1947 Meridian Peps Statistics

Southeastern League (SL) - Class: B
Team Record: 67-73
Finished 6th in the SL
Manager: Roxie Lawson (67-73)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Meridian, Mississippi
Ballpark: Buckwalter Stadium
Attendance: 60,617, Avg. 866

1947 Meridian Peps Roster

The Meridian Peps of the Southeastern League ended the 1947 season with a record of 67 wins and 73 losses, finishing sixth in the SL.

Roxie Lawson 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 Davis	21	10	.677	4.74	37			22	1		243.0	254	146	128		104		102	10	0	3
Kenneth Duncan	10	13	.435	4.20	38			16	0		195.0	218	119	91		93		92	7	0	6
Edward Boyk	9	9	.500	5.28	25			10	1		150.0	187	108	88		66		61	3	0	1
Louis Palmisiano	7	6	.538	5.27	22			10	1		123.0	139	77	72		59		34	2	0	0
Jake Floyd	6	3	.667	6.19	23			0	0		64.0	79	50	44		43		18	2	0	2
Dick Rozek	4	9	.308	4.71	17			8	1		107.0	91	62	56		90		104	6	2	7
Charles Byers	3	3	.500	7.01	24			2	0		68.0	83	68	53		67		40	5	1	3
Paul Stephens	3	9	.250	5.71	26			6	1		104.0	132	81	66		56		43	1	1	1
Joe Payne	2	7	.222	4.62	13			6	1		78.0	77	50	40		47		34	0	0	3
Totals	65	69	.485	5.07	225	0	0	80	6	0	1132.0	1260	761	638	0	625	0	528	36	4	26	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
Don Pries	137	599	533	95	174	32	7	19	114	10		49	81	.326	.395	.520	.914	277		11	6
Pete Spatafore	133	591	538	109	162	25	3	10	61	33		46	109	.301	.358	.414	.773	223		2	5
Fred Williams	128	539	503	76	152	31	6	10	100	6		33	34	.302	.345	.447	.792	225		0	3
Fred Stroble	137	565	477	76	132	27	3	17	86	6		81	56	.277	.384	.453	.837	216		2	5
Frank Anslovar	77	322	292	42	77	18	1	11	49	14		26	85	.264	.328	.445	.773	130		2	2
Louis Palmisiano	91	305	272	46	75	16	0	3	28	2		33	43	.276	.354	.368	.722	100		0	0
Grant Dunlap	58	235	202	38	67	15	0	9	40	6		30	26	.332	.421	.540	.960	109		1	2
Sam Brusa	80	303	251	35	58	4	2	4	28	3		47	68	.231	.355	.311	.665	78		1	4
Mervin Bensmiller	61	285	241	39	55	14	1	4	26	5		40	21	.228	.340	.344	.685	83		1	3
Bill Burich	57	246	220	28	54	7	2	3	22	6		24	34	.245	.320	.336	.656	74		0	2
Ray Holton	65	238	211	26	50	8	1	0	24	3		24	18	.237	.321	.284	.605	60		2	1
Bill Davis	53	129	118	12	34	9	0	0	19	0		11	7	.288	.349	.364	.713	43		0	0
Pete Burnette	42	162	147	21	30	6	0	3	21	4		15	35	.204	.278	.306	.584	45		0	0
Ray Conroy	20	80	66	13	19	3	0	1	9	0		14	13	.288	.412	.379	.791	25		0	0
Edward Boyk	27	60	53	4	13	2	0	0	1	0		4	9	.245	.322	.283	.605	15		2	1
Kenneth Duncan	38	79	75	8	12	1	0	0	4	0		2	24	.160	.182	.173	.355	13		0	2
Alfonso Prieto	15	40	34	5	9	1	0	0	3	4		4	3	.265	.359	.294	.653	10		1	1
Jake Floyd	29	46	44	3	7	2	0	1	3	0		1	18	.159	.178	.273	.451	12		0	1
Joe Payne	15	31	28	2	5	1	0	1	1	0		1	10	.179	.207	.321	.528	9		0	2
Charles Byers	24	24	22	0	4	0	0	0	0	0		2	10	.182	.250	.182	.432	4		0	0
Paul Stephens	28	35	32	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		1	9	.062	.091	.062	.153	2		0	2
Dick Rozek	17	42	36	0	2	1	0	0	1	0		3	8	.056	.128	.083	.212	3		0	3
Totals	1332	4956	4395	679	1193	223	26	96	641	102	0	491	721	.271	.348	.400	.748	1756	0	25	45	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Fred Williams	1B	121	969	61	16	77	.985	8.512
Don Pries	1B	20	72	4	2	11	.974	3.800
Bill Burich	2B	54	127	129	16	25	.941	4.741
Mervin Bensmiller	2B	52	134	137	23	21	.922	5.212
Don Pries	3B	118	146	194	32	15	.914	2.881
Grant Dunlap	3B	12	17	16	10	1	.767	2.750
Sam Brusa	C	73	304	45	8	0	.978	4.781	11
Ray Holton	C	59	295	32	7	2	.979	5.542	10
Fred Stroble	OF	136	343	6	7	0	.980	2.566
Frank Anslovar	OF	77	177	12	16	1	.922	2.455
Louis Palmisiano	OF	54	101	8	9	1	.924	2.019
Grant Dunlap	OF	41	81	4	4	0	.955	2.073
Pete Burnette	OF	38	64	8	7	0	.911	1.895
Ray Conroy	OF	17	39	3	1	0	.977	2.471
Bill Davis	P	37	14	18	3	1	.914	.865
Kenneth Duncan	P	28	7	50	2	0	.966	2.036
Paul Stephens	P	26	5	16	1	2	.955	.808
Edward Boyk	P	25	5	34	0	1	1.000	1.560
Charles Byers	P	24	5	11	2	0	.889	.667
Jake Floyd	P	23	3	12	1	2	.938	.652
Louis Palmisiano	P	22	12	26	2	5	.950	1.727
Dick Rozek	P	17	2	17	4	1	.826	1.118
Joe Payne	P	13	5	22	2	2	.931	2.077
Pete Spatafore	SS	133	281	409	62	64	.918	5.188
Totals		1220	3208	1274	237	232	.950	3.674	21	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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