1947 Austin Pioneers Statistics
Big State League (BSL) - Class: B
Team Record: 55-99
Finished 7th in the BSL
Manager: Beau Bell (55-99)
Location: Austin, Texas
Ballpark: Disch-Falk Field
Attendance: 106,099, Avg. 1,378
1947 Austin Pioneers RosterTeam Record: 55-99
Finished 7th in the BSL
Manager: Beau Bell (55-99)
Location: Austin, Texas
Ballpark: Disch-Falk Field
Attendance: 106,099, Avg. 1,378
The Austin Pioneers of the Big State League ended the 1947 season with a record of 55 wins and 99 losses, finishing seventh in the BSL.
Beau Bell served as manager.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Estock | 17 | 17 | .500 | 4.89 | 39 | 33 | 16 | 0 | 256.0 | 325 | 195 | 139 | 98 | 125 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
| Jim Godfrey | 14 | 18 | .438 | 4.85 | 33 | 31 | 18 | 0 | 241.0 | 329 | 163 | 130 | 147 | 178 | 6 | 2 | ||||||
| John McPartland | 6 | 12 | .333 | 4.72 | 27 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 181.0 | 240 | 128 | 95 | 65 | 75 | 8 | 0 | ||||||
| Joe Elliott | 4 | 6 | .400 | 6.10 | 51 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 115.0 | 172 | 107 | 78 | 33 | 38 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| Gerald Riffenburg | 3 | 11 | .214 | 4.92 | 22 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 128.0 | 134 | 99 | 70 | 72 | 59 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| Tom White | 2 | 4 | .333 | 6.75 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 56.0 | 75 | 63 | 42 | 26 | 27 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| H. White | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.75 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 48.0 | 61 | 29 | 20 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 47 | 70 | .402 | 5.04 | 201 | 117 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 1025.0 | 1336 | 784 | 574 | 0 | 446 | 0 | 515 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woody Bell | 139 | 634 | 558 | 116 | 182 | 23 | 6 | 24 | 92 | 13 | 1 | 68 | 23 | .326 | .401 | .518 | .919 | 289 | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Beau Bell | 136 | 586 | 520 | 84 | 180 | 35 | 2 | 11 | 111 | 3 | 2 | 60 | 27 | .346 | .416 | .485 | .900 | 252 | 9 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Frank Schade | 118 | 549 | 506 | 74 | 146 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 59 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 56 | .289 | .331 | .332 | .663 | 168 | 12 | 0 | 11 | ||
| James Vaughan | 120 | 508 | 447 | 70 | 133 | 16 | 3 | 14 | 85 | 4 | 1 | 48 | 49 | .298 | .372 | .441 | .813 | 197 | 9 | 5 | 8 | ||
| Steve Carter | 94 | 433 | 369 | 81 | 130 | 29 | 0 | 12 | 66 | 4 | 3 | 56 | 20 | .352 | .439 | .528 | .967 | 195 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Bill McCloskey | 135 | 561 | 514 | 69 | 118 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 83 | .230 | .276 | .305 | .581 | 157 | 19 | 3 | 14 | ||
| Lefty Sarver | 88 | 395 | 352 | 64 | 105 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 42 | 7 | 7 | 37 | 14 | .298 | .367 | .372 | .739 | 131 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Phil Wells | 111 | 466 | 392 | 61 | 100 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 50 | 3 | 1 | 63 | 33 | .255 | .361 | .344 | .705 | 135 | 12 | 2 | 9 | ||
| Carlton Nebel | 91 | 337 | 299 | 43 | 98 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 34 | .328 | .393 | .388 | .781 | 116 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Sam Harshaney | 106 | 380 | 317 | 51 | 93 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 48 | 6 | 0 | 49 | 17 | .293 | .396 | .397 | .794 | 126 | 11 | 5 | 9 | ||
| Simón Sáenz | 24 | 109 | 91 | 22 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 19 | .286 | .404 | .429 | .832 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Godfrey | 34 | 102 | 88 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22 | .216 | .266 | .227 | .493 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 8 | ||
| John McPartland | 34 | 78 | 69 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22 | .232 | .284 | .304 | .588 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Graham Wright | 26 | 45 | 40 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .350 | .409 | .350 | .759 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Nelson Davis | 16 | 60 | 51 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | .275 | .383 | .392 | .775 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Aubrey Davis | 14 | 49 | 49 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .265 | .265 | .347 | .612 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Estock | 39 | 106 | 89 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 20 | .135 | .222 | .146 | .368 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Joe Elliott | 51 | 44 | 41 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .098 | .140 | .122 | .261 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gerald Riffenburg | 22 | 48 | 42 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .071 | .114 | .095 | .209 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Tom White | 22 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .105 | .190 | .105 | .296 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 1420 | 5512 | 4853 | 786 | 1408 | 200 | 29 | 85 | 699 | 51 | 17 | 526 | 482 | .290 | .363 | .396 | .759 | 1921 | 92 | 28 | 105 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lefty Sarver | 1B | 85 | 743 | 50 | 10 | 45 | .988 | 9.329 | ||||
| Beau Bell | 1B | 61 | 537 | 24 | 15 | 34 | .974 | 9.197 | ||||
| Phil Wells | 2B | 110 | 237 | 222 | 24 | 52 | .950 | 4.173 | ||||
| Aubrey Davis | 2B | 11 | 34 | 35 | 6 | 6 | .920 | 6.273 | ||||
| Frank Schade | 3B | 118 | 83 | 156 | 38 | 28 | .863 | 2.025 | ||||
| Sam Harshaney | C | 92 | 416 | 73 | 16 | 8 | .968 | 5.315 | 11 | |||
| Carlton Nebel | C | 72 | 285 | 42 | 10 | 0 | .970 | 4.542 | 10 | |||
| Steve Carter | CF | 94 | 214 | 11 | 8 | 5 | .966 | 2.394 | ||||
| Woody Bell | CF | 61 | 145 | 5 | 4 | 2 | .974 | 2.459 | ||||
| Woody Bell | LF | 73 | 152 | 4 | 6 | 3 | .963 | 2.137 | ||||
| James Vaughan | LF | 26 | 41 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .936 | 1.692 | ||||
| Simón Sáenz | LF | 24 | 60 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .943 | 2.750 | ||||
| Joe Elliott | P | 51 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 3 | .964 | .529 | ||||
| George Estock | P | 39 | 13 | 59 | 5 | 2 | .935 | 1.846 | ||||
| Jim Godfrey | P | 34 | 11 | 31 | 3 | 3 | .933 | 1.235 | ||||
| John McPartland | P | 27 | 9 | 45 | 5 | 3 | .915 | 2.000 | ||||
| Gerald Riffenburg | P | 22 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 1 | .909 | .909 | ||||
| Tom White | P | 21 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .619 | ||||
| H. White | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Vaughan | RF | 85 | 150 | 11 | 4 | 1 | .976 | 1.894 | ||||
| Beau Bell | RF | 64 | 126 | 9 | 10 | 5 | .931 | 2.109 | ||||
| Bill McCloskey | SS | 131 | 232 | 360 | 69 | 62 | .896 | 4.519 | ||||
| Carlton Nebel | SS | 11 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 1 | .921 | 3.182 | ||||
| Totals | 1320 | 3514 | 1215 | 247 | 264 | .950 | 3.583 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.
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