1947 Utica Blue Sox

1947 > Class A > 1947 Eastern League
Overall: n/a

Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies-NL
Manager: Eddie Sawyer
Represented: Utica, NY
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	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BA	SLG	TB
1	James Ackeret	22	138	534	162	40	6	1	.303	.406	217
2	Richie Ashburn*	20	137	536	194	21	12	3	.362	.463	248
3	Putsy Caballero	19	115	397	114	13	2	0	.287	.330	131
4	Bob Chakales	19	22	37	11	1	1	0	.297	.378	14
5	Vance Dinges*	32	134	483	139	20	5	0	.288	.350	169
6	Ettore Giammarco*	25	129	445	132	21	7	13	.297	.463	206
7	Bill Glynn*	21	134	517	136	23	8	16	.263	.431	223
8	Don Grate	23	31	63	13	3	1	1	.206	.333	21
9	Granny Hamner	20	138	609	177	26	6	4	.291	.373	227
10	Eli Hodkey*	29	26	66	14	5	1	0	.212	.318	21
11	Dale Jones	28	28	63	11	0	0	0	.175	.175	11
12	Edward Klimczak	25	14	30	10	1	0	0	.333	.367	11
13	Dick Koecher*	21	36	74	15	5	0	1	.203	.311	23
14	William Linderman*	25	24	34	4	0	0	0	.118	.118	4
15	Stan Lopata	21	115	378	123	20	13	9	.325	.519	196
16	Orient Martella	25	49	120	28	6	0	0	.233	.283	34
17	William McGurk*	22	29	55	7	1	2	0	.127	.218	12
18	Lou Possehl	21	31	64	10	0	1	0	.156	.188	12
19	Francis Whalen	21	31	84	16	4	1	0	.190	.262	22
	19 Players	22.7

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	IP	H	R	ER	BB	WHIP	H/9	BB/9
1	Bob Chakales	19	7	5	.583	5.36	22	94.0	74	70	56	76	1.596	7.1	7.3
2	John Clements	24	0	0			2
3	Don Grate	23	7	4	.636	3.50	24	108.0	108	45	42	47	1.435	9.0	3.9
4	Eli Hodkey*	29	15	5	.750	4.43	26	183.0	180	105	90	94	1.497	8.9	4.6
5	William Jankowski	21	1	0	1.000		1
6	Dale Jones	28	12	7	.632	4.04	27	167.0	151	82	75	79	1.377	8.1	4.3
7	Dick Koecher*	21	17	8	.680	3.05	36	198.0	135	78	67	54	0.955	6.1	2.5
8	William Linderman*	25	6	2	.750	3.21	24	101.0	92	46	36	50	1.406	8.2	4.5
9	William McGurk	22	11	10	.524	3.66	29	155.0	143	83	63	82	1.452	8.3	4.8
10	William Pless	19	0	1	.000		2
11	Lou Possehl	21	15	8	.652	3.23	31	167.0	135	67	60	90	1.347	7.3	4.9
12	William Revels	20	0	0			1
	12 Players	23.3

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

P

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Dick Koecher	36							0.00
Lou Possehl	31							0.00
William McGurk	29							0.00
Dale Jones	27							0.00
Eli Hodkey	26							0.00
Don Grate	24							0.00
William Linderman	24							0.00
Bob Chakales	22							0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
James Ackeret	22	R		6' 2.0"	195	1925
Richie Ashburn	20	L	R	5' 10.0"	170	Mar 19, 1927	Tilden, NE, US
Putsy Caballero	19	R	R	5' 10.0"	170	Nov 5, 1927	New Orleans, LA, US
Bob Chakales	19	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Aug 10, 1927	Asheville, NC, US
John Clements	24	L	R	6' 1.0"	195	1923
Vance Dinges	32	L	L	6' 2.0"	175	May 29, 1915	Elizabeth, NJ, US
Ettore Giammarco	25	L	L	5' 11.0"	200	Apr 28, 1922	Newburgh, NY, US
Bill Glynn	21	L	L	6' 0.0"	190	Jul 30, 1925	Sussex, NJ, US
Don Grate	23	R	R	6' 2.0"	180	Aug 27, 1923	Greenfield, OH, US
Granny Hamner	20	R	R	5' 10.0"	163	Apr 26, 1927	Richmond, VA, US
Eli Hodkey	29	L	L	6' 4.0"	185	Nov 3, 1917	Lorain, OH, US
William Jankowski	21	R	R	6' 1.0"	200	Feb 10, 1926
Dale Jones	28	R	R	6' 1.0"	172	Dec 17, 1918	Marquette, NE, US
Edward Klimczak	25	R		5' 11.0"	165	1922
Dick Koecher	21	L	L	6' 5.0"	196	Mar 30, 1926	Philadelphia, PA, US
William Linderman	25	L	L	6' 2.0"	195	1922
Stan Lopata	21	R	R	6' 2.0"	210	Sep 12, 1925	Delray, MI, US
Orient Martella	25	R		5' 9.0"	190	1922
William McGurk	22	L	R	6' 2.0"	200	1925
William Pless	19	R	R	6' 5.0"	220	1928
Lou Possehl	21	R	R	6' 2.0"	180	Apr 12, 1926	Chicago, IL, US
William Revels	20	R	R	6' 1.0"	170	1927
Francis Whalen	21	R		6' 0.0"	185	1926

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