1947 Fall River Indians Statistics
New England League (NEL) - Class: B
Team Record: 49-76
Finished 6th in the NEL
Manager: Joe Holden (49-76)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Fall River, Massachusetts
Ballpark: Fall River Stadium
Attendance: 57,468, Avg. 919
1947 Fall River Indians RosterTeam Record: 49-76
Finished 6th in the NEL
Manager: Joe Holden (49-76)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Fall River, Massachusetts
Ballpark: Fall River Stadium
Attendance: 57,468, Avg. 919
The Fall River Indians of the New England League ended the 1947 season with a record of 49 wins and 76 losses, finishing sixth in the NEL.
Joe Holden 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Williams | 14 | 15 | .483 | 3.71 | 42 | 26 | 16 | 1 | 228.0 | 230 | 131 | 94 | 93 | 132 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Don Spyker | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3.72 | 30 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 167.0 | 172 | 92 | 69 | 63 | 58 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |||||
| Melvin Nicolai | 8 | 16 | .333 | 4.47 | 33 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 177.0 | 185 | 110 | 88 | 77 | 72 | 3 | 0 | 7 | |||||
| Frank Demyan | 5 | 12 | .294 | 4.68 | 34 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 154.0 | 151 | 105 | 80 | 69 | 87 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||||
| John Hillman | 3 | 1 | .750 | 5.78 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 67.0 | 78 | 45 | 43 | 24 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| Greg Parente | 3 | 9 | .250 | 4.69 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 94.0 | 95 | 60 | 49 | 68 | 55 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| William Matte | 11 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| William Kay | 12 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bill Eckhardt | 10 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 43 | 61 | .413 | 4.29 | 207 | 105 | 0 | 59 | 6 | 0 | 887.0 | 911 | 543 | 423 | 0 | 394 | 0 | 422 | 19 | 3 | 18 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenneth Friend | 126 | 527 | 446 | 70 | 121 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 68 | 2 | 76 | 94 | .271 | .377 | .413 | .790 | 184 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| George Yankowski | 113 | 437 | 392 | 63 | 112 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 52 | 5 | 33 | 23 | .286 | .344 | .395 | .740 | 155 | 2 | 10 | ||||
| George Mathauser | 117 | 533 | 454 | 56 | 108 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 6 | 69 | 56 | .238 | .338 | .271 | .609 | 123 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Jack Kilgore | 117 | 487 | 434 | 62 | 105 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 5 | 45 | 62 | .242 | .315 | .300 | .614 | 130 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| Robert Balance | 124 | 485 | 394 | 59 | 104 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 10 | 82 | 47 | .264 | .391 | .302 | .693 | 119 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| William Rautzhan | 89 | 355 | 309 | 41 | 85 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 43 | 45 | .275 | .364 | .327 | .690 | 101 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Tom Hurd | 71 | 280 | 238 | 30 | 51 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 6 | 33 | 35 | .214 | .312 | .286 | .598 | 68 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| Frank Whitman | 50 | 206 | 176 | 21 | 40 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 20 | 42 | .227 | .313 | .290 | .603 | 51 | 2 | 8 | ||||
| Joseph Patanelli | 36 | 148 | 135 | 17 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 28 | .230 | .293 | .311 | .604 | 42 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Henry Williams | 57 | 108 | 105 | 10 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .210 | .217 | .257 | .474 | 27 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Edward Fialko | 19 | 76 | 70 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .243 | .284 | .314 | .598 | 22 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Greg Parente | 34 | 70 | 60 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 6 | .250 | .357 | .367 | .724 | 22 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bernard Wentis | 43 | 95 | 82 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 24 | .171 | .261 | .183 | .444 | 15 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Don Spyker | 30 | 61 | 59 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .203 | .203 | .254 | .458 | 15 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| John Lasplaces | 17 | 65 | 54 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 | .148 | .292 | .167 | .459 | 9 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Frank Demyan | 34 | 56 | 50 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 26 | .140 | .204 | .140 | .344 | 7 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Melvin Nicolai | 33 | 68 | 61 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15 | .115 | .169 | .115 | .284 | 7 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Bill Eckhardt | 15 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .316 | .381 | .368 | .749 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| John Hillman | 19 | 24 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .227 | .292 | .318 | .610 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Robert Heffline | 12 | 39 | 33 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .152 | .282 | .242 | .524 | 8 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| William Kay | 13 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| William Matte | 11 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .000 | .091 | .000 | .091 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1180 | 4160 | 3610 | 468 | 876 | 109 | 30 | 25 | 377 | 49 | 0 | 463 | 579 | .243 | .331 | .310 | .641 | 1120 | 0 | 12 | 75 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Rautzhan | 1B | 89 | 798 | 33 | 19 | 56 | .978 | 9.337 | ||||
| Joseph Patanelli | 1B | 35 | 306 | 9 | 4 | 27 | .987 | 9.000 | ||||
| George Mathauser | 2B | 112 | 258 | 337 | 27 | 59 | .957 | 5.312 | ||||
| John Lasplaces | 2B | 11 | 24 | 30 | 5 | 5 | .915 | 4.909 | ||||
| Kenneth Friend | 3B | 126 | 146 | 237 | 48 | 21 | .889 | 3.040 | ||||
| George Yankowski | C | 107 | 481 | 79 | 24 | 11 | .959 | 5.234 | 10 | |||
| Bernard Wentis | C | 28 | 84 | 9 | 3 | 2 | .969 | 3.321 | 5 | |||
| Jack Kilgore | OF | 117 | 245 | 8 | 13 | 1 | .951 | 2.162 | ||||
| Robert Balance | OF | 115 | 210 | 13 | 9 | 2 | .961 | 1.939 | ||||
| Edward Fialko | OF | 18 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .920 | 1.278 | ||||
| Robert Heffline | OF | 11 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 1.364 | ||||
| Henry Williams | P | 42 | 2 | 61 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Frank Demyan | P | 34 | 5 | 30 | 5 | 0 | .875 | 1.029 | ||||
| Melvin Nicolai | P | 33 | 2 | 35 | 1 | 1 | .974 | 1.121 | ||||
| Don Spyker | P | 30 | 7 | 32 | 6 | 2 | .867 | 1.300 | ||||
| John Hillman | P | 19 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .947 | .947 | ||||
| Greg Parente | P | 16 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 0 | .917 | 1.375 | ||||
| William Kay | P | 12 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| William Matte | P | 11 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .636 | ||||
| Bill Eckhardt | P | 10 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .909 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tom Hurd | SS | 71 | 130 | 225 | 58 | 32 | .860 | 5.000 | ||||
| Frank Whitman | SS | 49 | 97 | 143 | 22 | 30 | .916 | 4.898 | ||||
| Totals | 1096 | 2841 | 1338 | 251 | 260 | .943 | 3.813 | 15 | 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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