1947 Boston Red Sox season

The 1947 Boston Red Sox season was the 47th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished third in the American League (AL) with a record of 83 wins and 71 losses, 14 games behind the New York Yankees, who went on to win the 1947 World Series.

1947 Boston Red Sox
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record83–71 (.539)
League place3rd (14 GB)
Other information
Owner(s)Tom Yawkey
General manager(s)Eddie Collins
Manager(s)Joe Cronin
Local radioWHDH
(Jim Britt, Tom Hussey)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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Red Sox left fielder Ted Williams won the Triple Crown, leading the AL in home runs (32), runs batted in (114), and batting average (.343).[1]

Offseason

Regular season

After a memorable 1946 season, the Red Sox added lights to Fenway Park for the first time. 1947 looked like another big year for Boston, but Boo Ferriss, Mickey Harris, and Tex Hughson all had arm trouble, and from 62 wins in 1946 they dropped to 29 in 1947. Boston finished 3rd, 21 less than their American League Championship season a year earlier, 14 games behind the eventual world champion New York Yankees. Joe Dobson was the top winner with 18 wins, and Ted Williams hit .343, with 32 homers and 114 RBIs, to secure his second Triple Crown.

On July 20, Hank Thompson and Willard Brown of the St. Louis Browns played against the Boston Red Sox. It was the first time that two black players appear in a major league game together since 1884.[5]

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9757 0.630 — 55–22 42–35
Detroit Tigers 8569 0.552 12 46–31 39–38
Boston Red Sox 8371 0.539 14 49–30 34–41
Cleveland Indians 8074 0.519 17 38–39 42–35
Philadelphia Athletics 7876 0.506 19 39–38 39–38
Chicago White Sox 7084 0.455 27 32–43 38–41
Washington Senators 6490 0.416 33 36–41 28–49
St. Louis Browns 5995 0.383 38 29–48 30–47

Record vs. opponents
1947 American League Records

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL WSH
Boston —16–6–19–1312–10–19–1310–12–115–712–10
Chicago 6–16–1—11–117–1510–1211–1111–1114–8
Cleveland 13–911–11—8–14–27–1511–11–117–513–9
Detroit 10–12–115–714–8–2—8–14–111–1115–712–10
New York 13–912–1015–714–8–1—13–915–715–7
Philadelphia 12–10–111–1111–11–111–119–13—13–911–11
St. Louis 7–1511–115–177–157–159–13—13–9
Washington 10–128–149–1310–127–1511–119–13—

Opening Day lineup
39Eddie Pellagrini   3B
 6Johnny PeskySS
 7Dom DiMaggioCF
  9Ted WilliamsLF
 1Bobby Doerr2B
 3Rudy York1B
14Sam MeleRF
 8Hal WagnerC
21Tex HughsonP

Notable transactions

Roster
1947 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CBirdie Tebbetts9029187.299128
1BJake Jones10940495.2351676
2BBobby Doerr146561145.2581795
3BSam Dente4616839.232011
SSJohnny Pesky155638207.324039
OFTed Williams156528181.34332114
OFSam Mele123453137.3021273
OFDom DiMaggio136513145.283871

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Wally Moses9025570.275227
Eddie Pellagrini7423147.203419
Rudy York4818439.212627
Roy Partee6016939.231016
Don Gutteridge5413122.16825
Leon Culberson478420.238011
Merl Combs176815.22116
Hal Wagner216515.23106
Rip Russell26528.15413
Matt Batts7168.50015
Eddie McGah9140.00002
Strick Shofner5132.15400
Frankie Hayes5132.15401
Billy Goodman12112.18201
Tom McBride251.20000
Leslie Aulds341.25000

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Joe Dobson33228.21882.95110
Dave Ferriss33218.112114.0464
Tex Hughson29189.112113.33119
Denny Galehouse211491173.3238
Tommy Fine936125.5010

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Earl Johnson45142.112112.9765
Fritz Dorish41136784.7050
Mickey Harris1551.2542.4435
Eddie Smith817137.4115
Cot Deal512.2019.246
Chuck Stobbs49016.005

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Johnny Murphy320032.809
Bob Klinger281153.8612
Bill Zuber201005.3323
Al Widmar200013.501
Bill Butland10004.501

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Louisville Colonels American Association Nemo Leibold
AAA Toronto Maple Leafs International League Elmer Yoter
AA New Orleans Pelicans Southern Association Fred Walters
A Scranton Red Sox Eastern League Eddie Popowski
B Lynn Red Sox New England League Mike Ryba
B Roanoke Red Sox Piedmont League Pinky Higgins
C San Jose Red Sox California League Marv Owen
C Oneonta Red Sox Canadian–American League Red Marion
D Milford Red Sox Eastern Shore League Wally Millies
D Wellsville Nitros PONY League Tom Carey

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Roanoke[8]

References
  1. "1947 American League Batting Leaders". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved June 11, 2010.
  2. Virgil Stallcup page at Baseball Reference
  3. Tom Poholsky page at Baseball Reference
  4. Frankie Hayes page at Baseball Reference
  5. Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 188, Jonathan Eig, Simon & Schuster, 2007, New York, ISBN 978-0-7432-9461-4
  6. Hal Wagner page at Baseball Reference
  7. Birdie Tebbetts page at Baseball Reference
  8. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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