1947 Vandergrift Pioneers Statistics
Middle Atlantic League (MAL) - Class: C
Team Record: 76-46
Finished 1st in the MAL
Manager: Pat Patterson (76-46)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Vandergrift, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: Davis Field
Attendance: 87,000, Avg. 1,426
1947 Vandergrift Pioneers RosterTeam Record: 76-46
Finished 1st in the MAL
Manager: Pat Patterson (76-46)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Vandergrift, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: Davis Field
Attendance: 87,000, Avg. 1,426
Playoffs - Vandergrift Pioneers 3 games, Erie Sailors 0
Finals - Vandergrift Pioneers 4 games, Butler Yankees 0
The Vandergrift Pioneers of the Middle Atlantic League ended the 1947 season with a record of 76 wins and 46 losses, finishing first in the MAL.
Pat Patterson 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 Smith | 11 | 2 | .846 | 4.12 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 118.0 | 107 | 59 | 54 | 56 | 56 | 3 | 6 | |||||||
| Thomas Earnest | 11 | 3 | .786 | 5.45 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 132.0 | 149 | 97 | 80 | 71 | 69 | 5 | 3 | |||||||
| Bill Koszarek | 9 | 1 | .900 | 2.25 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 60.0 | 52 | 19 | 15 | 23 | 30 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
| Kenneth Olivesen | 8 | 5 | .615 | 3.99 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 142.0 | 142 | 73 | 63 | 38 | 64 | 7 | 1 | |||||||
| Melvin Burkey | 6 | 3 | .667 | 5.42 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 73.0 | 84 | 63 | 44 | 43 | 23 | 3 | 4 | |||||||
| William McKelvey | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.98 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 56.0 | 63 | 51 | 31 | 40 | 46 | 2 | 4 | |||||||
| Paul Tompkins | 10 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 47 | 18 | .723 | 4.45 | 125 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 581.0 | 597 | 362 | 287 | 0 | 271 | 0 | 288 | 22 | 0 | 21 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Garbowski | 111 | 495 | 402 | 112 | 158 | 22 | 15 | 11 | 93 | 27 | 87 | 37 | .393 | .504 | .604 | 1.109 | 243 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Mike Goliat | 94 | 419 | 359 | 79 | 133 | 31 | 6 | 12 | 86 | 6 | 54 | 32 | .370 | .457 | .591 | 1.047 | 212 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| George Gasdaska | 117 | 556 | 455 | 92 | 115 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 10 | 86 | 61 | .253 | .375 | .349 | .724 | 159 | 3 | 12 | ||||
| Bill Heinsz | 95 | 436 | 369 | 89 | 104 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 37 | 12 | 59 | 41 | .282 | .384 | .409 | .793 | 151 | 2 | 6 | ||||
| Joseph Bazukiewicz | 108 | 443 | 375 | 63 | 103 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 63 | 13 | 59 | 69 | .275 | .379 | .395 | .774 | 148 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Herman Kiel | 69 | 301 | 247 | 54 | 97 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 58 | 2 | 46 | 21 | .393 | .493 | .603 | 1.096 | 149 | 3 | 5 | ||||
| Stanley Coveleskie | 82 | 315 | 283 | 39 | 74 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 2 | 28 | 44 | .261 | .328 | .322 | .650 | 91 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Louis Heyman | 85 | 313 | 276 | 44 | 73 | 19 | 2 | 12 | 58 | 2 | 32 | 63 | .264 | .349 | .478 | .828 | 132 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| Walter Mahoney | 92 | 409 | 347 | 48 | 71 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 48 | 4 | 54 | 58 | .205 | .320 | .300 | .620 | 104 | 5 | 3 | ||||
| Jackie Mayo | 48 | 218 | 197 | 46 | 70 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 8 | 16 | 27 | .355 | .412 | .482 | .894 | 95 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| Daniel Casey | 54 | 221 | 185 | 46 | 48 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 38 | 4 | 33 | 37 | .259 | .374 | .459 | .834 | 85 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Carl Kolosna | 32 | 127 | 108 | 21 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 5 | 18 | 20 | .306 | .405 | .519 | .923 | 56 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Joseph Scalise | 18 | 79 | 67 | 10 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 6 | .343 | .443 | .418 | .861 | 28 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Thomas Earnest | 32 | 70 | 65 | 9 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .308 | .338 | .400 | .738 | 26 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Joe Mayer | 21 | 101 | 82 | 13 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 16 | .244 | .386 | .317 | .703 | 26 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| William Smith | 31 | 72 | 65 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 7 | .277 | .338 | .415 | .753 | 27 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Kenneth Olivesen | 25 | 62 | 54 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 28 | .204 | .283 | .296 | .580 | 16 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Bill Koszarek | 10 | 27 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .208 | .269 | .208 | .478 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| William McKelvey | 17 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .235 | .235 | .235 | .471 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Paul Tompkins | 10 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .200 | .200 | .333 | .533 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Robert Van Vlack | 11 | 22 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .136 | .136 | .182 | .318 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Melvin Burkey | 27 | 28 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16 | .087 | .192 | .130 | .323 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Totals | 1189 | 4749 | 4037 | 780 | 1188 | 205 | 59 | 86 | 659 | 101 | 0 | 622 | 611 | .294 | .393 | .438 | .831 | 1769 | 0 | 32 | 58 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walter Mahoney | 1B | 92 | 655 | 49 | 11 | 76 | .985 | 7.652 | ||||
| Mike Goliat | 1B | 25 | 221 | 14 | 6 | 23 | .975 | 9.400 | ||||
| George Gasdaska | 2B | 117 | 356 | 369 | 41 | 96 | .946 | 6.197 | ||||
| Mike Goliat | 3B | 55 | 75 | 110 | 28 | 13 | .869 | 3.364 | ||||
| Bill Heinsz | 3B | 36 | 34 | 76 | 11 | 9 | .909 | 3.056 | ||||
| Joe Mayer | 3B | 20 | 25 | 43 | 10 | 3 | .872 | 3.400 | ||||
| Louis Heyman | C | 75 | 338 | 48 | 12 | 4 | .970 | 5.147 | 20 | |||
| Stanley Coveleskie | C | 58 | 263 | 30 | 5 | 1 | .983 | 5.052 | 11 | |||
| Joseph Bazukiewicz | OF | 108 | 238 | 9 | 17 | 2 | .936 | 2.287 | ||||
| Herman Kiel | OF | 66 | 133 | 11 | 4 | 0 | .973 | 2.182 | ||||
| Bill Heinsz | OF | 49 | 62 | 10 | 5 | 0 | .935 | 1.469 | ||||
| Daniel Casey | OF | 49 | 75 | 6 | 8 | 2 | .910 | 1.653 | ||||
| Jackie Mayo | OF | 46 | 111 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .958 | 2.478 | ||||
| Carl Kolosna | OF | 28 | 35 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .925 | 1.321 | ||||
| Stanley Coveleskie | OF | 22 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.182 | ||||
| Joseph Scalise | OF | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .824 | 1.000 | ||||
| Melvin Burkey | P | 26 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 0 | .962 | .962 | ||||
| Thomas Earnest | P | 23 | 3 | 23 | 3 | 3 | .897 | 1.130 | ||||
| Kenneth Olivesen | P | 22 | 8 | 19 | 6 | 0 | .818 | 1.227 | ||||
| William Smith | P | 18 | 12 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.889 | ||||
| William McKelvey | P | 17 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .917 | .647 | ||||
| Paul Tompkins | P | 10 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .938 | 1.500 | ||||
| Bill Koszarek | P | 10 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .889 | 1.600 | ||||
| Alex Garbowski | SS | 111 | 206 | 367 | 53 | 72 | .915 | 5.162 | ||||
| Bill Heinsz | SS | 10 | 17 | 25 | 12 | 7 | .778 | 4.200 | ||||
| Totals | 1107 | 2919 | 1291 | 248 | 317 | .944 | 3.803 | 31 | 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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