1947 Roanoke Red Sox Statistics
Piedmont League (PL) - Class: B
Team Record: 90-49
Finished 1st in the PL
Manager: Pinky Higgins (90-49)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Roanoke, Virginia
Ballpark: Maher Field
Attendance: 121,175, Avg. 1,744
1947 Roanoke Red Sox RosterTeam Record: 90-49
Finished 1st in the PL
Manager: Pinky Higgins (90-49)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Roanoke, Virginia
Ballpark: Maher Field
Attendance: 121,175, Avg. 1,744
Playoffs - Roanoke Red Sox 4 games, Richmond Colts 1
Finals - Roanoke Red Sox 4 games, Norfolk Tars 3
The Roanoke Red Sox of the Piedmont League ended the 1947 season with a record of 90 wins and 49 losses, finishing first in the PL.
Pinky Higgins 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hal Brown | 19 | 8 | .704 | 4.14 | 31 | 21 | 2 | 228.0 | 244 | 118 | 105 | 61 | 94 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||||||
| Windy McCall | 17 | 9 | .654 | 3.78 | 30 | 18 | 0 | 219.0 | 206 | 116 | 92 | 93 | 198 | 6 | 3 | 7 | ||||||
| Mike Palm | 14 | 8 | .636 | 3.65 | 29 | 14 | 0 | 197.0 | 206 | 115 | 80 | 81 | 120 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Hampton Coleman | 13 | 5 | .722 | 3.17 | 28 | 15 | 1 | 193.0 | 174 | 93 | 68 | 96 | 153 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Bill Butland | 11 | 4 | .733 | 3.76 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 127.0 | 121 | 61 | 53 | 26 | 71 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| William Smith | 7 | 3 | .700 | 3.44 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 81.0 | 78 | 36 | 31 | 38 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Hal Cumberland | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3.00 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 78.0 | 59 | 30 | 26 | 47 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Robert DeCamp | 2 | 2 | .500 | 6.71 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 59.0 | 76 | 52 | 44 | 25 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 89 | 45 | .664 | 3.80 | 197 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 10 | 0 | 1182.0 | 1164 | 621 | 499 | 0 | 467 | 0 | 749 | 29 | 4 | 33 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Wilson | 141 | 659 | 577 | 124 | 206 | 45 | 12 | 16 | 136 | 8 | 77 | 28 | .357 | .436 | .560 | .996 | 323 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| John Sehrt | 136 | 649 | 542 | 116 | 161 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 54 | 21 | 88 | 72 | .297 | .396 | .380 | .776 | 206 | 1 | 18 | ||||
| Roy Allen | 133 | 603 | 507 | 89 | 148 | 36 | 6 | 15 | 110 | 13 | 88 | 70 | .292 | .402 | .475 | .877 | 241 | 5 | 3 | ||||
| Bill Spaeter | 141 | 674 | 548 | 100 | 135 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 54 | 11 | 111 | 94 | .246 | .377 | .336 | .713 | 184 | 4 | 11 | ||||
| William Burke | 117 | 484 | 429 | 76 | 127 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 69 | 4 | 47 | 50 | .296 | .366 | .385 | .750 | 165 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Bill Boyce | 106 | 440 | 403 | 62 | 122 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 52 | 21 | 31 | 32 | .303 | .353 | .409 | .762 | 165 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Parson Shawver | 99 | 421 | 369 | 56 | 113 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 77 | 3 | 47 | 29 | .306 | .388 | .442 | .829 | 163 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Bob Scherbarth | 103 | 434 | 378 | 61 | 100 | 25 | 4 | 15 | 69 | 5 | 49 | 46 | .265 | .352 | .471 | .823 | 178 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| Theodore Del Guercio | 90 | 362 | 321 | 58 | 90 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 51 | 0 | 35 | 68 | .280 | .357 | .427 | .783 | 137 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Donald Gleasner | 44 | 171 | 148 | 19 | 37 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 20 | 24 | .250 | .351 | .318 | .668 | 47 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Hal Brown | 39 | 123 | 117 | 27 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .299 | .322 | .470 | .792 | 55 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Hampton Coleman | 28 | 82 | 72 | 13 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 19 | .292 | .346 | .389 | .735 | 28 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Windy McCall | 39 | 107 | 96 | 15 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 23 | .208 | .276 | .323 | .599 | 31 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| William Taitt | 17 | 70 | 58 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | .172 | .284 | .190 | .473 | 11 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Mike Palm | 29 | 86 | 80 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 36 | .125 | .167 | .162 | .329 | 13 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Bill Butland | 19 | 49 | 42 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | .190 | .277 | .333 | .610 | 14 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| William Smith | 29 | 32 | 28 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13 | .250 | .344 | .286 | .629 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Hal Cumberland | 19 | 35 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 8 | .192 | .382 | .346 | .729 | 9 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Robert DeCamp | 12 | 23 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .188 | .350 | .312 | .662 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Totals | 1341 | 5504 | 4757 | 847 | 1358 | 265 | 60 | 80 | 764 | 90 | 0 | 645 | 639 | .285 | .374 | .417 | .791 | 1983 | 0 | 25 | 77 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Spaeter | 1B | 141 | 117 | 96 | 31 | 90 | .873 | 1.511 | ||||
| John Sehrt | 2B | 135 | 328 | 383 | 33 | 72 | .956 | 5.267 | ||||
| Roy Allen | 2B | 23 | 42 | 46 | 5 | 5 | .946 | 3.826 | ||||
| Roy Allen | 3B | 109 | 150 | 210 | 20 | 20 | .947 | 3.303 | ||||
| Bob Scherbarth | C | 102 | 616 | 60 | 11 | 9 | .984 | 6.627 | 19 | |||
| Donald Gleasner | C | 43 | 235 | 28 | 3 | 6 | .989 | 6.116 | 9 | |||
| George Wilson | OF | 141 | 217 | 20 | 14 | 4 | .944 | 1.681 | ||||
| Bill Boyce | OF | 106 | 242 | 16 | 6 | 4 | .977 | 2.434 | ||||
| Parson Shawver | OF | 91 | 136 | 10 | 11 | 0 | .930 | 1.604 | ||||
| Theodore Del Guercio | OF | 79 | 156 | 10 | 9 | 3 | .949 | 2.101 | ||||
| Hal Brown | P | 31 | 16 | 39 | 4 | 0 | .932 | 1.774 | ||||
| Windy McCall | P | 30 | 18 | 39 | 2 | 0 | .966 | 1.900 | ||||
| William Smith | P | 29 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .759 | ||||
| Mike Palm | P | 29 | 12 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.552 | ||||
| Hampton Coleman | P | 28 | 7 | 26 | 3 | 1 | .917 | 1.179 | ||||
| Hal Cumberland | P | 19 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.316 | ||||
| Bill Butland | P | 19 | 7 | 23 | 3 | 1 | .909 | 1.579 | ||||
| Robert DeCamp | P | 12 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .917 | ||||
| William Burke | SS | 117 | 210 | 295 | 28 | 54 | .947 | 4.316 | ||||
| William Taitt | SS | 17 | 33 | 40 | 7 | 6 | .912 | 4.294 | ||||
| Totals | 1301 | 2556 | 1418 | 190 | 277 | .954 | 3.055 | 28 | 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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