 20, 1947: Hal Wagner was traded to the Detroit Tigers for Birdie Tebbetts.
May 21, 1947: Frankie Hayes was released.

Roster

1947 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers

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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	90	291	87	.299	1	28
1B	109	404	95	.235	16	76
2B	146	561	145	.258	17	95
3B	46	168	39	.232	0	11
SS	155	638	207	.324	0	39
OF	156	528	181	.343	32	114
OF	123	453	137	.302	12	73
OF	136	513	145	.283	8	71

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
Wally Moses	90	255	70	.275	2	27
Eddie Pellagrini	74	231	47	.203	4	19
Rudy York	48	184	39	.212	6	27
	60	169	39	.231	0	16
Don Gutteridge	54	131	22	.168	2	5
Leon Culberson	47	84	20	.238	0	11
Merl Combs	17	68	15	.221	1	6
	21	65	15	.231	0	6
Rip Russell	26	52	8	.154	1	3
Matt Batts	7	16	8	.500	1	5
Eddie McGah	9	14	0	.000	0	2
Strick Shofner	5	13	2	.154	0	0
Frankie Hayes	5	13	2	.154	0	1
Billy Goodman	12	11	2	.182	0	1
Tom McBride	2	5	1	.200	0	0
Leslie Aulds	3	4	1	.250	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
	33	228.2	18	8	2.95	110
	33	218.1	12	11	4.04	64
	29	189.1	12	11	3.33	119
Denny Galehouse	21	149.0	11	7	3.32	38
Tommy Fine	9	36.0	1	2	5.50	10

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
Earl Johnson	45	142.1	12	11	2.97	65
Fritz Dorish	41	136.0	7	8	4.70	50
	15	51.2	5	4	2.44	35
Eddie Smith	8	17.0	1	3	7.41	15
	5	12.2	0	1	9.24	6
Chuck Stobbs	4	9.0	0	1	6.00	5

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
Bob Klinger	28	1	1	5	3.86	12
Johnny Murphy	32	0	0	3	2.80	9
Bill Zuber	20	1	0	0	5.33	23
Al Widmar	2	0	0	0	13.50	1
	1	0	0	0	4.50	1

Farm system

References

"1947 American League Batting Leaders". Baseball-Reference.com.
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/stallvi01.shtml Virgil Stallcup page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/poholto01.shtml Tom Poholsky page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hayesfr01.shtml Frankie Hayes page at Baseball Reference]
Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 188, Jonathan Eig, Simon & Schuster, 2007, New York, {{ISBN. 978-0-7432-9461-4
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/wagneha01.shtml Hal Wagner page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/tebbebi01.shtml Birdie Tebbetts page at Baseball Reference]
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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