1947 Riverside Dons Statistics

Sunset League (SL) - Class: C
Team Record: 80-60
Finished 1st in the SL
Manager: Norman DeWeese (0-0), Jack Rothrock (0-0)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Riverside, California
Ballpark: Evans Park
Attendance: 45,477, Avg. 650

1947 Riverside Dons Roster

Playoffs - Riverside Dons 3 games, Las Vegas Wranglers 0
Finals - Anaheim Valencias 4 games, Riverside Dons 1

The Riverside Dons of the Sunset League ended the 1947 season with a record of 80 wins and 60 losses, finishing first in the SL.

The Dons yielded 836 runs, fewest in the league. Riverside plated 978 runs. Elmer Critchlow and Roman Loyko paced the squad with 17 home runs apiece. Elmer Critchlow accounted for 131 RBI and topped all regular hitters by hitting .360. Robert Masters paced the team with 19 wins, while Thomas Hodges added 15 or more wins, too Robert Masters registered a 3.55 earned run average, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound. Norman DeWeese and Jack Rothrock 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
Robert Masters	19	12	.613	3.55	34			22	2		238.0	240	134	94		107		237	6		9
Thomas Hodges	17	9	.654	4.13	33			19	1		220.0	219	158	101		140		150	9		15
Bob Mineo	12	11	.522	4.18	31			17	0		200.0	214	127	93		112		162	1		11
Lawrence King	11	7	.611	4.36	22			15	1		157.0	155	93	76		85		124	1		5
Harry Minor	6	10	.375	6.29	22			11	0		123.0	148	105	86		96		101	8		9
Ben Fowler	4	2	.667	4.98	17			2	0		65.0	84	44	36		29		28	1		1
Bill Blackburn	3	0	1.000	0.00	4			3	0		32.0	19	14			24		37
Oakie Mendenhall	2	0	1.000	0.00	4			0	0		7.0	4	6			9		1
Gerry Waitman	2	2	.500	0.00	8			2	0		42.0	52	45			26		28
Stephen Korpa	2	4	.333	5.81	10			1	0		48.0	60	49	31		31		25	0		5
Walt Schafer	1	1	.500	0.00	3			2	1		22.0	20	8			9		31
Earl Wilshire	1	1	.500	0.00	4			0	0		8.0	9	11			15		5
Peter Castro					7						0.0
Verne Lewis	0	0		0.00	1			0	0		0.3	0	0			1		0
Kenneth White	0	0		0.00	1			0	0		0.3	2	3			1		0
Ken Stone	0	2	.000	0.00	3			0	0		19.0	20	19			18		16
Totals	80	61	.567	3.94	204	0	0	94	5	0	1181.7	1246	816	517	0	703	0	945	26	0	55	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
Donald Cena	140	661	574	142	188	32	8	12	102	27		71	53	.328	.407	.474	.881	272		6	10
Elmer Critchlow	124	556	486	105	175	40	4	17	131	5		57	42	.360	.436	.564	.999	274		8	5
Verne Lewis	129	566	495	89	159	31	2	6	80	14		60	56	.321	.396	.428	.824	212		1	10
Roman Loyko	110	534	448	121	143	30	15	17	64	2		79	79	.319	.428	.567	.995	254		6	1
Dick Schattinger	104	482	432	87	138	15	8	3	67	5		41	44	.319	.385	.412	.797	178		5	4
Franklin Estes	126	534	476	64	121	21	4	4	83	4		49	67	.254	.324	.340	.664	162		0	9
Gerry Waitman	103	445	394	68	112	19	1	4	60	2		45	55	.284	.361	.368	.729	145		2	4
John McKeown	69	316	251	63	72	13	2	14	59	2		60	54	.287	.428	.522	.950	131		2	3
Bill Wells	76	313	269	49	67	7	6	5	37	3		34	63	.249	.338	.375	.713	101		2	8
Harry Minor	66	247	221	48	66	15	0	7	47	1		25	38	.299	.370	.462	.831	102		0	1
Kenneth White	58	211	180	23	47	6	2	1	22	1		27	40	.261	.357	.333	.691	60		0	4
Thomas Hodges	50	158	143	30	40	6	0	2	23	2		11	33	.280	.331	.364	.695	52		0	4
Bob Mineo	33	88	82	14	22	3	2	0	14	1		1	6	.268	.294	.354	.648	29		2	3
Edward McGuire	22	87	78	13	19	2	1	0	7	2		5	12	.244	.306	.295	.601	23		2	2
Robert Masters	35	105	89	19	16	5	1	4	12	0		10	21	.180	.270	.393	.663	35		1	5
Lawrence King	23	70	63	9	13	4	0	2	5	0		5	13	.206	.275	.365	.640	23		1	1
Norman DeWeese	13	39	35	3	9	0	0	1	4	0		4	2	.257	.333	.343	.676	12		0	0
Stephen Korpa	11	22	20	6	8	1	0	1	2	0		1	10	.400	.429	.600	1.029	12		0	1
Donald Johnson	12	46	40	7	7	1	0	0	2	0		6	10	.175	.283	.200	.483	8		0	0
Bill Blackburn	4	15	15	2	5	0	0	0	4					.333	.333	.333	.667	5
Harry Smith	7	23	23	3	5	0	0	0	1					.217	.217	.217	.435	5
Carl Barron	5	16	16	2	4	1	0	0	4					.250	.250	.312	.562	5
Walt Schafer	3	9	9	0	3	0	0	0	1					.333	.333	.333	.667	3
Ben Fowler	17	24	24	2	3	0	0	1	3	0		0	7	.125	.125	.250	.375	6		0	0
Oakie Mendenhall	4	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	1					.667	.667	1.000	1.667	3
Earl Wilshire	4	3	3	2	2	0	0	0	0					.667	.667	.667	1.333	2
Ken Stone	3	8	8	3	2	1	0	0	0					.250	.250	.375	.625	3
Frosty Kennedy	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0					1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1
Francis Bushman	2	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0				.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Jim Hayes	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0					.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1355	5590	4886	975	1450	254	56	101	835	71	0	591	705	.297	.377	.434	.811	2119	0	38	75	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Donald Cena	1B	140	1087	47	27	116	.977	8.100
Verne Lewis	2B	92	207	221	30	63	.934	4.652
Gerry Waitman	2B	45	131	117	16	25	.939	5.511
Jim Hayes	2B	1						.000
Dick Schattinger	3B	88	109	153	32	14	.891	2.977
Gerry Waitman	3B	32	25	59	10	3	.894	2.625
Verne Lewis	3B	16	15	33	8	3	.857	3.000
Elmer Critchlow	C	95	689	37	22	4	.971	7.642	9
Kenneth White	C	49	307	36	17	5	.953	7.000	11
Roman Loyko	OF	110	180	12	4	2	.980	1.745
Bill Wells	OF	75	175	9	4	2	.979	2.453
John McKeown	OF	69	118	5	8	1	.939	1.783
Harry Minor	OF	41	73	2	3	0	.962	1.829
Elmer Critchlow	OF	26	32	2	1	0	.971	1.308
Edward McGuire	OF	22	26	2	0	0	1.000	1.273
Gerry Waitman	OF	18	12	0	0	0	1.000	.667
Verne Lewis	OF	16	29	4	1	1	.971	2.062
Dick Schattinger	OF	10	17	3	2	0	.909	2.000
Thomas Hodges	OF	10	13	2	1	0	.938	1.500
Norman DeWeese	OF	10	13	2	1	0	.938	1.500
Robert Masters	P	34	6	48	3	5	.947	1.588
Thomas Hodges	P	33	7	54	8	4	.884	1.848
Bob Mineo	P	31	2	35	5	3	.881	1.194
Harry Minor	P	22	3	30	2	0	.943	1.500
Lawrence King	P	22	5	28	2	3	.943	1.500
Ben Fowler	P	17	0	13	0	1	1.000	.765
Stephen Korpa	P	10	4	12	2	1	.889	1.600
Gerry Waitman	P	8						.000
Peter Castro	P	7						.000
Earl Wilshire	P	4						.000
Oakie Mendenhall	P	4						.000
Bill Blackburn	P	4						.000
Ken Stone	P	3						.000
Walt Schafer	P	3						.000
Kenneth White	P	1						.000
Verne Lewis	P	1						.000
Franklin Estes	SS	125	194	358	74	69	.882	4.416
Totals		1294	3479	1324	283	325	.944	3.712	20	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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