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1947 Philadelphia Phillies

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1946 / 1948

62-92, Finished 7th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Ben Chapman (62-92)
Scored 589 runs, Allowed 687 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 66-88

Ballparks: Shibe Park · Attendance: 907,332 (7th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 96, Pitching - 98 · one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 102


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1946 / 1948 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR
Buster Adams 32 R R 6' 0" 180 Jun 24, 1915 6 69 45 69 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 44 50 19 0 0.0
Jack Albright 26 R R 5' 9" 175 Jun 30, 1921 1st 41 24 41 33 0 0 0 0 0 33 0 0 0 0 4 4 0.1
Putsy Caballero 19 R R 5' 10" 170 Nov 5, 1927 3 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Blix Donnelly 33 R R 5' 10" 166 Jan 21, 1914 4 38 10 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.7
Del Ennis 22 R R 6' 0" 195 Jun 8, 1925 2 139 135 139 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 135 0 2 135 4 0 1.5
Nick Etten 33 L L 6' 2" 198 Sep 19, 1913 9 14 11 14 11 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.2
Lou Finney 36 L R 6' 0" 180 Aug 13, 1910 15 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 -0.1
Charlie Gilbert 27 L L 5' 9" 165 Jul 8, 1919 6 83 25 83 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 7 12 37 43 3 -0.2
Granny Hamner 20 R R 5' 10" 163 Apr 26, 1927 4 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lee Handley 33 R R 5' 7" 160 Jul 13, 1913 10 101 74 101 87 0 0 0 3 83 1 0 0 0 0 7 7 -0.6
Ken Heintzelman 31 R L 5' 11" 185 Oct 14, 1915 8 24 19 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8
Rollie Hemsley 40 R R 5' 10" 170 Jun 24, 1907 19 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lefty Hoerst 29 L L 6' 3" 192 Aug 11, 1917 5 4 1 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5
Tommy Hughes 27 R R 6' 1" 190 Oct 7, 1919 4 32 15 32 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.0
Willie Jones 21 R R 6' 1" 188 Aug 16, 1925 1st 18 17 18 17 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.3
Oscar Judd 39 L L 6' 0" 180 Feb 14, 1908 7 44 19 44 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 0.4
Al Jurisich 25 R R 6' 2" 193 Aug 25, 1921 4 34 12 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Dick Koecher 21 L L 6' 5" 196 Mar 30, 1926 2 3 2 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Al Lakeman 28 R R 6' 2" 195 Dec 31, 1918 6 55 46 55 51 0 23 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 -1.8
Ralph LaPointe 25 R R 5' 11" 185 Jan 8, 1922 1st 56 51 56 54 0 0 0 0 0 54 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.2
Dutch Leonard 38 R R 6' 0" 175 Mar 25, 1909 14 32 29 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.7
Jesse Levan 20 L R 6' 0" 172 Jul 15, 1926 1st 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0.1
Dick Mauney 27 R R 5' 11" 164 Jan 26, 1920 3 15 1 15 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.1
Frank McCormick 36 R R 6' 4" 205 Jun 9, 1911 12 15 9 15 12 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -0.3
Skeeter Newsome 36 R R 5' 9" 155 Oct 18, 1910 12 95 78 95 90 0 0 0 6 3 85 0 0 0 0 1 4 0.0
Ron Northey 27 L R 5' 10" 195 Apr 26, 1920 5 13 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 13 0 0 -0.1
Don Padgett 35 L R 6' 0" 190 Dec 5, 1911 7 75 35 75 39 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 0 0.7
Hugh Poland 37 L R 5' 11" 185 Jan 19, 1910 4 4 1 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.2
Lou Possehl 21 R R 6' 2" 180 Apr 12, 1926 2 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Ken Raffensberger 29 R L 6' 2" 185 Aug 8, 1917 8 10 7 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4
Schoolboy Rowe 37 R R 6' 4" 210 Jan 11, 1910 13 43 28 43 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 2.2 All-Star
Charley Schanz 28 R R 6' 3" 215 Jun 8, 1919 4 34 6 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2
Freddy Schmidt 31 R R 6' 1" 185 Feb 9, 1916 3 29 5 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Howie Schultz 24 R R 6' 6" 200 Jul 3, 1922 5 114 108 114 114 0 0 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2.0
Andy Seminick 26 R R 5' 11" 187 Sep 12, 1920 5 111 99 111 107 0 107 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2.1
Curt Simmons 18 L L 5' 11" 175 May 19, 1929 1st 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5
Homer Spragins 26 R R 6' 1" 190 Nov 9, 1920 1st 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Jim Tabor 30 R R 6' 2" 175 Nov 5, 1916 9 75 65 75 67 0 0 0 0 67 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 -0.6
Emil Verban 31 R R 5' 11" 165 Aug 27, 1915 4 155 152 155 155 0 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 All-Star
Harry Walker 30 L R 6' 2" 175 Oct 22, 1916 6 130 128 130 128 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 127 0 127 2 0 6.1 All-Star
Johnny Wyrostek 27 L R 6' 2" 180 Jul 12, 1919 4 128 118 128 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 100 126 2 0 1.8
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

Jesse Levan

Johnny Wyrostek

Buster Adams
Lee Handley

Charlie Gilbert

Ron Northey
Harry Walker

Jim Tabor

Buster Adams
Skeeter Newsome

Don Padgett

Emil Verban

Frank McCormick
Howie Schultz

Lou Finney
Willie Jones

Del Ennis

Dick Mauney

Ken Raffensberger

Oscar Judd

Charley Schanz

Schoolboy Rowe

Dutch Leonard

Jack Albright
Ralph LaPointe

Ralph LaPointe
Freddy Schmidt

Andy Seminick

Dick Koecher
Al Lakeman
Howie Schultz

Putsy Caballero
Ken Heintzelman

Tommy Hughes

Lou Possehl

Blix Donnelly

Rollie Hemsley
Curt Simmons

Freddy Schmidt

Lefty Hoerst
Hugh Poland
Freddy Schmidt

Granny Hamner
Lee Handley

Nick Etten
Al Lakeman

Homer Spragins

Al Jurisich

1946 / 1948 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers