1947 Minnesota Twins
Record: 67-95
Finish: 7th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 640
Runs Allowed: 748
Exp W-L: 70-92
 
Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium
Attendance: 1,170,413
Manager: Joe Kuhel

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 66-71, 5th in the AL
AA: 80-57, 2nd in the AL
A: 87-50, 2nd in the AL
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
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
SS  Alvin Dark 25 154 600 51 153 25 5 5 44 0 1 26 39 .255 .285 .338 .624 50.7 2.1 5.3
LF  Del Ennis 22 144 539 81 166 36 7 19 96 3 0 57 47 .308 .372 .506 .879 90.6 13.5 2.9
1B *Al Gionfriddo 25 153 512 70 137 22 4 3 29 4 12 83 29 .268 .369 .344 .712 64.6 6.6 2.9
C  Roy Campanella 25 144 510 62 134 26 2 24 98 0 1 60 70 .263 .338 .463 .801 76.2 9.0 9.0
SS  Creepy Crespi 29 152 503 48 137 17 1 5 51 0 0 42 58 .272 .330 .340 .670 56.6 5.2 4.2
RF *Duke Snider 20 133 463 79 125 31 2 18 63 2 1 65 64 .270 .355 .462 .817 77.2 10.5 3.5
2B #Johnny Lucadello 28 130 425 58 108 28 0 8 48 0 1 76 56 .254 .365 .376 .742 61.1 7.3 7.0
LF  George Case 31 136 390 49 104 20 1 8 42 5 4 29 59 .267 .316 .385 .701 46.4 4.4 1.9
SS  Odell Hale 38 114 320 26 71 6 3 2 32 1 0 20 62 .222 .270 .278 .548 20.6 0.0 2.9
3B  Bobby Thomson 23 78 282 35 68 11 2 15 46 0 0 20 42 .241 .292 .454 .746 35.7 3.2 1.5
C  Bobby Bragan 29 59 117 11 22 3 0 0 10 0 0 11 3 .188 .254 .214 .468 6.9 0.0 2.0
P *Bob Chipman 28 44 101 6 16 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 30 .158 .167 .168 .335 1.5 0.0 0.0
2B #Al Glossop 32 96 110 8 27 2 0 3 17 0 0 11 11 .245 .314 .345 .660 11.2 0.6 0.5
P  Al Javery 29 41 98 3 12 3 0 0 4 0 0 4 29 .122 .157 .153 .310 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Hank Wyse 29 37 94 5 19 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 13 .202 .216 .213 .429 4.5 0.0 0.0
1B  Fred Sington 37 44 90 7 16 2 1 0 6 0 0 11 19 .178 .269 .222 .491 6.3 0.0 0.6
LF #Dave Philley 27 60 71 8 20 4 0 2 8 0 0 4 6 .282 .320 .423 .743 8.6 0.9 0.3
RF  Stan Rojek 28 46 62 14 17 3 1 1 10 0 0 4 3 .274 .338 .403 .741 7.9 0.8 0.5
P  Hank Borowy 31 33 58 3 7 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 20 .121 .136 .138 .274 -0.4 0.0 0.0
SS  Eddie Joost 31 37 46 6 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 8 9 .130 .259 .196 .455 2.2 0.0 0.8
C  Ferrell Anderson 29 29 40 1 10 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 4 .250 .302 .275 .577 2.8 0.0 0.3
P *Al Milnar 33 13 29 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .069 .069 .103 .172 -1.2 0.0 0.0
3B *Vern Benson 22 8 23 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 7 .087 .276 .130 .406 1.4 0.0 0.2
CF *Russ Derry 30 11 10 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 .100 .308 .200 .508 0.9 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Muncrief 31 16 7 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .286 .375 .571 .946 1.4 0.3 0.0
P  Erv Palica 19 11 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Eddie Erautt 22 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Gerry Staley 26 52 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.2 0.0
  Team Totals 27.8 2004 5505 640 1384 248 29 114 624 15 20 547 693 .251 .318 .369 .688 634.8 64.7 46.5
  Rank among 8 AL teams 6 8 8 5 7 6 7 6 5 7 8 8 8 7 7 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
*Bob Chipman 28 16 21 .432 44 44 0 321.0 291 127 21 96 143 3.56 26.7
 Al Javery 29 12 20 .375 41 41 0 316.0 325 155 31 133 122 4.41 16.5
 Hank Wyse 29 13 17 .433 37 37 0 286.7 287 133 33 126 87 4.18 18.9
 Hank Borowy 31 9 10 .474 33 24 0 182.7 161 89 22 89 77 4.39 10.5
*Al Milnar 33 2 7 .222 13 13 0 86.3 101 58 6 61 25 6.05 0.0
 Gerry Staley 26 2 4 .333 52 0 12 58.7 65 23 7 15 13 3.53 7.4
 Bob Muncrief 31 1 0 1.000 16 3 0 36.7 35 18 5 17 5 4.42 2.6
*Sam Zoldak 28 2 5 .286 31 0 2 33.0 42 21 4 13 7 5.73 0.9
 Eddie Erautt 22 4 2 .667 29 0 1 32.0 27 17 3 22 12 4.78 2.8
 Johnny Hetki 25 2 2 .500 31 0 3 30.3 40 17 3 12 9 5.04 1.5
 Ken Holcombe 28 1 2 .333 25 0 1 30.0 38 22 4 13 11 6.60 0.0
 Erv Palica 19 1 3 .250 11 0 0 18.0 22 8 2 3 4 4.00 1.0
 Jack Banta 22 2 2 .500 10 0 0 11.0 7 6 1 7 3 4.91 0.9
Team Totals 27.0 67 95 .414 373 162 19 1442.3 1441 694 142 607 518 4.33 89.7
Rank among 8 AL teams 7 7 8 7 5 3 7 5 4 7 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 .993 33.9
R.Campanella 1150.7 128 136 440 52 5 0 .990 44.6
B.Bragan 242.0 29 29 97 8 1 0 .991 42.9
F.Anderson 49.7 5 9 14 4 0 0 1.000 100.0
Team Total 1442.3 162 174 551 64 6 0 .990 46.2
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.07
O.Hale 554.0 66 72 760 68 6 77 .993 13.45
B.Thomson 553.0 63 66 766 55 9 73 .989 13.36
F.Sington 237.7 26 39 326 19 0 32 1.000 13.06
V.Benson 61.7 7 7 92 7 0 5 1.000 14.45
D.Philley 36.0 0 16 55 3 0 5 1.000 14.50
Team Total 1442.3 162 200 1999 152 15 192 .993 13.42
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 6.14
J.Lucadello 1068.0 125 127 266 545 14 116 .983 6.83
O.Hale 242.3 28 38 60 117 3 21 .983 6.57
E.Joost 104.3 9 24 23 52 4 10 .949 6.47
B.Bragan 15.0 0 8 5 10 0 1 1.000 9.00
A.Glossop 11.0 0 6 2 6 0 0 1.000 6.55
C.Crespi 1.7 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 5.42
Team Total 1442.3 162 204 356 731 21 148 .981 6.78
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 3.03
C.Crespi 1231.3 145 148 87 357 8 29 .982 3.25
A.Glossop 161.0 14 37 11 32 3 3 .935 2.40
E.Joost 42.0 3 13 2 17 0 2 1.000 4.07
J.Lucadello 3.0 0 2 2 1 1 0 .750 9.00
B.Thomson 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Rojek 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
O.Hale 1.0 0 1 0 1 1 0 .500 9.00
A.Dark 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1442.3 162 204 102 409 13 34 .975 3.19
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 5.56
A.Dark 1297.0 148 150 234 631 29 129 .968 6.00
S.Rojek 114.0 14 15 22 54 2 14 .974 6.00
A.Glossop 21.7 0 13 2 10 1 0 .923 4.99
C.Crespi 4.0 0 2 1 3 0 1 1.000 9.00
O.Hale 3.0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 6.00
B.Bragan 2.7 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.38
Team Total 1442.3 162 184 260 700 32 145 .968 5.99
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.12
D.Ennis 1158.0 132 134 244 3 8 1 .969 1.92
G.Case 145.3 16 16 29 4 0 1 1.000 2.04
B.Thomson 77.0 8 8 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.75
D.Philley 34.0 4 5 6 1 0 0 1.000 1.85
A.Gionfriddo 16.0 1 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
R.Derry 12.0 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1442.3 162 168 301 8 8 2 .975 1.93
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.70
D.Snider 1052.0 119 122 258 6 2 1 .992 2.26
A.Gionfriddo 234.0 25 26 73 0 2 0 .973 2.81
G.Case 135.3 15 17 27 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
D.Philley 21.0 3 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
Team Total 1442.3 162 168 364 6 4 1 .989 2.31
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 2.17
A.Gionfriddo 876.7 109 113 172 8 14 2 .928 1.85
G.Case 504.0 50 80 98 2 4 0 .962 1.79
S.Rojek 27.0 3 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.67
D.Snider 22.7 0 10 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.59
D.Ennis 9.0 0 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
D.Philley 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
B.Thomson 1.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1442.3 162 216 284 10 18 2 .942 1.83
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 2.28
B.Chipman 321.0 44 44 16 45 2 6 .968 1.71
A.Javery 316.0 41 41 27 79 4 5 .964 3.02
H.Wyse 286.7 37 37 19 58 1 4 .987 2.42
H.Borowy 182.7 24 33 9 42 3 4 .944 2.51
A.Milnar 86.3 13 13 5 17 0 0 1.000 2.29
G.Staley 58.7 0 52 3 19 0 4 1.000 3.38
B.Muncrief 36.7 3 16 5 9 0 0 1.000 3.44
S.Zoldak 33.0 0 31 1 7 0 0 1.000 2.18
E.Erautt 32.0 0 29 5 8 1 1 .929 3.66
J.Hetki 30.3 0 31 3 7 0 0 1.000 2.97
K.Holcombe 30.0 0 25 2 9 0 0 1.000 3.30
E.Palica 18.0 0 11 2 4 0 0 1.000 3.00
J.Banta 11.0 0 10 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.82
Team Total 1442.3 162 373 97 305 11 24 .973 2.51
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Ennis .308
On-Base Pct Ennis .372
Slugging Pct Ennis .506
OPS Ennis .879
XR Ennis 90.6
Games Dark 154
At-Bats Dark 600
Runs Ennis 81
Hits Ennis 166
Total Bases Ennis 273
Singles Dark 118
Doubles Ennis 36
Triples Ennis 7
Homeruns Campanella 24
RBIs Campanella 98
Stolen Bases Case 5
Caught Stealing Gionfriddo 12
Walks Gionfriddo 83
Strikeouts Campanella 70
ERA Chipman 3.56
Wins Chipman 16
Losses Chipman 21
Winning Pct Borowy .474
Saves Staley 12
Games Pitched Staley 52
Games Started Chipman 44
Complete Games Javery 14
Shutouts Chipman 3
Innings Pitched Chipman 321.0
Hits Allowed Javery 325
Homeruns Allowed Wyse 33
Strikeouts Chipman 143
Walks Allowed Javery 133
Walks per 9IP Chipman 2.7
Hits per 9IP Borowy 7.9
Strikeouts per 9IP Chipman 4.0
WHiP Chipman 1.21
OAVG Chipman .240
OOBP Chipman .294
OSLG Chipman .357
OOPS Chipman .652
Team All-Stars
Del Ennis
Player Salaries
Al Javery $ 5,100,000
Al Milnar $ 5,000,000
Johnny Lucadello $ 4,500,000
Bob Chipman $ 4,278,571
Fred Sington $ 2,250,000
George Case $ 2,000,000
Hank Wyse $ 1,285,714
Lonny Frey $ 1,250,000
Odell Hale $ 750,000
Creepy Crespi $ 750,000
Bob Muncrief $ 490,000
Hank Borowy $ 350,000
Bob Garbark $ 350,000
Roy Campanella $ 300,000
Bobby Bragan $ 300,000
Jack Banta $ 300,000
Vern Benson $ 300,000
Alvin Dark $ 300,000
Russ Derry $ 300,000
Del Ennis $ 300,000
Eddie Erautt $ 300,000
Ferrell Anderson $ 300,000
Al Glossop $ 300,000
Sam Zoldak $ 300,000
Johnny Hetki $ 300,000
Ken Holcombe $ 300,000
Eddie Joost $ 300,000
Erv Palica $ 300,000
Dave Philley $ 300,000
Stan Rojek $ 300,000
Duke Snider $ 300,000
Gerry Staley $ 300,000
Bobby Thomson $ 300,000
Al Gionfriddo $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/3 Signed     Al Javery