1947 Boston Red Sox Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 83-71
Finished 3rd in the AL
Attendance: 1,427,315, Avg. 21,622
Ballpark: Fenway Park II
Manager: Joe Cronin (83-71)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts

1947 Boston Red Sox Roster
1947 Boston Red Sox Results

The Boston Red Sox of the American League ended the 1947 season with a record of 83 wins and 71 losses, finishing third in the AL.

The Red Sox scored 720 runs and gave up 669 runs. Ted Williams walloped 32 home runs for Boston, while Bobby Doerr and Jake Jones swatted 20 or more also. Ted Williams drove in 114 runs and topped all regular hitters by hitting .343. Joe Dobson led the team with 18 wins and a team-best 2.95 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Joe Cronin coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Joe Dobson	18	8	.692	2.95	33	31	1	15	1	1	228.7	203	84	75	15	73	110	1	1	11	935
Earl Johnson	12	11	.522	2.97	45	17	17	6	3	8	142.3	129	63	47	7	62	65	2	1	1	596
Tex Hughson	12	11	.522	3.33	29	26	3	13	3	0	189.3	173	86	70	17	71	119	2	0	0	798
Dave Ferriss	12	11	.522	4.04	33	28	0	14	1	0	218.3	241	106	98	14	92	64	7	1	6	956
Denny Galehouse	11	7	.611	3.32	21	21	0	11	3	0	149.0	150	60	55	7	34	38	0	0	0	619
Fritz Dorish	7	8	.467	4.70	41	9	12	2	0	2	136.0	149	80	71	6	54	50	1	1	2	589
Mickey Harris	5	4	.556	2.44	15	6	7	1	0	0	51.7	42	20	14	3	23	35	0	0	0	214
Mel Parnell	2	3	.400	6.39	15	5	5	1	0	0	50.7	60	41	36	1	27	23	1	1	4	232
Bill Zuber	1	0	1.000	5.33	20	1	8	0	0	0	50.7	60	32	30	4	31	23	0	0	4	230
Bob Klinger	1	1	.500	3.86	28	0	17	0	0	5	42.0	42	20	18	5	24	12	1	1	1	194
Tommy Fine	1	2	.333	5.50	9	7	1	1	0	0	36.0	41	24	22	0	19	10	1	0	1	168
Eddie Smith	1	3	.250	7.41	8	3	3	0	0	0	17.0	18	14	14	3	18	15	0	0	1	86
Johnny Murphy	0	0		2.80	32	0	16	0	0	3	54.7	41	17	17	1	28	9	0	0	2	231
Bill Butland	0	0		4.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	9
Al Widmar	0	0		13.50	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.3	1	2	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	7
Chuck Stobbs	0	1	.000	6.00	4	1	0	0	0	0	9.0	10	6	6	0	10	5	0	0	1	45
Cot Deal	0	1	.000	9.24	5	2	2	0	0	0	12.7	20	13	13	0	7	6	0	0	2	63
Totals	83	71	.539	3.81	341	157	93	64	11	19	1391.3	1383	669	589	84	575	586	16	6	36	5972

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Johnny Pesky	155	719	638	106	207	27	8	0	39	12	9	72	22	.324	.393	.392	.785	250	10	0	9
Ted Williams	156	693	528	125	181	40	9	32	114	0	1	162	47	.343	.499	.634	1.133	335	10	2	1
Dom DiMaggio	136	599	513	75	145	21	5	8	71	10	6	74	62	.283	.376	.390	.766	200	12	3	9
Bobby Doerr	146	624	561	79	145	23	10	17	95	3	3	59	47	.258	.329	.426	.755	239	25	0	4
Sam Mele	123	497	453	71	137	14	8	12	73	0	3	37	35	.302	.356	.448	.805	203	11	1	6
Jake Jones	109	451	404	50	95	14	3	16	76	5	4	41	60	.235	.310	.403	.714	163	7	3	3
Birdie Tebbetts	90	316	291	22	87	10	0	1	28	2	4	21	30	.299	.346	.344	.690	100	8	0	4
Wally Moses	90	285	255	32	70	18	2	2	27	3	0	27	16	.275	.344	.384	.728	98	6	0	3
Eddie Pellagrini	74	263	231	29	47	8	1	4	19	2	2	23	35	.203	.281	.299	.580	69	3	2	7
Sam Dente	46	189	168	14	39	4	2	0	11	0	1	19	15	.232	.310	.280	.590	47	6	0	2
Roy Partee	60	192	169	14	39	2	0	0	16	0	0	18	23	.231	.305	.243	.547	41	4	0	5
Rudy York	48	206	184	16	39	7	0	6	27	0	0	22	32	.212	.296	.348	.644	64	10	0	0
Dave Ferriss	52	106	99	11	27	5	3	0	19	0	0	7	10	.273	.321	.384	.705	38	5	0	0
Don Gutteridge	54	151	131	20	22	2	0	2	5	3	1	17	13	.168	.264	.229	.493	30	1	0	3
Leon Culberson	47	102	84	10	20	1	0	0	11	1	1	12	10	.238	.354	.250	.604	21	2	3	3
Joe Dobson	33	91	77	4	16	0	1	0	3	0	0	7	22	.208	.274	.234	.508	18	0	0	7
Hal Wagner	21	75	65	5	15	3	0	0	6	0	0	9	5	.231	.324	.277	.601	18	1	0	1
Merl Combs	17	79	68	8	15	1	0	1	6	0	0	9	9	.221	.329	.279	.609	19	3	2	0
Earl Johnson	46	47	44	1	12	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	10	.273	.289	.295	.584	13	3	0	2
Matt Batts	7	17	16	3	8	1	0	1	5	0	0	1	1	.500	.529	.750	1.279	12	0	0	0
Rip Russell	26	62	52	8	8	1	0	1	3	0	0	8	7	.154	.267	.231	.497	12	4	0	2
Mickey Harris	15	16	12	2	5	0	1	0	2	0	0	3	2	.417	.533	.583	1.117	7	0	0	1
Fritz Dorish	41	40	35	2	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	14	.143	.167	.200	.367	7	2	0	4
Denny Galehouse	21	62	52	1	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	19	.096	.113	.096	.209	5	1	0	9
Tommy Fine	9	13	9	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	.333	.455	.333	.788	3	0	0	2
Johnny Murphy	32	13	11	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	.273	.385	.273	.657	3	0	0	0
Cot Deal	6	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	2	0	0	0
Billy Goodman	12	12	11	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.182	.250	.182	.432	2	0	0	0
Strick Shofner	5	13	13	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.154	.154	.308	.462	4	0	0	0
Bill Zuber	20	17	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.154	.267	.154	.421	2	2	0	2
Frankie Hayes	5	13	13	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.154	.154	.154	.308	2	0	0	0
Tex Hughson	29	70	61	3	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	5	22	.033	.106	.049	.155	3	1	0	4
Tex Aulds	3	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0
Tom McBride	2	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	1	0	0
Eddie Smith	8	7	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.167	.286	.167	.452	1	1	0	0
Bob Klinger	28	11	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.111	.111	.111	.222	1	0	0	2
Mel Parnell	15	18	18	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.056	.056	.056	.111	1	0	0	0
Chuck Stobbs	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0
Eddie McGah	9	17	14	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	.000	.176	.000	.176	0	0	0	0
Al Widmar	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Bill Butland	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals	1803	6100	5322	720	1412	206	54	103	674	41	35	667	589	.265	.349	.382	.731	2035	140	16	95

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Rudy York	1B	48	395	36	2	45	.995	8.979	0
Sam Mele	1B	1	5	0	0	0	1.000	5.000	0
Jake Jones	1B	109	1018	73	10	110	.991	1.009	0
Don Gutteridge	2B	20	38	37	5	8	.938	3.750	0
Bobby Doerr	2B	146	376	466	16	118	.981	5.767	0
Strick Shofner	3B	4	3	7	0	1	1.000	2.500	0
Rip Russell	3B	13	7	29	3	2	.923	2.769	0
Johnny Pesky	3B	22	25	38	1	7	.984	2.864	0
Eddie Pellagrini	3B	42	34	66	8	7	.926	2.381	0
Don Gutteridge	3B	19	18	36	3	3	.947	2.842	0
Sam Dente	3B	46	40	83	8	11	.939	2.674	0
Leon Culberson	3B	4	1	4	1	1	.833	1.250	0
Merl Combs	3B	17	17	42	0	6	1.000	3.471	0
Hal Wagner	C	21	82	9	2	1	.978	4.333	2
Birdie Tebbetts	C	89	332	50	10	7	.974	4.292	6
Roy Partee	C	54	207	26	6	4	.975	4.315	1
Eddie McGah	C	7	24	3	1	1	.964	3.857	0
Frankie Hayes	C	4	20	2	2	1	.917	5.500	0
Matt Batts	C	6	15	2	0	1	1.000	2.833	2
Tex Aulds	C	3	7	0	0	0	1.000	2.333	0
Ted Williams	OF	156	347	10	9	2	.975	2.288	0
Wally Moses	OF	58	109	2	3	0	.974	1.914	0
Sam Mele	OF	116	233	10	2	1	.992	2.095	0
Tom McBride	OF	1	2	1	0	0	1.000	3.000	0
Billy Goodman	OF	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Dom DiMaggio	OF	134	413	19	10	4	.977	3.224	0
Leon Culberson	OF	25	35	2	1	0	.974	1.480	0
Bill Zuber	P	20	2	7	0	0	1.000	.450	0
Al Widmar	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Chuck Stobbs	P	4	1	0	0	0	1.000	.250	0
Eddie Smith	P	8	0	2	1	0	.667	.250	0
Mel Parnell	P	15	0	7	1	0	.875	.467	0
Johnny Murphy	P	32	5	10	1	0	.938	.469	0
Bob Klinger	P	28	4	4	0	0	1.000	.286	0
Earl Johnson	P	45	4	31	2	5	.946	.778	0
Tex Hughson	P	29	10	25	1	3	.972	1.207	0
Mickey Harris	P	15	2	8	0	1	1.000	.667	0
Denny Galehouse	P	21	8	21	0	2	1.000	1.381	0
Tommy Fine	P	9	4	12	0	1	1.000	1.778	0
Dave Ferriss	P	33	13	33	2	2	.958	1.394	0
Fritz Dorish	P	41	10	27	4	0	.902	.902	0
Joe Dobson	P	33	13	25	0	1	1.000	1.152	0
Cot Deal	P	5	1	2	0	0	1.000	.600	0
Bill Butland	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Johnny Pesky	SS	133	251	391	16	90	.976	4.827	0
Eddie Pellagrini	SS	26	39	76	6	10	.950	4.423	0
Totals		1666	4172	1734	137	456	.977	3.545	11

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