1947 Buffalo Bisons Statistics
International League (IL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 77-75
Finished 4th in the IL
Manager: Paul Richards (77-75)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Buffalo, New York
Ballpark: Offermann Stadium
Attendance: 267,012, Avg. 3,513
1947 Buffalo Bisons RosterTeam Record: 77-75
Finished 4th in the IL
Manager: Paul Richards (77-75)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Buffalo, New York
Ballpark: Offermann Stadium
Attendance: 267,012, Avg. 3,513
Playoffs - Buffalo Bisons 4 games, Jersey City Giants 0
Finals - Syracuse Chiefs 4 games, Buffalo Bisons 3
The Buffalo Bisons of the International League ended the 1947 season with a record of 77 wins and 75 losses, finishing fourth in the IL.
Paul Richards 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Pierce | 14 | 8 | .636 | 3.87 | 28 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 151.0 | 127 | 75 | 65 | 125 | 125 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| Henry Perry | 13 | 10 | .565 | 4.07 | 38 | 28 | 15 | 0 | 208.0 | 207 | 122 | 94 | 104 | 74 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Ted Gray | 11 | 7 | .611 | 3.42 | 33 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 150.0 | 128 | 69 | 57 | 86 | 138 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||||
| Clem Hausmann | 8 | 12 | .400 | 3.52 | 33 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 184.0 | 166 | 83 | 72 | 39 | 88 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| Pete Appleton | 7 | 7 | .500 | 3.68 | 36 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 115.0 | 107 | 62 | 47 | 55 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| Don Kerr | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.50 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 88.0 | 93 | 63 | 44 | 51 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Andy Bush | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.05 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 60.0 | 77 | 32 | 27 | 22 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Saul Rogovin | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.85 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 89.0 | 90 | 55 | 48 | 53 | 45 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |||||
| Tex Shirley | 3 | 4 | .429 | 5.22 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 53 | 38 | 29 | 34 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Lou Kretlow | 2 | 7 | .222 | 7.01 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 77.0 | 81 | 68 | 60 | 62 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Les Mueller | 14 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 68 | 68 | .500 | 4.17 | 271 | 141 | 0 | 65 | 10 | 0 | 1172.0 | 1129 | 667 | 543 | 0 | 631 | 0 | 673 | 15 | 5 | 24 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Wasdell | 122 | 470 | 424 | 75 | 131 | 33 | 2 | 13 | 77 | 5 | 39 | 27 | .309 | .371 | .488 | .859 | 207 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Earl Rapp | 137 | 542 | 439 | 86 | 129 | 28 | 3 | 16 | 80 | 12 | 96 | 56 | .294 | .425 | .481 | .905 | 211 | 4 | 3 | ||||
| Neil Berry | 123 | 494 | 428 | 64 | 128 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 50 | 8 | 59 | 23 | .299 | .385 | .371 | .757 | 159 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Anse Moore | 123 | 467 | 417 | 74 | 123 | 15 | 4 | 22 | 73 | 3 | 46 | 15 | .295 | .368 | .508 | .876 | 212 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Johnny Bero | 148 | 584 | 474 | 68 | 107 | 20 | 3 | 10 | 49 | 7 | 99 | 72 | .226 | .363 | .344 | .707 | 163 | 3 | 8 | ||||
| Chet Laabs | 96 | 393 | 338 | 76 | 99 | 24 | 0 | 22 | 76 | 4 | 49 | 64 | .293 | .384 | .559 | .943 | 189 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Coaker Triplett | 107 | 363 | 308 | 57 | 97 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 64 | 3 | 53 | 14 | .315 | .417 | .510 | .927 | 157 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Mike Mordarski | 106 | 337 | 283 | 43 | 84 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 57 | 8 | 50 | 26 | .297 | .404 | .452 | .856 | 128 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Eddie Yount | 101 | 353 | 303 | 34 | 81 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 42 | 5 | 43 | 38 | .267 | .360 | .393 | .753 | 119 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Clint Conatser | 66 | 256 | 222 | 44 | 62 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 30 | 5 | 33 | 33 | .279 | .375 | .464 | .839 | 103 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Wayne Blackburn | 73 | 212 | 183 | 35 | 52 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 27 | 15 | .284 | .376 | .339 | .715 | 62 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Lindsay Brown | 75 | 216 | 190 | 23 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 16 | 18 | .216 | .287 | .258 | .545 | 49 | 3 | 7 | ||||
| Paul Richards | 47 | 130 | 113 | 10 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 15 | 11 | .248 | .336 | .381 | .716 | 43 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Henry Perry | 40 | 89 | 78 | 12 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 22 | .244 | .306 | .308 | .614 | 24 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Billy Pierce | 35 | 63 | 61 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .246 | .246 | .295 | .541 | 18 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Clem Hausmann | 33 | 61 | 51 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .216 | .245 | .216 | .461 | 11 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Pete Appleton | 36 | 44 | 42 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .238 | .273 | .310 | .582 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Saul Rogovin | 31 | 46 | 44 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .205 | .239 | .295 | .535 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tex Shirley | 11 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .316 | .350 | .316 | .666 | 6 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Don Kerr | 27 | 35 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 12 | .154 | .353 | .346 | .699 | 9 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Lou Kretlow | 18 | 26 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .136 | .208 | .364 | .572 | 8 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Ted Gray | 33 | 57 | 45 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 21 | .067 | .160 | .067 | .227 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Andy Bush | 14 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .056 | .105 | .056 | .161 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Totals | 1602 | 5279 | 4528 | 719 | 1243 | 221 | 27 | 130 | 692 | 72 | 0 | 652 | 537 | .275 | .369 | .421 | .790 | 1908 | 0 | 24 | 75 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Wasdell | 1B | 120 | 863 | 62 | 9 | 87 | .990 | 7.708 | ||||
| Mike Mordarski | 1B | 32 | 194 | 12 | 2 | 11 | .990 | 6.438 | ||||
| Johnny Bero | 2B | 142 | 333 | 358 | 16 | 73 | .977 | 4.866 | ||||
| Lindsay Brown | 2B | 15 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 3 | .935 | 1.933 | ||||
| Wayne Blackburn | 3B | 46 | 41 | 54 | 10 | 5 | .905 | 2.065 | ||||
| Anse Moore | 3B | 33 | 31 | 34 | 6 | 4 | .915 | 1.970 | ||||
| Lindsay Brown | 3B | 19 | 18 | 23 | 2 | 1 | .953 | 2.158 | ||||
| Eddie Yount | C | 84 | 416 | 60 | 9 | 4 | .981 | 5.667 | 3 | |||
| Mike Mordarski | C | 46 | 220 | 29 | 4 | 9 | .984 | 5.413 | 6 | |||
| Paul Richards | C | 29 | 166 | 17 | 2 | 3 | .989 | 6.310 | 5 | |||
| Earl Rapp | OF | 134 | 217 | 9 | 3 | 2 | .987 | 1.687 | ||||
| Chet Laabs | OF | 94 | 204 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .991 | 2.255 | ||||
| Coaker Triplett | OF | 89 | 156 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .987 | 1.764 | ||||
| Anse Moore | OF | 83 | 144 | 9 | 5 | 3 | .968 | 1.843 | ||||
| Clint Conatser | OF | 61 | 149 | 8 | 7 | 1 | .957 | 2.574 | ||||
| Mike Mordarski | OF | 15 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.133 | ||||
| Wayne Blackburn | OF | 13 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .769 | ||||
| Henry Perry | P | 38 | 12 | 36 | 3 | 1 | .941 | 1.263 | ||||
| Pete Appleton | P | 36 | 8 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .806 | ||||
| Clem Hausmann | P | 33 | 10 | 35 | 1 | 3 | .978 | 1.364 | ||||
| Ted Gray | P | 33 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 2 | .920 | .697 | ||||
| Billy Pierce | P | 28 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Don Kerr | P | 25 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .941 | .640 | ||||
| Saul Rogovin | P | 21 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 1 | .905 | .905 | ||||
| Lou Kretlow | P | 18 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 1 | .857 | 1.000 | ||||
| Les Mueller | P | 14 | .000 | |||||||||
| Andy Bush | P | 14 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .786 | ||||
| Tex Shirley | P | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Neil Berry | SS | 124 | 229 | 327 | 40 | 60 | .933 | 4.484 | ||||
| Lindsay Brown | SS | 45 | 67 | 101 | 9 | 20 | .949 | 3.733 | ||||
| Totals | 1495 | 3556 | 1308 | 142 | 300 | .972 | 3.254 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
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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