1947 Fort Smith Giants Statistics

Western Association (WA) - Class: C
Team Record: 59-78
Finished 7th in the WA
Manager: Earl Wolgamot (59-78)
Affiliation: New York Giants
Location: Fort Smith, Arkansas
Ballpark: Andrews Field
Attendance: 52,215, Avg. 762

1947 Fort Smith Giants Roster

The Fort Smith Giants of the Western Association ended the 1947 season with a record of 59 wins and 78 losses, finishing seventh in the WA.

Earl Wolgamot 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
Walter Wolfe	15	8	.652	2.91	32						192.0	195	81	62		64
Alberto Esqueda	13	12	.520	3.25	30						202.0	179	99	73		109
Albert Belinsky	12	13	.480	4.01	39						213.0	225	124	95		88
Herbert Madigan	6	8	.429	4.38	19						117.0	136	77	57		37
Philip Popps	4	11	.267	4.57	22						130.0	133	87	66		86
Link Hurgin	3	2	.600	6.94	18						48.0	63	44	37		18
Ed Albrecht	2	7	.222	7.30	21						69.0	86	69	56		52
John Groves	1	6	.143	6.75	15						56.0	69	49	42		35
Totals	56	67	.455	4.28	196	0	0	0	0	0	1027.0	1086	630	488	0	489	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
Morris Cook	134	505	505		147	24	11	1						.291	.291	.388	.679	196
Robert McCollum	126	480	480		145	15	9	0						.302	.302	.371	.673	178
Ed Kestler	127	485	485		144	31	2	3						.297	.297	.388	.685	188
Stephen Cowen	133	495	495		142	37	6	5						.287	.287	.416	.703	206
Don Brennan	138	489	489		126	39	3	6						.258	.258	.387	.644	189
Gip Dickens	93	334	334		84	12	6	4						.251	.251	.359	.611	120
Frank McArthur	58	223	223		75	15	7	4						.336	.336	.520	.857	116
James Falk	91	301	301		66	16	2	4						.219	.219	.326	.545	98
Milton Narron	75	226	226		61	13	3	5						.270	.270	.420	.690	95
Reid Arendt	45	142	142		28	7	0	1						.197	.197	.268	.465	38
Alberto Esqueda	52	104	104		23	3	2	0						.221	.221	.288	.510	30
Thomas Hackett	30	87	87		20	0	1	2						.230	.230	.322	.552	28
Arthur Brasse	24	82	82		16	2	1	0						.195	.195	.244	.439	20
Walter Wolfe	38	81	81		14	4	0	1						.173	.173	.259	.432	21
Ed Morgenthaler	10	29	29		11	3	0	0						.379	.379	.483	.862	14
Wayne Morris	24	53	53		11	4	0	1						.208	.208	.340	.547	18
Albert Belinsky	46	76	76		10	3	0	0						.132	.132	.171	.303	13
Leonard Pasciak	10	31	31		8	0	0	0						.258	.258	.258	.516	8
Clayton Dolan	11	37	37		8	0	2	0						.216	.216	.324	.541	12
Marcel Poelker	19	55	55		8	2	0	0						.145	.145	.182	.327	10
Herbert Madigan	22	45	45		7	1	1	0						.156	.156	.222	.378	10
Philip Popps	26	60	60		6	1	0	0						.100	.100	.117	.217	7
Ed Albrecht	22	28	28		4	0	0	0						.143	.143	.143	.286	4
John Groves	16	17	17		2	1	0	0						.118	.118	.176	.294	3
Glenn Edwards	12	32	32		2	0	0	0						.062	.062	.062	.125	2
Link Hurgin	18	16	16		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1400	4513	4513	0	1168	233	56	37	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.259	.360	.619	1624	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Albert Belinsky	P	39					.000
Walter Wolfe	P	32					.000
Alberto Esqueda	P	30					.000
Philip Popps	P	22					.000
Ed Albrecht	P	21					.000
Herbert Madigan	P	19					.000
Link Hurgin	P	18					.000
John Groves	P	15					.000
Totals		196	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.

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