1947 Toledo Mud Hens

1947 > Class AAA > 1947 American Association
Overall: 61-92
Scored 742 runs, Allowed 835 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 68-85

Affiliation: St. Louis Browns-AL
Manager: n/a
Represented: Toledo, OH
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1946 / 1948

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1	Stan Benjamin	33	5		4	0	2	0	0	0	3	0			.500		.500		2
2	Jim Bilbrey	23	35	29	25	5	6	2	0	1	5	0	4	5	.240	.345	.440	.785	11	1	0	0
3	Vince Castino	29	2		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			.000		.000		0
4	Ellis Clary	30	153	632	542	85	154	26	5	9	72	8	71	21	.284	.375	.400	.776	217	11	8	11
5	George Corona	22	1		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			.000		.000		0
6	George Elder*	26	90	268	247	39	77	5	4	1	25	5	18	40	.312	.358	.377	.735	93	3	0	3
7	Stan Ferens#	32	12	14	11	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.182	.250	.182	.432	2	0	0	2
8	Andy Gilbert	32	112	395	364	58	106	23	1	15	65	4	24	57	.291	.337	.484	.820	176	13	1	6	Stats for 2 teams
9	Irv Hall	28	97	368	337	34	96	7	1	1	32	0	25	21	.285	.336	.320	.657	108	14	1	5
10	Hank Helf	33	91	285	261	27	53	10	0	8	38	1	16	59	.203	.252	.333	.585	87	7	1	7
11	Chet Johnson*	29	35	75	61	3	7	0	0	0	3	0	7	24	.115	.217	.115	.332	7	1	1	6
12	Earl Jones*	28	23	43	40	5	14	2	0	0	9	0	3	6	.350	.395	.400	.795	16	2	0	0
13	Dick Kimble*	31	131	586	516	88	142	29	5	12	62	1	65	52	.275	.360	.421	.780	217	6	3	2
14	Babe Martin	27	110	342	310	44	99	20	4	15	64	0	32	28	.319	.383	.555	.938	172	16	0	0
15	Glenn McQuillen	32	148	618	546	95	169	28	6	9	70	2	67	45	.310	.388	.432	.820	236	23	3	2
16	Al Milnar*	33	36	44	43	6	12	2	0	0	2	0	1	10	.279	.295	.326	.621	14	1	0	0
17	John Pavlick	26	34	65	59	4	9	1	0	0	3	0	3	9	.153	.194	.169	.363	10	2	0	3
18	Whitey Platt	26	141	578	531	76	162	30	8	16	98	1	35	61	.305	.351	.482	.834	256	19	3	9
19	Ribs Raney	24	22	51	46	5	7	0	0	0	2	0	3	18	.152	.204	.152	.356	7	1	0	2
20	Robert Rayne?	--	14	49	45	4	8	0	0	0	1	0	4	5	.178	.245	.178	.423	8	1	0	0
21	Emery Rudd*	29	29	51	48	4	8	0	0	0	1	0	2	15	.167	.200	.167	.367	8	0	0	1	Stats for 2 teams
22	Carl Schultz*	25	1		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			.000		.000		0
23	William Scott	29	41	43	41	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	2	8	.122	.163	.122	.285	5	0	0	0
24	Tex Shirley#	29	23	33	30	7	6	1	0	0	3	1	0	6	.200	.200	.233	.433	7	0	0	3
25	Ray Shore	26	35	52	49	7	9	0	0	0	6	0	0	11	.184	.184	.184	.367	9	0	0	3
26	Chuck Stevens#	28	141	572	484	78	135	21	5	7	55	7	78	49	.279	.382	.386	.769	187	6	3	7
27	Fuzz White*	31	125	506	454	60	147	16	4	5	50	13	45	21	.324	.387	.410	.797	186	8	2	5
28	Jerry Witte	31	55	236	215	35	60	14	3	13	46	0	20	36	.279	.340	.553	.894	119	7	0	1
29	Bob Wren	26	48	189	156	25	35	3	0	1	18	1	23	11	.224	.331	.263	.594	41	4	2	8
	29 Players	29.3	154	5770	5125	742	1426	217	45	98	670	40	536	582	.278	.350	.396	.745	2027	135	28	81

Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	Jim Bilbrey	23	4	8	.333	5.33	35	8	15	3	0	98.0	116	81	58	68	48	0	2	4	1.878	10.7	6.2	4.4	0.71
2	Stan Ferens*	32	3	1	.750	6.98	12	4	3	2	0	40.0	59	32	31	10	13	0	0	0	1.725	13.3	2.2	2.9	1.30
3	Chet Johnson*	29	8	20	.286	5.08	35	32	2	11	1	211.0	241	130	119	108	133	7	0	5	1.654	10.3	4.6	5.7	1.23
4	Earl Jones*	28	6	5	.545	4.37	23	11	8	5	1	105.0	118	56	51	49	65	2	0	4	1.590	10.1	4.2	5.6	1.33
5	Jim Mains	25	0	1	.000	0.00	1			0	0	2.0	2		0	2	1				2.000	9.0	9.0	4.5	0.50
6	Al Milnar*	33	1	5	.167	4.63	25			0	0	70.0	82	43	36	45	27	1	0	4	1.814	10.5	5.8	3.5	0.60
7	John Pavlick	26	5	13	.278	4.35	34	22	7	6	0	180.0	187	94	87	101	90	6	2	7	1.600	9.4	5.0	4.5	0.89
8	Ribs Raney	24	8	8	.500	5.12	22	19	0	10	3	130.0	134	84	74	87	103	3	0	5	1.700	9.3	6.0	7.1	1.18
9	Emery Rudd	29	8	9	.471	5.93	29	20	5	7	0	132.0	145	109	87	121	73	5	0	1	2.015	9.9	8.2	5.0	0.60	Stats for 2 teams
10	William Scott	29	6	8	.429	4.33	40	12	20	4	0	135.0	158	86	65	72	55	3	0	2	1.704	10.5	4.8	3.7	0.76
11	Tex Shirley	29	6	6	.500	5.71	18	13	3	3	0	82.0	80	55	52	62	44	3	0	4	1.732	8.8	6.8	4.8	0.71
12	Ray Shore	26	7	11	.389	4.79	35	15	15	8	0	124.0	125	75	66	82	84	3	0	5	1.669	9.1	6.0	6.1	1.02
	12 Players	27.6	61	92	.399		154	154						835

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO
Babe Martin	89		421	61	12	6	.976	5.42	13
Hank Helf	79		390	56	11	7	.976	5.65	7

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Chuck Stevens	134	1013	115	12	96	.989	8.42
Robert Rayne	14	100	10	0	8	1.000	7.86
Andy Gilbert	12	72	6	1	6	.987	6.50	Stats for 2 teams

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Irv Hall	69	198	158	18	48	.952	5.16
Ellis Clary	46	113	137	8	24	.969	5.43
Bob Wren	44	121	97	3	28	.986	4.95

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Ellis Clary	108	116	191	12	25	.962	2.84
Jerry Witte	47	30	62	11	6	.893	1.96
Andy Gilbert	17	8	24	2	1	.941	1.88	Stats for 2 teams

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Dick Kimble	131		257	338	29	81	.954	4.54
Irv Hall	23		41	62	11	8	.904	4.48

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Glenn McQuillen	146	199	11	7	2	.968	1.44
Whitey Platt	138	281	15	8	1	.974	2.14
Fuzz White	121	311	6	6	1	.981	2.62
Andy Gilbert	79	144	8	1	2	.993	1.92	Stats for 2 teams
George Elder	64	110	2	3	1	.974	1.75

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
William Scott	40	13	33	1	4	.979	1.15
Jim Bilbrey	35	2	17	2	1	.905	0.54
Chet Johnson	35	6	36	2	0	.955	1.20
Ray Shore	35	9	26	3	1	.921	1.00
John Pavlick	34	12	33	1	2	.978	1.32
Emery Rudd	29	5	23	2	1	.933	0.97	Stats for 2 teams
Al Milnar	25	5	14	0	1	1.000	0.76
Earl Jones	23	3	12	1	0	.938	0.65
Ribs Raney	22	6	10	1	1	.941	0.73
Tex Shirley	18	3	20	1	1	.958	1.28
Stan Ferens	12	4	10	0	0	1.000	1.17
Jim Mains	1						0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Stan Benjamin	33	R	R	6' 2.0"	194	May 20, 1914	Framingham, MA, US
Jim Bilbrey	23	R	R	6' 2.0"	205	Apr 20, 1924	Rickman, TN, US
Frank Biscan	27	L	L	5' 11.0"	190	Mar 13, 1920	Mount Olive, IL, US
Vince Castino	29	R	R	5' 9.0"	175	Oct 11, 1917	Willisville, IL, US
Ellis Clary	30	R	R	5' 8.0"	160	Sep 11, 1916	Valdosta, GA, US
George Corona	22	R		5' 11.0"	190	Feb 6, 1925
George Elder	26	L	R	5' 11.0"	180	Mar 10, 1921	Lebanon, KY, US
Stan Ferens	32	S	L	5' 11.0"	170	Mar 5, 1915	Wendel, PA, US
Andy Gilbert	32	R	R	6' 0.0"	203	Jul 18, 1914	Bradenville, PA, US
Irv Hall	28	R	R	5' 10.0"	160	Oct 7, 1918	Alberton, MD, US
Hank Helf	33	R	R	6' 1.0"	196	Aug 26, 1913	Austin, TX, US
Chet Johnson	29	L	L	6' 0.0"	175	Aug 1, 1917	Redmond, WA, US
Earl Jones	28	L	L	5' 10.0"	190	Jun 11, 1919	Fresno, CA, US
Dick Kimble	31	L	R	5' 9.0"	160	Jul 27, 1915	Buchtel, OH, US
Jim Mains	25	R	R	6' 2.0"	190	Jun 12, 1922	Bridgton, ME, US
Babe Martin	27	R	R	5' 11.0"	194	Mar 28, 1920	Seattle, WA, US
Glenn McQuillen	32	R	R	6' 0.0"	198	Apr 19, 1915	Strasburg, VA, US
Al Milnar	33	L	L	6' 2.0"	195	Dec 26, 1913	Cleveland, OH, US
John Pavlick	26	R	R	5' 9.0"	190	1921
Whitey Platt	26	R	R	6' 1.0"	190	Aug 21, 1920	West Palm Beach, FL, US
Ribs Raney	24	R	R	6' 4.0"	190	Feb 16, 1923	Detroit, MI, US
Robert Rayne	--					Unknown
Emery Rudd	29	L	R	6' 2.0"	180	Apr 17, 1918
Carl Schultz	25	L		5' 11.0"	175	1922
William Scott	29	R	R	6' 0.0"	170	Oct 26, 1917
Tex Shirley	29	S	R	6' 1.0"	175	Apr 25, 1918	Birthright, TX, US
Ray Shore	26	R	R	6' 3.0"	210	Jun 9, 1921	Cincinnati, OH, US
Chuck Stevens	28	S	L	6' 1.0"	180	Jul 10, 1918	Van Houten, NM, US
Fuzz White	31	L	R	6' 0.0"	175	Jun 27, 1916	Springfield, MO, US
Glenn Willard	26	R		5' 9.0"	175	1921
Jerry Witte	31	R	R	6' 1.0"	190	Jul 30, 1915	St. Louis, MO, US
Bob Wren	26	R	R	5' 10.0"	165	Nov 9, 1920	Cleveland, OH, US

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