1947 Ballinger Cats Statistics

Longhorn League (LL) - Class: D
Team Record: 68-62
Finished 3rd in the LL
Manager: Stuart Williams (68-62)
Location: Ballinger, Texas
Ballpark: Ballinger Recreation Park, Cat Park
Attendance: 42,662, Avg. 656

1947 Ballinger Cats Roster

Playoffs - Ballinger Cats 4 games, Midland Indians 3
Finals - Ballinger Cats 4 games, Big Spring Broncs 2

The Ballinger Cats of the Longhorn League ended the 1947 season with a record of 68 wins and 62 losses, finishing third in the LL.

Stuart Williams served as manager.

Click on column headings to sort.

Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Steve Kolesar	18	7	.720	5.24	37						213.0	239	152	124		110
Paul Cooke	16	10	.615	4.04	32						205.0	217	120	92		72
Walter Bardwell	9	8	.529	6.15	19						117.0	143	106	80		67
Dewey Jacobs	4	5	.444	5.68	10						65.0	82	51	41		40
Wilburn Sooter	4	10	.286	5.71	29						145.0	151	121	92		96
Jim Beane	3	6	.333	6.47	14						89.0	100	87	64		59
Robert Stringfield	2	1	.667	4.69	13						48.0	47	32	25		27
Totals	56	47	.544	5.29	154	0	0	0	0	0	882.0	979	669	518	0	471	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
Stuart Williams	116	454	454		179	40	5	9						.394	.394	.564	.958	256
Floyd Geiger	130	544	544		163	25	9	5						.300	.300	.406	.706	221
Miles Smithhart	118	454	454		151	20	10	8						.333	.333	.474	.806	215
Ronald Harrison	117	463	463		145	24	11	26						.313	.313	.581	.894	269
Roy McMillan	107	459	459		126	23	2	3						.275	.275	.353	.627	162
Gene Hixson	92	380	380		122	18	7	7						.321	.321	.461	.782	175
Buddy Hancken	79	256	256		97	15	3	2						.379	.379	.484	.863	124
James Davis	48	183	183		61	8	1	19						.333	.333	.699	1.033	128
Robert Stringfield	44	150	150		39	8	1	0						.260	.260	.327	.587	49
Dickey Allinder	38	130	130		37	5	1	1						.285	.285	.362	.646	47
Lloyd Geiger	16	90	90		25	1	1	0						.278	.278	.311	.589	28
Wilburn Sooter	54	101	101		22	2	2	1						.218	.218	.307	.525	31
Steve Kolesar	40	92	92		20	3	1	0						.217	.217	.272	.489	25
Bob Shelton	11	42	42		17	3	0	1						.405	.405	.548	.952	23
Walter Bardwell	23	56	56		16	4	0	0						.286	.286	.357	.643	20
Paul Cooke	35	81	81		14	3	0	2						.173	.173	.284	.457	23
Morley Cato	18	72	72		13	6	1	1						.181	.181	.333	.514	24
Dewey Jacobs	10	30	30		11	1	0	1						.367	.367	.500	.867	15
Chuck Bledsoe	11	40	40		11	1	0	0						.275	.275	.300	.575	12
George Gustovich	11	29	29		9	1	0	2						.310	.310	.552	.862	16
Jim Beane	15	38	38		6	2	0	0						.158	.158	.211	.368	8
Totals	1133	4144	4144	0	1284	213	55	88	0	0	0	0	0	.310	.310	.451	.761	1871	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Steve Kolesar	P	37					.000
Paul Cooke	P	32					.000
Wilburn Sooter	P	29					.000
Walter Bardwell	P	19					.000
Jim Beane	P	14					.000
Dewey Jacobs	P	10					.000
Totals		141	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.

Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.