1947 Des Moines Bruins Statistics

Western League (WL) - Class: A
Team Record: 75-52
Finished 2nd in the WL
Manager: Jim Keesey (75-52)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Des Moines, Iowa
Ballpark: Sec Taylor Stadium I
Attendance: 152,027, Avg. 2,394

1947 Des Moines Bruins Roster

Playoffs - Pueblo Dodgers 3 games, Des Moines Bruins 1

The Des Moines Bruins of the Western League ended the 1947 season with a record of 75 wins and 52 losses, finishing second in the WL.

Jim Keesey 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
Herbert Chmiel	14	4	.778	2.23	21			15	1		149.0	137	55	37		40		78	0		2
Warren Martin	10	6	.625	4.68	26			9	1		146.0	151	98	76		96		80	10		10
Jean Davison	10	7	.588	4.72	26			6	1		124.0	132	82	65		53		85	0		5
Robert Kuhlman	10	8	.556	3.38	28			12	1		168.0	149	82	63		110		103	2		9
Tony Jacobs	10	8	.556	3.62	35			7	2		144.0	134	76	58		63		99	3		4
Bob Rush	6	1	.857	1.61	8			4	2		56.0	39	18	10		16		44	3		0
Bill Bonness	4	6	.400	3.04	18			4	3		83.0	61	41	28		62		77	6		5
Paul Lammers	3	5	.375	5.32	18			3	1		71.0	92	51	42		30		32	2		3
Chester Prust					14						0.0
Albert Stewart					11						0.0
Totals	67	45	.598	3.62	205	0	0	60	12	0	941.0	895	503	379	0	470	0	598	26	0	38	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
Les Peden	124	548	486	107	157	33	7	18	106	5		53	38	.323	.396	.531	.927	258		6	3
Carmen Mauro	123	546	454	107	140	21	12	5	53	15		85	58	.308	.420	.441	.860	200		2	5
Bob Borkowski	119	508	474	74	132	21	5	6	87	15		29	56	.278	.321	.382	.703	181		1	4
Dick Kemper	114	443	384	74	121	20	2	8	78	6		56	24	.315	.405	.440	.845	169		2	1
Roy Smalley	114	457	410	45	100	13	8	7	55	6		41	71	.244	.316	.366	.682	150		2	4
Earl York	88	360	327	39	94	18	8	3	52	4		24	42	.287	.340	.419	.759	137		2	7
Joe Damato	63	287	244	65	78	10	7	8	40	16		37	47	.320	.415	.516	.932	126		3	3
Cliff Aberson	66	284	238	56	73	13	6	20	62	2		43	48	.307	.415	.664	1.079	158		1	2
Rusty Burns	43	178	153	38	63	7	3	10	47	5		23	20	.412	.489	.693	1.181	106		0	2
Bruno Zelasko	57	248	201	33	46	5	1	0	14	3		40	29	.229	.357	.264	.621	53		0	7
Ray Partee	45	158	141	27	41	8	0	0	14	4		12	21	.291	.351	.348	.698	49		1	4
Chuck Young	46	149	120	20	26	4	2	0	13	0		24	23	.217	.356	.283	.639	34		2	3
Dick Aylward	45	139	129	11	24	3	0	0	10	1		5	21	.186	.216	.209	.426	27		0	5
Len Okrie	24	86	77	8	16	3	1	1	9	0		7	14	.208	.282	.312	.594	24		1	1
Herbert Chmiel	32	72	62	8	13	4	0	0	6	0		4	14	.210	.258	.274	.532	17		0	6
Irvin Fortune	17	57	46	6	10	0	0	0	2	1		10	7	.217	.357	.217	.575	10		0	1
Tony Jacobs	37	52	49	3	8	1	0	0	2	0		2	13	.163	.196	.184	.380	9		0	1
Jean Davison	27	52	45	4	7	2	0	0	4	0		4	12	.156	.240	.200	.440	9		1	2
Warren Martin	32	67	53	10	7	0	0	0	3	0		9	18	.132	.258	.132	.390	7		0	5
Robert Kuhlman	35	69	60	6	6	0	0	0	2	0		4	12	.100	.156	.100	.256	6		0	5
Paul Lammers	18	28	25	5	5	0	0	0	0	0		3	9	.200	.286	.200	.486	5		0	0
Bill Bonness	18	31	25	2	3	0	0	0	0	0		5	13	.120	.267	.120	.387	3		0	1
Chester Prust	14	13	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	3	.083	.154	.083	.237	1		0	0
Albert Stewart	11	13	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	4	.077	.077	.077	.154	1		0	0
Totals	1312	4845	4228	749	1172	186	62	86	659	83	0	521	617	.277	.360	.412	.771	1740	0	24	72	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Earl York	1B	86	714	32	15	55	.980	8.674
Dick Kemper	1B	34	300	16	9	21	.972	9.294
Les Peden	1B	14	127	5	3	10	.978	9.429
Joe Damato	2B	57	140	159	17	31	.946	5.246
Bruno Zelasko	2B	35	77	83	7	20	.958	4.571
Chuck Young	2B	34	75	77	7	11	.956	4.471
Les Peden	3B	105	116	236	21	17	.944	3.352
Bruno Zelasko	3B	18	20	40	2	1	.968	3.333
Dick Kemper	C	66	298	56	21	6	.944	5.364	11
Dick Aylward	C	42	224	40	12	4	.957	6.286	7
Len Okrie	C	22	121	14	3	0	.978	6.136	1
Irvin Fortune	C	17	200	15	2	0	.991	12.647	5
Carmen Mauro	OF	122	273	15	15	1	.950	2.361
Bob Borkowski	OF	114	224	23	13	2	.950	2.167
Cliff Aberson	OF	66	83	8	3	2	.968	1.379
Rusty Burns	OF	43	57	4	0	1	1.000	1.419
Ray Partee	OF	38	56	6	1	0	.984	1.632
Dick Kemper	OF	15	19	1	3	0	.870	1.333
Tony Jacobs	P	35	5	45	4	1	.926	1.429
Robert Kuhlman	P	28	7	32	0	1	1.000	1.393
Warren Martin	P	26	4	38	2	0	.955	1.615
Jean Davison	P	26	0	24	1	0	.960	.923
Herbert Chmiel	P	21	4	21	0	2	1.000	1.190
Paul Lammers	P	18	0	15	0	0	1.000	.833
Bill Bonness	P	18	2	14	2	0	.889	.889
Chester Prust	P	14	0	17	0	1	1.000	1.214
Albert Stewart	P	11	0	10	1	0	.909	.909
Bob Rush	P	8						.000
Roy Smalley	SS	114	223	313	55	62	.907	4.702
Totals		1247	3369	1359	219	249	.956	3.791	24	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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