1947 Norfolk Tars Statistics

Piedmont League (PL) - Class: B
Team Record: 69-70
Finished 2nd in the PL
Manager: Buddy Hassett (69-70)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Norfolk, Virginia
Ballpark: High Rock Park
Attendance: 136,026, Avg. 1,957

1947 Norfolk Tars Roster

Playoffs - Norfolk Tars 4 games, Portsmouth Cubs 0
Finals - Roanoke Red Sox 4 games, Norfolk Tars 3

The Norfolk Tars of the Piedmont League ended the 1947 season with a record of 69 wins and 70 losses, finishing second in the PL.

Buddy Hassett 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
Bob Porterfield	17	9	.654	2.37	32			20	4		239.0	191	73	63		82		208	3	0	3
Joseph Micich	13	7	.650	4.74	28			7	1		171.0	203	104	90		53		54	7	2	4
Elmer Stepanovsky	8	7	.533	2.35	24			7	1		142.0	106	54	37		78		94	0	0	6
Tom Gorman	8	12	.400	4.85	35			4	0		169.0	198	107	91		60		84	5	1	6
Jim Schneible	5	3	.625	4.34	13			2	0		56.0	51	33	27		38		27	5	0	1
William Donovan	3	4	.429	5.44	18			2	0		48.0	57	35	29		29		19	5	0	3
Fred Wolff	3	5	.375	3.41	11			4	1		58.0	48	30	22		25		20	5	0	0
Benjamin Satterfield	2	2	.500	3.32	15			1	0		57.0	53	29	21		30		37	1	0	3
Bob Ferris	2	3	.400	5.05	12			2	0		57.0	54	38	32		41		39	3	2	4
John Howard	2	4	.333	4.94	12			2	0		51.0	48	32	28		30		32	3	0	1
William John	2	4	.333	5.28	20			1	0		75.0	85	48	44		33		52	3	1	0
Roger Pontbriand					17						0.0
Garland Braxton					14						0.0
Totals	65	60	.520	3.88	251	0	0	52	7	0	1123.0	1094	583	484	0	499	0	666	40	6	31	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
Bob Addis	120	537	490	83	153	29	8	11	68	15		38	58	.312	.363	.471	.834	231		1	8
Eugene Herbert	128	588	506	93	141	24	5	2	49	16		69	38	.279	.370	.358	.727	181		4	9
John Simmons	129	566	488	75	139	27	5	12	88	12		60	44	.285	.376	.434	.810	212		11	7
Buddy Hassett	136	546	473	71	137	17	2	12	65	5		63	17	.290	.374	.410	.784	194		1	9
John Boryk	135	565	488	66	118	26	4	2	81	9		56	71	.242	.326	.324	.650	158		5	16
Gordon Johnston	130	507	417	65	93	9	1	0	37	4		73	60	.223	.347	.249	.596	104		6	11
Gregg Scott	82	361	330	45	86	20	1	4	33	5		22	45	.261	.309	.364	.672	120		1	8
John Brown	38	153	138	14	36	3	0	0	15	6		11	19	.261	.325	.283	.607	39		2	2
Al Baker	26	119	106	19	32	4	3	0	15	1		8	6	.302	.351	.396	.747	42		0	5
Vern Hoscheit	40	154	133	17	28	5	2	0	12	0		13	20	.211	.281	.278	.559	37		0	8
Malcolm Mick	33	128	107	13	27	3	1	1	8	2		17	11	.252	.355	.327	.682	35		0	4
Joseph Micich	58	107	92	13	24	3	0	1	17	0		14	13	.261	.358	.326	.685	30		0	1
Marvin Crater	41	149	121	12	24	2	1	0	7	2		23	18	.198	.331	.231	.562	28		1	4
Bob Porterfield	37	105	95	6	21	6	0	0	16	1		6	24	.221	.275	.284	.559	27		1	3
William Shea	32	102	88	9	20	2	0	2	10	1		12	17	.227	.327	.318	.645	28		1	1
Vic Fucci	23	102	92	8	20	3	0	1	9	2		7	12	.217	.280	.283	.563	26		1	2
Clarence Murphy	28	104	97	9	19	2	0	0	11	5		6	13	.196	.243	.216	.459	21		0	1
Elmer Stepanovsky	27	56	50	8	12	3	0	0	4	1		4	15	.240	.296	.300	.596	15		0	2
Tom Gorman	35	64	57	4	12	2	0	0	1	0		3	22	.211	.250	.246	.496	14		0	4
Tom Upton	21	71	66	6	11	2	0	0	6	0		3	13	.167	.214	.197	.411	13		1	1
William Donovan	18	18	17	4	7	3	0	0	3	0		1	2	.412	.444	.588	1.033	10		0	0
William John	21	34	28	5	5	0	0	0	1	0		4	2	.179	.281	.179	.460	5		0	2
Brownie Blaszak	10	35	31	1	5	2	0	0	3	0		4	13	.161	.257	.226	.483	7		0	0
Fred Wolff	11	20	17	1	4	0	0	0	1	0		3	5	.235	.350	.235	.585	4		0	0
John Howard	12	21	19	1	3	2	0	0	3	0		0	4	.158	.158	.263	.421	5		0	2
Roger Pontbriand	17	13	13	1	2	0	0	0	2	1		0	3	.154	.154	.154	.308	2		0	0
Bob Ferris	12	21	20	1	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	6	.100	.100	.150	.250	3		0	1
Benjamin Satterfield	15	20	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1
Jim Schneible	19	22	17	4	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	6	.000	.105	.000	.105	0		1	3
Garland Braxton	14	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0		0	0
Totals	1448	5291	4617	655	1181	200	33	48	565	89	0	522	580	.256	.336	.345	.681	1591	0	37	115	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Buddy Hassett	1B	132	1077	121	18	93	.985	9.076
Eugene Herbert	2B	124	315	369	32	65	.955	5.516
Gordon Johnston	2B	10	22	25	0	6	1.000	4.700
John Boryk	3B	123	149	276	34	23	.926	3.455
Al Baker	3B	16	14	36	4	4	.926	3.125
Marvin Crater	C	40	206	16	6	4	.974	5.550	5
Vern Hoscheit	C	38	219	24	7	2	.972	6.395	3
John Brown	C	37	201	21	4	4	.982	6.000	5
William Shea	C	26	141	15	5	2	.969	6.000	7
John Simmons	OF	129	228	22	10	6	.962	1.938
Bob Addis	OF	120	269	12	12	0	.959	2.342
Gregg Scott	OF	81	142	7	12	1	.925	1.840
Malcolm Mick	OF	27	46	4	2	1	.962	1.852
Clarence Murphy	OF	23	43	3	0	1	1.000	2.000
Vic Fucci	OF	21	38	5	0	2	1.000	2.048
John Boryk	OF	10	12	0	0	0	1.000	1.200
Tom Gorman	P	35	18	33	2	0	.962	1.457
Bob Porterfield	P	32	21	44	2	3	.970	2.031
Joseph Micich	P	28	19	31	1	1	.980	1.786
Elmer Stepanovsky	P	24	7	23	3	0	.909	1.250
William John	P	20	7	13	0	0	1.000	1.000
William Donovan	P	18	4	6	1	0	.909	.556
Roger Pontbriand	P	17	2	10	2	0	.857	.706
Benjamin Satterfield	P	15	4	12	3	0	.842	1.067
Garland Braxton	P	14	0	4	0	0	1.000	.286
Jim Schneible	P	13	1	11	0	0	1.000	.923
John Howard	P	12	4	5	0	0	1.000	.750
Bob Ferris	P	12	1	17	3	3	.857	1.500
Fred Wolff	P	11	5	6	1	1	.917	1.000
Gordon Johnston	SS	119	245	338	30	55	.951	4.899
Tom Upton	SS	19	39	37	6	12	.927	4.000
Totals		1346	3499	1546	200	289	.962	3.748	20	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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