1947 Utica Blue Sox Statistics

Eastern League (EL) - Class: A
Team Record: 90-48
Finished 1st in the EL
Manager: Eddie Sawyer (90-48)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Utica, New York
Ballpark: Ambrose McConnell Field
Attendance: 116,785, Avg. 1,693

1947 Utica Blue Sox Roster

Playoffs - Utica Blue Sox 4 games, Wilkes-Barre Barons 2
Finals - Utica Blue Sox 4 games, Albany Senators 3

The Utica Blue Sox of the Eastern League ended the 1947 season with a record of 90 wins and 48 losses, finishing first in the EL.

Eddie Sawyer 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
Dick Koecher	17	8	.680	3.05	36			17	4		198.0	135	78	67		54		91		0	3
Eli Hodkey	15	5	.750	4.43	26			13	4		183.0	180	105	90		94		94		0	0
Lou Possehl	15	8	.652	3.23	31			13	3		167.0	135	67	60		90		117		1	2
Dale Jones	12	7	.632	4.04	27			10	0		167.0	151	82	75		79		103		1	1
William McGurk	11	10	.524	3.66	29			7	0		155.0	143	83	63		82		80		1	6
Don Grate	7	4	.636	3.50	24			4	0		108.0	108	45	42		47		43		1	1
Bob Chakales	7	5	.583	5.36	22			5	2		94.0	74	70	56		76		53		1	1
William Linderman	6	2	.750	3.21	24			5	1		101.0	92	46	36		50		70		1	2
Totals	90	49	.647	3.75	219	0	0	74	14	0	1173.0	1018	576	489	0	572	0	651	0	6	16	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
Richie Ashburn	137	656	536	128	194	21	12	3	52	24		113	33	.362	.475	.463	.938	248		3	4
Granny Hamner	138	648	609	90	177	26	6	4	79	10		25	41	.291	.320	.373	.692	227		1	13
James Ackeret	138	625	534	104	162	41	6	1	67	16		71	63	.303	.394	.408	.802	218		9	11
Vance Dinges	134	566	483	95	139	20	5	0	73	9		77	27	.288	.387	.350	.737	169		1	5
Bill Glynn	134	590	517	100	136	23	8	16	87	13		63	66	.263	.349	.431	.780	223		5	5
Ettore Giammarco	129	522	445	75	132	21	7	13	95	3		62	62	.297	.390	.463	.853	206		6	9
Stan Lopata	115	447	378	68	123	20	13	9	88	2		65	60	.325	.430	.519	.948	196		4	0
Putsy Caballero	115	450	397	60	114	13	2	0	60	6		47	15	.287	.365	.330	.695	131		2	4
Orient Martella	49	134	120	10	28	6	0	0	21	0		12	26	.233	.308	.283	.592	34		1	1
Frank Whalen	31	100	84	11	16	4	1	0	7	1		15	18	.190	.320	.262	.582	22		1	0
Dick Koecher	36	84	74	11	15	5	0	1	5	1		7	31	.203	.272	.311	.582	23		0	3
Eli Hodkey	26	82	66	8	14	5	1	0	14	0		14	10	.212	.350	.318	.668	21		0	2
Don Grate	31	69	63	10	13	3	1	1	9	4		6	10	.206	.275	.333	.609	21		0	0
Bob Chakales	22	39	37	2	11	1	1	0	7	0		0	1	.297	.297	.378	.676	14		0	2
Dale Jones	28	66	63	2	11	0	0	0	6	0		1	8	.175	.188	.175	.362	11		0	2
Edward Klimczak	14	34	30	5	10	1	0	0	4	0		4	2	.333	.412	.367	.778	11		0	0
Lou Possehl	31	69	64	4	10	0	1	0	8	0		5	10	.156	.217	.188	.405	12		0	0
William McGurk	29	63	55	6	7	1	2	0	3	0		4	20	.127	.200	.218	.418	12		1	3
William Linderman	24	37	34	3	4	0	0	0	0	0		3	8	.118	.189	.118	.307	4		0	0
Totals	1361	5281	4589	792	1316	211	66	48	685	89	0	594	511	.287	.373	.393	.766	1803	0	34	64	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Bill Glynn	1B	134	1189	63	19	90	.985	9.343
Putsy Caballero	2B	107	263	334	20	53	.968	5.579
Granny Hamner	2B	30	65	87	5	14	.968	5.067
James Ackeret	3B	138	136	229	31	14	.922	2.645
Stan Lopata	C	109	622	59	14	9	.980	6.248	7
Orient Martella	C	34	160	15	8	1	.956	5.147	2
Richie Ashburn	OF	137	242	14	6	1	.977	1.869
Vance Dinges	OF	130	294	12	6	1	.981	2.354
Ettore Giammarco	OF	120	187	12	11	1	.948	1.658
Frank Whalen	OF	27	44	8	4	1	.929	1.926
Dick Koecher	P	36	7	48	2	4	.965	1.528
Lou Possehl	P	31	6	19	1	4	.962	.806
William McGurk	P	29	11	37	4	1	.923	1.655
Dale Jones	P	27	14	26	1	1	.976	1.481
Eli Hodkey	P	26	2	29	1	0	.969	1.192
William Linderman	P	24	4	21	2	2	.926	1.042
Don Grate	P	24	3	16	3	2	.864	.792
Bob Chakales	P	22	2	19	0	0	1.000	.955
Granny Hamner	SS	109	199	332	34	56	.940	4.872
Totals		1294	3450	1380	172	255	.966	3.733	9	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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