1947 Columbus Red Birds Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 76-78
Finished 5th in the AA
Manager: Hal Anderson (76-78)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Ballpark: Harold Cooper Stadium
Attendance: 157,837, Avg. 2,050

1947 Columbus Red Birds Roster

The Columbus Red Birds of the American Association ended the 1947 season with a record of 76 wins and 78 losses, finishing fifth in the AA.

The Red Birds scored 704 runs and allowed 770 runs.

Members of the 1947 Columbus Red Birds who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Dick Cole, Don Lang, Bill Conroy, Ed Blake, Bill Baker, Ken Johnson, Roger McKee, Gerry Staley, Merrill Combs, Wayne McLeland, Otey Clark, Art Herring, Jake Caulfield, Johnny Klippstein, Roy Lee, Charley Stanceu, Bill Howerton, Barney Olsen, Augie Bergamo and Ira Hutchinson.

Hal Anderson 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 Patterson	14	8	.636	5.93	31	20	7	4	0		135.0	194	95	89		68		38	6	0	0
Charley Stanceu	12	12	.500	3.05	31	27	4	15	1		221.0	214	101	75		90		109	1	0	4
Ira Hutchinson	10	3	.769	2.91	62						102.0	98	35	33		29		44	1	0	2
Lester Studener	10	8	.556	4.67	31	24	3	9	1		156.0	154	94	81		104		83	1	2	3
Wayne McLeland	7	10	.412	4.47	27	20	5	4	0		129.0	142	83	64		70		53	5	0	3
Gerry Staley	6	1	.857	3.95	12	9	2	4	0		66.0	74	33	29		21		17	0	0	2
Art Herring	6	2	.750	3.99	20	7	5	2	0		70.0	84	37	31		16		33	1	0	3
George Copeland	1	3	.250	4.42	24						53.0	41	29	26		44		36	0	0	1
Ken Johnson	1	3	.250	7.47	18	7	5	1	0		59.0	73	62	49		53		30	4	2	7
Otey Clark					17						0.0
Jack Griffore					13						0.0
Johnny Klippstein					1						0.0
Rudy Rundus	0	1	.000	2.86	7						22.0	23	12	7		12		7	0	0	1
Pete Mazar	0	4	.000	7.94	12						34.0	58	43	30		18		10	0	0	0
Ed Blake	0	5	.000	5.22	18						50.0	52	33	29		29		19	1	0	0
Totals	67	60	.528	4.45	324	114	31	39	2	0	1097.0	1207	657	543	0	554	0	479	20	4	26	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
Michael Natisin	146	609	540	93	168	35	5	22	108	11		59	36	.311	.379	.517	.896	279	3	0	10
Don Lang	142	575	483	94	167	28	12	11	87	6		71	44	.346	.437	.522	.958	252	14	7	14
Barney Olsen	142	584	507	82	139	25	6	8	62	7		66	65	.274	.362	.394	.757	200	16	4	7
Bill Howerton	150	620	532	76	131	29	4	17	86	4		85	97	.246	.351	.412	.763	219	10	1	2
Fred Harrington	123	537	487	67	121	20	2	0	30	27		45	50	.248	.315	.298	.612	145	7	2	3
Bill Baker	108	384	340	34	94	18	0	4	52	5		39	16	.276	.353	.365	.717	124	8	1	4
Roy Broome	99	327	301	43	83	11	4	2	32	4		20	35	.276	.323	.359	.682	108	12	1	5
Julius Schoendienst	86	281	264	31	63	10	1	3	31	2		15	35	.239	.280	.318	.598	84	6	0	2
Bill Conroy	91	274	237	25	53	14	1	5	35	0		34	32	.224	.328	.354	.683	84	10	3	0
Jake Caulfield	28	102	95	4	19	0	1	0	12	1		5	17	.200	.240	.221	.461	21	4	0	2
Roger McKee	38	87	77	10	18	5	0	2	6	0		10	14	.234	.322	.377	.698	29	0	0	0
Charley Stanceu	31	86	68	5	12	7	0	0	10	0		7	29	.176	.253	.279	.533	19	0	0	11
Dick Cole	15	56	50	8	11	0	1	0	4	1		5	8	.220	.291	.260	.551	13	1	0	1
Alex Patterson	31	52	44	5	9	1	0	1	3	0		2	12	.205	.255	.295	.551	13	4	1	5
Lester Studener	32	59	55	2	8	0	0	0	3	0		2	18	.145	.175	.145	.321	8	2	0	2
Gerry Staley	12	27	24	2	7	1	0	0	3	0		0	5	.292	.320	.333	.653	8	0	1	2
Art Herring	20	26	23	4	6	1	0	0	3	0		2	2	.261	.320	.304	.624	7	0	0	1
Ken Johnson	19	24	23	4	5	1	0	0	3	0		1	5	.217	.250	.261	.511	6	0	0	0
Wayne McLeland	27	44	40	1	5	0	0	0	3	0		2	12	.125	.167	.125	.292	5	1	0	2
A. C. Phillips	13	32	29	1	4	0	1	0	1	0		2	4	.138	.219	.207	.426	6	0	1	0
George Copeland	24	15	12	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		2	5	.250	.357	.250	.607	3	0	0	1
Ed Blake	18	12	12	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	2	1	0	0
Pete Mazar	13	13	12	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		1	2	.083	.154	.083	.237	1	0	0	0
Ira Hutchinson	62	21	17	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	3	.059	.158	.059	.217	1	0	0	2
Totals	1470	4847	4272	594	1130	206	38	75	575	68	0	477	548	.265	.341	.383	.725	1637	99	22	76	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Michael Natisin	1B	146	1165	101	14	103	.989	8.671
Fred Harrington	2B	114	305	314	26	59	.960	5.430
Julius Schoendienst	2B	18	42	48	6	6	.938	5.000
Dick Cole	2B	15	39	38	3	8	.962	5.133
Don Lang	3B	140	160	250	19	30	.956	2.929
Julius Schoendienst	3B	19	22	36	3	2	.951	3.053
Bill Baker	C	95	413	71	4	11	.992	5.095	7
Bill Conroy	C	66	253	46	8	10	.974	4.530	11
Bill Howerton	OF	149	377	12	9	4	.977	2.611
Barney Olsen	OF	133	291	9	4	1	.987	2.256
Roy Broome	OF	79	151	15	8	1	.954	2.101
Ira Hutchinson	P	62	5	24	3	2	.906	.468
Lester Studener	P	31	3	26	3	0	.906	.935
Charley Stanceu	P	31	7	34	1	2	.976	1.323
Alex Patterson	P	31	4	29	3	2	.917	1.065
Wayne McLeland	P	27	9	23	3	1	.914	1.185
George Copeland	P	24	1	10	1	1	.917	.458
Art Herring	P	20	6	7	1	0	.929	.650
Ken Johnson	P	18	3	24	3	0	.900	1.500
Ed Blake	P	18	2	17	0	2	1.000	1.056
Otey Clark	P	17						.000
Jack Griffore	P	13						.000
Gerry Staley	P	12	6	17	1	1	.958	1.917
Pete Mazar	P	12	2	5	1	0	.875	.583
Rudy Rundus	P	7						.000
Johnny Klippstein	P	1						.000
Julius Schoendienst	SS	35	78	74	14	13	.916	4.343
Jake Caulfield	SS	27	52	58	10	13	.917	4.074
Totals		1360	3396	1288	148	272	.969	3.444	18	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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