1947 New Orleans Pelicans Statistics

Southern Association (SA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 93-59
Finished 2nd in the SA
Manager: Fred Walters (93-59)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Ballpark: Pelican Stadium
Attendance: 400,036, Avg. 5,264

1947 New Orleans Pelicans Roster

Playoffs - Nashville Vols 4 games, New Orleans Pelicans 1

The New Orleans Pelicans of the Southern Association ended the 1947 season with a record of 93 wins and 59 losses, finishing second in the SA.

Fred Walters 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
Walker Cress	15	5	.750	3.53	24				4		153.0	151	70	60		80		108	2	0	2
Pete Modica	13	10	.565	3.72	33				1		208.0	188	96	86		110		115	8	0	4
Tom Sunkel	10	8	.556	4.32	23				0		152.0	171	90	73		81		84	1	0	7
Jim Shea	9	5	.643	3.55	25				0		114.0	131	53	45		41		29	3	1	2
Walter Smola	8	6	.571	5.48	35				0		120.0	151	87	73		51		40	1	0	6
James Atkins	8	7	.533	4.31	25				2		140.0	135	79	67		74		75	2	0	7
Roger Wright	4	3	.571	3.23	14				0		53.0	51	29	19		20		17	1	0	0
Jesse Danna	4	4	.500	4.80	8				0		45.0	71	30	24		16		13	0	0	1
George Diehl					13						0.0
Byron Cook					18						0.0
Harry Kimberlin					14						0.0
Totals	71	48	.597	4.08	232	0	0	0	7	0	985.0	1049	534	447	0	473	0	481	18	1	29	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
Al Kozar	148	645	590	108	200	37	12	2	75	8		51	50	.339	.393	.453	.846	267		2	2
Al Flair	152	672	598	105	184	36	10	24	128	3		66	44	.308	.380	.522	.902	312		4	4
Tom Wright	134	566	496	97	161	41	14	14	89	3		60	63	.325	.404	.548	.952	272		6	4
Mel Rue	152	661	585	92	151	23	4	1	43	8		63	47	.258	.334	.316	.651	185		4	9
George Stumpf	130	559	471	100	141	30	5	9	68	2		81	55	.299	.404	.442	.846	208		2	5
Red Lavigne	79	336	299	57	108	23	5	6	52	1		35	24	.361	.430	.532	.962	159		1	1
Fred Walters	98	347	302	41	104	25	3	5	60	5		36	27	.344	.421	.497	.918	150		4	5
Herschel Held	114	421	344	52	98	21	2	7	57	1		73	49	.285	.411	.419	.830	144		1	3
Pete Layden	69	314	286	51	77	14	5	4	45	12		23	28	.269	.332	.395	.727	113		4	1
Pete Kraus	87	268	240	45	63	8	8	2	26	8		25	22	.262	.335	.388	.722	93		1	2
Jim Pruett	51	186	158	16	40	12	2	2	28	1		25	13	.253	.362	.392	.755	62		2	1
Tex Aulds	32	108	94	7	23	4	4	0	9	1		13	17	.245	.336	.372	.709	35		0	1
Walker Cress	25	68	63	8	15	2	1	0	9	0		1	17	.238	.250	.302	.552	19		0	4
Tom Sunkel	23	63	57	5	14	1	0	0	6	0		3	14	.246	.283	.263	.546	15		0	3
James Atkins	26	53	45	6	11	2	0	0	4	1		5	11	.244	.320	.289	.609	13		0	3
Pete Modica	33	83	79	6	11	0	0	1	12	0		2	20	.139	.160	.177	.338	14		0	2
Jim Shea	25	45	41	3	10	1	0	0	4	0		2	7	.244	.279	.268	.547	11		0	2
Walter Smola	35	46	31	5	5	0	0	0	0	0		12	9	.161	.395	.161	.557	5		0	3
Vern Thoele	11	19	13	2	4	1	0	0	4	2		6	1	.308	.526	.385	.911	5		0	0
Roger Wright	14	17	16	0	2	0	0	0	2	0		0	1	.125	.125	.125	.250	2		0	1
Harry Kimberlin	14	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0
Totals	1452	5486	4817	806	1422	281	75	77	721	56	0	582	522	.295	.375	.433	.807	2084	0	31	56	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Al Flair	1B	152	1303	99	11	133	.992	9.224
Al Kozar	2B	147	382	455	31	102	.964	5.694
Herschel Held	3B	103	102	163	19	13	.933	2.573
Fred Walters	C	88	384	59	7	10	.984	5.034	15
Jim Pruett	C	45	162	15	2	0	.989	3.933	2
Tex Aulds	C	29	125	16	4	2	.972	4.862	1
Tom Wright	OF	133	270	14	9	2	.969	2.135
George Stumpf	OF	124	247	8	5	1	.981	2.056
Red Lavigne	OF	79	153	10	6	1	.964	2.063
Pete Kraus	OF	61	120	4	4	0	.969	2.033
Pete Layden	OF	60	206	3	5	2	.977	3.483
Walter Smola	P	35	6	23	1	2	.967	.829
Pete Modica	P	33	12	43	2	6	.965	1.667
Jim Shea	P	25	12	27	4	0	.907	1.560
James Atkins	P	25	5	21	0	1	1.000	1.040
Walker Cress	P	24	6	16	1	1	.957	.917
Tom Sunkel	P	23	3	16	2	1	.905	.826
Byron Cook	P	18						.000
Roger Wright	P	14	2	9	0	0	1.000	.786
Harry Kimberlin	P	14	1	5	0	0	1.000	.429
George Diehl	P	13						.000
Jesse Danna	P	8						.000
Mel Rue	SS	152	324	486	38	101	.955	5.329
Totals		1405	3825	1492	151	378	.972	3.784	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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