1947 Springfield Browns Statistics
Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League (IIIL) - Class: B
Team Record: 71-55
Finished 3rd in the IIIL
Manager: Ben Huffman (71-55)
Affiliation: St. Louis Browns
Location: Springfield, Illinois
Ballpark: Robin Roberts Stadium at Lanphier Park
Attendance: 58,009, Avg. 921
1947 Springfield Browns RosterTeam Record: 71-55
Finished 3rd in the IIIL
Manager: Ben Huffman (71-55)
Affiliation: St. Louis Browns
Location: Springfield, Illinois
Ballpark: Robin Roberts Stadium at Lanphier Park
Attendance: 58,009, Avg. 921
Playoffs - Springfield Browns 1 game, Waterloo Hawks 0 - One-game playoff for third place.
Playoffs - Danville Dodgers 3 games, Springfield Browns 2
The Springfield Browns of the Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League ended the 1947 season with a record of 71 wins and 55 losses, finishing third in the IIIL.
Ben Huffman 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stan Partenheimer | 18 | 8 | .692 | 4.20 | 30 | 14 | 0 | 197.0 | 211 | 123 | 92 | 75 | 109 | 6 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Joseph Sedik | 13 | 13 | .500 | 4.34 | 33 | 14 | 2 | 191.0 | 218 | 112 | 92 | 72 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Rube Stohs | 10 | 7 | .588 | 3.85 | 26 | 13 | 0 | 166.0 | 156 | 86 | 71 | 76 | 80 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||||||
| Edwin Yelkin | 7 | 5 | .583 | 5.94 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 97.0 | 106 | 69 | 64 | 57 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Hank Hernandez | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4.13 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 122.0 | 136 | 80 | 56 | 46 | 64 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Ed Redys | 5 | 2 | .714 | 5.66 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 89.0 | 99 | 71 | 56 | 50 | 48 | 5 | 1 | 5 | ||||||
| Brian McGoldrick | 3 | 4 | .429 | 2.66 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 61.0 | 50 | 27 | 18 | 30 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Totals | 63 | 46 | .578 | 4.38 | 170 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 4 | 0 | 923.0 | 976 | 568 | 449 | 0 | 406 | 0 | 480 | 16 | 2 | 38 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emidio Riga | 124 | 570 | 474 | 114 | 155 | 25 | 15 | 8 | 62 | 46 | 87 | 37 | .327 | .435 | .494 | .929 | 234 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Hank Arft | 107 | 454 | 377 | 94 | 138 | 29 | 7 | 17 | 80 | 12 | 71 | 30 | .366 | .469 | .615 | 1.084 | 232 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| John Novosel | 121 | 508 | 449 | 73 | 126 | 29 | 6 | 13 | 83 | 7 | 52 | 84 | .281 | .355 | .459 | .814 | 206 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Anthony Pirrello | 107 | 453 | 385 | 68 | 117 | 22 | 15 | 16 | 92 | 10 | 61 | 79 | .304 | .402 | .564 | .965 | 217 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| Harold Edwards | 107 | 400 | 373 | 57 | 103 | 23 | 5 | 12 | 62 | 5 | 23 | 59 | .276 | .320 | .461 | .781 | 172 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Owen Friend | 88 | 386 | 346 | 53 | 83 | 16 | 3 | 10 | 41 | 5 | 35 | 57 | .240 | .315 | .390 | .705 | 135 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| Frank Sacka | 63 | 266 | 236 | 44 | 74 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 39 | 4 | 20 | 52 | .314 | .389 | .449 | .838 | 106 | 9 | 1 | ||||
| Cecil McClung | 62 | 292 | 257 | 49 | 71 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 37 | 14 | 31 | 41 | .276 | .356 | .432 | .788 | 111 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Norbert Litzsinger | 70 | 281 | 250 | 46 | 64 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 4 | 24 | 25 | .256 | .326 | .344 | .670 | 86 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| Ben Huffman | 59 | 150 | 126 | 20 | 44 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 23 | 4 | .349 | .453 | .405 | .858 | 51 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Perry Currin | 41 | 192 | 167 | 27 | 42 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 21 | 30 | .251 | .335 | .341 | .676 | 57 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Milton Schroeppel | 32 | 149 | 120 | 13 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 24 | 13 | .275 | .400 | .333 | .733 | 40 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Gary Rutkay | 28 | 118 | 108 | 14 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 10 | .213 | .261 | .278 | .539 | 30 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Stan Partenheimer | 37 | 104 | 91 | 17 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 12 | .231 | .320 | .330 | .650 | 30 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Joseph Sedik | 34 | 80 | 75 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .213 | .234 | .360 | .594 | 27 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Bob Okrie | 14 | 49 | 43 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .256 | .319 | .395 | .714 | 17 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Jack McQuillen | 19 | 43 | 38 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | .263 | .333 | .263 | .596 | 10 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Rube Stohs | 26 | 66 | 63 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 20 | .159 | .172 | .159 | .331 | 10 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Joseph Morjoseph | 13 | 54 | 47 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 15 | .170 | .278 | .277 | .554 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Hank Hernandez | 23 | 55 | 51 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .137 | .154 | .275 | .428 | 14 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Edwin Yelkin | 14 | 42 | 40 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .150 | .171 | .275 | .446 | 11 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Brian McGoldrick | 18 | 24 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .208 | .208 | .208 | .417 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ed Redys | 30 | 34 | 32 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .156 | .182 | .156 | .338 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Andrew Daly | 12 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .077 | .143 | .077 | .220 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1249 | 4784 | 4185 | 732 | 1173 | 219 | 67 | 98 | 634 | 127 | 0 | 512 | 658 | .280 | .362 | .435 | .797 | 1820 | 0 | 27 | 60 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hank Arft | 1B | 102 | 859 | 44 | 11 | 85 | .988 | 8.853 | ||||
| Owen Friend | 2B | 88 | 264 | 253 | 22 | 63 | .959 | 5.875 | ||||
| Milton Schroeppel | 2B | 32 | 85 | 87 | 14 | 15 | .925 | 5.375 | ||||
| Frank Sacka | 3B | 63 | 69 | 124 | 22 | 15 | .898 | 3.063 | ||||
| Cecil McClung | 3B | 62 | 73 | 140 | 12 | 20 | .947 | 3.435 | ||||
| Harold Edwards | C | 93 | 435 | 66 | 13 | 8 | .975 | 5.387 | 17 | |||
| Ben Huffman | C | 34 | 147 | 22 | 8 | 3 | .955 | 4.971 | 4 | |||
| Emidio Riga | OF | 123 | 311 | 17 | 9 | 4 | .973 | 2.667 | ||||
| John Novosel | OF | 118 | 197 | 18 | 8 | 5 | .964 | 1.822 | ||||
| Norbert Litzsinger | OF | 68 | 111 | 7 | 11 | 1 | .915 | 1.735 | ||||
| Anthony Pirrello | OF | 45 | 75 | 5 | 9 | 2 | .899 | 1.778 | ||||
| Joseph Morjoseph | OF | 13 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .882 | 1.154 | ||||
| Bob Okrie | OF | 11 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 1.636 | ||||
| Joseph Sedik | P | 33 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .970 | ||||
| Ed Redys | P | 30 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .733 | ||||
| Stan Partenheimer | P | 30 | 7 | 40 | 2 | 3 | .959 | 1.567 | ||||
| Rube Stohs | P | 26 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 2 | .929 | 1.000 | ||||
| Hank Hernandez | P | 22 | 4 | 49 | 1 | 1 | .981 | 2.409 | ||||
| Brian McGoldrick | P | 15 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .400 | ||||
| Edwin Yelkin | P | 14 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.714 | ||||
| Anthony Pirrello | SS | 60 | 118 | 152 | 32 | 27 | .894 | 4.500 | ||||
| Perry Currin | SS | 41 | 63 | 103 | 17 | 16 | .907 | 4.049 | ||||
| Gary Rutkay | SS | 28 | 56 | 63 | 7 | 16 | .944 | 4.250 | ||||
| Totals | 1151 | 2917 | 1290 | 204 | 291 | .954 | 3.655 | 21 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
