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1947 Montreal Expos
Record: 68-94
Finish: 7th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 737
Runs Allowed: 846
Exp W-L: 71-91
 
Ballpark: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 1,679,910
Manager: Hyram the Camel Jockey

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 55-82, 8th in the NL
AA: 71-66, 3rd in the NL
A: 75-62, 1st in the NL
 
 
 
 
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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
RF *Dick Wakefield 26 152 501 88 149 31 3 19 83 0 1 95 47 .297 .406 .485 .891 97.2 18.2 3.0
1B *Mickey Vernon 29 154 508 73 154 36 6 10 79 13 3 55 43 .303 .371 .457 .828 81.1 14.5 3.1
2B *Sherry Robertson 28 144 426 74 104 24 4 14 66 27 8 67 54 .244 .345 .418 .763 65.6 9.6 2.1
3B  Bill Rigney 29 132 424 45 92 18 1 6 54 3 6 47 28 .217 .295 .307 .601 37.1 1.4 2.7
C  Tom Turner 30 114 378 28 65 15 3 3 39 0 0 26 65 .172 .222 .251 .473 17.2 0.0 6.9
RF *Dale Mitchell 25 115 369 60 126 15 2 6 31 7 7 28 5 .341 .388 .442 .830 57.9 10.7 1.5
RF  Bill Burgo 27 127 362 58 109 19 1 8 49 3 3 28 8 .301 .362 .425 .787 52.4 8.8 1.4
1B  Lennie Merullo 30 114 326 25 72 11 3 4 22 1 0 16 25 .221 .259 .310 .569 21.9 0.0 2.0
CF  Danny Litwhiler 30 116 300 45 82 17 0 14 48 0 0 29 38 .273 .335 .470 .805 46.1 7.1 2.2
2B *Hank Thompson 21 88 251 49 68 11 3 14 46 3 1 45 24 .271 .382 .506 .888 49.8 8.9 1.9
1B  Don Kolloway 28 84 267 28 74 16 0 1 31 2 1 14 8 .277 .312 .348 .660 26.6 2.8 1.3
C  Jim Hegan 26 71 225 23 49 12 2 4 36 1 0 18 30 .218 .273 .342 .616 21.5 1.5 4.1
1B *Max West 30 63 186 33 50 12 1 9 33 0 0 23 22 .269 .348 .489 .837 31.3 5.4 0.8
CF *Pat Mullin 29 96 185 22 38 5 5 3 19 1 0 24 24 .205 .295 .335 .630 18.9 1.4 0.7
RF *Marv Rickert 26 80 167 23 55 9 0 3 32 0 0 23 23 .329 .411 .437 .848 26.8 4.9 0.6
CF  Erv Dusak 26 46 90 16 15 3 1 1 4 1 2 12 17 .167 .262 .256 .518 4.9 0.0 0.6
P #Bob Kuzava 24 30 76 3 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 22 .066 .101 .079 .180 -3.0 0.0 0.0
P #Ted Gray 22 30 81 6 8 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 26 .099 .099 .148 .247 -1.5 0.0 0.0
RF *Spider Jorgensen 27 30 76 13 18 5 1 0 6 1 1 13 6 .237 .348 .329 .677 8.6 1.0 0.3
P *Bill Wight 25 33 67 4 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 23 .075 .100 .090 .190 -1.6 0.0 0.0
P  Ralph Branca 21 38 53 2 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 15 .075 .075 .113 .189 -1.6 0.0 0.0
P  Bill Voiselle 28 20 44 2 4 0 2 0 5 0 0 2 4 .091 .130 .182 .312 0.0 0.0 0.0
LF *Dick Whitman 26 19 38 7 16 5 0 1 12 0 0 1 3 .421 .425 .632 1.057 8.7 2.0 0.1
P  Spec Shea 26 40 28 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .071 .133 .071 .205 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Bill Sayles 29 55 28 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .107 .107 .107 .214 -0.7 0.0 0.0
SS  Bobby Adams 25 8 24 2 6 2 1 0 2 1 1 0 3 .250 .250 .417 .667 1.8 0.0 0.0
C  Wes Westrum 24 6 10 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 .400 .571 .500 1.071 2.3 0.6 0.2
P *Howie Pollet 26 46 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 0.0 0.0 0.0
P *Al Epperly 29 28 7 2 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .571 .571 .714 1.286 2.0 0.7 0.0
P  Van Mungo 36 11 6 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1.3 0.4 0.0
P  Tiny Bonham 33 35 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Joe Beggs 36 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 27.4 2134 5518 737 1385 271 40 121 714 64 34 576 582 .251 .321 .380 .702 671.3 99.8 35.6
  Rank among 8 NL teams 5 6 7 2 3 5 6 2 7 6 5 7 7 6 7 6  
* - 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
*Bob Kuzava 24 14 13 .519 30 30 0 244.3 244 93 25 95 106 3.43 17.2
*Ted Gray 22 10 12 .455 30 30 0 230.0 214 106 28 109 137 4.15 12.5
*Bill Wight 25 12 11 .522 33 29 0 223.0 241 98 7 102 71 3.96 14.0
 Ralph Branca 21 8 9 .471 38 20 1 155.7 178 107 14 84 68 6.19 0.9
 Bill Voiselle 28 7 13 .350 20 20 0 143.0 138 71 11 68 85 4.47 6.9
 Bill Sayles 29 8 11 .421 55 12 4 136.3 109 62 14 108 81 4.09 8.3
 Spec Shea 26 3 8 .273 40 12 0 110.7 132 80 8 76 29 6.51 0.0
*Howie Pollet 26 3 5 .375 46 3 7 71.3 52 28 3 51 42 3.53 7.6
 Al Epperly 29 2 3 .400 28 2 4 47.0 52 30 4 31 7 5.74 1.3
 Tiny Bonham 33 1 5 .167 35 0 4 46.3 67 29 6 18 8 5.63 0.0
 Van Mungo 36 0 2 .000 11 3 1 21.3 28 29 1 31 8 12.24 0.0
 Joe Beggs 36 0 2 .000 9 1 0 16.0 13 12 2 16 6 6.75 0.0
Team Totals 27.9 68 94 .420 375 162 21 1445.0 1468 745 123 789 648 4.64 68.6
Rank among 8 NL teams 7 7 6 7 2 4 5 7 8 2 7  
* - 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
T.Turner 906.0 102 108 424 51 5 1 .990 44.4
J.Hegan 518.3 58 64 254 23 1 1 .996 33.3
W.Westrum 20.7 2 4 11 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1445.0 162 176 689 74 6 2 .992 40.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.32
M.Vernon 1111.3 126 133 1427 106 8 135 .995 12.41
D.Kolloway 172.0 21 24 228 17 2 14 .992 12.82
M.Rickert 51.0 5 8 73 0 0 5 1.000 12.88
E.Dusak 44.0 6 7 60 7 0 9 1.000 13.70
D.Litwhiler 17.0 0 7 29 1 0 1 1.000 15.88
W.Westrum 15.0 2 2 22 0 0 2 1.000 13.20
M.West 14.7 0 6 19 3 0 3 1.000 13.51
D.Whitman 8.0 1 2 7 1 1 0 .889 9.00
T.Turner 6.0 1 1 4 1 1 0 .833 7.50
S.Robertson 4.0 0 2 4 1 1 0 .833 11.25
L.Merullo 2.0 0 1 4 0 0 1 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1445.0 162 193 1877 137 13 170 .994 12.54
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 6.15
S.Robertson 962.0 108 114 242 395 26 93 .961 5.96
D.Kolloway 369.0 43 44 77 165 4 39 .984 5.90
B.Rigney 31.0 4 4 11 12 0 3 1.000 6.68
E.Dusak 28.0 3 5 8 9 0 1 1.000 5.46
D.Litwhiler 18.0 0 5 5 16 0 3 1.000 10.50
H.Thompson 18.0 2 3 7 12 1 2 .950 9.50
S.Jorgensen 15.0 2 2 5 6 0 0 1.000 6.60
L.Merullo 3.0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 9.00
M.Rickert 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1445.0 162 179 355 619 31 141 .969 6.07
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 3.05
B.Rigney 974.0 119 119 48 281 13 26 .962 3.04
L.Merullo 239.0 24 43 18 62 2 8 .976 3.01
M.Rickert 87.3 7 27 10 18 0 3 1.000 2.89
J.Hegan 40.0 6 6 3 8 1 0 .917 2.48
H.Thompson 29.7 2 10 3 9 1 2 .923 3.64
T.Turner 25.0 3 4 3 8 0 1 1.000 3.96
S.Robertson 21.0 0 9 2 7 0 0 1.000 3.86
E.Dusak 19.0 1 8 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.42
S.Jorgensen 7.0 0 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.29
B.Adams 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Kolloway 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1445.0 162 233 88 397 17 40 .966 3.02
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 5.54
H.Thompson 539.3 61 66 90 239 10 43 .971 5.49
L.Merullo 503.0 58 65 72 220 15 34 .951 5.22
D.Litwhiler 218.0 24 32 34 99 2 13 .985 5.49
E.Dusak 76.0 9 9 12 38 1 6 .980 5.92
S.Robertson 73.0 7 14 11 34 0 6 1.000 5.55
D.Kolloway 24.0 3 4 2 9 0 1 1.000 4.13
B.Rigney 8.0 0 6 2 6 1 1 .889 9.00
P.Mullin 2.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00
D.Whitman 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Jorgensen 0.7 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 13.64
Team Total 1445.0 162 199 223 648 29 104 .968 5.42
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.02
D.Mitchell 648.0 83 86 131 5 0 1 1.000 1.89
B.Burgo 518.7 54 73 116 1 5 1 .959 2.03
D.Wakefield 114.7 10 24 30 1 2 0 .939 2.43
P.Mullin 53.7 5 16 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.51
B.Adams 25.0 4 4 2 0 1 0 .667 0.72
M.Vernon 24.0 1 9 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
D.Kolloway 22.0 2 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.82
D.Whitman 17.0 2 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.18
M.Rickert 14.0 1 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
M.West 5.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
D.Litwhiler 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1445.0 162 229 306 7 8 2 .975 1.95
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 2.59
D.Wakefield 509.3 57 60 139 3 1 1 .993 2.51
D.Litwhiler 386.0 45 48 119 5 1 1 .992 2.89
P.Mullin 172.0 18 28 49 0 4 0 .925 2.56
M.Rickert 156.0 20 21 28 1 3 1 .906 1.67
B.Burgo 77.3 7 13 17 4 0 1 1.000 2.44
E.Dusak 49.0 6 7 14 0 1 0 .933 2.57
D.Kolloway 29.0 4 4 5 0 1 0 .833 1.55
M.West 21.0 2 5 9 0 1 0 .900 3.86
B.Adams 15.0 2 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.40
D.Mitchell 13.7 0 7 4 1 0 0 1.000 3.29
S.Robertson 9.0 1 1 1 0 1 0 .500 1.00
H.Thompson 7.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Whitman 0.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1445.0 162 201 389 14 13 4 .969 2.51
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 2.13
D.Wakefield 556.0 63 66 131 5 1 1 .993 2.20
M.West 344.7 40 42 71 2 2 1 .973 1.91
P.Mullin 154.7 18 23 34 0 3 0 .919 1.98
S.Jorgensen 140.0 16 17 26 0 0 0 1.000 1.67
B.Burgo 118.0 12 21 20 1 1 1 .955 1.60
D.Mitchell 53.0 6 8 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.04
D.Whitman 32.0 4 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.41
M.Rickert 23.0 3 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.96
M.Vernon 12.7 0 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.84
D.Litwhiler 7.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Adams 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Hegan 1.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
E.Dusak 1.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1445.0 162 199 307 9 7 3 .978 1.97
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.33
B.Kuzava 244.3 30 30 17 61 0 4 1.000 2.87
T.Gray 230.0 30 30 6 45 1 5 .981 2.00
B.Wight 223.0 29 33 12 47 0 4 1.000 2.38
R.Branca 155.7 20 38 7 30 0 1 1.000 2.14
B.Voiselle 143.0 20 20 10 26 2 2 .947 2.27
B.Sayles 136.3 12 55 11 24 0 0 1.000 2.31
S.Shea 110.7 12 40 10 27 0 1 1.000 3.01
H.Pollet 71.3 3 46 2 9 1 3 .917 1.39
A.Epperly 47.0 2 28 2 6 1 0 .889 1.53
T.Bonham 46.3 0 35 3 9 0 1 1.000 2.33
V.Mungo 21.3 3 11 2 3 0 0 1.000 2.11
J.Beggs 16.0 1 9 1 2 0 1 1.000 1.69
Team Total 1445.0 162 375 83 289 5 22 .987 2.32
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Vernon .303
On-Base Pct Wakefield .406
Slugging Pct Wakefield .485
OPS Wakefield .891
XR Wakefield 97.2
Games Vernon 154
At-Bats Vernon 508
Runs Wakefield 88
Hits Vernon 154
Total Bases Wakefield 243
Singles Mitchell 103
Doubles Vernon 36
Triples Vernon 6
Homeruns Wakefield 19
RBIs Wakefield 83
Stolen Bases Robertson 27
Caught Stealing Robertson 8
Walks Wakefield 95
Strikeouts Turner 65
ERA Kuzava 3.43
Wins Kuzava 14
Losses Kuzava, Voiselle 13
Winning Pct Wight .522
Saves Pollet 7
Games Pitched Sayles 55
Games Started Gray, Kuzava 30
Complete Games Kuzava 15
Shutouts Kuzava 2
Innings Pitched Kuzava 244.3
Hits Allowed Kuzava 244
Homeruns Allowed Gray 28
Strikeouts Gray 137
Walks Allowed Gray 109
Walks per 9IP Kuzava 3.5
Hits per 9IP Gray 8.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Gray 5.4
WHiP Kuzava 1.39
OAVG Gray .248
OOBP Kuzava .329
OSLG Wight .358
OOPS Wight .707
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Van Mungo $ 8,100,000
Bill Sayles $ 5,658,266
Dick Wakefield $ 4,478,571
Mickey Vernon $ 3,564,286
Max West $ 3,500,000
Tiny Bonham $ 1,780,000
Al Epperly $ 1,780,000
Hal Newhouser $ 1,750,000
Danny Litwhiler $ 1,703,571
Sherry Robertson $ 1,421,429
Lennie Merullo $ 792,857
George Jeffcoat $ 500,000
Pat Mullin $ 500,000
Ken Burkhart $ 412,000
Don Kolloway $ 350,000
Howie Pollet $ 350,000
Spider Jorgensen $ 300,000
Dick Whitman $ 300,000
Ralph Branca $ 300,000
Bill Burgo $ 300,000
Erv Dusak $ 300,000
Wes Westrum $ 300,000
Ted Gray $ 300,000
Dale Mitchell $ 300,000
Tom Turner $ 300,000
Bob Kuzava $ 300,000
Hank Thompson $ 300,000
Spec Shea $ 300,000
Bobby Adams $ 300,000
Bill Rigney $ 300,000
Bill Wight $ 300,000
Marv Rickert $ 300,000
Jim Hegan $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/4 Signed     Al Epperly
2/4 Signed     George Jeffcoat
2/5 Signed     Tiny Bonham
2/7 Traded Danny Gardella
$12,000,000		 Cleveland Harry Shuman
2/10 Signed     Joe Beggs
2/23 Signed     Ken Burkhart
6/1 Traded Joe Beggs Boston (N) Hal Newhouser
7/1 Traded Bill Voiselle Boston (N) Max West
 
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