1947 Birmingham Barons Statistics

Southern Association (SA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 73-80
Finished 6th in the SA
Manager: Dick Porter (73-80)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Athletics
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Ballpark: Rickwood Field
Attendance: 323,309, Avg. 4,226

1947 Birmingham Barons Roster

The Birmingham Barons of the Southern Association ended the 1947 season with a record of 73 wins and 80 losses, finishing sixth in the SA.

Dick Porter 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
Alex Ronay	13	15	.464	4.67	34				2		214.0	237	128	111		100		92	5	1	4
Alex Kellner	11	9	.550	4.96	33				1		176.0	182	112	97		95		107	9	0	13
Frank Nelson	8	7	.533	2.60	19				2		121.0	122	50	35		40		67	6	0	2
Jack Teagan	8	10	.444	4.59	28				0		147.0	179	89	75		43		64	1	0	8
Al LaMacchia	6	4	.600	3.72	13				1		92.0	99	42	38		34		32	0	0	0
Gene Babbitt	6	4	.600	4.09	36				0		88.0	109	44	40		34		25	0	0	1
John Orphal	6	7	.462	4.21	19				0		107.0	122	59	50		48		42	0	0	5
Roy Bruner	4	7	.364	4.55	18				0		87.0	96	52	44		27		30	2	0	3
Benjamin Satterfield	3	4	.429	6.84	24				0		79.0	113	77	60		44		40	1	0	2
Don Schmidt	3	6	.333	3.60	10				0		80.0	93	38	32		24		26	0	0	2
Totals	68	73	.482	4.40	234	0	0	0	6	0	1191.0	1352	691	582	0	489	0	525	24	1	40	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
Mickey Rutner	153	660	605	96	198	44	8	1	94	7		41	42	.327	.375	.431	.806	261		5	9
Dick Adkins	130	530	477	68	137	26	6	3	58	2		46	56	.287	.352	.386	.738	184		2	5
Zeb Eaton	98	387	348	58	125	30	7	12	73	4		35	47	.359	.424	.589	1.013	205		4	0
Joseph Scheldt	117	477	412	71	123	14	8	5	43	18		56	29	.299	.393	.408	.801	168		8	1
Joe Rullo	138	504	465	52	117	28	2	1	37	6		31	51	.252	.298	.327	.625	152		0	8
Joe Erautt	109	384	360	34	99	12	6	2	52	2		18	50	.275	.311	.358	.670	129		1	5
Robert Reid	103	390	332	51	90	10	2	11	53	0		54	28	.271	.376	.413	.789	137		2	2
Mel Hoderlein	95	351	314	50	84	12	4	2	37	4		31	34	.268	.341	.350	.691	110		4	2
Edo Vanni	62	226	218	35	70	4	2	0	17	7		5	6	.321	.336	.358	.694	78		0	3
Lou Kahn	76	250	224	28	69	18	4	2	42	9		25	17	.308	.378	.451	.828	101		0	1
Joe Collins	48	207	189	40	68	13	7	6	31	4		18	15	.360	.415	.598	1.013	113		0	0
Don Richmond	49	209	194	42	63	11	3	7	31	7		12	26	.325	.370	.521	.891	101		2	1
Willie Skeen	37	155	144	21	34	9	0	1	12	2		7	8	.236	.276	.319	.596	46		1	3
Bud Metheny	35	149	123	20	32	3	4	5	23	1		25	12	.260	.389	.472	.861	58		1	0
Art Rebel	29	119	103	16	28	4	2	5	18	1		16	14	.272	.370	.495	.865	51		0	0
Alex Kellner	34	70	63	3	17	6	1	0	6	0		1	11	.270	.281	.397	.678	25		0	6
Roy Bruner	18	32	30	0	12	1	0	0	2	0		1	8	.400	.419	.433	.853	13		0	1
John Orphal	20	42	37	4	11	2	0	0	2	0		2	7	.297	.366	.351	.717	13		2	1
Albert Behrends	14	45	42	4	11	3	0	1	7	1		3	3	.262	.311	.405	.716	17		0	0
Jack Teagan	28	60	57	2	10	2	0	0	2	0		0	18	.175	.175	.211	.386	12		0	3
Benjamin Satterfield	25	36	34	3	8	2	0	0	8	0		0	6	.235	.235	.294	.529	10		0	2
Mayo Dutton	15	35	31	3	7	1	0	0	1	0		3	8	.226	.314	.258	.572	8		1	0
Gene Babbitt	39	33	26	6	6	1	0	0	2	0		5	9	.231	.355	.269	.624	7		0	2
Bill Peterman	10	33	27	4	6	1	0	0	1	0		5	7	.222	.344	.259	.603	7		0	1
Frank Nelson	20	45	42	2	6	2	0	0	2	0		1	10	.143	.163	.190	.353	8		0	2
Alex Ronay	34	84	78	4	6	2	0	0	7	0		2	30	.077	.100	.103	.203	8		0	4
George Bennington	12	29	24	3	4	0	1	0	0	0		3	1	.167	.310	.250	.560	6		2	0
Walter Sierotko	14	41	32	1	3	1	0	0	2	1		8	7	.094	.275	.125	.400	4		0	1
Al LaMacchia	13	38	33	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		3	21	.061	.139	.061	.199	2		0	2
Don Schmidt	10	31	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	11	.000	.129	.000	.129	0		0	0
Totals	1585	5652	5091	723	1446	262	67	64	664	76	0	461	592	.284	.348	.400	.747	2034	0	35	65	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Robert Reid	1B	88	708	47	10	80	.987	8.580
Joe Collins	1B	35	261	15	5	21	.982	7.886
Bud Metheny	1B	23	180	15	3	13	.985	8.478
Joe Rullo	2B	138	373	385	29	88	.963	5.493
Mel Hoderlein	2B	11	23	21	0	4	1.000	4.000
Mickey Rutner	3B	153	175	276	27	30	.944	2.948
Joe Erautt	C	99	443	52	15	12	.971	5.000	4
Lou Kahn	C	51	185	30	6	5	.973	4.216	1
Bill Peterman	C	10	51	7	6	2	.906	5.800	1
Joseph Scheldt	OF	104	208	8	7	1	.969	2.077
Zeb Eaton	OF	91	145	8	5	0	.968	1.681
Edo Vanni	OF	57	112	2	5	0	.958	2.000
Mel Hoderlein	OF	48	89	10	2	0	.980	2.062
Don Richmond	OF	42	106	4	4	0	.965	2.619
Willie Skeen	OF	37	88	6	8	3	.922	2.541
Art Rebel	OF	29	47	3	4	0	.926	1.724
Joe Collins	OF	14	27	3	3	0	.909	2.143
Bud Metheny	OF	12	23	0	0	0	1.000	1.917
Lou Kahn	OF	11	24	2	1	0	.963	2.364
Mayo Dutton	OF	11	13	0	1	0	.929	1.182
Albert Behrends	OF	11	16	2	1	0	.947	1.636
George Bennington	OF	10	16	2	0	0	1.000	1.800
Gene Babbitt	P	36	3	21	2	0	.923	.667
Alex Ronay	P	34	6	22	1	0	.966	.824
Alex Kellner	P	33	12	29	2	3	.953	1.242
Jack Teagan	P	28	4	24	0	1	1.000	1.000
Benjamin Satterfield	P	24	2	13	1	0	.938	.625
John Orphal	P	19	3	23	3	1	.897	1.368
Frank Nelson	P	19	10	18	2	4	.933	1.474
Roy Bruner	P	18	4	13	0	2	1.000	.944
Al LaMacchia	P	13	8	11	1	3	.950	1.462
Don Schmidt	P	10	8	12	1	0	.952	2.000
Dick Adkins	SS	116	252	345	30	67	.952	5.147
Mel Hoderlein	SS	35	59	93	8	23	.950	4.343
Totals		1470	3684	1522	193	363	.964	3.541	6	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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