1947 Newport News Dodgers Statistics
Piedmont League (PL) - Class: B
Team Record: 59-81
Finished 6th in the PL
Manager: John Fitzpatrick (59-81)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: Newport News, Virginia
Ballpark: Shipbuilders Park
Attendance: 85,189, Avg. 1,217
1947 Newport News Dodgers RosterTeam Record: 59-81
Finished 6th in the PL
Manager: John Fitzpatrick (59-81)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: Newport News, Virginia
Ballpark: Shipbuilders Park
Attendance: 85,189, Avg. 1,217
The Newport News Dodgers of the Piedmont League ended the 1947 season with a record of 59 wins and 81 losses, finishing sixth in the PL.
John Fitzpatrick 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mel Himes | 12 | 8 | .600 | 4.12 | 29 | 12 | 0 | 179.0 | 188 | 99 | 82 | 82 | 123 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| Anthony Sierzega | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3.82 | 29 | 13 | 2 | 165.0 | 173 | 94 | 70 | 62 | 102 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Robert Hubbard | 10 | 11 | .476 | 3.64 | 31 | 14 | 0 | 188.0 | 184 | 102 | 76 | 80 | 72 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| Frank Wilson | 7 | 10 | .412 | 5.45 | 43 | 4 | 0 | 157.0 | 189 | 122 | 95 | 79 | 71 | 7 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Mike Lemish | 5 | 3 | .625 | 5.51 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 67.0 | 69 | 49 | 41 | 34 | 61 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Preston Elkins | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5.62 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 104.0 | 127 | 84 | 65 | 69 | 49 | 5 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| William Braam | 4 | 8 | .333 | 6.21 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 84.0 | 119 | 68 | 58 | 38 | 46 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| Fred Morgan | 4 | 10 | .286 | 5.62 | 32 | 9 | 0 | 133.0 | 171 | 110 | 83 | 23 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Clem Labine | 13 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Ludwick | 12 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 56 | 65 | .463 | 4.76 | 253 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 3 | 0 | 1077.0 | 1220 | 728 | 570 | 0 | 467 | 0 | 573 | 27 | 5 | 39 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dee Fondy | 136 | 591 | 511 | 109 | 172 | 39 | 13 | 14 | 99 | 37 | 70 | 88 | .337 | .422 | .546 | .967 | 279 | 5 | 5 | ||||
| Lou Colombo | 127 | 525 | 461 | 86 | 158 | 35 | 6 | 15 | 96 | 12 | 62 | 40 | .343 | .423 | .542 | .965 | 250 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Bill Antonello | 130 | 545 | 481 | 86 | 130 | 28 | 4 | 17 | 82 | 7 | 49 | 105 | .270 | .346 | .451 | .798 | 217 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Joseph DeStefano | 112 | 498 | 410 | 75 | 116 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 38 | 8 | 79 | 40 | .283 | .404 | .371 | .774 | 152 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Clarence Groat | 138 | 592 | 456 | 93 | 112 | 22 | 1 | 16 | 92 | 26 | 126 | 102 | .246 | .415 | .404 | .818 | 184 | 6 | 4 | ||||
| Hank Parker | 127 | 553 | 498 | 72 | 107 | 22 | 1 | 10 | 44 | 5 | 47 | 17 | .215 | .284 | .323 | .607 | 161 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| Steve Lembo | 99 | 363 | 329 | 30 | 75 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 39 | 3 | 29 | 30 | .228 | .294 | .304 | .598 | 100 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Preston Elkins | 93 | 294 | 246 | 40 | 62 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 5 | 45 | 58 | .252 | .368 | .333 | .701 | 82 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Eddie Volan | 68 | 279 | 233 | 34 | 58 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 5 | 39 | 52 | .249 | .366 | .408 | .774 | 95 | 4 | 3 | ||||
| Richard Bishop | 54 | 232 | 204 | 31 | 46 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 23 | 48 | .225 | .313 | .284 | .597 | 58 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| Paul Kluk | 58 | 144 | 130 | 13 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 2 | 12 | 14 | .323 | .385 | .462 | .846 | 60 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Jack Elkins | 29 | 72 | 66 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .258 | .319 | .303 | .622 | 20 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Alan Thomaier | 25 | 68 | 61 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 10 | .213 | .294 | .279 | .573 | 17 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Martin Powers | 13 | 50 | 45 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 12 | .244 | .320 | .289 | .609 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Robert Hubbard | 31 | 75 | 54 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 20 | .185 | .290 | .185 | .476 | 10 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Frank Wilson | 43 | 59 | 54 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .167 | .237 | .167 | .404 | 9 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Fred Leonard | 11 | 40 | 39 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | .205 | .225 | .231 | .456 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| William Braam | 27 | 38 | 34 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .206 | .289 | .353 | .642 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Frederick Schroeter | 14 | 53 | 43 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | .163 | .280 | .209 | .489 | 9 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Anthony Sierzega | 29 | 64 | 56 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 30 | .125 | .183 | .143 | .326 | 8 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Mel Himes | 29 | 71 | 62 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 17 | .113 | .191 | .113 | .304 | 7 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Francis Drexler | 10 | 26 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .160 | .192 | .200 | .392 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Robert Ludwick | 12 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .214 | .214 | .214 | .429 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Fred Morgan | 33 | 53 | 47 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 12 | .064 | .170 | .085 | .255 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mike Lemish | 18 | 23 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .100 | .143 | .100 | .243 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Clem Labine | 13 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .091 | .167 | .091 | .258 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Totals | 1479 | 5335 | 4590 | 730 | 1187 | 228 | 35 | 94 | 635 | 122 | 0 | 638 | 763 | .259 | .354 | .385 | .739 | 1767 | 0 | 40 | 67 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dee Fondy | 1B | 136 | 993 | 76 | 37 | 83 | .967 | 7.860 | ||||
| Joseph DeStefano | 2B | 79 | 199 | 156 | 19 | 34 | .949 | 4.494 | ||||
| Preston Elkins | 2B | 39 | 88 | 103 | 14 | 17 | .932 | 4.897 | ||||
| Hank Parker | 2B | 16 | 31 | 38 | 7 | 7 | .908 | 4.312 | ||||
| Hank Parker | 3B | 109 | 117 | 173 | 31 | 26 | .903 | 2.661 | ||||
| Joseph DeStefano | 3B | 28 | 40 | 67 | 10 | 9 | .915 | 3.821 | ||||
| Steve Lembo | C | 96 | 499 | 68 | 24 | 8 | .959 | 5.906 | 5 | |||
| Paul Kluk | C | 23 | 115 | 10 | 5 | 3 | .962 | 5.435 | 4 | |||
| Martin Powers | C | 13 | 59 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .985 | 5.154 | 2 | |||
| Jack Elkins | C | 13 | 62 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .957 | 5.154 | 4 | |||
| Clarence Groat | OF | 138 | 367 | 19 | 17 | 6 | .958 | 2.797 | ||||
| Lou Colombo | OF | 127 | 248 | 29 | 13 | 5 | .955 | 2.181 | ||||
| Eddie Volan | OF | 66 | 138 | 6 | 5 | 2 | .966 | 2.182 | ||||
| Richard Bishop | OF | 52 | 112 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .966 | 2.212 | ||||
| Preston Elkins | OF | 15 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.067 | ||||
| Alan Thomaier | OF | 12 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .957 | 1.833 | ||||
| Fred Leonard | OF | 11 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .947 | 1.636 | ||||
| Frank Wilson | P | 43 | 10 | 33 | 3 | 3 | .935 | 1.000 | ||||
| Fred Morgan | P | 32 | 13 | 27 | 5 | 0 | .889 | 1.250 | ||||
| Robert Hubbard | P | 31 | 16 | 35 | 2 | 2 | .962 | 1.645 | ||||
| Anthony Sierzega | P | 29 | 6 | 20 | 4 | 0 | .867 | .897 | ||||
| Mel Himes | P | 29 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .759 | ||||
| Preston Elkins | P | 23 | 10 | 29 | 4 | 1 | .907 | 1.696 | ||||
| William Braam | P | 23 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .739 | ||||
| Mike Lemish | P | 18 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .867 | .722 | ||||
| Clem Labine | P | 13 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.308 | ||||
| Robert Ludwick | P | 12 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Bill Antonello | SS | 128 | 220 | 309 | 71 | 45 | .882 | 4.133 | ||||
| Frederick Schroeter | SS | 11 | 17 | 19 | 2 | 0 | .947 | 3.273 | ||||
| Totals | 1365 | 3433 | 1300 | 285 | 256 | .943 | 3.467 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
