1947 Danville Leafs Statistics

Carolina League (CL) - Class: C
Team Record: 65-77
Finished 6th in the CL
Manager: Herbert Brett (0-0), Gene Petty (0-0)
Affiliation: New York Giants
Location: Danville, Virginia
Ballpark: League Park
Attendance: 105,700, Avg. 1,489

1947 Danville Leafs Roster

The Danville Leafs of the Carolina League ended the 1947 season with a record of 65 wins and 77 losses, finishing sixth in the CL.

Herbert Brett and Gene Petty 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
Thurman Lowe	16	10	.615	3.70	36			18	4		226.0	196	111	93		139		212	4	0	16
Melvin Adams	12	12	.500	4.00	35			19	2		227.0	263	139	101		61		130	3	0	1
Joe Jones	10	9	.526	3.51	22			13	2		146.0	141	81	57		71		96	6	0	7
John Norris	6	5	.545	3.42	13			7	0		92.0	89	44	35		55		66	6	0	12
Harry Wolfe	6	11	.353	5.19	32			4	0		151.0	179	112	87		93		91	8	0	10
Kerry Rainey	3	4	.429	6.27	13			2	0		56.0	71	51	39		40		37	4	0	8
Jeff Peckham	3	5	.375	6.43	14			2	0		56.0	71	57	40		41		40	5	1	3
Sam Lowry	2	2	.500	0.00	8			0			19.0	29	19			7		8	1	0	1
Richard Blow	1	0	1.000	0.00	7			1			20.0	23	12			7		6	0	0	1
Pete Letso	1	1	.500	0.00	18			0			36.0	42	23			26		26	1	0	3
Ben Cagle	1	2	.333	0.00	6			1			27.0	23	17			28		14	1	0	0
Paul Willis	1	3	.250	0.00	7			0			20.0	37	26			7		13	0	0	4
Edward Holle					1						0.0
Willard Speaks					10						0.0
Felix Bucchioni	0	0		0.00	2						7.0
William Garner	0	0		0.00	1						4.0
Ed Hrabcsak	0	0		0.00	1						4.0
David Powers	0	0		0.00	3						5.0
Dick Stoll	0	0		0.00	2						7.0
Bill Harrison	0	1	.000	0.00	2			0			7.0	8	7			6		7	0	0	0
William Anderson	0	2	.000	0.00	7			0			26.0	35	24			11		5	1	0	0
Joe Hash	0	5	.000	5.00	9			2	0		45.0	37	32	25		30		40	3	0	3
Totals	62	72	.463	3.64	249	0	0	69	8	0	1181.0	1244	755	477	0	622	0	791	43	1	69	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
George Mlyczek	130	567	528	96	162	29	7	17	95	3		31	65	.307	.346	.485	.831	256		1	7
William Garner	138	640	552	102	161	29	4	11	65	11		84	81	.292	.388	.418	.807	231		3	1
Gene Petty	124	539	462	100	145	32	2	31	107	2		72	50	.314	.411	.593	1.004	274		4	1
Elmer Luekhardt	142	624	565	70	137	23	2	3	60	5		50	85	.242	.307	.306	.614	173		3	6
Neal Watlington	111	418	396	61	130	21	4	7	57	9		21	15	.328	.362	.455	.817	180		0	1
Keith Carpenter	92	382	341	61	124	27	5	4	59	6		34	41	.364	.427	.507	.935	173		4	3
Lonnie Smith	108	455	395	54	103	19	1	7	64	4		53	65	.261	.348	.367	.715	145		0	7
Edward Gallagher	80	321	284	35	69	16	3	1	26	7		32	51	.243	.320	.331	.651	94		0	5
Al Buschling	40	178	164	23	47	9	1	2	20	3		7	15	.287	.328	.390	.718	64		3	4
Arthur Jacobs	30	112	94	17	28	5	2	1	7	1		14	21	.298	.400	.426	.826	40		2	2
Stephen Denier	36	130	102	18	26	7	0	0	15	2		25	30	.255	.402	.324	.725	33		0	3
Melvin Adams	38	100	92	7	19	2	1	0	13	0		6	25	.207	.255	.250	.505	23		0	2
Edwin Allegar	13	49	44	13	18	1	2	0	11	2		3	7	.409	.458	.523	.981	23		1	1
Joe Jones	27	68	62	7	16	6	0	1	3	0		3	12	.258	.303	.403	.706	25		1	2
John Norris	15	42	40	7	15	1	0	0	5	0		2	13	.375	.405	.400	.805	16		0	0
Eugene Swedler	34	89	84	5	14	3	0	1	9	0		5	22	.167	.213	.238	.452	20		0	0
Harry Wolfe	32	59	57	3	12	0	0	0	8	0		1	14	.211	.237	.211	.448	12		1	0
Al Signaigo	17	75	62	8	12	3	1	1	10	0		11	11	.194	.315	.323	.638	20		0	2
Thomas Jackson	21	67	58	7	11	1	0	0	5	0		8	5	.190	.299	.207	.505	12		1	0
Thurman Lowe	38	94	85	7	11	1	0	0	0	0		7	44	.129	.196	.141	.337	12		0	2
Milt Welch	15	58	55	7	10	2	0	1	6	0		3	13	.182	.224	.273	.497	15		0	0
Bill Brooks	10	30	28	2	9	1	0	0	3	0		2	3	.321	.367	.357	.724	10		0	0
Robert Seitz	14	37	36	4	7	0	0	0	3	0		1	9	.194	.216	.194	.411	7		0	0
Pete Letso	18	10	10	1	4	2	0	0	2	0		0	2	.400	.400	.600	1.000	6		0	0
Kerry Rainey	13	23	18	1	2	0	1	0	5	0		3	7	.111	.238	.222	.460	4		0	2
Jeff Peckham	14	23	20	1	2	0	0	1	1	0		2	11	.100	.182	.250	.432	5		0	1
Totals	1350	5190	4634	717	1294	240	36	89	659	55	0	480	717	.279	.350	.404	.754	1873	0	24	52	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Keith Carpenter	1B	92	739	32	11	66	.986	8.380
Al Buschling	1B	40	328	14	1	23	.997	8.550
Gene Petty	1B	14	103	5	3	5	.973	7.714
Edward Gallagher	2B	73	194	209	20	36	.953	5.521
Elmer Luekhardt	2B	51	130	173	7	23	.977	5.941
Lonnie Smith	3B	104	100	174	28	17	.907	2.635
Stephen Denier	3B	21	25	32	6	2	.905	2.714
Neal Watlington	C	99	537	72	20	10	.968	6.152	12
Eugene Swedler	C	19	106	11	4	0	.967	6.158	1
Thomas Jackson	C	18	99	9	0	1	1.000	6.000	3
Milt Welch	C	14	77	8	2	0	.977	6.071	1
William Garner	OF	137	302	18	16	2	.952	2.336
George Mlyczek	OF	128	217	14	9	4	.962	1.805
Gene Petty	OF	109	149	7	15	0	.912	1.431
Al Signaigo	OF	16	22	0	1	0	.957	1.375
Robert Seitz	OF	11	9	0	0	0	1.000	.818
Eugene Swedler	OF	10	5	1	0	0	1.000	.600
Thurman Lowe	P	36	10	32	4	0	.913	1.167
Melvin Adams	P	35	3	36	2	0	.951	1.114
Harry Wolfe	P	32	5	28	3	1	.917	1.031
Joe Jones	P	22	8	22	2	1	.938	1.364
Pete Letso	P	18	2	9	1	1	.917	.611
Jeff Peckham	P	14	4	12	0	0	1.000	1.143
Kerry Rainey	P	13	1	8	2	0	.818	.692
John Norris	P	13	1	15	0	0	1.000	1.231
Willard Speaks	P	10						.000
Joe Hash	P	9						.000
Sam Lowry	P	8						.000
Paul Willis	P	7						.000
Richard Blow	P	7						.000
William Anderson	P	7						.000
Ben Cagle	P	6						.000
David Powers	P	3						.000
Dick Stoll	P	2						.000
Bill Harrison	P	2						.000
Felix Bucchioni	P	2						.000
Ed Hrabcsak	P	1						.000
Edward Holle	P	1						.000
William Garner	P	1						.000
Elmer Luekhardt	SS	91	191	287	18	42	.964	5.253
Arthur Jacobs	SS	13	24	32	11	3	.836	4.308
Totals		1309	3391	1260	186	237	.962	3.553	17	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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