Minnesota Twins History - 1947 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1947 Washington Senators	64	90	.416	7^th	32.5	56-98	8	.241	3.97			850,758	$0	$0

Batting Stats

Pos	Player	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SH	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	VORP
1B	Mickey Vernon	29	154	600	159	29	12	7	85	77	49	0	3	0	42	12	12	.265	.320	.388	.709	0.0
CF	Stan Spence	32	147	506	141	22	6	16	73	62	81	0	1	0	41	2	2	.279	.378	.441	.819	0.0
2B	Jerry Priddy	27	147	505	108	20	3	3	49	42	62	1	8	0	79	7	6	.214	.301	.283	.584	0.0
RF	Buddy Lewis	30	140	506	132	15	4	6	48	67	51	1	10	0	27	6	6	.261	.330	.342	.672	0.0
3B	Eddie Yost	20	115	428	102	17	3	0	14	52	45	2	10	0	57	3	5	.238	.314	.292	.606	0.0
SS	Mark Christman	33	110	374	83	15	2	1	33	27	32	2	4	0	16	4	4	.222	.287	.281	.568	0.0
C	Al Evans	30	99	319	77	8	3	2	23	17	28	0	4	0	25	2	1	.241	.303	.304	.607	0.0
LF	Sherry Robertson	28	95	266	62	9	3	1	23	25	32	1	5	0	52	4	5	.233	.318	.301	.618	0.0
LF	Joe Grace	33	78	234	58	9	4	3	17	25	35	1	3	0	15	1	2	.248	.348	.359	.707	0.0
3B	Cecil Travis	33	74	204	44	4	1	1	10	10	16	0	1	0	19	1	3	.216	.273	.260	.533	0.0
LF	Tom McBride	32	56	166	45	4	2	0	15	19	15	0	0	0	9	3	1	.271	.331	.319	.651	0.0
SS	John Sullivan	26	49	133	34	0	1	0	5	13	22	0	2	0	14	0	2	.256	.361	.271	.632	0.0
C	Frank Mancuso	29	43	131	30	5	1	0	13	5	5	0	1	0	11	0	0	.229	.257	.282	.540	0.0
P	Early Wynn	27	54	120	33	6	0	2	13	6	1	0	0	0	19	0	0	.275	.281	.375	.656	0.0
C	Rick Ferrell	41	37	99	30	11	0	0	12	10	14	0	2	0	7	0	0	.303	.389	.414	.804	0.0
P	Walt Masterson	27	36	83	11	2	1	0	4	4	4	0	3	0	43	0	0	.133	.172	.181	.353	0.0
LF	George Case	31	36	80	12	1	0	0	2	11	8	0	1	0	8	5	1	.150	.227	.163	.390	0.0
P	Mickey Haefner	34	31	59	8	0	0	0	1	4	7	0	3	0	9	0	0	.136	.227	.136	.363	0.0
P	Ray Scarborough	29	33	50	6	1	0	0	3	2	1	0	3	0	9	0	0	.120	.137	.140	.277	0.0
RF	Gil Coan	25	11	42	21	3	2	0	3	5	5	0	0	0	6	2	1	.500	.553	.667	1.220	0.0
P	Sid Hudson	32	20	39	12	1	0	0	6	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.325	.333	.658	0.0
P	Bobo Newsom	39	14	29	7	2	0	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	6	0	0	.241	.241	.310	.552	0.0
P	Marino Pieretti	26	23	26	6	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	.231	.231	.231	.462	0.0
2B	Ed Lyons	24	7	26	4	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	.154	.214	.154	.368	0.0
CF	Junior Wooten	23	6	24	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	.083	.083	.083	.167	0.0
P	Milo Candini	29	38	18	3	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	2	0	3	0	0	.167	.211	.222	.433	0.0
P	Scott Cary	24	23	13	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	.077	.200	.077	.277	0.0
P	Tom Ferrick	32	31	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	.100	.182	.100	.282	0.0
2B	George Myatt	33	12	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	.000	.364	.000	.364	0.0
CF	Felix Mackiewicz	29	3	6	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.167	.167	.333	.500	0.0
2B	Cal Ermer	23	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
P	Hal Toenes	29	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0.0
P	Bill Kennedy	28	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
P	Lou Knerr	25	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0.0
P	Lum Harris	32	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
P	Buzz Dozier	18	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
36 Players		29.3	1739	5112	1234	186	48	42	459	496	525	8	72	0	534	53	51	.241	.313	.321	.634	0.0

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	VORP
Walt Masterson	27	35	31	12	16	1	3.13	253.0	215	98	88	11	97	135	0	14	4	1.23	.258	0.0
Early Wynn	27	33	31	17	15	0	3.64	247.0	251	114	100	13	90	73	0	22	2	1.38	.271	0.0
Mickey Haefner	34	31	28	10	14	1	3.64	193.0	195	86	78	8	85	77	0	14	4	1.45	.282	0.0
Ray Scarborough	29	33	18	6	13	0	3.41	161.0	165	74	61	5	67	63	0	8	2	1.44	.286	0.0
Sid Hudson	32	20	17	6	9	0	5.60	106.0	113	66	66	8	58	37	0	5	1	1.61	.281	0.0
Milo Candini	29	38	2	3	4	1	5.17	87.0	96	53	50	5	35	31	0	0	0	1.51	.282	0.0
Bobo Newsom	39	14	13	4	6	0	4.09	83.7	99	44	38	2	37	40	0	1	0	1.63	.322	0.0
Marino Pieretti	26	23	10	2	4	0	4.21	83.3	97	50	39	3	47	32	0	2	1	1.73	.303	0.0
Tom Ferrick	32	31	0	1	7	9	3.15	60.0	57	24	21	1	20	23	0	0	0	1.28	.269	0.0
Scott Cary	24	23	3	3	1	0	5.93	54.7	73	38	36	5	20	25	0	1	0	1.70	.327	0.0
Lou Knerr	25	6	0	0	0	0	11.00	9.0	17	13	11	1	8	5	0	0	0	2.78	.410	0.0
Hal Toenes	29	3	1	0	1	0	6.75	6.7	11	5	5	0	2	5	0	0	0	1.95	.440	0.0
Bill Kennedy	28	2	0	0	0	0	8.10	6.7	10	8	6	1	5	1	0	0	0	2.25	.333	0.0
Lum Harris	32	3	0	0	0	0	2.84	6.3	7	2	2	0	7	2	0	0	0	2.21	.292	0.0
Buzz Dozier	18	2	0	0	0	0	0.00	4.7	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	.64	.154	0.0
15 Pitchers	29.5	297	154	64	90	12	3.97	1362.0	1408	675	601	63	579	551	0	67	14	1.46	.284	0.0

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Range
Walt Masterson	35	31	14	51	4	71	6	.915	253.0	2.31
Early Wynn	33	31	15	33	3	49	1	.980	247.0	1.75
Mickey Haefner	31	28	7	27	3	34	0	1.000	193.0	1.59
Ray Scarborough	33	18	7	24	3	33	2	.939	161.0	1.73
Sid Hudson	20	17	7	20	1	27	0	1.000	106.0	2.29
Milo Candini	38	2	6	15	1	21	0	1.000	87.0	2.17
Bobo Newsom	14	13	2	6	0	10	2	.800	83.7	0.86
Marino Pieretti	23	10	4	14	0	23	5	.783	83.3	1.94
Tom Ferrick	31	0	7	15	1	22	0	1.000	60.0	3.30
Scott Cary	23	3	2	6	0	8	0	1.000	54.7	1.32
Lou Knerr	6	0	0	3	0	4	1	.750	9.0	3.00
Hal Toenes	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	6.7	0.00
Bill Kennedy	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	1.000	6.7	2.70
Lum Harris	3	0	0	4	0	4	0	1.000	6.3	5.68
Buzz Dozier	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	4.7	1.93
Totals	297	154	71	221	16	309	17	.945	1362.0	1.93

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Range	PB	RTO%
Al Evans	94	0	389	48	14	442	5	.989	752.0	5.23	4	0.0
Rick Ferrell	37	0	134	22	5	157	1	.994	296.0	4.74	1	0.0
Frank Mancuso	35	0	144	15	1	166	7	.958	280.0	5.11	2	0.0
Totals	166	0	667	85	20	765	13	.983	1328.0	5.10	7	0.0

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Range
Mickey Vernon	154	0	1299	105	123	1423	19	.987	1232.0	10.26
Totals	154	0	1299	105	123	1423	19	.987	1232.0	10.26

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Range
Jerry Priddy	146	0	382	405	89	803	16	.980	1168.0	6.06
Ed Lyons	7	0	19	28	7	47	0	1.000	56.0	7.55
Sherry Robertson	4	0	7	7	1	14	0	1.000	32.0	3.94
John Sullivan	1	0	2	3	2	5	0	1.000	8.0	5.62
Mark Christman	1	0	2	2	0	4	0	1.000	8.0	4.50
Cal Ermer	1	0	4	3	0	7	0	1.000	8.0	7.88
George Myatt	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	8.0	1.12
Totals	161	0	416	449	99	881	16	.982	1288.0	6.04

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Range
Eddie Yost	114	0	125	198	11	337	14	.958	912.0	3.19
Cecil Travis	39	0	28	68	6	103	7	.932	312.0	2.77
Sherry Robertson	10	0	11	15	0	27	1	.963	80.0	2.92
Tom McBride	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	8.0	0.00
Totals	164	0	164	281	17	467	22	.953	1312.0	3.05

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Range
Mark Christman	106	0	203	291	75	505	11	.978	848.0	5.24
John Sullivan	40	0	83	128	27	219	8	.963	320.0	5.93
Cecil Travis	15	0	25	44	9	71	2	.972	120.0	5.17
Totals	161	0	311	463	111	795	21	.974	1288.0	5.41

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Range
Joe Grace	56	0	135	3	0	141	3	.979	448.0	2.77
Sherry Robertson	55	0	126	5	1	138	7	.949	440.0	2.68
Tom McBride	43	0	87	2	0	92	3	.967	344.0	2.33
George Case	12	0	29	1	0	31	1	.968	96.0	2.81
Junior Wooten	1	0	3	0	0	3	0	1.000	8.0	3.38
Totals	167	0	380	11	1	405	14	.965	1336.0	2.63

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Range
Stan Spence	142	0	408	12	3	427	7	.984	1136.0	3.33
Junior Wooten	6	0	19	0	0	21	2	.905	48.0	3.56
George Case	4	0	10	0	0	10	0	1.000	32.0	2.81
Tom McBride	4	0	8	0	0	8	0	1.000	32.0	2.25
Felix Mackiewicz	3	0	3	0	0	3	0	1.000	24.0	1.12
Joe Grace	3	0	7	0	0	7	0	1.000	24.0	2.62
Totals	162	0	455	12	3	476	9	.981	1296.0	3.24

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Range
Buddy Lewis	130	0	259	11	2	279	9	.968	1040.0	2.34
Gil Coan	11	0	22	1	1	23	0	1.000	88.0	2.35
Joe Grace	8	0	19	0	0	19	0	1.000	64.0	2.67
George Case	5	0	12	0	0	12	0	1.000	40.0	2.70
Tom McBride	5	0	10	0	0	10	0	1.000	40.0	2.25
Totals	159	0	322	12	3	343	9	.974	1272.0	2.36

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Stan Spence	.279
On-Base Percentage	Stan Spence	.378
Slugging Percentage	Stan Spence	.441
OPS	Stan Spence	.819
Games	Mickey Vernon	154
At-Bats	Mickey Vernon	600
Runs	Mickey Vernon	77
Hits	Mickey Vernon	159
Doubles	Mickey Vernon	29
Triples	Mickey Vernon	12
Home Runs	Stan Spence	16
Runs Batted In	Mickey Vernon	85
Stolen Bases	Mickey Vernon	12
Caught Stealing	Mickey Vernon	12
Walks	Stan Spence	81
Strikeouts	Jerry Priddy	79

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Early Wynn	17
Losses	Walt Masterson	16
Saves	Tom Ferrick	9
Games	Milo Candini	38
Games Started	Walt Masterson, Early Wynn	31
Complete Games	Early Wynn	22
Shutouts	Walt Masterson, Mickey Haefner	4
Innings Pitched	Walt Masterson	253.0
Hits Allowed	Early Wynn	251
Home Runs Allowed	Early Wynn	13
Strikeouts	Walt Masterson	135
Walks Allowed	Walt Masterson	97
Earned Run Average	Walt Masterson	3.13
Walks + Hits per IP	Walt Masterson	1.23
BABIP	Walt Masterson	.258