1947 Brooklyn Dodgers
Record: 72-90
Finish: 6th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 664
Runs Allowed: 801
Exp W-L: 67-95
 
Ballpark: Ebbets Field
Attendance: 1,820,989
Manager: Ty Kubick

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 67-70, 4th in the NL
AA: 65-72, 6th in the NL
A: 59-78, 7th in the NL
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
3B  Whitey Kurowski 29 158 565 91 136 21 4 20 95 0 0 80 53 .241 .333 .398 .732 73.9 9.3 3.4
SS  Lou Boudreau 29 149 570 77 184 35 9 7 60 1 0 62 21 .323 .385 .453 .838 91.7 17.9 5.6
C *Joe Schultz 28 148 541 69 169 22 1 1 50 0 1 81 29 .312 .399 .362 .761 79.2 14.1 6.8
RF  Hank Sauer 30 153 542 78 136 25 3 28 102 1 2 68 72 .251 .330 .463 .793 84.0 12.8 2.4
RF  Bobby Estalella 36 151 524 69 146 36 4 13 77 0 0 81 80 .279 .373 .437 .810 85.4 15.8 2.4
3B  Lee Handley 33 152 532 47 146 15 4 5 50 16 15 42 30 .274 .328 .346 .673 57.7 6.7 6.2
RF #Augie Galan 35 131 391 55 110 25 7 7 65 0 0 65 29 .281 .385 .435 .820 64.8 11.7 1.4
CF *Dom Dallessandro 33 115 332 58 77 19 3 4 26 0 0 59 55 .232 .347 .343 .690 43.7 6.2 1.9
2B  Emil Verban 31 106 302 26 82 10 0 1 25 0 0 5 9 .272 .282 .315 .597 22.3 0.7 1.8
CF  Buster Adams 32 102 276 25 57 15 1 4 29 0 0 29 61 .207 .280 .312 .592 25.5 1.2 1.8
P  Ernie White 30 40 111 5 25 2 0 0 6 0 0 1 7 .225 .232 .243 .475 5.3 0.0 0.0
3B *Hillis Layne 29 70 106 12 28 2 2 0 4 0 0 10 6 .264 .345 .321 .665 12.6 1.8 1.0
C  Mike Tresh 33 32 98 7 13 0 0 0 7 0 0 9 13 .133 .206 .133 .338 -0.4 0.0 1.3
2B  Marty Marion 29 45 96 8 16 6 0 0 3 0 0 5 12 .167 .216 .229 .445 3.0 0.0 1.3
P  Marius Russo 32 31 75 5 12 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 17 .160 .182 .173 .355 1.1 0.0 0.0
1B *Nick Etten 33 46 73 13 21 2 1 1 14 0 0 9 9 .288 .369 .384 .753 9.9 1.5 0.2
RF *Bud Stewart 31 67 71 9 16 1 0 4 12 0 0 9 4 .225 .309 .408 .717 9.8 1.1 0.3
P *Cliff Melton 35 24 63 2 7 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 15 .111 .111 .159 .270 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Ed Hanyzewski 26 20 52 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 10 .038 .091 .077 .168 -2.1 0.0 0.0
P  Joe Hatten 30 30 47 1 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 12 .170 .204 .191 .396 1.3 0.0 0.0
P #Fred Sanford 27 24 35 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 .143 .143 .171 .314 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Gillespie 27 30 19 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 8 .053 .053 .105 .158 -0.8 0.0 0.0
P *Al Brazle 33 65 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .286 .571 0.5 0.2 0.0
P  Frank Lamanna 27 36 7 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .429 .429 .429 .857 0.8 0.2 0.0
P  Tom Earley 30 27 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Les Webber 32 22 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.8 1974 5444 664 1403 243 40 95 640 18 18 621 564 .258 .333 .369 .702 669.0 101.2 37.8
  Rank among 8 NL teams 7 8 6 6 2 8 8 7 3 5 4 6 4 7 6 7  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
*Ernie White 30 21 14 .600 39 39 0 305.0 267 122 24 91 182 3.60 25.3
*Marius Russo 32 8 15 .348 31 31 0 219.0 239 109 24 60 79 4.48 8.4
*Cliff Melton 35 12 10 .545 24 23 0 190.3 186 80 31 43 95 3.78 13.3
*Joe Hatten 30 6 11 .353 30 21 1 157.0 172 89 16 68 77 5.10 4.3
 Ed Hanyzewski 26 7 9 .438 20 12 0 155.0 166 79 20 49 77 4.59 6.3
 Fred Sanford 27 8 9 .471 24 18 0 124.7 121 43 10 47 50 3.10 10.2
 Bob Gillespie 27 3 10 .231 30 9 0 86.0 92 58 11 40 14 6.07 0.0
*Al Brazle 33 2 3 .400 65 0 3 71.3 80 43 6 34 23 5.43 2.3
 Frank Lamanna 27 4 7 .364 36 2 18 45.3 47 25 4 28 27 4.96 4.1
 Tom Earley 30 0 0 .000 27 0 2 36.3 37 13 3 16 10 3.22 2.3
 Les Webber 32 1 2 .333 22 2 0 35.0 60 44 5 25 6 11.31 0.0
 Les McCrabb 32 0 0 .000 2 0 0 2.3 2 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.4
Team Totals 30.1 72 90 .444 350 157 24 1427.3 1469 705 154 502 640 4.45 76.9
Rank among 8 NL teams 6 6 3 6 8 5 7 5 2 3 5  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 31.3
J.Schultz 1203.0 136 144 560 48 7 1 .989 32.7
M.Tresh 224.3 26 29 111 6 1 0 .992 40.0
Team Total 1427.3 162 173 671 54 8 1 .989 33.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.32
B.Estalella 766.0 87 88 965 72 13 84 .988 12.18
E.Verban 546.0 62 63 677 75 9 72 .988 12.40
N.Etten 77.7 7 12 104 5 0 6 1.000 12.63
Team Total 1389.7 156 163 1746 152 22 162 .989 12.29
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 6.15
L.Handley 1224.0 145 148 308 541 31 113 .965 6.24
E.Verban 121.0 11 29 31 59 1 11 .989 6.69
M.Marion 71.0 6 21 14 32 0 7 1.000 5.83
H.Layne 7.0 0 5 1 3 0 0 1.000 5.14
L.Boudreau 4.3 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.08
Team Total 1427.3 162 205 354 636 32 131 .969 6.24
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 3.05
W.Kurowski 1295.3 145 157 96 348 28 20 .941 3.08
H.Layne 129.0 17 18 11 42 3 5 .946 3.70
B.Estalella 2.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00
M.Tresh 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1427.3 162 177 107 392 31 25 .942 3.15
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 5.54
L.Boudreau 1215.3 140 145 188 519 28 104 .962 5.24
M.Marion 155.0 18 23 27 73 2 14 .980 5.81
H.Layne 51.0 4 12 9 32 0 6 1.000 7.24
L.Handley 4.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
B.Stewart 2.0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1427.3 162 182 225 627 30 124 .966 5.37
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.02
H.Sauer 1237.0 142 143 273 4 5 0 .982 2.02
B.Adams 157.0 19 21 40 0 0 0 1.000 2.29
B.Stewart 18.3 1 8 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.98
N.Etten 16.8 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.61
A.Galan 8.0 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1437.1 163 180 318 4 5 0 .985 2.02
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 2.59
D.Dallessandro 866.3 101 105 234 3 16 2 .937 2.46
B.Adams 501.3 60 64 144 3 2 0 .987 2.64
A.Galan 31.0 0 12 11 0 0 0 1.000 3.19
B.Stewart 27.7 1 14 12 0 0 0 1.000 3.90
B.Estalella 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1427.3 162 196 401 6 18 2 .958 2.57
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 2.13
A.Galan 839.7 98 101 167 2 6 1 .966 1.81
B.Estalella 505.3 57 59 111 1 1 0 .991 1.99
B.Stewart 55.0 5 8 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.95
H.Sauer 27.3 2 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.98
Team Total 1427.3 162 174 302 3 7 1 .978 1.92
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.33
E.White 305.0 39 39 24 43 0 1 1.000 1.98
M.Russo 219.0 31 31 13 35 1 3 .980 1.97
C.Melton 190.3 23 24 11 40 1 2 .981 2.41
J.Hatten 157.0 21 30 14 33 0 3 1.000 2.69
E.Hanyzewski 155.0 12 20 12 31 0 1 1.000 2.50
F.Sanford 124.7 18 24 6 21 1 2 .964 1.95
B.Gillespie 86.0 9 30 7 26 0 1 1.000 3.45
A.Brazle 71.3 0 65 3 10 0 0 1.000 1.64
F.Lamanna 45.3 2 36 4 9 0 1 1.000 2.58
T.Earley 36.3 0 27 2 8 0 1 1.000 2.48
L.Webber 35.0 2 22 3 10 0 2 1.000 3.34
L.McCrabb 2.3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1427.3 157 350 99 266 3 17 .992 2.30
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Boudreau .323
On-Base Pct Schultz .399
Slugging Pct Sauer .463
OPS Boudreau .838
XR Boudreau 91.7
Games Kurowski 158
At-Bats Boudreau 570
Runs Kurowski 91
Hits Boudreau 184
Total Bases Boudreau 258
Singles Schultz 145
Doubles Estalella 36
Triples Boudreau 9
Homeruns Sauer 28
RBIs Sauer 102
Stolen Bases Handley 16
Caught Stealing Handley 15
Walks Schultz, Estalella 81
Strikeouts Estalella 80
ERA White 3.60
Wins White 21
Losses Russo 15
Winning Pct White .600
Saves Lamanna 18
Games Pitched Brazle 65
Games Started White 39
Complete Games White 18
Shutouts White 4
Innings Pitched White 305.0
Hits Allowed White 267
Homeruns Allowed Melton 31
Strikeouts White 182
Walks Allowed White 91
Walks per 9IP Melton 2.0
Hits per 9IP White 7.9
Strikeouts per 9IP White 5.4
WHiP White 1.17
OAVG White .233
OOBP White .287
OSLG White .352
OOPS White .639
Team All-Stars
Lou Boudreau
Cliff Melton
Joe Schultz
Ernie White
Player Salaries
Lou Boudreau $ 11,000,000
Joe Schultz $ 9,500,000
Augie Galan $ 6,280,000
Whitey Kurowski $ 5,414,286
Ernie White $ 5,240,000
Bobby Estalella $ 4,290,000
Hank Sauer $ 4,207,143
Marius Russo $ 4,040,000
Lee Handley $ 3,530,000
Dom Dallessandro $ 2,300,000
Ed Hanyzewski $ 1,580,000
Buster Adams $ 1,325,000
Al Brazle $ 350,000
Tom Earley $ 350,000
Hillis Layne $ 350,000
Marty Marion $ 350,000
Les McCrabb $ 350,000
Bud Stewart $ 350,000
Mike Tresh $ 300,001
Joe Hatten $ 300,000
Bob Gillespie $ 300,000
Fred Sanford $ 300,000
Emil Verban $ 300,000
Les Webber $ 300,000
Frank Lamanna $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/22 Signed     Mike Tresh
7/1 Traded Nick Etten Boston (N) Fred Sanford
Ed Hanyzewski
7/31 Traded Cliff Melton St. Louis Ace Parker
10/19 Released Ace Parker    
10/19 Released Italo Chelini    
10/19 Released Emerson Dickman