1947 Memphis Chicks Statistics

Southern Association (SA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 69-85
Finished 7th in the SA
Manager: Doc Prothro (69-85)
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Ballpark: Russwood Park
Attendance: 246,215, Avg. 3,198

1947 Memphis Chicks Roster

The Memphis Chicks of the Southern Association ended the 1947 season with a record of 69 wins and 85 losses, finishing seventh in the SA.

Doc Prothro 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
Lefty Hoerst	12	11	.522	3.25	25				2		166.0	191	77	60		53		63	4	1	4
Chuck Eisenmann	8	5	.615	4.13	19				2		122.0	116	71	56		73		80	5	1	4
Ray Harrell	7	5	.583	3.89	17				0		118.0	127	54	51		24		50	1	0	1
Dick Mauney	7	6	.538	3.52	20				1		110.0	123	53	43		39		31	1	0	0
Ed Weiland	7	14	.333	4.84	30				0		158.0	199	105	85		49		58	1	0	2
Al Sherer	6	4	.600	4.26	20				1		76.0	84	43	36		12		27	0	0	1
Homer Spragins	6	10	.375	5.29	31				1		114.0	146	75	67		40		56	3	0	1
Don Hanski	3	2	.600	4.56	18				0		71.0	87	39	36		19		36	3	0	0
Fred Biggs	2	5	.286	6.50	12				0		54.0	78	53	39		26		16	2	0	1
Ken Polivka	1	3	.250	3.76	9				0		55.0	68	34	23		18		23	2	0	0
Totals	59	65	.476	4.28	201	0	0	0	7	0	1044.0	1219	604	496	0	353	0	440	22	2	14	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
Paul Armstrong	147	615	579	91	172	26	4	3	86	10		28	24	.297	.333	.371	.704	215		3	5
Ted Kluszewski	115	458	427	80	161	32	9	7	68	2		28	35	.377	.419	.543	.963	232		3	0
Roy Bueschen	142	570	494	86	145	32	9	4	63	8		69	56	.294	.382	.419	.801	207		2	5
Bert Hodges	124	513	469	57	133	22	5	4	43	5		25	20	.284	.335	.377	.712	177		11	8
Lindsay Deal	116	430	376	57	123	24	5	6	78	4		46	12	.327	.407	.465	.873	175		5	3
Garvin Hamner	110	478	433	52	105	17	6	3	38	8		39	64	.242	.308	.330	.638	143		2	4
George Bradley	99	376	346	47	84	16	4	6	51	5		25	46	.243	.296	.364	.660	126		1	4
John Mauer	70	263	249	26	63	13	3	1	26	3		13	19	.253	.290	.341	.631	85		0	1
Vincent Plumbo	95	353	300	33	60	13	3	3	36	0		46	37	.200	.310	.293	.604	88		2	5
Ralph McNair	41	126	120	14	37	4	2	0	18	1		5	8	.308	.336	.375	.711	45		0	1
Hank Riebe	40	131	122	22	35	8	6	1	16	0		8	14	.287	.331	.475	.806	58		0	1
Bill Adair	41	146	122	14	32	8	1	0	13	0		23	18	.262	.379	.344	.724	42		0	1
William Cliggott	27	96	85	6	23	4	2	0	11	4		10	7	.271	.347	.365	.712	31		0	1
Ed Murphy	19	74	68	5	18	4	1	0	13	0		6	4	.265	.324	.353	.677	24		0	0
Ed Weiland	30	61	53	4	15	0	0	0	6	0		6	8	.283	.356	.283	.639	15		0	2
Chuck Eisenmann	22	51	50	6	14	2	1	0	3	0		1	7	.280	.294	.360	.654	18		0	0
Dick Mauney	21	40	38	4	11	4	0	0	1	0		1	10	.289	.308	.395	.702	15		0	1
Don Hanski	21	37	35	4	9	0	1	1	5	0		2	2	.257	.297	.400	.697	14		0	0
Lefty Hoerst	25	64	54	4	9	1	0	0	3	0		4	9	.167	.224	.185	.409	10		0	6
Homer Spragins	31	43	43	3	7	0	0	0	3	0		0	16	.163	.163	.163	.326	7		0	0
Fred Biggs	12	21	20	3	6	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.300	.300	.300	.600	6		0	1
Al Sherer	23	29	29	2	6	0	0	0	0	0		0	6	.207	.207	.207	.414	6		0	0
Ray Harrell	17	47	39	7	5	3	0	0	0	0		6	12	.128	.244	.205	.450	8		0	2
Totals	1388	5022	4551	627	1273	233	62	39	581	50	0	391	435	.280	.341	.384	.724	1747	0	29	51	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Ted Kluszewski	1B	107	931	60	19	108	.981	9.262
George Bradley	1B	36	212	19	3	28	.987	6.417
Ed Murphy	1B	13	92	9	0	10	1.000	7.769
Garvin Hamner	2B	76	196	243	21	60	.954	5.776
Bert Hodges	2B	50	99	141	5	33	.980	4.800
Bill Adair	2B	38	75	110	10	22	.949	4.868
Bert Hodges	3B	68	60	122	20	18	.901	2.676
John Mauer	3B	67	65	89	10	9	.939	2.299
Vincent Plumbo	C	90	358	63	8	4	.981	4.678	5
Hank Riebe	C	38	148	18	5	2	.971	4.368	3
Ralph McNair	C	33	137	16	2	1	.987	4.636	5
Paul Armstrong	OF	143	351	9	12	1	.968	2.517
Roy Bueschen	OF	140	263	19	10	7	.966	2.014
Lindsay Deal	OF	106	181	4	4	1	.979	1.745
George Bradley	OF	52	91	8	5	1	.952	1.904
William Cliggott	OF	26	46	1	1	0	.979	1.808
Homer Spragins	P	31	2	15	2	1	.895	.548
Ed Weiland	P	30	9	35	1	3	.978	1.467
Lefty Hoerst	P	25	15	30	3	3	.938	1.800
Al Sherer	P	20	6	13	0	1	1.000	.950
Dick Mauney	P	20	12	17	1	0	.967	1.450
Chuck Eisenmann	P	19	5	17	0	0	1.000	1.158
Don Hanski	P	18	3	12	0	1	1.000	.833
Ray Harrell	P	17	3	15	2	1	.900	1.059
Fred Biggs	P	12	0	5	2	0	.714	.417
Ken Polivka	P	9						.000
Garvin Hamner	SS	35	93	104	10	15	.952	5.629
Totals		1319	3453	1194	156	330	.968	3.523	13	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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