1947 Gadsden Pilots Statistics

Southeastern League (SL) - Class: B
Team Record: 75-65
Finished 2nd in the SL
Manager: Bill McGhee (75-65)
Location: Gadsden, Alabama
Ballpark: City Park
Attendance: 112,960, Avg. 1,614

1947 Gadsden Pilots Roster

Playoffs - Gadsden Pilots 4 games, Pensacola Fliers 1
Finals - Montgomery Rebels 4 games, Gadsden Pilots 3

The Gadsden Pilots of the Southeastern League ended the 1947 season with a record of 75 wins and 65 losses, finishing second in the SL.

Bill McGhee 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
Pete Rhodes	13	7	.650	3.71	33			13	1		199.0	208	113	82		66		107	2	0	1
William Baskin	12	8	.600	5.08	32			9	2		186.0	204	137	105		74		60	2	1	4
Larry Brunke	12	9	.571	3.84	26			18	1		199.0	221	97	85		73		105	9	1	1
Walter Dembroge	11	6	.647	5.27	24			5	0		135.0	157	97	79		81		59	6	0	3
Kenneth Manus	8	9	.471	4.23	22			11	0		151.0	142	89	71		56		96	5	1	1
Jim McClure	7	10	.412	5.46	40			6	0		160.0	200	124	97		92		73	4	0	1
Howard Martin	6	5	.545	4.60	14			7	0		86.0	91	53	44		36		31	1	0	2
Totals	69	54	.561	4.54	191	0	0	69	4	0	1116.0	1223	710	563	0	478	0	531	29	3	13	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
Billy Bowers	140	645	560	132	210	33	11	20	111	9		79	37	.375	.454	.580	1.034	325		2	4
Billy Johnson	139	617	558	104	177	32	2	27	127	21		48	46	.317	.372	.527	.899	294		1	10
Roy Pinkston	131	557	489	81	145	28	4	19	91	0		62	62	.297	.376	.487	.862	238		0	6
Bill McGhee	113	484	436	64	131	24	4	7	72	6		39	36	.300	.362	.422	.784	184		3	6
Arthur Luce	100	466	410	78	130	20	3	24	96	0		38	52	.317	.382	.556	.938	228		5	13
Dan Radakovich	108	422	377	37	81	14	1	1	48	0		33	33	.215	.283	.265	.549	100		3	9
Jimmy Grant	42	186	155	32	47	14	0	11	27	1		27	39	.303	.407	.606	1.013	94		0	4
Mel Hicks	40	160	141	24	40	7	0	6	30	0		15	14	.284	.361	.461	.822	65		2	2
Clarence Harkins	22	92	89	20	29	5	1	2	9	3		3	8	.326	.348	.472	.820	42		0	0
Jim McClure	55	100	87	10	26	5	0	0	6	0		13	10	.299	.390	.356	.746	31		0	0
Frank Weaver	29	112	101	19	25	6	2	1	11	0		7	6	.248	.309	.376	.685	38		2	2
Larry Brunke	38	98	89	15	18	4	0	1	6	0		6	8	.202	.260	.281	.541	25		1	2
Pete Rhodes	35	93	90	8	17	2	1	0	8	0		2	12	.189	.215	.233	.448	21		1	0
Raymond Pechous	11	52	49	4	12	2	1	0	3	1		2	15	.245	.275	.327	.601	16		0	1
William Baskin	33	80	65	7	11	3	1	1	9	0		7	21	.169	.260	.292	.553	19		1	7
Walter Dembroge	24	60	52	4	6	2	0	0	1	0		5	25	.115	.220	.154	.374	8		2	1
Howard Martin	14	37	33	6	5	3	0	0	3	0		4	9	.152	.243	.242	.486	8		0	0
Kenneth Manus	22	61	56	4	5	0	0	0	2	0		3	21	.089	.150	.089	.239	5		1	1
Totals	1096	4322	3837	649	1115	204	31	120	660	41	0	393	454	.291	.360	.454	.814	1741	0	24	68	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Bill McGhee	1B	106	925	34	15	44	.985	9.047
Mel Hicks	1B	27	225	6	6	8	.975	8.556
Billy Johnson	2B	139	397	386	47	45	.943	5.633
Jimmy Grant	3B	35	37	72	9	2	.924	3.114
Frank Weaver	3B	21	8	43	5	0	.911	2.429
Dan Radakovich	C	108	492	52	14	2	.975	5.037	15
Billy Bowers	OF	140	401	16	28	0	.937	2.979
Roy Pinkston	OF	129	245	8	13	2	.951	1.961
Arthur Luce	OF	95	189	11	12	1	.943	2.105
Clarence Harkins	OF	17	27	1	3	0	.903	1.647
Raymond Pechous	OF	11	14	3	3	0	.850	1.545
Mel Hicks	OF	11	17	0	1	0	.944	1.545
Jim McClure	P	40	5	44	5	3	.907	1.225
Pete Rhodes	P	33	19	34	3	1	.946	1.606
William Baskin	P	32	2	31	4	0	.892	1.031
Larry Brunke	P	26	15	31	3	0	.939	1.769
Walter Dembroge	P	24	4	23	4	0	.871	1.125
Kenneth Manus	P	22	7	15	1	0	.957	1.000
Howard Martin	P	14	3	15	2	0	.900	1.286
Totals		1030	3032	825	178	108	.956	3.745	15	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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