1947 Jersey City Giants Statistics
International League (IL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 94-60
Finished 1st in the IL
Manager: Bruno Betzel (94-60)
Affiliation: New York Giants
Location: Jersey City, New Jersey
Ballpark: Roosevelt Stadium
Attendance: 337,531, Avg. 4,384
1947 Jersey City Giants RosterTeam Record: 94-60
Finished 1st in the IL
Manager: Bruno Betzel (94-60)
Affiliation: New York Giants
Location: Jersey City, New Jersey
Ballpark: Roosevelt Stadium
Attendance: 337,531, Avg. 4,384
Playoffs - Buffalo Bisons 4 games, Jersey City Giants 0
The Jersey City Giants of the International League ended the 1947 season with a record of 94 wins and 60 losses, finishing first in the IL.
Bruno Betzel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Wade | 17 | 5 | .773 | 2.51 | 32 | 26 | 18 | 4 | 197.0 | 188 | 72 | 55 | 108 | 78 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Sheldon Jones | 13 | 3 | .812 | 3.20 | 23 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 135.0 | 123 | 56 | 48 | 62 | 68 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| Hub Andrews | 13 | 6 | .684 | 3.28 | 21 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 148.0 | 152 | 62 | 54 | 28 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Jack Kraus | 12 | 9 | .571 | 4.02 | 29 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 177.0 | 182 | 99 | 79 | 82 | 78 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||||
| Jim Goodwin | 11 | 7 | .611 | 3.79 | 27 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 126.0 | 132 | 62 | 53 | 45 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||
| Bill Ayers | 7 | 4 | .636 | 4.08 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 86.0 | 94 | 45 | 39 | 23 | 68 | 6 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| Bob Cain | 6 | 6 | .500 | 4.92 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 106.0 | 110 | 70 | 58 | 58 | 47 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| William Emmerich | 4 | 4 | .500 | 5.64 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 59.0 | 75 | 50 | 37 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| Gene Thompson | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.45 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 31.0 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Mario Picone | 2 | 8 | .200 | 4.19 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 101.0 | 94 | 54 | 47 | 67 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |||||
| Mike Mellis | 27 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 88 | 52 | .629 | 3.67 | 259 | 144 | 0 | 75 | 10 | 0 | 1166.0 | 1174 | 578 | 475 | 0 | 499 | 0 | 497 | 23 | 2 | 22 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Graham | 155 | 664 | 592 | 94 | 171 | 29 | 3 | 34 | 121 | 12 | 62 | 52 | .289 | .358 | .520 | .879 | 308 | 2 | 8 | ||||
| Bill Barnacle | 139 | 579 | 468 | 119 | 126 | 27 | 4 | 12 | 63 | 4 | 101 | 45 | .269 | .401 | .421 | .822 | 197 | 2 | 8 | ||||
| Les Layton | 125 | 500 | 433 | 73 | 125 | 17 | 2 | 20 | 67 | 5 | 54 | 54 | .289 | .371 | .476 | .847 | 206 | 3 | 10 | ||||
| George Myatt | 110 | 394 | 383 | 63 | 116 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 50 | 11 | 5 | 22 | .303 | .314 | .389 | .703 | 149 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Burgess Whitehead | 141 | 508 | 447 | 49 | 115 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 40 | 6 | 47 | 23 | .257 | .329 | .329 | .658 | 147 | 1 | 13 | ||||
| Virgil Stallcup | 76 | 322 | 308 | 43 | 104 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 67 | 4 | 6 | 18 | .338 | .352 | .571 | .924 | 176 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| Mickey Grasso | 117 | 434 | 388 | 55 | 104 | 17 | 1 | 16 | 52 | 7 | 36 | 41 | .268 | .333 | .441 | .774 | 171 | 2 | 8 | ||||
| Norman Jaeger | 68 | 290 | 249 | 28 | 62 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 46 | 0 | 40 | 14 | .249 | .355 | .390 | .745 | 97 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Sal Yvars | 80 | 249 | 208 | 34 | 61 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 43 | 6 | 36 | 25 | .293 | .402 | .466 | .869 | 97 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Bill Lillard | 62 | 219 | 193 | 28 | 51 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 22 | 18 | .264 | .343 | .347 | .690 | 67 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| William Sinram | 72 | 244 | 213 | 27 | 48 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 1 | 25 | 26 | .225 | .312 | .319 | .632 | 68 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| John Corriden | 53 | 182 | 152 | 32 | 47 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 21 | 17 | .309 | .393 | .382 | .775 | 58 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Dick Lajeskie | 27 | 89 | 79 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 14 | .165 | .241 | .215 | .457 | 17 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Jack Kraus | 30 | 70 | 60 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 17 | .200 | .284 | .300 | .584 | 18 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Jake Wade | 32 | 82 | 75 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 25 | .133 | .188 | .160 | .348 | 12 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| William Emmerich | 17 | 20 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .444 | .474 | .444 | .918 | 8 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Mario Picone | 30 | 31 | 27 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .259 | .286 | .259 | .545 | 7 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Hub Andrews | 21 | 58 | 40 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 13 | .175 | .365 | .175 | .540 | 7 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Bill Ayers | 13 | 36 | 32 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .188 | .212 | .312 | .525 | 10 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Sheldon Jones | 23 | 52 | 45 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | .133 | .204 | .156 | .360 | 7 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Bob Cain | 31 | 40 | 37 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6 | .135 | .200 | .216 | .416 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Goodwin | 27 | 49 | 48 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Morris Tortoriello | 10 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | .167 | .286 | .222 | .508 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Gene Thompson | 14 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .182 | .250 | .182 | .432 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Totals | 1473 | 5146 | 4524 | 696 | 1213 | 212 | 33 | 118 | 644 | 62 | 0 | 501 | 474 | .268 | .343 | .408 | .751 | 1845 | 0 | 18 | 103 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Graham | 1B | 88 | 783 | 55 | 12 | 69 | .986 | 9.523 | ||||
| Norman Jaeger | 1B | 67 | 617 | 48 | 5 | 62 | .993 | 9.925 | ||||
| Burgess Whitehead | 2B | 139 | 394 | 380 | 19 | 94 | .976 | 5.568 | ||||
| George Myatt | 3B | 89 | 71 | 176 | 20 | 17 | .925 | 2.775 | ||||
| William Sinram | 3B | 70 | 65 | 137 | 10 | 10 | .953 | 2.886 | ||||
| Mickey Grasso | C | 100 | 431 | 63 | 16 | 4 | .969 | 4.940 | 8 | |||
| Sal Yvars | C | 61 | 236 | 34 | 8 | 3 | .971 | 4.426 | 1 | |||
| Bill Barnacle | OF | 124 | 225 | 13 | 5 | 0 | .979 | 1.919 | ||||
| Les Layton | OF | 119 | 252 | 9 | 5 | 2 | .981 | 2.193 | ||||
| Jack Graham | OF | 67 | 119 | 7 | 2 | 3 | .984 | 1.881 | ||||
| John Corriden | OF | 43 | 87 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .978 | 2.070 | ||||
| Jake Wade | P | 32 | 8 | 39 | 4 | 4 | .922 | 1.469 | ||||
| Bob Cain | P | 30 | 11 | 24 | 3 | 1 | .921 | 1.167 | ||||
| Jack Kraus | P | 29 | 13 | 33 | 4 | 1 | .920 | 1.586 | ||||
| Mario Picone | P | 28 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Mellis | P | 27 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Goodwin | P | 27 | 11 | 29 | 3 | 0 | .930 | 1.481 | ||||
| Sheldon Jones | P | 23 | 10 | 22 | 2 | 4 | .941 | 1.391 | ||||
| Hub Andrews | P | 21 | 9 | 25 | 1 | 1 | .971 | 1.619 | ||||
| William Emmerich | P | 16 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 3 | .905 | 1.188 | ||||
| Gene Thompson | P | 14 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .643 | ||||
| Bill Ayers | P | 12 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .905 | 1.583 | ||||
| Virgil Stallcup | SS | 76 | 171 | 271 | 17 | 44 | .963 | 5.816 | ||||
| Bill Lillard | SS | 50 | 90 | 152 | 20 | 33 | .924 | 4.840 | ||||
| Dick Lajeskie | SS | 20 | 34 | 55 | 5 | 5 | .947 | 4.450 | ||||
| George Myatt | SS | 12 | 12 | 22 | 8 | 4 | .810 | 2.833 | ||||
| Totals | 1384 | 3674 | 1646 | 175 | 369 | .968 | 3.844 | 9 | 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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