1947 Greensboro Patriots Statistics
Carolina League (CL) - Class: C
Team Record: 65-75
Finished 5th in the CL
Manager: Charlie Carroll (0-0), Rene DeSorcy (0-0)
Location: Greensboro, North Carolina
Ballpark: War Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 147,128, Avg. 2,102
1947 Greensboro Patriots RosterTeam Record: 65-75
Finished 5th in the CL
Manager: Charlie Carroll (0-0), Rene DeSorcy (0-0)
Location: Greensboro, North Carolina
Ballpark: War Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 147,128, Avg. 2,102
The Greensboro Patriots of the Carolina League ended the 1947 season with a record of 65 wins and 75 losses, finishing fifth in the CL.
Charlie Carroll and Rene DeSorcy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernie Keating | 14 | 14 | .500 | 4.34 | 37 | 19 | 2 | 249.0 | 291 | 148 | 120 | 63 | 107 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Woody Crowson | 12 | 13 | .480 | 3.51 | 32 | 19 | 1 | 213.0 | 226 | 111 | 83 | 38 | 123 | 6 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Eugene Hoberg | 8 | 9 | .471 | 4.76 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 174.0 | 192 | 113 | 92 | 103 | 120 | 0 | 1 | 10 | ||||||
| Albert Thompson | 5 | 5 | .500 | 5.31 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 105.0 | 131 | 76 | 62 | 59 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Raymond Pate | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 5 | 1 | 25.0 | 27 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| Bill DeZerne | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.03 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 58.0 | 50 | 34 | 26 | 36 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Samuel Gibson | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bennie Haswell | 25 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nelson James | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Willard Speaks | 13 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Paul Pryor | 10 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Roscoe Taylor | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 9 | 22.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Henry Koch | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 15.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Rene DeSorcy | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Matthew Topkins | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 3.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| William Rives | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 4.0 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Gene Gottschalk | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0.00 | 4 | 0 | 10.0 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Louis Sellitto | 0 | 6 | .000 | 0.00 | 9 | 1 | 35.0 | 48 | 41 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Totals | 45 | 53 | .459 | 3.77 | 223 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 6 | 0 | 914.7 | 991 | 562 | 383 | 0 | 351 | 0 | 448 | 19 | 1 | 30 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Butzer | 134 | 623 | 511 | 118 | 162 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 63 | 28 | 105 | 90 | .317 | .436 | .442 | .878 | 226 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Matthew Topkins | 140 | 633 | 528 | 109 | 161 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 80 | 30 | 98 | 39 | .305 | .415 | .386 | .801 | 204 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| James Lamb | 137 | 615 | 519 | 103 | 137 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 73 | 32 | 82 | 73 | .264 | .369 | .366 | .735 | 190 | 4 | 10 | ||||
| Roscoe Taylor | 124 | 497 | 417 | 72 | 116 | 29 | 4 | 9 | 89 | 7 | 66 | 61 | .278 | .379 | .432 | .811 | 180 | 2 | 12 | ||||
| Art Kunde | 43 | 198 | 179 | 27 | 54 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 15 | 14 | .302 | .356 | .402 | .758 | 72 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Eddie Pickard | 73 | 244 | 212 | 20 | 49 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 25 | 29 | .231 | .315 | .297 | .612 | 63 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Charles Smith | 38 | 159 | 141 | 19 | 44 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 2 | 14 | 10 | .312 | .374 | .461 | .835 | 65 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Raymond Silbernagel | 52 | 185 | 173 | 18 | 41 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 10 | 36 | .237 | .283 | .295 | .577 | 51 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| William Ratteree | 49 | 186 | 164 | 20 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 2 | 18 | 20 | .238 | .321 | .378 | .699 | 62 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Rene DeSorcy | 41 | 158 | 153 | 19 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 32 | .235 | .259 | .418 | .678 | 64 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Preston Carroll | 39 | 116 | 105 | 25 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 8 | .276 | .339 | .324 | .663 | 34 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Woody Crowson | 34 | 91 | 84 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 14 | .214 | .267 | .238 | .505 | 20 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Bernie Keating | 39 | 101 | 94 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 35 | .138 | .173 | .202 | .376 | 19 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Eugene Hoberg | 39 | 74 | 70 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 24 | .129 | .153 | .157 | .310 | 11 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Albert Thompson | 23 | 53 | 49 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .163 | .196 | .184 | .380 | 9 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Bill DeZerne | 12 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .074 | .107 | .074 | .181 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Louis Sellitto | 13 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .062 | .211 | .188 | .398 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1030 | 3980 | 3442 | 584 | 919 | 174 | 43 | 32 | 489 | 116 | 0 | 464 | 516 | .267 | .357 | .370 | .727 | 1275 | 0 | 16 | 58 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art Kunde | 1B | 43 | 435 | 34 | 8 | 31 | .983 | 1.907 | ||||
| Rene DeSorcy | 1B | 40 | 361 | 15 | 11 | 23 | .972 | 9.400 | ||||
| Roscoe Taylor | 1B | 10 | 81 | 4 | 2 | 10 | .977 | 8.500 | ||||
| Preston Carroll | 1B | 10 | 81 | 4 | 1 | 5 | .988 | 8.500 | ||||
| Raymond Silbernagel | 2B | 34 | 102 | 106 | 15 | 21 | .933 | 6.118 | ||||
| James Lamb | 3B | 122 | 107 | 254 | 28 | 22 | .928 | 2.959 | ||||
| Matthew Topkins | 3B | 13 | 61 | 41 | 1 | 1 | .990 | 7.846 | ||||
| Raymond Silbernagel | 3B | 11 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 0 | .812 | 2.364 | ||||
| Eddie Pickard | C | 58 | 244 | 34 | 14 | 5 | .952 | 4.793 | 10 | |||
| William Ratteree | C | 47 | 237 | 27 | 5 | 2 | .981 | 5.617 | 7 | |||
| Charles Smith | C | 34 | 182 | 21 | 6 | 4 | .971 | 5.971 | 1 | |||
| Don Butzer | OF | 132 | 257 | 14 | 16 | 5 | .944 | 2.053 | ||||
| Roscoe Taylor | OF | 103 | 154 | 10 | 10 | 3 | .943 | 1.592 | ||||
| Preston Carroll | OF | 24 | 40 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .932 | 1.708 | ||||
| Bernie Keating | P | 37 | 9 | 58 | 1 | 0 | .985 | 1.811 | ||||
| Eugene Hoberg | P | 35 | 6 | 36 | 3 | 3 | .933 | 1.200 | ||||
| Woody Crowson | P | 32 | 9 | 41 | 8 | 1 | .862 | 1.562 | ||||
| Bennie Haswell | P | 25 | .000 | |||||||||
| Albert Thompson | P | 19 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 0 | .875 | 1.105 | ||||
| Willard Speaks | P | 13 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bill DeZerne | P | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .455 | ||||
| Paul Pryor | P | 10 | .000 | |||||||||
| Roscoe Taylor | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Louis Sellitto | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Raymond Pate | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Samuel Gibson | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Henry Koch | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gene Gottschalk | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| William Rives | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Matthew Topkins | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Nelson James | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rene DeSorcy | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Matthew Topkins | SS | 126 | 214 | 448 | 54 | 72 | .925 | 5.254 | ||||
| James Lamb | SS | 10 | 14 | 30 | 4 | 5 | .917 | 4.400 | ||||
| Totals | 1040 | 2603 | 1221 | 199 | 213 | .951 | 3.677 | 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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