1947 Philadelphia Phillies season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Philadelphia Phillies 1947 Also known as the Philadelphia Blue Jays National League Shibe Park Philadelphia R. R. M. Carpenter Herb Pennock Ben Chapman WPTZ WIBG(By Saam, Chuck Thompson) The 1947 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 65th season in the history of the franchise. The Phillies finished in 7th place in the National League with a record of 62 wins and 92 losses. It was the first season for Phillies television broadcasts, which debuted on WPTZ. Offseason Prior to 1947 season: Carl Sawatski was acquired from the Phillies by the Boston Braves.Carl Sawatski at Baseball Reference On July 27, 1946, the City of Clearwater had announced that the Phillies had accepted Clearwater's invitation to train at Clearwater Athletic Field in 1947 on a one-year agreement. On March 7, 1947, the Phillies and city signed a 10-year deal for the Phillies to train in Clearwater. The Phillies lost their first spring training game in 1947 at Athletic Field to the Detroit Tigers by a score of 13–1. The Phillies' attendance that spring was 13,291 which was ninth out of the ten teams training in Florida.Lewis Allen March 1986 Philadelphia '47 '86 Clearwater 1986 Phillies: Spring Training 40th Year in Clearwater Clearwater, Florida Philadelphia Phillies 4–5 Regular season April 22: During a game against the Brooklyn Dodgers, Phillies manager Ben Chapman hurled racial slurs at Jackie Robinson. Commissioner Happy Chandler warned the franchise to keep the manager under control or face disciplinary action.Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 76, Jonathan Eig, Simon & Schuster, 2007, New York, 978-0-7432-9461-4 Of note, it was the first major league game in which Robinson committed an error.Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 75 June 2: The Phillies travel to Egypt, Pennsylvania to recruit Curt Simmons and play a team of all-star high school players from the Lehigh Valley. The game was played on the opening day of Egypt Memorial Park, June 2, 1947, in front of a crowd of 4,500. Simmons struck out eleven and the game ended in a 4–4 tie (a late-game error was the only thing that prevented the high school team from winning). June 3, 1947 Curt Simmons Fans 11 Phils; Egypt Tied Philadelphia Inqurier Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 24 Season standings Philadelphia Phillies Record vs. opponents PHI Notable transactions May 3, 1947: Ron Northey was traded by the Phillies to the St. Louis Cardinals for Harry Walker and Freddy Schmidt.Harry Walker at Baseball Reference Roster 1947 Philadelphia Phillies Roster Pitchers 30 Blix Donnelly 27 Ken Heintzelman 36 Lefty Hoerst 28 Tommy Hughes 17 Oscar Judd 21 Al Jurisich 26 Dick Koecher 20 Dutch Leonard 15 Dick Mauney 29 Lou Possehl 16 Ken Raffensberger 19 Schoolboy Rowe 18 Charley Schanz 33 Freddy Schmidt 32 Curt Simmons 37 Homer Spragins Catchers 32 Rollie Hemsley  8 Don Padgett 35 Hugh Poland 24 Andy Seminick Infielders 22 Jack Albright 27 Putsy Caballero 36 Nick Etten 35 Granny Hamner 35 Lee Handley 12 Willie Jones 26 Al Lakeman 22 Ralph LaPointe 10 Frank McCormick  6 Skeeter Newsome 26,10 Howie Schultz  5 Jim Tabor  9 Emil Verban Outfielders  2 Buster Adams 14 Del Ennis  3 Charlie Gilbert -- Jesse Levan 12 Ron Northey  4 Harry Walker  1 Johnny Wyrostek Other batters 12 Lou Finney Manager  7 Ben Chapman Coaches 11 Benny Bengough 25 Benny Culp 31 Cy Perkins Player stats Batting Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C Andy Seminick 111 337 85 .252 13 50 1B Howie Schultz 114 403 90 .223 6 35 2B Emil Verban 155 540 154 .285 0 42 SS Skeeter Newsome 95 310 71 .229 2 22 3B Lee Handley 101 277 70 .253 0 42 OF Harry Walker 130 488 181 .371 1 41 OF Del Ennis 139 541 149 .275 12 81 OF Johnny Wyrostek 128 454 124 .273 5 51 Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI Jim Tabor 75 251 59 .235 4 31 Ralph LaPointe 56 211 65 .308 1 15 Buster Adams 69 182 45 .247 2 15 Al Lakeman 55 182 29 .159 6 19 Don Padgett 75 158 50 .316 0 24 Charlie Gilbert 83 152 36 .237 2 10 Jack Albright 41 99 23 .232 2 5 Willie Jones 18 62 14 .226 0 10 Ron Northey 13 47 12 .255 0 3 Nick Etten 14 41 10 .244 1 8 Frank McCormick 15 40 9 .225 1 8 Jesse Levan 2 9 4 .444 0 1 Hugh Poland 4 8 0 .000 0 0 Putsy Caballero 2 7 1 .143 0 0 Granny Hamner 2 7 2 .286 0 0 Lou Finney 4 4 0 .000 0 0 Rollie Hemsley 2 3 1 .333 0 1 Pitching Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Dutch Leonard Dutch Leonard (right-handed pitcher) 32 235.0 17 12 2.68 103 Schoolboy Rowe 31 195.2 14 10 4.32 74 Ken Heintzelman 24 136.0 7 10 4.04 55 Curt Simmons 1 9.0 1 0 1.00 9 Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Oscar Judd 32 146.2 4 15 4.60 54 Tommy Hughes 29 127.0 4 11 3.47 44 Blix Donnelly 38 120.2 4 6 2.98 31 Al Jurisich 34 118.1 1 7 4.94 48 Ken Raffensberger 10 41.0 2 6 5.49 16 Dick Koecher 3 17.0 0 2 4.76 4 Lefty Hoerst 4 11.1 1 1 7.94 0 Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO Charley Schanz 34 2 4 2 4.16 42 Freddy Schmidt 29 5 8 0 4.70 24 Dick Mauney 9 0 0 1 3.86 6 Homer Spragins 4 0 0 0 6.75 3 Lou Possehl 2 0 0 0 4.15 1 Farm system Minor League Baseball A Utica Blue Sox Eastern League Eddie Sawyer B Terre Haute Phillies Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Ray Brubaker, Whitey Gluchoski and Jack Sanford B Wilmington Blue Rocks Interstate League Jack Saltzgaver C Schenectady Blue Jays Canadian–American League Leon Riley C Vandergrift Pioneers Middle Atlantic League Floyd "Pat" Patterson C Salina Blue Jays Western Association Ed Walls D Dover Phillies Eastern Shore League Dick Carter D Americus Phillies Georgia–Florida League Jack Sanford and Lew Krausse, Sr. D Carbondale Pioneers North Atlantic League Patrick Colgan D Bradford Blue Wings PONY League George Savino D Appleton Papermakers Wisconsin State League Andy Latchie and Whitey GluchoskiLEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Utica, Wilmington, Schenectady, VandergriftJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007 Notes 2 References 1947 Philadelphia Phillies season at Baseball Reference Category:Philadelphia Phillies seasons Philadelphia Phillies season Philadelphia