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1947 New York Yankees season

Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees

Field	Value
name	New York Yankees
season	1947
misc	World Series champions
American League champions
league	American League
ballpark	Yankee Stadium
city	New York City
record
league_place	1st
owners	Larry MacPhail, Dan Topping and Del Webb
general_managers	Larry MacPhail
managers	Bucky Harris
television	WABD
radio	WINS (AM)
(Mel Allen, Russ Hodges)

American League champions (Mel Allen, Russ Hodges) |}}

The 1947 New York Yankees season was the team's 45th season. 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. It was the first ever season of the Yankees to be broadcast live on television with WABD providing the television broadcast feed to viewers in the city.

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

Record vs. opponents

Roster

1947 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers

Postseason

Game log

Legend


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|- style="background:#bfb;" | 1 || September 30 || Dodgers || 5–3 || Shea (1–0) || Branca (0–1) || Page (1) || 73,365 || 1–0 || W1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 2 || October 1 || Dodgers || 10–3 || Reynolds (1–0) || Lombardi (0–1) || – || 69,865 || 2–0 || W2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 3 || October 2 || @ Dodgers || 8–9 || Casey (1–0) || Newsom (0–1) || – || 33,098 || 2–1 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 4 || October 3 || @ Dodgers || 2–3 || Casey (2–0) || Bevens (0–1) || – || 33,443 || 2–2 || L2 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 5 || October 4 || @ Dodgers || 2–1 || Shea (2–0) || Barney (0–1) || – || 34,379 || 3–2 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 6 || October 5 || Dodgers || 6–8 || Ralph Branca (1–1) || Page (0–1) || Casey (1) || 74,065 || 3–3 || L1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 7 || October 6 || Dodgers || 5–2 || Page (1–1) || Hal Gregg (0–1) || – || 71,548 || 4–3 || W1

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	82	252	68	.270	5	36
1B	144	517	157	.304	13	80
2B	148	571	146	.256	5	41
3B	132	494	141	.285	10	95
SS	153	549	150	.273	2	60
OF	141	534	168	.315	20	97
OF	142	440	158	.287	16	98
OF	127	476	131	.275	11	67

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
83	293	82	.280	11	54
45	151	36	.238	13	36
69	150	45	.300	1	18
41	92	25	.272	0	12
24	67	25	.373	1	14
16	36	10	.278	1	2
11	32	7	.219	1	6
22	28	3	.107	2	6
24	28	5	.179	0	2
12	12	1	.083	0	0
3	10	2	.200	0	0
3	1	0	.000	0	0
1	0	0	----	0	0
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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
34	241.2	19	8	3.20	129
27	178.2	14	5	3.07	89
28	165.0	7	13	3.82	77
17	128.0	9	5	2.46	68
17	115.2	7	5	2.80	42
15	104.2	7	2	3.87	51
1	9.0	1	0	1.00	3

Other pitchers

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
30	91.2	6	6	4.91	45
24	56.1	4	1	5.43	25
15	54.1	4	3	3.64	16
11	51.2	3	1	2.61	18
4	12.1	1	0	1.46	1
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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
56	14	8	16	2.48	116
6	1	0	0	9.00	7
5	0	0	0	9.45	2
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

All-Star Game
- Spud Chandler
- Joe DiMaggio (starting CF)
- Tommy Henrich
- Billy Johnson
- Charlie Keller
- George McQuinn (starting 1B)
- Joe Page
- Aaron Robinson
- Spec Shea

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Twin Falls

References

"1947 New York Yankees Statistics".
"1947 All-Star Game | Baseball Almanac".
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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