1947 Lynchburg Cardinals Statistics
Piedmont League (PL) - Class: B
Team Record: 63-76
Finished 5th in the PL
Manager: Jack McLain (0-0), Vody Mackie (0-0)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Lynchburg, Virginia
Ballpark: City Stadium
Attendance: 104,200, Avg. 1,499
1947 Lynchburg Cardinals RosterTeam Record: 63-76
Finished 5th in the PL
Manager: Jack McLain (0-0), Vody Mackie (0-0)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Lynchburg, Virginia
Ballpark: City Stadium
Attendance: 104,200, Avg. 1,499
The Lynchburg Cardinals of the Piedmont League ended the 1947 season with a record of 63 wins and 76 losses, finishing fifth in the PL.
Jack McLain and Vody Mackie 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kurt Krieger | 16 | 10 | .615 | 3.31 | 39 | 14 | 4 | 226.0 | 200 | 105 | 83 | 110 | 138 | 2 | 2 | 10 | ||||||
| Norman Shope | 14 | 18 | .438 | 3.09 | 36 | 23 | 3 | 253.0 | 233 | 131 | 87 | 93 | 144 | 2 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Nelson Nocheck | 13 | 8 | .619 | 3.00 | 33 | 12 | 3 | 195.0 | 166 | 93 | 65 | 102 | 108 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Nicholas Vucovich | 7 | 9 | .438 | 4.46 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 113.0 | 114 | 65 | 56 | 85 | 59 | 5 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| George Shearin | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.57 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 65.0 | 67 | 40 | 33 | 40 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Johnny Klippstein | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.42 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 57.0 | 49 | 31 | 28 | 33 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Edward Beane | 1 | 6 | .143 | 5.95 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 56.0 | 57 | 49 | 37 | 45 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| George Dries | 1 | 7 | .125 | 5.68 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 76.0 | 60 | 63 | 48 | 77 | 68 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Red Brennan | 10 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Charles Deal | 11 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Jack Birtchet | 23 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Leonard Baker | 10 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 60 | 65 | .480 | 3.78 | 275 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 12 | 0 | 1041.0 | 946 | 577 | 437 | 0 | 585 | 0 | 633 | 20 | 2 | 54 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Nelson | 117 | 506 | 461 | 98 | 171 | 38 | 11 | 11 | 105 | 20 | 38 | 27 | .371 | .423 | .573 | .996 | 264 | 4 | 3 | ||||
| Charles Rotzell | 133 | 568 | 493 | 85 | 146 | 24 | 8 | 9 | 84 | 6 | 66 | 38 | .296 | .381 | .432 | .814 | 213 | 2 | 7 | ||||
| Harold Olt | 142 | 638 | 543 | 96 | 140 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 49 | 10 | 80 | 61 | .258 | .353 | .348 | .701 | 189 | 0 | 15 | ||||
| Adrian Thompson | 124 | 508 | 462 | 66 | 124 | 28 | 5 | 11 | 77 | 5 | 36 | 58 | .268 | .323 | .422 | .745 | 195 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| John Bakay | 109 | 438 | 390 | 61 | 106 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 31 | 3 | 42 | 22 | .272 | .344 | .336 | .680 | 131 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Ronald Curnan | 90 | 315 | 294 | 25 | 73 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 40 | 4 | 12 | 34 | .248 | .280 | .344 | .624 | 101 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| John Seltenreich | 72 | 278 | 256 | 34 | 72 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 6 | 13 | 45 | .281 | .319 | .371 | .690 | 95 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| Bob Erps | 40 | 157 | 146 | 18 | 42 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 9 | 17 | .288 | .329 | .418 | .747 | 61 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Remy LeBlanc | 49 | 194 | 170 | 25 | 39 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 14 | 23 | .229 | .321 | .382 | .704 | 65 | 9 | 1 | ||||
| Roger McKee | 52 | 172 | 150 | 12 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 19 | 21 | .220 | .308 | .300 | .608 | 45 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Wylie Ivey | 31 | 121 | 112 | 13 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 14 | .268 | .317 | .420 | .736 | 47 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Norman Shope | 60 | 126 | 106 | 13 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 17 | 21 | .226 | .339 | .264 | .603 | 28 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Kurt Krieger | 40 | 87 | 78 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .192 | .203 | .218 | .420 | 17 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Vody Mackie | 17 | 58 | 51 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 2 | .255 | .333 | .314 | .647 | 16 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Nelson Nocheck | 33 | 71 | 64 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21 | .156 | .206 | .172 | .378 | 11 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Bob Clear | 16 | 50 | 45 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 13 | .200 | .265 | .267 | .532 | 12 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| David Abramson | 11 | 37 | 36 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .222 | .243 | .278 | .521 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Donald Phelps | 12 | 45 | 42 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 12 | .190 | .244 | .333 | .578 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| William Colvin | 14 | 55 | 50 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 13 | .160 | .236 | .260 | .496 | 13 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Hudson Mealey | 11 | 31 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 2 | .304 | .484 | .522 | 1.006 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Johnny Klippstein | 11 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .300 | .333 | .400 | .733 | 8 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| George Shearin | 30 | 23 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .174 | .174 | .217 | .391 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Nicholas Vucovich | 31 | 44 | 37 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 15 | .108 | .195 | .108 | .303 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Edward Beane | 14 | 20 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .158 | .200 | .158 | .358 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Charles Deal | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| George Dries | 30 | 25 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .091 | .130 | .136 | .267 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Red Brennan | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Leonard Baker | 10 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .111 | .000 | .111 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1321 | 4607 | 4109 | 591 | 1099 | 217 | 49 | 50 | 545 | 66 | 0 | 391 | 507 | .267 | .335 | .381 | .715 | 1564 | 0 | 23 | 84 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Nelson | 1B | 117 | 946 | 70 | 23 | 75 | .978 | 8.684 | ||||
| William Colvin | 1B | 13 | 90 | 6 | 6 | 4 | .941 | 7.385 | ||||
| Adrian Thompson | 2B | 121 | 284 | 309 | 34 | 58 | .946 | 4.901 | ||||
| Bob Erps | 3B | 36 | 35 | 58 | 11 | 4 | .894 | 2.583 | ||||
| Wylie Ivey | 3B | 18 | 27 | 35 | 12 | 1 | .838 | 3.444 | ||||
| Ronald Curnan | C | 86 | 481 | 55 | 18 | 7 | .968 | 6.233 | 16 | |||
| John Bakay | C | 30 | 170 | 21 | 6 | 1 | .970 | 6.367 | 2 | |||
| Vody Mackie | C | 15 | 85 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .978 | 6.000 | 0 | |||
| Charles Rotzell | OF | 132 | 264 | 6 | 12 | 2 | .957 | 2.045 | ||||
| John Bakay | OF | 74 | 126 | 8 | 3 | 2 | .978 | 1.811 | ||||
| John Seltenreich | OF | 71 | 145 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .956 | 2.141 | ||||
| Remy LeBlanc | OF | 48 | 111 | 8 | 10 | 1 | .922 | 2.479 | ||||
| Roger McKee | OF | 35 | 62 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .985 | 1.857 | ||||
| Kurt Krieger | P | 39 | 9 | 29 | 6 | 0 | .864 | .974 | ||||
| Norman Shope | P | 36 | 13 | 49 | 9 | 1 | .873 | 1.722 | ||||
| Nelson Nocheck | P | 33 | 7 | 35 | 2 | 0 | .955 | 1.273 | ||||
| George Shearin | P | 30 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | .889 | .533 | ||||
| George Dries | P | 30 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 2 | .952 | .667 | ||||
| Nicholas Vucovich | P | 28 | 7 | 20 | 2 | 0 | .931 | .964 | ||||
| Jack Birtchet | P | 23 | .000 | |||||||||
| Edward Beane | P | 14 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .867 | .929 | ||||
| Johnny Klippstein | P | 11 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .857 | 1.091 | ||||
| Charles Deal | P | 11 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .571 | .364 | ||||
| Red Brennan | P | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Leonard Baker | P | 10 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .778 | .700 | ||||
| Harold Olt | SS | 138 | 275 | 360 | 60 | 49 | .914 | 4.601 | ||||
| Totals | 1209 | 3153 | 1145 | 236 | 210 | .948 | 3.555 | 18 | 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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