1947 Lawrence Millionaires/Lowell Orphans Statistics
New England League (NEL) - Class: B
Team Record: 40-84
Finished 8th in the NEL
Manager: George Kissell (40-84)
Location: Lawrence, Massachusetts; Lowell, Massachusetts
Ballpark: Alumni Field, O'sullivan Park
Attendance: 32,582, Avg. 526
1947 Lawrence Millionaires/Lowell Orphans RosterTeam Record: 40-84
Finished 8th in the NEL
Manager: George Kissell (40-84)
Location: Lawrence, Massachusetts; Lowell, Massachusetts
Ballpark: Alumni Field, O'sullivan Park
Attendance: 32,582, Avg. 526
The Lawrence Millionaires/Lowell Orphans of the New England League ended the 1947 season with a record of 40 wins and 84 losses, finishing eighth in the NEL.Lawrence (29-38) transferred to Lowell July 15, first game in Lowell July 18. The club became a road team August 18.
George Kissell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Bessom | 9 | 10 | .474 | 4.93 | 21 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 135.0 | 145 | 93 | 74 | 44 | 66 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Alonzo Lavalley | 7 | 9 | .438 | 3.45 | 27 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 146.0 | 146 | 78 | 56 | 36 | 73 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| John Stocksdale | 6 | 11 | .353 | 5.18 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 125.0 | 132 | 98 | 72 | 94 | 75 | 3 | 1 | 9 | |||||
| Edward Mackay | 4 | 6 | .400 | 4.41 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 98.0 | 86 | 52 | 48 | 32 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| Jack Early | 4 | 14 | .222 | 5.48 | 36 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 151.0 | 189 | 126 | 92 | 62 | 55 | 11 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| Irving Karelis | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.14 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 70.0 | 76 | 51 | 40 | 30 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Jack Halpin | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.95 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 60.0 | 61 | 42 | 33 | 38 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Roy Merritt | 2 | 9 | .182 | 3.64 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 89.0 | 89 | 52 | 36 | 76 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||||
| George Kadis | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Henry Martyniak | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Newell | 10 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 37 | 68 | .352 | 4.64 | 175 | 102 | 0 | 59 | 3 | 0 | 874.0 | 924 | 592 | 451 | 0 | 412 | 0 | 415 | 24 | 3 | 24 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Kissell | 123 | 522 | 454 | 94 | 129 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 40 | 13 | 64 | 21 | .284 | .374 | .390 | .764 | 177 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Norman Richards | 114 | 482 | 406 | 72 | 116 | 17 | 3 | 12 | 58 | 2 | 70 | 50 | .286 | .395 | .431 | .826 | 175 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Robert Riordan | 116 | 447 | 403 | 49 | 105 | 22 | 3 | 11 | 70 | 5 | 40 | 81 | .261 | .330 | .412 | .742 | 166 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Joseph Favuzza | 109 | 409 | 345 | 46 | 96 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 8 | 56 | 66 | .278 | .384 | .351 | .734 | 121 | 3 | 5 | ||||
| Johnny Bezemes | 88 | 373 | 333 | 57 | 89 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 30 | 5 | 32 | 74 | .267 | .333 | .405 | .739 | 135 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| John Celletti | 98 | 340 | 319 | 21 | 62 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 19 | 34 | .194 | .242 | .223 | .464 | 71 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Joe Monteiro | 48 | 187 | 179 | 17 | 47 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 35 | .263 | .290 | .374 | .665 | 67 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| John Stocksdale | 38 | 83 | 78 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 35 | .218 | .265 | .410 | .675 | 32 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Thomas Backner | 33 | 118 | 96 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 19 | 28 | .167 | .310 | .302 | .612 | 29 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Ray Bessom | 37 | 79 | 70 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 11 | .214 | .295 | .257 | .552 | 18 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Charles Sweeney | 25 | 93 | 84 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 18 | .179 | .258 | .190 | .449 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Edward Mackay | 16 | 44 | 41 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .268 | .318 | .512 | .830 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| John McDermott | 14 | 39 | 33 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 7 | .273 | .385 | .303 | .688 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jack Halpin | 27 | 59 | 54 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 17 | .148 | .220 | .241 | .461 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Alonzo Lavalley | 27 | 58 | 52 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .115 | .132 | .135 | .267 | 7 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Irving Karelis | 10 | 28 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .160 | .250 | .200 | .450 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jack Early | 36 | 57 | 47 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 27 | .085 | .246 | .128 | .373 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Thomas Grace | 11 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .273 | .385 | .273 | .657 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Roy Merritt | 13 | 35 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .065 | .147 | .065 | .212 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Robert Newell | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 993 | 3471 | 3066 | 422 | 755 | 106 | 23 | 56 | 338 | 41 | 0 | 362 | 552 | .246 | .328 | .351 | .679 | 1075 | 0 | 12 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norman Richards | 1B | 114 | 1012 | 60 | 27 | 79 | .975 | 9.404 | ||||
| Robert Riordan | 1B | 14 | 136 | 4 | 3 | 10 | .979 | 1.000 | ||||
| George Kissell | 3B | 117 | 122 | 255 | 23 | 36 | .942 | 3.222 | ||||
| John Celletti | C | 95 | 366 | 34 | 23 | 2 | .946 | 4.211 | 13 | |||
| John McDermott | C | 10 | 33 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .949 | 3.700 | 1 | |||
| Joseph Favuzza | OF | 100 | 231 | 17 | 7 | 1 | .973 | 2.480 | ||||
| Robert Riordan | OF | 86 | 134 | 13 | 10 | 2 | .936 | 1.709 | ||||
| Johnny Bezemes | OF | 80 | 177 | 7 | 14 | 2 | .929 | 2.300 | ||||
| Joe Monteiro | OF | 48 | 95 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .971 | 2.125 | ||||
| Jack Early | P | 36 | 6 | 26 | 3 | 2 | .914 | .889 | ||||
| John Stocksdale | P | 27 | 4 | 22 | 4 | 0 | .867 | .963 | ||||
| Alonzo Lavalley | P | 27 | 13 | 33 | 1 | 2 | .979 | 1.704 | ||||
| Ray Bessom | P | 21 | 6 | 26 | 1 | 0 | .970 | 1.524 | ||||
| Roy Merritt | P | 13 | 4 | 29 | 3 | 0 | .917 | 2.538 | ||||
| Edward Mackay | P | 12 | 6 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.167 | ||||
| Jack Halpin | P | 12 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 1.417 | ||||
| Robert Newell | P | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .800 | .800 | ||||
| Irving Karelis | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Henry Martyniak | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| George Kadis | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Thomas Backner | SS | 31 | 37 | 63 | 17 | 12 | .855 | 3.226 | ||||
| Charles Sweeney | SS | 19 | 28 | 39 | 8 | 5 | .893 | 3.526 | ||||
| Robert Riordan | SS | 13 | 24 | 31 | 4 | 1 | .932 | 4.231 | ||||
| Totals | 902 | 2437 | 724 | 156 | 156 | .953 | 3.504 | 14 | 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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