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1947 New York Yankees season

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1947 New York Yankees
World Series Champions
American League Champions
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkYankee Stadium
CityNew York City
OwnersLarry MacPhail, Dan Topping and Del Webb
General managersLarry MacPhail
ManagersBucky Harris
TelevisionWABD
RadioWINS (AM)
(Mel Allen, Russ Hodges)
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The 1947 New York Yankees season was the team's 45th season. The team finished with a record of 97–57, winning their 15th pennant, finishing 12 games ahead of the Detroit Tigers. New York was managed by Bucky Harris. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series, they defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers in 7 games. It was the first ever season of the Yankees to be broadcast live on television with WABD providing the television broadcast feed to viewers in the city.

Regular season

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The 1947 Yankees, led by MVP Joe DiMaggio, won the AL pennant by 12 games over the Tigers. They played the Brooklyn Dodgers in the World Series, winning a close-fought seven-game series that featured memorable moments like Cookie Lavagetto's walk-off double in game 4 and Al Gionfriddo's famous catch that robbed DiMaggio of a potential home run.

Season standings

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American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 97 57 .630 — 55‍–‍22 42‍–‍35
Detroit Tigers 85 69 .552 12 46‍–‍31 39‍–‍38
Boston Red Sox 83 71 .539 14 49‍–‍30 34‍–‍41
Cleveland Indians 80 74 .519 17 38‍–‍39 42‍–‍35
Philadelphia Athletics 78 76 .506 19 39‍–‍38 39‍–‍38
Chicago White Sox 70 84 .455 27 32‍–‍43 38‍–‍41
Washington Senators 64 90 .416 33 36‍–‍41 28‍–‍49
St. Louis Browns 59 95 .383 38 29‍–‍48 30‍–‍47

Record vs. opponents

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1947 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
Boston — 16–6–1 9–13 12–10–1 9–13 10–12–1 15–7 12–10
Chicago 6–16–1 — 11–11 7–15 10–12 11–11 11–11 14–8
Cleveland 13–9 11–11 — 8–14–2 7–15 11–11–1 17–5 13–9
Detroit 10–12–1 15–7 14–8–2 — 8–14–1 11–11 15–7 12–10
New York 13–9 12–10 15–7 14–8–1 — 13–9 15–7 15–7
Philadelphia 12–10–1 11–11 11–11–1 11–11 9–13 — 13–9 11–11
St. Louis 7–15 11–11 5–17 7–15 7–15 9–13 — 13–9
Washington 10–12 8–14 9–13 10–12 7–15 11–11 9–13 —


Roster

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1947 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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
C Aaron Robinson 82 252 68 .270 5 36
1B George McQuinn 144 517 157 .304 13 80
2B Snuffy Stirnweiss 148 571 146 .256 5 41
3B Billy Johnson 132 494 141 .285 10 95
SS Phil Rizzuto 153 549 150 .273 2 60
OF Joe DiMaggio 141 534 168 .315 20 97
OF Tommy Henrich 142 440 158 .287 16 98
OF Johnny Lindell 127 476 131 .275 11 67

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Other batters

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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
Yogi Berra 83 293 82 .280 11 54
Charlie Keller 45 151 36 .238 13 36
Bobby Brown 69 150 45 .300 1 18
Ralph Houk 41 92 25 .272 0 12
Allie Clark 24 67 25 .373 1 14
Jack Phillips 16 36 10 .278 1 2
Sherm Lollar 11 32 7 .219 1 6
Frank Colman 22 28 3 .107 2 6
Lonny Frey 24 28 5 .179 0 2
Johnny Lucadello 12 12 1 .083 0 0
Ken Silvestri 3 10 2 .200 0 0
Frankie Crosetti 3 1 0 .000 0 0
Ray Mack 1 0 0 ---- 0 0
Ted Sepkowski 2 0 0 ---- 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Allie Reynolds 34 241.2 19 8 3.20 129
Spec Shea 27 178.2 14 5 3.07 89
Bill Bevens 28 165.0 7 13 3.82 77
Spud Chandler 17 128.0 9 5 2.46 68
Bobo Newsom 17 115.2 7 5 2.80 42
Vic Raschi 15 104.2 7 2 3.87 51
Bill Wight 1 9.0 1 0 1.00 3

Other pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Karl Drews 30 91.2 6 6 4.91 45
Randy Gumpert 24 56.1 4 1 5.43 25
Don Johnson 15 54.1 4 3 3.64 16
Butch Wensloff 11 51.2 3 1 2.61 18
Dick Starr 4 12.1 1 0 1.46 1
Tommy Byrne 4 4.1 0 0 4.15 2

Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Joe Page 56 14 8 16 2.48 116
Al Lyons 6 1 0 0 9.00 7
Mel Queen 5 0 0 0 9.45 2
Rugger Ardizoia 1 0 0 0 9.00 0

1947 World Series

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Main article: 1947 World Series

AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL Brooklyn Dodgers (3)

Game Score Date Attendance
1 New York 5, Brooklyn 3 September 30 73,365
2 New York 10, Brooklyn 3 October 1 69,865
3 Brooklyn 9, New York 8 October 2 33,098
4 Brooklyn 3, New York 2 October 3 33,443
5 New York 2, Brooklyn 1 October 4 34,379
6 Brooklyn 8, New York 6 October 5 74,065
7 New York 5, Brooklyn 2 October 6 71,548

Awards and honors

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  • All-Star Game
    • Spud Chandler
    • Joe DiMaggio (starting CF)
    • Tommy Henrich
    • Billy Johnson
    • Charlie Keller
    • George McQuinn (starting 1B)
    • Joe Page
    • Aaron Robinson
    • Spec Shea[2]

Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Kansas City Blues American Association Billy Meyer
AAA Newark Bears International League George Selkirk
AA Beaumont Exporters Texas League Goldie Holt
A Binghamton Triplets Eastern League Lefty Gomez
A Augusta Tigers Sally League Dib Williams and Carl Cooper
A Denver Bears Western League Marty McManus
B Quincy Gems Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Gordie Hinkle
B Sunbury Yankees Interstate League Walt Van Grofski
B Norfolk Tars Piedmont League Buddy Hassett
B Victoria Athletics Western International League Ted Norbert
C Bisbee Yanks Arizona–Texas League Charlie Metro
C Ventura Yankees California League Mike Gazella and Johnny Sturm
C Amsterdam Rugmakers Canadian–American League Solly Mishkin
C Butler Yankees Middle Atlantic League Dallas Warren
C Twin Falls Cowboys Pioneer League Earl Bolyard
C Joplin Miners Western Association Jim McLeod
D Easton Yankees Eastern Shore League Joe Antolick
D Independence Yankees Kansas–Oklahoma–Missouri League Goldie Howard
D Stroudsburg Poconos North Atlantic League Jack Farmer
D Fond du Lac Panthers Wisconsin State League James Adlam

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Twin Falls[3]

Notes

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  1. ^ "1947 New York Yankees Statistics".
  2. ^ "1947 All-Star Game | Baseball Almanac".
  3. ^ 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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