1947 Vicksburg Billies Statistics

Southeastern League (SL) - Class: B
Team Record: 74-69
Finished 5th in the SL
Manager: Buddy Blair (74-69)
Location: Vicksburg, Mississippi
Ballpark: City Park
Attendance: 99,512, Avg. 1,392

1947 Vicksburg Billies Roster

Playoffs - Pensacola Fliers 2 games, Vicksburg Billies 1 - For fourth place.

The Vicksburg Billies of the Southeastern League ended the 1947 season with a record of 74 wins and 69 losses, finishing fifth in the SL.

Buddy Blair 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
Monk Poole	16	13	.552	4.06	33			22	0		235.0	269	131	106		60		102	4	0	7
Lefty Guise	15	13	.536	4.03	31			21	0		241.0	249	135	108		88		166	3	0	5
John Meketi	11	15	.423	5.03	34			14	2		195.0	230	129	109		85		105	10	2	5
Dick Midkiff	10	6	.625	3.40	26			14	0		159.0	158	76	60		49		84	5	0	5
Frank Tincup	9	8	.529	4.33	32			11	1		187.0	205	115	90		61		91	5	1	6
Bill Sullivan	7	1	.875	4.96	13			5	1		78.0	92	47	43		20		30	2	0	5
Frank Lugos	2	3	.400	5.88	12			1	1		52.0	59	41	34		33		40	2	0	3
Totals	70	59	.543	4.32	181	0	0	88	5	0	1147.0	1262	674	550	0	396	0	618	31	3	36	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
William Seal	143	631	533	123	185	48	6	21	101	11		89	51	.347	.445	.578	1.023	308		5	4
Albert Fisher	141	624	582	107	171	36	2	25	124	1		39	74	.294	.338	.491	.830	286		0	3
Norbert Barker	126	573	503	93	153	29	3	8	64	1		60	53	.304	.381	.421	.802	212		2	8
Juan Sanchez	113	532	467	89	125	25	6	9	56	15		54	53	.268	.347	.405	.752	189		3	8
Joseph Kratzer	122	480	404	53	111	22	0	5	52	1		64	55	.275	.381	.366	.747	148		5	7
Bill Jones	124	513	443	59	109	23	4	8	60	5		55	67	.246	.335	.370	.705	164		4	11
Gene Verble	93	430	392	51	94	21	4	3	46	5		33	44	.240	.299	.337	.636	132		0	5
Larry Womack	90	383	343	50	92	12	0	2	36	7		26	24	.268	.327	.321	.648	110		4	10
Buddy Blair	98	373	318	46	85	12	6	8	47	2		47	20	.267	.365	.418	.783	133		2	6
Frank Tincup	66	172	158	16	47	2	0	3	30	0		11	18	.297	.343	.367	.710	58		0	3
Steve Magula	17	71	64	13	23	5	1	3	15	1		3	6	.359	.397	.609	1.006	39		1	3
Lefty Sarver	26	100	88	14	22	3	0	1	11	1		10	13	.250	.327	.318	.645	28		0	2
Jack Kelly	16	72	57	8	15	3	0	3	9	1		11	11	.263	.382	.474	.856	27		0	4
Preston Gómez	14	51	48	5	14	1	1	1	11	2		3	10	.292	.333	.417	.750	20		0	0
John Meketi	34	81	70	6	10	0	0	1	3	0		10	44	.143	.259	.186	.445	13		1	0
Lefty Guise	32	101	82	6	10	1	0	1	4	0		4	33	.122	.172	.171	.343	14		1	14
Dick Midkiff	26	66	57	5	9	0	0	2	4	0		3	22	.158	.200	.263	.463	15		0	6
Monk Poole	34	103	80	6	8	1	0	0	3	0		10	21	.100	.234	.112	.347	9		4	9
Bill Sullivan	14	35	32	1	3	0	0	0	1	0		1	9	.094	.121	.094	.215	3		0	2
Frank Lugos	12	19	15	3	1	1	0	0	0	0		4	9	.067	.263	.133	.396	2		0	0
Totals	1341	5410	4736	754	1287	245	33	104	677	53	0	537	637	.272	.350	.403	.753	1910	0	32	105	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Albert Fisher	1B	136	1275	55	20	74	.985	9.779
Larry Womack	2B	88	225	268	8	40	.984	5.602
Norbert Barker	2B	60	141	174	20	25	.940	5.250
William Seal	3B	128	155	231	24	14	.941	3.016
Buddy Blair	3B	15	13	23	5	0	.878	2.400
Joseph Kratzer	C	112	579	61	13	5	.980	5.714	25
Bill Jones	OF	119	233	11	12	3	.953	2.050
Juan Sanchez	OF	113	242	20	16	3	.942	2.319
Buddy Blair	OF	79	139	10	5	2	.968	1.886
Norbert Barker	OF	66	126	14	3	4	.979	2.121
Frank Tincup	OF	23	14	0	0	0	1.000	.609
Lefty Sarver	OF	19	42	2	2	0	.957	2.316
Steve Magula	OF	17	28	0	1	0	.966	1.647
John Meketi	P	34	5	38	1	2	.977	1.265
Monk Poole	P	33	5	43	6	1	.889	1.455
Frank Tincup	P	32	5	50	2	2	.965	1.719
Lefty Guise	P	31	4	46	3	1	.943	1.613
Dick Midkiff	P	26	8	30	1	0	.974	1.462
Bill Sullivan	P	13	2	18	0	0	1.000	1.538
Frank Lugos	P	12	1	9	1	0	.909	.833
Gene Verble	SS	91	139	275	31	41	.930	4.549
William Seal	SS	17	31	46	10	7	.885	4.529
Jack Kelly	SS	16	26	50	11	7	.874	4.750
Preston Gómez	SS	12	17	37	5	4	.915	4.500
Totals		1292	3455	1511	200	235	.961	3.844	25	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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