1947 Sanford Spinners Statistics

Tobacco State League (TSL) - Class: D
Team Record: 86-39
Finished 1st in the TSL
Manager: Zeb Harrington (86-39)
Location: Sanford, North Carolina
Ballpark: Temple Park
Attendance: 37,517, Avg. 600

1947 Sanford Spinners Roster

Playoffs - Sanford Spinners 4 games, Wilmington Pirates 3
Finals - Sanford Spinners 4 games, Lumberton Cubs 3

The Sanford Spinners of the Tobacco State League ended the 1947 season with a record of 86 wins and 39 losses, finishing first in the TSL.

Zeb Harrington 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
William Stone	18	7	.720	2.81	27			18	1		189.0	155	74	59		78		176	7		7
John McFadden	15	5	.750	2.44	36			11	1		192.0	147	67	52		47		170	3		6
Hoyt Clegg	15	7	.682	4.29	28			15	1		195.0	210	120	93		82		86	4		9
George Bortz	13	8	.619	3.65	27			15	2		195.0	196	124	79		92		180	2		14
James House	9	8	.529	5.15	21			8	1		138.0	147	95	79		66		76	3		5
Guthrie Watson	7	2	.778	7.05	18			3	0		83.0	110	77	65		63		39	2		6
Robert Keane	6	2	.750	4.85	10			4	0		52.0	61	37	28		25		22	4		3
Totals	83	39	.680	3.92	167	0	0	74	6	0	1044.0	1026	594	455	0	453	0	749	25	0	50	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
Jimmy Wilson	122	579	532	133	205	39	10	3	116	66		43	32	.385	.433	.513	.946	273		2	2
Jim Guinn	121	604	533	131	178	31	5	2	64	42		66	41	.334	.408	.422	.830	225		1	4
Orville Nesselrode	121	564	477	121	168	32	3	32	166	22		76	42	.352	.452	.633	1.085	302		11	0
Phalti Shoffner	121	578	501	114	166	27	4	8	74	1		66	17	.331	.415	.449	.864	225		6	5
Joseph Nessing	119	558	496	119	150	31	3	3	74	56		53	42	.302	.373	.395	.768	196		3	6
Bruce Hedrick	120	511	448	80	138	25	4	13	111	15		48	50	.308	.391	.469	.860	210		13	2
Bob Pugh	82	348	316	50	93	20	7	5	67	7		26	39	.294	.352	.449	.801	142		2	4
Robert Keane	72	261	226	28	47	9	2	2	25	11		27	51	.208	.304	.292	.596	66		4	4
Andrew Holliday	53	204	178	36	42	5	1	2	18	8		25	35	.236	.333	.309	.642	55		1	0
Guthrie Watson	49	150	128	29	35	3	2	1	15	3		21	19	.273	.380	.352	.732	45		1	0
Ned Butcher	34	146	104	26	25	4	1	1	12	4		39	16	.240	.455	.327	.782	34		2	1
William Stone	37	99	91	11	19	3	1	0	9	0		7	11	.209	.273	.264	.536	24		1	0
Hoyt Clegg	31	94	87	10	17	1	0	1	9	1		6	27	.195	.247	.241	.489	21		0	1
John Posevac	12	50	46	5	13	1	0	0	3	2		2	9	.283	.312	.304	.617	14		0	2
John McFadden	37	84	81	6	12	0	0	0	9	0		1	17	.148	.159	.148	.307	12		0	2
James House	22	68	58	5	11	1	0	0	7	0		8	14	.190	.299	.207	.505	12		1	1
George Bortz	30	96	86	12	10	3	0	0	9	0		7	36	.116	.183	.151	.334	13		0	3
Totals	1183	4994	4388	916	1329	235	43	73	788	238	0	521	498	.303	.383	.426	.809	1869	0	48	37	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Phalti Shoffner	1B	121	1028	50	25	64	.977	8.909
Jim Guinn	2B	121	336	358	37	50	.949	5.736
Joseph Nessing	3B	112	143	200	33	23	.912	3.062
Bob Pugh	3B	12	15	5	4	0	.833	1.667
Bruce Hedrick	C	120	810	51	17	8	.981	7.175	26
Jimmy Wilson	OF	122	247	20	11	3	.960	2.189
Orville Nesselrode	OF	121	155	9	9	0	.948	1.355
Bob Pugh	OF	62	85	9	9	0	.913	1.516
Andrew Holliday	OF	51	86	7	4	2	.959	1.824
Guthrie Watson	OF	18	15	0	1	0	.938	.833
John McFadden	P	36	1	42	5	0	.896	1.194
Hoyt Clegg	P	28	12	46	6	2	.906	2.071
William Stone	P	27	10	28	6	0	.864	1.407
George Bortz	P	27	5	28	2	4	.943	1.222
James House	P	21	7	17	2	1	.923	1.143
Guthrie Watson	P	18	8	19	2	1	.931	1.500
Robert Keane	P	10	2	12	3	0	.824	1.400
Robert Keane	SS	62	75	156	25	15	.902	3.726
Ned Butcher	SS	34	41	60	22	4	.821	2.971
John Posevac	SS	12	10	20	8	0	.789	2.500
Totals		1135	3091	1137	231	177	.948	3.725	26	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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