1947 Milwaukee Brewers

1947 > Class AAA > 1947 American Association
Overall: 79-75
Scored 775 runs, Allowed 781 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 76-78

Affiliation: Boston Braves-NL
Manager: Nick Cullop
Represented: Milwaukee, WI
Ballpark: Borchert Field (Milwaukee, WI)
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	Heinz Becker#	31	131	557	457	90	166	23	8	11	90	1	92	53	.363	.472	.521	.993	238	14	2	6
2	Joseph Bestudik#	32	115	430	366	59	103	21	0	7	59	1	58	41	.281	.381	.396	.777	145	12	1	5	Stats for 2 teams
3	Vern Bickford	26	29	52	45	2	11	1	0	0	5	0	4	9	.244	.306	.267	.573	12	0	0	3
4	Bob Brady*	24	46	171	150	16	31	6	3	3	21	0	21	17	.207	.304	.347	.651	52	1	0	0
5	Cy Buker*	29	34	52	42	3	11	1	0	0	7	0	4	10	.262	.326	.286	.612	12	1	0	6	Stats for 2 teams
6	Al Dark	25	149	685	614	121	186	49	7	10	66	14	60	39	.303	.367	.454	.821	279	5	2	9
7	James Davis	33	39	35	31	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	14	.065	.171	.065	.236	2	1	0	0
8	Otto Denning	34	34	49	41	8	12	3	0	0	3	0	7	7	.293	.408	.366	.774	15	1	1	0	Stats for 2 teams
9	Johnny Dickshot	37	37	110	95	13	24	1	0	0	11	0	14	9	.253	.349	.263	.612	25	3	0	1
10	Glenn Elliott#	27	24	55	39	3	6	0	0	0	3	0	9	13	.154	.327	.154	.480	6	0	1	6
11	Al Epperly*	29	33	71	60	9	12	3	0	0	3	0	5	10	.200	.273	.250	.523	15	1	1	5
12	Raymond Fletcher	22	4		12	1	3	0	0	0	1	0			.250		.250		3
13	Carden Gillenwater	30	146	593	500	84	156	28	5	23	92	4	86	63	.312	.413	.526	.939	263	14	0	7
14	John Hennerich	28	2		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			.000		.000		0
15	Jim Hill	27	6		15	2	3	0	0	0	2	0			.200		.200		3
16	Walt Linden	23	39	118	109	8	25	3	0	0	7	0	8	10	.229	.282	.257	.539	28	1	0	1
17	Wes Livengood	36	12	11	10	2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	5	.100	.182	.100	.282	1	0	1	0
18	Joe Mack#	35	16	61	52	4	12	1	0	2	12	0	7	5	.231	.322	.365	.687	19	1	0	2
19	Max Macon*	31	62	163	150	17	46	3	2	0	21	0	9	12	.307	.350	.353	.703	53	2	1	3
20	Dick Manville	20	2		1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0			1.000		1.000		1
21	Danny Murtaugh	29	119	531	444	96	134	15	5	7	49	2	76	48	.302	.406	.405	.812	180	9	2	9
22	Eugene Nance	33	40	159	134	19	36	7	1	2	20	0	19	8	.269	.359	.381	.740	51	2	0	6
23	Tommy Neill*	27	134	585	529	79	151	29	4	13	91	3	39	46	.285	.340	.429	.769	227	12	5	12
24	James Paules*	28	1		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			.000		.000		0
25	Dee Phillips	28	118	447	409	44	124	11	1	8	63	1	29	41	.303	.349	.394	.743	161	14	0	9
26	Ewald Pyle*	36	29	71	65	6	10	1	1	0	1	0	2	22	.154	.179	.200	.379	13	2	0	4
27	Kenneth Raddant	25	14	40	37	4	7	1	0	0	4	0	3	4	.189	.250	.216	.466	8	1	0	0
28	Earl Reid*	34	26	46	44	3	11	4	0	0	4	0	0	11	.250	.250	.341	.591	15	1	0	2
29	Skippy Roberge	30	139	580	515	77	162	27	7	9	86	3	47	37	.315	.375	.447	.822	230	15	3	15
30	Steve Roser	29	15	18	15	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	7	.067	.125	.067	.192	1	0	0	2
31	Buck Ross	32	30	63	54	6	13	3	0	0	5	0	4	21	.241	.293	.296	.589	16	2	0	5
32	Chet Ross	30	16	45	40	5	9	1	0	0	1	0	4	9	.225	.311	.250	.561	10	0	1	0
33	Norm Schlueter	30	54	185	157	8	32	2	1	0	16	0	25	28	.204	.317	.229	.546	36	5	1	2	Stats for 2 teams
34	Lefty Wallace*	25	29	46	36	6	6	1	0	0	2	0	6	12	.167	.286	.194	.480	7	1	0	4
35	Pete Whisenant	17	2		4	2	1	0	0	1	1	0			.250		1.000		4
36	Felix Younger	22	22	66	59	6	14	2	0	0	7	0	5	8	.237	.297	.271	.568	16	4	0	2
	36 Players	29.1	156	5858	5097	775	1460	235	45	92	721	28	619	591	.286	.366	.404	.771	2061	122	25	117

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	Vern Bickford	26	9	5	.643	3.78	29	14	10	10	3	143.0	131	62	60	72	69	4	0	3	1.420	8.2	4.5	4.3	0.96
2	Cy Buker	29	8	8	.500	5.31	34	16	10	5	0	139.0	178	103	82	71	52	1	0	0	1.791	11.5	4.6	3.4	0.73	Stats for 2 teams
3	James Davis	33	3	5	.375	4.94	39	5	12	2	0	113.0	114	68	62	70	80	4	0	8	1.628	9.1	5.6	6.4	1.14
4	Glenn Elliott*	27	14	5	.737	3.78	24	18	3	10	2	138.0	149	65	58	45	75	1	0	4	1.406	9.7	2.9	4.9	1.67
5	Al Epperly	29	14	7	.667	3.58	30	23	7	11	1	176.0	179	78	70	51	75	1	0	1	1.307	9.2	2.6	3.8	1.47
6	Ray Janikowski*	26	0	1	.000	4.20	6			0	0	15.0	17	11	7	14	8	0	0	1	2.067	10.2	8.4	4.8	0.57
7	Eddie Karas	28	0	0		0.00	1			0	0	1.0	0		0	1	0				1.000	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
8	Aaron Kaye*	23	0	0		inf	1			0	0	0.0	1			3	0								0.00
9	Wes Livengood	36	1	1	.500	5.40	12	3	6	1	0	35.0	41	25	21	20	8	1	1	1	1.743	10.5	5.1	2.1	0.40
10	Dick Manville	20	0	1	.000	30.00	2			0	0	3.0	8		10	5	2				4.333	24.0	15.0	6.0	0.40
11	Ewald Pyle*	36	10	12	.455	4.32	28	26	1	14	0	177.0	170	104	85	77	119	5	0	7	1.395	8.6	3.9	6.1	1.55
12	Earl Reid	34	7	9	.438	5.35	26	17	6	9	1	116.0	154	77	69	52	34	1	0	1	1.776	11.9	4.0	2.6	0.65
13	Steve Roser	29	2	3	.400	4.76	15	6	4	3	0	51.0	62	38	27	27	31	0	0	4	1.745	10.9	4.8	5.5	1.15
14	Buck Ross	32	10	13	.435	5.09	30	23	4	11	2	159.0	200	102	90	69	64	0	0	1	1.692	11.3	3.9	3.6	0.93
15	Owen Scheetz	33	0	0			8			0	0	14.0	23			4	5				1.929	14.8	2.6	3.2	1.25	Stats for 2 teams
16	David Sheehan	21	0	0			1			0	0	5.0	7			4	2				2.200	12.6	7.2	3.6	0.50
17	Lefty Wallace*	25	6	10	.375	6.87	29	16	3	5	1	110.0	144	87	84	62	62	4	0	6	1.873	11.8	5.1	5.1	1.00
	17 Players	30.3	79	75	.513		156	156						781

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Norm Schlueter	50	221	30	4	3	.984	5.02	5	Stats for 2 teams
Bob Brady	46	205	26	8	3	.967	5.02	6
Walt Linden	34	143	16	2	0	.988	4.68	7
Felix Younger	20	73	8	2	1	.976	4.05	0
Kenneth Raddant	14	54	12	0	0	1.000	4.71	0

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Heinz Becker	131	1065	73	13	121	.989	8.69
Joe Mack	16	123	9	3	11	.978	8.25
Max Macon	14	106	4	2	15	.982	7.86

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Danny Murtaugh	119		371	351	9	94	.988	6.07
Skippy Roberge	41		103	107	6	34	.972	5.12

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Dee Phillips	104	97	228	14	24	.959	3.13
Eugene Nance	39	29	72	10	8	.910	2.59
Joseph Bestudik	38	24	73	10	10	.907	2.55	Stats for 2 teams
Skippy Roberge	13	8	35	1	2	.977	3.31

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Al Dark	149		290	454	46	105	.942	4.99

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Carden Gillenwater	145	373	16	8	4	.980	2.68
Tommy Neill	134	240	9	8	1	.969	1.86
Skippy Roberge	85	107	7	2	1	.983	1.34
Joseph Bestudik	60	72	2	2	0	.974	1.23	Stats for 2 teams
Johnny Dickshot	25	33	0	1	0	.971	1.32
Max Macon	23	35	2	0	0	1.000	1.61
Chet Ross	13	28	1	2	0	.935	2.23

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
James Davis	39	6	20	1	1	.963	0.67
Cy Buker	34	10	28	1	1	.974	1.12	Stats for 2 teams
Al Epperly	30	16	56	2	5	.973	2.40
Buck Ross	30	4	24	3	1	.903	0.93
Vern Bickford	29	8	34	2	2	.955	1.45
Lefty Wallace	29	9	20	3	0	.906	1.00
Ewald Pyle	28	10	31	2	2	.953	1.46
Earl Reid	26	5	32	1	1	.974	1.42
Glenn Elliott	24	4	12	0	1	1.000	0.67
Steve Roser	15	3	10	0	0	1.000	0.87
Wes Livengood	12	1	5	2	0	.750	0.50
Owen Scheetz	8						0.00	Stats for 2 teams
Ray Janikowski	6						0.00
Dick Manville	2						0.00
Eddie Karas	1						0.00
Aaron Kaye	1						0.00
David Sheehan	1						0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Heinz Becker	31	S	R	6' 2.0"	200	Aug 26, 1915	Berlin, DE
Joseph Bestudik	32	S	L	5' 10.0"	170	Dec 29, 1914	Springfield, IL, US
Vern Bickford	26	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	Aug 17, 1920	Hellier, KY, US
Bob Brady	24	L	R	6' 1.0"	175	Nov 8, 1922	Lewiston, PA, US
Cy Buker	29	L	R	5' 11.0"	190	Feb 5, 1918	Greenwood, WI, US
Al Dark	25	R	R	5' 11.0"	185	Jan 7, 1922	Comanche, OK, US
James Davis	33	R	R	6' 1.0"	180	1914
Otto Denning	34	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	Dec 28, 1912	Hays, KS, US
Johnny Dickshot	37	R	R	6' 0.0"	195	Jan 24, 1910	Waukegan, IL, US
Glenn Elliott	27	S	L	5' 10.0"	170	Nov 11, 1919	Sapulpa, OK, US
Al Epperly	29	L	R	6' 2.0"	194	May 7, 1918	Glidden, IA, US
Raymond Fletcher	22	R	R	5' 10.0"	185	Jan 17, 1925	New York City, NY, US
Carden Gillenwater	30	R	R	6' 1.0"	175	May 13, 1917	Riceville, TN, US
John Hennerich	28	R		5' 10.0"	172	Apr 9, 1919	Potosi, MO, US
Jim Hill	27	R	R	6' 1.0"	195	Dec 31, 1919	Yuma, AZ, US
Ray Janikowski	26	L	L	5' 11.0"	166	1921
Eddie Karas	28	R	R	6' 1.0"	175	1919
Aaron Kaye	23	R	L	5' 11.0"	178	1924
Walt Linden	23	R	R	6' 1.0"	190	Mar 27, 1924	Chicago, IL, US
Wes Livengood	36	R	R	6' 2.0"	172	Jul 18, 1910	Salisbury, NC, US
Joe Mack	35	S	L	5' 11.0"	185	Jan 4, 1912	Chicago, IL, US
Max Macon	31	L	L	6' 3.0"	175	Oct 14, 1915	Pensacola, FL, US
Dick Manville	20	R	R	6' 4.0"	192	Dec 25, 1926	Des Moines, IA, US
Danny Murtaugh	29	R	R	5' 9.0"	165	Oct 8, 1917	Chester, PA, US
Eugene Nance	33	R	R	5' 11.0"	180	Jun 15, 1914	Oklahoma City, OK, US
Tommy Neill	27	L	R	6' 2.0"	200	Nov 7, 1919	Hartselle, AL, US
James Paules	28	L		6' 0.0"	180	Mar 17, 1919	York, PA, US
Dee Phillips	28	R	R	6' 0.0"	176	Jun 8, 1919	Corsicana, TX, US
Ewald Pyle	36	L	L	6' 0.0"	175	Aug 27, 1910	St. Louis, MO, US
Kenneth Raddant	25	R		5' 9.0"	160	1922
Earl Reid	34	L	R	6' 3.0"	190	Jun 8, 1913	Bangor, AL, US
Skippy Roberge	30	R	R	5' 11.0"	185	May 19, 1917	Lowell, MA, US
Steve Roser	29	R	R	6' 4.0"	220	Jan 25, 1918	Rome, NY, US
Buck Ross	32	R	R	6' 2.0"	170	Feb 3, 1915	Norwood, NC, US
Chet Ross	30	R	R	6' 1.0"	195	Apr 1, 1917	Buffalo, NY, US
William Sanders	19	L		5' 9.0"	175	1928
Owen Scheetz	33	R	R	6' 0.0"	190	Dec 24, 1913	New Bedford, OH, US
Norm Schlueter	30	R	R	5' 10.0"	175	Sep 25, 1916	Belleville, IL, US
David Sheehan	21	R	R	6' 3.0"	185	1926
Lefty Wallace	25	L	L	5' 11.0"	160	Aug 12, 1921	Evansville, IN, US
Pete Whisenant	17	R	R	6' 2.0"	190	Dec 14, 1929	Asheville, NC, US
Felix Younger	22	R		6' 2.0"	170	1925

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