1947 Major League Team Statistics

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Negro League teams are presented with both league-only and overall records against top Black clubs. Player stats include league games, interleague games (against major Negro League competition), and games against select top-level independent Black clubs. Player stats do not include the extensive amount of exhibitions and barnstorming games Negro League teams often played. Negro League data is not complete. Research is still ongoing and we’ll continue to publish updates as more information becomes available. Negro Leagues Data: Frequently Asked Questions

Major League Detailed Standings

Explanation of Simple Rating System (SRS)

Major League Detailed Standings
Rk	Tm	W	L	Ties	W-L%	R	RA	Rdiff	SOS	SRS	pythWL	Luck	Home	Road	ExInn	1Run	vRHP	vLHP	≥.500	<.500
1	Cleveland Buckeyes	49	18	0	.731	5.9	5.8	0.1					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
2	New York Cubans	43	18	1	.705	5.5	3.7	1.8					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
3	New York Yankees	97	57	1	.630	5.1	3.7	1.5	-0.2	1.3	100-54	-3	55-22	42-35	5-6	22-29	76-43	21-14	55-33	42-24
4	Brooklyn Dodgers	94	60	1	.610	5.0	4.3	0.7	-0.1	0.6	87-67	7	52-25	42-35	6-4	24-19	53-34	41-26	35-31	59-29
5	Kansas City Monarchs	47	29	0	.618	6.7	5.4	1.3					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
6	St. Louis Cardinals	89	65	2	.578	5.0	4.1	0.9	-0.1	0.8	91-63	-2	46-31	43-34	9-6	19-19	42-29	47-36	33-33	56-32
7	Detroit Tigers	85	69	4	.552	4.5	4.1	0.5	0.0	0.4	84-70	1	46-31	39-38	6-4	27-20	68-61	17-8	43-45	42-24
8	Newark Eagles	45	38	1	.542	5.1	4.7	0.4					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
9	Boston Braves	86	68	0	.558	4.6	4.1	0.5	-0.1	0.4	85-69	1	50-27	36-41	5-5	23-20	48-49	38-19	34-32	52-36
10	Boston Red Sox	83	71	3	.539	4.6	4.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	82-72	1	49-30	34-41	7-2	28-20	73-59	10-12	40-48	43-23
11	Baltimore Elite Giants	41	36	2	.532	5.5	4.3	1.2					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
12	Birmingham Black Barons	42	37	0	.532	5.1	5.7	-0.6					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
13	New York Giants	81	73	1	.526	5.4	4.9	0.4	-0.1	0.4	83-71	-2	45-31	36-42	5-4	19-24	52-49	29-24	30-36	51-37
14	Cleveland Indians	80	74	3	.519	4.4	3.7	0.6	-0.1	0.6	88-66	-8	38-39	42-35	5-7	25-25	69-60	11-14	39-49	41-25
15	Homestead Grays	33	34	3	.493	4.2	4.5	-0.3					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
16	Memphis Red Sox	38	48	2	.442	5.6	6.6	-1.0					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
17	Philadelphia Athletics	78	76	2	.506	4.1	3.9	0.1	0.0	0.1	79-75	-1	39-38	39-38	6-8	17-29	70-62	8-14	43-45	35-31
18	Cincinnati Reds	73	81	0	.474	4.4	4.9	-0.5	0.1	-0.4	70-84	3	42-35	31-46	5-8	21-20	47-57	26-24	37-51	36-30
19	Philadelphia Stars	24	33	2	.421	5.0	5.8	-0.8					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
20	Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns	30	50	2	.375	4.5	6.2	-1.7					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
21	Chicago White Sox	70	84	1	.455	3.6	4.3	-0.7	0.1	-0.6	65-89	5	32-43	38-41	9-9	29-21	61-78	9-6	45-65	25-19
22	Chicago Cubs	69	85	1	.448	3.7	4.7	-1.0	0.1	-0.9	60-94	9	36-43	33-42	4-6	25-17	38-44	31-41	33-55	36-30
23	Chicago American Giants	28	52	0	.350	5.1	6.8	-1.7					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
24	New York Black Yankees	11	38	3	.224	4.7	6.9	-2.2					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
25	Washington Nationals	64	90	0	.416	3.2	4.4	-1.2	0.1	-1.0	56-98	8	36-41	28-49	2-7	23-27	44-69	20-21	47-63	17-27
26	Philadelphia Phillies	62	92	1	.403	3.8	4.4	-0.6	0.1	-0.6	66-88	-4	38-38	24-54	6-6	19-29	49-68	13-24	34-54	28-38
27	Pittsburgh Pirates	62	92	2	.403	4.8	5.2	-0.5	0.1	-0.4	71-83	-9	32-45	30-47	5-6	21-23	56-85	6-7	30-58	32-34
28	St. Louis Browns	59	95	0	.383	3.7	4.8	-1.2	0.1	-1.0	58-96	1	29-48	30-47	8-5	25-25	47-78	12-17	35-75	24-20
	Average	59	59	1	.500	4.7	4.9				58-60		23-20	20-23	3-3	13-13	31-33	12-10	21-27	22-16

In this table, Negro League team records are for league games only. Runs scored and allowed are for all games against top Black clubs for which a box score has been discovered.

Postseason

Team Standard Batting

Team Standard Batting Table
Tm	#Bat	BatAge	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	LOB
Birmingham Black Barons	23	29.2	5.12	16	637	577	82	157	20	8	3	64	10		42		.272	.328	.350	.678	82	202		6	12
Baltimore Elite Giants	22	29.5	5.48	67	2510	2259	367	657	100	43	15	312	69		176		.291	.348	.393	.741	101	888		22	53
Boston Red Sox	41	29.2	4.59	157	6103	5322	720	1412	206	54	103	674	41	35	667	589	.265	.349	.382	.731	97	2035	140	16	95		55	1221
Brooklyn Dodgers	43	27.8	4.99	155	6127	5249	774	1428	241	50	83	719	88	62	732	561	.272	.364	.384	.749	97	2018	87	29	115		139	1277
Boston Braves	34	29.5	4.55	154	5957	5253	701	1444	265	42	85	645	58	31	558	502	.275	.346	.390	.736	97	2048	130	14	129		87	1189
Chicago American Giants	30	26.2	5.14	29	1158	1039	149	274	41	10	5	119	13		96		.264	.332	.337	.669	79	350		10	13
Cleveland Buckeyes	24	27.8	5.86	21	798	704	123	204	40	12	11	110	17		68		.290	.363	.428	.791	112	301		13	13
Chicago Cubs	36	30.0	3.66	155	5860	5305	567	1373	231	48	71	540	22	31	469	578	.259	.321	.361	.682	84	1913	112	19	64		52	1172
Chicago White Sox	31	30.2	3.57	155	5841	5274	553	1350	211	41	53	519	91	57	491	528	.256	.321	.342	.663	88	1802	142	15	56		36	1090
Cincinnati Reds	38	28.8	4.42	154	5957	5299	681	1372	242	43	95	637	46	24	539	530	.259	.330	.375	.704	87	1985	97	21	95		65	1168
Cleveland Indians	38	28.4	4.38	157	5979	5367	687	1392	234	51	112	649	29	25	501	607	.259	.324	.385	.709	99	2064	107	14	93		47	1092
Detroit Tigers	29	29.7	4.52	158	6149	5276	714	1363	234	42	103	662	52	60	761	563	.258	.353	.377	.730	100	1990	130	13	97		40	1255
Homestead Grays	29	30.6	4.24	62	2219	1988	263	503	83	18	27	221	57		184		.253	.320	.354	.674	83	703		13	34
Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns	37	28.7	4.53	30	1139	1022	136	259	39	10	3	115	8		93		.253	.319	.320	.639	72	327		6	18
Kansas City Monarchs	27	29.5	6.66	65	2488	2176	433	633	105	38	33	358	79		244		.291	.368	.420	.788	111	913		23	45
Memphis Red Sox	25	30.2	5.57	21	850	730	117	181	28	4	5	100	18		97		.248	.344	.318	.662	78	232		10	13
New York Black Yankees	34	29.6	4.74	34	1329	1174	161	299	33	16	6	140	19		122		.255	.330	.325	.655	79	382		9	24
Newark Eagles	30	27.6	5.10	59	2205	1917	301	512	79	17	39	268	26		236		.267	.349	.387	.736	100	742		6	46
New York Cubans	21	28.4	5.54	41	1643	1471	227	414	63	21	15	198	33		131		.281	.347	.383	.730	98	564		16	25
New York Giants	41	27.7	5.35	155	5927	5343	830	1446	220	48	221	790	29	26	494	570	.271	.335	.454	.789	107	2425	114	23	64		39	1017
New York Yankees	39	30.0	5.12	155	6033	5308	794	1439	230	72	115	748	27	23	610	581	.271	.349	.407	.756	111	2158	122	27	86		63	1170
Philadelphia Athletics	31	29.8	4.06	156	5974	5198	633	1311	218	52	61	581	37	33	605	563	.252	.333	.349	.682	89	1816	117	24	144		41	1169
Philadelphia Phillies	41	28.8	3.80	155	5830	5256	589	1354	210	52	60	544	60	51	464	593	.258	.321	.352	.673	82	1848	119	26	82		59	1109
Pittsburgh Pirates	42	28.7	4.77	156	6010	5307	744	1385	216	44	156	699	30	47	606	684	.261	.339	.406	.746	95	2157	136	24	70		58	1101
Philadelphia Stars	23	28.6	5.04	49	1816	1607	247	430	64	19	7	219	21		163		.268	.337	.344	.681	86	553		6	40
St. Louis Browns	31	28.3	3.66	154	5821	5145	564	1238	189	52	90	526	69	49	583	663	.241	.320	.350	.670	85	1801	118	15	76		25	1108
St. Louis Cardinals	30	28.0	5.00	156	6134	5422	780	1462	235	65	115	718	28	27	612	511	.270	.347	.401	.747	95	2172	136	29	68		70	1183
Washington Nationals	36	29.4	3.22	154	5717	5112	496	1234	186	48	42	459	53	51	525	534	.241	.313	.321	.634	79	1642	131	8	72		37	1106
League Average	19	29.0	3.63	106	3408	3016	387	786	127	29	56	361	27	23	329	327	.261	.336	.377	.713	93	1138	69	11	50		33	658
	544	29.0	3.63	2980	95419	84436	10827	22003	3568	804	1565	10110	760	632	9217	9157	.261	.336	.377	.713	93	31874	1938	317	1406		913	18427
Tm	#Bat	BatAge	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	LOB