1947 St. Paul Saints Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 69-85
Finished 7th in the AA
Manager: Herman Franks (0-0), Curt Davis (0-0)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: St. Paul, Minnesota
Ballpark: Lexington Park
Attendance: 222,331, Avg. 2,887

1947 St. Paul Saints Roster

The St. Paul Saints of the American Association ended the 1947 season with a record of 69 wins and 85 losses, finishing seventh in the AA.

The Saints plated 806 runs and conceded 848 runs, most in the circuit.

Members of the 1947 St. Paul Saints who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Curt Davis, Cy Buker, Ed Head, Marv Rackley, Phil Haugstad, Lloyd Dietz, George Coffman, Morrie Martin, George Fallon, Don Lund, Bob Ramazzotti, Al Brancato, Duke Snider, John Douglas, Herman Franks, Lee Pfund, Lew Riggs, John Dantonio, Joe Tepsic, Larry Rosenthal, Otho Nitcholas, Ed Weiland and Eric Tipton.

Herman Franks and Curt Davis 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
Phil Haugstad	16	6	.727	3.80	37	28	2	16	0		230.0	199	119	97		114		145	11	4	3
John Gabbard	11	15	.423	5.28	35	27	6	8	0		191.0	228	131	112		78		56	6	0	2
Lloyd Dietz	9	17	.346	4.60	35	25	9	11	1		184.0	203	112	94		73		59	3	0	2
George Coffman	6	4	.600	3.93	52						71.0	84	44	31		44		20	2	0	6
Otho Nitcholas	6	5	.545	5.28	19	9	9	4	0		87.0	111	62	51		20		29	1	0	4
Lee Pfund	5	7	.417	4.32	18	16	1	6	1		123.0	132	68	59		42		28	3	0	5
Curt Davis	4	5	.444	3.97	26	5	16	2	0		77.0	90	49	34		16		26	1	0	2
Ed Head	3	3	.500	5.16	12						61.0	74	43	35		28		19	0	0	1
Morrie Martin	2	3	.400	4.12	19	3	9	1	0		59.0	47	34	27		34		30	2	0	8
Mel Himes	1	1	.500	1.96	3	2	1	2	1		23.0	20	8	5		8		10	0	0	1
Robert Tart	1	2	.333	5.59	11						37.0	40	25	23		35		22	2	0	3
Cy Buker					16						0.0
William Eggert	0	1	.000	11.77	3						13.0	20	19	17		9		3	0	0	0
Al Sherer	0	3	.000	6.75	4	3	0	2	0		20.0	23	18	15		10		6	1	0	0
Ed Weiland	0	4	.000	6.75	8						24.0	37	25	18		13		14	0	0	2
Jack Paepke	0	4	.000	7.88	5						24.0	32	21	21		21		13	0	0	1
Totals	64	80	.444	4.70	303	118	53	52	3	0	1224.0	1340	778	639	0	545	0	480	32	4	40	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
John Douglas	155	663	594	80	195	25	11	1	88	8		65	55	.328	.395	.412	.808	245	7	1	3
George Fallon	144	618	551	91	142	25	6	11	64	5		52	65	.258	.327	.385	.712	212	13	5	10
Eric Tipton	138	588	452	96	139	18	5	19	106	15		130	47	.308	.464	.496	.960	224	9	2	4
Lew Riggs	115	453	378	85	119	17	9	11	62	2		64	24	.315	.422	.495	.917	187	6	6	5
Bob Ramazzotti	86	384	344	67	105	13	2	13	47	18		30	26	.305	.368	.468	.836	161	13	4	6
Don Lund	90	352	325	68	91	18	4	16	49	8		21	51	.280	.328	.508	.835	165	3	2	4
Duke Snider	66	287	269	59	85	22	7	12	46	4		15	45	.316	.352	.584	.936	157	4	0	3
John Dantonio	99	348	293	32	79	13	3	2	39	0		48	16	.270	.374	.355	.729	104	11	1	6
Jack Paepke	96	346	292	29	76	13	2	4	45	2		50	42	.260	.370	.360	.730	105	8	1	3
Marv Rackley	60	262	234	33	74	10	4	2	22	7		25	23	.316	.385	.419	.803	98	1	1	2
Herman Franks	49	132	102	3	21	3	2	2	16	0		29	10	.206	.382	.333	.715	34	1	0	1
Hal Younghans	33	127	118	6	20	2	1	0	14	0		8	12	.169	.222	.203	.426	24	7	0	1
Joe Tepsic	21	76	63	10	19	2	2	1	12	0		8	13	.302	.397	.444	.842	28	1	2	3
George Spears	38	97	88	8	19	1	0	0	8	0		7	9	.216	.274	.227	.501	20	6	0	2
Lloyd Dietz	46	76	67	10	11	3	1	0	2	0		2	13	.164	.188	.239	.427	16	3	0	7
Lee Pfund	18	46	39	5	8	1	2	0	3	0		5	21	.205	.295	.333	.629	13	1	0	2
John Gabbard	35	78	71	4	8	1	1	0	7	0		4	23	.113	.160	.155	.315	11	0	0	3
Phil Haugstad	37	96	88	3	8	0	0	0	4	0		5	42	.091	.140	.091	.231	8	3	0	3
Curt Davis	30	30	28	2	7	2	1	1	3	0		1	10	.250	.276	.500	.776	14	0	0	1
Otho Nitcholas	19	34	32	3	6	1	0	0	1	0		2	4	.188	.235	.219	.454	7	0	0	0
Ed Head	12	21	17	4	3	1	0	0	3	0		3	2	.176	.300	.235	.535	4	1	0	1
Robert Tart	12	14	13	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	4	.154	.154	.154	.308	2	0	0	1
George Coffman	52	12	10	2	1	0	0	0	1	0		1	4	.100	.182	.100	.282	1	0	0	1
Morrie Martin	19	21	19	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	5	.053	.053	.053	.105	1	0	0	2
Totals	1470	5161	4487	701	1239	191	63	95	642	69	0	575	566	.276	.362	.410	.772	1841	98	25	74	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
John Douglas	1B	155	1367	128	22	155	.985	9.645
George Fallon	2B	140	396	398	26	113	.968	5.671
Lew Riggs	3B	101	104	191	22	22	.931	2.921
John Dantonio	C	90	337	45	10	4	.974	4.244	12
Jack Paepke	C	50	163	38	12	6	.944	4.020	11
Herman Franks	C	38	125	33	6	1	.963	4.158	5
Eric Tipton	OF	134	280	13	11	2	.964	2.187
Don Lund	OF	84	184	5	4	2	.979	2.250
Duke Snider	OF	65	157	5	6	1	.964	2.492
Marv Rackley	OF	58	102	10	7	2	.941	1.931
Jack Paepke	OF	31	58	3	6	1	.910	1.968
Joe Tepsic	OF	18	42	5	3	1	.940	2.611
George Coffman	P	52	10	17	3	2	.900	.519
Phil Haugstad	P	37	15	35	4	1	.926	1.351
John Gabbard	P	35	11	43	3	4	.947	1.543
Lloyd Dietz	P	35	22	36	4	1	.935	1.657
Curt Davis	P	26	2	18	1	2	.952	.769
Otho Nitcholas	P	19	3	7	0	1	1.000	.526
Morrie Martin	P	19	6	13	6	2	.760	1.000
Lee Pfund	P	18	11	20	1	0	.969	1.722
Cy Buker	P	16						.000
Ed Head	P	12	8	8	2	0	.889	1.333
Robert Tart	P	11	0	14	1	1	.933	1.273
Ed Weiland	P	8						.000
Jack Paepke	P	5						.000
Al Sherer	P	4						.000
Mel Himes	P	3						.000
William Eggert	P	3						.000
Bob Ramazzotti	SS	82	149	259	24	49	.944	4.976
Hal Younghans	SS	33	53	112	14	24	.922	5.000
George Spears	SS	22	40	52	7	15	.929	4.182
Totals		1404	3645	1508	205	412	.962	3.670	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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