1947 Abilene Blue Sox Statistics

West Texas-New Mexico League (WTNML) - Class: C
Team Record: 58-81
Finished 7th in the WTNML
Manager: William Greer (0-0), Art Bowland (0-0)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: Abilene, Texas
Ballpark: Blue Sox Stadium
Attendance: 55,426, Avg. 797

1947 Abilene Blue Sox Roster

The Abilene Blue Sox of the West Texas-New Mexico League ended the 1947 season with a record of 58 wins and 81 losses, finishing seventh in the WTNML.

William Greer and Art Bowland 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
Jack Immell	14	8	.636	5.04	45						184.0	233	140	103		92
Laban Dean	9	16	.360	6.00	32						180.0	229	157	120		114
Ray Coapland	8	9	.471	6.48	22						143.0	174	118	103		76
Calien McPike	6	4	.600	5.58	17						71.0	92	54	44		35
William Meier	6	7	.462	5.38	18						117.0	126	84	70		80
Richard Tross	4	2	.667	4.06	8						51.0	51	31	23		32
Rudy Lorona	4	10	.286	6.06	19						101.0	106	84	68		100
Joe Beran	2	3	.400	7.83	14						54.0	93	73	47		35
Leroy Sparks	2	6	.250	5.86	12						66.0	97	73	43		36
Bob Hughes	1	1	.500	0.00	6						10.0
Mike Lohbeck	1	4	.200	3.91	8						46.0	62	36	20		13
Roldan Borbolla					10						0.0
Totals	57	70	.449	5.64	211	0	0	0	0	0	1023.0	1263	850	641	0	613	0	0	0	0	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
William Greer	112	432	432		149	27	4	16						.345	.345	.537	.882	232
Art Bowland	90	329	329		134	35	3	17						.407	.407	.687	1.094	226
Ken Quevreaux	108	375	375		107	27	2	13						.285	.285	.472	.757	177
Leonard Glica	103	393	393		99	17	1	8						.252	.252	.361	.613	142
Frank Means	93	351	351		81	13	1	4						.231	.231	.308	.538	108
Joseph Konitzki	61	209	209		70	9	1	5						.335	.335	.459	.794	96
Richard Meyers	64	224	224		67	19	0	1						.299	.299	.397	.696	89
Joe Beran	85	278	278		63	12	3	17						.227	.227	.475	.701	132
John Pace	50	196	196		57	14	3	4						.291	.291	.454	.745	89
Donald Runge	41	157	157		48	10	0	0						.306	.306	.369	.675	58
Hugh Olds	58	178	178		46	9	1	3						.258	.258	.371	.629	66
Edmund Bauer	56	199	199		45	14	1	5						.226	.226	.382	.608	76
Dave Steger	40	128	128		40	8	1	1						.312	.312	.414	.727	53
Leo Rheingans	31	122	122		37	7	2	4						.303	.303	.492	.795	60
Bill Hodges	25	107	107		25	4	1	0						.234	.234	.290	.523	31
Peter Zmitrovich	22	82	82		24	4	0	0						.293	.293	.341	.634	28
Howard Reynolds	26	91	91		22	1	1	0						.242	.242	.275	.516	25
Julian Pressly	19	64	64		21	5	1	2						.328	.328	.531	.859	34
Wiley Williams	23	90	90		21	4	0	3						.233	.233	.378	.611	34
Milt Martin	18	68	68		20	3	0	0						.294	.294	.338	.632	23
Earl Benson	14	51	51		18	2	2	2						.353	.353	.588	.941	30
Jack Immell	50	85	85		15	1	0	0						.176	.176	.188	.365	16
Wallace Hanna	21	69	69		14	1	0	0						.203	.203	.217	.420	15
Robert Shaeffer	14	58	58		12	3	1	0						.207	.207	.293	.500	17
David Williams	11	37	37		11	2	0	0						.297	.297	.351	.649	13
Laban Dean	32	60	60		11	0	0	0						.183	.183	.183	.367	11
William Meier	23	42	42		10	0	0	1						.238	.238	.310	.548	13
Ray Coapland	25	54	54		10	1	1	1						.185	.185	.296	.481	16
Rudy Lorona	24	46	46		9	2	0	0						.196	.196	.239	.435	11
Leroy Sparks	12	30	30		7	0	1	0						.233	.233	.300	.533	9
Frank Akers	11	27	27		6	1	0	0						.222	.222	.259	.481	7
Mike Lohbeck	17	22	22		5	1	1	0						.227	.227	.364	.591	8
Calien McPike	17	25	25		5	0	0	0						.200	.200	.200	.400	5
Roldan Borbolla	10	15	15		3	1	0	0						.200	.200	.267	.467	4
Totals	1406	4694	4694	0	1312	257	32	107	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.280	.416	.696	1954	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Jack Immell	P	45					.000
Laban Dean	P	32					.000
Ray Coapland	P	22					.000
Rudy Lorona	P	19					.000
William Meier	P	18					.000
Calien McPike	P	17					.000
Leroy Sparks	P	12					.000
Roldan Borbolla	P	10					.000
Totals		175	0	0	0	0	.000

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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