1947 Evansville Braves

1947 > Class B > 1947 Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League
Overall: n/a

Affiliation: Boston Braves-NL
Manager: Bob Coleman
Represented: Evansville, IN
Ballpark: Bosse Field (Evansville, IN)
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	Dick Burkhardt*	27	101	402	116	22	4	6	.289	.408	164
2	Frank Cobo*	22	25	36	9	3	0	0	.250	.333	12
3	Oran Davis*	22	54	172	50	8	3	4	.291	.442	76
4	Raymond Fletcher	22	126	511	144	25	13	13	.282	.458	234
5	Wallace Fletcher	27	68	233	48	4	0	0	.206	.223	52
6	Mike Forline	25	20	22	2	0	1	0	.091	.182	4
7	Andrew Green?	--	16	41	11	4	0	0	.268	.366	15
8	John Joslin	23	15	46	9	2	1	0	.196	.283	13
9	Aaron Kaye	23	14	32	10	1	0	0	.313	.344	11
10	Eugene Kelly	25	32	55	9	0	3	0	.164	.273	15
11	Ole Kollevoll	24	100	351	85	20	2	4	.242	.345	121
12	Don Liddle*	22	13	4	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	0
13	Walt Linden	23	30	88	19	5	2	2	.216	.386	34
14	Johnny Logan	20	127	486	161	32	13	6	.331	.488	237
15	Dick Manville	20	14	28	5	0	0	0	.179	.179	5
16	Paul Naughton	25	21	29	2	0	0	0	.069	.069	2
17	Gene Patton*	20	16	43	9	3	1	0	.209	.326	14
18	Frank Paulin	25	11	18	3	1	0	0	.167	.222	4
19	Paul Rambone	19	60	210	58	7	7	1	.276	.390	82
20	Billy Reed*	24	88	319	104	16	1	1	.326	.392	125
21	John Rizner*	24	101	403	116	16	6	6	.288	.402	162
22	George Scholl?	--	16	46	10	1	0	0	.217	.239	11
23	David Sheehan	21	24	62	17	1	1	0	.274	.323	20
24	Louis Tufano	19	18	61	8	0	1	1	.131	.213	13
25	Bob Whitcher*	30	40	66	14	3	0	0	.212	.258	17
26	Felix Younger	22	16	51	13	0	0	0	.255	.255	13
27	Thomas Zikmund*	22	126	500	152	21	9	4	.304	.406	203
	27 Players	23.1

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	Frank Cobo*	22	5	5	.500	4.29	19	84.0	97	50	40	47	1.714	10.4	5.0
2	Mike Forline	25	4	3	.571	4.37	20	68.0	82	48	33	25	1.574	10.9	3.3
3	Andrew Green?	--	7	5	.583	3.98	15	95.0	95	58	42	47	1.495	9.0	4.5
4	Aaron Kaye*	23	5	2	.714	2.65	14	85.0	69	36	25	30	1.165	7.3	3.2
5	Eugene Kelly	25	11	10	.524	3.60	31	155.0	158	85	62	67	1.452	9.2	3.9
6	Don Liddle*	22	0	1	.000	2.81	13	32.0	24	12	10	34	1.812	6.8	9.6
7	Dick Manville	20	5	3	.625	3.58	14	73.0	61	37	29	34	1.301	7.5	4.2
8	Paul Naughton	25	6	3	.667	4.55	21	89.0	91	56	45	53	1.618	9.2	5.4
9	Frank Paulin	25	2	3	.400	2.50	11	54.0	50	22	15	15	1.204	8.3	2.5
10	David Sheehan	21	12	7	.632	2.66	24	152.0	121	55	45	73	1.276	7.2	4.3
11	Bob Whitcher*	30	13	11	.542	2.94	33	187.0	150	69	61	85	1.257	7.2	4.1
	11 Players	24.4

Team Fielding--By Pos

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P

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Bob Whitcher	33							0.00
Eugene Kelly	31							0.00
David Sheehan	24							0.00
Paul Naughton	21							0.00
Mike Forline	20							0.00
Frank Cobo	19							0.00
Andrew Green	15							0.00
Aaron Kaye	14							0.00
Dick Manville	14							0.00
Don Liddle	13							0.00
Frank Paulin	11							0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Dick Burkhardt	27	L		6' 0.0"	172	1920
Frank Cobo	22	L	L	5' 10.0"	180	1925
Oran Davis	22	L	R	6' 0.0"	185	Apr 22, 1925	Alice, TX, US
Raymond Fletcher	22	R	R	5' 10.0"	185	Jan 17, 1925	New York City, NY, US
Wallace Fletcher	27	R		5' 9.0"	155	1920
Mike Forline	25	R	R	6' 0.0"	192	Dec 23, 1921	Durham, CT, US
Andrew Green	--					Unknown
John Joslin	23	R	L	6' 0.0"		1924
Aaron Kaye	23	R	L	5' 11.0"	178	1924
Eugene Kelly	25	R	R	6' 1.0"	175	Feb 12, 1922
Ole Kollevoll	24	R		6' 2.0"	210	1923	Kristiansand, NO
Don Liddle	22	L	L	5' 10.0"	165	May 25, 1925	Mount Carmel, IL, US
Walt Linden	23	R	R	6' 1.0"	190	Mar 27, 1924	Chicago, IL, US
Johnny Logan	20	R	R	5' 11.0"	175	Mar 23, 1927	Endicott, NY, US
Dick Manville	20	R	R	6' 4.0"	192	Dec 25, 1926	Des Moines, IA, US
Paul Naughton	25	R	R	6' 2.0"	195	Sep 24, 1921
Gene Patton	20	L	R	5' 10.0"	165	Jul 8, 1926	Coatesville, PA, US
Frank Paulin	25	R	R	5' 10.0"	160	Mar 3, 1922	Cleveland, OH, US
Paul Rambone	19	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	Oct 3, 1927	Dewfield, NJ, US
Billy Reed	24	L	R	5' 10.0"	175	Nov 12, 1922	Shawano, WI, US
John Rizner	24	L		5' 9.0"	170	1923
George Scholl	--					Unknown
David Sheehan	21	R	R	6' 3.0"	185	1926
Louis Tufano	19	R	R	5' 11.0"	188	Nov 26, 1927	Ozone Park, NY, US
Bob Whitcher	30	L	L	5' 8.0"	165	Apr 29, 1917	Berlin, NH, US
Felix Younger	22	R		6' 2.0"	170	1925
Thomas Zikmund	22	L	L	5' 11.0"	170	1925

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