1947 Independence Yankees Statistics

Kansas-Oklahoma-Missouri League (KOML) - Class: D
Team Record: 41-80
Finished 8th in the KOML
Manager: Goldie Howard (41-80)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Independence, Kansas
Ballpark: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 22,460, Avg. 371

1947 Independence Yankees Roster

The Independence Yankees of the Kansas-Oklahoma-Missouri League ended the 1947 season with a record of 41 wins and 80 losses, finishing eighth in the KOML.

Goldie Howard 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
Donald Benson	16	18	.471	3.75	36						259.0	260	168	108		128
Alex Zych	7	9	.438	4.60	24						139.0	119	92	71		125
Stokes Dodson	6	13	.316	6.10	36						149.0	154	144	101		149
Roger Blank	4	10	.286	3.77	26						129.0	110	86	54		91
Leonard Crase	3	8	.273	5.48	29						143.0	153	121	87		129
Lilburn Smith	0	6	.000	8.49	22						70.0	92	90	66		54
Totals	36	64	.360	4.93	173	0	0	0	0	0	889.0	888	701	487	0	676	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
William McFarland	121	464	464		133	27	9	9						.287	.287	.442	.728	205
Wally Reed	121	483	483		128	16	15	3						.265	.265	.379	.644	183
Bob Signaigo	77	281	281		96	11	2	10						.342	.342	.502	.843	141
Paul Tretiak	63	284	284		76	10	5	1						.268	.268	.349	.616	99
Phil Trapani	83	250	250		75	10	8	0						.300	.300	.404	.704	101
Bill Schumm	83	301	301		75	14	4	9						.249	.249	.412	.661	124
Billy Reed	91	310	310		69	14	2	0						.223	.223	.281	.503	87
Bob Ehrlich	62	244	244		63	4	3	1						.258	.258	.311	.570	76
Joseph Hasten	65	207	207		59	15	3	1						.285	.285	.401	.686	83
Donald Benson	72	171	171		39	6	2	1						.228	.228	.304	.532	52
Richard Wuestling	39	126	126		32	6	2	0						.254	.254	.333	.587	42
Paul Slaughter	29	106	106		24	0	0	0						.226	.226	.226	.453	24
Joe Backers	40	152	152		24	6	6	2						.158	.158	.316	.474	48
Leonard Crase	41	88	88		22	2	2	3						.250	.250	.420	.670	37
George Sullivan	28	101	101		22	4	2	2						.218	.218	.356	.574	36
Albert Billingsly	19	81	81		19	0	0	0						.235	.235	.235	.469	19
John Bachar	19	73	73		18	2	0	2						.247	.247	.356	.603	26
Alex Zych	30	64	64		14	4	0	0						.219	.219	.281	.500	18
Roger Blank	26	55	55		12	2	1	0						.218	.218	.291	.509	16
Sven Schold	11	20	20		7	1	0	0						.350	.350	.400	.750	8
Ray Goldkamp	15	49	49		7	1	0	0						.143	.143	.163	.306	8
Stokes Dodson	40	58	58		7	0	0	0						.121	.121	.121	.241	7
Lilburn Smith	22	25	25		6	0	0	0						.240	.240	.240	.480	6
Max Buzzard	14	41	41		5	0	1	0						.122	.122	.171	.293	7
Bob Swiderski	11	10	10		4	2	0	0						.400	.400	.600	1.000	6
Vance Troxler	10	26	26		4	0	0	0						.154	.154	.154	.308	4
Ralph Marler	16	26	26		3	1	0	0						.115	.115	.154	.269	4
Harry Bright	1	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1249	4098	4098	0	1043	158	67	44	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.255	.358	.612	1467	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Stokes Dodson	P	36					.000
Leonard Crase	P	29					.000
Roger Blank	P	26					.000
Alex Zych	P	24					.000
Lilburn Smith	P	22					.000
Totals		137	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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