1947 Gainesville Owls Statistics

Big State League (BSL) - Class: B
Team Record: 65-87
Finished 6th in the BSL
Manager: Larry Gilchrist (65-87)
Location: Gainesville, Texas
Ballpark: Fair Park
Attendance: 60,971, Avg. 802

1947 Gainesville Owls Roster

The Gainesville Owls of the Big State League ended the 1947 season with a record of 65 wins and 87 losses, finishing sixth in the BSL.

Larry Gilchrist 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	WP	BF
John Herr	13	7	.650	3.99	21	20		20	1		178.0	173	97	79		81		132	10
Eddie Schaack	11	5	.688	5.21	23	14		8	1		121.0	162	124	70		30		52	0
Robert Wooten	9	6	.600	6.51	24	18		11	0		134.0	193	111	97		57		19	3
James Hogan	9	12	.429	4.77	26	20		12	2		164.0	173	114	87		73		66	10
Roy Tinsley	4	4	.500	5.23	12	7		4	0		74.0	87	62	43		45		35	3
Marvin Gramly	3	8	.273	6.38	16	6		5	0		79.0	88	63	56		44		18	5
Bill Perrin	3	12	.200	6.44	32	13		6	0		151.0	194	132	108		51		138	7
Hank Gornicki	2	4	.333	4.58	7	7		6	0		53.0	65	36	27		17		19	2
Fred Chumley	2	7	.222	8.02	13	11		3	0		64.0	82	61	57		38		27	7
Floyd Patterson	1	3	.250	9.37	13	5		1	0		49.0	76	56	51		31		18	2
Totals	57	68	.456	5.69	187	121	0	76	4	0	1067.0	1293	856	675	0	467	0	524	49	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
Eugene Hodge	145	654	616	103	198	36	6	16	116	7	7	28	18	.321	.357	.477	.834	294	15	6	4
Windy Donaldson	142	601	561	145	171	26	6	22	97	12	3	17	34	.305	.330	.490	.820	275	11	4	19
Larry Gilchrist	144	688	590	116	159	21	0	14	65	3	4	87	47	.269	.363	.376	.740	222	10	0	11
Clarence Tuckey	21	647	537	86	150	17	3	17	95	5	1	97	78	.279	.393	.417	.811	224	6	4	9
Lon Goldstein	85	389	332	93	133	19	2	33	122	5	1	50	24	.401	.483	.768	1.251	255	1	3	4
Euell Cox	107	431	425	46	103	19	0	4	41	2	0	4	20	.242	.251	.315	.566	134	4	1	1
Bill Scopetone	78	350	326	44	99	26	2	4	53	3	1	18	23	.304	.344	.433	.776	141	7	2	4
Hoyle Boger	63	244	233	25	69	6	1	2	30	2	2	8	23	.296	.325	.356	.681	83	9	2	1
Will Black	43	193	172	44	53	8	0	9	32	3	1	18	25	.308	.380	.512	.892	88	1	2	1
Robert Wooten	68	267	225	30	53	4	0	1	21	2	0	34	22	.236	.341	.267	.608	60	5	2	6
Robert Price	55	198	183	21	48	8	0	2	25	0	0	12	22	.262	.308	.339	.646	62	10	0	3
Stephen Plantz	66	246	217	33	47	4	0	7	24	1	1	26	49	.217	.303	.332	.635	72	6	1	2
Don Phipps	29	142	116	19	34	5	0	2	14	1	1	22	25	.293	.414	.388	.802	45	0	2	2
James Hogan	43	125	115	15	22	3	2	0	8	1	0	6	20	.191	.231	.252	.484	29	2	0	4
Bill Perrin	38	87	85	8	16	3	0	1	6	0	0	0	28	.188	.188	.259	.447	22	1	0	2
Joe Rancher	16	69	55	16	15	1	0	4	10	0	0	13	13	.273	.420	.509	.929	28	1	1	0
Marvin Gramly	21	54	51	6	13	2	0	2	4	1	0	3	8	.255	.296	.412	.708	21	2	0	0
Roy Tinsley	24	55	51	2	13	0	0	0	5	0	0	4	4	.255	.309	.255	.564	13	0	0	0
Charles Brown	23	65	62	3	13	1	0	0	8	0	0	3	11	.210	.246	.226	.472	14	4	0	0
John Herr	22	79	67	12	13	2	0	0	6	1	0	6	11	.194	.270	.224	.494	15	2	1	5
Eddie Schaack	24	50	43	8	12	1	0	0	3	0	0	6	10	.279	.367	.302	.670	13	1	0	1
Francis Behl	13	61	49	9	11	6	0	2	10	0	0	11	5	.224	.377	.469	.846	23	0	1	0
Frank Clift	12	26	26	3	8	1	0	1	6	0	0	0	1	.308	.308	.462	.769	12	0	0	0
Joe Pate	10	24	22	3	7	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	.318	.375	.409	.784	9	1	1	0
Fred Chumley	23	49	43	4	5	0	0	0	5	0	1	5	5	.116	.208	.116	.325	5	1	0	1
Hank Gornicki	11	35	32	3	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	15	.125	.200	.125	.325	4	0	0	0
Floyd Patterson	13	19	17	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	.118	.211	.176	.387	3	1	2	0
Totals	1339	5848	5251	897	1471	222	22	143	813	49	23	482	547	.280	.345	.412	.757	2166	101	35	80	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Lon Goldstein	1B	85	717	36	11	68	.986	8.859
Robert Wooten	1B	39	341	17	4	47	.989	9.179
Windy Donaldson	2B	142	446	388	26	110	.970	5.873
Clarence Tuckey	3B	150	208	391	60	47	.909	3.993
Hoyle Boger	C	63	267	20	9	2	.970	4.556	6
Robert Price	C	48	140	25	5	3	.971	3.438	5
Stephen Plantz	C	22	95	13	4	2	.964	4.909	3
Charles Brown	C	17	66	20	7	2	.925	5.059	6
Eugene Hodge	CF	131	319	23	8	4	.977	2.611
Bill Scopetone	CF	13	33	2	2	0	.946	2.692
Bill Scopetone	LF	65	78	6	7	2	.923	1.292
Will Black	LF	21	40	2	1	0	.977	2.000
Joe Rancher	LF	16	28	3	1	0	.969	1.938
Francis Behl	LF	13	27	2	3	0	.906	2.231
Bill Perrin	P	32	13	25	0	3	1.000	1.188
James Hogan	P	26	3	29	2	4	.941	1.231
Robert Wooten	P	24	4	22	2	1	.929	1.083
Eddie Schaack	P	23	10	23	2	0	.943	1.435
John Herr	P	21	8	26	1	3	.971	1.619
Floyd Patterson	P	14	7	14	0	1	1.000	1.500
Marvin Gramly	P	13	0	6	0	0	1.000	.462
Fred Chumley	P	13	1	8	0	1	1.000	.692
Roy Tinsley	P	12	2	12	0	0	1.000	1.167
Hank Gornicki	P	7						.000
Euell Cox	RF	107	167	11	14	3	.927	1.664
Don Phipps	RF	18	28	2	2	0	.938	1.667
Will Black	RF	17	30	2	5	0	.865	1.882
Larry Gilchrist	SS	144	280	428	36	97	.952	4.917
Totals		1296	3358	1556	212	400	.959	3.792	20	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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