1947 Las Vegas Wranglers Statistics

Sunset League (SL) - Class: C
Team Record: 73-67
Finished 3rd in the SL
Manager: Newt Kimball (73-67)
Affiliation: Boston Braves
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Ballpark: City Park at Helldorado Grounds, Elks Stadium
Attendance: 44,574, Avg. 637

1947 Las Vegas Wranglers Roster

Playoffs - Riverside Dons 3 games, Las Vegas Wranglers 0

The Las Vegas Wranglers of the Sunset League ended the 1947 season with a record of 73 wins and 67 losses, finishing third in the SL.

The Wranglers led the league with 1261 runs, spearheaded by 268 home runs. Las Vegas yielded 1235 runs, most in the circuit. Calvin Felix crushed 52 homers for the team, while Roy Godfrey, Sylvester Gregory, Olin Kelly, Dominic Castro, Gail Jackson, Paul Zaby and Kenneth Myers each walloped 15 or more, too. Calvin Felix drove in 182 runs. Paul Zaby topped all regular batters by connecting at a .401 clip. Newt Kimball paced the team with 14 wins and a team-best 4.39 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Newt Kimball played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Las Vegas Wranglers to do so.

Newt Kimball 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
Newt Kimball	14	5	.737	4.39	28			15	0		160.0	218	113	78		26		122	0		2
Neal Montank	11	8	.579	4.47	21			13	1		159.0	215	120	79		51		96	3		0
Joseph Chuka	11	8	.579	6.15	26			12	2		158.0	211	149	108		72		130	5		3
Lee Jones	7	9	.438	7.04	26			10	0		142.0	206	153	111		83		112	3		4
Sylvester Gregory	6	3	.667	8.58	19			2	0		85.0	136	99	81		38		60	2		2
Raymond Will	4	3	.571	4.96	13			4	0		78.0	91	57	43		36		50	2		2
Robert Detmers	2	1	.667	0.00	10			2	0		36.0	59	41			28		25
Dominic Castro	2	1	.667	0.00	8			0	0		23.0	24	17			12		20
Lester Ryan	2	3	.400	0.00	8			1	0		39.0	57	69			51		27
Ira Lizee	2	4	.333	0.00	14			0	0		36.0	67	62			28		21
George Byrd	2	5	.286	5.79	11			2	0		56.0	75	53	36		31		43	1		3
Bob Williams	1	0	1.000	0.00	1			1	0		9.0	7	1			7		9
Paul Zaby	1	0	1.000	0.00	1			0	0		4.0	4	1			7		1
Ned Klingensmith					13						0.0
Clarence Truehill					9						0.0
Graydon Young	0	0		0.00	3			0	0		7.0	11	12			13		5
Roy Godfrey	0	0		0.00	1			0	0		3.0	7				2		2
Gail Jackson	0	0		0.00	1			0	0		5.0	10				4		2
Cameron Mitchell	0	1	.000	0.00	1			0	0		0.7	6	11			3		1
Jerry Barta	0	1	.000	0.00	3			0	0		14.0	25	16			9		6
Ed Power	0	1	.000	0.00	5			1	0		18.0	31	34			22		12
Earl Pine	0	1	.000	0.00	2			0	0		1.0	7	12			4		0
Kenneth Myers	0	1	.000	0.00	1			0	0		1.7	9	13			6		0
Mike Kanshin	0	4	.000	0.00	8			0	0		28.0	38	43			35		28
Totals	65	59	.524	4.54	233	0	0	63	3	0	1063.3	1514	1076	536	0	568	0	772	16	0	16	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
Calvin Felix	140	698	610	173	236	35	8	52	182	19		76	105	.387	.459	.726	1.185	443		5	7
Paul Zaby	133	643	531	158	213	47	7	18	132	22		104	78	.401	.500	.618	1.118	328		1	7
Dominic Castro	129	570	539	101	191	34	1	28	121	5		25	69	.354	.385	.577	.962	311		2	4
Roy Godfrey	134	607	571	111	183	28	4	32	123	5		26	118	.320	.350	.552	.902	315		0	10
Olin Kelly	126	612	508	153	170	33	2	33	99	17		93	114	.335	.441	.602	1.044	306		4	7
Paul Godfrey	118	554	509	93	163	26	7	14	103	5		32	65	.320	.367	.481	.849	245		6	7
Kenneth Myers	135	619	459	118	139	13	2	33	121	3		136	54	.303	.465	.556	1.020	255		3	21
Sylvester Gregory	102	422	366	83	120	28	0	17	75	1		51	50	.328	.411	.544	.955	199		1	4
Gail Jackson	95	423	335	112	107	16	1	18	67	6		75	73	.319	.452	.534	.986	179		6	7
Carl Fairly	44	210	176	44	67	11	1	11	53	1		28	21	.381	.471	.642	1.113	113		2	4
Newt Kimball	55	137	119	27	43	8	1	5	33	2		15	18	.361	.433	.571	1.004	68		0	3
Joseph Chuka	36	98	85	21	25	1	1	2	8	0		11	24	.294	.381	.400	.781	34		1	1
Lee Jones	35	103	88	22	22	2	0	4	12	1		14	23	.250	.353	.409	.762	36		0	1
Neal Montank	21	73	66	10	15	1	0	1	5	0		4	16	.227	.271	.288	.559	19		0	3
Robert Detmers	10	17	14	5	5	1	0	0	1	0		0	2	.357	.438	.429	.866	6		2	1
Lester Ryan	9	23	23	3	5	2	0	0	0					.217	.217	.304	.522	7
George Byrd	11	28	18	3	4	1	0	0	2	0		10	6	.222	.500	.278	.778	5		0	0
Ed Power	5	6	6	2	3	0	0	0	1					.500	.500	.500	1.000	3
Raymond Will	14	34	32	2	3	1	0	0	3	0		2	18	.094	.147	.125	.272	4		0	0
Jerry Barta	3	5	5	2	2	2	0	0	0					.400	.400	.800	1.200	4
Mike Kanshin	8	10	10	0	2	0	0	0	3					.200	.200	.200	.400	2
Harry Stricklett	4	11	11	4	2	0	0	0	1					.182	.182	.182	.364	2
Ira Lizee	14	16	13	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		3	5	.154	.312	.154	.466	2		0	0
Graydon Young	4	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1					.333	.333	.333	.667	1
Bob Williams	3	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0					.200	.200	.200	.400	1
Totals	1388	5927	5102	1249	1724	290	35	268	1146	87	0	705	859	.338	.422	.566	.988	2888	0	33	87	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Kenneth Myers	1B	116	824	30	24	72	.973	7.362
Sylvester Gregory	1B	24	134	14	7	9	.955	6.167
Paul Godfrey	2B	112	332	272	43	57	.934	5.393
Roy Godfrey	2B	22	64	62	5	5	.962	5.727
Sylvester Gregory	3B	60	57	97	21	7	.880	2.567
Roy Godfrey	3B	42	51	58	12	4	.901	2.595
Gail Jackson	3B	32	26	62	11	7	.889	2.750
Olin Kelly	3B	18	16	29	9	3	.833	2.500
Dominic Castro	C	127	800	92	26	6	.972	7.024	16
Kenneth Myers	C	26	121	5	4	2	.969	4.846	1
Calvin Felix	OF	140	350	21	15	5	.961	2.650
Paul Zaby	OF	129	201	13	14	1	.939	1.659
Roy Godfrey	OF	71	134	14	4	4	.974	2.085
Olin Kelly	OF	59	57	9	13	0	.835	1.119
Newt Kimball	P	28	0	32	0	0	1.000	1.143
Lee Jones	P	26	3	24	5	1	.844	1.038
Joseph Chuka	P	26	2	16	2	0	.900	.692
Neal Montank	P	21	3	37	1	3	.976	1.905
Sylvester Gregory	P	19	1	9	1	2	.909	.526
Ira Lizee	P	14	1	5	1	0	.857	.429
Raymond Will	P	13	2	12	2	2	.875	1.077
Ned Klingensmith	P	13						.000
George Byrd	P	11	3	6	1	0	.900	.818
Robert Detmers	P	10	1	6	0	1	1.000	.700
Clarence Truehill	P	9						.000
Lester Ryan	P	8						.000
Mike Kanshin	P	8						.000
Dominic Castro	P	8						.000
Robert Moore	P	6						.000
Ed Power	P	5						.000
Graydon Young	P	3						.000
Jerry Barta	P	3						.000
Earl Pine	P	2						.000
Paul Zaby	P	1						.000
Bob Williams	P	1						.000
Kenneth Myers	P	1						.000
Cameron Mitchell	P	1						.000
Gail Jackson	P	1						.000
Roy Godfrey	P	1						.000
Olin Kelly	SS	51	104	139	41	28	.856	4.765
Gail Jackson	SS	49	69	139	36	17	.852	4.245
Carl Fairly	SS	43	81	121	29	25	.874	4.698
Totals		1360	3437	1324	327	261	.936	3.501	17	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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