1947 Bluefield Blue-Grays Statistics

Appalachian League (AL) - Class: D
Team Record: 69-57
Finished 2nd in the AL
Manager: George Lacy (69-57)
Affiliation: Boston Braves
Location: Bluefield, West Virginia
Ballpark: Bowen Field
Attendance: 86,303, Avg. 1,370

1947 Bluefield Blue-Grays Roster

Playoffs - New River Rebels 3 games, Bluefield Blue-Grays 1

The Bluefield Blue-Grays of the Appalachian League ended the 1947 season with a record of 69 wins and 57 losses, finishing second in the AL.

George Lacy served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Alfred Meau	17	7	.708	3.35	29						188.0	198	84	70		52
Robert Bush	11	8	.579	4.13	23						159.0	162	100	73		77
Raymond Guard	10	7	.588	4.80	20						133.0	151	91	71		62
Edward Lenthe	10	9	.526	3.66	25						167.0	168	92	68		82
Howard Anderson	7	6	.538	3.32	17						122.0	114	57	45		40
James Keller	2	2	.500	10.80	9						45.0	71	58	54		36
Eugene Shrader					11						0.0
Totals	57	39	.594	4.21	134	0	0	0	0	0	814.0	864	482	381	0	349	0	0	0	0	0	0

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Frank Baldwin	111	416	416		138	22	4	8						.332	.332	.462	.793	192
Art Moore	103	378	378		137	12	8	31						.362	.362	.683	1.045	258
William Richards	85	360	360		120	21	8	3						.333	.333	.461	.794	166
Dennis Saunders	125	462	462		119	11	1	0						.258	.258	.286	.543	132
Billy Ashley	111	418	418		118	20	6	0						.282	.282	.359	.641	150
Louis Tufano	83	321	321		106	21	3	2						.330	.330	.433	.763	139
Dave Dick	62	244	244		78	12	0	5						.320	.320	.430	.750	105
Richard Keohane	75	267	267		75	13	5	3						.281	.281	.401	.682	107
George Lacy	77	237	237		74	12	3	8						.312	.312	.489	.802	116
Albert Orlando	46	189	189		59	13	3	5						.312	.312	.492	.804	93
Roderick Clifford	38	147	147		39	2	1	0						.265	.265	.293	.558	43
Emil Stoecker	39	156	156		38	6	0	2						.244	.244	.321	.564	50
Alfred Meau	48	105	105		34	7	2	1						.324	.324	.457	.781	48
John Griffin	35	148	148		33	7	0	2						.223	.223	.311	.534	46
Robert Bush	24	66	66		20	3	0	1						.303	.303	.394	.697	26
Ivan Kuester	10	39	39		13	1	0	0						.333	.333	.359	.692	14
Raymond Guard	20	57	57		13	3	0	1						.228	.228	.333	.561	19
Chuck Badger	10	34	34		11	3	0	0						.324	.324	.412	.735	14
Paul O'Neil	13	33	33		9	0	0	0						.273	.273	.273	.545	9
Edward Lenthe	25	64	64		8	1	0	0						.125	.125	.141	.266	9
Robert Synan	12	34	34		7	0	0	0						.206	.206	.206	.412	7
Sam Jenkins	11	37	37		6	1	1	1						.162	.162	.324	.486	12
Howard Anderson	17	45	45		5	0	0	0						.111	.111	.111	.222	5
Eugene Shrader	11	10	10		4	0	0	1						.400	.400	.700	1.100	7
Totals	1191	4267	4267	0	1264	191	45	74	0	0	0	0	0	.296	.296	.414	.710	1767	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Alfred Meau	P	29					.000
Edward Lenthe	P	25					.000
Robert Bush	P	23					.000
Raymond Guard	P	20					.000
Howard Anderson	P	17					.000
Eugene Shrader	P	11					.000
Totals		125	0	0	0	0	.000

Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.

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