1947 Roanoke Rapids Blue Jays Statistics

Coastal Plain League (CPL) - Class: D
Team Record: 60-80
Finished 7th in the CPL
Manager: Stu Martin (60-80)
Location: Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina
Ballpark: Simmons Park
Attendance: 115,837, Avg. 1,655

1947 Roanoke Rapids Blue Jays Roster

The Roanoke Rapids Blue Jays of the Coastal Plain League ended the 1947 season with a record of 60 wins and 80 losses, finishing seventh in the CPL.

Stu Martin 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
Glenn Titus	18	9	.667	3.61	38						254.0			102		74		115		0	2
John Kimmel	9	11	.450	4.75	48						180.0			95		74		81		0	1
LeRoy Carlton	8	15	.348	6.22	31						178.0			123		130		86		0	12
William John	5	5	.500	3.08	14						76.0			26		28		38		0	3
William Boseman	5	6	.455	4.62	21						117.0			60		43		49		1	2
Louis Knorek	4	5	.444	5.16	18						82.0			47		19		17		0	4
Henry Karczewski	3	5	.375	5.13	12						79.0			45		19		17		0	1
Thomas Johnson					14						0.0
Jackson Lawson					10						0.0
Frank Solters					10						0.0
Totals	52	56	.481	4.64	216	0	0	0	0	0	966.0	0	0	498	0	387	0	403	0	1	25	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
Merle Blackwell	135	600	525	100	159	29	9	12	90	14		70	56	.303	.387	.461	.848	242		2	3
Stu Martin	119	534	456	79	139	13	9	5	51	3		71	20	.305	.400	.406	.805	185		1	6
James Meyer	128	549	463	71	135	26	1	8	76	10		79	73	.292	.401	.404	.805	187		6	1
Valentine Gonzales	92	397	365	51	120	23	3	9	62	4		29	64	.329	.380	.482	.862	176		1	2
John Pavlich	104	401	345	57	89	17	1	7	47	2		49	25	.258	.358	.374	.732	129		5	2
Matt Rudden	56	247	225	37	53	4	5	0	18	2		18	33	.236	.292	.298	.590	67		0	4
Charles McNay	50	179	163	25	49	3	2	3	15	5		15	35	.301	.363	.399	.762	65		1	0
Robert Leach	36	157	132	16	41	5	2	0	14	0		21	13	.311	.409	.379	.788	50		1	3
Ralph Winstead	39	166	148	17	37	4	0	0	17	4		15	9	.250	.323	.277	.600	41		1	2
Paul Stalls	34	154	144	14	35	6	1	0	18	4		5	12	.243	.278	.299	.577	43		2	3
Glenn Titus	51	119	106	12	28	3	1	4	15	0		9	14	.264	.322	.425	.746	45		0	4
John Kimmel	66	97	95	17	22	4	0	0	13	0		0	25	.232	.232	.274	.505	26		0	2
Thomas Johnson	26	91	71	13	18	4	1	0	4	0		19	28	.254	.411	.338	.749	24		0	1
Peter Messina	16	68	62	11	17	1	0	0	8	0		6	5	.274	.338	.290	.629	18		0	0
Thomas Outland	21	80	74	9	17	3	0	0	6	5		5	9	.230	.278	.270	.549	20		0	1
David Barnes	14	65	58	4	16	2	1	0	2	0		6	6	.276	.354	.345	.699	20		1	0
Frank Toth	31	106	89	12	15	4	0	1	4	1		15	26	.169	.288	.247	.536	22		0	2
James Coleman	16	73	61	8	12	0	2	0	5	1		9	13	.197	.329	.262	.591	16		3	0
LeRoy Carlton	31	83	77	4	11	2	0	0	5	0		5	25	.143	.195	.169	.364	13		0	1
William Boseman	23	52	46	5	10	0	0	1	2	0		3	6	.217	.265	.283	.548	13		0	3
Joseph Trentalange	14	51	45	10	9	1	0	0	2	1		5	3	.200	.294	.222	.516	10		1	0
William Baxter	18	56	50	4	8	0	0	0	3	0		5	11	.160	.250	.160	.410	8		1	0
Henry Karczewski	17	36	34	3	7	2	0	0	2	0		2	7	.206	.250	.265	.515	9		0	0
Joseph Bickel	14	57	44	7	7	2	0	0	1	0		13	8	.159	.351	.205	.555	9		0	0
Frank Solters	10	20	19	2	5	0	0	0	0	0		1	3	.263	.300	.263	.563	5		0	0
William John	15	30	28	0	5	0	0	0	0	0		2	3	.179	.233	.179	.412	5		0	0
Louis Knorek	18	35	31	4	5	0	0	0	0	1		4	9	.161	.257	.161	.418	5		0	0
Jackson Lawson	10	13	11	1	1	0	0	0	2	0		2	5	.091	.231	.091	.322	1		0	0
Totals	1204	4516	3967	593	1070	158	38	50	482	57	0	483	546	.270	.353	.367	.719	1454	0	26	40	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Valentine Gonzales	1B	92	709	41	21	52	.973	8.152
Matt Rudden	2B	56	143	154	11	25	.964	5.304
Joseph Bickel	2B	14	27	31	5	1	.921	4.143
Stu Martin	3B	119	165	226	29	15	.931	3.286
William Baxter	3B	18	36	17	6	0	.898	2.944
John Pavlich	C	104	401	61	14	4	.971	4.442	9
Frank Toth	C	31	102	9	7	0	.941	3.581	7
Merle Blackwell	OF	135	300	185	50	9	.907	3.593
James Meyer	OF	128	229	15	6	2	.976	1.906
Charles McNay	OF	50	166	11	13	7	.932	3.540
Ralph Winstead	OF	39	98	12	7	4	.940	2.821
Robert Leach	OF	36	233	15	8	6	.969	6.889
Thomas Outland	OF	21	40	7	4	1	.922	2.238
Peter Messina	OF	16	33	3	1	0	.973	2.250
James Coleman	OF	16	45	0	6	0	.882	2.812
John Kimmel	P	66	27	34	4	2	.938	.924
Glenn Titus	P	51	11	40	1	0	.981	1.000
LeRoy Carlton	P	30	4	23	1	0	.964	.900
William Boseman	P	23	4	28	1	0	.970	1.391
Louis Knorek	P	18	4	15	1	0	.950	1.056
Henry Karczewski	P	17	3	13	2	0	.889	.941
William John	P	15	5	18	1	0	.958	1.533
Thomas Johnson	P	14	32	15	6	0	.887	3.357
Frank Solters	P	10	2	11	3	0	.812	1.300
Jackson Lawson	P	10	0	7	0	0	1.000	.700
Paul Stalls	SS	34	57	49	6	4	.946	3.118
Joseph Trentalange	SS	14	23	39	9	4	.873	4.429
David Barnes	SS	14	25	36	12	3	.836	4.357
Totals		1191	2924	1115	235	139	.945	3.391	16	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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