1947 Kansas City Blues Statistics
Team Record: 93-60
Finished 1st in the AA
Manager: Billy Meyer (93-60)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 379,063, Avg. 4,955
Playoffs - Milwaukee Brewers 4 games, Kansas City Blues 2
The Kansas City Blues of the American Association ended the 1947 season with a record of 93 wins and 60 losses, finishing first in the AA.
The Blues scored 852 runs, best in the league. Kansas City conceded 697 runs.
Players from the 1947 Kansas City Blues who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Bill Wight, Don Hendrickson, Bud Stewart, Marius Russo, Jim Dyck, Cuddles Marshall, Ken Silvestri, Cal McLish, Frank Secory, Gus Niarhos, Blas Monaco, Fred Bradley, John Mackinson, Dick Kryhoski, Harry Craft, Bud Souchock, Hank Bauer, Frank Hiller, Tex Hoyle, Woody Main, Johnny Lucadello, Jerry Coleman, Cliff Mapes, Ford Mullen and Tommy Byrne.
Billy Meyer served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Wight | 16 | 9 | .640 | 2.85 | 29 | 28 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 199.0 | 202 | 79 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Frank Hiller | 15 | 5 | .750 | 3.45 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 175.0 | 193 | 78 | 67 | 39 | 70 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Fred Bradley | 13 | 4 | .765 | 2.98 | 28 | 21 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 157.0 | 163 | 70 | 52 | 51 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Tommy Byrne | 12 | 6 | .667 | 3.26 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 149.0 | 109 | 66 | 54 | 106 | 138 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Cuddles Marshall | 11 | 6 | .647 | 4.28 | 30 | 25 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 166.0 | 163 | 88 | 79 | 123 | 92 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Woody Main | 7 | 6 | .538 | 4.45 | 44 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 95.0 | 108 | 56 | 47 | 41 | 65 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Cal McLish | 6 | 7 | .462 | 4.40 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 92.0 | 104 | 55 | 45 | 42 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Marius Russo | 4 | 1 | .800 | 6.00 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 39.0 | 54 | 30 | 26 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Carl DeRose | 4 | 2 | .667 | 5.48 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 46.0 | 49 | 36 | 28 | 25 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Fred Wolff | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.96 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 49.0 | 57 | 34 | 27 | 29 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Charles Haag | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.32 | 12 | 25.0 | 25 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Don Hendrickson | 1 | 4 | .200 | 6.16 | 22 | 38.0 | 46 | 31 | 26 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| John Moore | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3.81 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 26.0 | 33 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Kent Sterling | 0 | 3 | .000 | 10.04 | 10 | 26.0 | 36 | 35 | 29 | 28 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Totals | 92 | 59 | .609 | 3.97 | 270 | 150 | 54 | 77 | 14 | 0 | 1282.0 | 1342 | 687 | 566 | 0 | 615 | 0 | 654 | 15 | 1 | 29 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bud Stewart | 145 | 590 | 528 | 107 | 189 | 33 | 17 | 7 | 102 | 16 | 52 | 33 | .358 | .418 | .525 | .942 | 277 | 6 | 2 | 8 | |||
| Cliff Mapes | 155 | 663 | 542 | 107 | 167 | 27 | 11 | 21 | 117 | 17 | 119 | 104 | .308 | .434 | .515 | .949 | 279 | 5 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Bud Souchock | 136 | 569 | 528 | 86 | 155 | 25 | 11 | 17 | 99 | 19 | 39 | 67 | .294 | .343 | .479 | .822 | 253 | 15 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Hank Bauer | 131 | 513 | 457 | 90 | 143 | 32 | 5 | 16 | 79 | 13 | 49 | 58 | .313 | .384 | .510 | .894 | 233 | 6 | 4 | 3 | |||
| Jerry Coleman | 131 | 506 | 446 | 60 | 124 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 57 | 12 | 47 | 86 | .278 | .352 | .379 | .731 | 169 | 8 | 4 | 9 | |||
| Joe Muffoletto | 99 | 380 | 343 | 44 | 87 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 59 | 3 | 33 | 31 | .254 | .321 | .376 | .697 | 129 | 7 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Harry Craft | 88 | 302 | 267 | 42 | 84 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 32 | 5 | 33 | 31 | .315 | .392 | .464 | .856 | 124 | 8 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Odie Strain | 125 | 478 | 395 | 55 | 84 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 17 | 63 | 73 | .213 | .321 | .258 | .579 | 102 | 10 | 0 | 20 | |||
| Gus Niarhos | 96 | 307 | 237 | 44 | 76 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 62 | 22 | .321 | .470 | .380 | .850 | 90 | 6 | 5 | 3 | |||
| Blas Monaco | 112 | 392 | 284 | 74 | 73 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 48 | 4 | 92 | 47 | .257 | .455 | .408 | .863 | 116 | 3 | 11 | 5 | |||
| Ken Silvestri | 83 | 305 | 242 | 44 | 58 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 41 | 2 | 58 | 46 | .240 | .391 | .417 | .808 | 101 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Hal Douglas | 53 | 112 | 90 | 21 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 5 | .267 | .405 | .311 | .717 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Fred Bradley | 28 | 61 | 55 | 8 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .364 | .407 | .400 | .807 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Frank Hiller | 22 | 72 | 61 | 10 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 6 | .311 | .364 | .361 | .724 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Tommy Byrne | 33 | 84 | 74 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 10 | .257 | .329 | .392 | .721 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Johnny Lucadello | 34 | 113 | 88 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 23 | 7 | .170 | .342 | .227 | .570 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Cuddles Marshall | 30 | 67 | 58 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .172 | .213 | .190 | .403 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Ford Mullen | 14 | 47 | 45 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .178 | .213 | .222 | .435 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bill Wight | 29 | 81 | 65 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 21 | .123 | .197 | .169 | .366 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Jim Dyck | 11 | 27 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .192 | .222 | .231 | .453 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cal McLish | 16 | 33 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .167 | .219 | .167 | .385 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Woody Main | 44 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .111 | .158 | .111 | .269 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Frank Secory | 11 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .100 | .250 | .100 | .350 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Fred Wolff | 16 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .067 | .067 | .067 | .133 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Charles Haag | 14 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kent Sterling | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .000 | .286 | .000 | .286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Don Hendrickson | 22 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 1688 | 5764 | 4915 | 839 | 1377 | 225 | 77 | 95 | 774 | 114 | 0 | 726 | 705 | .280 | .377 | .415 | .792 | 2041 | 93 | 35 | 88 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bud Souchock | 1B | 136 | 1059 | 77 | 14 | 142 | .988 | 8.353 | ||||
| Blas Monaco | 1B | 20 | 155 | 10 | 4 | 15 | .976 | 8.250 | ||||
| Joe Muffoletto | 2B | 96 | 253 | 273 | 15 | 67 | .972 | 5.479 | ||||
| Blas Monaco | 2B | 40 | 109 | 100 | 6 | 40 | .972 | 5.225 | ||||
| Johnny Lucadello | 2B | 25 | 65 | 72 | 6 | 26 | .958 | 5.480 | ||||
| Jerry Coleman | 3B | 97 | 88 | 156 | 10 | 10 | .961 | 2.515 | ||||
| Blas Monaco | 3B | 36 | 20 | 49 | 7 | 2 | .908 | 1.917 | ||||
| Bud Stewart | 3B | 22 | 21 | 41 | 4 | 6 | .939 | 2.818 | ||||
| Gus Niarhos | C | 87 | 343 | 49 | 2 | 9 | .995 | 4.506 | 12 | |||
| Ken Silvestri | C | 76 | 374 | 37 | 9 | 6 | .979 | 5.408 | 3 | |||
| Cliff Mapes | OF | 152 | 378 | 7 | 12 | 2 | .970 | 2.533 | ||||
| Hank Bauer | OF | 120 | 210 | 13 | 4 | 6 | .982 | 1.858 | ||||
| Bud Stewart | OF | 116 | 230 | 9 | 4 | 1 | .984 | 2.060 | ||||
| Harry Craft | OF | 79 | 141 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .993 | 1.835 | ||||
| Hal Douglas | OF | 23 | 41 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .932 | 1.783 | ||||
| Woody Main | P | 44 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .889 | .364 | ||||
| Cuddles Marshall | P | 30 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 1 | .926 | .833 | ||||
| Bill Wight | P | 29 | 5 | 53 | 4 | 1 | .935 | 2.000 | ||||
| Fred Bradley | P | 28 | 5 | 25 | 1 | 0 | .968 | 1.071 | ||||
| Frank Hiller | P | 22 | 13 | 32 | 2 | 0 | .957 | 2.045 | ||||
| Don Hendrickson | P | 22 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Tommy Byrne | P | 19 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 1 | .875 | 1.105 | ||||
| Fred Wolff | P | 16 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .941 | 1.000 | ||||
| Cal McLish | P | 16 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 2 | .941 | 1.000 | ||||
| Charles Haag | P | 12 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .714 | .417 | ||||
| Kent Sterling | P | 10 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .900 | ||||
| Carl DeRose | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Marius Russo | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Moore | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Odie Strain | SS | 125 | 226 | 314 | 32 | 89 | .944 | 4.320 | ||||
| Jerry Coleman | SS | 43 | 67 | 98 | 13 | 28 | .927 | 3.837 | ||||
| Totals | 1563 | 3820 | 1521 | 164 | 458 | .970 | 3.417 | 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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