1947 Evansville Braves Statistics
Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League (IIIL) - Class: B
Team Record: 70-55
Finished 5th in the IIIL
Manager: Bob Coleman (70-55)
Affiliation: Boston Braves
Location: Evansville, Indiana
Ballpark: Bosse Field
Attendance: 133,163, Avg. 2,131
1947 Evansville Braves RosterTeam Record: 70-55
Finished 5th in the IIIL
Manager: Bob Coleman (70-55)
Affiliation: Boston Braves
Location: Evansville, Indiana
Ballpark: Bosse Field
Attendance: 133,163, Avg. 2,131
The Evansville Braves of the Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League ended the 1947 season with a record of 70 wins and 55 losses, finishing fifth in the IIIL.
Bob Coleman 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 Whitcher | 13 | 11 | .542 | 2.94 | 33 | 12 | 2 | 187.0 | 150 | 69 | 61 | 85 | 106 | 2 | 1 | 8 | ||||||
| David Sheehan | 12 | 7 | .632 | 2.66 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 152.0 | 121 | 55 | 45 | 73 | 127 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Andrew Green | 7 | 5 | .583 | 3.98 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 95.0 | 95 | 58 | 42 | 47 | 53 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Paul Naughton | 6 | 3 | .667 | 4.55 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 89.0 | 91 | 56 | 45 | 53 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Aaron Kaye | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2.65 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 85.0 | 69 | 36 | 25 | 30 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Dick Manville | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.58 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 73.0 | 61 | 37 | 29 | 34 | 61 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Frank Cobo | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.29 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 84.0 | 97 | 50 | 40 | 47 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Mike Forline | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.37 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 68.0 | 82 | 48 | 33 | 25 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Frank Paulin | 2 | 3 | .400 | 2.50 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 54.0 | 50 | 22 | 15 | 15 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Don Liddle | 13 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 70 | 52 | .574 | 3.43 | 215 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 15 | 0 | 1042.0 | 974 | 516 | 397 | 0 | 476 | 0 | 700 | 21 | 3 | 29 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Logan | 127 | 551 | 486 | 95 | 161 | 32 | 13 | 6 | 82 | 14 | 55 | 65 | .331 | .404 | .488 | .891 | 237 | 4 | 6 | ||||
| Thomas Zikmund | 126 | 562 | 500 | 83 | 152 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 77 | 15 | 58 | 47 | .304 | .377 | .406 | .783 | 203 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Raymond Fletcher | 126 | 560 | 511 | 76 | 144 | 25 | 13 | 13 | 115 | 3 | 43 | 48 | .282 | .342 | .458 | .800 | 234 | 4 | 2 | ||||
| Dick Burkhardt | 101 | 457 | 402 | 73 | 116 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 62 | 12 | 47 | 29 | .289 | .364 | .408 | .772 | 164 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| John Rizner | 101 | 447 | 403 | 69 | 116 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 62 | 7 | 39 | 17 | .288 | .351 | .402 | .753 | 162 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Billy Reed | 88 | 399 | 319 | 50 | 104 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 13 | 63 | 30 | .326 | .444 | .392 | .836 | 125 | 5 | 12 | ||||
| Ole Kollevoll | 100 | 388 | 351 | 45 | 85 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 44 | 2 | 32 | 49 | .242 | .307 | .345 | .652 | 121 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Paul Rambone | 60 | 234 | 210 | 31 | 58 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 22 | 40 | .276 | .345 | .390 | .735 | 82 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Oran Davis | 54 | 193 | 172 | 23 | 50 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 13 | 11 | .291 | .344 | .442 | .786 | 76 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| Wallace Fletcher | 68 | 303 | 233 | 56 | 48 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 58 | 24 | .206 | .373 | .223 | .596 | 52 | 4 | 8 | ||||
| Walt Linden | 30 | 97 | 88 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 5 | .216 | .289 | .386 | .675 | 34 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| David Sheehan | 24 | 66 | 62 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .274 | .297 | .323 | .619 | 20 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Bob Whitcher | 40 | 73 | 66 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .212 | .246 | .258 | .504 | 17 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Felix Younger | 16 | 55 | 51 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .255 | .309 | .255 | .564 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Andrew Green | 16 | 42 | 41 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .268 | .286 | .366 | .652 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Aaron Kaye | 14 | 37 | 32 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .312 | .389 | .344 | .733 | 11 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| George Scholl | 16 | 50 | 46 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .217 | .265 | .239 | .504 | 11 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Frank Cobo | 25 | 44 | 36 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | .250 | .386 | .333 | .720 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Gene Patton | 16 | 52 | 43 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 2 | .209 | .346 | .326 | .672 | 14 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| John Joslin | 15 | 53 | 46 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | .196 | .275 | .283 | .557 | 13 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Louis Tufano | 18 | 75 | 61 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 13 | .131 | .264 | .213 | .477 | 13 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Dick Manville | 14 | 30 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .179 | .179 | .179 | .357 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Frank Paulin | 11 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .167 | .286 | .222 | .508 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mike Forline | 20 | 24 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .091 | .091 | .182 | .273 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Paul Naughton | 21 | 36 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .069 | .100 | .069 | .169 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Don Liddle | 13 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1292 | 4914 | 4315 | 700 | 1184 | 195 | 68 | 48 | 620 | 80 | 0 | 493 | 495 | .274 | .352 | .384 | .737 | 1659 | 0 | 25 | 81 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Zikmund | 1B | 116 | 998 | 72 | 14 | 70 | .987 | 9.224 | ||||
| John Joslin | 1B | 12 | 95 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .979 | 7.917 | ||||
| Wallace Fletcher | 2B | 63 | 165 | 154 | 16 | 32 | .952 | 5.063 | ||||
| Oran Davis | 2B | 32 | 52 | 62 | 10 | 2 | .919 | 3.562 | ||||
| Billy Reed | 2B | 19 | 54 | 59 | 3 | 13 | .974 | 5.947 | ||||
| George Scholl | 2B | 11 | 31 | 31 | 2 | 7 | .969 | 5.636 | ||||
| Billy Reed | 3B | 68 | 79 | 135 | 11 | 7 | .951 | 3.147 | ||||
| Paul Rambone | 3B | 33 | 20 | 64 | 6 | 4 | .933 | 2.545 | ||||
| Oran Davis | 3B | 10 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 2 | .864 | 1.900 | ||||
| Ole Kollevoll | C | 85 | 591 | 49 | 11 | 5 | .983 | 7.529 | 9 | |||
| Walt Linden | C | 25 | 117 | 17 | 2 | 0 | .985 | 5.360 | 3 | |||
| Felix Younger | C | 14 | 83 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .979 | 6.571 | 2 | |||
| Raymond Fletcher | OF | 124 | 194 | 19 | 21 | 1 | .910 | 1.718 | ||||
| Dick Burkhardt | OF | 100 | 221 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .974 | 2.270 | ||||
| John Rizner | OF | 99 | 172 | 7 | 10 | 1 | .947 | 1.808 | ||||
| Paul Rambone | OF | 21 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .976 | 1.905 | ||||
| Louis Tufano | OF | 18 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .867 | 1.444 | ||||
| Thomas Zikmund | OF | 11 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .957 | 2.000 | ||||
| Bob Whitcher | P | 33 | 13 | 60 | 3 | 2 | .961 | 2.212 | ||||
| David Sheehan | P | 24 | 3 | 27 | 1 | 1 | .968 | 1.250 | ||||
| Paul Naughton | P | 21 | 4 | 21 | 8 | 2 | .758 | 1.190 | ||||
| Mike Forline | P | 20 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 1 | .893 | 1.250 | ||||
| Frank Cobo | P | 19 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.158 | ||||
| Andrew Green | P | 15 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 1 | .870 | 1.333 | ||||
| Dick Manville | P | 14 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.429 | ||||
| Aaron Kaye | P | 14 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 2 | .926 | 1.786 | ||||
| Don Liddle | P | 13 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .923 | ||||
| Frank Paulin | P | 11 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.364 | ||||
| Johnny Logan | SS | 127 | 231 | 392 | 47 | 58 | .930 | 4.906 | ||||
| Totals | 1203 | 3243 | 1363 | 196 | 229 | .959 | 3.829 | 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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