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1947 Philadelphia Phillies season

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	Philadelphia Phillies
season	1947
misc	Also known as the Philadelphia Blue Jays
league	National League
ballpark	Shibe Park
city	Philadelphia
owners	R. R. M. Carpenter
general_managers	Herb Pennock
managers	Ben Chapman
television	WPTZ
radio	WIBG
(By Saam, Chuck Thompson)

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The 1947 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 65th season in the history of the franchise.

The Phillies finished in 7th 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.

Offseason

Prior to 1947 season: Carl Sawatski was acquired from the Phillies by the Boston Braves.

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.

Regular season

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. Of note, it was the first major league game in which Robinson committed an error.
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).

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

May 3, 1947: Ron Northey was traded by the Phillies to the St. Louis Cardinals for Harry Walker and Freddy Schmidt.

Roster

1947 Philadelphia Phillies
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	111	337	85	.252	13	50
1B	114	403	90	.223	6	35
2B	155	540	154	.285	0	42
SS	95	310	71	.229	2	22
3B	101	277	70	.253	0	42
OF	130	488	181	.371	1	41
OF	139	541	149	.275	12	81
OF	128	454	124	.273	5	51

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
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
	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

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
	32	235.0	17	12	2.68	103
Schoolboy Rowe	31	195.2	14	10	4.32	74
	24	136.0	7	10	4.04	55
Curt Simmons	1	9.0	1	0	1.00	9

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
Oscar Judd	32	146.2	4	15	4.60	54
Tommy Hughes	29	127.0	4	11	3.47	44
	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
	4	11.1	1	1	7.94	0

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
Charley Schanz	34	2	4	2	4.16	42
	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

and Jack Sanford

Notes

References

1947 Philadelphia Phillies season at Baseball Reference

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sawatca01.shtml Carl Sawatski] at ''Baseball Reference''
Lewis, Allen. (March 1986). "Philadelphia '47 '86 Clearwater". Philadelphia Phillies.
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
Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 75
. (June 3, 1947). "Curt Simmons Fans 11 Phils; Egypt Tied". *Philadelphia Inqurier*.
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/walkeha01.shtml Harry Walker] at ''Baseball Reference''
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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