1947 New York Yankees season

Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees March 2026 November 2013 New York Yankees 1947 World Series champions American League champions American League Yankee Stadium New York City 97 57 y 1st Larry MacPhail, Dan Topping and Del Webb Larry MacPhail Bucky Harris WABD WINS (AM)(Mel Allen, Russ Hodges) The 1947 New York Yankees season was the team's 45th season. The team finished with a record of 97–57, winning their 15th pennant, finishing 12 games ahead of the Detroit Tigers. New York was managed by Bucky Harris. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series, they defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers in 7 games. It was the first ever season of the Yankees to be broadcast live on television with WABD providing the television broadcast feed to viewers in the city. Regular season Led by American League Most Valuable Player Joe DiMaggio, the 1947 Yankees won the AL pennant by 12 games over the Detroit Tigers. They then defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers in seven games in the World Series. Notable plays included Cookie Lavagetto's walk-off double in Game 4 and Al Gionfriddo's catch of a drive by DiMaggio that might otherwise have been a home run. Season standings Record vs. opponents NYY Roster 1947 New York Yankees Roster Pitchers 14 Rugger Ardizoia 16 Bill Bevens 28 Tommy Byrne 21 Spud Chandler 19 Karl Drews 18 Randy Gumpert 26 Don Johnson 36 Al Lyons 34 Bobo Newsom 11 Joe Page 17 Mel Queen 17 Vic Raschi 22 Allie Reynolds 20 Spec Shea 30 Dick Starr 25,42 Butch Wensloff 28 Bill Wight Catchers 35 Yogi Berra 32 Ralph Houk 29 Sherm Lollar  8 Aaron Robinson 34 Ken Silvestri Infielders  6 Bobby Brown  2 Frankie Crosetti 14 Lonny Frey 24 Billy Johnson 29,52 Johnny Lucadello  9 George McQuinn 36 Jack Phillips 10 Phil Rizzuto  1 Snuffy Stirnweiss Outfielders  3 Allie Clark 3,48 Frank Colman  5 Joe DiMaggio 15 Tommy Henrich 12 Charlie Keller 27 Johnny Lindell Other batters 25 Ray Mack 14 Ted Sepkowski Manager 37 Bucky Harris Coaches 31 Red Corriden  2 Frankie Crosetti  7 Chuck Dressen 33 Johnny Schulte Postseason Game log Legend Yankees win Yankees loss BoldYankees team member New York Yankees 1947 Postseason Game Log: 4–3 (Home: 3–1; Away: 1–2) y New York Yankees World Series: 4–3 (Home: 3–1; Away: 1–2) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak |- style="background:#bfb;" | 1 || September 30 || Dodgers || 5–3 || Shea (1–0) || Branca (0–1) || Page (1) || 73,365 || 1–0 || W1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 2 || October 1 || Dodgers || 10–3 || Reynolds (1–0) || Lombardi (0–1) || – || 69,865 || 2–0 || W2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 3 || October 2 || @ Dodgers || 8–9 || Casey (1–0) || Newsom (0–1) || – || 33,098 || 2–1 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 4 || October 3 || @ Dodgers || 2–3 || Casey (2–0) || Bevens (0–1) || – || 33,443 || 2–2 || L2 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 5 || October 4 || @ Dodgers || 2–1 || Shea (2–0) || Barney (0–1) || – || 34,379 || 3–2 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 6 || October 5 || Dodgers || 6–8 || Ralph Branca (1–1) || Page (0–1) || Casey (1) || 74,065 || 3–3 || L1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 7 || October 6 || Dodgers || 5–2 || Page (1–1) || Hal Gregg (0–1) || – || 71,548 || 4–3 || W1 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 Aaron Robinson Aaron Robinson (baseball) 82 252 68 .270 5 36 1B George McQuinn 144 517 157 .304 13 80 2B Snuffy Stirnweiss 148 571 146 .256 5 41 3B Billy Johnson Billy Johnson (baseball) 132 494 141 .285 10 95 SS Phil Rizzuto 153 549 150 .273 2 60 OF Joe DiMaggio 141 534 168 .315 20 97 OF Tommy Henrich 142 440 158 .287 16 98 OF Johnny Lindell 127 476 131 .275 11 67https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1947.shtml 1947 New York Yankees Statistics 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 Yogi Berra 8329382.2801154 Charlie Keller 4515136.2381336 Bobby Brown Bobby Brown (third baseman) 6915045.300118 Ralph Houk 419225.272012 Allie Clark 246725.373114 Jack Phillips Jack Phillips (first baseman) 163610.27812 Sherm Lollar 11327.21916 Frank Colman 22283.10726 Lonny Frey 24285.17902 Johnny Lucadello 12121.08300 Ken Silvestri 3102.20000 Frankie Crosetti 310.00000 Ray Mack 1 0 0 ---- 0 0 Ted Sepkowski 2 0 0 ---- 0 0 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 Allie Reynolds 34 241.2 19 8 3.20 129 Spec Shea 27 178.2 14 5 3.07 89 Bill Bevens 28 165.0 7 13 3.82 77 Spud Chandler 17 128.0 9 5 2.46 68 Bobo Newsom 17 115.2 7 5 2.80 42 Vic Raschi 15 104.2 7 2 3.87 51 Bill Wight 1 9.0 1 0 1.00 3 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 Karl Drews 30 91.2 6 6 4.91 45 Randy Gumpert 24 56.1 4 1 5.43 25 Don Johnson Don Johnson (pitcher) 15 54.1 4 3 3.64 16 Butch Wensloff 11 51.2 3 1 2.61 18 Dick Starr 4 12.1 1 0 1.46 1 Tommy Byrne Tommy Byrne (baseball) 4 4.1 0 0 4.15 2 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 Joe Page 56 14 8 16 2.48 116 Al Lyons 6 1 0 0 9.00 7 Mel Queen Mel Queen (pitcher) 5 0 0 0 9.45 2 Rugger Ardizoia 1 0 0 0 9.00 0 1947 World Series 1947 World Series AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL Brooklyn Dodgers (3) GameScoreDateAttendance1New York 5, Brooklyn 3September 3073,3652New York 10, Brooklyn 3October 169,8653Brooklyn 9, New York 8October 233,0984Brooklyn 3, New York 2October 333,4435New York 2, Brooklyn 1October 434,3796Brooklyn 8, New York 6October 574,0657New York 5, Brooklyn 2October 671,548 Awards and honors All-Star Game Spud Chandler Joe DiMaggio (starting CF) Tommy Henrich Billy Johnson Charlie Keller George McQuinn (starting 1B) Joe Page Aaron Robinson Spec Sheahttp://www.baseball-almanac.com/asgbox/yr1947as.shtml 1947 All-Star Game | Baseball Almanac Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Kansas City Blues American Association Billy Meyer AAA Newark Bears International League George Selkirk AA Beaumont Exporters Texas League Goldie Holt A Binghamton Triplets Eastern League Lefty Gomez A Augusta Tigers Sally League Dib Williams and Carl Cooper A Denver Bears Western League Marty McManus B Quincy Gems Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Gordie Hinkle B Sunbury Yankees Interstate League Walt Van Grofski B Norfolk Tars Piedmont League Buddy Hassett B Victoria Athletics Western International League Ted Norbert C Bisbee Yanks Arizona–Texas League Charlie Metro C Ventura Yankees California League Mike Gazella and Johnny Sturm C Amsterdam Rugmakers Canadian–American League Solly Mishkin C Butler Yankees Middle Atlantic League Dallas Warren C Twin Falls Cowboys Pioneer League Earl Bolyard C Joplin Miners Western Association Jim McLeod D Easton Yankees Eastern Shore League Joe Antolick D Independence Yankees Kansas–Oklahoma–Missouri League Goldie Howard D Stroudsburg Poconos North Atlantic League Jack Farmer D Fond du Lac Panthers Wisconsin State League James Adlam LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Twin FallsJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007 References 2 External links 1947 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference 1947 World Series 1947 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:New York Yankees seasons New York Yankees New York Yankees Category:1940s in the Bronx Category:American League champion seasons Category:World Series champion seasons