1947 Philadelphia Phillies season

The 1947 Philadelphia Phillies season saw the Phillies finish in seventh place in the National League with a record of 62 wins and 92 losses. It was the first season for Phillies television broadcasts, which debuted on WPTZ.

1947 Philadelphia Phillies
Also known as the Philadelphia Blue Jays
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)R. R. M. Carpenter
General manager(s)Herb Pennock
Manager(s)Ben Chapman
Local televisionWPTZ
Local radioWIBG
(By Saam, Chuck Thompson)
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Offseason

On July 27, 1946, the City of Clearwater had announced that the Phillies had accepted Clearwater's invitation to train at Clearwater Athletic Field in 1947 on a one-year agreement. On March 7, 1947, the Phillies and city signed a 10-year deal for the Phillies to train in Clearwater. The Phillies lost their first spring training game in 1947 at Athletic Field to the Detroit Tigers by a score of 13–1. The Phillies' attendance that spring was 13,291 which was ninth out of the ten teams training in Florida.[2]

Regular season
  • April 22: During a game against the Brooklyn Dodgers, Phillies manager Ben Chapman hurled racial slurs at Jackie Robinson. Commissioner Happy Chandler warned the franchise to keep the manager under control or face disciplinary action.[3] Of note, it was the first major league game in which Robinson committed an error.[4]

Season standings
National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Brooklyn Dodgers 9460 0.610 — 52–25 42–35
St. Louis Cardinals 8965 0.578 5 46–31 43–34
Boston Braves 8668 0.558 8 50–27 36–41
New York Giants 8173 0.526 13 45–31 36–42
Cincinnati Reds 7381 0.474 21 42–35 31–46
Chicago Cubs 6985 0.448 25 36–43 33–42
Philadelphia Phillies 6292 0.403 32 38–38 24–54
Pittsburgh Pirates 6292 0.403 32 32–45 30–47

Record vs. opponents
1947 National League Records

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston —12–1013–913–913–914–812–109–13
Brooklyn 10–12—15–715–714–814–815–711–11–1
Chicago 9–137–15—12–107–1516–6–18–1410–12
Cincinnati 9–137–1510–12—13–913–913–98–14
New York 9–138–1415–79–13—12–1015–7–113–9
Philadelphia 8–148–146–16–19–1310–12—13–98–14
Pittsburgh 10–127–1514–89–137–15–19–13—6–16–1
St. Louis 13–911–11–112–1014–89–1314–816–6–1—

Notable transactions

Roster
1947 Philadelphia Phillies
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 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
CAndy Seminick11133785.2521350
1BHowie Schultz11440390.223635
2BEmil Verban155540154.285042
3BLee Handley10127770.253042
SSSkeeter Newsome9531071.229222
OFHarry Walker130488181.371141
OFDel Ennis139541149.2751281
OFJohnny Wyrostek128454124.273551

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
Ron Northey134712.25503

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
Dutch Leonard3223517122.68103
Ken Heintzelman241367104.0455

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
Blix Donnelly38120.2462.9831
Lefty Hoerst411.1117.940

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
Freddy Schmidt295804.7024

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
A Utica Blue Sox Eastern League Eddie Sawyer
B Terre Haute Phillies Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Ray Brubaker, Whitey Gluchoski
and Jack Sanford
B Wilmington Blue Rocks Interstate League Jack Saltzgaver
C Schenectady Blue Jays Canadian–American League Leon Riley
C Vandergrift Pioneers Middle Atlantic League Floyd "Pat" Patterson
C Salina Blue Jays Western Association Ed Walls
D Dover Phillies Eastern Shore League Dick Carter
D Americus Phillies Georgia–Florida League Jack Sanford and Lew Krausse, Sr.
D Carbondale Pioneers North Atlantic League Patrick Colgan
D Bradford Blue Wings PONY League George Savino
D Appleton Papermakers Wisconsin State League Andy Latchie and Whitey Gluchoski

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Utica, Wilmington, Schenectady, Vandergrift[6]

Notes
  1. Carl Sawatski at Baseball Reference
  2. Lewis, Allen (March 1986). "Philadelphia '47 '86 Clearwater". 1986 Phillies: Spring Training 40th Year in Clearwater. Clearwater, Florida: Philadelphia Phillies. pp. 4–5.
  3. Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 76, Jonathan Eig, Simon & Schuster, 2007, New York, ISBN 978-0-7432-9461-4
  4. Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 75
  5. Harry Walker at Baseball Reference
  6. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References
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