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1947 World Series (4-3): New York Yankees (97-57) over Brooklyn Dodgers (94-60)


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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Tuesday, September 30, 1947 at Yankee Stadium I (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Brooklyn Dodgers             1  0  0    0  0  1    1  0  0     3  6  0
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    0  5  0    0  0  x     5  4  0

    PITCHERS: BRO - Branca, Behrman (5), Casey (7)
              NYY - Shea, Page (6)

               WP - Spec Shea
	       LP - Ralph Branca
             SAVE - Joe Page

   HOME RUNS: BRO - none
              NYY - none

  ATTENDANCE: 73,365

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, October 1, 1947 at Yankee Stadium I (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Brooklyn Dodgers             0  0  1    1  0  0    0  0  1     3  9  2
    New York Yankees             1  0  1    1  2  1    4  0  x    10 15  1

    PITCHERS: BRO - Lombardi, Gregg (5), Behrman (7), Barney (7)
              NYY - Reynolds

               WP - Allie Reynolds
	       LP - Vic Lombardi
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BRO - Walker
              NYY - Henrich

  ATTENDANCE: 69,865

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Thursday, October 2, 1947 at Ebbets Field (Brooklyn Dodgers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  0  2    2  2  1    1  0  0     8 13  0
    Brooklyn Dodgers             0  6  1    2  0  0    0  0  x     9 13  1

    PITCHERS: NYY - Newsom, Raschi (2), Drews (3), Chandler (4), Page (6)
              BRO - Hatten, Branca (5), Casey (7)

               WP - Hugh Casey
	       LP - Bobo Newsom
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - Berra, DiMaggio
              BRO - none

  ATTENDANCE: 33,098

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Friday, October 3, 1947 at Ebbets Field (Brooklyn Dodgers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             1  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0     2  8  1
    Brooklyn Dodgers             0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  2     3  1  3

    PITCHERS: NYY - Bevens
              BRO - Taylor, Gregg (1), Behrman (8), Casey (9)

               WP - Hugh Casey
	       LP - Bill Bevens
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - none
              BRO - none

  ATTENDANCE: 33,443

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Saturday, October 4, 1947 at Ebbets Field (Brooklyn Dodgers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    1  1  0    0  0  0     2  5  0
    Brooklyn Dodgers             0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0     1  4  1

    PITCHERS: NYY - Shea
              BRO - Barney, Hatten (5), Behrman (7), Casey (8)

               WP - Spec Shea
	       LP - Rex Barney
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - DiMaggio
              BRO - none

  ATTENDANCE: 34,379

Game 6 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Sunday, October 5, 1947 at Yankee Stadium I (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Brooklyn Dodgers             2  0  2    0  0  4    0  0  0     8 12  1
    New York Yankees             0  0  4    1  0  0    0  0  1     6 15  2

    PITCHERS: BRO - Lombardi, Branca (3), Hatten (6), Casey (9)
              NYY - Reynolds, Drews (3), Page (5), Newsom (6), Raschi (7), Wensloff (8)

               WP - Ralph Branca
	       LP - Joe Page
             SAVE - Hugh Casey

   HOME RUNS: BRO - none
              NYY - none

  ATTENDANCE: 74,065

Game 7 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Monday, October 6, 1947 at Yankee Stadium I (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Brooklyn Dodgers             0  2  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     2  7  0
    New York Yankees             0  1  0    2  0  1    1  0  x     5  7  0

    PITCHERS: BRO - Gregg, Behrman (4), Hatten (6), Barney (6), Casey (7)
              NYY - Shea, Bevens (2), Page (5)

               WP - Joe Page
	       LP - Hal Gregg
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BRO - none
              NYY - none

  ATTENDANCE: 71,548

Series Batting Stats

New York Yankees Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams
Playoff Series Stats Regular Season Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SB CS G AB R H HR RBI SB BA OPS
Yogi Berra 6 19 2 3 0 0 1 2 1 2 .158 .200 .316 .516 0 0 83 293 41 82 11 54 0 .280 .775
Bill Bevens 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 28 58 2 7 0 1 0 .121 .288
Bobby Brown 4 3 2 3 2 0 0 3 1 0 1.000 1.000 1.667 2.667 0 0 69 150 21 45 1 18 0 .300 .763
Spud Chandler 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 49 5 12 2 4 0 .245 .689
Allie Clark 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167 0 0 24 67 9 25 1 14 0 .373 .909
Joe DiMaggio 7 26 4 6 0 0 2 5 6 2 .231 .375 .462 .837 0 0 141 534 97 168 20 97 3 .315 .913
Karl Drews 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 30 27 1 1 0 0 0 .037 .170
Lonny Frey 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 *48 71 14 14 0 5 3 .197 .563
Tommy Henrich 7 31 2 10 2 0 1 5 2 3 .323 .364 .484 .848 0 0 142 550 109 158 16 98 3 .287 .857
Ralph Houk 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0 0 41 92 7 25 0 12 0 .272 .682
Billy Johnson 7 26 8 7 0 3 0 2 3 4 .269 .367 .500 .867 0 0 132 494 67 141 10 95 1 .285 .768
Johnny Lindell 6 18 3 9 3 1 0 7 5 2 .500 .625 .778 1.403 0 0 127 476 66 131 11 67 1 .275 .734
Sherm Lollar 2 4 3 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 .750 .750 1.250 2.000 0 0 11 32 4 7 1 6 0 .219 .617
George McQuinn 7 23 3 3 0 0 0 1 5 8 .130 .286 .130 .416 0 0 144 517 84 157 13 80 0 .304 .832
Bobo Newsom 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 *31 71 1 11 0 4 0 .155 .338
Joe Page 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 56 46 1 10 1 5 0 .217 .533
Jack Phillips 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 16 36 5 10 1 2 0 .278 .750
Vic Raschi 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 40 5 10 0 3 0 .250 .568
Allie Reynolds 2 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0 0 38 89 7 13 0 5 0 .146 .366
Phil Rizzuto 7 26 3 8 1 0 0 2 4 0 .308 .400 .346 .746 2 1 153 549 78 150 2 60 11 .273 .714
Aaron Robinson 3 10 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 .200 .333 .200 .533 0 0 82 252 23 68 5 36 0 .270 .783
Spec Shea 3 5 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 .400 .400 .600 1.000 0 0 27 56 8 11 0 1 0 .196 .530
Snuffy Stirnweiss 7 27 3 7 0 1 0 3 8 8 .259 .429 .333 .762 0 0 148 571 102 146 5 41 5 .256 .700
Butch Wensloff 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 19 1 5 0 1 0 .263 .563
Totals 89 238 38 67 11 5 4 36 38 37 .282 .385 .420 .805 2 1 155 5308 794 1439 115 27 .271 .756

Brooklyn Dodgers Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams
Playoff Series Stats Regular Season Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SB CS G AB R H HR RBI SB BA OPS
Dan Bankhead 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 2 1 1 2 0 .250 1.400
Rex Barney 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 28 27 3 3 0 3 0 .111 .259
Hank Behrman 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 *50 32 1 6 0 1 0 .188 .431
Bobby Bragan 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 0 0 25 36 3 7 0 3 1 .194 .576
Ralph Branca 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 43 97 8 12 0 9 0 .124 .317
Hugh Casey 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 46 18 0 1 0 1 0 .056 .161
Bruce Edwards 7 27 3 6 1 0 0 2 2 7 .222 .276 .259 .535 0 0 130 471 53 139 9 80 2 .295 .782
Carl Furillo 6 17 2 6 2 0 0 3 3 0 .353 .450 .471 .921 0 0 124 437 61 129 8 88 7 .295 .785
Al Gionfriddo 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 1 0 *38 63 10 11 0 6 2 .175 .580
Hal Gregg 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 0 37 34 3 9 0 2 0 .265 .580
Joe Hatten 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0 0 42 83 3 17 0 8 1 .205 .452
Gene Hermanski 7 19 4 3 0 1 0 1 3 3 .158 .304 .263 .568 0 0 79 189 36 52 7 39 5 .275 .811
Gil Hodges 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 28 77 9 12 1 7 0 .156 .545
Spider Jorgensen 7 20 1 4 2 0 0 3 2 4 .200 .273 .300 .573 0 0 129 441 57 121 5 67 4 .274 .770
Cookie Lavagetto 5 7 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 .143 .143 .286 .429 0 0 41 69 6 18 3 11 0 .261 .776
Vic Lombardi 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 36 66 1 16 0 6 0 .242 .526
Eddie Miksis 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0 0 45 86 18 23 4 10 0 .267 .755
Pee Wee Reese 7 23 5 7 1 0 0 4 6 3 .304 .448 .348 .796 3 2 142 476 81 135 12 73 7 .284 .841
Pete Reiser 5 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 .250 .455 .250 .705 0 1 110 388 68 120 5 46 14 .309 .832
Jackie Robinson 7 27 3 7 2 0 0 3 2 4 .259 .310 .333 .644 2 0 151 590 125 175 12 48 29 .297 .810
Eddie Stanky 7 25 4 6 1 0 0 2 3 2 .240 .321 .280 .601 0 1 146 559 97 141 3 53 3 .252 .702
Harry Taylor 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 62 3 8 0 8 0 .129 .336
Arky Vaughan 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .667 1.000 1.667 0 0 64 126 24 41 2 25 4 .325 .889
Dixie Walker 7 27 1 6 1 0 1 4 3 1 .222 .300 .370 .670 1 0 148 529 77 162 9 94 6 .306 .842
Totals 108 226 29 52 13 1 1 26 30 32 .230 .323 .310 .633 7 4 155 5249 774 1428 83 88 .272 .749

New York Yankees Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams
Playoff Series Stats Regular Season Stats
G GS ERA W L SV CG IP H ER BB SO WHIP G GS ERA W L SV IP H BB SO WHIP
Bill Bevens 2 1 2.38 0 1 0 1 11.1 3 3 11 7 1.235 28 23 3.82 7 13 0 165.0 167 77 77 1.479
Spud Chandler 1 0 9.00 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 2 3 1 2.500 17 16 2.46 9 5 0 128.0 100 41 68 1.102
Karl Drews 2 0 3.00 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 1 1 0 1.000 30 10 4.91 6 6 1 91.2 92 55 45 1.604
Bobo Newsom 2 1 19.29 0 1 0 0 2.1 6 5 2 0 3.429 *31 28 3.34 11 11 0 199.1 208 67 82 1.380
Joe Page 4 0 4.15 1 1 1 0 13.0 12 6 2 7 1.077 56 2 2.48 14 8 17 141.1 105 72 116 1.252
Vic Raschi 2 0 6.75 0 0 0 0 1.1 2 1 0 1 1.500 15 14 3.87 7 2 0 104.2 89 38 51 1.213
Allie Reynolds 2 2 4.76 1 0 0 1 11.1 15 6 3 6 1.588 34 30 3.20 19 8 2 241.2 207 123 129 1.366
Spec Shea 3 3 2.35 2 0 0 1 15.1 10 4 8 10 1.174 27 23 3.07 14 5 1 178.2 127 89 89 1.209
Butch Wensloff 1 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0.000 11 5 2.61 3 1 0 51.2 41 22 18 1.219
Totals 19 7 4.09 4 3 1 3 61.2 52 28 30 32 1.330 155 155 3.392 97 57 1374.1 1221 628 691 1.345

Brooklyn Dodgers Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams
Playoff Series Stats Regular Season Stats
G GS ERA W L SV CG IP H ER BB SO WHIP G GS ERA W L SV IP H BB SO WHIP
Rex Barney 3 1 2.70 0 1 0 0 6.2 4 2 10 3 2.100 28 9 4.75 5 2 0 77.2 66 59 36 1.609
Hank Behrman 5 0 7.11 0 0 0 0 6.1 9 5 5 3 2.211 *50 8 6.25 5 5 8 116.2 130 65 44 1.671
Ralph Branca 3 1 8.64 1 1 0 0 8.1 12 8 5 8 2.040 43 36 2.67 21 12 1 280.0 251 98 148 1.246
Hugh Casey 6 0 0.87 2 0 1 0 10.1 5 1 1 3 0.581 46 0 3.99 10 4 18 76.2 75 29 40 1.357
Hal Gregg 3 1 3.55 0 1 0 0 12.2 9 5 8 10 1.342 37 16 5.87 4 5 1 104.1 115 55 59 1.629
Joe Hatten 4 1 7.00 0 0 0 0 9.0 12 7 7 5 2.111 42 32 3.63 17 8 0 225.1 211 105 76 1.402
Vic Lombardi 2 2 12.15 0 1 0 0 6.2 14 9 1 5 2.250 33 20 2.99 12 11 3 174.2 156 65 72 1.265
Harry Taylor 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 1 0 33 20 3.11 10 5 1 162.0 130 83 58 1.315
Totals 27 7 5.55 3 4 1 0 60.0 67 37 38 37 1.750 155 155 3.816 94 60 1375.0 1299 626 592 1.400

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