1947 McAlester Rockets Statistics

Sooner State League (SSL) - Class: D
Team Record: 73-67
Finished 3rd in the SSL
Manager: William Neborak (73-67)
Location: McAlester, Oklahoma
Ballpark: Jefferson-Lee Stadium
Attendance: 43,657, Avg. 624

1947 McAlester Rockets Roster

Playoffs - McAlester Rockets 3 games, Ada Herefords 2
Finals - McAlester Rockets 4 games, Ardmore Indians 1

The McAlester Rockets of the Sooner State League ended the 1947 season with a record of 73 wins and 67 losses, finishing third in the SSL.

William Neborak 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
Charles Nichols	15	10	.600	2.64	33						218.0	175	103	64		104
Jesse Childress	15	11	.577	3.40	33						209.0	207	119	79		83
Norman Rollins	12	4	.750	4.12	19						131.0	116	68	60		93
Vernon Brown	7	6	.538	3.16	31						148.0	154	78	52		71
Max Raper	5	3	.625	3.79	10						76.0	68	44	32		34
Alfred DeMartini	5	3	.625	4.11	9						57.0	55	30	26		32
William Hallan	3	1	.750	2.55	22						74.0	77	40	21		28
Leslie Bush	2	5	.286	4.42	11						59.0	66	48	29		47
Alan Thune	2	8	.200	3.86	15						70.0	63	56	30		64
Totals	66	51	.564	3.39	183	0	0	0	0	0	1042.0	981	586	393	0	556	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
A. B. Everett	132	529	529		188	20	10	7						.355	.355	.471	.826	249
Charlie Fontana	140	534	534		167	29	16	2						.313	.313	.438	.751	234
Russell Hawley	106	411	411		157	34	7	5						.382	.382	.535	.917	220
Bill Landers	139	494	494		121	13	8	3						.245	.245	.322	.567	159
Fred Nachbar	126	495	495		117	23	3	1						.236	.236	.301	.537	149
Hosea Pfeifer	127	407	407		105	16	5	1						.258	.258	.329	.587	134
Eugene Bernett	116	428	428		100	16	2	0						.234	.234	.280	.514	120
Willard Evans	84	323	323		72	15	1	1						.223	.223	.285	.508	92
Jerry Schold	52	175	175		36	6	1	0						.206	.206	.251	.457	44
Charles Nichols	53	133	133		27	3	3	0						.203	.203	.271	.474	36
Vernon Brown	52	108	108		22	1	1	0						.204	.204	.231	.435	25
Bob Newbill	28	90	90		21	5	1	0						.233	.233	.311	.544	28
Jesse Childress	35	76	76		16	3	0	0						.211	.211	.250	.461	19
Howard Martin	14	50	50		14	4	1	0						.280	.280	.400	.680	20
Wylie Pitts	19	70	70		12	2	0	0						.171	.171	.200	.371	14
William Hallan	23	27	27		8	0	0	0						.296	.296	.296	.593	8
Max Raper	14	35	35		7	1	1	0						.200	.200	.286	.486	10
Leslie Bush	11	23	23		6	0	0	0						.261	.261	.261	.522	6
Norman Rollins	20	33	33		4	0	0	0						.121	.121	.121	.242	4
Alan Thune	15	25	25		1	1	0	0						.040	.040	.080	.120	2
Totals	1306	4466	4466	0	1201	192	60	20	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.269	.352	.621	1573	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Charles Nichols	P	33					.000
Jesse Childress	P	33					.000
Vernon Brown	P	31					.000
William Hallan	P	22					.000
Norman Rollins	P	19					.000
Alan Thune	P	15					.000
Leslie Bush	P	11					.000
Max Raper	P	10					.000
Totals		174	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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