1947 Watertown Athletics Statistics

Border League (BL) - Class: C
Team Record: 70-54
Finished 2nd in the BL
Manager: Bob Shawkey (70-54)
Location: Watertown, New York
Ballpark: Fairgrounds Park, Alex Duffy Stadium
Attendance: 53,600, Avg. 865

1947 Watertown Athletics Roster

Playoffs - Ogdensburg Maples 4 games, Watertown Athletics 3

The Watertown Athletics of the Border League ended the 1947 season with a record of 70 wins and 54 losses, finishing second in the BL.

Bob Shawkey 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
Frank Fanovich	16	3	.842	2.41	23			12	3		164.0	119	52	44		94		182	10	0	7
James Scott	12	10	.545	3.09	33			10	1		166.0	163	70	57		52		66	5	0	4
Woody Zuraw	11	11	.500	3.26	24			13	2		163.0	168	77	59		72		78	5	0	4
Dick Libby	10	4	.714	4.47	31			7	2		153.0	145	89	76		117		115	7	0	13
Raymond Vincellette	5	2	.714	3.50	19			2	0		72.0	78	49	28		37		16	0	0	7
Joseph Kopach	4	4	.500	3.24	14			5	1		86.0	66	41	31		55		45	3	0	4
Arnold Carter	2	3	.400	2.80	6			3	1		45.0	51	23	14		9		20	1	0	1
Ernie Visconti					11						0.0
Fred Gerken					20						0.0
Totals	60	37	.619	3.28	181	0	0	52	10	0	849.0	790	401	309	0	436	0	522	31	0	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
Fred Gerken	126	577	488	111	172	27	23	15	95	24		76	37	.352	.445	.594	1.039	290		5	8
Michael Christopher	113	538	490	74	136	10	3	0	25	6		44	14	.278	.337	.310	.647	152		0	4
Albert Klestinec	100	428	394	67	120	17	6	1	66	7		21	35	.305	.355	.386	.741	152		10	3
Thomas Madden	109	462	386	57	113	19	3	9	61	6		68	36	.293	.401	.427	.829	165		2	6
John Thackston	99	403	352	53	103	12	7	2	71	5		43	17	.293	.371	.384	.755	135		1	7
Michael Zanovitch	100	420	343	54	92	6	6	2	49	3		73	41	.268	.400	.338	.738	116		2	2
William Doyle	110	439	390	33	90	15	6	0	48	6		40	51	.231	.309	.300	.609	117		4	5
William McQuillen	42	177	141	31	40	4	3	0	17	7		29	18	.284	.413	.355	.767	50		2	5
John Tuthill	34	151	123	31	35	6	1	0	6	2		23	19	.285	.397	.350	.747	43		0	5
Frank Fanovich	59	111	99	10	32	3	0	0	11	1		8	5	.323	.380	.354	.733	35		1	3
Bernard Woycik	34	131	121	22	32	7	1	0	21	2		9	16	.264	.321	.339	.659	41		1	0
James Gilmore	40	176	146	21	31	3	0	0	7	8		14	10	.212	.294	.233	.527	34		3	13
Adin Hoch	45	137	123	11	24	2	0	1	10	3		12	29	.195	.272	.236	.508	29		1	1
James Scott	45	93	84	5	17	4	0	0	14	0		6	10	.202	.256	.250	.506	21		0	3
Arnold Carter	24	72	67	8	14	5	0	1	11	0		4	12	.209	.254	.328	.582	22		0	1
Kenneth Steblen	13	51	47	10	12	2	0	0	3	1		3	2	.255	.300	.298	.598	14		0	1
Dick Libby	32	67	59	3	11	1	0	0	1	0		7	28	.186	.273	.203	.476	12		0	1
Woody Zuraw	24	70	61	2	9	0	1	0	2	1		8	23	.148	.246	.180	.427	11		0	1
Ernie Visconti	12	20	16	5	7	0	0	0	1	0		2	3	.438	.500	.438	.938	7		0	2
Raymond Vincellette	19	28	26	2	7	0	0	0	3	0		0	8	.269	.269	.269	.538	7		0	2
Joseph Kopach	15	32	31	1	1	1	0	0	1	0		0	9	.032	.032	.065	.097	2		0	1
Totals	1195	4583	3987	611	1098	144	60	31	523	82	0	490	423	.275	.359	.365	.724	1455	0	32	74	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Fred Gerken	1B	126	1112	60	21	90	.982	9.302
Albert Klestinec	1B	13	14	2	0	2	1.000	1.231
William Doyle	2B	109	282	295	39	65	.937	5.294
Thomas Madden	3B	109	121	251	37	21	.910	3.413
John Thackston	C	89	507	64	13	5	.978	6.416	8
Adin Hoch	C	19	83	17	3	1	.971	5.263	1
Bernard Woycik	C	17	83	7	1	0	.989	5.294	4
Michael Zanovitch	OF	100	163	8	4	2	.977	1.710
Albert Klestinec	OF	94	148	10	6	3	.963	1.681
William McQuillen	OF	40	77	8	1	2	.988	2.125
James Gilmore	OF	40	70	5	3	2	.962	1.875
John Tuthill	OF	34	80	4	2	3	.977	2.471
Bernard Woycik	OF	17	17	2	1	1	.950	1.118
Adin Hoch	OF	14	24	2	2	0	.929	1.857
Arnold Carter	OF	14	14	0	1	0	.933	1.000
James Scott	P	33	5	44	1	0	.980	1.485
Dick Libby	P	31	3	24	4	0	.871	.871
Woody Zuraw	P	24	3	20	0	1	1.000	.958
Frank Fanovich	P	23	6	36	3	0	.933	1.826
Fred Gerken	P	20	5	6	0	1	1.000	.550
Raymond Vincellette	P	19	1	20	0	2	1.000	1.105
Joseph Kopach	P	14	5	25	3	1	.909	2.143
Ernie Visconti	P	11	1	7	1	1	.889	.727
Arnold Carter	P	6						.000
Michael Christopher	SS	113	214	330	44	58	.925	4.814
Totals		1129	3038	1247	190	261	.958	3.795	13	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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