1947 Hagerstown Owls Statistics
Inter-State League (ISL) - Class: B
Team Record: 62-75
Finished 7th in the ISL
Manager: John Griffiths (62-75)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Hagerstown, Maryland
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 65,177, Avg. 951
1947 Hagerstown Owls RosterTeam Record: 62-75
Finished 7th in the ISL
Manager: John Griffiths (62-75)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Hagerstown, Maryland
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 65,177, Avg. 951
The Hagerstown Owls of the Inter-State League ended the 1947 season with a record of 62 wins and 75 losses, finishing seventh in the ISL.
John Griffiths 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Stratton | 13 | 9 | .591 | 4.97 | 29 | 15 | 1 | 183.0 | 231 | 119 | 101 | 75 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Eddie Owcar | 13 | 12 | .520 | 4.48 | 29 | 19 | 2 | 195.0 | 217 | 113 | 97 | 83 | 79 | 6 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Charley Miller | 8 | 11 | .421 | 5.24 | 33 | 11 | 1 | 158.0 | 183 | 110 | 92 | 80 | 68 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| Edward Bumsted | 6 | 8 | .429 | 3.82 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 120.0 | 121 | 66 | 51 | 62 | 72 | 5 | 1 | 9 | ||||||
| Gene Joselane | 6 | 11 | .353 | 6.19 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 125.0 | 159 | 93 | 86 | 34 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Boots Poffenberger | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.86 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 63.0 | 64 | 36 | 27 | 19 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Barney Schultz | 5 | 9 | .357 | 5.37 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 124.0 | 152 | 88 | 74 | 89 | 59 | 4 | 2 | 5 | ||||||
| Bill Wigle | 5 | 10 | .333 | 4.88 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 120.0 | 158 | 84 | 65 | 45 | 71 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Totals | 61 | 73 | .455 | 4.91 | 208 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 6 | 0 | 1088.0 | 1285 | 709 | 593 | 0 | 487 | 0 | 503 | 18 | 4 | 33 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenneth Humphrey | 123 | 503 | 476 | 82 | 166 | 32 | 12 | 8 | 91 | 9 | 24 | 46 | .349 | .380 | .517 | .897 | 246 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Edward Yeash | 137 | 584 | 514 | 92 | 165 | 34 | 4 | 6 | 76 | 7 | 55 | 61 | .321 | .390 | .438 | .828 | 225 | 3 | 12 | ||||
| Bernard Jenis | 138 | 612 | 524 | 114 | 165 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 65 | 29 | 56 | 38 | .315 | .394 | .447 | .840 | 234 | 12 | 20 | ||||
| George D'addario | 137 | 557 | 476 | 78 | 134 | 28 | 5 | 16 | 66 | 8 | 74 | 70 | .282 | .380 | .462 | .843 | 220 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| Richard Dresser | 94 | 382 | 347 | 57 | 110 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 60 | 18 | 25 | 49 | .317 | .365 | .415 | .780 | 144 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| Robert Martin | 109 | 468 | 392 | 61 | 98 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 22 | 60 | 57 | .250 | .352 | .319 | .671 | 125 | 2 | 14 | ||||
| Elmer Swanson | 78 | 256 | 233 | 29 | 74 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 3 | 20 | 47 | .318 | .374 | .446 | .820 | 104 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| William Heist | 75 | 308 | 280 | 38 | 72 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 23 | 42 | .257 | .314 | .332 | .646 | 93 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Gene Crumling | 86 | 292 | 258 | 39 | 62 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 6 | 25 | 18 | .240 | .315 | .291 | .605 | 75 | 3 | 6 | ||||
| Eddie Owcar | 73 | 184 | 168 | 16 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 15 | 30 | .256 | .321 | .375 | .696 | 63 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Richard Williams | 42 | 157 | 142 | 21 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 12 | 39 | .204 | .266 | .282 | .548 | 40 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Ted Bartz | 17 | 77 | 76 | 14 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .368 | .377 | .461 | .837 | 35 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Joseph Halvonick | 32 | 137 | 110 | 18 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 26 | 21 | .227 | .380 | .345 | .725 | 38 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Gene Joselane | 52 | 99 | 87 | 13 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 20 | .253 | .337 | .345 | .682 | 30 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Charley Miller | 34 | 61 | 55 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .273 | .310 | .345 | .656 | 19 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Arthur Hassler | 16 | 68 | 56 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 12 | .250 | .373 | .357 | .730 | 20 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Bill Stratton | 29 | 76 | 58 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 14 | .190 | .347 | .207 | .554 | 12 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Boots Poffenberger | 17 | 34 | 30 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .267 | .333 | .600 | .933 | 18 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Edward Bumsted | 33 | 42 | 39 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .205 | .262 | .231 | .493 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bill Wigle | 17 | 51 | 43 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 22 | .140 | .213 | .233 | .445 | 10 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Barney Schultz | 30 | 48 | 45 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .133 | .152 | .156 | .308 | 7 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Jack Lance | 17 | 63 | 50 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 17 | .120 | .254 | .160 | .414 | 8 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| John Griffiths | 15 | 27 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .217 | .280 | .217 | .497 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Totals | 1401 | 5086 | 4482 | 719 | 1272 | 222 | 59 | 56 | 595 | 123 | 0 | 475 | 643 | .284 | .356 | .397 | .753 | 1780 | 0 | 28 | 101 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernard Jenis | 1B | 138 | 1216 | 57 | 31 | 128 | .976 | 9.225 | ||||
| Robert Martin | 2B | 109 | 292 | 293 | 27 | 93 | .956 | 5.367 | ||||
| George D'addario | 2B | 29 | 78 | 70 | 6 | 12 | .961 | 5.103 | ||||
| Richard Dresser | 3B | 93 | 106 | 198 | 23 | 31 | .930 | 3.269 | ||||
| Joseph Halvonick | 3B | 30 | 25 | 71 | 11 | 1 | .897 | 3.200 | ||||
| Gene Crumling | C | 83 | 326 | 40 | 9 | 3 | .976 | 4.410 | 3 | |||
| Elmer Swanson | C | 60 | 267 | 41 | 2 | 2 | .994 | 5.133 | 5 | |||
| Edward Yeash | OF | 137 | 227 | 11 | 14 | 0 | .944 | 1.737 | ||||
| Kenneth Humphrey | OF | 121 | 222 | 15 | 9 | 1 | .963 | 1.959 | ||||
| William Heist | OF | 69 | 151 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .962 | 2.203 | ||||
| Richard Williams | OF | 41 | 96 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .981 | 2.512 | ||||
| Eddie Owcar | OF | 18 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Ted Bartz | OF | 17 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .978 | 2.588 | ||||
| Elmer Swanson | OF | 11 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .909 | 1.818 | ||||
| Charley Miller | P | 33 | 3 | 46 | 3 | 3 | .942 | 1.485 | ||||
| Edward Bumsted | P | 32 | 3 | 29 | 1 | 3 | .970 | 1.000 | ||||
| Barney Schultz | P | 30 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .960 | .800 | ||||
| Bill Stratton | P | 29 | 2 | 51 | 5 | 3 | .914 | 1.828 | ||||
| Eddie Owcar | P | 29 | 4 | 45 | 4 | 0 | .925 | 1.690 | ||||
| Gene Joselane | P | 29 | 2 | 21 | 3 | 0 | .885 | .793 | ||||
| Bill Wigle | P | 17 | 3 | 21 | 4 | 2 | .857 | 1.412 | ||||
| Boots Poffenberger | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| George D'addario | SS | 101 | 196 | 329 | 32 | 56 | .943 | 5.198 | ||||
| Jack Lance | SS | 17 | 28 | 42 | 12 | 6 | .854 | 4.118 | ||||
| Arthur Hassler | SS | 16 | 35 | 36 | 8 | 6 | .899 | 4.438 | ||||
| Totals | 1298 | 3376 | 1442 | 216 | 353 | .957 | 3.712 | 8 | 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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