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1947 National League  Previous Year / Next Year Expanded Standings Team W L WL% GB Brooklyn BRO 94 60 .610 -- St.Louis STL 89 65 .578 5.0 BostonBr BSN 86 68 .558 8.0 NewYorkG NYG 81 73 .526 13.0 Cincnnti CIN 73 81 .474 21.0 ChicagoC CHC 69 85 .448 25.0 Phildlpa PHI 62 92 .403 32.0 Pittsbgh PIT 62 92 .403 32.0 Race Charts from BaseballRace.com: NL Postseason World Series (4-3):   New York Yankees over Brooklyn Dodgers BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this league (what's this?)

1947 AL | NL League Yearly Summary - Expanded Standings: AL | NL - Expanded Leaderboards: AL | ML | NL -
  Players: Batting - Pitching - Fielding -
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League Batting    Glossary

 Tm    R/G    R    G    AB    H    2B   3B  HR   BB    SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS  OPS+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 NYG  5.35   830  155  5343  1446  220  48  221  494   568  .271  .332  .454   29      113  5.49  5.23
 STL  5.00   780  156  5422  1462  235  65  115  612   511  .270  .344  .401   28      101  5.19  4.81
 BRO  4.99   774  155  5249  1428  241  50   83  732   561  .272  .361  .384   88      104  5.24  4.74
 PIT  4.77   744  156  5307  1385  216  44  156  607   687  .261  .337  .406   30      103  4.86  4.69
 BSN  4.55   701  154  5253  1444  265  42   85  558   500  .275  .345  .390   58      104  4.31  4.79
 CIN  4.42   681  154  5299  1372  242  43   95  539   530  .259  .327  .375   46       95  4.13  4.71
 PHI  3.80   589  155  5256  1354  210  52   60  464   594  .258  .318  .352   60       88  4.01  3.59
 CHC  3.66   567  155  5305  1373  231  48   71  471   578  .259  .319  .361   22       90  3.54  3.80
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 Tot  4.57  5666 1240 42434 11264 1860 392  886 4477  4529  .265  .338  .390  361   --

League Pitching    Glossary

 Tm   R/G    RA    G   ERA    IP    H    H/G    BB  BB/G  HR    SO   CG  cgSHO tmSHO  SV ERA+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 STL  4.06   634  156  3.53  1397  1417   9.1   495  3.2  106   642   65    12     0  20 118  4.30  3.84
 BSN  4.04   622  154  3.62  1362  1342   8.7   453  2.9   93   494   74    14     0  13 108  3.81  4.32
 BRO  4.31   668  155  3.82  1375  1299   8.4   626  4.0  104   592   47    13     0  34 109  4.38  4.22
 PHI  4.43   687  155  3.96  1362  1399   9.0   513  3.3   98   514   70     8     0  14 102  4.19  4.67
 CHC  4.66   722  155  4.04  1367  1449   9.3   618  4.0  106   571   46     8     0  15  96  4.86  4.45
 CIN  4.90   755  154  4.41  1365  1442   9.4   589  3.8  102   633   54    13     0  13  93  4.29  5.52
 NYG  4.91   761  155  4.44  1363  1428   9.2   590  3.8  122   553   58     6     0  14  92  5.00  4.82
 PIT  5.24   817  156  4.68  1374  1488   9.5   592  3.8  155   530   44     9     0  13  90  5.53  4.94
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 TOT  4.57  5666 1240  4.06 10965 11264   9.2  4476  3.7  886  4529  458          84 136

League Miscellaneous Stats    Glossary

 Tm    E   DP  Fldg% DefEff Attendance  Att/G    pW-pL  hmW-L rdW-L BPF PPF AgeB AgeP HOF  AS aAS Managers 
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------
 BRO  129  164  .978   .720  1,807,526  23,173   87-67  52-25 42-35 104 102 27.7 25.8   4   5  16 Sukeforth and Shotton
 STL  127  169  .979   .702  1,247,913  16,207   91-63  46-31 43-34 104 102 27.9 29.2   4   6  19 Dyer
 BSN  153  124  .974   .715  1,277,361  16,589   85-69  50-27 36-41  98  96 29.5 30.4   1   4  13 Southworth
 NYG  155  136  .974   .700  1,600,793  21,063   83-71  45-31 36-42 101 100 27.7 26.6   3   3  16 Ott
 CIN  136  134  .977   .693    899,975  11,688   70-84  42-35 31-46  99 101 28.7 27.9   0   3  13 Neun
 CHC  150  159  .975   .694  1,364,039  17,266   60-94  36-43 33-42  96  97 30.0 29.1   0   2  20 Grimm
 PHI  152  140  .974   .698    907,332  11,784   66-88  38-38 24-54  96  99 28.9 32.5   0   3  16 Chapman
 PIT  149  131  .975   .702  1,283,531  16,247   70-84  32-45 30-47 103 104 28.7 32.7   3   1  15 Herman and Burwell
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------

League Awards
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Batting stats are BA/OBP/SLG.
Pitching stats are W-L ERA.

Award-Winners Complete Voting Results Most Valuable Player Bob Elliott BSN .317/.410/.517 Rookie of the Year Jackie Robinson (ML) BRO .297/.383/.427 (ML) - Award for both leagues

League Leaderboards    Expanded Leaderboard (MLB Leaders) - Glossary
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Batting Average Walker-TOT .363 Elliott-BSN .317 Cavarretta-CHC .314 Kiner-PIT .313 Musial-STL .312	On-base % Walker-TOT .436 Kurowski-STL .420 Kiner-PIT .417 Walker-BRO .415 Reese-BRO .414	Slugging % Kiner-PIT .639 Mize-NYG .614 Cooper-NYG .586 Kurowski-STL .544 Marshall-NYG .528	OPS Kiner-PIT 1.055 Mize-NYG .998 Kurowski-STL .964 Elliott-BSN .927 Cooper-NYG .926
Games Gustine-PIT 156 Marshall-NYG 155 Verban-PHI 155 Mize-NYG 154 Kiner-PIT 152	At Bats Schoendienst-STL 659 Baumholtz-CIN 643 Holmes-BSN 618 Gustine-PIT 616 Robinson-BRO 590	Plate Appearances (approx.) Baumholtz-CIN 711 Schoendienst-STL 710 Robinson-BRO 701 Gustine-PIT 691 Stanky-BRO 679	Runs Mize-NYG 137 Robinson-BRO 125 Kiner-PIT 118 Musial-STL 113 Kurowski-STL 108
Hits Holmes-BSN 191 Walker-TOT 186 Gustine-PIT 183 Musial-STL 183 Baumholtz-CIN 182	Total Bases Kiner-PIT 361 Mize-NYG 360 Marshall-NYG 310 Cooper-NYG 302 Musial-STL 296	Doubles Miller-CIN 38 Elliott-BSN 35 Holmes-BSN 33 Ryan-BSN 33 Baumholtz-CIN 32	Triples Walker-TOT 16 Musial-STL 13 Slaughter-STL 13 Baumholtz-CIN 9 Schoendienst-STL 9
Home Runs Kiner-PIT 51 Mize-NYG 51 Marshall-NYG 36 Cooper-NYG 35 Thomson-NYG 29	RBI Mize-NYG 138 Kiner-PIT 127 Cooper-NYG 122 Elliott-BSN 113 Marshall-NYG 107	Bases on Balls Greenberg-PIT 104 Reese-BRO 104 Stanky-BRO 103 Kiner-PIT 98 Walker-BRO 97	Strikeouts Nicholson-CHC 83 Kiner-PIT 81 Thomson-NYG 78 Greenberg-PIT 73 Schultz-TOT 70
Stolen Bases Robinson-BRO 29 Reiser-BRO 14 Hopp-BSN 13 Walker-TOT 13 Torgeson-BSN 11	Singles Holmes-BSN 146 Walker-TOT 140 Gustine-PIT 138 Baumholtz-CIN 136 Verban-PHI 132	Adjusted OPS+ Kiner-PIT 173 Mize-NYG 160 Kurowski-STL 150 Walker-TOT 149 Elliott-BSN 147	Runs Created Kiner-PIT 150 Mize-NYG 137 Elliott-BSN 118 Musial-STL 117 Kurowski-STL 114
Adjusted Batting Runs Kiner-PIT 60 Mize-NYG 48 Kurowski-STL 40 Elliott-BSN 40 Walker-TOT 38	Batting Wins Kiner-PIT 5.7 Mize-NYG 4.6 Elliott-BSN 3.8 Kurowski-STL 3.8 Walker-TOT 3.7	Extra-Base Hits Mize-NYG 79 Kiner-PIT 78 Cooper-NYG 67 Elliott-BSN 62 Musial-STL 62	Times on Base Kiner-PIT 277 Musial-STL 267 Elliott-BSN 263 Walker-BRO 260 Robinson-BRO 258
Offensive Win% Kiner-PIT .801 Mize-NYG .763 Walker-TOT .738 Kurowski-STL .732 Elliott-BSN .726	Hit By Pitch Kurowski-STL 10 Robinson-BRO 9 Holmes-BSN 5 Nicholson-CHC 5 Rigney-NYG 5 Seminick-PHI 5 Stanky-BRO 5	Sac. Hits Robinson-BRO 28 Walker-TOT 18 Kerr-NYG 13 Hopp-BSN 12 Stanky-BRO 12 Zientara-CIN 12	Grounded into Double Plays Kurowski-STL 19 Pafko-CHC 19 Musial-STL 18 Ennis-PHI 17 Furillo-BRO 17
Power/Speed Number Robinson-BRO 17.0 Torgeson-BSN 13.0 Ennis-PHI 10.3 Rigney-NYG 9.9 Hatton-CIN 9.7	At Bats per Strikeout Verban-PHI 67.5 Holmes-BSN 38.6 Waitkus-CHC 30.2 Musial-STL 24.5 Schoendienst-STL 24.4	At Bats per Home Run Kiner-PIT 11.1 Mize-NYG 11.5 Cooper-NYG 14.7 Greenberg-PIT 16.1 Marshall-NYG 16.3	Outs Schoendienst-STL 511 Baumholtz-CIN 478 Gustine-PIT 458 Holmes-BSN 451 Robinson-BRO 448
ERA Spahn-BSN 2.33 Blackwell-CIN 2.47 Branca-BRO 2.67 Leonard-PHI 2.68 Brazle-STL 2.84	Wins Blackwell-CIN 22 Branca-BRO 21 Jansen-NYG 21 Sain-BSN 21 Spahn-BSN 21	Won-Loss % Jansen-NYG .808 Munger-STL .762 Blackwell-CIN .733 Casey-BRO .714 Hatten-BRO .680	BB + H per IP (WHIP) Spahn-BSN 1.136 Blackwell-CIN 1.179 Leonard-PHI 1.196 Barrett-BSN 1.201 Jansen-NYG 1.202
Hits Allowed/9IP Taylor-BRO 7.22 Blackwell-CIN 7.48 Spahn-BSN 7.61 Lombardi-BRO 8.04 Branca-BRO 8.07	Bases on Balls/9IP Jansen-NYG 2.07 Rowe-PHI 2.07 Leonard-PHI 2.18 Barrett-BSN 2.26 Brazle-STL 2.57	Strikeouts/9IP Blackwell-CIN 6.36 Munger-STL 4.93 Branca-BRO 4.76 Brazle-STL 4.55 Sain-BSN 4.47	Games Trinkle-NYG 62 Behrman-TOT 50 Higbe-TOT 50 Dickson-STL 47 Kush-CHC 47
Saves Casey-BRO 18 Gumbert-CIN 10 Trinkle-NYG 10 Behrman-TOT 8 Donnelly-PHI 5 Higbe-TOT 5 Kush-CHC 5 Wilks-STL 5	Innings Spahn-BSN 289.7 Branca-BRO 280.0 Blackwell-CIN 273.0 Sain-BSN 266.0 Jansen-NYG 248.0	Strikeouts Blackwell-CIN 193 Branca-BRO 148 Sain-BSN 132 Munger-STL 123 Spahn-BSN 123	Games Started Branca-BRO 36 Sain-BSN 35 Spahn-BSN 35 Blackwell-CIN 33 Higbe-TOT 33
Comp. Games Blackwell-CIN 23 Sain-BSN 22 Spahn-BSN 22 Jansen-NYG 20 Leonard-PHI 19	Shutouts Spahn-BSN 7 Blackwell-CIN 6 Munger-STL 6 Branca-BRO 4 Dickson-STL 4	Home Runs Allow. Jansen-NYG 23 Koslo-NYG 23 Branca-BRO 22 Higbe-TOT 22 Rowe-PHI 22	Bases On Balls Allow. Higbe-TOT 122 Hatten-BRO 105 Branca-BRO 98 Blackwell-CIN 95 Erickson-CHC 93
Hits Allowed Sain-BSN 265 Branca-BRO 251 Spahn-BSN 245 Jansen-NYG 241 Rowe-PHI 232	SO to Walk Blackwell-CIN 2.03 Jansen-NYG 1.82 Leonard-PHI 1.81 Brazle-STL 1.77 Sain-BSN 1.67	Losses Schmitz-CHC 18 Higbe-TOT 17 Dickson-STL 16 Judd-PHI 15 Roe-PIT 15	Earned Runs Allow. Koslo-NYG 106 Sain-BSN 104 Higbe-TOT 102 Rowe-PHI 94 Hatten-BRO 91 Vander Meer-CIN 91
Wild Pitches Judd-PHI 8 Branca-BRO 7 Erautt-CIN 7 Higbe-TOT 7 Kennedy-NYG 7	Hit Batsmen Branca-BRO 6 Bagby-PIT 5 Erickson-CHC 5 Hatten-BRO 5 Taylor-BRO 5	Batters Faced Spahn-BSN 1174 Branca-BRO 1158 Sain-BSN 1131 Blackwell-CIN 1086 Higbe-TOT 1051	Games Finished Trinkle-NYG 38 Casey-BRO 37 Gumbert-CIN 34 Kush-CHC 23 Behrman-TOT 19 Wilks-STL 19
Adjusted ERA+ Spahn-BSN 168 Blackwell-CIN 166 Branca-BRO 155 Leonard-PHI 150 Brazle-STL 146	Oldest Player Herring-PIT 1906-03-10 (41) Johnson-BSN 1906-10-05 (40) Sewell-PIT 1907-05-11 (40) Hemsley-PHI 1907-06-24 (40) Ostermueller-PIT 1907-09-15 (39)	Youngest Player Simmons-PHI 1929-05-19 (18) Palica-BRO 1928-02-09 (19) Brown-BRO 1927-12-06 (19) Caballero-PHI 1927-11-05 (19) Hamner-PHI 1927-04-26 (20)

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Box Score and Play-by-Play
Starters P. Ewell Blackwell (CIN) C. Walker Cooper (NYG) 1B. Johnny Mize (NYG) 2B. Emil Verban (PHI) 3B. Frankie Gustine (PIT) SS. Marty Marion (STL) LF. Enos Slaughter (STL) CF. Harry Walker (PHI) RF. Dixie Walker (BRO)		Ralph Branca (BRO) Harry Brecheen* (STL) Phil Cavarretta* (CHC) Bruce Edwards* (BRO) Bob Elliott (BSN) Bert Haas* (CIN) Whitey Kurowski* (STL) Willard Marshall* (NYG) Phil Masi* (BSN)		Eddie Miller (CIN) Red Munger (STL) Stan Musial* (STL) Andy Pafko* (CHC) Pee Wee Reese* (BRO) Schoolboy Rowe* (PHI) Johnny Sain* (BSN) Warren Spahn* (BSN) Eddie Stanky* (BRO)

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