1947 Charlotte Hornets Statistics
Tri-State League (TSL) - Class: B
Team Record: 72-68
Finished 4th in the TSL
Manager: Spencer Abbott (0-0), Cal Ermer (0-0)
Affiliation: Washington Senators
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Ballpark: Clark Griffith Park
Attendance: 116,729, Avg. 1,668
1947 Charlotte Hornets RosterTeam Record: 72-68
Finished 4th in the TSL
Manager: Spencer Abbott (0-0), Cal Ermer (0-0)
Affiliation: Washington Senators
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Ballpark: Clark Griffith Park
Attendance: 116,729, Avg. 1,668
Playoffs - Charlotte Hornets 4 games, Spartanburg Peaches 1
Finals - Charlotte Hornets 4 games, Anderson Rebels 3
The Charlotte Hornets of the Tri-State League ended the 1947 season with a record of 72 wins and 68 losses, finishing fourth in the TSL.
Spencer Abbott and Cal Ermer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Callan | 16 | 5 | .762 | 3.08 | 24 | 16 | 1 | 178.0 | 153 | 66 | 61 | 73 | 116 | 6 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Edward Kubuski | 14 | 10 | .583 | 4.32 | 32 | 17 | 3 | 223.0 | 188 | 129 | 107 | 122 | 111 | 17 | 1 | 7 | ||||||
| Gaspar Del Monte | 13 | 13 | .500 | 4.18 | 28 | 16 | 1 | 194.0 | 211 | 109 | 90 | 104 | 117 | 7 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Sonny Dixon | 9 | 9 | .500 | 4.36 | 27 | 15 | 2 | 165.0 | 188 | 97 | 80 | 45 | 58 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Luis Alomá | 8 | 7 | .533 | 3.62 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 117.0 | 128 | 53 | 47 | 39 | 64 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Jack Gutierrez | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.03 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 76.0 | 75 | 40 | 34 | 53 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Gene Intindola | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.25 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 55.0 | 65 | 34 | 26 | 27 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Earl Davis | 1 | 5 | .167 | 4.59 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 49.0 | 58 | 39 | 25 | 35 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Totals | 66 | 55 | .545 | 4.00 | 166 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 8 | 0 | 1057.0 | 1066 | 567 | 470 | 0 | 498 | 0 | 555 | 34 | 5 | 20 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sammy Meeks | 140 | 624 | 572 | 96 | 191 | 42 | 11 | 7 | 109 | 8 | 40 | 48 | .334 | .379 | .483 | .862 | 276 | 2 | 10 | ||||
| Robert Beal | 124 | 557 | 509 | 97 | 166 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 76 | 15 | 31 | 14 | .326 | .376 | .387 | .763 | 197 | 10 | 7 | ||||
| Lonnie Burns | 137 | 613 | 544 | 90 | 140 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 36 | 16 | 52 | 62 | .257 | .332 | .349 | .681 | 190 | 9 | 8 | ||||
| Cal Ermer | 136 | 559 | 488 | 72 | 136 | 27 | 8 | 7 | 82 | 5 | 45 | 52 | .279 | .353 | .410 | .763 | 200 | 11 | 15 | ||||
| John Netcher | 139 | 600 | 507 | 82 | 120 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 71 | 8 | 79 | 65 | .237 | .346 | .321 | .668 | 163 | 6 | 8 | ||||
| John Lavelle | 98 | 417 | 356 | 56 | 93 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 53 | 4 | 53 | 48 | .261 | .359 | .360 | .718 | 128 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| Charles Brannan | 61 | 258 | 224 | 24 | 60 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 25 | 26 | .268 | .354 | .317 | .671 | 71 | 5 | 4 | ||||
| Roy Valdes | 83 | 304 | 249 | 26 | 55 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 48 | 33 | .221 | .347 | .261 | .608 | 65 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Edward Kubuski | 54 | 172 | 148 | 17 | 38 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 14 | 24 | .257 | .341 | .318 | .659 | 47 | 5 | 5 | ||||
| Ted Madjeski | 45 | 182 | 146 | 18 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 34 | 25 | .212 | .361 | .274 | .635 | 40 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Gilberto Castillo | 55 | 164 | 144 | 14 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 17 | 33 | .208 | .296 | .250 | .546 | 36 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Jim Barkley | 25 | 110 | 96 | 15 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 12 | .302 | .385 | .396 | .781 | 38 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Ken McCreight | 27 | 95 | 88 | 8 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 15 | .250 | .298 | .352 | .650 | 31 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Joe Moss | 19 | 64 | 56 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 3 | .250 | .333 | .393 | .726 | 22 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Bob Callan | 27 | 77 | 68 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 18 | .176 | .222 | .206 | .428 | 14 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Sonny Dixon | 30 | 67 | 61 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 17 | .164 | .227 | .246 | .473 | 15 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Patrick Wilson | 11 | 43 | 38 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | .237 | .326 | .237 | .562 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jack Gutierrez | 12 | 35 | 32 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | .188 | .257 | .281 | .538 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Luis Alomá | 18 | 48 | 43 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 17 | .140 | .213 | .140 | .352 | 6 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Gaspar Del Monte | 28 | 79 | 60 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 26 | .083 | .225 | .083 | .309 | 5 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Earl Davis | 14 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | .235 | .409 | .294 | .703 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Gene Intindola | 12 | 25 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .087 | .160 | .087 | .247 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1295 | 5115 | 4469 | 663 | 1179 | 195 | 60 | 25 | 605 | 70 | 0 | 501 | 568 | .264 | .345 | .351 | .696 | 1569 | 0 | 52 | 93 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lonnie Burns | 1B | 99 | 854 | 42 | 14 | 82 | .985 | 9.051 | ||||
| Charles Brannan | 1B | 38 | 450 | 15 | 5 | 35 | .989 | 12.237 | ||||
| Cal Ermer | 2B | 135 | 336 | 417 | 29 | 97 | .963 | 5.578 | ||||
| Gilberto Castillo | 2B | 11 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 2 | .824 | 2.545 | ||||
| Robert Beal | 3B | 124 | 119 | 227 | 25 | 29 | .933 | 2.790 | ||||
| Gilberto Castillo | 3B | 14 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 3 | .853 | 2.071 | ||||
| Roy Valdes | C | 61 | 241 | 45 | 6 | 1 | .979 | 4.689 | 7 | |||
| Ted Madjeski | C | 43 | 226 | 31 | 4 | 5 | .985 | 5.977 | 3 | |||
| Ken McCreight | C | 22 | 125 | 6 | 2 | 2 | .985 | 5.955 | 3 | |||
| John Netcher | OF | 139 | 295 | 10 | 11 | 1 | .965 | 2.194 | ||||
| John Lavelle | OF | 96 | 225 | 9 | 7 | 2 | .971 | 2.438 | ||||
| Lonnie Burns | OF | 37 | 67 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .946 | 1.892 | ||||
| Jim Barkley | OF | 24 | 66 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .986 | 2.875 | ||||
| Charles Brannan | OF | 23 | 47 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .960 | 2.087 | ||||
| Edward Kubuski | OF | 15 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .939 | 2.067 | ||||
| Joe Moss | OF | 14 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.786 | ||||
| Patrick Wilson | OF | 11 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.364 | ||||
| Edward Kubuski | P | 32 | 12 | 34 | 2 | 0 | .958 | 1.438 | ||||
| Gaspar Del Monte | P | 28 | 3 | 30 | 3 | 0 | .917 | 1.179 | ||||
| Sonny Dixon | P | 27 | 12 | 42 | 3 | 2 | .947 | 2.000 | ||||
| Bob Callan | P | 24 | 4 | 39 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.792 | ||||
| Luis Alomá | P | 18 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.444 | ||||
| Earl Davis | P | 13 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.231 | ||||
| Gene Intindola | P | 12 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .800 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jack Gutierrez | P | 12 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.417 | ||||
| Sammy Meeks | SS | 136 | 245 | 354 | 52 | 74 | .920 | 4.404 | ||||
| Totals | 1208 | 3432 | 1402 | 186 | 345 | .963 | 4.002 | 13 | 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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