1947 Burlington Bees Statistics

Carolina League (CL) - Class: C
Team Record: 87-55
Finished 1st in the CL
Manager: Hubert Bates (87-55)
Location: Burlington, North Carolina
Ballpark: Elon College Park
Attendance: 140,138, Avg. 1,974

1947 Burlington Bees Roster

Playoffs - Raleigh Capitals 4 games, Burlington Bees 3

The Burlington Bees of the Carolina League ended the 1947 season with a record of 87 wins and 55 losses, finishing first in the CL.

Hubert Bates 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
Kenneth Deal	23	7	.767	3.43	40			26	4		270.0	245	122	103		130		275	2	2	26
Pete Bryant	22	12	.647	3.33	37			28	2		292.0	269	133	108		115		258	4	1	17
Lamar Chambers	21	6	.778	3.76	32			24	1		249.0	259	119	104		97		151	0	0	10
Curtis Mitchell	9	6	.600	3.89	19			13	1		132.0	130	66	57		38		56	5	1	4
Lester Elledge	3	5	.375	6.30	10			1	0		50.0	69	40	35		16		47	0	0	2
Nathan Saxon	2	1	.667	0.00	7			0			33.0	24	33			34		18	3	0	6
Red Derda	2	4	.333	0.00	9			0			41.0	66	40			27		11	1	0	0
Johnny Barger	2	4	.333	6.98	11			3	0		58.0	69	51	45		30		40	0	0	1
Hervey McLeod	1	0	1.000	0.00	2			0			13.0	13	4			1		5	0	0	0
Ray Seidel	1	1	.500	0.00	4			0			9.0	13	11			7		7	1	1	0
Bert Gottesman	1	3	.250	0.00	7			1			21.0	22	22			24		14	0	0	4
Claude Swiggett	0	0		0.00	2						3.0
Lew Carpenter	0	0		0.00	1						1.7
John Reiber	0	1	.000	0.00	2			0			8.0	11	7			1		2	0	0	0
Joe Gautreaux	0	2	.000	0.00	6			0			23.0	36	26			17		5	0	0	0
Grant Eoff	0	3	.000	0.00	12			1			31.0	33	35			43		27	2	0	5
Totals	87	55	.613	3.29	201	0	0	97	8	0	1234.7	1259	709	452	0	580	0	916	18	5	75	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
Charles Woddail	142	655	586	120	189	34	16	12	118	14		59	41	.323	.384	.497	.881	291		0	10
Hubert Bates	117	521	460	116	166	35	9	18	82	11		47	44	.361	.421	.593	1.015	273		1	13
Claude Swiggett	133	574	521	95	161	36	11	3	71	12		40	56	.309	.363	.438	.800	228		4	9
Norman Wilson	137	565	481	62	125	18	11	1	74	5		70	51	.260	.363	.349	.712	168		8	6
John Clayton	112	531	415	94	108	23	7	4	54	3		97	40	.260	.404	.378	.782	157		3	16
Joseph Parise	89	360	322	52	100	16	4	5	69	4		32	22	.311	.382	.432	.813	139		5	1
Horrall Chauncey	90	359	314	53	85	11	6	4	51	4		36	34	.271	.346	.382	.728	120		0	9
James Blair	46	189	173	35	61	12	3	8	33	1		13	17	.353	.404	.595	1.000	103		2	1
Grover Blackmon	60	217	182	32	51	8	3	0	23	5		33	20	.280	.391	.357	.748	65		0	2
Pete Bryant	43	143	134	20	43	1	1	1	11	0		5	10	.321	.345	.366	.711	49		0	4
Elroy Jeske	52	200	177	25	40	7	1	0	13	3		14	30	.226	.301	.277	.578	49		5	4
Joe Montalvo	22	94	77	14	20	3	2	1	15	1		15	16	.260	.380	.390	.770	30		0	2
Lamar Chambers	32	115	104	14	20	1	1	0	9	1		9	22	.192	.257	.221	.478	23		0	2
Kenneth Deal	40	110	98	12	15	0	0	1	5	1		7	38	.153	.210	.184	.393	18		0	5
Curtis Mitchell	20	61	53	10	13	1	1	0	5	0		5	2	.245	.310	.302	.612	16		0	3
Howard Jenkins	17	61	50	6	10	4	0	0	5	1		9	9	.200	.333	.280	.613	14		1	1
Johnny Barger	11	25	22	5	7	0	1	0	1	0		2	4	.318	.375	.409	.784	9		0	1
Grant Eoff	12	15	15	0	4	0	0	0	3	0		0	0	.267	.267	.267	.533	4		0	0
Lester Elledge	10	19	17	0	3	0	1	0	1	0		2	8	.176	.263	.294	.557	5		0	0
Totals	1185	4814	4201	765	1221	210	78	58	643	66	0	495	464	.291	.369	.419	.788	1761	0	29	89	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Joseph Parise	1B	44	347	13	9	21	.976	8.182
James Blair	1B	44	349	19	7	31	.981	8.364
Joe Montalvo	1B	16	126	12	4	11	.972	8.625
Grover Blackmon	2B	51	111	130	13	23	.949	4.725
John Clayton	2B	43	96	134	10	23	.958	5.349
Howard Jenkins	2B	14	37	45	4	5	.953	5.857
Horrall Chauncey	3B	83	82	102	15	14	.925	2.217
Claude Swiggett	3B	66	64	103	12	7	.933	2.530
Norman Wilson	C	136	841	93	11	8	.988	6.868	8
Charles Woddail	OF	142	248	13	11	2	.960	1.838
Hubert Bates	OF	115	252	8	12	2	.956	2.261
Claude Swiggett	OF	64	122	11	2	3	.985	2.078
Joseph Parise	OF	38	48	4	4	0	.929	1.368
Kenneth Deal	P	40	21	50	3	1	.959	1.775
Pete Bryant	P	37	22	58	2	5	.976	2.162
Lamar Chambers	P	32	8	37	3	1	.938	1.406
Curtis Mitchell	P	19	8	20	3	3	.903	1.474
Grant Eoff	P	12	1	6	0	1	1.000	.583
Johnny Barger	P	11	4	9	0	1	1.000	1.182
Lester Elledge	P	10	2	11	0	0	1.000	1.300
Red Derda	P	9						.000
Nathan Saxon	P	7						.000
Bert Gottesman	P	7						.000
Joe Gautreaux	P	6						.000
Ray Seidel	P	4						.000
Claude Swiggett	P	2						.000
John Reiber	P	2						.000
Hervey McLeod	P	2						.000
Lew Carpenter	P	1						.000
John Clayton	SS	70	113	203	19	38	.943	4.514
Elroy Jeske	SS	45	66	109	22	21	.888	3.889
Totals		1172	2968	1190	166	221	.962	3.548	8	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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